Thursday, May 4, 2023 – Seven Hills Conference Center
Holistic Health
Abstracts
Self compassion: High school/College Women
By Melisa Calvillo, Aurelia Serrato, Rayna Andal & Abi Mora
Faculty advisor/course instructor: Jennifer Daubenmier
Entry #27
Exploring healthy coping mechanisms through meditation to alleviate stress and promote self compassion in woman who are high school or college students.
Benefits of Nature Meditation on Prison populations
By Donya Ellaibody, Tomas Griego & Joshua Koch
Faculty advisor/course instructor: Professor Jennifer Daubenmier
Entry #18
Our research focuses on the benefits of Nature meditation in mental wellbeing as well as enhanced attention performance, which we applied to prison populations in an effort to call to action, the incorporation of nature meditations in the prison system.
The Power of Self-Healing through Holistic Health Practices
By Nicholas Heinz
Faculty advisor/course instructor: Erik Peper
Entry #13
Every semester the Holistic Health Western Perspectives class (HH 380) tasks students with picking a health related issue or area of concern to work on and document for their Self-Healing project. Students are asked to design a strategy and a plan of action, while keeping a record of their progress by rating their level of success and commitment. 336 students (29% male, 71% female) from the 2020-2022 online semesters were surveyed to correlate success and commitment. These students were compared with the success rating from the in-person students from 2012 and 2016 (on a scale from -2 (significantly worse) 0 (no change) +2 (significantly better). Most students reported benefit or improvement from completing their Self-Healing projects. Students appeared to report equal benefits from their Self-Healing projects during 2020-2022 online class, as compared to the combined 2012 and 2016 in-person classes. Students not only benefited from specific practices but also a change in mindset with students learning they have the capability to heal themselves and be in charge of their own health. Beyond decreasing symptoms or increasing health behavior, a shift in perspective seems to be one of the greatest benefits of the Holistic Health teachings. This shows the benefit of introducing Holistic Health programs to universities and demonstrates the power of emphasizing the concept of self-healing in order to maximize benefits in health and wellbeing.
Meditation and Sleep
By Emma Seiber, Sherelie Lum, Isaiah Coston & Maiah Cook
Faculty advisor/course instructor: Jennifer Daubenmier
Entry #23
Many college students know how it feels to be unable to sleep due to stress, once these sleeping problems begin it can enhance anxiety before going to bed making sleeping even more difficult. Sleep deprivation can cause many health problems that potentially become chronic such as heart disease, kidney disease and high blood pressure. Meditation has been studied for many years that depict a positive influence on an individuals life. With the practice of meditation, it has shown a dramatic decrease in overall relaxation and stress levels, and better sleep quality. This research project is to show that meditation can positively affect sleep quality and reduce stress in college students.
The study of nutmeg from eastern and western perspective
By Gabriel Singer
Faculty advisor/course instructor: Jennifer Daubenmier
Entry #30
This is an introduction to the spice nutmeg through two different approaches. The Eastern perspective and western perspective and how nutmeg is used and explained.