As a nurse, you spend much of your time caring for others and helping them through difficult times. Do you take the necessary steps to manage stress and deal with loss in your own life? Come and discover Sheng Zhen Gong (qigong), a practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). You’ll learn about the basic principles of TCM and moving meditation and participate in the practice to experience its benefits.
Objectives
- Analyze the critical importance of managing stress to prevent illness and enhance healing.
- Explain the theoretical and practical perspectives of three different types of meditation and how this complementary practice can be incorporated into one's daily life to manage stress, enhance self-care, and improve quality of life.
- Describe Reiki as a healing practice for self-care and stress management.
- Critique the effects of music for self-care, stress reduction, and healing.
- Discuss healing therapies that may work best for oneself to manage stress, enhance well-being, and improve personal productivity
