Univ Interdepartmental Course 100 - PART
Fall
2025
20
1.00
Michael Pease,Ernest Brooks
W 2:30PM 4:00PM
UMass Amherst
67708
Worcester Dining Commons 341
michaelpease@umass.edu
ewbrooks@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 9/17/25, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12,
Required manual must be purchased before the start of the course through eCampus.