The MDH Mental Well-Being and Resilience Learning Community, in partnership with the Ramsey County Mental Health Action Team, presents two opportunities to experience health practices in October 2021:
Friday October 15, 2021 |1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Mind-Body Connection Healing Practices
Register to participate on October 15th
Healing from historical trauma and toxic stress starts when each person learns to gets in touch with their mind and body. It’s important to pay attention to how we feel, particularly when things start to spiral out of control. By learning to be mindful of how stress is affecting our bodies we can then develop the skills to maintain control and respond to our daily stressors and toxic stress more effectively. Participants will learn about the mind-body connection and techniques to get you over the hump and put you in control again. Breathing skills and mindfulness practices can help us to remain calm, and avoid those negative, harmful, and destructive thoughts and emotions that make it difficult for us to think clearly or rationally. We all need each other; participants in this workshop will become empowered through learning strategies and practices to help ourselves and those around us find more peace, joy, and happiness. YOU GOT THIS!
How to be Resilient in our High Stress Society
Thursday, October 28, 2021 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Register to participate on October 28th
Our bodies are built for handling stress in the moment and then relaxing and feeling safe when the danger has passed. In our current society, our bodies often feel stressed and have a hard time recovering to a state of relaxation. The negative health impact of this stressed state is huge. Dr. Sara will teach people how to manage that stress, to reduce the negative impact on your mental, physical, and emotional health. Learn why it is important for your health to manage stress well. Discover techniques you can incorporate into your day to make your body more resilient to stress, such as lifestyle options to encourage a healthy stress response, several vagus nerve exercises and balancing techniques, specific breathing practices, and loving kindness meditation.