Univ Interdepartmental Course 190P - PART
Fall
2024
02
1.00
Michael Pease,Michael Dalton
M 10:10AM 11:40AM
UMass Amherst
34858
Worcester Dining Room 333
michaelpease@umass.edu
mtdalton@umass.edu
The 9-week Positivity and Relaxation Training (PART) program helps participants develop a self-care routine to help manage stress, improve their outlook and enhance their quality of life. Developed at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, the PART program teaches participants a variety of mind body practices and self-care interventions:
-How to recognize their personal responses to stress
-Meditative techniques that elicit the relaxation response
-How to change thought patterns and emotional outlook to adaptive and positive perspectives
-Techniques to improve sleep, eating and physical activity
-Ways to harness creativity, humor and appreciations to cultivate positivity and personal well-being
Course meets for 9 sessions beginning 9/16, 9/22, 9/30, 10/7, 10/15, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18
Required manual is ordered through eCampus.