TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH!

Dr. Hamlin discussed the ways stress affects our bodies and contributes to health outcomes and challenging behaviors and how to combat stress. The evening also included opportunities to learn about and experience innovative stress reduction techniques; The Center for Discovery’s Integrated Arts Department music therapist practitioners Beth Deyermond, MA, MT-BC and Amanda Ruddy Belcastro, MT-BC offered a Sound Healing demonstration and Dr. Michael Weddle, certified Mind-Body Medicine practitioner, guided the audience through shaking and dancing, a form of expressive meditation for stress relief, which loosens joints and clears the mind.