Stress Prevention in Practice

A full-day workshop focusing on knowledge, body awareness, and practical tools

Purpose: Training in stress-preventive behaviors and exercises. Approx. 25% theory / 75% practice.

Target Audience: Employee groups and other communities.

Participants: Max 30 people

Duration: 6 hours including breaks — can be held as a full-day workshop or divided into 2–3 sessions.

Time & Location: By arrangement

Content:

1. Listen to Your Body

• Group discussion: Psychological and physical experiences of stress

• Lecture: Stress and emotions – and the relationship between them

• Body-based exercises: Guided body scan, etc.

2. Stress Biology

• Lecture: How stress overrides your thoughts – your unconscious biology

• Reflection exercises: My history and my stress triggers

• Body-based exercises: Yoga and other movement practices

3. Healthy vs. Unhealthy Stress

• Lecture: From lifesaver to life-threatening – the pathology of chronic stress

• Body-based exercises: Meditation

4. Thoughts, Emotions, and Stress

• Lecture: From thought to stress – and vice versa

• Exercises: Positive psychology

5. Creating Inner Calm

• Lecture: Recovery & the vagus nerve – multiple paths to well-being

• Body-based exercises: Breathing techniques

6. Social Stress

• Lecture: Social stress and stress reduction

• Plenary: The importance of social communities in preventing stress

7. Summary: Everyday Stress Buffers

• Group reflection: How do we create a stress-preventive life?

Instructors:

• Karen Johanne Pallesen, PhD – Founder of Synergia.dk, instructor at Aarhus University PhD School, Hammel Neurocenter & Folkeuniversitetet; columnist and debater.

  • Publications:

    • “Six Classic Misconceptions About Stress and Stress Symptoms” (2024)

    • “Workplaces Should Make Stress Prevention a Natural Part of the Work Culture” (2023)

• Camilla Marcinkowski – Yoga and mindfulness teacher, founder of CAMA MIND, experienced workplace and academic instructor; trained at Aarhus University and Oxford University

Questions & Booking: info@synergia.dk / +45 2679 7407