International Relaxation Day, 15th August, 2025
International Relaxation Day (IRD) will be held on the 15th August, 2025. The International Society for Coaching Psychology (ISCP) supports International Relaxation Day. This year our involvement includes supporting the free online half-day IRD conference. The event will be for both health professionals and members of the public with an interest in learning more about relaxation techniques. See below for more details. Speakers include two ISCP members, Prof Stephen Palmer PhD and Dr Siobhain O’Riordan PhD.
What’s involved for International Relaxation Day?
International Relaxation Day is an opportunity to reflect and share the importance of relaxation and how people, families, organisations and communities can learn about applying relaxation in their daily lives and routines. Social media can be used to share what methods you have found useful to aid relaxation. You can use the hashtags: #InternationalRelaxationDay #InternationalRelaxationDay2025 #Relaxation
International Relaxation Day Online Conference, 15th August, 2025
Start Time: 20:45 Auckland, NZ; 16:45 Shanghai, China;10:45 CET; 09:45 BST; 04:45 EDT, New York, USA; (NB. 14th August: 22.45 Honolulu)
Location: Virtual, Zoom Conference
Cost: Free event
Welcome to the International Relaxation Day Online Conference, 2025. We have live and pre-recorded presentations from relaxation and stress experts, academics, researchers and practitioners from around the world sharing with us their knowledge about relaxation techniques.
Who is this conference for?
The conference may interest members of the public who may wish to learn more about relaxation techniques and their benefits to health and wellbeing. The conference may also interest health professionals.
Visit the conference website for full details. (Quick links below to register for live webinars and view pre-recorded sessions.)
QUICK LINKS TO REGISTER FOR EACH LIVE SESSION YOU WISH TO ATTEND
For the live keynote papers, afterwards, speakers will join attendees in a Zoom Meeting room to discuss their presentations.
09.45-11.15 BST
1. *LIVE* Harnessing Relaxation to Enhance Wellbeing with Prof Stephen Palmer & Dr Siobhain O’Riordan.
REGISTER HERE
11.45-12.45 BST
2. *LIVE* Relaxation Club with Prof Stephen Palmer & Dr Siobhain O’Riordan.
REGISTER HERE
13.00-13.30 BST – Premiere
3. +Pre-recorded+ Mindfulness – a trainable dimension of health and wellbeing with Dr Karen E. Neil.
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14.00-14.30 BST – Premiere
4. +Pre-recorded+ Sufi Qawwali Music for Stress Management with Yumna Ali.
VIEW HERE
14.45-14.55 BST – Premiere
5. +Pre-recorded+ Coping creatively and using creativity to cope: How creativity can be applied in meditation and stress management with Dr Qing Wang.
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15.00-16.15 BST
6. *LIVE* Leadership, self-care and relaxation with Dr. Richard MacKinnon.
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16.30-17.00 BST – Premiere
7. +Pre-recorded+ Relaxation for All: Cultivating a Way of Being in Everyday Life with Prof Stephen Palmer PhD.
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17.45-18.30 BST – Premiere
8. +Pre-recorded+ Mission Impossible? Reclaiming calmness in a highly anxious world, with Judit Varkonyi-Sepp.
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18.30-19.00 BST – Premiere
9. +Pre-recorded+ Relaxing into relational mindfulness with Liz Hall.
VIEW HERE
Conference end 19:00 BST