Mindfulness Meditation practice group.

Ganjuu Wellbeing Service is inviting you to a Mindfulness Practice Group. Practice starts at 12:15pm. You can join us in C210 or via zoom. We look forward to seeing you.

Ganjuu Open House

Friday, December 9th *4:00-5:30 PM*

Please join us for tea, coffee, and home baking! Bring yourself, your colleagues, your families and share some time, talk and listen to others. Come and see our new location! All are welcome :)

*Our location is now at the Former President's House by faculty housing and Lab 5.

We will take a closer look at the autonomic nervous system and the way our biology helps us navigate daily life, how we respond to cues of safety and danger below the level of conscious thought, and how this guides the way we move through the world, from turning toward and backing away, to connecting and other times isolating.

OIST Student Council, in collaboration with the Graduate School and OHS Safety Enhancement Month, will be hosting a 5k Fun Run on Sunday, November 13 at 10:30am. 

Find out about the causes and effects of stress and hear about evidence-based ideas to help you improve and maintain wellbeing. Includes a talk by Dr. Yamamoto, OIST Occupational Doctor and Okinawan Psychiatrist about health and career balance based on the characteristics of Okinawa.

ストレスの原因とその影響について、また科学的根拠に基づいた心身の健康を向上させる方法についてお話します。OIST産業医であり、精神科医の山本先生による、沖縄の環境にあった健康とキャリアのバランスについてのお話もございます。是非ご参加ください。

Do you want to support positive mental health and wellbeing?  Do you also want to increase your steps count? 

If so, then join the Ganjuu Team on Tuesday 4^th October 2022 from 11am-1pm to complete the Tell Step Up for Mental Health Challenge organized by Tell Lifeline.  For World Suicide Prevention Day and Mental Health Awareness Day we hope you will join us in walking 21,007 steps in honor of the 21,007 lives lost to suicide last year in Japan. 

You can organize and register a team of up to 4 people using the link below. Regardless of whether you register a team you can join us on Tuesday 4^th October to do the step up challenge.  We plan to meet at 11am outside the entrance to Lab 4 and we can walk the challenge together around the grounds surrounding OIST.

Ganjuu Wellbeing Service is moving!

Our new location will be the Former Presidents House near the faculty housing and Lab5. The move will take place on 28^th-29^th Sept. The service will be temporarily closed but will be open on Monday 3^rd October.

We hope to see you there.

To mark R U Okay Day (Thursday 8^th September) and World Suicide Prevention Day (Saturday 11^th September) at OIST, Ganjuu Wellbeing Service will have a stall at lunchtime at center court where they will be sharing information, leaflets, giving away World Suicide Prevention Day wrists bands and raising money for the Okinawan Lifeline, a charity that provides out of hours telephone support for people in crisis.

Where yellow on Thursday 8^th September to support R U Okay Day :)

Free online wellbeing event

Parenting Series Lunch - Keeping Children Safe: Child abuse and how to talk to children about this.

This will be a lunchtime presentation and discussion session for parents or anyone interested in the topic.

Bring your lunch and come and join us to learn about and discuss this important topic.