The Albizu Wellness Program, sponsored by the Department of Student Affairs, provided our students the experience of creating their own flower arrangements today. Students had the opportunity to select flowers and make something unique for themselves. Each bouquet also came with positive affirmations to set the tone for their day. This is important when setting intentions and mindset during stressful moments such as midterms, comprehensive exams, dissertations, and any personal challenges you may be experiencing.
Flowers provide so many benefits and can be found just about anywhere. Some of these benefits include:
- Positive emotion: there is a connection between a positive mood and the benefits of receiving flowers. It provides an uplifting feeling.
- Reduced stress or anxiety: the presence of flowers and their scent help people feel calmer, aid in relaxation, and reduce stress and anxiety.
- Lifting our mood: flowers can have a lasting effect on mood, create a more positive outlook on life, boost energy, and reduce the intensity of symptoms of depression.
- Promoting better sleep: florals such as lavender and jasmine are known to lower heart rate and blood pressure and promote restful sleep, which is vital to support mental health
- Increased productivity and creativity: flowers and plants in the workplace can improve creating thinking, and problem-solving, and improve alertness, concentration, mood, and sense of liveliness for students and employees.
- Building bonds: gifting and receiving flowers inspires warmth, kindness, and feelings of goodwill.
- Physical impacts: flowers contribute to lower blood pressure, heart rate, and fighting fatigue.
- Improve your well-being when gifting: the act of giving and being generous has a positive effect on your happiness and well-being; At the same time, you help others feel better, you are also boosting your own positive emotions.
*List adapted from article “The Wellbeing of Flowers.”
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