{"id":12396,"date":"2024-08-15T15:38:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/15\/taking-relaxation-to-the-next-level\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:24:12","slug":"taking-relaxation-to-the-next-level","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/15\/taking-relaxation-to-the-next-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking relaxation to the next level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            \n            <p class=\"intro news-subhead\">To really chill out on campus, break out the hammock<\/p>\n            <p><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"cu-hero alignfull xtop xcenter xright\" style=\"--fp-x: 50%; --fp-y: 50%; --h: 100vh\">\n\t<div class=\"artboard\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"foreground\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foreground-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Clark University&rsquo;s campus green is the perfect place for studying, chatting with friends, and winding down. But if there&rsquo;s a hammock involved, almost anywhere on campus &mdash; well, anywhere with trees or poles &mdash; is prime relaxation space.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of National Relaxation Day (August 25, 2024), here are a few students who took their relaxation very seriously.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2017-Zen-Garden-Hammock-007-1.jpg\" alt=\"Clark student on a hammock in the Little Center Zen Garden\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-57661 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024_Student_Life_Feb_27-50-1.jpg\" alt=\"Student relaxing in a hammock next to Bullock Hall\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To 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