Holistic Cardiopulmonary Rehab Reduces Stress and Improves Patient Outcomes

Anna Pearson, CCRP is part of an amazing team at Beacon Memorial Cardiopulmonary Rehab in South Bend, Indiana. With Anna's guidance to incorporate integrative health practices into patient education, the program recently won a National award for their education on Stress Management and Vagus Nerve Regulation. The Linda K Hall Award for Innovation is a national level award granted to a single program each year. Anna and her team put a lot of hard work into their 12 part education program. The stress management modules include breathwork, acupressure points and strategies for rebooting the Vagus Nerve. These strategies help patients reduce their own anxiety, blood pressure, and pulse rate while regulating their nervous system.

Anna received her Foundation Certificate in Insight Acupressure in 2023, in addition to becoming a Seva Instructor and Good Points Instructor. She is also a certification candidate for Zero Balancing. Anna also coordinated an in-service for her staff to learn practical solutions to reboot the Vagus Nerve taught by Deanna Waggy, OTR. Anna noted that her patients who use the Heart 7 acupressure point at the wrist have a much faster recovery heart-rate that patients who do not use the acupressure points.

Using acupressure is empowering for patients who have had a big wake-up call for their own health. Anna recently overheard one patient telling a new patient about how to hold the acupressure points and breathe. This kind of positive ripple effect is what Aminah Raheem PhD envisioned when she created the Acupressure for Anyone program, which has evolved into the Insight Acupressure Good Points Self Care series. Insight Acupressure (formerly Soul Lightening International) has a number of instructors trained to teach Seva and Good Points classes. You can find a teacher here.

To learn more about the award Anna and her team received, you can read more here.

In addition to her work in Cardiac Rehab, Anna owns A.Pearson Wellness LLC Phase 3: Transformative Health, Wellness and New Beginnings.  Anna's mission is to empower individuals to lead vibrant, fulfilling lives through personalized wellness strategies and compassionate guidance.