Shirley Knapp - Meditation for Health Self-Paced Activity Section #3

Meditation for Health is Section #3 of the Practice of Holistic Self-Healing.

*Objectives:*	*Content:*
1. Identify physical and psychological effects of stress.	1. Examples of how stress challenges health and personal and professional relationships. a. Exercises in personal stress evaluation. b. Become aware of physical effects of stress. c. Address psychological effects of stress.
2. Implement stress management techniques.	2. Explore the origins of meditation. a. Apply the techniques of meditation. b. Introduction to applications of meditation in health care. c. Scientific data on the benefits of meditation and the impact on patient recovery.
3. Create a personal stress management meditation practice.	3. Entire body meditation for individual self-healing practice. a. Daily visualization supports the ability to feel relaxed for continued control. b. Technique can be used anytime during the day to regain the feeling of control.