Workshops
Yoga and Ayurveda for the College Student: A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Health
Workshop Presentation Evan Marsh
This workshop, developed at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, encourages participants to take an active role in their health through the teachings of Yoga and Ayurveda. Over the course of the workshop, students will create a home practice specific to their individual needs. This holistic approach is informed by the Pancamaya model which defines the “self” through five interconnected layers: body, breath, mind, wisdom, and our truest self. Participants of this workshop will be guided through each layer by exploring yoga postures, breathing techniques, and meditation exercises. Each participant will receive an Ayurvedic self-assessment form that gives insight in to their personal constitution and current state of health. Utilizing this information, participants will make adjustments to the exercises that coincide with their specific imbalances. For instance, if their breath is shallow and their mind is racing practicing equal part breathing can restore balance and focus. As awareness of the “self” builds, the impetus to change often increases drastically; therefore, setting attainable goals will be an essential focus in the process of self-transformation.
Higher Education Dynamic Shifts and Health Promotion
Workshop Presentation Dawit Rumicha, Nima Madani, Deirdre Love, Alexis Patton, Cirilo Lora, Brittany Henry
The session will foster conversations on effective higher education practices geared towards increasing student education on health promotion practices. Using our research we will take a deeper look at the relationship between student health and factors in a higher education setting such as; scholarship, research expansion, creative expression, academic instruction, and civic engagement. The goal outcome of this session is to have participants obtain the tools necessary in being able to utilize techniques to bring burgeoning growth in their student’s success. This will be mainly attained through thoroughly analyzing participants ambitions of fostering an inclusive environment in their academic setting. Following these proceedings participants will be brought together in an open forum on effective and non-effective practice based techniques in comprehensively bringing about student driven success. Specifically, we will be visiting James Kouzes and Barry Posner, Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® Model to address how this can be applicable to student development and education on public health. Furthermore, we will be focusing our scope on the Healthy Campus 2020 initiative viewing practices that are based heavily in evidence supported theory but are also innovative and student centered. We will also engage in interactive activities in putting attendees in scenarios where they will be tasked to use problem based learning strategies in increasing student engagement and success in health promotion. Participants will also be brought into an activity to describe their current literature based methods of health promotion delivery by utilizing active group collaboration. Participants will gather in small groups of about 5 to discuss each of the practices and how it applies to their goals and set health promotion standards. The target audiences of this session will be university officials, university students, university faculty, and professionals in the field of public health along with health promotion.
