Workshop aims to help participants cope and feel better
Participants will learn how to regulate heart rhythms to immediately address their emotional state in challenging situations.
An expert in heart-rate variability will share research and its application via the HeartMath system in a workshop at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ.
Participants in the workshop, which will be at 1 p.m. Feb. 11 on , will learn how to use the heart/brain connection to regulate heart rhythms to immediately address their emotional state in challenging situations. The event is open to all, but .
The workshop will teach participants how to do so while uniting heart, mind and emotion; boosting resilience; decreasing stress; and improving mental and physical performance, notes Erin Cunningham Ritter, who will lead the workshop.
Cunningham Ritter, who is director of wellness and employee engagement for the College of Arts and Sciences, says that the workshop’s aim is to “support our communities with practical, in-the-moment tools for building coherence and capacity for resilience, stress reduction, improved self-regulation, performance and mental and physical health.â€
She describes HeartMath as an evidenced-based program that teaches participants to access their hearts’ inner balance to become the best versions of themselves. These tools, which can be applied in the moment, are proven to help participants reduce stress and anxiety while improving coherence, self-security and decision making, Cunningham Ritter says.
HeartMath has developed highly successful programs for self-improvement in mental, emotional and physical balance, according to Cunningham-Ritter. However, HeartMath technology and materials are not intended to replace treatments for medical or psychological conditions by licensed physicians, psychologists or other health care professionals.
The workshop is a presentation of Let’s CU Well, an expert-speaker series sponsored by Be Well, the College of Arts and Sciences’ wellness initiative, and CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Health and Wellness Services. For more information or to ask questions, contact Erin Cunningham Ritter.
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