01/05/2012 Study Day - The Oxytocin Factor: Tapping the Hormone of Calm, Love and Healing
In recent years there have been exciting scientific discoveries about a hormone whose amazing role in the human body has long been neglected. Oxytocin is the powerful hormone involved in bonding, sex, and childbirth, as well as in relaxation and feelings of calm. It is the mirror image of the stress hormone adrenaline, which triggers the 'fight or flight' systems in the body. Much has been written about the latter, but the many-sided importance of oxytocin is at this point known only to those working in obstetrics and physiology and to some psychiatrists.
This study day will reveal the importance of the whole oxytocin system for a general audience. Both the new research findings and the potentially beneficial applications of this hormone in reducing anxiety states, stress, addictions, and problems of childbirth are fascinating and of great significance in all our lives.
This day will be of benefit to anyone working with people and who would like to understand more about the benefits of touch and how to increase oxytocin levels for the body to be calm, to feel connected to others and to heal itself. Yoga teachers, school teachers, acupuncturists, reflexologists, massage therapists, doulas, midwives, antenatal teachers, psychiatrists, psychologists, doctors, nurses…. EVERYONE!
Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg, M.D., Ph.D., is recognized as a world authority on oxytocin. Her research takes place at the famed Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, where she is Professor of Physiology.
The author of more than 400 scientific papers and a previous book, She and He, Dr. Uvnäs Moberg lectures widely in Europe and the United States. Her work has been influential in a variety of fields, including obstetrics, psychology, animal husbandry, physical therapy, pediatrics, and child development.
The mother of four children, she lives in Djursholm, Sweden.
Click here to see a short clip with Kerstin.
Above information from www.pinterandmartin.com. Her new book, The Hormone of Closeness, will be published by Pinter & Martin in September 2012.
Booking information
Date: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00pm
Venue: Near Watford (Sarratt), Hertfordshire - see below
Rates:
Early Bird rates (book before 29th February 2012)
Doula UK and Nurturing Birth members: £45
Midwifery students an AN teacher students: £45
Others: £60
From 1 March 2012
Doula UK and Nurturing Birth members: £55
Midwifery students and AN teacher students: £55
Others: £70
Booking: kicki [at] birthbliss [dot] co [dot] uk (email) to receive a booking form.
This day has been approved by Doula UK as an ongoing learning day.
Coffee breaks are included but not lunch (please bring your own or buy in pub).
Certificates of attendance will be available.
To get to the venue
Driving:
At junction 18 off the M25, exit onto Rickmansworth Rd/A404 toward Chorleywood/Amersham. Turn right onto Solesbridge Lane after 0.5 miles. After 1.3 miles, turn left onto Sarratt Road. Continue on for 0.8 miles and go slight left onto Dimmocks Lane. After 0.2 miles, keep left at the fork. Turn left to stay on The Green. Destination will be on the right.
Use http://www.mapquest.co.uk to get directions from your starting point.
The full address of the venue is:
Village Hall Address:
Sarratt Village Hall
The Green, Sarratt,
Nr Rickmansworth,
Herts
WD3 6AS
Tube:
Take Metropolitan Line from London to Chorleywood station. It’s about 3 miles to the venue from the train station. There is a taxi rank just outside and we have arranged for people carriers to pick up participants. Expect to pay around £6 return.
Flying:
Nearest airport is Luton or Heathrow. A taxi from Luton to the venue will be around £34 one way and from Heathrow around £30. Please ring 01923-774466 to book.
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