Working with stress - CVOL0220

• Title: Working with stress
• Guaranteed by: Department of Anatomy 3FM CU (12-ANAT)
• Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
• Actual: from 2022
• Semester: both
• Points: 3
• E-Credits: 3
• Hours per week, examination: 0/14, C [HS]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (35); summer:unknown / unknown (35)
• Min. number of students: 15
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: Czech, English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: Anastasiya Lahutsina, M.D., Ph.D.
• Comes under: AVSEOB-VP-3 (ZÁPIS); AVSEOB-VP-4 (ZÁPIS); AVSEOB-VP-5 (ZÁPIS); AVSEOB-VP-6 (ZÁPIS); AVSEOB1-VP-3 (ZÁPIS); BF-VP-1 (ZÁPIS); BF-VP-2 (ZÁPIS); BF-VP-3 (ZÁPIS); BFY-VP-1 (ZÁPIS); BFY-VP-3 (ZÁPIS); BNUT-VP-2 (ZÁPIS); BNUT-VP-3(ZÁPIS); VSEOB-VP-3 (ZÁPIS); VSEOB-VP-4 (ZÁPIS); VSEOB-VP-5 (ZÁPIS); VSEOB-VP-6 (ZÁPIS); VSEOB1-VP-3 (ZÁPIS)

Annotation

English

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (24.03.2020)

Students learn how to better cope with the stress. They explore various techniques for that and disscuss interesting themes such as mindfulness/meditation, yoga, self-compassion, stress mindset, resilience, positive psychology, etc.

Course completion requirements

English

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (24.03.2020)

attendance 80%

Literature

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (24.03.2020)

Human Pheromones: Integrating Neuroendocrinology and Ethology. James V. Kohl, Michaela Atzmueller, Bernhard Fink2 & Karl Grammer. Neuroendocrinology Letters 2001; 22:309-321

 

B. Alan Wallace The Buddhist Tradition of Samatha:Methods for Refining and Examining Consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies www.imprint-academic.com/jcs

 

Learning to Smell: Olfactory Perception from Neurobiology to Behavior. Donald A. Wilson, Richard J. Stevenson.

 

www.mindandlife.org

 

The end of stress as we know it. McEwen and Lasley, Joseph Henry Press, 2002

 

www.mindandlife.org

 

 

The end of stress as we know it. McEwen and Lasley, Joseph Henry Press, 2002

 

Sakyong, J. M. R.: Seminary transcripts. Teachings from the Sutra Tradition - Book One. 1. ed., Halifax: Vajradhatu Publications, 2002. p. 29-57.

 

Irini Rockwell. The Five Wisdom Energies (A Buddhist Way of Understanding Personality, Emotions, and Relationships). Shambhala Publications. 2002.

 

http://www.sbinstitute.com/

 

Allan B. Wallace: Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003 

 

 Allan B. Wallace: Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003

 

Waldron W.S. Buddhist Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Thinking about Thoughts without a Thinker. http://www.purifymind.com/EcologyMindSteps.htm

Teaching methods

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (24.03.2020)

Practical methods:

Working with regulated glossolalia (using verbal and illustrated techniques to initiate dialogue)

Meditation technique shamatha and vipassana

 

Teoretical methods:

lecturing, discussion

Practical methods:

Working with regulated glossolalia (using verbal and illustrated techniques to initiate dialogue)

Meditation technique shamatha and vipassana

 

Teoretical methods:

lecturing, discussion

Syllabus

English

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (24.03.2020)

1) Mindful self-compassion
Introducing the concept of self-compassion - what is it and how it could be beneficial to us. Exploring methods how to develop more self-compassion. Practical exercises and loving kindness / self-compassion meditation.

2) Altered traits - science and mindfulness / meditation
Overview of the contemplative research. Meditation included.

3) The upside of stress
The new science of stress. Our attitude toward stress matters. Concept of stress mindset. Three main ways how to be better at stress. Practical exercises.

4) Resilience
Resilience research is recently very popular. What makes people resilient in the face of adversity, stress or trauma? The genes play the role, but our experiences throughout the life matter too. Resilience can be also trained. We will disscuss and explore this interesting topic more.

5) Positive psychology
Positive psychology offers many strategies to help us flourish. Disscussion about the special relationship of mindfulness and positive psychology. Practical exercises.

Course completion requirements

English

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (24.03.2020)

attendance 80%