Learn powerful drug-free strategies, tips, and information on how to respond and calm down the uncomfortable sensations of anxiety.

Sessions include practicing a variety of long and short self-calming strategies, along with helpful hints on cognitive and lifestyle behaviours that prevent escalation of anxiety.

These techniques are especially helpful in the self-regulation of uncomfortable sensations like:

• muscle tightness in the chest and shoulders
• feeling like it’s hard to breathe, or not getting enough air
• palpitations and skipped beats of the heart
• racing mind and anxious thoughts
• feeling panicky

This three-session skills program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic meets online for an hour on three consecutive Monday evenings beginning at 7 p.m. on March 2.

Your link will be e-mailed to you after you have completed your program registration.

Fee for this 3-session program:

• $10 for University of Guelph students (due to a subsidy from U of G Student Health Services)
• $27 for members of United Steelworkers Local 4120 (due to a subsidy from Local 4120)
• $57 for all others

The Stress Management and High Performance Clinic began in 1978 in the Department of Human Kinetics with Dr. Evelyn Bird’s research on the impact of biofeedback and self-regulation/Non-Sleep Deep Rest techniques on health and performance. When Dr. Bird retired from teaching at the University, Student Affairs asked the Clinic to continue providing this research-based skills training for interested students, staff, faculty, and community members.