Research Intervention Laboratory

The research intervention lab is designed to promote physical health and mental wellness for all people regadless of age, gender or ethnicity through exercise and group mindfulness based activities. These activities include but are not limited to: yoga, pilates, mindfulness, barre exercises, meditation using techniques in pranayama, and resistance training using light weights and balls with an emphasis on posture and alingment. The selected resistance training exercises are designed to increase awareness and to strengthen the body especially the small muscles along the spine in the back recruited during standing posture.

The lab has a wood floor, mirrors, a barre, and a sound system for relaxation training . It is equipped with yoga or pilates mats, balls, light weights, as well as weighted arm and leg velcro cuffs. There are four infinity biofeedback systems and an overhead projector for teaching. A physical therapy table is available for range of motion measurements using a goniometer.

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