Provider: ACE - American Council On Exercise
Type: Online Course
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CEC Credits: ACE 0.1 CECs

Chronic stress is a major issue affecting mental and physical health, but you can help with this course designed to help health and fitness professionals create stress-reducing movement sessions. In this transformative course, you'll discover the science behind stress and its impact on health and performance, and learn how to incorporate movement, mindfulness, and meditative breathing into your sessions. You'll gain a variety of stress-reducing exercises to use with your clients and learn how to offer unique stress reduction classes to keep your clients coming back.

This course is perfect for fitness professionals who want a holistic approach to helping clients improve overall well-being, not just physical fitness. If you value the mind-body connection and want to integrate psychosocial benefits into your sessions, this course is for you. It's also ideal for those who experience stress themselves and want to learn to manage it while helping clients. Plus, you'll discover how to offer innovative classes that increase client retention and provide extra income.

A recent survey by the American Psychological Association found that 75% of adults experience moderate to high levels of chronic stress. This course will teach you how to help your clients manage stress, improve their health, and achieve their fitness goals. Led by expert instructor Ky Russell, MA, Certified Pilates Instructor, educator, and mindfulness facilitator, you'll gain practical tools and techniques you can use right away to help your clients reduce stress.

Offer your clients more than just a workout. With "Embodied Stress Release," you'll help them achieve better mental and physical health. Join us and become a leader in stress reduction through movement. Let’s create a healthier, happier world, one movement session at a time.

Upon completion, you will be able to: 

  • Understand stress response and the effects of chronic stress on health, the nervous system and its impact on performance and training success 
  • Facilitate and enhance nervous system regulation through breathwork, mindfulness and stress relief 
  • Identify the health disparities caused by chronic stress and how it affects underserved populations 
  • Educate clients on the importance of stress management and the role of movement in reducing stress