International Relaxation Day, 15th August, 2024
International Relaxation Day (IRD) will be held on the 15th August, 2024. The Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour supports International Relaxation Day. This year our involovement includes supporting the free online half-day IRD conference. The event will be for both health professionals and members of the public with an interest in learning more about relaxation techniques. See below for more details. Speakers include two AREBT members, Prof Stephen Palmer PhD and Dr Siobhain O’Riordan PhD.
What’s involved for International Relaxation Day?
International Relaxation Day is an opportunity to reflect and share the importance of relaxation and how people, families, organisations and communities can learn about applying relaxation in their daily lives and routines. Social media can be used to share what methods you have found useful to aid relaxation. You can use the hashtags: #InternationalRelaxationDay #InternationalRelaxationDay2024 #Relaxation
International Relaxation Day Online Conference, 14th to 15th August, 2024
Conference date: 14th & 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
Celebrating and supporting International Relaxation Day, the International Relaxation Day Online Conference, 2024 will be held on 14th to 15th August. We have presentations from relaxation and stress experts, academics, researchers and practitioners sharing with us their knowledge about relaxation techniques. Speakers include Prof Stephen Palmer (UK), Dr Siobhain O’Riordan (UK) and Dr Qing Wang (China). 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 14th and 15th August depending upon your time zone. The International Society for Coaching Psychology (ISCP) and Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy are co-sponsors of the conference coordinated by the National Wellbeing Service Ltd.
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.
Visit the conference website for full details.