Univ Interdepartmental Course 100 - PART
Fall
2025
07
1.00
Michael Pease,Michael Dalton
M 1:25PM 2:55PM
UMass Amherst
67696
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 9/15/25, 9/22, 9/29, 10/6, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17
Required manual is ordered through eCampus.