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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course is an introduction to the theories and practices of complementary health care. Wellness and disease are explored in terms of their relationships to lifestyle behaviors, responses to change and transition, and consciousness (mindfulness or moment-to-moment awareness). There will also be an introduction to several complementary treatments that can be incorporated into one's lifestyle to improve and enhance health. Complementary Health Care practitioners will be guest speakers complementing the program with their expertise. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100, or placement. Fall.
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3 credits This course will examine in detail the multifaceted jewel known as yoga from its earliest beginnings in ancient India to its contemporary applications in the health field. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, philosophy and psychology of yoga, yoga as a science of well being, and the psychophysiology of yoga. Students will practice techniques of yoga to include breath and mind work. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100, or placement. Fall.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course, via lecture and laboratory practice, studies the origins and art of reflexology as an age-old method of facilitating health and wellness. How reflexology relates to other complementary practices is also discussed. Lab sessions focus on basic relaxation techniques and specific reflexology strokes such as thumb and finger walking. Students will be able to perform an entire reflexology session by course completion. National certification requirements will be covered. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100, or placement. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits With an understanding of the Major Chakra System, students gain the knowledge to accelerate the healing process of issues affecting the body, mind, and spirit system. This course provides a thorough investigation into one process that can be used for preventive measures to keep one's optimum health on track. Students will come to an understanding as to what is meant by energy healing, especially in reference to their Chakra system, the aura, meridians, and other vital points in the body system that are used to promote better health conditioning. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100, or placement. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course provides students with an opportunity to explore the subject of stress management in an academic context. Scientific research related to the causes and effects of stress will be examined. In this course students will be taught relaxation, meditation, and other strategies for transforming stress by comprehending the effects of stress on the human condition, analyzing one's own stress triggers and levels, and practicing a variety of stress management tools to incorporate into one's lifestyle. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100, or placement. Fall.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Reiki is an ancient healing method. Reiki is a natural healing energy that can be stimulated in the body through the hands of the practitioner to another person. Its gentle hand patterns are designed to bring the body and mind to a state of relaxation, which enhances the body's own natural ability to heal itself. No special belief systems are necessary. Through the assistance of the instructor, the student will learn the technique of stress reduction. Students will learn three practitioner levels of Usui Reiki. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100, or placement. Fall.
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1.00 Credits
1 credits The Trager Approach is an approach to body-mind integration that utilizes intentional touch and gentle non-intrusive, natural movements to release deep-seated physical and mental patterns and to facilitate deep relaxation, increased mobility, and mental clarity. These patterns may have developed in response to accidents, illness, or any kind of physical or emotional trauma, including the stress of everyday life. The therapeutic hands-on work is complemented by a client's active mentally-directed movements called Mentastics?. This course is intended to be an introductory course only, and will not lead to certification as a Trager practitioner. It does, however, meet one prerequisite for those desiring to take level 1 Trager training, or those desiring to pursue certification. Prerequisites: RDG100, ENG100, or placement.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Health professionals are becoming increasingly aware of the linkage among spirituality, religion, disease, and well-being. In the medical literature, there is an ever increasing amount of scientifically-based information demonstrating that patients with a spiritual identity or belief system may have better health outcomes than those who do not. This course will be a review of the science and research that examines the impact of spiritual and religious practices on health and disease. This course reviews the power of belief, the basics of clinical research, and the medical literature regarding the relationships between spirituality and religion and a variety of physical, mental, and behavioral health outcomes. These include depression, anxiety, heart disease, cancer, and immune system dysfunction along with destructive behaviors such as alcohol and substance abuse. Both positive and negative effects on health throughout the lifespan from childhood to old age are examined. The role of emotions, the importance of the neurological science, and the impact of prayer and meditation will also be explored. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100, or placement.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course introduces students to the history and methods used to promote the ideas and concepts of creating an integrated, healthy life. The student will engage in exploration of the physiological and psychological mechanisms that maintain homeostasis and of the adaptation responses learned through the physical and social environment. The processes of engaging the human spirit, (mobilization of energy or will), to deal effectively with change and stress will be addressed. While gaining knowledge of mind-body-spirit medicine from scientific sources, it is expected the student will learn how to listen to the body and challenge assumptions about ways of seeing the world. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100, or placement. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course investigates the question of why some people are more immunologically susceptible than others to various ailments and diseases; the effects of social interaction on health; the physical and psycho-dynamics of stress, the relationship of faith and belief on illness and wellness and the phenomena of the placebo effect. The science of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), the study of the relationship among physical, mental, and social dimensions of well-being, delves into these and other challenging areas of current study. The course will include the investigation of current research, the connection among the nervous, endocrine, and immune system interplay, and the relationship between physiology and biochemistry in health and disease. A basic overview of quantum physics, in particular the relationship of wave and particle theories of light will also be presented as a foundation for the growth of this scientific body of knowledge. The work of Candice Pert on endorphins will also be reviewed for its contribution to this new branch of science. Classes are informational, including current theories of mind/body medicine, and experiential, with training in positive self-programming, stretching, breathing, humor, relaxation, and meditation techniques. The relationship of mind/body medicine, personal stress-hardiness, and resistance to illness will thus be explored. Prerequisites: BIO115 or CHC220, or permission of instructor.
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