International Relaxation Day Online Conference
15th August, 2024
Start Times. Recordings available at:
15th August: 10:00 New Zealand; 08:00 Sydney, Australia; 06:00 Singapore; 06:00 Beijing, China; 00:00 Central European Time (CET) & South Africa.
14th August: 21:00 Central European Time (CET); 23:00 BST UK; 18:00 NY, USA.
Location: Virtual, Zoom Conference
Cost: Free event
Welcome to the International Relaxation Day Online Conference, 2024. We have presentations from relaxation and stress experts, academics, researchers and practitioners sharing with us their knowledge about relaxation techniques. For ease of watching internationally with the different time zones, our conference has been pre-recorded. The links to the video recordings go live on 15th August.
Who is this conference for?
The conference may interest members of the public who may wish to learn more about relaxation techniques and their benefits to health and wellbeing. The conference may also interest health professionals.
Conference recognition
The conference is recognised by the Association for Rational Emotive Therapy and the International Society for Coaching Psychology for continuing professional development (CPD). Both organisations support International Relaxation Day.
Speak Biographies
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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Introduction to the International Relaxation Day Conference with Dr Stephen Palmer PhD and Dr Siobhain O’Riordan PhD
Overview to relaxation techniques with Dr Stephen Palmer PhD and Dr Siobhain O’Riordan PhD. They will provide an overview to relaxation techniques, key research and there will be an opportunity to have a go at a simple relaxation exercise and evaluate its effectiveness.
Dr Stephen Palmer PhD CBiol CPsychol CSci CPsychol FIHPE (Hon) FISMA (Hon) is a Chartered Scientist, Chartered Biologist, Chartered Coaching Psychologist, Registered Health Psychologist and APECS Accredited Executive Coach and Supervisor. He is a BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behaviour Therapist and AREBT Accredited Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapist and Coach. He is Adjunct Professor of Coaching Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark and a Director of Studies and supervisor of PhD students at UWTSD.
Dr Siobhain O’Riordan PhD CSci CPsychol FISCP MIHPE Hon is Chartered Scientist and Chartered Coaching Psychologist. She has full divisional membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology (DARTP) and is a member of the BPS Psychobiology Section. She has published research and practice papers and her latest book is Introduction to Coaching Psychology (2021, with Palmer).
Mindfulness, with Liz Hall, author of Mindful Coaching: How Mindfulness can Transform Coaching Practice and Editor of Coaching at Work magazine.
Liz Hall is a leadership/ executive coach and trained mindfulness teacher.
A Senior Practitioner Coach (European Mentoring and Coaching Council), Liz’s work is informed by mindfulness, compassion, somatics, attachment theory, systems thinking/feeling and adult vertical development, amongst others.
Liz Hall is an award-winning journalist and coach. Awards include the Periodical Training Association’s Journalist of the Year award and the Association for Coaching’s Award for Impacting (Leadership/External Focus) Service to the Wider Community for 2010-11. Liz Hall is the editor and co-owner of Coaching at Work magazine
Mental Tai Chi: Relaxation techniques from a Chinese perspective with Dr Qing Wang.
Tai Chi, as one symbol of Chinese traditional culture, is known for its meditative quality and often used for stress reduction and improving overall well-being. In this presentation, I will introduce how to use the idea of Tai Chi as a mental exercise (instead of a physical exercise) practiced for both relaxation and health benefits.
Dr. Qing Wang is an educational psychologist, chartered psychologist, accredited coaching psychologist and a passionate lifelong learner. She completed PhD from University of Bristol and currently works as Associate Professor in Educational and Coaching Psychology at the School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University (ECNU). She established Educational Coaching Research Group (ECRG) at ECNU focusing on coaching psychology research and practice in the field of education. She is Fellow of International Society for Coaching Psychology (ISCP), Associate Fellow and Chartered Psychologist of British Psychological Society (BPS) and Chartered Member of International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP).
Stress Management through Social Mindfulness with Yumna Ali
Mindfulness helps to reduce stress.But social mindfulness ( Leonard, 2018) helps one to understand how we imagine ourselves and others, that may impact our behavior, mental health and stress management skills. Mindfulness based organizational education is a novel and recent approach of social process that improves communication and cooperation through socially organizing oneselves.
The benefits include the following:
- Improves metacognitive skills
- Increases team leadership effectiveness
- Promotes resilient culture
- Fosters awareness and social compassion
Yumna Ali is currently a doctoral researcher of psychology in Hazara University, Pakistan. She completed her General Certificate of Secondary Education from University of Cambridge and holds a TEFL certificate from City University New York. Recently, has completed her research training from Saudi National Institute of Health. She has published in the university journals of Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Netherlands, Azerbaijan and Spain. She is a life time member of Pakistan Psychological Association (PPA) and a member of American Psychological Association (APA). Her peer review record is of 60+ articles in high impact factor journals.
Zoom facilities
This conference is supported by the International Academy for Professional Development Ltd who are providing the Zoom Webinar facilities.
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Panel speakers and discussant opinions and sensitive materials
Panel speaker and discussants may express views and opinions which do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of National Wellbeing Service Ltd, their staff or the conference sponsors. Event presentations and panel sessions may include personal and sensitive material.
Techniques and interventions
Panel speakers and discussants may demonstrate a relaxation technique or strategy. National Wellbeing Service Ltd cannot verify the effectiveness or appropriateness of techniques or strategies demonstrated and are not liable for their use unless demonstrated by their staff. If concerned, you are not obliged to undertake any technique or intervention. They are for demonstration purposes only.