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Join Jess for an introduction to beginner hula hooping!

Whether you’re after a fun workout, a new skill, a mindful way to destress, or just a bit of a laugh, hooping has got something for everyone!
The session will cover; basic waist hooping including spins, saves and dips, hand hooping including lasso, weaves and isolations, and also some other cool tricks!

All levels welcome - Suitable for complete beginners or anyone who has spun a hoop before.

Meet outside Friston. The session will be held in Stanmer park in the field nearest the entrance.

25 max number of hoopers. Hoops will be provided.

No equipment needed. However, be sure to bring water & suntan lotion

Pre-book with Jess jstanley@studygroup.com (25 places available)

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Declutter and organise with the Marie Kondo method! 

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Declutter and organise with the Marie Kondo method! 

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with Joanna
(note this is a repeat from last year)
Friston 115
Join this session to learn a bit about the Marie Kondo method of de-cluttering and organising and spark some joy!
All welcome, no limit on attendees.

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Join us for a retro film and TV quiz! Form a team (on the day) and get ready to step back in time…

Friston 237
Max 20 (five teams of four), add your name below
Hosted by Adrian - asmith@studygroup.com

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for all the creative and fun activities put forward by teams.
If there's anything you'd like to suggest that is not on offer, then let your teams SWIG rep know asap! or email Emma eburnett@studygroup.com

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with Chris
Meet in the breakout room

Pre-book with Chris cstewart@studygroup.com (10 places available)

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Please complete the survey afterwards, thanks! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/7TXCLBX

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Lunch in FR115

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Join Emma for peaceful time in nature with simple, mindful Qigong (‘chee gong’ or energy practice)

*to center you in your body, deepen your breath and ease your mind into a relaxed yet alert state.

*to enjoy space to just be, rest and restore.

Meet outside Friston to walk (10mins) to Stanmer park. https://goo.gl/maps/Qpu2Ac5KRcwEoBPp7

Pre-book with Emma eburnett@studygroup.com (12 places available)

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One Garden: Walk in Stanmer Park! (90mins)

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One Garden: Walk in Stanmer Park! (90mins)

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with Claire St John Eve
2-3.30pm Meet outside Friston

https://www.onegardenbrighton.com/

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Rebuilding the Sussex ISC Community - workshop

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Rebuilding the Sussex ISC Community - workshop

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Friston 115

Mariyana Bushara will be running a workshop for Sussex ISC staff on Rebuilding the Sussex ISC Community. This will be face to face in Friston and will be the first workshop for all staff on our Well-Being Day. I do hope that you can attend so that we can work together to rebuild the community in our workplace after two very disruptive years.

As you may know from her recent workshop on Returning to the office with confidence, Mariyana is an experienced individual with 15 years of organisational experience. She has worked in a variety of roles including psychology, HR and Organisational Development, mainly in public sectors and not for profit organisations.

Her background is predominantly in mental health and psychology, doing one to one and group work, using CBT principles to help and empower clients manage common mental health problems. Having worked with a diverse range of clients, Mariyana is able to deal with a wide range of topics, pull on different models in addition to CBT, such as Appreciative Inquiry, GROW and motivational interviewing.

Mariyana has worked in HR and Organisational development, dealing with the full employee cycle and got involved in numerous change projects using agile project management methodology. She is passionate about introducing a unique and practical way of promoting mental wellbeing in the workplace. This consist of providing mental health awareness training that specifically uses CBT principles to introduce tools and techniques that will help individuals help themselves. She has presented in a number of conferences on topics such as ‘using Cognitive Behavioural therapy (CBT) for stress management’ and ‘Getting to know your communication style’. She possesses strong presentation and facilitation skills, with the ability to take a novel concept and adapt in a way that provokes and challenges thinking.

I hope that this session will help in particular support those colleagues who have had a challenging time over the past two years and who will welcome a return to collegiate and communal working in Friston.

All staff are welcome to attend.

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Join Huma and Meera for culinary inspiration as they prepare Mediterranean dishes...yum!
Meet in Kitchen
Pre-book with Huma heldemir@studygroup.com (7 spaces available)

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with Claire Dixon
Friston 119

Did you know that singing can improve your health and wellbeing? It relieves stress, stimulates your immune system, reduces pain and can even help reduce snoring!

So come and have a good sing to shake away some of those mid-semester blues. No vocal ability necessary - but you can supply your own hairbrush!

Maximum 25 people, email me to book: CDixon@StudyGroup.com

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with STEM team
Friston 236

Did you know that playing board games and video games reduces stress, and increases cognition and memory function? Then why not boost your well being by coming to play some of your favourite board games?? And if it works... I'll have a classic Nintendo hooked up to do some Mario Cart and Street Fighter tournaments!

Games available (so far):
Uno and Uno Flip
Rummikub
Chess
Scrabble
Jenga
Connect 4
Monopoly

You're also welcome to bring any games you'd like with you!
Room tbc. All welcome.

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Everyone to meet in Friston 115

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with Agneau - Friston 119

Toki pona is literally a simple language ... That's what "toki pona" means!

In one hour you will learn the most common sentence structures and a sufficient amount of the words in the language (there are only about 120) to be able to understand and enjoy some original toki pona literature.

Why is this good for your wellbeing?

er.. Well, the language was influenced by linguistic determinism, a theory that our thinking processes are determined and limited by our language.  The idea is that if we de-clutter our language, we also de-clutter our thinking. Think of it as Marie Kondo for the mind.

Does it work? I don't know. Why don't you try and see.

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at the Swan, Falmer

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Hosted by Faris
Friston 231.
Max Participants 20, pre-book with Faris faskari@studygroup.com

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Join Emma for peaceful time in nature with simple, mindful Qigong (‘chee gong’ or energy practice)

*to center you in your body, deepen your breath and ease your mind into a relaxed yet alert state.

*to enjoy space to just be, rest and restore.

Meet outside Friston to walk (10mins) to Stanmer park. https://goo.gl/maps/Qpu2Ac5KRcwEoBPp7

Pre-book with Emma eburnett@studygroup.com (12 places available)