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SKY Campus Happiness Panel

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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
  • • Counselors
  • • Addiction Counselors
  • • Social Workers
  • • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
  • • Psychologists
Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe how breathwork and meditation techniques decrease stress and depression in young people while simultaneously boosting positive emotions, mental health, mindfulness, and social connectedness

  • Identify 2 or more evidence-based examples of the benefits of breathwork and meditation for young people.

  • Identify 3 or more positive effects of breathwork and meditation techniques among young people.

  • Explain 2 best practices for sharing evidence-based breathwork and meditation techniques and the SKY meditation technique with young people.

References

  • Seppala, E., et al., Promoting Mental Health and Psychological Thriving in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Three Well-Being Interventions, 2020.

  • Katzman, M.A., et al., A multicomponent yoga-based, breath intervention program as an adjunctive treatment in patients suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder with or without comorbidities. International journal of yoga, 2012. 5(1): p. 57.

  • Sureka, P., et al., Effect of Sudarshan Kriya on male prisoners with non psychotic psychiatric disorders: A randomized control trial. Asian journal of psychiatry, 2014. 12: p. 43-49.

  • Toschi-Dias, E., et al., Sudarshan Kriya Yoga improves cardiac autonomic control in patients with anxiety-depression disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2017. 214: p. 74-80.

  • Sharma, A., et al., A breathing-based meditation intervention for patients with major depressive disorder following inadequate response to antidepressants: a randomized pilot study. The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 2017. 78(1): p. e59.

  • Descilo, T., et al., Effects of a yoga breath intervention alone and in combination with an exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in survivors of the 2004 South-East Asia tsunami. Acta Psychiatr Scand, 2010. 121(4): p. 289-300.

  • Martin, A., Multi-component yoga breath program for Vietnam veteran post traumatic stress disorder: randomized controlled trial. Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & Treatment, 2013.

  • Kharya, C., et al., Effect of controlled breathing exercises on the psychological status and the cardiac autonomic tone: Sudarshan Kriya and Prana-Yoga. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 2014. 58(3): p. 210-220.

  • Goldstein, M.R., et al., Improvements in well-being and vagal tone following a yogic breathing-based life skills workshop in young adults: Two open-trial pilot studies. International journal of yoga, 2016. 9(1): p. 20.

  • Carter, J., et al., Multi-component yoga breath program for Vietnam veteran post traumatic stress disorder: randomized controlled trial. J Trauma Stress Disor Treat 2, 2013. 3: p. 2.

  • Walker III, J. and D. Pacik, Controlled Rhythmic Yogic Breathing as Complementary Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Military Veterans: A Case Series. Medical acupuncture, 2017. 29(4): p. 232-238.

  • Subramanian, S., et al., Role of sudarshan kriya and pranayam on lipid profile and blood cell parameters during exam stress: A randomized controlled trial. International journal of yoga, 2012. 5(1): p. 21.

  • Chandra, S., et al., Mental stress: neurophysiology and its regulation by Sudarshan Kriya Yoga. International journal of yoga, 2017. 10(2): p. 67.

  • Kharya, C., et al., Effect of controlled breathing exercises on the psychological status and the cardiac autonomic tone: Sudarshan Kriya and Prana-Yoga. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol, 2014. 58(3): p. 210-220.

  • Ghahremani, D.G., et al., Effects of the Youth Empowerment Seminar on impulsive behavior in adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2013.

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Kate Tomer

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

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 Kayan Patiballa

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.

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