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Description

Stress Management: Regulating the Body, Recovering and Building Lasting Routines

Two days of body and breathing practice to restore calm and recover every day

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Tight shoulders, shallow breathing before a meeting, shortened nights, difficulty switching off in the evening: workplace stress registers first in the body. Organisational advice is not enough when tension levels remain permanently high.

This 14-hour programme is overwhelmingly practical. Participants experience breathing, muscle release and grounding exercises, try out short routines that can be used at the workstation and build their own daily recovery programme. The analysis of organisational causes of stress is covered by a separate programme in the catalogue.

Learning objectives

  • Identify how accumulated tension shows up in your body
  • Practise several breathing techniques suited to different contexts
  • Release areas of muscular tension through short exercises
  • Use a grounding technique before a demanding situation
  • Organise recovery during the day and at the end of the day
  • Build a realistic personal routine and track your practice

What makes this programme different

Most of the time devoted to practising the exercises rather than to theory
Short routines tested in real workstation conditions
A written personal recovery programme trialled between the two days

Programme

1Identifying Tension in the Body

Listening to your physical signals

  • Common physical manifestations of tension
  • Identifying your own areas of tightness
  • Observing your breathing in ordinary situations and under pressure
  • The link between tension levels and sleep quality

2Practising Breathing

Techniques and contexts of use

  • Abdominal breathing and lengthening the exhalation
  • Discreet exercises usable in meetings or on the telephone
  • Practice before a demanding situation
  • Frequency and duration of practice needed to obtain an effect

3Releasing and Grounding

Short body exercises

  • Progressive muscle relaxation of the main areas
  • Stretching exercises that can be done at the workstation
  • Grounding and refocusing techniques
  • Returning to calm after a peak of tension

4Establishing Your Routine

Daily recovery

  • Organising recovery periods across the day
  • An end-of-day ritual to switch off from work
  • Conditions that support good sleep
  • Tracking your practice and adjusting it over the weeks

Who is it for

Anyone experiencing persistent physical tension linked to their work, as well as employees who wish to learn recovery techniques.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.