Certified to offer Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMART), the Benson-Henry Insititute's Relaxation Response Resiliency program. Granted, healthcare for the past 100 years has drifted away from this understanding, but in recent decades, human wisdom has been merging with scientific inquiry and the tide is turning again. Health is not a sum of body parts, but the integration of body and mind, and healthcare in the 21st century is a 3-legged stool: we have surgery, we have phamacology, but we also must have self-care or the stool collapses. Human beings have untapped potential for improving their health and increasing enjoyment in life by employing both body and mind. The SMART program (Stress Management And Resilience Training) developed by the Benson Henry Institute of Mind Body Medicine (started at MGH in Boston), is an 8-week course that teaches you how your body and mind are affected by stress, how your thoughts (mind) can add to or alleviate stress, and how to evoke the relaxation response to cultivate your own resilience. Learn what triggers your stress, what parts of your life add to the burden, or lessen it, and how to make changes that will lead to lasting better health. The SMART program has been used to reduce pain, improve emotional and physical resilience, and improve your everyday experience of living. You will learn not only about the science of stress and relaxation, but each week practice techniques to take control of your body and mind to reduce the effects of stress and increase the benefits of relaxation. If you are ready to make changes, to get SMART, think about taking this workshop soon!
