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We support students’ physical, mental, social, environmental, spiritual, and academic health and wellness, with a focus on health promotion for individuals and communities.
Self-Care

Self-Care

Self-care—maintaining a healthy and balanced lifestyle through a series of self-determined steps—has been found to improve productivity as well as physical and emotional health. Many consider self-care essential for the optimal well-being of everyone in their community. There are many benefits to practicing self-care. Bard Health and Wellness offers individual and group sessions that can help you to evaluate your self-care and make an action-based plan to achieve your academic and personal goals.

Self-Care Resources

Stress Reduction

Stress Reduction

Stress, both personal and academic, is one of the biggest challenges for students. To help students manage stress, Health and Wellness offers individual sessions and group workshops in mindfulness, meditation, and guided journaling. For more information about managing stress in college please call us, or click on the link below for additional resources.

Stress Reduction Web Resource

Peer Health Educators
Peer Health Educators Retreat at Blithewood on the Bard campus.

Peer Health Educators

Peer Health Educators facilitate conversations and events around a variety of health topics, including the benefits of stress reduction, eating a well-balanced diet, drinking water, regular stretching and exercise, alcohol and drug harm reduction, body positivity, sexual health, contraception, safe sex, navigating relationships, and sex positivity. Invite an educator to your dorm or home to discuss any of these topics. 

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Dog Therapy

Dog Therapy

Bard College has partnered with Hudson Valley Paws for a Cause to provide training for our robust Therapy Dog Program. Therapy dog teams can be found at the library, in the dorms, or at the Campus Center. We schedule a variety of events throughout the semester, especially during midterms and finals.

Benefits of Pet Therapy

Design Your Best Life

Design Your Best Life

The research is clear: happiness, resilience, connection, and kindness are skills that can be taught and developed over time—with practice.
Bard Health and Wellness uses evidence-based tools from Greater Good in Action, which collects the best research-based methods for a happier, more meaningful life and puts them at your fingertips, in a format that's easy to navigate and digest.

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  • Annia Reyes
    Director of Health and Wellness Education 
    [email protected]
    Hegeman 006 (Map Link)
    845-752-2096
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30 Campus Road
PO Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504-5000
Phone: 845-758-6822
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