The Weekend University
A Day of Optimal Well-Being
Learn the new science of how sleeping, breathing, and walking can help you thrive in daily life.
Sunday February 28, 2021
UK Time: 09:30 am – 17:00 GMT
USA East Coast Time: 4:30 am – 1:00 pm ET
10:00am – 12:00pm GMT: Walking: The Superpower of Wellbeing - The surprising science behind walking and optimal brain health, why it’s so good for us, and the powerful impact it can have on our mental and physical wellbeing – Professor Shane O’Mara (Trinity College, Dublin)
1:00pm – 3:00pm GMT: The Neuroscience of Optimal Sleep - The cutting-edge research underpinning why we sleep, why it is even more important than you think it is, how we mess it up, and how to optimize your sleeping patterns so you can thrive in your daily life – Professor Vincent Walsh (University College London)
3:30pm – 5:00pm GMT: The Healing Power of the Breath - How evidence-based breathing practices can alleviate symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression and trauma, and how you can use the ‘Breath-Body-Mind’ approach for greater mental clarity, energy and performance – Dr. Patricia Gerbarg (New York Medical College) & Dr. Richard Brown (Columbia University, NY)
Learn unique insights that can improve your quality of life and help others do the same.
Information and Registration: https://theweekenduniversity.com/optimal-wellbeing/
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The Healing Power of the Breath
Breath-Body-Mind for Stress Reduction, Emotion Regulation, and Well-Being
Richard P. Brown, MD and Patricia L. Gerbarg, MD
Most of us are feeling the effects of chronic stress related to COVID-19. Fear, fatigue, and frustration can compromise our abilities to maintain emotional balance, positive relationships, and creative individual and community problem solving.
Educators, health-care professionals, service agency staff, and parents bear the double burden of maintaining their own well-being while caring for others. Breath-Body-Mind (BBM) teaches a set of evidence-based practices that can alleviate symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, loss, irritability, insomnia, isolation, and trauma. In addition, these breath-centered practices improve attention, mental clarity, energy, performance, and physical health. These skills have helped thousands of adults and children in the US, the UK, and other countries. Many who benefit go on to become BBM teachers, using the BBM tool kit of techniques in their clinical practices, classrooms, service work, yoga studios, and at home for their own families.
Dr. Brown and Dr. Gerbarg will introduce you to Breath-Body-Mind, explain the neurophysiological effects and research studies, describe the program’s benefits, and lead you through some basic movement and breathing exercises.
www.Breath-Body-Mind.com Our website offers free educational videos, workshop schedules, program reports, research articles, a free newsletter, and contact information.
Dr. Richard Brown, associate clinical professor in psychiatry at Columbia University Medical College, completed his psychiatry residency and fellowship in psychobiology and psychopharmacology at New York Hospital Cornell. Coauthor of more than 100 scientific articles, books, and chapters, he is a certified teacher of Aikido (4th Dan), Yoga, Qigong, and meditation. In collaboration with his wife, Dr. Gerbarg, he developed a neurophysiological theory about how mind-body practices can be optimized to quickly and safely reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety, insomnia, depression, fatigue, and trauma. They have taught programs for thousands of healthcare professionals, yoga teachers, First Responders, psychiatric patients, disaster survivors, adult and child refugees, schools, military service personnel, veterans, and the public.
Dr. Patricia Gerbarg, assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at New York Medical College, graduate of Harvard Medical School and the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute. Her research with Dr. Brown shows that BBM significantly benefits individuals with anxiety or depression, veterans, disaster survivors (e.g., 2001 World Trade Center attacks), and those with stress-related medical conditions. Their award-winning books include: The Healing Power of the Breath, Non-Drug Treatments for ADHD, and (with Dr. Philip Muskin) How to Use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health and Complementary and Integrative Treatments in Psychiatric Practice (American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2017).