Univ Interdepartmental Course 100 - PART
Spring
2026
19
1.00
Pamela Dutta
F 10:10AM 11:40AM
UMass Amherst
84434
Campus Center Rm 922
dutta@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 2/6/26, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/6, 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17.
Required manual must be purchased before the start of the course through eCampus.