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The Mind-Body Connection: Emotions, Movement and Calm new
Join Dr Andrew Morrice live online for a deep dive into what the latest research tells us about how our physical selves impact on our mental health and vice versa, the physiology of our emotions, how stress can become chronic – and much more…
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The Mind-Body in depth: Emotions, Movement and Calm
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Accredited CPD: 6 hours
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Length: 1 day (9.15am - 4.00pm BST)
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Tutor: Dr Andrew Morrice
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- Price: £145 £143 per person
Includes course slides PDF and access to a recording of the event
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Original price was: £145.00.£143.00Current price is: £143.00.
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A brilliant framework to understand the neurobiology of our needs and how to manage stress
Dr Ally Jaffee, NHS Doctor
Join Dr Andrew Morrice on Wednesday 15th October for this jam-packed live online course, suitable for anyone interested in mental and/or physical health. It can be either a stand-alone learning experience or form part of a 2-day exploration along with ‘Food, Mood and Sleep’ which is run separately. Between them the two days cover all the key areas for maintaining overall health. (Price includes a recording – available for 2 weeks.) What you will learn >
*SAVE an extra 10% when you book both days – enter code ‘MIND10’ at the checkout.
Why take this course
Having a deeper understanding of the latest research into the effects on mental health of ‘physical’ factors – such as movement and exercise, time in Nature, ‘breathwork’ and real-time connection with others – enables us to tailor powerful therapeutic interventions and deliver more informed psychoeducation.
This jam-packed day also covers the physiology of responses such as ‘freeze, fight or flight’, the effects of physical activity on emotional, mental, memory and brain health, why stress can become chronic, the many ways we can activate our innate capacity to restore calm through our breath and attention, why these relaxation techniques work and what they do for us physically.
The findings you will explore on the workshop have implications for many areas of mental health, even addiction, and give us additional ways to help people resolve many difficulties quickly and effectively, as well as improve overall health. The HG approach recognises that meeting our emotional needs and using our resources well are key to good mental health – yet the impact of ‘physical’ factors on our emotions and state of mind can be just as profound.
Even though our physical needs may appear obvious – a healthy diet, regular physical exercise etc – we know that most of the chronic diseases sweeping through the Western World are linked to “lifestyle”, indicating that many people are not actually meeting their physical needs in healthy balanced ways – despite the vast array of information available to them. Finding clarity about how best to meet our own physical needs can also help us maintain our capacity to help others.
Throughout the day, Dr Andrew Morrice, a practising GP, draws on both the latest research and his decades of experience managing the complex combination of mental and physical health problems in General Practice (20 of those years using the Human Givens model). We will sift the sense from the nonsense, and see the fundamentals behind the buzzwords and trends, making it easier to think clearly about our own health as well as that of our patients or clients…
I learned so much – it was a riveting day. Andrew has fantastic energy...
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Join Dr Andrew Morrice live online – this course could benefit your own health as well as your clients!
BONUS RECORDING – you will also get a recording for a limited time afterwards to maximise your learning.
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What will you learn
- How the now well-known human ‘needs and resources’ relate to our evolutionary past, and physical lives
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The many ways physical movement affects the functioning of the mind and our emotions
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A deeper look into the physiology of emotional responses, such as ‘fight, flight, freeze’ and their impact on health
- Greater knowledge of the fundamentals of how we can find calm – and the very many ways these can be used to help people
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New information from the latest mind/body research that has implications for therapeutic lifestyle changes
Also covered:
- What is ‘health’? And how do we get it?
- Key practices to support your own health, as well as your clients’
- How to avoid the unhelpful psychology and aversive ‘pattern match’ that many of us have when it comes to ‘exercise’
- Whether we can really be addicted to exercise and if so why?
- A deeper understanding about the role of “Green Space” in mental health
- Increased knowledge of the ways in which physical changes in the body contribute to emotional distress
- The many ways in which movement and physical activity are connected with mental health
- How thinking and moving, memory and place are inextricably linked
- Why stress can become chronic (long-lasting)
- Greater clarity about the role some emotions play in creating physical ill health – and the powerful ways in which other emotional states promote health (including the key role of oxytocin)
- The science of the relaxation and oxytocin responses, and how these relate to many types of addiction, including smoking
- Organising ideas to understand how 6 different types of relaxation practice relate to each other
- A practical exploration of the many ways the relaxation response can be activated through breath and attention – including a new technique for dealing with panic
- Why some people may have come to believe that ‘the breathing’ can’t or won’t help them
- Summaries of the role of diet and sleep on our health – along with the factors considered today in ‘Therapeutic Lifestyle Change’
- Time to ask our expert tutor questions and benefit from group discussions
- And more
Really insightful course with an amazing way into practical applications of the HG concepts...
Aliya Drake, HG Therapist
Course Programme
The ‘The Mind-Body Connection in depth: Emotions, Movement and Calm’ live online course starts at 9.15am and runs until 4.00pm. (BST).
Who is this course suitable for?
- This course is open to anyone interested in mental and/or physical health
- Please note: you don’t need to have attended the previous Mind-Body Connection course to come on this one, or its sister course ‘Food, Mood and Sleep’.
- This course was previously run as an in person workshop.
This course has been independently accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office for 6 hours of CPD training.
On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.
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Please complete the form below and we’ll email you when another date becomes available.
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Wed 15th October 2025 Original price was: £145.00.£143.00Current price is: £143.00.
Wed 15th October 2025 Original price was: £145.00.£143.00Current price is: £143.00.
Excellent, as usual with any HG course. It’s so intense and so full of good information and tips, and I got so many eye-opening insights that I need a little time for everything to sink in. I appreciate the notes and the replay. Andrew Morrice comes across as relatable and he gives very clearly great information, great tips, and lots of food for thought.
Found this course really informative. A fantastic balance of refreshing my knowledge, learning some new bits and linking it all up together. I found the pace of the course just right and enjoyed Andrew’s added humour. Thank you – I’ll be booking onto Part 2.
Andrew is a very informative, interesting and experienced facilitator. As a practising HG therapist I felt there was a good mix of revision of info already known to me, but with plenty of new information to take forward in my client work. I am already looking forward to day 2. Thank you Andrew and as always, thank you also to Arlene.
Presenter was very knowledgeable and gave clear insights into the bio-psycho-social nature of a human’s capacity to move and how this can impact on biological systems and ultimately health and mood. Of particular interest was the study outcome of a tribal community covering significant daily distances and the impact on their cardio-vascular systems, but also there revelation regarding the efficient consumption of calories (which appeared similar to more sedentary lifestyles). Would recommend.
The pace, content, delivery were all very good. The day was jam packed with very interesting new learning which I can see will be immediately helpful with many clients. Some of the content was dense and will require some time to go back over to fully absorb. All in all a very worthwhile day’s training that will definitely inform my practice, can’t wait until Part 2.
The day was jam-packed with information and was very interesting, however, towards the end of the day both I and my computer became very tired. I am looking forward to Day 2 on 11th June.
A very interesting day – I learnt a lot.
Clear presentation style and concise overview offered by Andrew with interesting insights into what comprises health – mind and body.
An informative, research grounded, holistic perspective on the mind body connection delivered in an engaging and entertaining way by Andrew. With a focus on the importance of movement, it was a reminder of the positive impacts that diverse physical activities can have on how we feel and sustaining our mental/emotional wellbeing. All of this was supported by the biological and physiological explanations for why. Also, through the lens of the physical body, the course offered practical ideas and techniques for how to regulate and sustain positive mental and emotional health as well as plenty of other resources and reading.
Andrew Morrice is an engaging and extremely knowledgeable presenter, although a lot of information is shared in this course and the external links to additional resources are excellent. It’s very interesting and insightful to have a dual medical and practising HG therapist viewpoint of the Mind-Body Connection, so many great insights I can use in my own work. I suspect I won’t remember everything as I simply couldn’t take notes fast enough and I didn’t want to miss anything he said. The course handouts were the slides as presented but I’ll be going over the playback to make sure I’ve not missed any of the nuggets!
This was a brilliant course that exceeded my expectations. It was an excellent mix of an overview of key things to consider, and very detailed scientific explanation of how and why certain approaches work and why others don’t. I felt intellectually stretched, supported and nourished.
I found the course deeply informative and helpful. The course content and delivery gave me further insight into the biological intricacies and processes involved in the overall context of HG organising idea and structure, including the aspects of therapeutic application. Brilliant!
A very comprehensive day – thank you.
An interesting deep dive on the essential human needs required for wellbeing – both mental and physical. Andrew is an experienced professional who shared case studies and combined theory with practice to bring concepts to life. Highly recommended to all professionals working in the mental health field.
It was great having Andrew’s extensive health background along with the application of the Human Givens framework. It really brought the subject matter great depth…
I learned so much – it was a riveting day. Andrew has fantastic energy.
A brilliant framework to understand the neurobiology of our needs and how to manage stress.
Andrew is endlessly charming and interesting. His course brings together the whole of human givens in a varied, novel, in-depth and practical way.
Packed with relevant and interesting information that underpins the HG model and techniques. Andrew is an engaging trainer.
Really insightful course with an amazing way into practical applications of the HG concepts.
Very informative, building on previous knowledge and fitting very well within the HG model.