These intensive, three-day, residential seminars will be held throughout the year at various conference sites around the state of New Hampshire. They will offer participants natural external and internal environments, healthy food, and an opportunity to build a community feeling while learning and discussing pathways to health. The PATH Institute is offering seminars to assist part-time graduate students and professionals who want to learn while sharing and living in a community environment. The PATH Institute certificate program will offer individuals new ways to explore health for themselves and their clients. Information from the courses can be integrated into educational, hospital, or other organizational settings.
Health is a journey that explores the inner as well as the outer dimensions of a human being.
Modern medicine is now evolving to encompass complementary or alternative healing approaches in assisting individuals dealing with illness and wellness. The course will investigate the psychophysiology of mind-body health and healing. The course is designed as a type of meditative retreat, practicing body scan, sitting meditation, eating meditation, and walking meditation. Extended periods of meditation practice each day are interspersed with group discussions, presentation, and small group work. The course will provide students with the theories surrounding the use of meditation as a healing tool, while at the same time providing an opportunity for students to learn and practice meditation techniques.