SKY Campus Happiness Panel
Information
Date & Time
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Location
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Southern Hemisphere III, IV, V
1500 Epcot Resorts Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Describe how breathwork and meditation techniques decrease stress and depression in young people while simultaneously boosting positive emotions, mental health, mindfulness, and social connectedness
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Identify 2 or more evidence-based examples of the benefits of breathwork and meditation for young people.
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Identify 3 or more positive effects of breathwork and meditation techniques among young people.
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Explain 2 best practices for sharing evidence-based breathwork and meditation techniques and the SKY meditation technique with young people.
Description
The SKY Campus Happiness panel will share how young people from all over the world have turned their challenges into an opportunity to improve their mental wellness and the mental wellness of their entire college campuses. During the panel, participants will learn how evidence-based breathwork and meditation techniques, embodied somatic experiences, emotional intelligence training, and interactive group processes decrease stress and depression in young people while simultaneously boosting positive emotions, mental health, mindfulness and social connectedness. Participants will experience how SKY Campus Happiness techniques can boost well-being, foster calm alertness and support the flourishing of service leadership among young people. Attendees will learn best practices in sharing evidence based breathwork and meditation techniques as practitioners as well as part of peer to peer led mental wellness initiatives.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Katie Tomer is a nationally Certified Health Education Specialist and a 1,000hr certified SKY Breath Meditation instructor that has taught youth, incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, CEOs, college students, staff and faculty. After Katie experienced the benefits of the SKY Happiness Retreat as a college student, she formed a partnership with SKY Campus Happiness and her university’s recovery oriented campus center. Now in her seventh semester as an adjunct faculty member, Katie teaches the SKY Campus Happiness course for college credit as part of the University of Southern Maine’s Health Sciences Department.
Kamaria Clifton, MPA is a 1,000 hour certified SKY Breath Meditation teacher with over seven years of experience teaching breathwork and meditation to college students. She has taught the SKY Happiness Retreat at several universities across the country. Her journey with SKY Breath Meditation began during her undergraduate studies, where she experienced a profound personal transformation that inspired her to share these powerful practices with others. Kamaria’s dedication to helping university students access the benefits of meditation has been a driving force for her work. Currently, Kamaria serves as the Operations Manager for Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte, a nonprofit organization that provides free critical home repairs to low-income families.
Sree Kalyan Patiballa is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Alabama. He is a certified mental health first aider and a 1,000-hour certified SKY Breath Meditation instructor with over seven years of experience in breathwork and meditation. Sree personally experienced the benefits of SKY breath during his graduate studies and its positive impact on his mental health. He has taught breathwork and medication at prestigious institutions like Yale, the University of Illinois, Purdue, the University of Alabama, and the University of California. Sree is dedicated to introducing breathwork and meditation to college campuses nationwide.
Financially Sponsored By
- The Global Exchange Conference - Exchange Events