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Wallingford Wellness Series: Create Your Own Stress Reduction Tool Box

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Learn how to define stress and the various triggers that can cause it. Review a sampler of stress reduction techniques, including gentle movement practices (while seated); deep breathing; self-Reiki techniques; aromatherapy; journaling; and channeling your inner creative. Create a personal stress reduction toolkit to help manage the stress and overwhelm that you feel.

Jennifer A. King is the Executive Director of The Masonic Charity Foundation of Connecticut. A Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance since 2010, she has been an avid practitioner of yoga and a long-time student of healthy lifestyle modifications to manage stress and anxiety. Jennifer has trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with the Center for Mindfulness at the UMass Medical School, and completed the Integrative Yoga professional training at Duke Integrative Medicine.

This program is presented in partnership with Masonicare and Wallingford Health Department.