About Course

This 5-credit CEU course integrates neuroscience, yoga, mindfulness, and expressive arts to explore memory and its connection to well-being. Participants will learn to create Memory Maps—visual tools that externalize memories through drawing, writing, and reflection. The course provides educational foundations, practical exercises, journal prompts, and scripts for guided meditation. Upon completion of the modules, students will attend a 2-hour live Zoom session with the instructor to review their maps, share reflections, and integrate learning.

Final Integration: Live Zoom Session

After completing all 5 modules, participants will join a 2-hour live Zoom session with the instructor. In this session, students will share their memory maps, review their journal prompts, and integrate the learning through guided discussion and reflection. This personal interaction ensures that each participant feels supported and confident in applying the practice of memory mapping in daily life.

Learning Objectives
Explain the neuroscience of memory and the role of stress and relaxation in recall.
Practice breathwork and meditation techniques that support memory retrieval.
Create personal memory maps as tools for self-reflection and healing.
Facilitate memory mapping in group, caregiving, or teaching contexts.
Integrate memory mapping into yoga, mindfulness, or therapeutic practices.

Course Content

Module 1: Memory and the Nervous System
This module introduces the science of memory and the nervous system. We will explore different types of memory: short-term, long-term, explicit, and implicit. Students will learn how chronic stress and sympathetic nervous system activation can block recall, while parasympathetic activation through breath and mindfulness enhances memory access. Participants will practice a calming breathwork sequence to down-regulate the nervous system.

Lesson 1: Types of Memory and How They are Stored
Lesson 2: Stress, Trauma, and Memory Blocks
Lesson 3: The Parasympathetic Nervous System and Memory Retrieval
Lesson 4: Breathwork Practice — 4-7-8 Breathing and Coherent Breathing
Journal Prompt 1: Recall a time when stress made it difficult for you to remember something.
Journal Prompt 2: How did it feel in your body?
Journal Prompt 3: What practices or conditions help you remember more clearly?
Journal Prompt 4: When do you feel most mentally clear and why?
Journal Prompt 5: Think of a time when you felt completely safe and relaxed. Where were you? Who was with you? What do you remember noticing in your body, your breath, and your surroundings? Could you write down the details and reflect on how your sense of calm influenced your ability to remember the experience?

Module 2: The Practice of Memory Mapping
This module introduces the core practice of memory mapping. A memory map is a visual or written representation of memories that organizes them spatially, like a mind map or timeline. Students will explore different forms of mapping—timelines, mind maps, travel maps, or symbolic trees—and practice creating their first simple memory map.

Module 3: Mindfulness and Memory Recall
This module explores how mindfulness, meditation, and guided imagery can improve memory recall. Students will learn techniques for visualization and relaxation that unlock memory retrieval. The module includes a guided meditation into a past place or event, followed by journaling and mapping.

Module 4: Memory & Storytelling as Healing
This module focuses on memory sharing and storytelling as a form of healing. We explore the therapeutic role of reminiscing and how telling stories strengthens memory consolidation. Students will practice pair-sharing with memory maps as prompts and learn how to facilitate group memory circles.

Module 5: Integration & Application
The final module integrates all course material. Students will create a comprehensive memory map that weaves together timeline, symbols, and storytelling. We will discuss practical applications: using memory maps for personal growth, supporting elders, yoga students, or therapy clients. This module prepares participants for the live 2-hour Zoom session with the instructor to review their maps and reflections.

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About Course

Final Integration: Live Zoom Session

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Lesson 1: Types of Memory and How They are Stored

Lesson 2: Stress, Trauma, and Memory Blocks

Lesson 3: The Parasympathetic Nervous System and Memory Retrieval

Lesson 4: Breathwork Practice — 4-7-8 Breathing and Coherent Breathing

Journal Prompt 1: Recall a time when stress made it difficult for you to remember something.

Journal Prompt 2: How did it feel in your body?

Journal Prompt 3: What practices or conditions help you remember more clearly?

Journal Prompt 4: When do you feel most mentally clear and why?

Lesson 1: What is a Memory Map?

Lesson 2: Approaches to Mapping

Lesson 3: Practice — Creating a Life Landmarks Memory Map

Lesson 4: Reflection – How Memory Mapping Changes Recall

Draw a map of your life using 5–7 key landmarks. Write a few sentences about why you chose these.

How does visualizing your memories help you access them differently from words alone?

What symbols or shapes could represent important times in your life?

Lesson 1: Mindfulness and the Hippocampus

Lesson 2: Guided Imagery for Memory Access

Lesson 3: Practice – Guided Meditation into a Meaningful Past Experience

Lesson 4: Journaling and Creating a Memory Sketch

Journal Prompts – Close your eyes and imagine a meaningful place from your past. What do you see, hear, smell, or feel? After your meditation, write down one memory that surfaced and how it made you feel.

Lesson 1: The Role of Storytelling in Brain Health

Lesson 2: Sharing Memory Maps in Pairs or Groups

Lesson 3: Using Memory Mapping in Caregiving and Community Settings

Lesson 4: Practice: Guided storytelling exercise

Journal Prompts • Share a memory from your childhood that still feels vivid. What details make it memorable?

How does telling your memory aloud change how you feel about it?

What stories from your life would you most like to pass on to others?

Lesson 1: Creating a Full Memory Map

Lesson 2: Applications in Teaching, Therapy, and Caregiving

Lesson 3: Building your personal ‘Memory Map Toolkit’

Lesson 4: Preparing for the Live Zoom Review and Integration

Journal Prompts – Looking at your complete memory map, what patterns or themes do you notice? Which memories give you strength? Which feel unresolved? How could you use memory mapping to support someone else in your community?

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About Course

Final Integration: Live Zoom Session

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Lesson 1: Types of Memory and How They are Stored

Lesson 2: Stress, Trauma, and Memory Blocks

Lesson 3: The Parasympathetic Nervous System and Memory Retrieval

Lesson 4: Breathwork Practice — 4-7-8 Breathing and Coherent Breathing

Journal Prompt 1: Recall a time when stress made it difficult for you to remember something.

Journal Prompt 2: How did it feel in your body?

Journal Prompt 3: What practices or conditions help you remember more clearly?

Journal Prompt 4: When do you feel most mentally clear and why?

Lesson 1: What is a Memory Map?

Lesson 2: Approaches to Mapping

Lesson 3: Practice — Creating a Life Landmarks Memory Map

Lesson 4: Reflection – How Memory Mapping Changes Recall

Draw a map of your life using 5–7 key landmarks. Write a few sentences about why you chose these.

How does visualizing your memories help you access them differently from words alone?

What symbols or shapes could represent important times in your life?

Lesson 1: Mindfulness and the Hippocampus

Lesson 2: Guided Imagery for Memory Access

Lesson 3: Practice – Guided Meditation into a Meaningful Past Experience

Lesson 4: Journaling and Creating a Memory Sketch

Journal Prompts – Close your eyes and imagine a meaningful place from your past. What do you see, hear, smell, or feel? After your meditation, write down one memory that surfaced and how it made you feel.

Lesson 1: The Role of Storytelling in Brain Health

Lesson 2: Sharing Memory Maps in Pairs or Groups

Lesson 3: Using Memory Mapping in Caregiving and Community Settings

Lesson 4: Practice: Guided storytelling exercise

Journal Prompts • Share a memory from your childhood that still feels vivid. What details make it memorable?

How does telling your memory aloud change how you feel about it?

What stories from your life would you most like to pass on to others?

Lesson 1: Creating a Full Memory Map

Lesson 2: Applications in Teaching, Therapy, and Caregiving

Lesson 3: Building your personal ‘Memory Map Toolkit’

Lesson 4: Preparing for the Live Zoom Review and Integration

Journal Prompts – Looking at your complete memory map, what patterns or themes do you notice? Which memories give you strength? Which feel unresolved? How could you use memory mapping to support someone else in your community?

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