Tips from Nyyti – support for mental well-being
Introducing Mindfulness Group
Pause. Breathe. Learn skills for student life.
Student life can be exciting and meaningful – but also demanding, stressful and full of uncertainty. Many students struggle with concentration, sleep, pressure, loneliness, or feeling overwhelmed. Mindfulness offers simple, practical skills to help you meet these challenges with more clarity, balance, and kindness.
This short three-week English-speaking online group gives you a gentle introduction to mindfulness and how it can support your wellbeing in everyday student life.
More information and application: nyyti.fi/en - Groups
Compassion workshops for doctoral students in April and May, in English and Finnish -sign up now
How could we bring more compassion into our hectic daily lives and achievement-oriented culture? How can we be present to each other in a genuine, caring, and supportive way, and cultivate this in our academic community? How can we be kinder to ourselves?
Welcome to explore these questions and cultivate compassion skills in compassion-themed online workshops for doctoral students, organized by the students’ mental health association Nyyti ry.
In the workshops, we’ll explore and practice different aspects of compassion, such as compassionate interaction, being present, understanding others' perspectives, and self-compassion. The workshops are facilitated by trained peer mentors. You can choose from two workshops, one in English and one in Finnish. The workshops are organized online.
The dates are
- 22 April at 12.00-15.00 (in English)
- 20 May at 10.00-14.00 (in Finnish)
Sign up to the workshop through this form
For further information, contact Sini from Nyyti: sini.forssell@nyyti.fi.
Mind Matters online course
The Mind Matters -online course offers tools and insights to help you promote your own mental health, interact more openly with your fellow students, and support the well-being of others.
The course includes concrete ways to strengthen mental health skills and increase compassion in everyday student life.
Read more and go to the course
Description of the study experience of LGBTQIA+ students
In cooperation with the higher education community, the QueerMieli project made a description of the study experience of LGBTQIA+ students. The description consists of observations about the current state and the target state as well as of concrete means to achieve a more inclusive and safer study experience for students belonging to gender and sexual minorities.
You can find all our LGBTQ+ themed materials at nyyti.fi - Materials