Univ Interdepartmental Course 100 - PART
Spring
2025
09
1.00
Michael Pease,Michael Dalton
TU 11:30AM 1:00PM
UMass Amherst
51060
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 manual must be purchased through eCampus prior to the start of the course. Course begins 2/18/25 and meets 2/25, 3/4, 3/11,3/25, 4/1, 4/8, 4/15 and 4/22.