Event Details
Event Title Virtual Wellness Circles for Graduate and Professional Students: Session 6- Fostering Resilience Through Self Holding
Location Virtual
Sponsor The Graduate School
Date/Time 12/07/2021 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Cutoff Date 12/06/2021 Must register before this date
For more information, contact the event administrator: Faye Lewis flewis@email.unc.edu
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If you have any questions regarding this event you can contact the event administrator, Faye Lewis via email at flewis@email.unc.edu
 
Virtual Wellness Circles for Graduate and Professional Students: Session 6- Fostering Resilience Through Self Holding


Graduate and professional students experience numerous stressors throughout their degree programs. Intense research pressure, financial difficulties, uncertainty about the job market, relationships and family pressures are just a few examples. This is further compounded by the ongoing global COVID 19 pandemic. While stress is a normal part of life, exposure to elevated levels of stress can accumulate and result a buildup of allostatic load. Graduate students are particularly vulnerable to the adverse health effects that result from allostatic load build up. To reduce and manage high allostatic load, it is important to engage in activities that reduce stress and foster resilience. Please consider joining Shahnaz Khawaja, Assistant Director of Resilience and Recovery Strategies in the office of Student Wellness in a Virtual Wellness Circle.

 

Session 6- Fostering Resilience Through Self Holding

Everybody experiences moments of anxiety. Did you know that there are evidence- based, basic but effective techniques you can use to anchor and calm yourself through body positioning and touch? Come and learn about some ways to nurture yourself.

During this session, participants will

·         learn about ways to self sooth using touch

·         learn about ways to reduce stress reactivity through evidence based self-holding and breathing exercises

·         learn about the different techniques of self-holding for maximum stress relief

 
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