Univ Interdepartmental Course 190P - PART
Fall
2024
19
1.00
Michael Pease,Michael Dalton
TH 2:30PM 4:00PM
UMass Amherst
34882
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 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14.
Required text book must be purchased through eCampus.