The Bartlett Mental Health Awareness Week 2025
The Bartlett Mental Health Awareness Week is taking place from 13 to 16 May, hosting free events centred around wellbeing for all students and staff bringing our community together.
The Bartlett Mental Health Awareness Week 2025
13 May 2025 - 16 May 2025
The Bartlett Mental Health Awareness Week is taking place from 13 to 16 May 2025, hosting free events centred around wellbeing for all students and staff. The week-long engagement of activities scheduled will help raise awareness and bring community together.
Yoga
12:30 - 13:30 Tuesday 13 May
Room 106, Gordon House, Bloomsbury Campus
The practice will include classical yoga asana (postures), breath work, and gentle warming movements. It will provide an opportunity to stretch, unwind and release tension promoting both physical and mental wellbeing. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced yogi, yoga offers a balanced approach to cultivating strength, flexibility, and inner peace.
Suitable for all levels.
Please wear something comfortable that you can move in. You are welcome to bring your own yoga mat or mats will be provided on the day.
Yoga
16:00 - 17:00 Tuesday 13 May
Bloomsb ury Theatre, 2nd Floor Conference Room
The practice will include classical yoga asana (postures), breath work, and gentle warming movements. It will provide an opportunity to stretch, unwind and release tension promoting both physical and mental wellbeing. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced yogi, yoga offers a balanced approach to cultivating strength, flexibility, and inner peace.
Suitable for all levels.
Please wear something comfortable that you can move in. You are welcome to bring your own yoga mat or mats will be provided on the day.
Drawing Workshop – Still life
13:00 - 15:00 Wednesday 14 May
Room 6.02. 6th Floor, 22 Gordon Street
An opportunity to relax and draw from a still life in a gently guided 2 hour workshop. The aim is to enjoy the process and act of drawing rather than focus on a finished piece.
All skill levels welcome
There will be some limited materials available (pencil and paper) but please feel free to bring your own.
Yoga
16:00 - 17:00 Wednesday 14 May
Room 106, 1st Floor, One Pool Street, UCL East
The practice will include classical yoga asana (postures), breath work, and gentle warming movements. It will provide an opportunity to stretch, unwind and release tension promoting both physical and mental wellbeing. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced yogi, yoga offers a balanced approach to cultivating strength, flexibility, and inner peace.
Suitable for all levels.
Please wear something comfortable that you can move in. You are welcome to bring your own yoga mat or mats will be provided on the day.
Creative Wellbeing through Needle Felting Workshop
12:30 - 14:00 Thursday 15 May
Room 5.04, 5th Floor, 22 Gordon Street
The Amoursphere Experience: Creative Well-being Through Needle Felting
Led by artist Fernene Amour this hands-on workshop explores the mindful art of needle felting. Using natural fibres, you’ll learn to sculpt with wool, creating your own felted piece while engaging in a relaxing, meditative craft. Open to all UCL students and staff, this session offers a creative space to pause, focus, and connect through artistic expression.
Drawing Workshop – Still life
13:00 - 15:00 Thursday 15 May
Seminar Room 2, 1st Floor, UCL at Here East
An opportunity to relax and draw from a still life in a gently guided 2 hour workshop. The aim is to enjoy the process and act of drawing rather than focus on a finished piece.
All skill levels welcome
There will be some limited materials available (pencil and paper) but please feel free to bring your own.
Crystal Sound Bowl Meditation
12:00 - 12:45 Friday 16 May
Room 5.02, 5th Floor, 22 Gordon Street
Join us for a 45-Minute Crystal Sound Bowl Experience
Immerse yourself in the soothing vibrations of crystal bowls tuned to 432Hz, the natural frequency that aligns with the rhythm of nature.
Feel the calming sounds of the ocean drum, reconnecting you to the flow of the oceans and the earth’s natural pulse.
Allow the vibrations to gently release blocked energies, restoring balance, and resetting your mind and body.
Take this time to recharge, just as you would your devices, and experience a deep sense of peace, focus, and rejuvenation.
You are welcome to bring your own mat/blanket if you wish to lie down. Mats will be available on the day.
Further information
Ticketing
Ticketed
Cost
Free
Open to
UCL staff
Availability
Yes