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Respiratory
Fitness, Acid-Base Regulation, and Behavior Modification Presented
by Peter M. Litchfield, Ph.D. and Sandra Reamer, MFA, CBFT, CST The Webinar Respiratory Fitness
Workshop Series is comprised of four
1-day breathing workshops. They
address (1) the physiology and psychology of dysfunctional breathing habits,
(2) the identification of dysfunctional breathing behaviors and the factors
that trigger and sustain them, (3) self-regulation methods and technology for
helping clients to learn new breathing habits consistent with healthy
respiratory biochemistry, and (4) the business of providing breathing learning
services. These four workshops are required by professionals who are
seeking certification as Respiratory Fitness Educators as follows: WS-1
(Day 1) RESPIRATORY FITNESS:
Physiology and Psychology. Learn about the practical applications and the far-reaching
implications of integrating respiratory physiology with breathing behavioral
science. This interactive didactic
workshop provides the foundation for learning to provide breathing learning
services to clients, including: cellular, internal, and external respiration;
acid-base regulation, electrolyte balance, kidney physiology; ventilation,
breathing mechanics, measurement, technology; behavioral hypocapnia, physical
symptoms, psychological changes, behavioral deficits; breathing as a learned
behavior, triggers and reinforcements for learned breathing behaviors;
behavioral analysis, behavior modification, cognitive learning, awareness
training, biofeedback, and phenomenological exploration. WS-2
(Day 2) DYSFUNCTIONAL BREATHING:
Behavioral Analysis. Learn to assist clients in learning about their own breathing
habits and how those habits may be affecting them. This hands-on workshop
provides specific strategies for doing detailed behavioral detective work
essential to pinpointing the history of learned breathing behavior along with
the factors that may be sustaining it.
Participants learn how to do information gathering, interviewing,
testing, and capnograph psychophysiological analysis, including: personal
history taking, breathing symptom analysis, breathing mechanics analysis,
phenomenological exploration, secondary gain learning, vicious circle
learning, behavioral trigger identification, reinforcement factor analysis,
effects of breathing manipulation, memory and
imagery challenges, en vivo testing, breathing mechanics challenges,
standardized challenges, guided breathing exploration, intentional
overbreathing (ABA design), fitness training & sports, anaerobic testing,
and brief evaluation guidelines for referrals by colleagues and affiliates. WS-3
(Day 3) ADAPTIVE BREATHING: Behavior
Modification. Learn to assist clients in overcoming dysfunctional breathing
habits and learning new breathing habits that promote and maintain
respiratory fitness. In this hands-on workshop,
participants learn to provide learning services in person and over the
Internet, and to guide clients in doing en vivo learning and testing in the
field between sessions. These learning
services include: teaching short-term interventions, cognitive-conceptual
learning, cognitive-operant learning, phenomenological learning,
desensitization to breathing mechanics, desensitization to hypocapnic
symptoms, breathing-mechanics awareness training, negative practice,
deactivating behavioral triggers, extinction of maladaptive breathing
behaviors, acquisition of new breathing behaviors, withdrawal of old
reinforcements, creating new reinforcements, respiratory reflex awareness
training, biofeedback training, internalizing the locus of stimulus control,
state-dependent learning, generalization training. WS-4
(Day 4) BREATHING BUSINESS: Efficacy, Relevancy, Economics. Learn about an innovative new economic paradigm, a business
based on exceptional efficacy, relevancy, and economics, the breathing
fitness business. Usually,
professionals learn all about their trade, but generally learn nothing about
the business of their trade. This
workshop meets this practical challenge head on: participants learn how to
integrate breathing training services into their existing business, or to set
up a complementary business in parallel to their existing one. Learn about creating business identities; setting up a
network-infrastructure for offering breathing services; setting up multiple
kinds of boards for credibility, network marketing, and referrals; forming
partnerships with colleagues and allied businesses; establishing affiliations
with educational institutions, corporate entities, healthcare provider
organizations, and professional organizations; defining breathing services,
determining fees, creating passive income, and organizing classes; marketing
strategies, sales, advertising; minimizing overhead, setting up
Internet-based services, and understanding equity vs. income. Copyrighted by Behavioral Physiology Institute,
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