Summer Online Courses

Body & Mind: How Do Our Minds Impact Our Bodies, and How Do Our Bodies Impact Our Minds?
In this hybrid-asynchronous, online course, students will learn about the power of the mind over the body and the body over the mind. Students will study the role of the physical systems (such as sleep, nutrition, exercise, and stress) on our thinking processes, attitudes, and overall mental health and well-being. We will also explore how thoughts and mental processes can enact physical consequences in the body. Learning the systematic and cyclical nature of human body-mind relationships will help reveal the pathway to better health, self-awareness, and overall self-control.
This course content is derived from medical research taught in college-level courses for pre-med and psychology majors. There are 5 modules in the course through which students can move at their own pace. Participants will have two synchronous online meetings (7/9 and 7/12 at 10:00 am) with the course instructor and the cohort to discuss their learning in person, and online discussions will be monitored.

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