Courses Related to Health & Well-Being
Emotional & Psychological Well-Being
Personal Brain Management (Neuroscience 161/Psychiatry 182)
Have we entered the next stage of human evolution now that we know enough about the brain to change its function? What does the future hold for those who want to enhance cognitive functions or prevent the onset of brain disorders? What can you do today to change habits, leveraging knowledge of neuroplasticity? This course engages students in learning about the current state of neuroscience knowledge regarding: cognitive training, habit formation and change, “happiness” and positive psychology interventions, self-monitoring and the quantitative self, time management, executive function management, mindfulness, and creativity. The course includes practical application of knowledge acquired via class and readings.
Mindfulness Practice & Theory (Psychiatry 175)
Join in this 6-week class to study the practice and theory of mindfulness, including sitting and moving meditation, ways to deepen positive emotions like gratitude or joy, relational mindfulness, and methods for integrating awareness and creativity into ordinary activities. We will examine the science of mindfulness for mental and physical health, including reduced stress, improved attention, and greater mind-body awareness.
Physical Activity
Empowerment Self-Defense (WL Arts 19)
Practical introduction to empowerment self defense (ESD): feminist, gender-inclusive, antiracist self-defense system. Empowerment self defense treats violence as tool of social control. Accordingly, ESD attends to recurrent scripts for violence and offers verbal and physical means of self protection and conflict resolution. ESD also recognizes that empowerment requires unlearning, challenging of social norms as we internalize them, and learning physical and verbal skills for self protection. Students learn verbal and physical strategies for countering violence, and mechanisms through which violence typically occurs. Focus on types of violence and harassment students are most likely to encounter. Studio-based class consists of physical drills, verbal exercises, readings by scholars studying self defense, and discussion. Students have chance to put skills into practice through dynamic training scenarios.
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