Mette Mouritsen
Bevidst Medicine, Denmark
Title: Methods to balance the stress response in dealing with symptoms and diseases
Biography
Biography: Mette Mouritsen
Abstract
This lecture in dialogue will remind you about the cause of the physical response to inner and outer stressors, and describe the stress reaction in the body-mind. Then you will be introduced to the benefits of mindfulness in initiating the relaxation response and strengthening awareness, and by this regaining the capability to focus with clarity. You will be introduced briefly to other methods to balance stress such as movement medicine and mindfulness in group sessions. The latter is a short cut, because in addition it may handle such difficult feelings as guilt and shame and give the possibility to train new acquired skills in a safe context. Then it may create a new network as a future engagement and support.
