Stress Reduction for Wellbeing

Is your printer psychic? Does your photocopier know when you are under stress? Does your computer crash when you are late for a deadline? A combination of workload, organisational change, and everyday mishaps can seriously undermine our ability to be effective and enjoy what we do. Stress can cause us to lose our natural creativity and joy for life, and our work-life balance suffers. This course introduces you to simple and effective stress reduction techniques that raise your awareness of how to reduce stress and increase a quality of wellbeing. Stress reduction supports you to learn from stress to increase the quality of your life, and the quality of your performance.

This stress reduction course will enable you to:

• Practice effective stress reduction techniques for greater wellbeing and self-esteem
• Transform unpleasant and harmful anxiety patterns
• Relax for greater peace of mind and enjoyment
• Develop a clearer and focused mind
• Meet challenges more creatively

Course Programmes

The course will draw from the following principles and practices:

• BATON technique for centering in stressful moments
• Hans-seyle stress classification
• Diagnostic systemic stress diagram
• Self-awareness
• Working with panic and strong feelings
• ‘Needs’ versus strategies
• Body scan
• Following the breath for calm
• What are stressors
• Vision and values
• The learning frame
• Action plan

Related links :

Meditation for Wellbeing

Stress Reduction through Mindfulness