Past Conference Listings
This is a list of conferences that have come and gone. Usually,
similar conferences will be held again. Sometimes these conferences
are at the same location and sometimes a completely different location.
So, if you are interested in the subject matter, contacting the conference
coordinator can help you locate the next scheduled conference.
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The Are of Dying II
A New York Open Center & Tibet House Conference
Friday-Sunday, March 21-23, 1997
This conference was made possible, in part, by a grant from the
Project on Death in America, Open Society Institute.
For more information contact:
The New York Open Center
Tel: 212-219-2527
There is now a clear yearning in American society to talk about
death in newer and franker ways. This conference offers an in-
depth opportunity for open, heartfelt exploration of this critical
and essential subject; and for the sharing of practical techniques
and inspiring examples of new approaches to the art of dying. It
brings together many of the most outstanding innovators in
palliative care--doctors, nurses, hospice workers, therapists--with
members of the general public and with those who have explored the
nature of death from a spiritual or philosophical perspective. The
goal is to expand and deepen the conversation on the many vital
issues we all must face when we confront this most inescapable of
human experiences.
- What is death?
- Who or what dies?
- What ethical issues must be confronted in the face of terminal
pain and suffering?
- What lessons can we learn about preparation for death from
other cultures and spiritual traditions?
The times demand a real engagement with this long-taboo subject.
As Americans display more receptivity to post-death
possibilities, more insistence on death with dignity, more
possession of rights and personal empowerment in the face of
medical authorities, and more curiosity about near-death
experiences, the elements are combining for a fundamental
revisioning and renewal of our approach to death.
Conference participants include:
- Stephen Levine, author, "Who Dies?" & "Healing into Life and
Death"
- Rachel Naomi Remen, MD,(A PDIA Grantee) Medical Director of
Commonweal
- His Eminence Chagdud Rinpoche, Meditation master in the Nyingma
tradition
- Timothy Quill, MD, author "Death with Dignity: Making Choices
and Taking Charge
- Therese Schroeder-Sheker, Chalice of Repose
- Joan Halifax, Ph.D.(A PDIA Grantee), author "The Human
Encounter with Death"
- Pamela Kircher, MD, author "Love Is the Link"
- Robert Thurman, Ph.D., translator "The Tibetan Book of the
Dead"
- Marion Woodman, author "The Pregnant Virgin" and "Leaving My
Father's House"
- Bernice Catherine Harper, MSPH pioneer in hospice care
- Gerald Karnow, MD, doctor at the Fellowship Community
- Arthur Zajonc, Ph.D., speaker on Rudolf Steiner's view of life
between death and rebirth
- Simcha Paul Raphael, Ph.D., author "Jewish Visions of the
Afterlife"
- Paul Brenner, Executive Director of Jacob Perlow Hospice
- Suki Miller, Ph.D., author "Beyond Death: A Transcultural
Journey"
- Richard Boerstler, Ph.D., co-author "Life to Death:
Harmonising
the Transition"
- Hulen Kornfield, RN, MA, co-author "Life to Death: Harmonising
the Transition"
- Catherine Faulkner, MD, specialist in care of dying children
- Jeanne Anselmo, RN, co-director Holistic Nursing Associates
- Rachel Koenig, Lac, practitioner of Chinese medicine
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International Primal Association Conference
"From Souls To Cell To Society: Birthing The New Millennium"
Cathedral Hill Hotel
San Francisco, California
March 21-23, 1997
Join us for three days exploring the many "birthings" in our
lives - from conceiving and birthing children, nurturing new ways of
being, plumbing new depths of intimacy, and moving into new careers
to deepening our contact with spirit, finding new ways to care for
our bodies, opening to new realms of pleasure and manifesting our
natural creativity. Bring all your selves for an exciting weekend of
sharing, growing, celebrating and BEing - together.
- Healing the Earth by Healing Birth
Keynote Address with Jeanine Parvati Baker (8-9:30 pm Friday)
As a midwife, author, international workshop presenter and mother
of five, Jeanine is at the forefront of the movement to re-humanize
birth and, in the process, revolutionize society. Come hear her
dramatic personal story and passionate vision for the future.
- Twin Loss, Soul Loss: Life in Retrospect
Plenary Session with William Emerson, Ph.D. (9 am-noon Sunday)
As a surviving twin and pioneer in the psychological treatment of
shock and trauma, William Emerson offers a new, powerful paradigm on
the origins and healing of prenatal loss and other deep wounds.
Pre-Conference Workshops (included with conference)
- Holotropic Breathwork (8am - 5pm Friday)
(with Mickel Adzema, Mary Lynn Adzema, Amber Williams & Karen
Pearle (Thursday evening intro lecture required))
- Build a Sacred Ashiko Drum (9am - 5pm Friday)
(with Stan Secrest of Drum and Rattle Trading Company)
Extended Workshops (9am - 3pm Saturday)
- Take Responsibility For Creating What We Want
(with Jeanine Parvati Baker)
- Authentic Movement: Moving the Body, Moving the Self
(with Patrizia Pallaro, MFCC, ADTR)
Workshops, Events and More
- Bonds of Fire: Rekindling Sexual Rapture Through Pre- and
Peri-Natal Regression
(with Alice Rose, Ph.D. & David Hughes)
- Psychological Effects of Birth Trauma
(with Brian & Penny Scheffer)
- Psychosynthesis
(with Barbara Valassis, MA, LLP)
- Experiencing Transformation: The quantum Cat
(with Daniel Miller, Ph.D.)
- Teen Self-Destructiveness, Rae and Substance Abuse: Setting
Families Back On Track By Repatterning Pre- and Peri-Natal Trauma
(with Marti Glenn, Ph.D. & Douglas Gosney, MA, MFCC)
- Anesthesia, Shock, and Loss of Self
(with Dorothy Mandel, CHT)
- Integrating the Changes From Therapy Into Life
(with Mary Thompson, MA)
- Re-Birthing the Soul
(with Barbara Findeisen)
- Video Reflection Therapy: A Primal Tool For Accessing and
Releasing Unconscious Material
(with Marti Glenn, Ph.D., Douglas Gosney, MA, MFCC, and Dorothy
Mandel, CHT)
- Liquid Bodies & Liquid Consciousness
(with Hyhla Egeland)
- Drumming For the Edge
(Saturday night celebration)
- Walking the Labyrinth
(Sunday morning meditation)
- Chair & Table Massages on Site!
Registration: Cost is $195 is paid by March 1, $220 after that
or on site. (Add $30 if you are not a member of the International
Primal Association). You can use MasterCard or VISA when you
register via phone: 800-416-7438. NOTE: If you join the IPA when you
register, you get the lower "members" rates. What a deal, eh?
If you prefer to send a check, you can register by mail. Just
write a check for the registration fee (in US funds only, please)
made out to IPA and include your name, complete address,
day/evening/fax numbers and e-mail address and which one of the
pre-conference workshops (if any) you will attend and mail to:
Louis Mezei, 92 Hopkinton Road, Upton, MA 01568, USA
Registration fee includes attendance at all conference events and
activities (including the pre-conference workshops).
For Information, to join IPA or to register, call 800-416-7438.
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Healing The Whole Self: How to Care for Your Body, Mind, Heart,
and Spirit For Greater Vitality, Wisdom, and Inner Peace
A Weekend Conference in New York City (Marriott Marquis Hotel)
April 4-6, 1997
Presenters Include:
Ram Dass
Dean Ornish, M.D.
Julia Cameron
Brian Weiss, M.D.
Barbara Brennan
Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.
Wayne Dyer, Ph.D.
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
Barry Sears, Ph.D.
Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
Gabrielle Roth
Malidoma Some'
Stan Grof, M.D.
Stephan Rechtschaffen, M.D.
Conference Registration
Advanced: postmarked by February 14 $225
Regular: postmarked by March 17 $260
Late: postmarked after March 17 $295
A block of rooms has been reserved at reduced rates for Healing
The Whole Self conference attendees. Please make your reservations
early by calling the Marriott Marquis Hotel directly at 800-228-9290
or 212-398-1900.
To register or receive a conference brochure call: 800-937-8728
Healing The Whole Self Conferences Registration: P.O. Box 32862,
Baltimore, MD 21208 410-559-2217 (FAX).
Sponsored by Omega Institute, NY
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National Center for Homeopathy 1997 Annual Meeting and
Conference
Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor Hotel
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
April 4-7, 1997
703-548-7790
nchinfo@igc.apc.org
http://www.healthy.net/nch/cf97.htm
Friday, April 4 Sessions
- Limiting Liability in Homeopathic Practice - Monica Miller
- Celebrating 10 years of Homeopathic Study Groups 1987-1997 -
Various Speakers
- Free Introductory Lecture - Betty Wood, MD
- Free Panel discussion - Homeopathy at the Crossroads: What
Direction Next?
Saturday & Sunday, April 5-6 Sessions
- Homeopathy and Men's Health - Michael Somerson, DO, CSPOMM
- The Depressed Patient - Amy Rothenberg ND, DHANP
- Homeopathy and Coronary Heart Disease - A.U. Ramakrishnan, MBBS,
MFHom
- Homeopathic Dentistry - Richard Fischer, DDS
- Homeopathy and the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders - Todd Rowe,
MD, DHt
- Good Homeopathic Research, Bad Homeopathic Research - Dana
Ullman, MPH
- Learning How to Resolve Difficult Cases - Andr=E9 Saine, ND, DHANP=
- Homeopathy at the Extremes of Life and Death - Paul Mittman, ND,
DHANP
- Homeopathy and Urinary Tract Infections - George Guess MD, DHt
- Homeopathy for Head Injuries - Edward H. Chapman, MD, DHt
- Homeopathic Medicines in the Treatment of Menopause - Susan
Delaney, ND, RN
- The Treatment of Poison Ivy and Poison Oak - Joel Kreisberg, DC,
DNBHE
- Legal and Political issues in Homeopathic Practice - Monica
Miller
- What it Takes to Make a Successful Prescription - Kamau Kokayi,
MD
- The Meaning and Significance of Hahnemann's Organon in Medicine
Today - Wenda Brewster O'Reilly
- Homeopathic Medicines from the Solanaceae Compositacitae,
Loganaceae Families of Plants - David Warkentin, PA
- Acute Homeopathy for Children's Allergies - Mitchell Fleisher,
MD, FAAFP
- Acute Case-Taking in Homeopathic Care - Amy Rothenberg, ND, DHANP
- The Organon: Now more then ever - Wenda Brewster O'Reilly
Monday, April 7 Sessions
- Homeopathic Care for the Whole Animal - Christina Chambreau,
DVM and C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD
- Homeopathic Treatment of Depression: Differential Materia
Medica - André Saine, ND, DHANP
For more information contact:
National Center for Homeopathy
801 North Fairfax St., Suite 306
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phone (703)548-7790
Fax (703)548-7792
Email: nchinfo@igc.apc.org
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2nd Annual Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine
Botanical Treatment of Chronic Disease
April 12-13, 1997
Tempe, Arizona
Teachers include
Michael Moore, Silena Heron, N.D., David Hoffmann, Jill Stansbury, N.D.,
Paul Bergner, Terry Willard, Ph.D. and more.
Vendors welcome.
Contact:
Herbal Educational Services
P.O. Box 3427
Ashland, Oregon 97520, USA
800-252-0688
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The Heart of Parenting: Creative Tools for Families
Sponsored by Common Boudary Magazine
National 4-H Center
Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
April 12-13, 1997
In our hectic and uncertain society it's often hard to know how
to guide our children through the turbulent waters of life. Every
parent experiences periods of anger, frustration, fatigue, and
withdrawl. "The Heart of Parenting" will explore ways in which
parents can work together to foster communication and create a
cooperative, imaginative, and nourishing relationship with their
children. Join nationally known educators and authors who will offer
tools for bringing depth and meaning to the heart of family life.
Conference topics include:
- Spiritual dimensions of famliy life
- Communicating with your children
- Preserving the couple's relationship
- Creative family rituals
- Homeopathy for children
- Single parenting
- Self-esteem for teenagers
- How to deal with anger
- The changing role of fatherhood
- New approaches to discipline
Featuring special all-day Teen Leadership Workshop
Common Boundary
5272 River Road, Suite 650
Bethesda, MD 20816
301-652-9495; 301-652-0579 (FAX); connect@commonboundary.org
http://www.commonboundary.org/
Call 301-652-9495 for more information.
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The Second Annual Alternative Therapies Symposium
"Creating Integrated Healthcare"
Presented by "Alternative Therapies In Health and Medicine Journal"
Co-sponsored by the Annenberg Center for Heath Sciences at
Eisenhower
April 16-19, 1997
Hilton at Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
Featuring
- Jeanne Achterberg, Ph.D.
- James Gordon, M.D.
- Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.
- Frank Lawlis, Ph.D.
- Samuel Benjamin, M.D.
- Doris Milton, RN, Ph.D.
- Rain Borden, RN
- Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.
- Carlo Calabrese, MPH, N.D.
- David Riley, M.D.
- Larry Dossey, M.D.
- Marty Rossman, M.D.
- Barbara Dossey, RN, MS
- Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D.
- Roger Edwards, Sc.D.
- Carl Simonton, M.D.
- Matthew Fox
- Elizabeth Targ, M.D.
- Jake Fratkin, O.M.D.
- Steven J. Weiss, D.O.
- Jeremy Geffen, M.D.
- And More....
Sessions Include
- Chinese Medicine
- Imagery and Healing
- Nutrition
- Homeopathy,
- Osteopathy
- Acupuncture
- Psychoneuroimmunology
- Bioelectromagnetics
- Spiritual Healing
- Ayurvedic Medicine
- Yoga
- Indigenous Healing
- Techniques
- Shamanism
- Therapeutic Touch
- Nursing and Alternatives
- Healing Rituals
- Botanicals
- Transpersonal Medicine
- Art Therapies
- Naturopathic Medicine
- Psychiatry and Alternatives
- Research Methods
- Working in an Integrative Practice
- Reimbursement
- Legal Issues
This conference will present the current state of the art and
knowledge about complementary and alternative healing, including what
we now know from the latest research findings and clinical trials.
The forces of healing will be explored--what the concepts are, how we
think they work, how to harness them for improved patient outcomes.
The conference will focus on integrating complementary and
alternative therapies with conventional medicine and how these two
bodies of knowledge might be blended into your practice.
Call for a complete brochure: 800-899-0573.
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Psyche, Spirit & Addiction:
An International Conference Exploring the Deep Spiritual and
Psychological Problems That Create the Addict's Painful Condition.
Presented by The New York Open Center
New York City, USA
April 18-20, 1997
The Faculty will include:
- Linda Leonard, Ph.D., Jungian analyst and author of "Witness
to the Fire: Creativity and the Vale of Addiction."
- Charles Whitfield, M.D., author of "Memory and Abuse,"
"Co-Dependence," Gift to Myself" and "Ealing the Child Within."
- Dr. Luigi Zoja, Italian Jungian analyst and author of "Drugs,
Addiction and Initiation: The Modern Search for Ritual."
- John Bolling, M.D., author of "The Heart of Soul."
>Eugene Monick, Ph.D., Jungian analyst and author of Phallus:
Sacred Images of the Masculine."
- Richard Schaub, Ph.D. and Bonnie Schaub, MS, RN, CS, joint
authors of "Healing Addictions: The Vulnerability of Recovery."
Please call the New York Open Center for a Registration Package:
212-219-2527.
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United Plant Savers Conference on the Cultivation and
Preservation of Medicinal Plants
University of California
Santa Cruz Arboretum
Santa Cruz, California, USA
April 20, 1997
802-479-9825
http://plantsavers.org
Cost: $45.00
Teachers include:
- Deb Soule
- Paul Strauss
- Cascade Anderson-Geller
- Matthias Reisen
- Pam Montgomery
- Christopher Hobbs
- Richo Cech
- Rosemary Gladstar
Topics include:
- Cultivation of Wild Medicinal Plants
- Wild Edibles
- Medicinal Uses of Local Plants
- Herb Walks
- Spiritual Essence of Plants
- Slide Shows of Medicinal Plants
To register call or write:
United Plant Savers
10226 Empire Grade
Santa Cruz, Caifornia 95060
Telephone 408-457-9095
Email info@plantsavers.org
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Expressing Your Soul in the Workplace
Kripalu Center, Lenox, Massachusetts
May 1-4, 1997
Presenters include:
- Matthew Fox
- Carol Pearson
- Deepak Chopra
- Ellen Hayakawa
- Robert Gass
For more information and reservations call 800-741-7353
Sponsored by:
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
Box 793
Lenox, Massachusetts 01240-0793
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Medicine, Love and Religion: "The Transcending Healing Power of
Love"
Shefayim, Israel
May 8-9, 1997
A conference organized by:
- Israeli Association of Spiritual Medicine and Psychiatry
- International Association of Spiritual Psychiatry
Information and registration
Rambana Institute for Self-Realization
P.O. Box 288
Haifa 34980, Israel
Tel. +972-4-8262843, fax +972-4-8251395
Email: spiram@netvision.net.il
Web: http://rdz.stjohns.edu/iasp
Program:
The conference will start on Thursday morning May 8 at 9.00 and will
end on Friday May 9 at about 13.00.. Please arrive on Thursday morning
at 8.30 for the booking.
Thursday May 8, 1997 - 9.00 -12.30
- Pr. Ivor Browne, M.D. - Depth of change - Suffering and the
Growth of Love.
- Patrick Fleury - "Human love, divine love - The unique sense
and the nonsenses of love"
- Ferdinand Wulliemier, M.D. - "What kinds of love for what
kinds of healings?"
Thursday Afternood May 8, 1997 - 15.00 -19.00
- Moshe Rafael Seror - "Love, the purest expression of the
soul"
- Eliahu Benedikt - "What is transcendental love - and how to
attain it!"
- Hedva Stahl - "The secret of inward peace - Rising above the
troubles and hardships of Life"
- Jean-Marc Mantel, M.D. - "That what love is not"
Thursday Evening May 8, 1997 - 21.00
- Rabbi David Zeller - "Jewish perspective on love, healing and
religion : songs and talks"
Friday Morning May 9, 1997 - 9.00-13.00
- Father Ya'aqov Willebrands - "Friendship, human love and
desire of God"
- Sri Rajagopalachari - "Dialogue on love and religion"
- Round Table - "On personal and impersonal love". With all the
lecturers and the public.
Biographies of Presenters
See http://rdz.stjohns.edu/iasp/isr97-e.html
Languages
The official language is English.
A translation into French will be provided.
Place
The conference will take place in the Rishonim hall of the Kibbutz
Shefayim Hotel. Kibbutz Shefayim is located near the sea, about 15
minutes north Tel Aviv and 45 minutes south of Haifa, on the Tel-
Aviv-Haifa highway. Autobus No. 601 from Tel Aviv or Netanya, each
half-an-hour.
Meals and Accomodation
Each participant will receive a form for the reservation of meals and
rooms. Our travel agency is at your service for helping you to
organize your travel (tours, visits, flights, hotel and car
reservation): Ami Lloyd, P.O.Box 33877, Haifa 33411, Israel,
tel. +972-4-8525271, fax +972-4-8534967, Email
.
Fees
- Before April 15: US$ 100
- After April 15: US$ 120
See http://rdz.stjohns.edu/iasp/isr97-e.html for discounts and
registration information. Or contact:
Rambana Institute
P.O. Box 288
Haifa 34980, Israel
Fax +972-4-8251395
Email: spiram@netvision.net.il
Lenox, Massachusetts 01240-0793
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Yoga, Mind & Spirit
The Yoga Journal Conference
Sheraton Palace Hotel (Special Room Rates: 415-392-8600)
San Francisco, California, USA
May 23-26, 1997
800-587-9065
Email: YogaMind@aol.com
We invite you to join us for a weekend of inspiration,
excitement, and community. Come together with your fellow yoga
practitioners to meet and study with some of the very best teachers
and speakers that Yoga Journal has encountered. Meet these
extraordinary people face to face, share meals and adventures with
like-minded friends on the path. Special dance concert Saturday
night with Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra.
Presenters and teachers include:
- Baron Baptiste
- Beryl Bender Birch
- Thom Birch
- Sylvia Boorstein
- Susan Branum
- Mara Carrico
- Nischala Devi
- Sri Devi
- Donna Farhi
- Lilas Folan
- Richard Freeman
- John Friend
- Amy Kline Gage
- Tom Gillette
- Gary Kraftsow
- Dr. Vasant Lad
- Judith Lasater
- Jan MacMullen
- Elise Miller
- Richard Miller
- Esther Myers
- Trish O'Reilly
- Martin Pierce
- Margaret Pierce
- Kali Ray
- Richard Rosen
- Swami Satyananda
- Erich Schiffman
- Larry Scherwitz
- Paula Selmayr
- Ravi Singh
- Rod Stryker
- Sandra Summerfield
- Maya Tiwari
- Jai Uttal
- Patricia Walden
- Rodney Yee
- Dr. Dean Ornish
- Stephen Levine
Conference Registration: $395.00.
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3rd Annual Pacific NW Herbal Symposium
Medicine From the Heart of the Earth
Wilsonville, Oregon, USA
May 24-26, 1997
Hosted by Wise Woman Herbals, Inc. & Reflections Magazine
Topics include:
- Women and Children's Health Care
- Toxicology of Herbs
- Energetics of Herbs
- Parasites
- Ayurvedic Herbalism
- Formulations
- Alzheimer's
- Pharmacology of Kava
- and more
Contact:
Wise Woman Herbals
P.O. Box 279
Creswell, Oregon 97426
541-895-5152
541-895-5174 (FAX)
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American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
1997 First Annual East Coast Conference
Ferncroft Conference Resort
Danvers, Massachusetts (just north of Boston)
May 30 - June 1, 1997
The Conference will draw hundreds of medical professionals in the field
of natural medicine from all over the country. The conference is intended
primarily for naturopathic physicians. It is also open to medical doctors,
licensed acupuncturists, osteopathic physicians, chiropractic physicians,
other health care professionals, medical students, and representatives of
the media.
Keynote Speaker
- Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D.
Founder of Orthomolecular Medicine
Topic: Orthomolecular Treatment of Cancer
Other Speakers
- David Shefrin, N.D.
Topic: New Treatments for Diabetes
- Amy Rothenberg, N.D.
Topic: Homeopathy for Depression
- Tim Birdsall, N.D.
Topic: Clinical Nutrition
- Shiva Barton, N.D.
Topic: Clinical Anecdotes
- June Riedlinger, Pharm.D.
Topic: Holistic Approaches to Hormone Replacement Therapy
Other Events
Exhibits and Dinner/Dance on Saturday Evening
Naturopathic medicine, sometimes called "naturopathy," is as old as healing
itself and as new as the latest discoveries in biochemical sciences. In the
United States, the naturopathic medical profession's infrastructure is based
on accredited educational institutions, professional licensing by a growing
number of states, national standards of practice and care, peer review, and
an ongoing commitment to state-of-the-art scientific research. Modern
American naturopathic physicians (NDs) receive extensive training in and use
therapies that are primarily natural (hence the name naturopathic ) and
nontoxic, including clinical nutrition, homeopathy, botanical medicine,
hydrotherapy, physical medicine, and counseling. Many NDs have additional
training and certification in acupuncture and home birthing. These
contemporary NDs, who have attended naturopathic medical colleges
recognized by the US Department of Education, practice medicine as primary
health care providers and are increasingly acknowledged as leaders in bringing
about progressive changes in the nation's medical system.
Founded in 1986, the AANP represents licensed naturopathic physicians
throughout the U.S. The AANP also sponsors an Annual Convention, which this
year will be held August 20-24 in Scottsdale, AZ. Both the 1997 AANP East
Coast Conference and Annual Convention are open to the media.
For further information about the AANP's 1997 East Coast Conference,
including a detailed program and registration materials, or for information
about the AANP's 1997 Annual Convention or naturopathic medicine in
general, contact:
The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
601 Valley Street, #105
Seattle, WA 98109
telephone: 206-298-0126
referral line: 206-298-0125
fax: 206-298-0129
email: 74602.3715@compuserve.com
World Wide Web:
http://infinite.org/Naturopathic.Physician
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Spirituality in Education
A 4-Day Conference on the Nature, Spirit and Practice of
Contemporary Education
The Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado
May 30 - June 3, 1997
Seeking to build bridges between sacred and secular, this
conference will gather together scholars, students, spiritual and
community leaders to examine and reassess the place of spirituality
within contemporary educational objectives and practices. Please
call for a conference brochure or visit our website for further
information.
Distinguished Faculty
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- John Taylor Gatto
- Allen Ginsberg
- Joan Halifax
- Vincent Harding
- Ron Miller
- David Orr
- Parker J. Palmer
- Rachel Naomi Remen
- Rabbi Zalman Schachter
- Judith Simmer-Brown
- Huston Smith
- Diana Chapman Walsh
The Naropa Institute
2130 Aprapahoe Avenue
Boulder, Colorado 80302
800-411-5229 or 303-546-3578
FAX: 303-546-5295
http://www.naropa.edu
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United Plant Savers Conference on the Cultivation and
Preservation of Medicinal Plants
Equinox Farm
Rutland, Ohio, USA
June 6-8, 1997
802-479-9825
http://plantsavers.org
Cost: $175.00 (by May 1, 1997) or $200 (after May 1, 1997)
Cost includes meals and camping. Indoor lodging is available
nearby.
Teachers include:
- Paul Strauss
- Rosemary Gladstar
- Richo Cech
- Don Babineau,
- Matthias Reisen
- and others.
Activities include:
- Weekend Workshop on Sustainable Farming
- Ecoherbalism
- Herb Walks
To register call or write:
United Plant Savers
10226 Empire Grade
Santa Cruz, California 95060
Telephone 408-457-9095
Email: info@plantsavers.org
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American Holistic Nutrses Association 17th Annual Conference
"Healing Mandala: Many Paths, Many Ways, Many Healers"
Everygreen State College
Olympia, Washington, USA
June 27 - July 1, 1997
Diversity is the life blood of any profession or organization.
Diversity allows each of us to follow our own path and be able
to contribute in a way that brings joy to our lives. Diversity
can also create conflict. Too often we peg hole ourselves and
forget the overall scope of the mission of a particular profession.
For nurses that is to take on the role of healers. There are a
vast variety of ways to heal. This conference theme, "Healing
Mandala: Many Paths, Many Ways, Many Healers" is a way for us to
come together in celebration. It is a way for us to heal, to
walk the labyrinth of spiritual awakening. It is a time for us to
honor one another and each path we have chosen on the labyrinth of
life.
Program Goals
- Discover ways the labyrinth mes one to spiritual awakening.
- Increase awareness of the diverse areas of holistic practice
occurring within the field of nursing.
- Develop a greater appreciation of nursing research and its
holistic applications.
PreConference Workshops
- Tai Chi Chih Workshop
Sandra Lutz, RN, MS, DFNP, CHTP
- Healing Touch Partnerships on Tour
Mary Jo Bulbrook, RN, PhD
Keynote Presentations
- Healing Mandala: Archetype of the Sacred Caring Circle
Jean Watson, RN, PhD, FAAN
- Holistic Nursing Research
Lynn Keegan, RN, PhD, FAAN
- Walking a Sacred Path
Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress
- Holistic Nursing Practice: Autonomy, Legality, and Scope of Practice
Noreen Frisch, RN, PhD, FAAN
Conference Workshops
- Self Care as Healings: The Use of Imagery for Dealing With Grief
Lenore Bayuk, MN, ARNP
- Spirit Dance: Nurturing the Spirit
Peggy Burkhardt, RN, CS, PhD and Mary Gail Nagai-Jacobson, RN, MSN
- Many Paths, Many Ways to be a Holistic Nurse Manager
Deborah Kaiser, RN, MBA, CHTP
- Experiencing Spirit in Ancient Eastern Traditions
Rita Kluny, RN, BSN, CHTP, CHTI
- How to Live Beyond your LImits
Sharon Mehdi, L. Min. and Judith Hilyard, RN, MN, MPA
- Using the Internet to Enhance your Holistic Practice
Regina Phelps, RN, MN, FHCE and Ronald Phelps, RN, BSN
- Introduction to Holographic Repatterning
Barbara Ricotta, RN, MA
- Journaling Through the Labyrinth
Sapphire, RN, BSN
- Power Symbols for Everyday Healing
Valissa Witmer, RNC, MA, LPC
- The Role of Drawing in the Healing Process
Margaret Carpenter, BSRN, Art Therapist
- Boundaries: The Development, Destruction, and Healing of Healthy
Boundaries
Joan Casey, MSW
- Free Your Body from the Past: A Method to Release Physical and
Emotional Blocks
Robert Murray
- Good Grief Rituals
Elaine Childs Gowell, ARNP, PhD
- Shift Happens: Holism and the Changing Health Care Paradigm --
How to Strategically Position Yourself and Still Have Fun
Luanne Pennesi, RN, MS
- The Healing Potential of Professional Writing
Lynn Rew, RN, EdD, FAAN
- The Spiral Dance: A Shaman's Journey through the Labyrinth
Linda Sewright, MA
- The Chiron Experience: Exploring the Wounded Healer
Dr. Robin Shapiro
- Lightening Up and Laughing in the Labyrinth of your Life
Karen Sherman, RN, MS, Ed and Priscilla Herman, RN
PostConference Workshop
- Passion & Compassion: Bringing Work and Spirit Together
Matthew Fox
Other Events
- Two Concerts by recording artist Libby Roderick.
- Exhibits
- Auction
- Exercise/Meditation Time
- Nuture the Nurse Time
- Sharing Circles
- Regional Meetings
Residence
Guests will be staying in the student residence halls and each room
within the unit has a single sized bed. The units may be shared with up
to six people with a shared living area and restroom.
Transportation
The Evergreen State College is located five miles north of Olympia,
Washington, off Hwy. 101.
Seattle-Tacoma International airport is approximately 75 miles from
the campus. Ground transporation is provided by Capital Aeroporter.
Please call them at 360-754-7113 for costs and reservations.
Greyhound bus also provides limited service between the airport and
Olympia. Their toll free number is 800-231-2222.
Costs
Registration: $325 for AHNA Member, $425 for non-member, $225 for
students. Single-day Registration Fee: $150.00/day (includes meals).
Room & Board: $300 (reservations must be received prior to June 11,
1997. Optional AHNA membersh fee: $35.00. PreConference Workshops:
$50 for AHNA member, $75 for non-member. PostConference Workshop:
$60 (includes lunch).
Registration Information, Brochure, Questions
Missy Turk
AHNA Annual Conference
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 201
Raleigh, NC 27607
800-278-2462
WWW: http://ahna.org/
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Aroma '97, The Fragrant Planet, 3rd International Conference
Warwick University, United Kingdom
Hosted by the International Journal of Aromatherapy.
July 4-6, 1997
Cutting edge aromatherapy research and information, with
international speakers, seminars, aromatic plant display, gala
dinner, trade fair and entertainment.
Contact:
Aroma '97 Conference Office
P.O. Box 746
Hove, East Sussex BN3 3XA, U.K.
TEL: 44 () 1273 772 479
FAX: 44 (0) 1273 329811
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6th Annual Institute of Noetic Sciences Conference
Questioning Spirit: Paths of Healing / Paths of Wholeness
La Quinta Resort & Club
Palm Springs, California, USA
July 10-13, 1997
(Pre- & Post-Conferences Institutes July 9, 10, and 14.)
Presenters Include:
- Marianne Williamson
- Peter Russell
- Rachel Naomi Remen
- James Redfield
- Jean Shinoda Bolen
- Andrew Harvey
- Barbara Max Hubbard
- Richard Moss
- Wayne Muller
- Belleruth Naparstek
- Kenneth Pelletier
- Elizabeth Roberts
- Carol Adrienne
- Sherry Anderson
- Luke Chan
- Duane Elgin
- Marcia Emery
- Mimi Farina
- Chungliang Al Huang
- Georgia Kelly
- Gay Luce
- Brooke Medicine-Eagle
- Edgar Mitchell
- Pauline Oliveros
- Judith Orloff
- Paul Ray
- Marilyn Schlitz
- Carolyn Shaffer
- Barbara Shipka
- Luisah Teish
- Keith Thompson
- Tulku Thondup
- Maya Tiwari
- Hank Wesselman
- Kykosa Zanelanga
For Registration Information call 800-259-5419.
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Body & Soul
A Journey to Health and Healing
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado, USA
July 11-13, 1997
Pre-conference workshop intensives and festivities at:
The Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado
July 7-11, 1997
Sponsored by The Naropa Institute and New Age Journal
Rejuvenate your health, incite your intellect, embody your dreams,
unleash your creativity! Body & Soul Boulder presents cutting edge
teachers, artists and healers encouraging the integration of body,
mind and spirit.
Presenters Include:
- Ram Dass
- Maya Angelou
- Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
- Matthew Fox, Ph.D.
- David Whyte
- Brian Weiss, M.D.
- Riane Eisler, J.D.
- Bernie Siegel, M.D.
- Rabbi David Cooper
- Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.
- Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D.
- Bobbie Siegel
- Larry Dossey, M.D.
- Gay Hendricks, Ph.D.
- Abbot John Daido Loori
For more information and registration call 800-937-8728.
Early Bird prices start as low as $249.
For information about exhibit space, call 800-758-1441, ex. 371.
Other upcoming Body & Soul Conferences:
- Boston September 19-21, 1997
- San Francisco October 31-November 2, 1997
The Naropa Institute
http://www.naropa.edu
New Age Journal
http://www.newage.com/
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Qigong Inaugural National Convention
Sponsored by Qi-Gong Associations of America AND Three River Crossing
July 18, 19, and 20 1997
at the Earle Brown Heritage Center
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Be part of this historic event as Qi-gong births its first ever National
Association and Conference in America at the center of the heartland
in Minneapolis/St. Paul Minnesota
This Convention is a must for anyone interested in this ancient and
revered form of Chinese Energy Healing.
Qi-Gong is an honored method of self-healing and self-development taught by Master
Teachers and practiced daily as a spiritual discipline by millions of Chinese.
Qi-Gong is also a well-researched scientific method for healing disease that is
used in hospitals, clinics, and medical institutions throughout mainland
China.
For more information, contact:
Phone 612-291-7772
Fax 612-291-7779
Web Page: http://www.lsm-inc.com/3rvxing/
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Thresholds of Creativity
Eros, Shadow, and Spirit
Major Concerence Sponsored by the Association for Transpersonal Psychology
Asilomar Conference Center
Monterey, California, USA
August 1-3, 1997
The Conference explores the creative nature of eros, shadow, and spirit,
as we face the challenges of the next millennium. Engaging and integrating
these energies can create the vision, ideas, practices, and tools to help
us heal ourselves, our society, and our earth.
Presenters Include:
- Jeanne Achterberg
- Lauren Artress
- Keleo Ching
- Charles Grob
- Christina Grof
- Anna Halprin
- Laura Huxley
- Dwight Judy
- Ronald Jue
- Frank Lawlis
- Francis Lu
- Winafred Lucas
- David Lukoff
- Terence McKenna
- Jill Mellick
- Ralph Metzner
- John E. Nelson
- Helen Palmer
- Larry Peters
- Anne Simpkinson
- Terry Tofoya
- Luisah Teish
- Frances Vaughan
- Andrew Weil
Pre- & Post-Conferences
Three One-Day Institutes Designed for Advanced or Professional Participation
July 31 - August 1, 1997
Monterey Beach Hotel, Monterey, California
Psychedelics at the Turn of the Millennium
Laura Huxley, Dennis McKenna, Ralph Metzner, Andrew Weil, moderated
by Charles Grob
Addiction and Treatment: A Transpersonal Approach
Terry Tofoya, Lige Daily, moderated by Christina Grof
The Labyrinth: Finding the Rhythm of the Soul
Rev. Lauren Artress
For information and registration contact:
Conference Registrar
Association for Transpersonal Psychology
Post Office Box 3049
Stanford, California 94309
Tel: 415-327-0437
Fax: 415-327-0535
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United Plant Savers Conference on the Cultivation and
Preservation of Medicinal Plants
Sage Mountain Retreat Center
East Barre, Vermont, USA
August 1-3, 1997
802-479-9825
http://plantsavers.org
Cost: $175.00 (by July 1, 1997) or $200 (after July 1, 1997)
Cost includes meals and camping. Indoor lodging is available
nearby.
Teachers include:
- Rosemary Gladstar
- and others
Activities include:
- Native plant preserve and herbal retreat center for a
weekend of workshops
- Planting projects
- Other herbal activities.
To register call or write:
United Plant Savers
10226 Empire Grade
Santa Cruz, California 95060
408-457-9095
Email info@plantsavers.org
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American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
1997 Conference
DoubleTree Resort
Scottsdale, Arizona
August 20 - 24, 1997
The convention will be held at the DoubleTree Resort. Frank Lloyd Wright
designed this lovely property. There are 22 acres of beautiful green
landscaping, with pools and fountains and hot tubs, all enclosed. The
sense is one of being isolated in an oasis with hundreds of your closest
friends. And of course, the room rates--$75 for single or double
occupancy--can't be beat.
The program includes many of naturopathy's rising stars speaking on a wide
range of important topics. Research, nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy,
mind/body medicine, manipulation, acupuncture, communication, spirituality...
There's something of interest for everyone!
Bring case histories to share with your colleagues, questions to ask the
experts in the Exhibit Hall, props for the talent show and sunscreen.
Mark your calendars now--August 20-24. See you there!
(And remember, it's a dry heat!)
The Conference will draw hundreds of medical professionals in the field
of natural medicine from all over the country. The conference is intended
primarily for naturopathic physicians. It is also open to medical doctors,
licensed acupuncturists, osteopathic physicians, chiropractic physicians,
other health care professionals, medical students, and representatives of
the media.
Naturopathic medicine, sometimes called "naturopathy," is as old as healing
itself and as new as the latest discoveries in biochemical sciences. In the
United States, the naturopathic medical profession's infrastructure is based
on accredited educational institutions, professional licensing by a growing
number of states, national standards of practice and care, peer review, and
an ongoing commitment to state-of-the-art scientific research. Modern
American naturopathic physicians (NDs) receive extensive training in and use
therapies that are primarily natural (hence the name naturopathic ) and
nontoxic, including clinical nutrition, homeopathy, botanical medicine,
hydrotherapy, physical medicine, and counseling. Many NDs have additional
training and certification in acupuncture and home birthing. These
contemporary NDs, who have attended naturopathic medical colleges
recognized by the US Department of Education, practice medicine as primary
health care providers and are increasingly acknowledged as leaders in bringing
about progressive changes in the nation's medical system.
Founded in 1986, the AANP represents licensed naturopathic physicians
throughout the U.S. The AANP also sponsors an Annual Convention, which this
year will be held August 20-24 in Scottsdale, AZ. Both the 1997 AANP East
Coast Conference and Annual Convention are open to the media.
For further information about the AANP's 1997 Conference contact:
The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
601 Valley Street, #105
Seattle, WA 98109
telephone: 206-298-0126
referral line: 206-298-0125
fax: 206-298-0129
email: 74602.3715@compuserve.com
World Wide Web:
http://infinite.org/Naturopathic.Physician/
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Beyond the Brain: Frontiers in Consciousness and Healing
St. John's College
Cambridge, England
August 24 - 27, 1997
Sponsored by:
The Scientific and Medical Network
The Institute of Noetic Sciences
Since our inaugural Beyond the Brain meeting in August 1995, the pace in
consciousness studies has, if anything, quickened. The Journal of
Consciousness Studies is now well established and there are meetings being
held in every continent. The largest scale meeting in Tucson in April 1996
featured around 50 keynote addresses and over 500 posters! Some of the
topics considered ventured into the transpersonal arena, but these were far
outnumbered by more conventional presentations from physics, biology,
psychology, artificial intelligence and neuroscience.
At our last meeting we drew on a variety of disciplines to propose
epistemological models going beyond the brain, thus challenging
orthodoxies underpinned by various forms of materialism which all insist that
consciousness is actually caused by brain processes. Materialist models are
unable to accommodate phenomena suggesting that aspects of consciousness
transcend space and time, let alone the possibility of survival of bodily
death. They are therefore inadequate and will need to be replaced by models
which do address the multiple layers and facets of human experience. The
agenda of this conference is to explore approaches consistent with current
scientific findings but which account for the kind of evidence largely
ignored by the mainstream.
This year we are placing a particular emphasis on consciousness and healing
as we feel that medical models are due for an overhaul if they are to
include the creative interaction of consciousness and body suggested by the
mounting evidence from mind-body medicine. Together they will specifically
address such themes as:
- A participatory epistemology in which consciousness is fundamental.
- The interface between psychiatry and the sacred.
- Models of healing and subtle energy.
- The extended nature of the self in evidence for reincarnation.
- Possible influence of discarnate entities on mental functioning.
- Implications of the near-death experience for our understanding of reality.
- Global vision and healing.
We have invited a pioneering group of world-class speakers to share their
ideas with us and put forward new and more comprehensive frameworks of
understanding. In response to feedback from last year we have not offered
any parallel sessions, so that you will get the chance to hear all the
speakers and will not have to make agonising choices! There will be plenty
of time for informal exchange over meals and drinks where you will be able
to exchange ideas with other participants. There will also be an
opportunity for poster sessions.
Speakers
Anne Baring, MA is a member of the Association of Jungian
Analysts, London and the author, with Jules Cashford, of The Myth of the
Goddess: Evolution of an Image, a children's book, The Birds Who Flew
Beyond Time and, with Andrew Harvey, The Mystic Vision. She is passionately
interested in the way consciousness seems to be guiding its own expansion
towards a greater understanding of itself through the human psyche.
Barbara Brennan, MS is a teacher, healer, therapist, author
and scientist who has devoted more than 20 years to research and exploration
of the Human Energy Field. She holds a Masters degree in Atmospheric Physics
from the University of Wisconsin and worked as a research scientist at NASA.
Skilled in Bioenergetic and Core Energetic therapy, she is a graduate of the
Institute of Core Energetics in Ney York city. She is Director of the
Barbara Brennan School of Healing in New York, where she has developed a
four-year certification program in healing science. Her first book Hands of
Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field has sold more than
750,000 copies worldwide. She has recently published her second book, Light
Emerging: The Journey of Personal Healing.
Dr. Peter Fenwick, MB, BChir, FRCPsych, DPM is Chairman of
the Council of the Scientific and Medical Network. He is Senior Lecturer at
the Institute of Psychiatry in London, Consultant Neurophysiologist at the
Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, and Honorary Consultant in Neurophysiology to
Broadmoor Special Hospital. He lectures widely all over the world on brain
disorders and has made many appearances on radio and television.
Professor David Fontana, BA, MEd, PhD, CPsychol is
currently Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the University of Wales, Cardiff,
and holds professorships at the universities of Alagarve and of Minho in
Portugal. He is the author of numerous research publications and of 20 which
have been translated into 22 languages. For many years he has studied the
relationship between Western and Eastern psychological systems, together
with methods for deepening and expanding consciousness, and has written
widely on dreams, meditation and psycho-spirituality. Among his recent
books are The Secret Power of Dreams, The Lotus in the City, and Know Who
You Are: Be What You Want. He is a Chartered Psychologist, a Chartered
Counselling Psychologist, and a Fellow of the British Psychological
Society.
Thomas J. Hurley, BS, MS, has been with the Institute of
Noetic Sciences since 1981 and presently serves as Director of Education.
In this capacity, he directs education and outreach projects on societal
transformation, emerging paradigms in businesses and organisations,
peace-building for the 21st century, and multicultural dialogue. He is
also responsible for planning educational events, co-ordinating a network
of more than 300 local community groups, and creating educational tools
and materials. Tom has been a member of the Board of Directors of the
Institute of Noetic Sciences since 1993 and has served as an independent
consultant on a variety of forecasting and planning projects for both
corporate clients and non-profit organisations.
Dr. Kim Jobst, MA, DM, MRCP is Senior Registrar in Medicine
and Homoeopathy and Honorary University Research Fellow, Glasgow University
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics. He was previously Clinical Director
of the Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Ageing (OPTIMA) and
Bristol-Myers Squibb Clinical Research Fellow, Oxford University. He is
Editor in Chief of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine:
Research on Paradigm, Practice and Policy and a member of the Prince of
Wales' working group on integrated medicine. His research interests
include science and healing, particularly in relation to dementia and the
interface of alternative and complementary medicines with orthodox science
and medicine. He is training as a Jungian analytical psychologist. His
main interest is the healing of the whole person and the symbolic nature
of the therapeutic encounter.
Professor Ervin Laszlo DSc, PhD is the author and editor
of 57 books and over 300 papers and articles. He is Chairman of the European
Academy for Evolutionary Studies, Rector of the Forum for Advanced
Evolutionary Studies and President of the Club of Budapest. He is Editor
of World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution, General Editor of
Global Policy: Studies on the 21st Century and is an adviser to the
Director-General of UNESCO.
Dr. Jean-Marc Mantel, MD, is a psychiatrist, founder and
president of the International Association of Spiritual Psychiatry and of
the Israeli Association of Spiritual Medicine and Psychiatry. He is the
author of numerous articles on spiritual psychology, and leads lectures and
workshops on spiritual understanding of yoga, meditation, and non-dualistic
approaches to self-knowledge.
Dr. Andrew Powell, MA, MRCP, FRCPsych is a psychiatrist and
consultant psychotherapist in the health service in Oxford. He has trained in
individual analytical therapy, group analysis and psychodrama. He is an
Associate of the College of Healing, reflecting his interest for a number
of years in the spiritual aspect of consciousness. He is currently a
council member of the Scientific and Medical Network.
Professor Kenneth Ring, PhD is Professor Emeritus of
Psychology in the
University of Connecticut. He is the Founding Editor of the Journal of
Near-Death Studies and a past President of the International Association
for Near-Death Studies. He is the author of Life at Death: A Scientific
Investigation of Near-Death Experience, Heading Toward Omega: In Search of
the Meaning of the Near-Death Experience and The Omega Project: Near-Death
Experiences, UFO Encounters and Mind at Large.
Dr. Anthony Stevens, is a Jungian Analyst, psychiatrist and
author of many books, including Archetype: A Natural History of the Self, The
Roots of War, On Jung, The Two Million Year Old Self, Private Myths: Dreams and
Dreaming, and with John Price, Evolutionary Psychiatry: A New Beginning.
His most recent book, The Lyre of Orpheus: The Symbols of Humankind, An
Explanatory Thesaurus will be published in early 1998.
Dr. Roger Woolger, MA, MPhil, PhD is a Jungian analyst, past-life
therapist and lecturer on cultural psychology. He holds degrees from Oxford
and London Universities and the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. He has taught
Jungian psychology, mythology and religious psychology at various
universities and is a pioneer in transpersonal psychology. His highly
acclaimed Other Lives, Other Selves is generally considered the definitive
work on past-life therapy and has been translated into six languages. He is
also author, with Jennifer Barker, of The Goddess Within.
Gillian Wright is an international lecturer in the field of
Metaphysics and Director of Global Vision Network (GVN) Ltd, a multimedia
company started in London. GVN seeks to awaken people's global awareness -
though TV, film, documentaries and the Internet - by highlighting the
positive initiatives that are being created in domains such as politics,
science, the environment and education. She is also Director of United
Pathways Foundation, a Co-Director of the Health Partnership and Co-Vice
President of The Club of Budapest International, a body of recognised
leaders in the arts, politics, science and spiritual education, who are
dedicated to the creation of a better future through insight and imagination.
Lodging
Residential accommodation will be available in New Court and the modern
Cripps Building in the College. There is a choice of single or twinned
rooms (single beds in adjoining rooms), each with a desk, reading light,
wash basin, shaving point, towels, soap and tea- and coffee-making
facilities. A number of single and twinned rooms have en suite facilities,
otherwise bathrooms are shared between four or five delegates. Different
room rates apply, as per the attached registration form. Rooms will be
allocated on a first come first served basis. Non-residents are also
welcome and can book in for dinner as well as lunch. Only in exceptional
circumstances will it be possible not to book in for lunch and therefore
pay a lesser daily attendance rate. Our last conference in August 1995 was
heavily oversubscribed, so early booking is advised!
The Programme
Thursday 21st August
2.30 onwards: Registration
3.00 Tour of Cambridge Colleges
7.30 Dinner
9.15 Tribute to Willis Harman
9.30 Dr. Peter Fenwick: Psychiatry and the Sacred
Friday 22nd August
9.15 Professor Kenneth Ring: Near-Death Experiences in the Blind: Can They
Really See?
10.15 Dr. Kim Jobst: No Memory, No Self? Is There Anybody at Home? A Case
Study
11.15 Coffee
11.45 Tom Hurley: Healing the Social Body: Pathfinding for the 21st Century
1.00 Lunch
2.30 Workshop with Barbara Brennan: Healing Through the Human Energy Field:
Living on the Pulse of Life
4.30 Tea
5.00 Anne Baring: New Wine in New Bottles: The Changing Image of God
7.30 Dinner
9.15 Panel on Psychotherapy and Spirituality
Saturday 23rd August
9.15 Professor Ervin Laszlo: The New Consciousness: Advances in Theory;
Imperatives in Practice
10.15 Gillian Wright: Metaphysics and Healing: Microcosm and Macrocosm
11.15 Coffee
11.45 Dr. Andrew Powell: Soul Consciousness and Human Suffering -
Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Healing
1.00 Lunch
2.30 Free Afternoon
4.30 Tea
5.00 Dr. Jean-Marc Mantel: Beyond Psychology - A Living Explanation of
Properties Transcending the Mind
7.30 Dinner
9.15 Poster Session and discussion
Sunday 24th August
9.15 Dr. Roger Woolger: The Presence of Other Worlds in Healing and
Psychotherapy
10.15 Dr. Anthony Stevens: What is Sacred?
11.15 Coffee
11.45 Professor David Fontana: Eastern and Western Approaches to
Consciousness and Self
1.00 Lunch
2.30 Summary and discussion of critical issues raised
4.00 Tea and departures
Further Information
Kevin Ashbridge
Conference Aministrator
SciMedNetwork@compuserve.com
http://www.cis.plym.ac.uk/SciMedNet/home.htm
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/SciMedNetwork
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25th Annual International Primal Association Conference
"Miracles of Transformation: Transforming Ourselves &
Transforming the World"
Apple Farm
Elmer, New Jersey
(A Summer Camp between Philadelpha & Atlantic City. Limousine between
Philadelphia & Convention arranged first & lasts days of Convention: $15.)
August 26 - September 1, 1997
Keynote Speaker:
Stanislav Grof, M.D.
Dr. Grof has over thirty years experience using psychedelics and
other methods of obtaining access to human experience from prenatal
to transpersonal. He will be answering questions in a Friday open
forum before the Saturday Keynote Address.
Featured Workshop:
Holotropic Breathwork
A Wednesday afternoon introduction & all day Thursday
experiential workshop of self-exploration and healing developed by
Dr. and Christina Grof. Led by Groff trained & Certified leaders.
Other planned activities include:
- Three to Six Workshops Every Day Including an Introduction to
Primal Psychotherapy
- A Pool Party
- A Therapists' Discussion Group, Dealing With Transference
- Pre-breakfast Dream & Yoga/Meditation/Tai Chi/Chi Gong/etc.,
Workshops.
- 12 Step Meeting
- All & Half Day Experiential Primal Workshops
- Daily Men's & Women's Groups & One Mixed
- Daily Small, Supportive, Evening Peer Groups
- Softball
- Sunday Morning Spiritual Service
- Swimming & Sunbathing, Clothing Optional. (Suits required one hour/day.)
- Community Meetings
- Evening Sauna & Swimming, Clothing Optional
- Discussion: Feelings About Clothing Optional
- Cabaret Night: Everyone Invited to Participate
- Sandplay
- Party Night: Music, Dancing, Snacks
- Wednesday AM, Cranial-Sacral Workshop
- Individual Massage, Alexander lessons, Cranial-Sacral &
Other Bodywork Sessions Available Indoors/Outdoors at Special Low
Convention Rates.
Are you knowledgeable in any area that might be of interest to people
attending our Convention? If so, please call H. Lawrence King,
Convention Chair, about possibly sharing your knowledge and
experience as a workshop, lecture, or discussion. Call Larry at
212-580-3734.
Advance Super Low Rate Six Day Room & Board & All Activities
Convention Fee: $440 Must be postmarked before April 20, 1997.
($465 fee if not a member of the International Primal Association
(IPA)). (Deduct 20% if from outside the continental USA.)
Memberships dues for the IPA are as follows: $30 if you are an
individual living *solely* on Social Security, SSI, AFDC, or
unemployment income; or are a low-income, full-time student. $50
individual ($75 joint) if your annual income is $25,000 or less. $60
individual ($90 joint) if your annual income is $25,001 thru $50,000.
$75 individual ($112.50 joint) if your annual income is $50,001 thru
$100,000. $110 individual ($165 joint) if your annual income is
$100,000 or more. Two people living at the same address are eligible
for joint membership. These memberships will expire at the end of
July, 1998. Make checks to: IPA. Mail to: Louis Mezei, IPA
Treasurer; 92 Hopkinton Road; Upton, MA 01568. Phone:
1-610-779-8842.
For information about the International Primal Association, phone
800-PRIMAL-8.
Call To Presenters: Phone 800-PRIMAL-8 for Application/Information
Form.
Lifeguard wanted: If you would like to work as a certified lifeguard
at our Convention, please call.
(All activities & other Convention details subject to change without
notice.)
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25th Annual Cancer Convention: Alternative Therapies
Pasadena Hilton (150 S. Los Robles)
Pasadena, California, USA
August 30 - September 1, 1997
Sponsored by the Cancer Control Society.
Meet Recovered Cancer Patients with Encouraging Reports!
Learn about the prevention & control of cancer through Nutrition, Tests
& non-toxic cancer therapies such as laetrile, Gerson, Hoxsey, Koch, enzymes
& immunotherapy from medical doctors, researchers, Nutritionists, authors &
attorneys. In addition, learn about chelation, DMSO, oxygen, herbal
cellular & electro-magnetic therapies.
Movies shown include: "Hoxsey Cancer Therapy" and "What Your Doctor Won't
Tell You About Cancer."
Doctor's Seminar: Tuesday, Sept. 2 -- All Professionals Invited!
Tour of Mexican Cancer Clinics: Wednesday, Sept. 3 & Saturday, Sept. 6 --
Pre-registration, Public Invited!
For more information:
Cancer Control Society
2043 N. Berendo
Los Angeles, California, USA
213-663-7801
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1997 International Yan Xin Qigong Practice and Research Conference
Javits Convention Center (Manhattan)
New York City, USA
August 30 - September 1, 1997
The Conference will attract thousands of Qigong practitioners from around
the world. The meeting will be in an energetic and informative environment
for practice and learning. There will be discussions and summaries on the
benefits of Qigong practice as well as sharing of experiences for
efficiently achieving good results. The IYXQA cordially invites everyone
to join us and to learn how to use Qigong as a method for improving
physical health, increasing inner strength, reducing daily stress, and
developing higher wisdom. No prior knowledge of Qigong is required.
The Conference will also emphasize a variety of research, especially
scientific study of the effects and mechanisms of Qigong on the health of
individuals and society. Scholars,doctors and scientists will
discuss philosophical, cultural, medical and scientific aspects of Qigong
cultivation and practice. We will examine the practical impact of Qigong
on such topics as subtle energy systems, mind-body interactions, the
nature of consciousness and sub-consciuosness, and their impact on
human health. The IYXQA invites scientists and scholars of all disciplines
to join us for an open,rigorous and creative study of these issues
relevant to our common future.
Traditional Qigong is an ancient system of knowledge and practice that
has a history of more than seven thousand years. The traditional Qigong is
the foundation of eastern philosophy, culture, healing and training
methods such as Chinese medicine and martial arts. Yan Xin Qigong is a
modern form of the traditional Qigong, encompassing a combination of
ethical cultivation and meditative practice.
Dr. Yan Xin is a popular Chinese Qigong master. He was trained by nearly
thirty traditional Qigong masters and has received high education in both
western and traditional Chinese medicine. Tens of millions of Qigong
practitioners in China and hundreds of thousands of practitioners outside
China have heard Dr. Yan Xin's Qigong lectures. Large numbers of people
attending these lectures have experienced remarkable healing effects. Dr.
Yan Xin is also widely recognized for his pursuit of modern scientific
research in studying the effects of Qi, the fundamental concept of the
traditional Qigong. The IYXQA has invited Dr. Yan Xin to be the
Conference's special guest lecturer.
Yan Xin Qigong is safe for everyone to practice under the guidance of the
principle of De (virtue). Its methods have been passed along through many
thousands of years, and Dr.Yan Xin has adapted them for modern society.
Statistical studies show that Yan Xin Qigong helps people increase
physical energy, improve work efficiency, achieve sustained happiness and
enhance wisdom.Yan Xin Qigong practice promotes contributions to social
well being and the training aids individuals to understand the connections
between the body and the mind, the self and others, and the mankind and
the nature. This knowledge helps one meet such challenges as illnesses,
individual and social stresses, and social conflicts.
The IYXQA is a registered, non-profit, volunteer international
organization with headquarters in the U.S. Its mission is to
promote health, well-being, peace and harmony by encouraging the spread of
Qigong. The IYXQA facilitates Qigong learning and study, and is committed
to working with people from all walks of life.
For information regarding registration:
please call: 610-265-3370 (USA), or
email to: 97conf@prager.ucsd.edu, or
check: http://www.qigong.net
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Mind Body Spirit International Festival
G-MEX Centre
Manchester, United Kingdom
September 12-14, 1997
Presentations on:
- Natural Health
- Aromatherapy
- Massage
- Self-Empowerment
- Spiritual Awareness
- Green Issues
- Healing
- Tai chi
- Feng Shui
- Angels
- Mind Development
For free program, contact:
New Life Promotions
Dept KS
Arnica House
170 Campden Hill Road
London W8 7AS
0171 938 3788
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4th Annual Body & Soul Conference
Park Plaza Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
September 19-21, 1997
Sponsored by New Age Journal and
Inferface holistic learning center.
For some time now, cutting edge scientists have been articulating a
new world view based on an insight that mystics have long understood:
The universe is a living web of relationships in which everything
is interconnected. At the past three Boston Body & Soul conferences,
we have explored the growing impact of this holistic world view on our
lives and culture, especially in the realms of healing, spirituality,
creativity and social transformation. In this--out fourth annual
conference--we invite you to take this unique learning process to a
whole new level: A remarkable constellation of leading edge
physicians, psychologists, teachers, writers, performing artists and
healers will guide us deep into the heart of personal and social healing
in community.
The conference itself is shaped like a three-part symphone: We begin with
an opening celebration featuring the spiritual insights of
Thomas Moore, followed by drumming, cello, story and dance.
Saturday, join a 250-voice chorus in singing African-American spirituals
lead by Ysaye Barnwell, then be inspired by the incredible
Maya Angelou. On Sunday, say YES to the call by
Alice Walker to decolonize the spirit and let it soar in a
new voice.
Community gatherings and a special salon luncheon provided time to
engage in lively conversation, reconnect with old friends and make new
ones, and recognize the fellow pilgrim and teacher that is each one
of us. Additional daylong intensives with several of the faculty are
available on Friday and Monday.
Become part of Body & Soul, join us and our internationally renowned faculty
as we explore new pathways of transformation and healing--four ourselves,
our communities, and the earth.
Morning Practices
- Yoga
- Tai Chi
- Meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Journaling
- Singing/Chanting
- Morning Prayer with Suzanne Fageol
- Morning "Power Walk"
Pre-Conference Intensives
- Healing Body & Soul Through Past Life Regression
(Brian Weiss, MD)
- Mysterium (Gabrielle Roth)
- Psychotherapy as Soul Work (Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD)
- The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life (Thomas Moore)
Workshops
- Close to the Bone: Suffering and the Search for Meaning
(Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD)
- The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and
Religion Meet (Matthew Fox, PhD)
- Relationships through Time: Soul Mates and Soul Connections
(Brian Weiss, MD)
- Coyote Medicine: Integrating Native American Healing Practices
with Western Medicine (Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD)
- Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence, and the Raising of
Children (Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD)
- Opening the Conscious Heart: Key Attitudes that Inspire
Relationships (Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks, PhDs)
- In the Service of Life: Reclaiming the Lineage of
Medicine (Rachel Naomi Remen, MD)
- Second Sight: The Journey of a Psychiatrist Clairvoyant
(Judith Orloff, MD)
- Simple Abundance: Six Principles That Can Transform Your
Life (Sarah Ban Breathnach)
- This Longing: Finding Your True Creative Work
(Coleman Barks)
- Waves: Movement as a Spiritual Practice (Gabrielle Roth)
- Balancing the Demands of Work and Home
(Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks, PhDs)
- Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting
(Myla Kabat-Zinn, MRN and Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD)
- Creation Spirituality: Liberating Our Gifts
(Matthew Fox, PhD)
- Kitchen Table Wisdom (Rachel Naomi Remen, MD)
- Understanding Your Dreams (Judith Orloff, MD)
- Mystery in Motion: The Path of the Mystical Artist
(Coleman Barks and Zuleikha)
- Everyday Belssings: The Dialogue Continues
(Myla Kabat-Zinn, MRN and Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD)
- Beyond Medical Orthodoxy: Heresy or Healing
(Brian Weiss, MD and Judith Orloff, MD)
- Being Home with Paradox: Balancing the Needs for Solitude
and Connection(Sarah Ban Breathnach and Gunilla Norris)
- Women's Health, Women's Wisdom: Exploring the Connection
(Marcelle Pick, RNC, MSN, NP)
- Dance of the Heart (Zuleikha)
- World Beat: The Joy of Drumming (Glen Velez)
- Singing Celebration & Evening Keynote Address
(Ysaye Barnwell, Maya Angelou)
- The Healing Path: Native American Healing Techniques
(Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD)
- Remenbering Past Lives: An Experiential Introduction
(Brian Weiss, MD)
- The Reinvention of Work (Matthew Fox, PhD)
- Building Community through Song (Ysaye Barnwell, PhD)
- Becoming Bread: Making Your Home a Living Sanctuary
(Gunilla Norris)
- A Peaceful Heart in a Busy World: The Power of Prayer,
Contemplation and Spiritual Practice
(Joan Borysenko, PhD)
- On Freedom, Creativity, Activism, and Spirituality
(Alice Walker and Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD)
- Developing Intuitive Skills: A Practical Approach
(Judith Orloff, MD)
- Ecstatic Dance for Body & Soul (Gabrielle Roth)
- Teshuvah: Preparing for the Days of Awe
(Rabbi Moshe Waldoks and Joel Ziff, PhD)
- Women's Wisdom: Delving Deeply into the Sacred Feminine
(Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD)
- Open Forum for Health Professionals
(Marcelle Pick, RNC, MSN, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD and Rachel
Naomi Remen, MD)
- A Peaceful Heart in a Busy World: An Experiential Workshop
(Joan Borysenko, PhD)
- Creating Conscious Relationships
(Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks, PhDs)
- Ecology, Spirit and Social Change: A Sacred Mirror for the Next
Millennium (Suzanne Fageol, MDiv)
- Decolonizing the Spirit: Reclaiming the Pagan Self
(Alice Walker)
Post-Conference Intensives
- A Woman's Book of LIfe: The Biology, Psychology and
Spirituality of the Feminine Lifecycle (Joan Borysenko, PhD)
- How to Use Psychic Ability to Excel in Patient Care
(Judith Orloff, MD)
- The Conscious Heart: An Experiential Journey
(Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks, PhDs)
For Information about Registration, Travel, Accomodations
Contact:
Interface
218 Walnut Street
Newtonville, MA 02160
Tel: 617-964-9360 / 800-239-6950
Fax: 617-964-9378
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8th Annual American Herbalist's Guild Symposium
Integrating Herbal Medicine into America's Health Care
Lloyd Library
Cinncinati, Ohio, USA
October 17-20, 1997
The American Herbalists Guild in conjunction with the
American Botanical Council and the Lloyd Library and
Museum invite you to join us for a compelling and informative
weekend exploring the Challenges Of The 90's Herbal
Renaissance, from Field To Pharmacy, Forest To Patient.
For more info:
Voice: 541-488-6260
FAX: 541-488-6459
EMAIL: ahg97@aol.com
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Yoga and Alternative Medicine:
The 23rd Annual Yoga Research Society Conference
Thomas Jefferson University Alumni Hall
Philadelpha, Pennsylvania, USA
October 18-19, 1997
Presentations:
- Mind-Body Healing (George Brainard, Ph.D.)
- Reversing Heart Disease (Lee Lipsenthal, M.D.)
- Water Cures (F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.)
- Maharishi's Vedic Medicine (Hari Sharma, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.)
- Qigong Healing (Master FaXiang Hou)
- Classical Yoga (V. Pratap, Ph.D., D.Y.P.)
- In Concert (Hoh Daiko Drummers)
Cost:
Full Conference: $135
Single Day: $90
Single Program: $45
Medical Student Full Conference Plan: $45
Registration/Information Contact:
Yoga Research Society
341 Fitzwater Street
Philadelpha, PA 19147
215-592-9642
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The Complementary Medicine Satellite Conference Series:
An Integrated Approach: The Clinical Practice of Traditional Chinese
Medicine in China
Date: POSTPONED for now
Location: Held simultaneously at over 20 sites across Canada
Time: 13:00-16:30 (EST)
Forum: Premiere Video Presentation
Q & A Session via Satellite with Faculty from China
Live Demonstrations by Chinese Medicine Practitioners
Cost: $85.00 before Aug 1/97; $95.00 Aug 1 - Sept 30/97;
$115.00 after Sept 30/97
Statistics Canada found that, in 1996, some 3 million Canadians sought
complementary and alternative treatments outside of mainstream medical
services.
Canada's first-ever Complementary Medicine Satellite Conference Series
will provide a unique opportunity for Canadian participants to learn of
complementary medical practices directly from the source.
The first conference in the series is on Traditional Chinese Medicine
(TCM) and its integration with Western medicine in China. This half-day
conference features a video presentation (specially produced in China
for this event) on Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine and Qigong. This is
followed by an interactive question and answer session via satellite
with faculty from China. Finally, there will be live demonstrations by
local TCM practitioners at each site. Come join us to learn about the
common clinical applications, efficacy and limitations of these
treatment practices in China, how they are practised and often
integrated with Western medicine, and the views of providers and
consumers in China.
Who Is It For?
- Physicians
- Healthcare Professionals
- Consumers
- Insurers
- Policy-makers
- Complementary & Alternative Medicine Practitioners
Conference Chair:
Dr. Ted Lo, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Chinese Faculty:
Accredited experts from the Beijing University of Traditional
Chinese Medicine & the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Opening Addresses:
- The Minister of Health (China); a Representative of Health Canada
- Prof. W.J. Tze, Founder of the Tzu Chi Institute of Complementary &
Alternative Medicine
- Ms. G. Paech, President and CEO, Toronto East General & Orthopaedic
Hospital Inc.
Endorsed by: The Chinese Medical Association (China)
Sponsors: Toronto East General & Orthopaedic Hospital Inc., Riverdale
Immigrant Women's Centre
Presented by Trans Pacific Interface Inc. & HealthSat Network Inc. which
held the successful first China-Canada Medical Satellite Conference in
1996, with the participation of over 6,000 physicians in fifty medical
centres across China. Certificates will be awarded to participants.
For information and registration form, please contact:
Outside Toronto -- tel: 1-800-376-3331
Toronto -- tel: (416) 321-2077; fax (416) 321-1619
e-mail: compmed@rogers.wave.ca.
For faxback of brochure, please call our fax number with your fax machine,
and follow instructions.
Sites and Times
Pacific Region (10:00-13:30)
- Victoria (Greater Victoria Hospital)
- Vancouver (St. Paul's Hospital)
Mountain Region (11:00-14:30)
- Edmonton (University of Alberta Hospital)
- Calgary (Peter Lougheed General Hospital)
Central Region (12:00-15:30)
- Regina (Plains Health Centre)
- Saskatoon (Saskatoon City Hospital)
- Winnipeg (St. Boniface Research Centre)
Eastern Region (13:00-16:30)
- Toronto (Toronto East General and Orthopaedic Hospital,
Humber River Regional Hospital, Ontario Science Centre)
- Brampton (Peel Memorial Hospital)
- Hamilton (St. Joseph's Hospital)
- Ottawa (Ottawa General Hospital)
- Montreal (Montreal General Hospital, (Hospital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
(in French), Montreal Chinese Hospital)
- Quebec City (Hospitel Dieu de Quebec (in French))
- Sherbrooke (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (in French))
- Trois Rivieres (Centre Hospitalier St-Joseph)
Atlantic Region (14:00-17:30)
- Moncton (Hospital Georges L.Dumont)
- Fredericton (Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital)
- St. John (Saint John Regional Hospital)
- Halifax (Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre)
- Charlottetown (Queen Elizabeth Hospital)
Newfoundland (14:30-18:00)
- St. John's (St. Clare's Mercy Hospital)
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Beyond The Dura '97: Fith International Research Conference
The Catamaran Resort Hotel
San Diego, California, USA
October 22 - 26, 1997
Sponsored by: The Upledger Foundation
Description
If you're a practitioner passionate about the possibilities that can be achieved
through whole-body, therapeutic approaches to healthcare, then Beyond The Dura '97
is an event you won't want to miss. This biannual research conference offers an
unparalleled opportunity to learn the latest advances and research findings in
complementary medicine and innovative therapies from many of today's leaders in
those fields.
It's an occasion to share clinical experiences, discover practical applications you
can implement in your own practice, and network with colleagues from around the
world. In fact, among this year's attendees will be a contingent of therapists
and instructors from Upledger Institute's European and Japanese satellite branches!
Plus, it's a chance to take in the sights, attractions and extraordinary climate
that define San Diego, the "birthplace of California."
Selection of Workshops
- The Relationship Between Orthopedic and Craniosacral-Level Restrictions
in the Connective Tissue System (Doug Alexander, BSc, RMT)
- Language in the Therapeutic Process (Russell A. Bourne, Jr., PhD)
- Surviving Orthodontics: An Exploration Into Orthodontics and Craniosacral
Therapy (Nancy Burke, BA, CMT)
- Lymphatic and Interstitial Flow: Emotion and Awareness. Beyond the Waves:
Into the Void (Bruno Chikly, MD)
- Promoting Health Over Sickness (Elmer Green, PhD)
- Touching the Energy (Jim McCormick, L.Ac.)
- Nutrition (Yvonne Nienstadt)
- The Spiritual Aspects of Therapy (Lee Nugan, MA)
- Working With the Body's Self-Correction Mechanisms Using the Feldenkrais
Method and CranioSacral Therapy (Susan Pinto, MA, CFP)
- Accessing the Inferior Sphenobasilar Junction and Anterior OA Using
Soft-Palate and Glossopharyngeal Releases (Cathy Pliscof, PT)
- The Role of the Soul in Healing, Health and Full Human Development
(Aminah Raheem, PhD)
- Interactive Guided Imagery (Marty Rossman, MD)
- Amplifying Energy Fields (Fritz Smith, MD)
- New Explorations (John E. Upledger, DO, OMM)
- Man's Best Friends: An Integrative Approach to the Treatment of Animals
(Gail Wetzler, PT and Alice Quaid, PT)
- A Functional Approach to the Treatment of Fibromyalgia in a Physical Therapy
and Stress Management Setting: Improving Outcomes Through Networking With
Other Health Professionals (Iris Weverman, RPT)
- Suggestions of Abuse: The Repressed Memory Controversy (Michael D. Yapko, PhD)
Keynote Speaker
The Honorable Berkley Bedell is a former U.S. Congressman and active proponent of
complementary medicine. His search for effective solutions to his own health
problems first led him to seek beyond the realm of conventional medicine to more
innovative approaches.
Today he credits "alternative treatments" as helping to cure him of Lyme disease
and prostate cancer. Mr. Bedell has served on the Advisory Council for the
National Institutes of Health, Office of Alternative Medicine. Most recently,
he played an instrumental role in the writing and gaining support for The
Access to Medical Treatment Act (S-1035 and HR-2019), a bill proposing freedom
of choice in administering and receiving medical care.
Fee
$595.00. Price includes admittance to all presentations and the Saturday
evening dinner/dance.
Travel
The Upledger Foundation is pleased to offer the services of Travel Concierge, Inc.,
the official travel agency of Beyond The Dura '97. Contact them at 800-881-0776,
or locally in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, at (561) 625-5951, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Mondays - Thursdays, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays (ET).
Registration/Information
Upledger Foundation
11211 Prosperity Farms Road, D-325
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410-3487
800-233-5880, Extension 4537
407-622-4334
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The Therapeutic Use of Touch:
An Emerging Model for Sustaining Our Communities' Health
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center
Research Triangle Park (between Raleigh & Durham), North Carolina, USA
October 24 - 26, 1997
Keynote Speakers:
- Sally J. Goerner, PhD
Director, Triangle Center for the Study of Complex Systems, RTP, NC
Presenting on Integral Science and Integral Society
- James L. Oschman, PhD
Acting President, New England School of Acupuncture, Watertown, MA and
Faculty, Rolf Institute, Boulder, CO
Presenting on The Biophysics of Healing Energy
Barbara Dossey, RN, MS, HNC, FAAN
Director of Holistic Nursing Consultants, Santa Fe, NM and
Co-Director of Bodymind Systems, Temple, TX
Presenting on Imagery, Mind Medicine and Ritual
Other Faculty:
- Mary Bowser, RN, CMT Johnson County Community College, Kansas
- Suzanne V. Brown, PhD, Exceptional Human Experiences Network, EHEN
- LaRose S. Daniels, MS, CCC-SLP, RPP, CMT Past President
NC Speech and Language Association
- Jay Dunbar, PhD Director of the Magic Tortoiese Taijiquan
School, Chapel Hill, NC
- Theresa Harrison, RN, BSN, NCMT Proprietor, Pine River
Massage Therapy Center, CO
- Janalea Hoffman, MA, RMT Rhythmic Medicine-Music With A Purpose
- Sue P. Intemann, BSW, Disaster Response and Recovery Officer,
Healing Touch and Tlai Chi Chih, NC
- Lucia Johnson, DC, Yoga Instructor, NC
- Laraine Kyle, MS, RN, CMT Teacher of Holistic Aromatherapy Massage
- Oren Leblang, MA, PT Orthopedic and Neurological Body
Work Rehabilitation, NC
- Bonnie Mackey, MSN, ARNP, CMT Clinical Director, Health
Touch Center/Mackey Health Inst., FL
- Sally B. Mann, RN, LMT Editor, "New Dawn"
- Jill W. Monroe, ARNP, LMT Sports Massage Therapist,
Shands Teaching Hospital, FL
- Joy Reed, EdD, RN Director of Public Health Nursing, State of NC
- Mandy Richards, RN, BSN, Nurse Massage Therapist/Instructor, DE
- Carol Sanks, RN, BA Structural Integration Specialist, NC
- Barbara Savidge, RN Interactive Imagery/Reiki/Qi Gong Practitioner
- Ellen Schultz, MS, RN Asst. Professor, Metropolitan State
U., School of Nursing, MN
- Linda C. Thompson, RN, MSN, MBA, CMT Practice
Consultant, NC Board of Nursing
- Elizabeth Tornquist, MA, University of North Carolina,
School of Public Health Scientific Writing, NC
- Ron Vereen, MD Consultant Associate for Duke University,
Dept of Psychiatry, Practitioner of Mindfulness Meditation
- Rae-Lynn Ziegler, OTR/L, Sensory Integration in Pediatrics,
Vitality Institute, NC
Sponsors:
Wake AHEC, an affiliate of Universtiy of North Carolina,
School of Medicine, Area Health Education Center Program and Wake Med, a
regional teaching hospital; and the Mental Health Association of Greater
Durham, NC
Dates:
Pre-conference workshops October 22-23, 1997
Main Conference October 24-26, 1997
Post-conference October 27, 1997
Cost:
Pre-conference workshop full day $100.00
Pre-conference 1/2 day workshop $50.00
Main Conference $350.00
Post-conference one day workshop $100.00
More Information:
For brochure call: Toni Chatman (919) 250-8547
Other speaker information on this conference can be view at our web
page
http://www.med.unc.edu/wahec,
then go to the mental health section and to the CE calendar.
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American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) 32nd Annual Conference
La Jolla, California, USA
October 24 - 27, 1997
American Academy of Environmental Medicine
Our philosophy is simple: Identify and treat the cause of disease.
Environmental Medicine is an integration of concepts drawn from the primary and
specialty care medical fields, and the basic sciences. The resulting health care
strategies have profound implications that can significantly increase the quality
of life for patients, while decreasing the longterm cost of health care.
Our members recognize that human beings, though marvelously adaptable, must
struggle to cope with an often hostile environment. The American Academy of
Environmental Medicine is dedicated to the purpose of education in the recognition,
treatment and prevention of illnesses induced by exposures to biological and
chemical agents encountered in air, food, and water.
Discovering the cause-and-effect relationships of disease allows a physician to initiate
treatment protocols that can result in genuine healing, not just a masking of symptoms.
Please join us at our 32nd Annual Conference as we present new insights and
therapeutic approaches that reflect the latest scientific advances in medicine
Presentations:
- The Surprising Role of Dental Pathology in MANY Complex Patients: Assessment
and Treatment
- Welcome and Introduction to Goals and Objectives (Gary Oberg, MD, Jerry Ross, MD)
- An Update on the Role of Mercury as a Cause of Illness (Murray Vimy, DMD)
- Diagnosing Mercury as a Cause of Chronic Illness and Treatment Using DMPS
(Timothy Guilford, MD)
- Treatment of Mercury-Related Problems Using DMSA
- The Surprising Adverse Systemic Consequences of Root Canal Infections and
Osteitis and Cavitations of the Mandible and Maxilla (Boyd Haley, PhD)
- The Role of Gingivitis and Other Oral Infections in the Pathenogenesis of
Atherosclerosis and Other Systemic Diseases (Murray Vimy, DMD)
- The Role of Dentists in the Treatment of Complex Patients: What to Expect
(Murray Vimy, DMD)
- Panel: The Systemic Role of Dental Pathology in Complex Patients: Case Presentations,
Q/A (Vmy/Guilford/Haley/Wilkinson)
- The Mind/Body Connection: An Overview of Incorporating the Benefits and
Insights of Spirituality and Prayer into your Practices
- Spirit and Compassion were Long Considered Fundamental Elements of the Healing
Profession: Why They have been Lost in Modern Medicine and How They can be
Recovered (Elliot Cascher, MD)
- An Overview of the Research in Spirituality, Prayer and Healing (Elizabeth Targ, MD)
- Q/A (Dascher / Targ)
- The Powerful Psycho/Neuro/Endocrine/Immune Connection in Many Disorders
- The Dynamic Connection between Hormone Functions and Emotions: How Certain
Mood Disorders May Be Alleviated by Hormone Therapies (Thierry Hertoghre, MD)
- Environmental and Nutritional Factors in the Cause and Treatment of Autism
and Similar Disorders (Bernard Rimland, MD)
- The Role of Environmental Toxins in Neurologic Disorders such as Parkinson's
Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer's Disease, Myasthenia Gravis,
and Multiple Sclerosis: Comprehensive Diagnosis and Treatment
(David Perlmutter, MD)
- How to Assess and Treat Autonomic Dysfunctions in a Variety of Common
Chronic Illinesses (Rolin McCraty, MA)
- Q/A
- Exciting New Insights to Enhance Your Practice
- The Potential Role of Lectins in a Diversity of Illnesses: Mechanisms to
Explain Food Sensitivity (Peter D'Adamo, ND)
- Correcting Intercellular Matrix by Regulation of Dysfunctions: Promising
Powerful Advances in the Treatment of Many Chronic Diseases Including Cancer
(Ulrich Randall, MD)
- Q/A
- Annual Business Meeting of the AAEM Membership
- Faculty Presentations with Interactive Attendee Q/A
- Effective Evaluation and Treatment of Common Endocrine Problems Found
in Many Complex Patients (Thierry Hertoghe, MD, Alan Broughton, MD)
- Lipid Manipulation of Cell Membrane Dynamics in Immune Dysfunction
(Patricia Kane, PhD)
- Psyhcological Aspects of Environmentally Triggered Illness: Outpatient
Diagnosis and Treatment (Nancy Didriksen, PhD)
- Psycho/Neuro/Endocrine/Immune and Mind/Body Topics
- Recognizing and Treating the Important Neurosomatic Connection in Many
Common Diseases (Jacqueline Krohn, MD)
- Bowen Technique: A Gentle Hands-On Method that affects the Autonomic Nervous
System as Measured by Heart Rate Variability and Clinical Assessment
(JoAnne Whitaker, MD, Douglas Seba, PhD, Patricia Gilliam, MED)
- Heightened Sensitivity: A Potential Confounding Phenomenon that can Affect
the Accurate Evaluation of Environmentally Triggered Illness (Roy Fox, MD)
- A Double Blind, Randomized, Controlled Investigation of Electrodermal
Testing in the Diagnosis of Allergies: Preliminary Results
(Josef Krop, MD)
- Incorporating the Five Element Model from Chinese Medicine and
Mindfulness Meditations into an Environmental Medicine Practice
(Charles Moss, MD)
- The Importance of Accommodating the Patient's Values and Spiritual Needs in the
Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Environmentally Sensitive Patients
(Roy Fox, MD)
- Emotional Patterns: Practical Pointers on How They can Affect the Patient
and the Physician as they Work Towards Getting the Patient Well (David Musnick, MD)
- The Impact Recent Federal Medical Legislation and Regulations Will Have
on Your Medical Practice
- Current Department of Justice Prosecution Theories Used Against Clinical
Laboratories and Physicians (Carol Lam, JD)
- Understanding Fereal Medical Legislation and Regulations as Applied to
Medicare, Private Insurance and Managed Care (Jonathan Schuman, JD)
- Q/A
- Chemical Sensitivity and Nutritional Topics
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration; Preliminary Results of Treatment with
Anti-Oxidants (Jeffrey White, MD)
- Chromosomal Aberrations: A Potentially Important Biomarker for Injury from
Environmental Pollutants (Jesus Nemenzo, MD)
- Laboratory Tests Found to be Effective in the Evaluation of Chemical
Sensitivity: Derived form 12,000 Patient Evaluations (Jean Munro, MD)
- When an Environmental Disaster Strikes Your Office (Ronald Wempen, MD)
- Experiences with Heat Therapy Detoxification in Environmental Health Center
Dallas (Gerald Ross, MD)
- Key Nutrients and Botanical Agents in Alcohol Dependency: Hepatoprotection
and Detoxification (Amber Ackerson, MD)
For more information on Registration, Air Travel, Accomodations, contact:
American Academy of Environmental Medicine
P.O. Box 1001-8001
10 East Randolph Street
New Hope, PA 18938
Voice: 215-862-4544
FAX: 215-862-4583
Email: 10553.3664@compuserve.com
Web: http://www.aaem.com/
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Integrating Mind, Body, and Spirit in Medical Practice
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
October 30 - November 1, 1997
Sponsored by: Duke University Medical Center
Who Should Attend
- Physicians
- Psychologists
- Nurses
- Clergy
- Social Workers
- Allied Health Professionals
- Healthcare Administrators
Course Goals and Objectives
Recent advances in medical research and technology have led to improved health care
outcomes over the past two decades; however, for many patients with chronic
illnesses, medical care is not curative. It is becoming increasingly evident
that lifestyle and psychosocial factors play an important role in both the etiology
and management of chronic illness in this country. In addition, quality of life for
many patients with chronic illness is determined primarily by their lifestyle
choices and psychospiritual coping abilities. The primary touchpoint for having
a positive impact on these biopsychosocial factors in medicine is the health care
provider -- patient relationship. Healthcare providers are becoming increasingly
aware that we can cultivate our abilities to facilitate integration of mind, body,
and spirit for patients in a way which improves outcomes.
This conference will focus on providing specific psychosocial skills to health care
providers to enhance patient care and potentially improve health outcomes, and
will examine broadening medical practice to include an integrated psychospiritual
approach to patient care. In addition, practitioners will be provided with a
framework to facilitate their own self-care and healing, which can improve their
own work satisfaction in an era of increasing demands.
Preconference Workshops
- Anodyne Imagery for Relief of Pain and Anxiety During Medical Procedures
- Come From the Heart: Healing Ourselves as Health Care Providers
- Love, Serve, Remember: A Model Of Stress and Pain Management Education
For Acute and Chronic Illness
Workshops
- Healing Through Poetry and Dance: An Evening With Coleman Barks
- Meditation
- Poetry and Healing
- Mind Matters: Effects of Group Support for Cancer Patients
- In the Service of Life: Reclaiming the Lineage of Health Care
- Spirituality and the Brain
- Supportive/Expressive Group Therapy: How and Why
- Re-Writing the Hippocratic Oath: Reclaiming the Personal Meaning of
Professional Work
- Stress and Myocardial Ischemia: Mechanisms and Treatment
- Applying Yoga Therapy to Chronic Illness
- A Path With Hearth -- Healthy Menopause
- The Monitoring and Actualization of Noetic Tranings (MANTRA) Protocol
- Approaches to Meditation from the Judeo-Christian Tradition
- Synchronicity, Intuitive Imagery and Wholeness
- Is Religion Good for Your Health?
- Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation for Health Care Providers
- Mind-Body Approaches to Chronic Pain
- The Sould of Medicine: Paths in Coping With Illness
- Integrating Touch Into Your Health Care Practice; The Bio-Behavioral Mechanisms
Underlying the Positive Effects of Nurturing Touch
- Why Normal Isn't Healthy
- Spirituality and Health: Does Spirituality Prevent Illness, Help Healing,
or Both?
- Healing and Wholeness: An Integrative Model for Health Care
- Childhood Near Death Experiences and Their Relationship to Mind-Body Healing
- Religion and Spirituality: How Are They the Same? How Are They Different?
- Parting Visions: The Use of Spiritual Visions to Heal Grief
- Lifeskills for Anger Management
- The Healing Power of Compassion and Community
- Psychoneuroimmunology: Modifying Behavior, Modifying Disease
- Integrating Hypnosis into Primary Care
- Healing Touch and the Development of a Complementary Therapy Institutional
Protocol
- Patient Support Programs: The Duke Experience
- Troublesome Interactions: Emotional Aspects of the Medical Interview
- The Cultivation of Joy
- Toward a Field of Body-Mind-Spirit Healing
Faculty
- Coleman Barks, PhD
- Maryska Bigos, CMT
- James Blumenthal, PhD
- Laura Blue, RN, MSN, NP
- Jeff Brantley, MD
- Larry Burk, MD
- Suzanne Crater, RN, ANP
- James Dykes, MD
- Conrad Fulkerson, MD
- Linda K. George, PhD
- Donna Hamilton, CRT, CHT
- Francis J. Keefe, PhD
- Harold Koenik, MD
- Mitchell Krucoff, MD
- Peter Kussin, MD
- Jeff Levin, PhD, MPH
- Janet Lehr, MD
- Roy J. Mathew, MD
- Anita McLeod, RN, BSN
- Michael McLeod, MD
- Samuel Moon, MD, MPH
- Melvin Morse, MD
- Francis A. Neelon, MD
- John Pateros, CHT
- Janet Quinn, RN, PhD
- Ruth Quillian, PhD
- Rachel Naomi-Remen, MD
- Liz Robinson, RN, MS
- Rachel Schanberg, MEd, MCC
- Saul Schanberg, MD, PhD
- Jon Seskevich, RN, BSN, BA
- David Spiegel, MD
- Gwynn Sullivan, RN, MSN
- Marty Sullivan, MD
- Greg Tamblyn, NCW
- Joan Tetel-Hanks, MS
- Bowen White, MD
- Redford Williams, MD
- Virginia Williams, MD
- Teresa Yuschok, MD
- Robin Zill, CMT
Registration/Information
Hospital Education
Box 3883
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC 27710
See web page for information and registration form:
http://www2.mc.duke.edu/depts/npcs.edu/mbs.html
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Dynamics of Spiritual Healing
Double Tree Hotel - Columbia River
Portland, Oregon, USA
October 30 - November 2, 1997
What is spiritual healing? Is it only offered through a specific
religious tradition or has it been made available through all of
the great religious and spiritual traditions? In fact, do you even
have to be religious to be able to receive or offer spiritual healing?
Is spiritual healing the same thing that is presently called energy
medicine? Is it what’s called the mind-body connection? Can it be
offered through a psychological venue?
How does spiritual healing work? Does it only work within a religious
community Can it work simply person to person, inside or outside the
context of a spiritual tradition? Are there specific rituals that must
be invoked, particular brain wave frequencies emitted, or precise
states of consciousness arrived at, before spiritual healing can
happen? Is spiritual healing available for double-blind research and
inquiry? Can it be taught or is it simply a natural, idiosyncratic
function that only an infinitesimally small number of individuals
are born with?
How would a health care professional integrate spiritual healing into
his/her clinical practice? Is it even possible, or preferable, to do so?
How would a lay-person integrate spiritual healing into her/his life?
These are the questions to be addressed by The Dynamics of Spiritual
Healing. For those interested in developing their knowledge and skill
in spiritual healing, as well as its applicability to their professional
or everyday life, this is the event to attend in 1997!
The Dynamics of Spiritual Healing offers access to multiple levels of
teaching and healing - body, mind, heart, and soul. Besides exploring
the above questions, there will be an emphasis on music, sacred dance,
energy, ecstasy, consciousness, and Spirit. This weekend brings
together a very special group of teachers, who have each personally dug
deep into the ground of their being and brought forth both practice
and perspectives that freshly illumine this area of human and divine
concern.
Conference participants include:
- Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Head of the Sufi Order
- Kykosa Kajungu, Shaman from the Republic of the Congo
- Kay Cordell Wittaker, Author of "The Reluctant Shaman"
- R.J. Stewart, Author of "The Merlin Trilogy"
- Marilyn Youngbird, Native American Healer
- Dr. Clyde Ford, Chiropractor, Psychotherapist, Social Activist and author of
"Compassionate Touch"
- Himayat Inayati, Leader of the Sufi Healing Order
- Jack Schwartz, Author of "Human Energy Systems" and "Voluntary Controls."
- Greg Shelkun, Huna Healer
- Linda Keiser Mardis, Reiki Healer
- Ashrita Laird, Healer from Jaffee School of Energy Mastery
- Zuleikha, Dancer
- Josephine Stewart, Romany Dancer, Healer
For further information or Conference Brochure: Toll free 1-888-446-2928
or http://www.sufihealingorder.org.
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Body & Soul Conference & Webcast San Francisco 1997
St. Francis Hotel
San Francisco, CA, USA
October 31 - November 2, 1997
The World Wide Web will be host to the Body and Soul San Francisco
Conference and Webcast presented by New Age Journal and Hollyhock
Holistic Center October 31-November 2,1997 from San Francisco's
elegant St. Francis Hotel.
This event is an opportunity for people around the world to join the
leaders in mind/body healing, spirituality, creativity and social
transformation.
Participants are invited to experience the conference on site or
virtually, via the Internet at
http://www.whidbey.net/bodyandsoul/.
Body and Soul San Francisco begins Friday night with an opening keynote
address by one of America's most celebrated poets, Maya Angelou. Plus,
music by Rhiannon and the Bay Area's award-winning a cappella group,
SoVoSo.
The weekend expands to include keynote talks, workshops and dialogues by:
- Barbara Brennan: Hands on healer and teacher
- Matthew Fox: Theologian, author and founder
of the University of Creation Spirituality
- Shakti Gawain: Internationally renowned teacher and author
- Jon Kabat-Zinn PhD: Author and founder/director of
the Stress Reduction Clinic at U.Mass Medical Center
- Myla Kabat-Zinn, BSN RN: Childbirth educator and
environmental advocate.
- Terence McKenna: Author, Ethnobotanist and Cyber Icon
- James Redfield: Author of the best seller, Celestine
Prophecies
- Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.: author and Medical Director
of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program
- Stephan Rechtschaffen, M.D.: Holistic physician and
co-founder and president of Omega Institute for Holistic Studies
- Bernie Siegel, M.D.: Motivational speaker, author
and retired surgeon
- Luisah Teish: writer and performer known internationally
for her original renditions of African, Caribbean, and
African-American folktales.
- Brian Weiss, M.D.: Author and leading authority on
past life regression
- David Whyte: Poet
Body and Soul Participants with internet access are invited to join our
Virtual Community online, one month prior to the conference. We will hold
Live Chat sessions with conference presenters as well as an online
discussion group. This is a great way to learn about the presenters,
meet new friends online and then connect in person at the conference.
Or continue to be a virtual participant and experience LiveChats with
conference presenters, recorded RealAudio of workshops, up to the
minute digital photographs of presenters with the latest written reports
of their workshops, and links to the presenter's web sites.
A sophisticated Virtual Reality Room at the conference will give you
the opportunity to experience the healing applications of
Virtual Reality, firsthand. Special lunch time demonstrations on
'Virtual Reality as a Healing art' will be presented by VR expert Galen
Brandt.
For more information about participating via the Internet:
http://www.whidbey.net/bodyandsoul/.
For onsite participation or your free conference brochure,
call (800)937-8728.
For detailed information about conference events, please contact:
Nancy Waddell
Body & Soul Conference
PO Box 869
Langley WA 98260
(360) 321-2581
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Holistic Nurses Association of Australia: 3rd Annual National
Conference
"Healing Partnerships: a Global Re-forming of Health"
Oasis Resort Hotel
Golden Beach, Caloundra (Sunshine Coast)
Australia
Phone: 074 910 333 or Fax 074 910 300.
International calls Ph: +617 491 0333
November 6-8, 1997
Keynote Speakers:
Margi Martin
Margi Martin is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Nursing
and Midwifery at Victoria University of Wellington (NZ), and has many
years of experience as a nurse healer. Margi uses orthodox and complementary
therapies in the field of cancer nursing, and has explored systems of
health and dynamics of cultures that inform our understanding of healing.
Chris James - The Power of Sound
Chris James is a well known healer using voice and sound in his work.
Chris has conducted a number of international workshops using these
modalities, as well as working extensively with them in Australia.
Gerry Mitchell
Gerry Mitchell is an energy field therapist who uses therapeutic massage and
energy field work in his healing practice with HIV positive people. Gerry
has been involved in this work for a number of years, and has also run
workshops in energetic healing with members of the HIV positive community.
Brochure, Registration Application, Questions, Call For Abstracts:
HNAA Annual Conference
Conventions Queensland
PO Box 4044
St Lucia South, QLD 4067 Australia.
Telephone: 07 3870 8831 Facsimile: 07 3371 9514
International Ph: +617 3870 8831 Facsimile: +617 3371 9514
Jane Prentice
prentj@atug.org.au
Conference Program and Information
To contact the organising committee, send a message to John Haberecht,
Co-convenor, at johnhab@brisbane.Dialix.oz.au
Onsite Registration
Registration will be available from 6.00pm to 7.30pm Wednesday 6th,
8.00am to 9.00am Thursday 7th; and 8.00am to 9.00am Friday 8th
November in the foyer area of The Oasis Resort.
Registration Fees
Full conference Fees: $195.00
Early bird/HNAA Members Fees: $165.00 (By 18th October 1996)
Full-time Student Fees: $130.00 (Conference Dinner/Luau is extra)
This Registration Fee includes entrance to all the seminars and
concurrent sessions on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th November; morning
and afternoon teas both days; lunch both days; Conference Dinner/Luau
Thursday 7th November; Conference Handbook and Program and all
relevant information.
Thursday Only Fee: $100.00
This Registration Fee includes entrance to all the seminars and
concurrent sessions on Thursday 7th November; morning and afternoon
tea on Thursday; lunch on Thursday; Conference Handbook and Program
and all relevant information. (Conference Dinner/Luau is extra).
Friday Only Fee: $100.00
This Registration Fee includes entrance to all the seminars and
concurrent sessions on Friday 8th November; morning and afternoon tea,
and lunch on Friday; Conference Handbook and program and all relevant
information.
Conference Dinner/Luau dress theme - South Pacific.
Registration Acknowledgement
Your registration for the Conference will be considered complete only
when receipt of your fees has been acknowledged by the Secretariat.
Cancellation Policy
See http://honey.acu.edu.au/~john/hnaa.html
for information on the conference Cancellation Policy.
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Common Boundary's 17th Annual Conference
"Creative Imagination and Healing"
The Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, D.C., USA
November 7-9, 1997
The conference will bring together a faculty of therapists, spiritual
teachers, authors, and artists using various forms of creative
expression to demonstrate and discuss the healing power of art.
We will focus on creativity as both a source and an expression
of what make us human, what brings us together in community
with one another, and what connects us with the sacred.
Presenters will include:
- David Abram
- Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
- Rachel Bagby
- Paulus Berensohn
- Noris Binet
- Robert Bly
- Caroline Casey
- Joan Chodorow
- Emilie Conrad-da'oud
- Michell Cassou
- Meinrad Craighead
- Ken Cohen
- David Darling
- Tomie de Paola
- John Fox
- Suzi Gablik
- Michele George
- bell hooks
- Jane Hirshfield
- Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Bradford Keeney
- Shaun McNiff
- Jill Mellick
- Deena Metzger
- Nancy Napier
- William O'Sullivan
- Natalie Rogers
- David Rosen
- Gabrielle Roth
- Jeffrey Rubin
- Rose Solari
- Ori Soltes
- Louis Stewart
- Dan Wakefield
- Anna Wise
- and many more!
Conference brochures will be mailed in the summer. If you are
not on our mailing list, please send your name and address to:
conference@commonboundary.org.
Common Boundary
5272 River Road, Suite 650
Bethesda, MD 20816
301-652-9495
301-652-0579 (FAX)
connect@commonboundary.org
http://www.commonboundary.org/
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The 3rd Annual International Conference on Spirituality
in Business
November 8 - 15, 1997
Sheraton Buganvilias Resort
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
For most of us on this planet, more than half our waking
hours are spent traveling to, from or on the job. Millions of
people are experiencing more stress and less security in the
workplace. Workers at all levels of the corporate ladder are
realizing that in order to be their most productive, they
must love what they do. If not, they experience stress,
anxiety, fatigue, and eventually burn-out.
In the past, corporations have shied away from seminars
and conferences having anything to do with
"spirituality" because there was a preconception
that spirituality meant a particular cosmology or set of
beliefs. But that's the past.
Now, corporations all over the world are making profound
changes in order to foster inspiration, meaning and
connection because they recognize that the old "command
and control" models no longer work. At the same time,
more and more people are starting to realize that fostering
spirit in the workplace leads to increased happiness and
creativity and increased productivity and
profitability.
The real value of the word "spirituality" is in
the ongoing exploration of how it manifests in the workplace,
rather than in a specific definition. We can all recognize
when spirit is blocked in our everyday work environments: low
morale, low productivity, gossip, backbiting, high employee
absenteeism and turnover. And we can point to some of the
signs that spirit does exist in the workplace: honesty,
respect, openness, compassion, commitment to quality and
equality, commitment to the environment, and connectedness
among the employee group.
We use the word "spirituality" in the broadest
sense to allow our whole beings to be expressed in the
workplace, at home and in our communities. The question is
not whether spirituality belongs in the workplace. The real
question is whether business can thrive without spirit. By
approaching commerce with an awareness of how it affects our
planet, our community and ourselves, we can operate in a way
that benefits all three.
Who Should Attend
- CEOs
- Corporate Executives
- Entrepreneurs
- Small Business Owners
- Consultants
- Employees
- Business School Professors
- MBA Students
- Clergy
- Writers, Media, Press
- Government Agencies
- Organizations
What You Can Expect
- Find out how the rules are changing at work.
- Learn how management is shifting from the
'dominator' model to a 'partnership' model.
- Discover why people are more creative and
productive when their spirit is acknowledged and honored.
- Hear about practices successful companies
are using to bring spirit into the workplace.
- Learn how to manage difficult change.
- Pick up practical tools for work and in your
life.
- Find out how you can increase your
creativity and satisfaction at work.
- Follow the steps of leading edge companies
to make yours an industry model.
- Share experiences and resources and network
with kindred spirits and like-minded professionals.
- Experience personal and professional
rejuvenation.
- Have a great time while doing all of the
above!
Partial List of Confirmed Speakers
- Hazel Henderson,
Author, Redefining Wealth and Progress, Creating
Alternative Futures and Building a Win-Win World, futurist,
economic consultant to the UN
- Peter Russell,
Author, Creative Managers, The Global Brain and
The White Hole in Time
- Riane Eisler,
Founder, Center for Partnership Studies, corporate
consultant, author, The Chalice and the Blade
- Richard Barrett,
Values Coordinator, The World Bank, founder, World Bank
Spiritual Unfoldment Society, author, Liberating the
Corporate Soul
- Patricia Aburdene,
Co-author, Megatrends series
- Michael Stephen,
Chairman, Aetna International
- Lee Bolman,
Co-author, Leading with Soul
- Carol Orsborn,
Author, Inner Excellence and How Does Confucius
Ask for a Raise?
- Ray Anderson,
Founder, President, CEO and Chairman of Interface
(largest carpet manufacturer in the world)
- Richard Smith,
Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
- Horst Rechelbacher,
Founder and CEO, Aveda
- Barbara Shipka,
Author, Leadership in a Challenging World: A Sacred
Journey
- George McCown,
Chairman, World Business Academy, Managing Partner,
McCown De Leeuw & Co.
- Martin Rutte,
Co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work
- Sandra Felt,
President, WindSong Equality Consulting
- Stan Herman,
Author, The Tao at Work
- Let Davidson, Ph.D.,
President, Wisdom Work
- Marty Raphael,
Author, co-producer, Annual International Conferences on
Spirituality in Business
- Corinne McLaughlin/Gordon Davidson,
Co-founder, Center for Visionary Leadership, co-author, Spiritual
Politics
- Gordon Davidson,
Co-founder, Center for Visionary Leadership, co-author, Spiritual
Politics
- Cliff Feigenbaum,
publisher, Green Money Journal
- Robert Preston
CEO, Navajo Technologies & Software
- Robert McGregor,
President, Minnesota Center for Corporate Responsibility
- Oscar Motomura,
CEO, Amana-Key, (Brazil)
- James Berry,
Founder, Natural Products Corporation, co-producer,
Annual International Conferences on Spirituality in Business
- Brooke Warrick,
CEO, American LIVES
- Liz Herron,
Co-founder, Gender Relations Institute, co-author, What
Men and Women Really Want
- Aaron Kipnis,
Co-founder, Gender Relations Institute, co-author, What
Men and Women Really Want
- Bruce Way,
Author, Living Intuitively: Reaping Life's Rich
Benefits and Creating in the Crucible
- Kristen Nelson,
Marketing Director, Aveda
- Bill DeFoore, Ph.D.,
Editor, Rediscovering the Soul in Business and The
New Bottom Line
- Joseph Robinson,
Founder, Real World Institute
- William Mills,
Partner, InnerFormation
- George Fraser,
Author, SuccessGuide: The Networking Guide to Black
Resources
- Maida Rogerson,
Co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work
- Hyler Bracey, Ph.D.,
President and CEO, The Atlanta Consulting Group
- Gail Ackerman,
Founder, White Iris Studios
There are also yoga classes available every
morning from 7:00 - 8:00am. A Book Sales and Networking Salon
Room is open throughout the week. A Quiet Room is open 24
hours a day for meditation and silent reflection. There are
complimentary coffee and tea breaks each morning after the
keynote and again mid-afternoon.
Several special tours have been arranged which can be
reserved on-site at registration time.
The Sheraton Buganvilias also offers a full schedule of
activities including pool and beach volleyball, water
aerobics, an exercise room, a huge hot tub, 2 large pools, 4
tennis courts (2 lighted) and much more. Plus, the beach and
ocean and the usual associated activities: wind surfing,
parasailing, fishing, ocean kayaking, sailing, snorkeling,
scuba diving, boat tours, etc.
Puerto Vallarta offers a wide selection of gastronomic
choices, art galleries, and night life.
In past years, many participants have come early and/or
stayed after the conference to take in some of the adventure,
culture and incredible scenic beauty of the area.
For More Information
Spirituality In Business Conference
505-474-0998 or 505-474-7604
Email: inlakesh@sisna.com
Web: http://www.spiritinbiz.com
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The Second World Congress on Qigong
and the First American Qigong Association Conference
Qigong: Inner Power, Vitality, Longevity
For Self, Family, Organization, Community and The World
November 21-23, 1997
Golden Gateway Holiday Inn
San Francisco, California
Co-sponsored by (partial list)
- East West Academy of Healing Arts
- American Association of Oriental Medicine (AAOM)
- World Natural Medicine Foundation
- Guilin Qigong Scientific Research Institute, China
- The Health Committee, School of Social Welfare; and
School of Nursing, Center for Health Policy and Management, State University
of New York, Stony Brook
- Pacific Rim Publishing/TC Media
- China Healthways Institute
- Innovative Systems and Technologies, Inc.
- World Medical Qigong Association (China)
- Beijing Immunology Research Center
The Second World Congress on Qigong is an unprecedented and historic event
inaugurating the World Qigong Federation, the American Qigong Association,
and other national chapters. Congress Chair Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow states,
"The goal of the Congress is to highlight Qigong as a viable and essential
practice for enhancing everyday life, as well as an effective factor in
mainstream healthcare. It will provide a prestigious showcase for some of the
world's most powerful Qigong Masters and practitioners."
What is Qigong? (pronounced "chee kung") Qi is breath or vital life force and
Gong is to work or cultivate the Qi. It is the powerful
five-thousand-year-old Chinese energy healing system for health of body, mind
and spirit. Scientific research has proven that medical Qigong can promote
health, boost the immune system, cure disease and extend life where all else
has failed.
The Congress recognizes all effective styles of medical Qigong and
energy-healing systems from cultures around the globe. Sound scientific
research and policy issues will be presented.
Congress Features: Master Workshops * Introductory Workshops * Plenary
Sessions *Hands-On Clinical Training* Poster Presentations * Lectures,
Demonstrations and Performances * Research * Exhibits and Video Showcase*
Pre- and Post-Congress Master Workshops * CEU's * Achievement Award
Presentation * Inauguration of the World Qigong Federation, American Qigong
Association, other national chapters.
The Congress is open to everyone interested in promoting optimal health of
body, mind and spirit for self and others. Course content will appeal to
complementary and alternative medicine practitioners, physicians and nurses,
social workers, the educational and business communities, acupuncturists and
Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners, chiropractors, massage
therapists, insurers, nutritionists, interested healthcare providers, public
policy makers, and the public-at-large.
Please contact Congress Management for information on the following:
- Applications for program presenter (Abstract)
- Hotel & registration forms
- Exhibit/Sponsorship/Advertising Opportunities
- Participation Volunteer
Second World Congress on Qigong
East West Academy of Healing Arts
c/o Katherine Krebs, Manager
KREBS Convention Management Services
555 DeHaro Street, Suite 333
San Francisco, CA 94107-2348
tel: 415/ 255-1297
fax: 415/255-2244
e-mail: KREBSCONV@aol.com
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The 8th International Congress of the Association for Pre- &
Perinatal Psychology & Health (APPPAH)
"Birth, Love and Relationships and the Fourth Trimester"
Decmeber 4 - 7, 1997
The Cathedral Hill Hotel
San Francisco, California
See the APPPAH web site for more information:
http://www.birthpsychology.com/
APPPAH Center Office
340 Colony Road, Box 994
Geyserville, California 95441
Tel: 707-857-4041
Fax: 707-857-3764
Email: APPPAH@aol.com
December is a time of celebrating birth and light, a time of
giving and receiving. Start your holiday season by coming to
beautiful San Francisco and join us in exploring Birth, Love and
Relationships. Our plans are well under way for an exciting and
inspirational gathering.
APPPAH's last Congress focused on Birth and Violence in our families
and communities. In 1997 we will explore how birth, from
pre-conception through bonding, impacts families and communities in
our ways of relating to each other and the world. Love is a powerful
reality. So is fear. What our babies learn from the beginning,
colors all the rest of their relationships. Our message is an
important one that can contribute to a peaceful future. The Congress
will treat this broad continuum in four interactive panels.
Our popular morning presentations at breakfast will be another
opportunity for valuable information to be shared. We have invited
an exciting mixture of speakers, some familiar, and others new to
APPPAH, providing a wide range of experience, research and
viewpoints from Europe & the U.S. Among them will be Reggie Brass,
Annika Kempe, Marshall Klaus, Bruce Lipton, Benig Mauger, Jeannine
Parvati-Baker, and many others.
Michel Odent, pioneer in the field of obstetrics and primal health,
will give a pre-conference workshop and receive the Thomas R. Verny
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pre- and Perinatal Psychology
and Health. Other pre- conference workshops will be planned for
those wishing to come early and take advantage of working more deeply
in pre- and perinatal issues with experts in this field.
There will also be scheduled time for open mike, networking, and
special interest groups. Many attendees in 1995 were appreciative
that our fees were low and included breakfasts and lunches. That
policy will be repeated in 1997. Put the date on your calendar!
Plan to come and bring family, friends and collegues. There is no
subject more important to our lives than love and relationships. It
promises to be a great Congress, one that bridge child and parent,
family and community, heart and mind, body and spirit.
Registration Fees:
- Before March 1st: $180 (Special savings for everyone)
- March 1st - September 1st: $220 (Members) and $260 (Non-members)
- After September 1st: $275 (Members) and $315 (Non-members)
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The 9th International Conference of the National Institute
for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine
"The Psychology of Health, Immunity & Disease"
Decmeber 8 - 14, 1997
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA
Today, in America and throughout the world, we are witnessing a cultural
transformation in healthcare. This change is emerging at a time when
mind/body therapies and approaches to healing are clearly taking shape.
As practitioners, we have achieved a new level of credibility among the
conventional medical community by demonstrating behavioral medicine as a
viable healing methodology that can not only control costs, but increase
overall quality of life.
If you believe that patients should be seen from a holistic perspective
and that body, mind and spirit are not distinct disciplines separate from
each other, then the Psychology of Health, Immunity and Disease Conference
may be useful to you. Our goal throughout this event will be to help you
with specific applications and sources of inspiration to foster your further
use of mind/body medicine.
Practitioners attending this Conference receive a high level of accredited
training. This format is designed to give more educational opportunities than
ever before. We have included eight Intensive Training Institutes as well
as several comprehensive Master Classes both before and after the
Conference. This is the one gathering specifically designed to give you
in-depth information along with the skills and techniques to assist you in
making significant strides within your practice. You will leave filled with
new ideas and strategies that you can begin using first thing Monday morning!
For the past eight years we have created a world class event where like-minded
professionals share ideas, discuss problems and create solutions in all aspects
of their work. Don't miss this change to become acquainted with some of the most
pioneering healthcare professionals in the world. We guarantee
you will find this Conference to be an enriching, rewarding experience
both personally and professionally, for years to come.
Last year we had a sellout crowd and we expect as many to join us this year.
Don't hesitate, make your hotel reservations and register today. We look
forward to sharing this event with you on Hilton Head Island this December.
Overall Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this conference participants should be able to:
- Describe the latest findings in mind/body and complimentary
therapies research.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the theories behind such healing
modalities as: meditation, subtle energy, hypnosis, qi gong, intuition
and guided imagery.
- Discuss current behavioral medicine therapies including the theory,
clinical application and future implementation into a practice.
Specific Benefits When You Attend
- How to tailor qigong techniques for the elderly and disabled.
- How to use the "Ultradian Window" to ultimately enhance performance,
decision making and the resolution of emotional problems.
- Four specific uses of aromatherapy in the treatment of anxiety and
depression.
- How to project the relaxation response with your patients.
- Four techniques for the use of music and sound in reducing stress,
lifting depression and easing pain.
- How to stop the destructive spiral of stress to get what you really
want out of life.
- Learn a systematic way to increase the efficacy of any healing treatment.
- How to tap one's own intuition in assessing patients.
- How translating treatment goals into stories makes concepts
meaningful and memorable.
- How variations in energy patterns reflect an individual's physical and
emotional status.
- How words, images and movement create and recreate reality.
- How neurotransmitters are produced in the brain from carbohydrates
and proteins.
- Four pitfalls of traditional fitness offerings.
- How to open the doors of mainstream medicine more widely to
complementary types.
- How damage from artificial sweeteners can effect mood and emotion.
- Learn and practice at least 6 simple fail-safe approaches to
hypnotherapeutic work.
- How sweets can make one worried and afraid.
- How the qigong "Standing Meditation" can prevent healer burn-out.
- How to acknowledge feelings without being overwhelmed by them.
- How to find the best balance of macronutrients for each patient.
- How to help release an "average" woman from the "perfect body" trap.
- How to identify your own energetic patterns and why they influence your
treatment of patients.
- How to lead the post-surgical patient through a recovery oriented
energy meditation.
Presenters
- Father Leo Booth, MTh, CAC, CEDC
- Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
- David Bresler, Ph.D.
- John Bustelos
- Helen Erickson, R.N., Ph.D.
- Rosemary Ellen Guiley, BA
- Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D.'s
- Martha Howard, M.D.
- Master Zheng Hong Chen
- Gene Arbettter
- Michael Hutchinson, M.A.
- Bala Jaison, Ph.D.
- Richard Katz, Ph.D.
- Father THomas Keating, OCSO
- Joan Klagsbrun, Ph.D.
- Run Kurtz, B.A.
- Vasant Lad, BAMS, MASc
- David Lee, MEd
- Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D.
- Sukie Miller, Ph.D.
- Wayne Muller, M.Div.
- Caroline Myss, Ph.D.
- Belleruth Naparstek, LISW
- Karen Olness, M.D.
- Christine Page, M.D.
- Janet Quinn, R.N., Ph.D.
- Joel Robertson, Pharm.D.
- Martin Rossman, M.D.
- Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D., Ph.D.
- C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.
- Francine Shapiro, Ph.D.
- Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.
- Dorothy Siminovitch, Ph.D.
- Bernie Siegel, M.D.
- Jerold Sinnamon
- Elezabeth Stratton, M.S.
- Sandra Sylvester, Ph.D.
- Molly Vass, Ed.D.
- Mark Weisberg, Ph.D.
- Leonard Wisneski, M.D.
- Harvey Zarren, M.D., FACC
Registration Fees
Main Conference registration fee: $595 per person after August 1, 1997.
($495 if registration is faxed or postmarked prior to August 1, 1997.)
Registration fee includes the Main Conference; Conference Workbooks;
Wednesday and Thursday evening receptions; and the Thursday, Friday
and Saturday networking breakfasts.
Please Note: Pre and Post-Conference Intensive Traning Institutes and
Master Classes are an additional $195/day. Special Offer: Main Conference
Participants Sign up for any 2 days of Intensive Training Institutes and/or
Master Classes and attend any additional Pre or Post-Conference days
absolutely free. Student and senior citizen discouts available. A limited
number of work scholorships are available.
Accommodations
Hyatt Regency Hilton Head: 803-785-1234
Hilton Resort: 803-842-8000
Room sharing is avaialble.
Air Travel
Globe Travel Service: 800-942-4080 (Claudia Urian or Elain Messier)
For More Information, Brochure Booklet, Registration Form
NICABM
P.O. Box 523
Mansfield, CT 06250
800-743-2226 or 860-456-1153
860-423-4512 (FAX)
Email: nicabm@neca.com
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4th Annual Symposium on Complementary Health Care
December 10-12, 1997
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Contrary to most other meetings this is a symposium where new, original research
is presented. Each year the deadline for submitting abstracts is 1 September 1997,
following which the abstracts are reviewed and the highest quality materiel is then
admitted to the meeting. Thus, a programme is available only from early October of
each year. This webpage will constantly be updated as more information is known of
the final symposium programme.
Preliminary List of Topics:
- acupuncture
- homoeopathy
- phytotherapy
- placebo
- safety
- spinal manipulation
- therapeutic relationship
Preliminary List of Keynote Lecturers:
- J.R. Eiser, Exeter, UK
- A. Furnham, London, UK
- T. Kaptchuk, Boston, USA
- T.W. Meade, London, UK
- D. Reilly, Glasgow, UK
Contact Point:
Symposium Secretariat
4th Annual Symposium on Complementary Health Care
Department of Complementary Medicine
University of Exeter
25 Victoria Park Road
Exeter
EX2 4NT
United Kingdom
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1392 424-989
E-mail: E.Ernst@exeter.ac.uk
Web: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/FACT
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Spirituality & Healing in Medicine IV
Westin Hotel, Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
December 14-16, 1997
Who Should Attend:
- Physicians
- Psychologists
- Nurses
- Clergy
- Social Workers
- Allied Health Professionals
- Healthcare Administration
Description of Presentations:
The objective of these courses is to continue to explore the relationship between
spirituality and healing in medicine and to give perspectives from world religions.
The physiological, neurological, and psychological effects of healing resulting from
spirituality also will be discussed. These courses evolved from the original
Spirituality & Healing in Medicine course of December 1995.
For more than 25 years laboratories at the Harvard Medical School have systematically
studied the benefits of mind/body interactions. The research established that when
a person engages in a repetitive prayer, word, sound or phrase and when intrusive
thoughts are passively disregarded, a special set of physiologic changes ensue.
There is decreased metabolism, heart rate, rate of breathing and distinctive
slower brain waves. These changes are the opposite of those induced by stress and
are an effective therapy in a number of diseases that include hypertension, cardiac
rhythm irregularities, many forms of chronic pain, insomnia, infertility, the symptoms
of cancer and AIDS, premenstrual syndrome, anxiety and mild and moderate depression.
In fact, to the extent that any disease is caused or made worse by stress to that extent
this physiological state is an effective therapy.
This work led to consideration of the healing effects of spirituality, since research
later established that people experienced increased spirituality as a result of
eliciting this state regardless of whether or not they used a religious repetitive
focus. Spirituality was expressed as experiencing the presence of a power, a force,
an energy, or what was perceived as God and this presence was close to the person.
Furthermore, spirituality was associated with fewer medical symptoms.
It is now an appropriate time to bring these findings into fuller contact with the
extremely rich and diverse experiences of spirituality and healing of religious
traditions. These courses will continue to explore similarities and differences
amongst long-standing religious practices from objective, scientific research as
well as subjective points of view.
These courses will present data from many religions of the world. Discussions of
physical pain will be emphasized because: it is incompletely treated by current
medical practices; virtually all religious traditions have addressed the issue;
and the experience of pain has been a prominent theme for both scientific and
spiritual discourses on mind/body interactions. Other data on spirituality and
healing and the power and biology of belief will also be discussed. In addition,
these courses will strive to identify future empirical research on the healing
aspects of spirituality in medicine.
Presentations:
- The Genesis of the Course, the Relaxation Response and Spirituality
- The Epidemiology of Spirituality
- Spirituality and Medical Outcomes
- The Pursuit of Personal and Society Healing: What Role for Spirituality?
- African Spiritual Healing Practices
- Buddhist Spiritual Healing Practices
- Jewish Spiritual Healing Practices
- Catholic Spiritual Healing Practices
- Islamic Spiritual Healing Practices
- Hispanic - Pentecostal Spiritual Healing Practices
- Christian Science Spiritual Healing Practices
- Nursing Spiritual Healing Practices with Emphasis on Florence Nightingale
- Psychology and Physiology of Pain as Related to Spiritual Healing Practices
- Healing Effects of Intercessory Prayer
- Theological Interpretations of Experiments on Intercessory Prayer
- Spirituality and Healing at the Bedside
- Neurobiological Mechanisms Related to the Placebo-Effect
- Remembered Wellness - Placebo Effect Healing, The Power and Biology of Belief
Registration/Information:
Harvard MED-CME
P.O. Box 825
Boston, MA 02117-0825
617-432-1525
Email: hms-cme@warren.med.harvard.edu
Web: http://www.feltco.com/hmscme/
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The Soul of a Man
O'Hare Marriott
Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 28 - March 1, 1998
Presentations
- Conscious Friendship
- Fathers & Daughters
- Gender Reconciliation
- Men & Their Mothers
- Men's Health
- Money & Soul
- The New Intimacy
- Nurturing the Soul
- Raising Healthy Sons
- Ritual, Healing & Purpose
- The Sacred Man
- The Voice of the Spirit
- The Way of The Mentor
- Working Ourselves to Death
- and more....
Keynote Speakers
- San Keen (author of Fire In The Belly)
- Michael Meade (author of Men and The Water of Life)
- Malidoma Some (author of Of Water and The Spirit)
Other Speakers
- Jude Blitz
- Tom Daly
- Chris Frey
- Bill Kauth
- Joseph Kilikevice
- Dennis & Laurie LeClear
- David Lindgren
- Jon MacRae
- Robert Mark
- Brian Muldoon
- Robert Pasick
- Buddy Portugal
- Richard Prosapio
- Judith Sherven
- James Sniechowski
- Char & Rich Tosi
Conference Fees
- Before February: $175
- After February: $195
- Discounts for seniors, full-time students and groups of 8 or more.
Registration & Information
Phone: 847-251-9889 (within Illinois)
Phone: 800-856-3175 (outside Illinois)
Email: NealRob@msn.com
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Crystal Healing on the Rocks
Sedona, Arizona, USA
February 27 - March 1, 1998
Presentations
- A special message from the Pleiadians on the ancient
Crystal Skulls and our times, by BARBARA MARCINIAK
- Sound Healing & Crystal Energies concert on
Saturday night by STEVEN HALPERN
- Predictions for 1998 - 2000 by Astrologer Dr. LOUIS TURI
- Small-group sessions with Max & Sha-na-ra
on Sunday (bring your own crystal to be charged)
- Traditional blessing ceremony by Grandfather Bear Heart
- The Mystique of the Crystal Skulls by Nick Nocerino
- Crystal Healing Demonstration by JaneAnn Dow
- Crystal Meditations led by top psychics Petrene Soames
and Clara Bo Whitemann
- Special WORKSHOPS - Sunday
- Selected exhibitors and Sedona healers and readers & MORE!
Special Workshops
- Advanced Crystal Healing Grids (JaneAnn Dow)
- The Power of the Dragon and Love (Dr. Louis Turi)
- The Future is up to You (Petrene Soames)
- Emerging Spiritual Truths For These Chaotic Times (Barbara Marciniak)
Location & Registration
Location: The Poco Diablo Resort, Sedona, Arizona, USA
Registration: Complete Registration form at:
http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/arizona-healings.
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Kindred Spirits on the Edge
Indianapois Marriott
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
March 20-22, 1998
Sponsors
- Association of Humanistic Psychology
- The Institute of Noetic Sciences
- Personal Transformation Magazine
- Indianapolis Gestalt Institute
- PeaceWorks International Network for the Dances of Universal Peace
A conference for everyone interested in Healing & Personal Transformation
We invite you to join a gathering kindred spirits...to be nourished by the company
of people like you who are open to new ways of knowing and being...to combine
compassion with passion in the exploration of human possibilities...to be
stimulated by the thoughts and actions of leading edge visionaries...and to be
refreshed by movement, music, shared ritual and play. We invite you to let your body,
mind and soul participate fully as we weave a tapestry of respect, empowerment, joy,
integrity and commitment. Out of this shared experience and support comes the power
and the will to reshape the world we'll be returning to, into places of greater
nurturance for the human spirit. For your own renewal...and for all those whose lives
you touch...join us at Midwest AHP, a conference with something for everyone --
professional and layperson alike.
Pre-Conference Insitutes
- Traditional Chinese & Cherokee Bodywork for Wellness & Healing (H. Silver Fox Mette')
- There's Got to be a Pony in Here Somewhere!!! Getting Unstuck & "Gooding the Bad"
(Suzy Prudden)
- Gestalt, Masks & the Authentic Self (Audrey Savages)
- Regaining Intimacy After Trauma (Pat Sheehan)
- Your Environment Affects You More Than You Think! Learn the Secrets of Feng Shui!!
(Lori Angelillo)
- Somatic Psychology & Sufism: Middle Eastern Approaches to Tranformative Body Awareness
& Movement (Neil Douglas-Klotz)
- Generational & Genetic Healing: Core Beliefs, Behavior, & Illness (Vera Franco Dahm)
- Reorganizing the Bodymind Through Touch, Movement & Positive Feeling States
(Deane Juhan)
- Spiritwalker: Hunting Power & Gathering Knowledge (Hank Wesselman)
- The Love & Ecstasy Training: Healing the Spirit-Sex Connection in Life, Love & Therapy
(Margot Anand)
- Sufism & Psychology: Self & Sould Transformation in the Native Middle Eastern Healing
Traditions (Neil Douglas-Klotz)
- Dreamwork & Personal Mythology (Stanley Krippner)
- Reclaiming the Body: Using Body Awareness Training with Survivors of Sexual Abuse
(Paul Linden)
- Your Sixth Sense: Activating the Intuitive Wisdom of the Heart (Belleruth Naparstek)
- The Pleasure Zone: Why We Resist Good Feelings & How to Let Go & Be Happy
(Stella Resnick)
- The Spirit Dance: An Ancient Human Experience (Hank Wesselman)
- Energy Anatomy (Caroline Myss)
Keynotes
- Why People Don't Heal: Understanding the Intimate Language of Wounds (Caroline Myss)
- Myths of the Millennium (Stanley Krippner)
- Double Binds in the Bodymind (Deane Juhan)
- The Pleasure Zone: Why We Resist Good Feelings & How to Let Go & Be Happy (Stella Resnick)
- Intuitive Knowing, Psychic "Pops" and Synchronicities: Telltale Signs of
an open Heart (Belleruth Naparstek)
Workshops
- Iridology: A Window To the Body & Soul (Pamela Alborher-Ray)
- Synergistic Effects Of Body, Psyche & Soul Interconnectedness (Dave Brittain)
- Your Creative Process--or--Theatre Games for Therapists (Bernie Coyne)
- Psychomusicology: Using Music, Sound & Psychology to Improve Your Life (John M. Ortiz)
- Releasing Attached Spirits to Heal Mind/Body Dysfunction
(George K. Yim & Gerry E. Rhea)
- Introduction to Feng Shui, the Ancient Chinese Art of Placement (Lori Angelillo)
- Using Therapeutic Imagery for Change & Healing (Patricia Fares-O'Malley)
- Dealing With Anger Compassionately (Hemlata Pokharna)
- Create the SPirit of Mutuality in Your Relationships (Elaine S. Stenger)
- The Healing Potential of the Dance Circle (Leslie Yoshitani)
- Wisdom from the Celtic Wheel: Synthesizing Multiple Intelligences for Day-to-Day
Insight (David Cowan)
- Trager Movement: Rhythms in Hook-Up (Beverly Cox)
- Jesus & the Green Man: Healing Within Galilee (Joseph Grabill, Neil Douglas-Klotz)
- Mitakuye Oyasin: All My Relations (Phillip Scott)
- Healing the Healer: Identifying & Recovering From Compassion Fatigue (Pat Sheehan)
- When the Paradigm Shift Becomes a Personal Reality (Leland "Chip" Baggett)
- Personal Community-Making (Georgia Berland)
- Resolving Relationship Conflicts Using a Higher Self Matrix (Vera Franco Dahm)
- Embodying Power & Love: Body Awareness Training for Peace Making & Moral Eduction
(Paul Linden)
- Chinese & Native American Bodywork Healing (H. Silver Fox Mette')
- Inspirational Stories from the Path: Breathing as Access to Higher Consciousness
(Phyllis Salina)
- Dreams as Theatre (Audrey Savage)
- Introduction to Your Life Energy Force (M.L. Snyder)
- Navigating the Waters of Aging (Ann Thomas)
- Toxic Beliefs May Be Hazardous To Your Health & Happiness! (Robert M. Williams)
Registration Information
AHP Midwest Conference
6826 Chrysler St.
Indianapolis, IN 46268-2405
317-592-1875 (Registration Questions -- voice mail)
317-297-5733 (General Questions)
309-828-2965 (Brochures)
317-933-9610 (Work scholarships, volunteering)
415-864-8850 (Association for Humanistic Psychology)
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Body & Soul Northwest 1998
Portland, Oregon, USA
March 20-22, 1998
Five years ago an extraordinary conference was born. Since then thousands of
people across the country have drawn healing experiences, spiritual inspiration,
and personal challenges from the remarkable constellation of teachers and healers
we bring together as Body & Soul. The learning community that forms at each of
these conferences touches the deepest issues in our lives and seeks the
greatest heights as we think, contemplate, and play together.
Now for the first time the magic of Body & Soul is coming to Porland, Oregon --
the beautiful City of Roses and a leading model for green, sustainable living.
Building on the positive energy generated in Seattle conferences over the past
two years, this year's Body & Soul Northwest will explore the leading edge of
mind/body healing, spirituality, creativity, and ecopsychology. And this year
you'll gain special insight into ways of applying your learning in everyday life.
Our faculty members are not only recognized authorities in their fields, they are
each in their own way actively engaged in applying holistic solutions to the
larger issues facing our communities and world.
At Body & Soul Northwest, you'll gain the tools to heal your body and mind, the
inspiration to improve your relationships, the courage to follow your bliss, and
the wisdom to create a spiritual practice that truly works for you. So celebrate
the Spring Equinox with Body & Soul! Give yourself a fresh start, a chance to grow,
a reward for getting through the dark months. What you experience here is sure to
have a positive and powerful impact on the way you think, feel, and live.
Pre-Conference Intensives
- A Passion for the Possible (Jean Houston, Ph.D.)
- Taking the Homeward Road: Finding Work that Nourishes the Soul (David Whyte)
- The Dance of the Selves in Relationship
- The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Mystical Path with Practical Feet
(Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.)
Opening Keynote
- Snapshots: Glimpses of America's Soul (Anna Deavere Smith with Ysaye Barnwell)
Concurrent Keynotes
- Living the Mythic Life (Jean Houston, Ph.D.)
- Relationship as a Spiritual Path (Hal Stone, Ph.D. & Sidra Stone, Ph.D.)
- The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Religion Meet
(Matthew Fox, Ph.D.)
- Energy Healing in the Operating Room (Julie Motz, M.P.H.)
- The Eight Universal Principles for Well-Being (Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.)
- Close to Home: The Poetry of Creativity, Aloneness, and Belonging
(David Whyte)
- Building Your Field of Dreams (Mary Manin Morrissey)
- Bearing Witness and Making Peace (Roshi Bernie Glassman and Sensei Jishu Holmes)
- The Spell of the Senuous (David Abram, Ph.D.)
Workshops
- The Feminist Mystics of the West (Matthew Fox, Ph.D.)
- Learning to Follow Your Bliss (Mary Manin Morrisey)
- Rekindling the Soul (Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.)
- Fire in the Voice: A Voice Workshop (David Whyte)
- Forgiveness: A Practical Tool for Healing (Robin Casarjian)
- Engaged Spirituality: Healing Self and Society (Jean Houston, Ph.D.,
Roshi Bernie Glassman, and Sensei Jishu Holmes)
- The Triangle of Love: Embracing the Sacred Order (Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.,
and David Whyte)
- Rekindling Wonder and Awe in Daily LIfe (David Abram, Ph.D., and Matthew Fox, Ph.D.)
- Energy Currents: Healing the Wounds of Birth (Julie Motz, M.P.H.)
- Divine Play as Sacred Art (Christian Swenson)
- Writing Our Lives (Brenda Peterson)
- Exploring the Heart of Healing (Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.)
- Manifest Your Destiny (Wayne Dyer, Ph.D.)
- The Practice of Bearing Witness (Roshi Bernie Glassman and Sensei Jishu Holmes)
- The Energetics of Relationship (Hal Stone, Ph.D., and Sidra Stone, Ph.D.)
- Creativity and Leadership (Gloria Burgess, Ph.D.)
- Creating Miracles: The Nine Principles in Action (Wayne Dyer, Ph.D.)
- From Girl to Wisewoman: The Biology and Psychology of the Feminine Life Cycle
(Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.)
- Creativity as a Path of Life (Jean Houston, Ph.D.)
- Opening Your Voice (Ysaye Barnwell, Ph.D.)
- Animals, Plants, Stones: Communicating with the More-Than-Human World
(David Abram, Ph.D., and Brenda Peterson)
- What Holds Women Back? (Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., and Sidra Stone, Ph.D.)
- Partnering for Possibility (Jean Houston, Ph.D. and Mary Manin Morrissey)
- Meditation in Action (Roshi Bernie Glassman, Sensei Jishu Holmes, and
Robin Casarjian)
- Through the Medical Maze (Julie Motz, M.P.H., Hal Stone, Ph.D., and
Charles Steinberg, M.D.)
- Creativity and Social Change (Ysaye Barnwell, Ph.D., Gloria Burgess, Ph.D., and
Bill Weaver)
Post-Conference Intensives
- The Power of the Mind to Heal (Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.)
- Building a Vocal Community (Ysaye Barnwell, Ph.D.)
- Force and Feeling: The Emotional Life of the Body (Julie Motz, M.P.H.)
- Wildness and Wonder: The Ecology of Magic (David Abram, Ph.D.)
Other Activities
Registration Information
Body & Soul Northwest
P.O. Box 32862
Baltimore, MD 21282
Phone: 800-937-8728
FAX: 410-559-2217
Web: http://www.whidbey.net/bodyandsoul/
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Spirituality & Healing in Medicine V
Westin Galleria Houston
Houston, Texas, USA
March 22-24, 1998
Who Should Attend:
- Physicians
- Psychologists
- Nurses
- Clergy
- Social Workers
- Allied Health Professionals
- Healthcare Administration
Description of Presentations:
The objective of these courses is to continue to explore the relationship between
spirituality and healing in medicine and to give perspectives from world religions.
The physiological, neurological, and psychological effects of healing resulting from
spirituality also will be discussed. These courses evolved from the original
Spirituality & Healing in Medicine course of December 1995.
For more than 25 years laboratories at the Harvard Medical School have systematically
studied the benefits of mind/body interactions. The research established that when
a person engages in a repetitive prayer, word, sound or phrase and when intrusive
thoughts are passively disregarded, a special set of physiologic changes ensue.
There is decreased metabolism, heart rate, rate of breathing and distinctive
slower brain waves. These changes are the opposite of those induced by stress and
are an effective therapy in a number of diseases that include hypertension, cardiac
rhythm irregularities, many forms of chronic pain, insomnia, infertility, the symptoms
of cancer and AIDS, premenstrual syndrome, anxiety and mild and moderate depression.
In fact, to the extent that any disease is caused or made worse by stress to that extent
this physiological state is an effective therapy.
This work led to consideration of the healing effects of spirituality, since research
later established that people experienced increased spirituality as a result of
eliciting this state regardless of whether or not they used a religious repetitive
focus. Spirituality was expressed as experiencing the presence of a power, a force,
an energy, or what was perceived as God and this presence was close to the person.
Furthermore, spirituality was associated with fewer medical symptoms.
It is now an appropriate time to bring these findings into fuller contact with the
extremely rich and diverse experiences of spirituality and healing of religious
traditions. These courses will continue to explore similarities and differences
amongst long-standing religious practices from objective, scientific research as
well as subjective points of view.
These courses will present data from many religions of the world. Discussions of
physical pain will be emphasized because: it is incompletely treated by current
medical practices; virtually all religious traditions have addressed the issue;
and the experience of pain has been a prominent theme for both scientific and
spiritual discourses on mind/body interactions. Other data on spirituality and
healing and the power and biology of belief will also be discussed. In addition,
these courses will strive to identify future empirical research on the healing
aspects of spirituality in medicine.
Presentations:
- The Genesis of the Course, the Relaxation Response and Spirituality
- Benefits of Religious Participation - Social, Spiritual, or Both?
- Spirituality and Medical Outcomes
- The Pursuit of Personal and Society Healing: What Role for Spirituality?
- African Spiritual Healing Practices
- Buddhist Spiritual Healing Practices
- Jewish Spiritual Healing Practices
- Catholic Spiritual Healing Practices
- Hispanic - Pentecostal Spiritual Healing Practices
- Christian Science Spiritual Healing Practices
- Spirituality and Healing in Medicine at The Institute of Religion, Texas Medical Center
- Psychology and Physiology of Pain as Related to Spiritual Healing Practices
- Spiritual Healing in Nursing With An Emphasis on Florence Nightingale
- Spirituality and Healing at the Bedside
- Intercessory Prayer and Healing
- Remembered Wellness - Placebo Effect Healing, The Power and Biology of Belief
Registration/Information:
Harvard MED-CME
P.O. Box 825
Boston, MA 02117-0825
617-432-1525
Email: hms-cme@warren.med.harvard.edu
Web: http://www.feltco.com/hmscme/
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The Psychology of Consciousness, Energy Medicine and Dynamic Change
March 23-29, 1998
La Jolla, California, USA
The definitive practitioner's conference on the clinical application of intention,
intuition, consciousness and the integration of spirituality. Sponsored by The
National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine.
Dear Colleague, I'd like to personally invite you to join the leading thinkers in
mind/body medicine -- your peers -- at this 2nd international conference on the
Psychology of Consciousness, Energy Medicine and Dynamic Change. Our goal throughout this
event will be to focus on perspectives that enhance a person's ability to change as
we explore groundbreaking developments in consciousness, intention, intuition and
quantum physics.
Although we already have many useful and effective approaches for helping people
change, most theories are anchored in time and space. As we go beyond our limited
experience of the world as a primary material universe, we enter the realm of
energy. This gathering will help us see more clearly that within this realm lies a
vast sea of infinite possibilities. We will bring together a variety of powerful
clinical approaches in which the energetic field is utilized to promote healing,
learning and growth. Concepts and techniques include:
- Bodywork
- Hypnosis
- Consciousness Research
- Intuition
- Dreamwork
- Energy Medicine
- Qigong
The emphasis will continue to be on practitioner oriented sessions that deliver proven
strategic tools you can use to hone your effectiveness and enhance your practice. The
schedule combines 90 minute concurrent workshops that focus on a particular aspect of
application with intensive one, two and three day institutes and master classes that
allow an opportunity to get fully immersed in a subject. Plus challenging, inspirational
keynote addresses as well as close up, intimate dialogues with faculty favorites as they
share their more human side.
We have gathered the pioneers in the field who will emphasize advanced, practical information
you can put to work immediately in your practice. Topics include:
- Understanding Energy Flow and How to Use It for Yourself and Others
- Harnessing the Neurobiology of Healing
- Practical Applications of Remote Viewing
- Thought Field Therapy
- Vibrational Medicine: The Future of Healing in the 21st Century
- Your Sixth Sense: How to Develop the Power of Your Intuitive Mind
- Healing the Emotional and Spiritual Body
Everything about this program has been designed to maximize your time away
from the office. Recreational activities between sessions provide an easy way
to continue conversations. Networking breakfasts and receptions give you an
opportunity to make the connections needed to recharge your battery and energize
your spirit.
In addition to numerous presentations and keynote addresses, there are several
conference intensives which include:
- Alternative Approaches to Mind/Body Medicine: A Comprehensive Certificate Training Course
(Christine Page, MD, C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD)
- Clinical Hypnosis Training Course, 3-Day Course with Institute Certificate
(Helen Erickson, RN, PhD, Sandra Sylvester, PhD)
- Qi Gong: Ancient Chinese Treasure, Life Energy of the Universe
(Master Zheng Hong Chen, Martha Howard, MD, Gene Arbetter)
- Spirituality and Healing (Joan Borysenko, PhD, Wayne Muller, MDiv)
- Your Sixth Sense: How to Develop the Power of Your Intuitive Mind. A Comprehensive
Certificate Traning Workshop (Belleruth Naparstek, LISW)
- Vibrational Medicine - A Bridge From Science to Spirit: Multidimensional
Approaches to Healing and Dynamic Change (Richard Gerber, MD)
- Healing the Emotional/Spiritual Body (Ilana Rubenfeld)
- The Art of Living (Bernie Siegel, MD and Bobbie Siegel)
- The Fundamental Intuitive Skills in the Practice of Energy Medicine (Caroline Myss, PhD)
- The Language of Change: Communication and Deep Healing (Emmett Miller, MD)
- Mobilizing the Compromised Immune System: A supervision Workshop for
Professionals (Larry LeShan, PhD)
- Mind Mastery: Self Manipulation of the Energy Field for Treatment of Health
(Valerie Hunt, EdD)
For information on Registration, Accomodation, Travel and other questions, contact:
NICABM
P.O. Box 523
Mansfield, CT 06250
800-743-2226 or 860-456-1153
860-423-4512 (FAX)
Email: nicabm@neca.com
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The World Whole Health Forum
March 26-28, 1998
Century Plaza Hotel
Beverly Hills, California, USA
Beverly Hills, CA -- A new conference and exposition, The World Whole Health Forum,
will take place March 26-28, 1998 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. The
Forum, funded by the non-profit southern California based rehabilitation company,
Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation, is designed to promote the next stage of health
care delivery: Enhanced Medicine.
Current confirmed keynote speakers and advisors for the Forum include:
- Andrew Weil, MD
- Bernie Siegel, MD
- Joan Borysenko, PhD
- Herbert Benson, MD
- Lorretta LaRoche
- Rache Naomi Remen, MD
The multidisciplinary, multi-track conference program will be the first of its kind
designed for consumers and practitioners/providers of health care.
"The goal is to present quantitative information regarding alternative and
complimentary therapies and practices -- diet, exercise, nutrition, eastern medicine,
relaxation techniques, spiritual exploration and other mind/body therapies -- in such
a way as to broden their appeal and most importantly their practice among consumers of
health. Just as importantly we want "Traditional" primary practitioners to be well
enough informed to feel comfortable recommending and "prescribing" these therapies"
[Terry Winkowski, Vice President, Business Development, Casa Colina Centers for
Rehabilitation]
Topie to be covered in depth include:
- Prevention and diagnosis
- Cancer
- Chronic illness
- Enhancing aging and longevity
- Women's health
- Pediatrics'
- Issues for providers and managed care insurers
The Forum experience will also feature experiential sessions for those wishing to explore
enhanced therapies, and a diverse exposition of a select number of vendors and suppliers
of products, services and supplies for enhancing health.
Case Colina Centers for Rehabilitation is a non-profit, community-governed organization
which has provided rehabilitation services for more than 61 years, through a broad
range of treatment, support, counseling, assisted living and educational programs
which enable each to choose the most effective means to bring about balance in mind,
body, emotions and spiritual function.
For further information about the conference program, exhibiting, sponsorship or speaking
please call Marcy Robinson, Program Director at (617) 630-1336, or email
mrobinson@chealth.com.
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Light of Nations Conference on Healing
Voices of Earth: Healing Ourselves, Our Environment and Sustaining Our Planet
Lake Morey Resort Inn
Fairlee, Vermont, USA
April 3-6, 1998
Experiential, innovative workshops, Networking room (healers, readers, vendors), retreat
for healers, round table discussions, concert.
Explore
- The Healing Of Self
- Positive Relationships
- Community Building
- Planetary Consciousness
Keynote Speakers
- Bill Ayres & Peter Mann of World Hunger Year (WHY)
Speaker Subjects
- Ecology
- Sound Healing
- Feng Shui
- Herbs
- Chi Gong
- Mindfulness Meditation
- Global Healing
- Couples Counseling
- Astrology
- and more....
Cost
$130 for conference; Room & Board (double occupancy) is $158 for 2 nights.
Information
Call Light Of Nations at 802-457-4786 for more information.
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Expressing Your Soul in the Workplace
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
April 30 - May 3, 1998
As we approach the new millennium many of us are realizing that it's no longer possible to do
business as usual. For the sake of ourselves, our families, our communities, and our planet
we need to be more adaptable, flexible, and creative in how we approach work and its place in
our lives.
This conference is an opportunity for all of us to look and listen within; to remember who we
really are and our purpose for being on this planet in this profoundly transformational time.
As we reconnect with our inner wisdom about our life's work we will explore practical ways
to manifest our vision.
Our keynote speakers are down-to-earth visionaries who will share from their experience how
to integrate inspiration into our daily working lives. THrough small-group sessions and
workshops we'll have the opportunity to learn from one another as we develop strategies and
tools for expressing ourselves more fully in the workplace.
Join us for three days of self-reflection, renewal, experiential learning, and networking as
we re-vision our work as an arena for conscious and caring action.
Workshops
- From Activism to Actuality: The Alchemy and Aesthetics of Participation (Paul Hawken)
- Vocation: Hearing the Inner Summons (Marsha Sinetar)
- Through the eye of the Needle: Reimagining and Remembering Ourselves in the Midst of Work
(David Whyte)
- Sould Work: Spirit in Action (Robert Gass)
- Authentic Communication in the Workplace (Louise Cadigan)
- Taking Yoga to Work: Simple Ways to Relieve Stress (Diana Damelio)
- Feng Shui in the Workplace (Nancilee Wydra)
- Exploring Your Life's Mission: Bringing Wholeness to Your Life and Work
(Richard Michaels and Marcia Goldberg)
- See Yourself in the Big Picture (Gwen Gordon)
Registration/Information
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
Box 793
Lenox, MA 01240-0793
413-448-3152 (Local & International)
800-741-7353 (US & Canada)
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6th Annual International Conference on Conflict Resolution
Sharing Tools for Personal/Global Harmony
St. Petersburg, Russia
May 8-18, 1998
Sponsored By
- Association for Humanistic Psychology
- Common Bond Institute
- Harmony Institute (Russia)
A multidisciplinary/multicultural conference geared toward empowering individuals with
effective tools for nonviolent resolutions to conflicts, endorsed by President Clinton,
President Yelstin, St. Petersburg Governor Yakovlev, AHP, & 45 universities & professional
organizations internationally -- open to all.
Join us for:
6 DAYS of all-day institutes, workshops, roundtables, community meetings, and poster sessions.
Over 50 sessions in the day program, a full slate of evening activities, and a powerful
intentional community experience.
3 DAYS of pre- and post-conference professional visits and cultural events.
Call for Proposals deadline: March 3, 1998
For information, proposal and registration forms, contact:
Common Bond Institute
ATTN: Steve Olweean or Sandra Friedman, Conference Co-ordinators
12170 S. Pine Ayr Drive, Climax, Michigan 49034 USA
Phone/Fax: 616-665-9393
Email: solweean@aol.com
We Site with detailed information:
http://ahpweb.org/events/98russia.html
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Psychotherapy, Spirituality, and the Evolution of Mind
Santa Monica, California, USA
May 15-17, 1998
Sponsored By
- Center for the Integration of Psychotherapy & Eastern Thought
- Journal of Consciousness Studies
- Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Poised at the threshold of a new millennium, we find that traditional paradigms and
frameworks of through are being discarded or transformed. In our increasingly
global civilization, the individual and collective psyche face unprecendented
challenges, calling for fundamental changes in consciousness. At this crucial
point in our evolution, we would do well to remember the words of Ram Dass: We
are the millennium ... we are the consciousness that defines the reality that we are
moving into.
Strongly feeling that the field of psychotherapy is in a unique position to respond
to these challenges and to participate in this transformation of the human mind, we
have created Psychotherapy, Sprirituality, and the Evolution of Mind
to re-examine the philosophical assumptions implicit in psychotherapy and to
reconsider the role of spirituality. We see an exciting convergence between a
spiritual world view and ideas and advances in the scientific understanding of
mind and consciousness. Accordingly, Psychotherapy, Sprirituality, and the
Evolution of Mind will explore what contemporary biological and evolutionary
sciences, on the one hand, and eastern wisdom traditions on the other, have to say
about mind, self, and consciousness.
Psychotherapy, Sprirituality, and the Evolution of Mind brings
together a distinguished faculty of original thinkers, scholars and teachers all of
whom, in addition to their academic preparation and western philosophical
background, are deeply versed in introspective and meditative disciplines. Our
vision is that this symposium will generate original thought, inspire an
interdisciplinary dialogue, and embody the them Psychology Re-thinks Itself.
What Should Attend
Psychotherapy, Sprirituality, and the Evolution of Mind is designed
for mental health professionals and is open to all who are interested in issues of
spirituality, psychological well-being, and the evolution of the brain/mind.
The post-conference clinical workshop is an optional ticketed event and is
available only to licensed psychologists, LCSW's and MFCC's.
Keynote Address
- The Drop and the Diamond: The Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Inner Science of the
Living Self and Our Contemporary Life and Death Crisis (Robert Thurman, Ph.D.)
Workshops
- The Biology of Selflessness: Natural Science Meets First Person Accounts
(Francisco Varela, Ph.D.)
- Neurophenomenology, Consciousness, and the Evolution of Mind (Eugene d'Aquili, M.D.)
- States of Consciousness and Western Psychology (Charles Tart, Ph.D.)
- Knowing Connection: The Intersection of Psychotherapy, Spirituality, and
Evolution (Arthur Deikman, M.D.)
- Psyche and Spirit in the Psychoanalytic View of the Mind: Eros and the Quest
for Wholeness (Jonathan Lear, Ph.D.)
- Buddhism, Mind, and Experience (stephen Batchelor)
- What is This Thing Called Self? (John Suler, Ph.D.)
- Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychoterapy from a Buddhist Perspective
(Mark Epstein, M.D.)
- To Be and Not To Be: That is the Challenge (Jeffrey Rubin, Ph.D.)
- The Self Narrates Itself (Judith Welles, Ph.D.)
- Stories of Transformation (Mark Finn, Ph.D.)
Registration/Information
CIPET
1100 Glendon Ave., #1751
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: 619-565-9921
FAX: 619-565-9954
Email: praxes@worldnet.att.net
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Science and the Spiritual Quest
Wheeler Auditorium
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA
June 7-10, 1998
Hosted By
- The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
Who Should Attend
- Biologists
- Clergy
- Computer Scientists
- Cosmologists
- Health Care Professionals
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Mental Health Professionals
- Physicists
- Professors and educators in both the sciences and humanities
- Psychologists
- Theologians
- Anyone with an interest in contemporary science and religion dialogue
Conference Will Provide You With
- A clearer understanding of the relationship between science and religion as seen
through the eyes of practicing scientists
- A historical and cultural background in which to place the science and religion dialogue.
- Helpful perspectives for teaching interdisciplinary courses.
- An informed sense of places of consonance and dissonance between science and spirituality.
- A broader picture of the possibilities for constructive science and religion dialogue.
Topics
- When Scientists Speak: Exploring the Frontier of Science and Spirituality
- Science and Religion: The Challenges and Possibilities for Western Monotheism
- Science and the Spiritual Quest: Creative Interaction in the Making
- Is There Common Ground in Practice and Experience of Science and Religion?
- Does Science Offer Evidence of a Transcendent Reality and Purpose?
- Scinece and Marality -- Is There a Bridge?
- Reductionism Versus Holism: Multiple Models of the Spiritual Quest
- The Distinctiveness of Being Human: How Science Informs the Spiritual Quest
- New Frontiers in Science and Spirituality
Speakers
- W. Mark Richardson, Ph.D.
- Robert J. Russell, Ph.D.
- Zaki Badawi
- John D. Barrow, Bsc, DPhil
- S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, BSc, DPhil
- Philip Clayton, Ph.D., BA, MA, MPhil
- Cyril Domb, MA, Ph.D., FRS
- Lindon J. Eaves, Dsc, MA, Ph.D., GOE, BS
- George R. Ellis, BSc, BCom, Ph.D.
- Carl Feit, Ph.D.
- Anne Foerst, Dr. Theol, MA, BA
- Mehdi Golshani, Ph.D.
- Bruno Guiderdoni, Ph.D.
- Martinez J. Hewlett, Ph.D.
- Kevin Kelly
- Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D.
- Andrei Linde, Ph.D.
- Mitchell T. Marcus, Ph.D.
- Ayub K. Ommaya, MA, MD
- Arthur R. Peacocke, MA, BSc, DPhil, DSc, BD, DD
- Mark Pesce
- John C. Polkinghorne, MA, Ph.D., ScD
- Joel R. Primack, AB, Ph.D.
- Rustum Roy, BSc, MSc, Ph.D.
- Pauline M. Rudd, BSc, Ph.D.
- Norbert M. Samuelson, Ph.D.
- Allan Sandage
- Brian C. Smith, Ph.D., MS, BS
- William R. Stoeger, AB, MS, STM, Ph.D.
- George Sudarshan, Ph.D., MA, BSc, DSc
- Henry S. Thompson, BA, MSc, MA, Ph.D.
- Charles H. Townes, BA, BS, MA, Ph.D., LLD
- Mark Weiser, MS, Ph.D.
Cost
Early Registration Postmarked on or before April 15, 1998: $295 (or $125 for full-time student)
Regular Registration Postmarked after April 15, 1998: $395 (or $150 for full-time student)
Registration, Travel, & Accomodation Information
Professional Meeting Planners
5 Central Square, Suite 201
Stoneham, MA 02180
Phone: 781-279-9887
FAX: 781-279-9875
Email: PMPMeeting@aol.com
Web Site: http://www.SSQ.net
Information about The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
Call 510-848-8152 or visit the CTNS web site.
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Comprehensive Cancer Care: Integrating Complementary and Alternative
Therapies
Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Arlington, Virginia, USA
June 12-14, 1998
A conference for health professionals and the lay public. Authoritative information on the most
promising alternative and complementary therapies for cancer. Experiential workshops in
mind-body-spirit approaches to cancer treatment. Examination of innovative cancer therapies
from Europe and Asia. And more....
Sponsored By
- Center for Mind Body Medicine
Speakers
- Hernan Acevedo, Phd (Allegheny General Hospital)
- Jeanne Achterberg, Phd (Saybrook Institute)
- Carolyn R. Aldige' (Cancer Research Foundation of America)
- Anne Alexander (Prevention)
- Robert Atkins, MD (Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine)
- Steve Austin, ND (Center for Natural Medicine)
- Stephen Barnes, Phd (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
- Rudolph Bauer, Phd (Washington Center for Meditation Studies)
- Honorable Berkley Bedell (Former Member of Congress)
- Herbert Benson, MD (Mind/Body Medical Institute, Harvard University)
- Joseph Beuth, MD (University of Koln)
- Clement Bezold, Phd (Institute for Alternative Futures)
- Judith S. Blanchard, MS (National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship)
- David Blask, Phd, MD (Bassett Research Institute, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital)
- Susan Blumenthal, MD (Assistant Surgeon General)
- Robert Burdick, MD (University of Washington School of Medicine)
- Stanislow Burzynski, MD (Burzynski Research Institute and Clinic)
- Candace Campbell (American Preventive Medical Association)
- Rick J. Carlson, JD (Healthmagic)
- Barrie Cassileth, Phd (Duke University School of Medicine)
- Li-Chuan Che, Phd (Global Registry for Empirical Cancer Therapy)
- Sophie Chen, Phd (Novaspes, Inc.)
- Laszlo K. Csatary, MD (Csatary Center of Virus Therapy, Budapest)
- Alastair J. Cunningham, Phd, C Psych (Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital)
- Bruce Dales (Flora Manufacturing and Distributing, Ltd.)
- Alan M. Dattner, MD (Day-Kimball Hospital)
- Representative Peter DeFazio (D. Oregon)
- Pali Delevitt MA, Phd (University of Virginia School of Medicine)
- Henry Dreher (Medical Writer)
- Robert M. Duggan, MA, MAc (Traditional Acupuncture Institute)
- James A. Duke, Phd (Botanical Consultant)
- Alan Dumoff, JD (Lifetree Consulting)
- Steve Dunn (Cancerguide Web Site)
- Arnold Eggers, MD (Suny Health Science Center at Brooklyn)
- Karam Elbayoumy, Phd (American Health Foundation)
- Samuel Epstein, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago)
- Alison Estabrook, MD (Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons)
- Mary Lee Esty, Phd (Neurotherapy Center of Washington DC)
- Joel Evans, MD (Center for Women's Health)
- Representative Lane Evans (D. Illinois)
- Michael S. Evers, JD (Project Cure)
- William Fair, MD (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
- Harold Freeman, MD (Harlem Hospital)
- Jeremy Geffen, MD (Geffen Cancer Center)
- Carol B. Goldberg, MA LGSW (Center for Mind-Body Medicine)
- Nicholas Gonzalez, MD
- James S. Gordon, MD (Center for Mind-Body Medicine)
- Erich Dieter Hager, MD, Phd (biomed-Klinik Bad Bergzabern)
- Susan Halpern, MSW (Commonweal)
- Anna Halprin, Phd (Tamalpa Institute)
- David Hankins, Phd (International Cancer Alliance)
- Nancy Harazduk, MS, LGSW (Center for Mind-Body Medicine)
- Senator Tom Harkin (D. Iowa)
- Michael Hawkins, MD (Lombardi Cancer Center)
- Stephen P. Hersh, MD (Medical Illness Counseling Center)
- Gar Hildenbrand (Gerson Research Organization)
- Chuangui Huang, OMD (Yunan Tumor Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine)
- Wayne Jonas, MD (Office of Alternative Medicine [NIH])
- Elly Kirschner, MA (National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations)
- Ralf Kleef, MD
- Efrem Korngold, LAc, OMD (Chinese Medicine Works)
- Fredi Kronenberg, Phd (Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research
for Women's Health, Columbia University)
- Lawrence Kushi, ScD (University of Minnesota)
- Brian Leyland-Jones, MD (McGill University)
- Susan Lord, MD (Center for Mind-Body Medicine)
- Diane Manahan, RN, MSN, CS (Mankato State University)
- William Manahan, MD (University of Minnesota)
- Gailen Marshall, Jr., MD, Phd (The University of Texas-Houston)
- Robert Mayo (Cancer Treatment Centers of America)
- James L. McCoy, Phd (Immunocomp Laboratory)
- Martha Miller, Phd (Lifestyle Consultants)
- Representative James Moran (D. Virginia)
- Ralph Moss, Phd (Healing Choices)
- Michael Newman, MD (George Washington University School of Medicine)
- Robert Newman, Phd (The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center)
- Susan Okie, MD (The Washington Post)
- Kristin O'Shee, MFA, MST (Center for Mind-Body Medicine)
- Carole O'Toole
- Mark Pacala, MBA (American Wholehealth)
- Michael Pertschuk, JD (The Advocacy Institute)
- Harry Preuss, MD (Georgetown University School of Medicine)
- Maureen Redl, MA, MFCC (Voices of Healing)
- William Regelson, MD (Medical College of Virginia)
- Mary Ann Richardson, DrPh (The University of Texas Center for Alternative Medicine Research)
- Richard Rivlin, MD (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
- David Rosenthal, MD (American Cancer Society)
- Julia Rowland, Phd (Georgetown University School of Medicine)
- Michael Schacter, MD (Schacter Center for Complementary Medicine)
- Marilyn Schlitz, Phd (Institute of Noetic Sciences)
- Bernie Siegel, MD
- Mary Jo Siegel (Burzynski Patient Organization)
- Charles Simone, MD (Simone Protective Cancer Center)
- Andrew Sparber, RN (National Cancer Institute)
- Yan A. Su, OMD, Phd (Lombardi Cancer Center)
- Alexander S. Sun, Phd (Connecticut Institute for Aging and Cancer)
- Elisabeth Targ, MD (California Pacific Medical Center)
- Laurie Taylor, JD (House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform)
- Robert Temple, MD (Food and Drug Administration)
- Xiao Ming Tian, Phd (Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health)
- Lucy Waletzky, MD (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
- Douglas Weed, Phd (National Cancer Institute)
- Jeffrey White, MD (National Cancer Institute)
- Frank Wiewel (People Against Cancer)
- R. Michael Williams, MD, Phd (Cancer Treatment Centers of America)
- Marianne Williamson (Author)
- Richard A. Willis, Phd (The University of Texas at Austin)
- Leonard Wisneski, MD (George Washington University School of Medicine)
- Robert Wittes (National Cancer Institute)
- Ernst Wynder, MD (American Health Foundation)
- Cun Zhuang, Phd (Bio Research Institute, Inc.)
Registration/Information
Center for Mind-Body Medicine
5225 Connecticut Ave., NW, #414
Washington, DC 20015
Phone: 202-966-7338
FAX: 202-966-2589
Brochure Phone: 800-805-3976
Email: CMBM@idsonline.com
Web: http://www.healthy.net/cmbm/
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Embracing the Essense of Energy Therapy: 1998 National Conference
Keystone Resort, Colorado, USA
June 17-21, 1998
Retreat to the Rocky Mountains: Relax, Renew, Revitalize.
Over 30 Workshops Including
- Polarity Therapy
- Massage
- Ayurvedic Nutrition
- CranioSacral Therapy
- Chakra Psychology
- Trauma Therapy
- Sacred Geometry
- Music Therapy
Other Features
- Daily yoga
- Vegetarian meals
- Bodywork.
Travel & Accomodations
90 minutes from Denver International Airport. Luxury Condominiums available
at low conference rates.
Registration Information
American Polarity Therapy Association
2888 Bluff St., Ste. #149
Boulder, CO 80301
303-545-2080
FAX 303-545-2161
Email: SATVAHQ@aol.com
Web: http://www.PolarityTherapy.org
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American Holistic Nurses' Association: 18th Annual Gathering and Conference
Hyatt Regency WestShore
Tampa, Florida, USA
June 17-21, 1998
Keynote Speakers:
- Leslie Gibson-Johnson, RN, BS (Lighten Up with Laughter)
- Deforia Lane, PhD, RMT-BC (Music Therapy: A Gift Beyond Measure)
- Charlotte McGuire, RN, MA, HNC (Remembering the Purpose of Life)
- Rachael Naomi Remen, MD (In the Service of Life: Reclaiming the Joy of Our Work)
- Karilee Halo Shames, RN, PhD, HNC (The Nightingale Conspiracy: Weaving Our Joy into Nursing)
- Linda Noble Topf, MA, MTh (You are Not Your Illness: Reclaiming Your Grace)
- Susan Luck, MA, BS, RN and Bonnie Mackey, MSN, ARNP
(Holistic Nursing: Reclaiming our Leadership in the Emergine Healthcare Movement)
Special Events
- The Magical Music of Richard Shulman
- Holistic Nursing Research
- Annual Aucture
- Wisdom Circles
- Morning Tai Chi and Yoga
- BodyWork and Healing
- Holistic Vendors
- Annual Membership Meetings
- Announcement of the 1998 Holistic Nurse of the Year
Concurrent Sessions
- Life, Libido and the Pursuit of Vitality
- Finding Joy in Teaching: Get Your Learners Motivated, Enthusiastic and Satisfied
- The Essence of the Case: Homeopathy and the Search for the "Never Well Since"
- From Natural Childbirth to Natural Dying
- The Bioenergetics of Bliss
- Sounding Your Joy: Using Tone and Chant to Heal Yourself and Others
- Journey to Holism
- Who Do You Think You Are? The Healing Power of Your Sacred Self
Pre Conference Workshops, Wednesday, June 17 (additional fee)
- Healing Through Herbology
- Nutrition for Health
- Advances in Holistic Nursing Education
- Powerful Healing Through Relationships
- Healthy Pleasures
- The Joy Ride
Other Information
- Reception and Banquet
- Up to 26 continuing education credits (20 for conference and 6 for
pre-conference)
Registration Information
American Holistic Nurses' Association
800-278-AHNA
Email: AHNA-Conference@flaglink.com
Web: http://ahna.org/
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The Future of Energy Medicine: Integrating Science & Spirit
Regal Harvest House Hotel
Boulder, Colorado, USA
June 18-24, 1998
The most beautiful and most profound
emotion we can experience is the
sensation of the mystical. It is the
power of all true science.
- Albert Einstein
The body-mind revolution of the past 30 years has been a real turning point for the exploration of
consciousness, healing, subtle energy, and human potential, yet, as human beings, we are more
than body and mind. The ineffable at our core--spirit, soul, consciousness, monad--must now
take its rightful place on the list of essential concepts for the study and practice of healing,
health, and medical care.
This unique conference will explore how the dynamic energies of life, love and intelligence serve
to build a living bridge between science and spirit that positively impact our physical, mental,
emotional, spiritual, and social health. The goals of the conference are distinctly different from
many other conferences in the area of consciousness, healing, and complementary medicine in
that it is a professional scientific meeting with opportunity for scientists, clinicians, and lay
persons to share knowledge and expertise.
Keynote Presentations:
- Joan Borysenko, PhD (The Science of Bodymind and Spirit)
- James S. Gordon, MD (Manifesto for a New World Medicine)
- Jeff Levin, PhD, MPH (From Psychosomatic to Theosomatic:
The Role of Spirit in the Next New Paradigm)
- Candace Pert, PhD (Molecules of Emotion: A Link to Subtle Energies)
- Elmer Green, PhD (The Future of Energy Medicine: Bringing Spirit Into the Body)
Preconference Workshops:
- Joan Borysenko, PhD (From Psychoneuroimmunology to Energy Medicine)
- Bob Nunley, PhD & Chaitanya Kabir, MA (Authentic Chants of Devotion)
- Qizhi Gao, D.O.M., Dipl. Ac. (Qigong)
- John Upledger, DO, OMM (Consciousness & Healing)
Post-Conference Healing Intensive
- Carlos Warter, MD, PhD (Clinical Applications of Spirituality)
Professional Skills Courses
- John S. O'Hearne (Homeopathy: A 200 Year Old Branch of Energy medicine)
- Ann Nunley, MFA & Bob Nunley, PhD (New Options for Healing: the symbolic imaging process)
- C. Shaffia Laue, MD (Integrating Ancient Wisdom and Modern Technology)
- William Collinge, PhD (Applied Collective Intentionality in mind/body medicine)
- Arlene Green (Touch for Health: Stress and Pain Relief at Your Fingertips)
- Thomas G. Brophy, PhD (Subtle energies: Moving toward a clear theory?)
- Roger LaBorde (The healing path: a path of compassion)
- Cynthia Hutchinson, DNSc, RN, CHTI (The State of the art of research in healing touch)
- Cindy Romero, MD & Emelia Ripoll, MD (THE ROLE OF Acupuncture in Conventional Medicine Today)
- John R.M. Day, MD, FACS (Tomorrow's Health Today)
- Dwight Stone (Music & the Heart)
- Cherie Bianco & Carolyn Backstrom (Core Energetic Movement)
- Liana Mattulich & Bob Whitehouse (Inner Key for Developing High Level Integration)
Workshops
- James S. Gordon, MD (Manifesto for a new World medicine)
- Peter Levine, PhD (Waking the tiger: Healing Trauma Through the Body)
- Peter Selby, RPT (Applied Energy Medicine in Clinical Practice)
- Glen Rein, PhD & Maria Rein Syldona, PhD (Psycho-biological &
Psychospiritual Health & Well-being)
- Candace Pert, PhD (Consciously Assessing The Psychosomatic)
- Phillip Scott (PRIMAL Energy medicine: Indigenous Wisdom & Healing Practices)
- Pamela M. Kirchner, MD (Near-death experiences and hospice:)
- Nancy Zi (The Art of Breathing)
Registration Information:
International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine
303-425-4625
Fax: 303-425-4685
Email: issseem@compuserve.com
Web:
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Fluoride Risk Assessment
San Diego, California, USA
June 20-21, 1998
Recent research shows that rats drinking only 1 part per million fluoride
(NaF) in water had histologic lesions in their brain similar to Alzheimer's
disease and dementia. This study was the third in a series of papers
published by Varner et al. Brain Research Vol. 784 No. 12 p 284-298 (1998)
Shocking, yet true and verifiable. In fact , all of the 1600 scientists,
lawyers, engineers and other professionals at the EPA in Washington DC
through the National Federation of Federal Employees local 2050 stated
that there is a causal link between fluoride/fluoridation and cancer,
genetic damage, neurological impairment, and bone pathology. The EPA
scientists Drs. William Hirzy and Robert Carton will both speak at the San
Diego Risk Assessment Symposium. Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett, Ph.D.
will address the environmental impact. Dr. Phyllis Mullenix has published
extensively on the neurotoxicity.
Attend this scientific symposium and learn the toxicology of fluoride and
the mechanism of dental fluorosis. You will understand why fluoride works
topically and why ingesting fluoride as in tablets, water or prescription
vitamins is harmful. The symposium is part of the ongoing review process to
develop an unbiased public health goal for fluoride.
The Public Health Department, Mayo Clinic, UCSD Medical School and the San
Diego County Dental Society, San Diego County Medical Society have been
invited to participate in the scientific review of fluoride. We are seeking
any qualified scientist to support the theory that ingested fluoride is of
benefit. Dr. Hardy Limeback, the Canadian Dental Association expert on
fluoride, said that he could not support the concept of ingested fluoride
being of any known benefit to dental health.
Registration
Come meet with the experts. June 19-21 Sat-Sun Holiday Inn at Old Town.
Call Kelly today for meeting reservations 888-728-3833 (cost $150)
For Hotel reservations call special rate of only $89 (800) 255-3544.
Sponsors include:
The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
The Preventive Dental Health Association
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The First National Conference of the US Association for Body
Psychotherapy
Boulder, Colorado, USA
June 25-28, 1998
Over 60 Presentations Including:
- Body/Mind Theories and Techniques
- Working with Trauma
- Sexuality
- Spirituality in Body Psychotherapy
- Dance and Movement
- Chronic Pain
- Memory and the Body
- Body Psychotherapy with Couples
- Children and Special Populations
Presenters
- Miriam Roskin Berger
- Robert Hilton & Virginia Wink Hilton
- Bessel van der Kolk
- Ron Kurtz
- Peter Levine
- Lisbeth Marcher
- Pat Ogden & Kekuni Minton
- Al Pesso
- John Pierrakos
- Ilana Rubenfeld
- and others....
Pre- and Post-Conference Institutes: June 24-25 & June 28-29
Registration Information
Call Conference Managers The Atwood Company, 303-494-1246 or
email atwood@atwoodcompany.com.
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Healing Journeys: The 7th Annual Institute of Noetic Sciences
Conference
Marriott Downtown
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
July 2-5, 1998
Conference Benefits
- Make new friends who share your interest and values
- Learn simple and effective new methods for personal growth and professional development
- Encounter cutting-edge thinkers, educators and leaders
- Share your stories of personal transformation and learn from the experiences of peers
- Clarify personal and professional goals and values and identify ways to manifest them in your life
- Experience a powerful sense of community and renewal from joining with like-minded people
- Pinpoint and probe emerging trends
- Discover tested new strategies and programs being used successfully in the world
- Fulfill continuing education requirements
- Stimulate your curiosity and discover new resources by wandering through the bookstore and conference marketplace
- Avail yourself of pre- and post-conference institutes to spend an entire day in a focused learning environment created by leading teachers and practitioners
- Use morning meditations to center yourself and raise your energy to meet the day
- Unwind with celebrations of music, drumming and dance
- Attend special IONS membership events
Presentation By
- Jeanne Achterberg
(Imagery for Health and Healing; Uncommon Bonds: Relationship as a Healing Journey)
- Elliott Dacher
(Recovering the Soul of Healing: A Mini-Retreat for Healing Practitioners)
- Robert Gass & Judith Gass
(Soul Work: The Practice of Doing What We are Here To Do; The Art of Conscious Relationship)
- Deepak Chopra
(Healing Journeys: Action for the Future; A Day with Deepak Chopra)
- Ron Kurtz & Donna Martin
(A New Road to Emotional Health: Training Emotional Support Skills)
- Jean Houston
(Healing the Spirit, Mending the Mind, Luring the Soul; The Healing Journey)
- Sam Keem
- Edgar Mitchell
(The First 25 Years of Consciousness Studies: New--and Into the Future; Frontier Developments in Consciousness Studies Produce New Medical Advances)
- Dean Radin
(Mind at Large: A Review of the State of the Art in Parapsychology)
- Richard Miles
(Building Values-Based Health Care: Noetic Models for the Future; Community, Coalitions Collaboration, Caring: Beyond the "Market" Model for Health Care Management)
- Winston O. Franklin
(Finding Our Way Together)
- Steve Wolf
(Romancing the Shadow: Illuminating the Dark Side of the Soul; Romancing the Shadow of Relationship)
- Lauren Artress
(Walking the Labyrinth: From Prayer to Action; What is This THing Called a Labyrinth?)
- Alex Grey
(Making the Soul Visible; From Darkness to Light: My Healing Journey Through Art)
- boona cheema
(Journey of Social Engagement in Community Arising)
- Charles Cudjoe
(The Vision From Kilimanjaro: Healing Through the Wisdom of the Ancients)
- Roger Jahnke
(The Healer Within: Self-Healing & Empowerment Methods From Ancient China; Sharing the Healer Within: A Personal & Community Empowerment Revolution)
- Charles Garfield
(Wisdom Circles: An Institute for Circle-Makers)
- Nancy Napier
(Shadowboxing: Reclaiming the Disowned Self; Living With Intention: Choice, Responsibility and the Power of Living Consciously)
- Sandra Ingerman
(The Shamanic Journey; Creating a New Vision for Our Lives)
- Sam Keen
(Healing the Dis-eased Self; Questions About Healing)
- Gay Luce
(On the Radiant Path of Energetic Healing We Can Learn to Keep Life in Balance; Sexuality & Creativity: The Energetic Connection)
- Tom Keelan & Ruth-Ann Clurman
(What is This Thing Call a Labyrinth?)
- Laurie Monroe
(Healing Journeys Through Hemi-Sync Exploring Altered States of Consciousness; The Quest for Wholeness)
- Onye Onyemaechi
(Village Rhythm Experience)
- Elisabet Sahtouris
(Biology Revisioned: A New Scientific View of our World and Ourselves; How to Keep the Most Powerful Creative Force in Your Life Healthy)
- Sukie Miller
(Visions of the Joruney After Death)
- Brian Luke Seaward
(Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water, Stress & Human Spirituality; Health of the Human Spirit)
- Marilyn Schlitz
(The Participatory Universe: Mapping the Interface of Consciousness, Science & Society)
- Charlene Spretnak
(Cultural Resistance & Eco-Spiritual Healing: The 200-Year Lineage of Counter-Modernism; Healing the Western Wounds)
- Cindy Spring
- Rick Tarnas
(The Western Mind's Journey of Initiation: Understanding Our Moment in History)
- Luisah Teish
(Healing Body & Soul: African Ideas of Health & Illness; Ritual Ancestral Healing)
- Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms
(True Work: Doing What you Love & Loving What You Do; Right Living in a Crazy World: Bringing Spirit & Soul Into the Workplace)
- Karolyn Van Putten
(Toning: Exploring the Voice of Healing; Tone Songs for Enlivening the Vision)
Additional Events
- Poster Sessions
- Breakfasts, Lunches & Dinners
- Conference Marketplace
- Networking Center
- Wisdom Circle
- A journey of Discovery for Young Adults, ages 17-24
For More Information
IONS Healing Journey Conference
c/o The Conference Works
6826 Chrysler Street
Indianapolis, IN 46288-2405
317-329-8445
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ADD and Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Parents on a Mission
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia, USA
July 17-18, 1998
Sponsored by the Feingold Association of the United States
Caring and Sharing
Professionals who are leaders in the fields of ADD and autism spectrum
disorders will describe the new findings they are successfully using for
their own children and sharing with other parents. That's right, our speakers
are p arents of children with either ADD or autism spectrum disorders, and/or
they have been diagnosed with it themselves.
As you know, the underlying causes of ADD and autistic spectrum disorders
remain a medical mystery. Many clues exist in the literature and in the
offices of clinicians who look beyond merely covering up the symptoms.
But it can take many years before the clinical successes get into mainstream
medical treatment.
Our kids can't wait!
We need to know what scientists and physicians are now only whispering about.
We need to learn what professionals with affected children are doing in their
own homes to achieve remarkable results. They will guide you through the
emerging information, providing a true understanding of the resources and
techniques that can help your child.
Who should attend?
This seminar will be of particular interest to parents of children with
behavior or learning problems whether there is a firm diagnosis or not.
Parents presenters have children with symptoms of ADD, ADHD, learning
disabilities, depression, sensory integration dysfunction, autism, or
Asperger's syndrome.
Speakers
- Immunology & Autism (Amy Rosenthal, MD)
- Dealing with Multiple Diets (Laurie Miller, L.P.C.C.)
- Sensory Integration (Debra Dickson, RPT)
- Understanding Behavior (John Taylor, Ph.D.)
- Social Skills (Vicki Tillman, Ph.D.)
- Helping Autism with Diet (Jean Curtin)
- Autism Research Update (Brenda O'Reilly)
- Journey Toward Answers (Pat Dunn)
- Oh, Those Trash Can Foods! (Jane Hersey)
Extra Events/Benefits
- Panel Discussions
- Connections Buffet
- Musical Presentation
- Banquet
- Continuing Education Unit Credits available.
Registration Information
FAUS Conference
127 East Main St., Ste. 106
Riverhead, NY 11901
516-369-9340
Email: mailto:conference@feingold.org
Web: http://www.feingold.org/conf_98.html
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The First Grassroots Gathering on Biodevastation:
Genetic Engineering
Fontbonne College
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
July 17-19, 1998
The Gateway Green Alliance invites progressive groups to co-sponsor the FIRST
GRASSROOTS GATHERING ON BIODEVASTATION: GENETIC ENGINEERING. The event will
address the intertwined issues of genetic engineering, patenting of seeds and
other life forms, worldwide trade in human genetic material, and
monopolization of food production. It will include scientists who have
researched the dangers of genetic engineering and organizers who work to
maintain local control of food production by legislative initiatives and
direct actions.
Confirmed panelists, workshop leaders and organizers include:
- Tulio Avelino (Partido del Sol, Uruguay)
- Beth Burrows (President of The Edmonds Institute)
- Mark Bohnert & Tammy Shea (Gateway Green Alliance)
- Barbara Chicherio (President of The Greens/Green Party, USA)
- Mitch Cohen (Brooklyn Green Party)
- Ronnie Cummins (Director of Pure Food Campaign USA, which organized
the 1997 "Global Days of Action Against Genetic Engineering")
- Steve Emmott (Green Group of the European Parliament)
- Zoe Erwin (Institute for Social Ecology)
- Don Fitz (Editor, Synthesis/Regeneration)
- Michael Hansen (Consumers Union)
- Chaia Heller (University of Massachusetts)
- Elaine Ingham (Oregon State University)
- Andy Kimbrell & Joe Mendelson (International Center for
Technology Assessment)
- Brewster Kneen (British Columbia Biotechnology Circle)
- Howard Lyman (Humane Society)
- Wendy McGoodwin (Council for Responsible Genetics)
- Margaret Mellon (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- Sonja Schmitz, (University of Vermont)
- Hope Shand (Rural Advancement Fund International)
- Ricarda Steinbrecher (Womenis Environmental Network [UK])
- Brian Tokar, (Z Magazine, author, Earth for Sale).
Program: The Grassroots Gathering will include the following:
- Workshops on field organizing, coalition-building and media work;
- Workshops on basic issues of biotechnology;
- Keynote address (Vandana Shiva);
- Nonviolent visit to a St. Louis location important for biotechnology;
- Workshops and panel on artificial foods and allergies and other effects on
human health;
- Workshops and panel on genetic engineering vs. ecological balance;
- Workshops and panel on moral and legal aspects of genetic engineering and
genetic discrimination;
- Workshops and panel on economic effects of control of food by multinational
corporations;
- Open plenary to plan the Fall, 1998 iGlobal Days of Action Against Genetic
Engineering;i and,
- Open plenary to build biotechnology networks in the US.
Who does biotechnology affect?
- Farmers.
The biotechnology industry is rapidly destroying what is left of
family farms by increasing the quantity of capital required for agriculture.
(rBGH milk is the clearest example.) American farmers can learn from the
massive protests against corporate seed control by Indian farmers.
Working and low income people and people of color. Rapid monopolization of
the food industry puts consumers at the mercy of corporate price fixers,
hurting low income consumers most. They will have few alternatives to
genetically engineered foods at supermarkets, putting them at greater risk for
nutritional deficiency, allergic reactions, and diseases caused by altered
hormone levels in food. Rapidly advancing technologies of genetic screening
(hyped for their disease-curing potential) may increase genetic discrimination
against those who seek insurance, employment and promotion (e.g. sickle cell
trait is found in 10.0% of African-Americans, even though only 0.2% contract
the disease).
- Women.
Increasing monopolization of food production results in many third world women
being unable to grow food to feed their families. Test tube fertilization and
artificial implantation of embryos threatens to further lock women into the
role of breeding machines to produce efficient workers.
Indigenous people and third world countries. Perhaps the greatest social
injustice is the subjugation of indigenous knowledge to corporate profit.
Brian Tokar wrote in Earth for Sale, "The biotechnology industry has proved
particularly solicitous of plants, animals, and people that display unique
genetic traits which can be transferred using recombinant DNA technology into
common crop varieties, bacteria, and other life forms for future study and
commercial exploitation. The traditional peoples who are largely responsible
for the centuries-long cultivation and protection of beneficial plants and
animals receive little if any benefit from these activities."
Need for a US grassroots event
1997 was a banner year for the biotechnology industry, with successful cloning
experiments in Scotland achieving worldwide headlines and some 30 million
acres of genetically engineered crops grown in the US alone. International
opponents of genetic engineering have escalated their activities as well, with
partial bans on engineered foods passed in Austria, Italy and Luxembourg, and
new direct actions against engineered crops in Germany, Ireland and Australia.
Also in 1997, the organic sector experienced astounding growth as those
seeking to avoid genetically engineered food voted with their feet (and their
shopping carts). Industry, noticing the move, tried to soften the blow by
aggressively lobbying to change the newly promulgated national organic
standards so they would allow the inclusion of genetically engineered inputs
into the official definition of "organic."
Green members of the European Parliament have taken a leadership role in
opposing importation of genetically engineered food from the US. Activists
throughout the world participated in two coordinated "Weeks of Action" against
biotechnology, first in April, then again in October.
Though there are numerous embryonic networks which challenge the corporate
view, there has yet to be an event which brings these groups together to
coordinate their efforts.
Why St. Louis?
There has never been a major gathering critical of biotechnology and genetic
engineering in the US midwest. St. Louis is a natural location because it is
the site of the World Headquarters of Monsanto, the most powerful single
player in the US biotechnology industry. Two of the most popular attractions
in the city are the St. Louis Science Center and the Missouri Botanical
Gardens. Both have a strong impact on education in the metropolitan area
since they arrange frequent tours by busloads of children from public and
private schools. Both institutions are heavily subsidized by Monsanto and its
name features prominently in their buildings.
Financing
Since it requires thousands of dollars to host an event of this scope, several
people across the country are collaborating to write grants. (We welcome
others to participate with us.)
We are appealing to the grassroots to help make the Grassroots Gathering on
Genetic Engineering a success by CO-SPONSORSHIP, which means very early
preregistration. We are asking co-sponsors to send a check for $145 by June
15, 1998 to the Gateway Greens, P.O. Box 8094, St. Louis MO 63156.
In return, (1) the co-sponsoring group will have the registration fee covered
for 3 members or will have $145 apply to registration and lodging of 1 or 2
members; (2) the group will be listed as a co-sponsor in the brochure, and (3)
the group may have a literature table at the event. If co-sponsors can send
more than $145, all will apply to registration and lodging costs for their
members. Individual membership is $45 until June 15. $55 the day of the
conference.
If you are interested in attending or co-sponsoring, please email
T4shea@aol.com as soon as possible.
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Body & Soul Colorado
Denver, Colorado, USA
July 24-26, 1998
New Age and The Naropa Institute Present a Weekend Conference:
Never in human history have we had more information available to us and
felt less certain about what to do with it. Body & Soul Colorado is
designed to help you discover the wisdom behind the information,
experience the creative power of heart and soul, and integrate this knowledge
into your personal and professional lives.
Our conference begins with holisitc doctor and spiritual teacher, Deepak
Chopra, MD, exploring the healing power of spirit. The weekned expands
to include presentations, dialogues, and workshops by a dynamic group
of world-renowned physicians, spiritual teachers, healers, artists, and
writers. Daylong intensives on Friday and Monday provide the opportunity
for a more in-depth exploration of the conference themes. What do we know
about the body's potential for self-healing? What is the role of creativity in
healing the whole person? What are the most useful remedies for a wounded
soul? And how can all these healing influences work together for the health
of individuals and the betterment of our communities, nations, and the earth
itself?
In addressing these critical questions, our presenters will offer their latest
work, and they will respond to each other and to you, weaving the fabrice of
a vibrant learning community. Poetry, music, storytelling, and other forms
of creative self-expression will create a context of joy and beauty
throughout the weekend. Join us in the Mile High City for a unique journey in
healing body and soul, tapping into our deepest sources of wisdom, and finding
the vision to craft a life of our own design. Body & Soul Colorado will
breathe change into your way of being in the world.
Preconference Intensives
- The Ways of the Mystic: Seven Paths to God
(Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.)
- Taking the Homeward Road: Finding Work that Nourishes the Soul
(David Whyte)
- The Other Side: Past-Life Regression and Messages of Love
(Brian Weiss, MD & James Van Praagh)
- Healing Through Ritual and Ecology
(Malidoma Patrice Some')
Keynote Address
- Renewing the Power of Spirit in Your Life
(Deepak Chopra, MD)
Conference Workshops
- The Intimate Imagination: Poetry, Creativity, and Personal Passion
(David Whyte)
- Soulmates: Relationships Through Time and Space
(Brian Weiss, MD)
- From Girl to Wisewoman: The Biology and Psychology of the
Feminine Life Cycle
(Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.)
- Talking to Heaven: Developing Your Psychic Abilities
(James Van Praagh)
- Physically Chanllenged and Empowerment
(Carmen Freeman, M.S., CCHT)
- Living in the New Millennium: Transparency as a Lifestyle
(Neale Donald Walsch)
- Pleasure and Healing: Practicing the Eight Core Pleasures
(Stella Resnick, Ph.D.)
- Discovering Your Psychic Gifts
(Judith Orloff, M.D.)
- Community, Healing, and Ritual
(Malidoma Patrice Some')
- Timeshifting: Creating More Time for Your Life
(Stephan Rechtschaffen, MD)
- Several Things About Creativity I'm Almost Sure Of
(Anne Lamott)
- The Physics of Angels: Encountering the Realms Where Science
and Religion Meet
(Matthew Fox, Ph.D.)
- Exploring the Heart of Healing
(Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.)
- Believe in Love: Key Skills for Nurturing Relationships
(Stella Resnick, Ph.D.)
- Celtic Spirituality: Indigenous Wisdom for Westerners
(Frank MacEown, MA)
- Following Your Calling
(Gregg Levoy)
- Inner Work and Outer Work
(Matthew Fox, Ph.D. and David Whyte)
- Exploring the Worlds Beyond
(Brian Weiss, M.D., and James Van Praagh)
- Making Integrative Medicine Work for You
(Stephan Rechtschaffen, M.D., and Carmen Freeman, M.S., CCHT)
- Rituals in Everyday Life
(Luisah Teish, Ph.D. and Frank MacEowen, M.A.)
- The Path of the Buddha: Buddhist Meditation in Daily Life
(Reginald A. Ray, Ph.D.)
- Understanding Your Dreams
(Judith Orloff, M.D.)
- Sweat Your Prayers: A celebration of Movement and Spirit with
Gabrielle Roth
(Gabrielle Roth)
- Past-Life Therapy: An Experiential Introduction
(Brian Weiss, M.D.)
- The Spiritual Art of Compassion and Forgiveness
(Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.)
- Creating More Time for Your Life: Some Practical Tools
(Stephan Rechtschaffen, M.D.)
- Almost Every Single Thing I Know About Writing: A Master Class
(Anne Lamott)
- Lost and Found: Grief, Purification, and Renewal in Ritual
(Malidoma Patrice Some')
- Leaing From Within
(Elizabeth Roberts, Ed.D.)
- Meeting Challenges and Seeking Solutions
(Neale Donald Walsch)
- The Healing Power of Sexuality
(Judith Orloff, M.D.)
- Fire in the Voice: A Vocal Workshop
(David Whyte)
- Conversations with the Other Side
(James Van Praagh)
- Ritual Ancestral Healing
(Luisah Teish, Ph.D.)
- Trance, Dance, and Reinventing Community
(Matthew Fox, Ph.D.)
- On Healing Relationships
(Brian Weiss, M.D. and Stella Resnick, Ph.D.)
- Talking to God
(Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. and Neale Donald Walsch)
- The Path of Engaged Spirituality
(Gregg Levoy, Elizabeth Roberts, Ed.D., and Frank MacEowen, M.A.)
- Listening to the Body
(Gabrielle Roth and Judith Orloff, M.D.)
Postconference Intensives
- How to Use Psychic Ability to Excel in Patient Care
(Judith Orloff, M.D.)
- Waves: Ecstatic Dance for Body and Soul
(Gabrielle Roth)
- The Spirit's Quest: Tools for Serving Life's Journey
(Elizabeth Roberts, Ed.D. and Elias Amidon)
Conference Registration Information
Body & Soul Colorado
PO Box 32862
Baltimore, MD 21282
Call 800-937-8728
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14th Annual International Macrobiotic Summer Conference
Westfield State College
Westfield, Massachusetts, USA
August 1-7, 1998
A week-long celebration and exploration of natural approaches and techniques
to promote personal transformation; create optimal health and explore lifestyle
changes to heal the body, mind, and emotions.
Leaders in the field, including Michio Kushi, speak on holistic health
topics. Our honored guest: Cornellia Aihara.
Classes and Workshops
- Cooking with Natural Foods
- Diet and Health
- Personal Development
- Yoga, Shiatsu, Tai Chi, Chi Kung
- Visual Diagnosis
- Feng Shui
- Meditation
- Cancer Prevention and Recovery
- Strengthening Natural Immunity
Private Counseling and body work sessions with selected teachers are
available throughout the conference for an additional cost.
For registration and conference brochure contact:
Kushi Institute
800-975-8744
Web: http://www.macrobiotics.org
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Midwest Summer Odyssey: Tending the Fire of Our Heart
University of Wisconsin
River Falls, Wisconsin, USA
August 4-9, 1998
Sponsored by Midwest Odyssey (A chapter of the International Institute of
Integral Human Sciences)
Throughout time, many enlightened civilizations maintained a sacred fire
for their communities. These fires represented the spiritual essence of the
people and their connection to a higher power. Sacred fire was a key element
in ritual, prayer and healing.
Those tending the fire held a sacred duty. To maintain the guiding light and
spiritual energy source for their people, an inner fire must also burn brightly
in their hearts, fueled by a purity of life and ideals. Their care and
attention to both the inner and outer fires enabled them to use the fire as
an instrument for transformation.
Each member of the community supported the fire tenders with their prayers and
the necessities of life...another way of tending the fires.
Although today, not all temples and communities keep a sacred fire burning in
the traditional way, we now know that we are all fire tenders...shining with
the inner radiance of our own ideals and desires.
As we grow physically and spiritually, our ideals and desires also mature and
sometimes change. Sometimes there will be challenges to maintain the inner
fire. Then, we each become a light for the other, should the inner fire dim.
As wel hold the inner fire true and steady within us, we support the fire
of our community, our planet and our universe.
The summer, ignite and be ignited as we come into contact with this powerful,
elemental force of nature! Explore, experience and learn ways by which we can
keep the fire burning with our hearts....
Stephen Cook and Lynn Nelson
Co-chairs, 1998 Summer Odyssey/Symposium
Presentations
- Following the Fire in Our Hearts (Mary Thunder)
- Chi Kung: Body, Mind and HEART (Clement Chang)
- Ceremony of the Breath of Fire (Don Esteban Tamayo)
- Human Destiny: Synchronicity as Earth Elementals and Spirit
Walkers (Diane Furse)
- Summer: The Erotic Fulfillment (Luisah Teish)
- Tending the Fire of Our Heartland (Steven McFadden)
- Vision from the Heart (Joy Messick)
- Replacing Hearts of Steon with Human Hearts
(John Rossner, PhD)
- Tending the Fire of Our Hearts: Fueling the Pasion of our Lives
(Gerry Bostock)
- Chi Kung (Qi Gong): Mind over Body (Clement Chang)
- Sharing a Ceremonial Prayer (Mary Thunder)
- Spiritwalker: An Introduction to Core Shamanism
(Hank Wesselman)
- Reiki I: Healing a Higher Level (Steven McFadden &
Jacki Hayward Gauger Parkton, MD)
- Your Power to Create (Arthur Douet)
- Carnival of the Spirit (Luisah Teish)
- The Coming Messianic Age and Planetary Redemption
(John Rossner)
- From the Heart: Indigenous Wholistic Healing
(Gerry Bostock)
- Communication Skills for Uplifting a Planet (Marilyn Rossner)
- Deepening Your Healing Abilities (J. Thomas Hyder)
- Mastering the Elements (Joy Messick)
- Trusting Your Own Intuition (Phyllis Robinson)
- Fire and Shadow--Honoring Paradox (Christina Potyandy)
- Living From the Authentic Self (Catherine Wilson)
- Art as Meditation (Sandra Wall)
- Extending the Fire of Our Heart (Marie Burgeson)
- Sacred Sexuality (Celeste Stokes)
- Experience the Divine Silence of the Spirit
(Jacques Gravel)
- Life in the Palm of Your Hand (Kathryn Harwig)
- Connecting Our Hearts: Understanding the Aborigine Way
(Gerry Bostock)
- Messages from the Spirit World: Nurturing Our Heart and Soul
(Marilyn Rossner)
- Ho'omana: Hawaiian Shamanism and the Mystical Nature of the Self
(Hank Wesselman)
- The Way of the Ecuadorian Shaman (Don Esteban Tamayo)
- Spirit Dance: The Journey Into Self (Maria Genne)
- Who Am I? Where Am I Going? Why? -- An Astrological Compass
(Steven McFadden)
- Carnival of the Spirit (Luisah Teish)
- Divine Play (Joy Messick)
- Sharing a Ceremonial Prayer (Mary Thunder)
- The Four Elements of Life and Creation (Diane Furse)
- Play: Practicing the Art of Improvisation (Youth Workshop)
(Marie Genne)
- Expanding Your Psychic Awareness with the Fun of Art! (Youth
Workshop) (Rosemary Jackson)
- Learn How to Communicate with Your Joy Guides (Youth Workshop)
(Irene Gareau)
- Forever Young (Youth Workshop) (Gary Brennen)
- Love: How Do You Know When It's Real (Youth Workshop)
(Marie Burgeson)
- Yoga (Laurie Young)
- Sweat Lodge Ceremony (Cathryn Coyne)
Other Activities and Practices
- Meditation
- Yoga
- Massage/Bodywork Center
- Psychic Readings
- Orientation/Walking Tours
- Healing Service
- Musical Presentations
- Choir
- Raffle
- Audio Visual Center and Bookstore
Registration Information
Call 612-934-6516 or check the
Midwest Odyssey web page for a detailed conference brochure.
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American Association of Naturopathic Physicians 1998 Conference:
The Future of Medicine...Today
Doubletree Jantzen Beach
Portland, Oregon, USA
August 26-30, 1998
The AANP Annual Convention is designed to provide naturopathic physicians and
other health care practitioners with a vital learning experience in the practice and
management of natural medicine. The emphasis is on integrating various systems
and philosophies in a mutually beneficial relationship. Information on theory,
modalities, techniques and management of a holistic medical practice will be
shared.
Conference Benefits
- Embrace the life force in the art of healing from a vitalistic perspective.
- Learn to co-manage the care of cancer patients with conventional oncologists.
- Discover the variety of ways Ayurvedics are used to treat serious mental illness.
- Hear new research about the genetic and environmental causes of autism.
- Share with your colleagues your success stories and case histories.
- Learn ways to ease the dying process.
- Determine which botanicals are indicated or contraindicated with various cancers
and cancer medications.
- Understand the protocol for the use of misoprostol for the induction of labor.
- Practice a hands-on treatment for headaches.
- Learn an orthomolecular protocol for treating schizophrenia.
Presentations
- The Vitalistic Thread (Jill Stansbury, ND; Bill Mitchell, ND;
Deborah Frances, ND)
- Murmurs of the Heart Made Easy
(Marty Milner, ND)
- Pharmacology of the Naturopathic Formulary
(Clyde Jensen, PhD)
- Naturopathic Treatment of Cancer
(Jared Zeff, ND; Gail Kurtz)
- Naturopathic Co-Management of Cancer Patients
(Paul Reilly, ND)
- Interoffice Approach to Cancer Treatment
(Walter Crinnion, ND; Davis Lamson, ND)
- Clinical Anecdotes
(Shiva Barton, ND)
- IM and IV Magnesium Therapy
(Russell Marz, ND)
- Clinical Pearls
(Allen Tyler, MD, DC, ND)
- Gemisphere Energy Medicine
(Pauline Alison, ND)
- The Clinical Application of Misoprostol
(Maureen Becker, ND)
- Materia Medica-Drug Interactions
(Paul Saunders, PhD, ND)
- Hands-On for Headaches
(Trina Doerfler, ND, DC)
- Professional Writing
(Staff of the Journal of Naturopathic Medicine)
- Death is not the Enemy
(Michael Bergkamp, ND; Amy Haynes, ND)
- Homeopathy for Serious Mental Illness
(Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, ND, DHANP)
- Ayurveda and Mental Therapeutics
(Robert Svoboda, BAMS (India))
- TCM for Serious Mental Illness
(David Eisen, LAc, MSW, OMD)
- Boosting Serotonin Levels The Natural Way
(Michael Murray, ND)
- Orthomolecular Treatment of Schizophrenia
(Abram Hoffer, MD)
- Clinical Nutrition Update
(Alan Gaby, MD; Jonathan Wright, MD)
- Other Workshops and Panel Discussions
Registration/Information
The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
601 Valley Street, Suite 105
Seattle, WA 98109
phone (206) 298-0126
fax (206) 298-0129
Conference Web Page & Registration Form:
http://www.naturopathic.org/AANP98CONF.html
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International Primal Association 26th Annual Convention
Appel Farm
Elmer, New Jersey, USA
September 1-7, 1998
Selected Workshops and Presenters
- Color as the Breath of Life (Johanne Hamel)
- The Ark (William Smukler, Ph.D.)
- Playback Theatre (Yvonne Parma)
- Healing, the Body and Creativity: The Inner Dance of Transformation; Unfolding the Primal Emotional Body (Alec Rubin)
- Craniosacral Therapy and Somato-Emotional Release
- Primal Group (Steven P. Austill)
- Introduction to Sandplay (William Smukler, Ph.D.)
- Pool Party: Exploring in Water (Barbara Bryan)
- Introduction to New Identity Process (Frankie Wiggins and Mary Taylor)
- Psychedelic and Psychotherapy: Historical Summary and Outlook for the Future (Don Allen)
- Shamanism and Psychic Healing What is it all about (Daniel W. Miller, Ph.D.)
- My Path Into, Through and Beyond Madness: A Theatre Presentation (Louis Mezei, Ph.D.)
- Eye Movement, Desensitization and Reintegration (EMDR) (William Smukler, Ph.D.)
- Being in the World with Spirit (David Moscowitz)
- What is primal? A workshop about Primal Psychotherapy (Larry King)
- Bonds of Fire: Rekindling Sexual Rapture through Pre-and Peri-natal Regressions (Alice Rose, Ph.D.)
- Spontaneous Primal Ritual Theater (Jonathan Schwartz)
Other Special Events
- Peer Groups
- Men's Group
- Women's Group
- Chi Gung - Yoga
- Cabaret Night
- Swimming/Sauna
- Primal Rooms
- Tennis, Volleyball, Basketball, Softball
- Children's Programming
For Body/Mind ($35/Session)
- Craniosacral
- Vibrational Healing
- Chinese Energy Healing
- Alexander Massage
Registration/Information
877-774-6257
305-573-9573 (ask for Jonathan Schwartz)
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Body & Soul Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
September 11-13, 1998
New Age Publications Presents a Weekend Conference:
A special Conference ... Body & Soul conferences have emerged as the
premier forum for exploration in the fields of mind/body healing,
spirituality, creativity, and social transformation. Body & Soul
provides a unique opportunity to engage with a remarkable group of
cutting edge physicians, teachers, writers, and healers to help you
explore some of the m ost vital issues of our time.
With an Extraordinary Faculty ... Dr. Andrew Weil, Marianne Williamson,
Stephen and Ondrea Levine, James Van Praagh, Dr. Brian Weiss, Dr. Rachel
Naomi Remen, David Whyte ... and the list goes. You'll have a chance to interact
with these leading thinkers through a variety of formats: keynotes,
experiential workshops, lively dialogues, in-depth day-long intensives, and ...
for the first time at Body & Soul -- special presenter luncheons.
At a Special Time ... As we approach the millennium, and at a time when interest
in holistic thought has never been greater, Body & Soul is an opportunity to
delve into the deepest questions of meaning and purpose in our lives. Now is the
time to learn the tools for creating a soulful life and culture, as wel envision
what personal and social healing might look like as we enter the next century.
With Exceptional People ... Don't miss this chance to be part of the Body & Soul
Community -- good hearted, like-minded people connecting, learning, and
enriching each other's lives. Singing, dancing, storytelling, and other forms
of creative expression will weave a context of joy and beauty throughout the
conference. We invite you to join our internationally renowned faculty in
exploring new pathways of transformation and healing -- for ourselves, our
communities, and the earth.
Preconference Intensives
- An Introduction to Integrative Medicine
(Andrew Weil, MD and Tracy Gaudet, MD)
- A Year to Live
(Stephen and Ondrea Levine)
- The Other Side: Past-Life Regression and Messages of Love
(Brian Weiss, MD and James Van Praagh)
Keynote Address
- On Aging Well
(Andrew Weil, MD)
Conference Workshops
- Healing Through the Life Pulse
(Barbara Brennan)
- Healing Into Life and Death
(Stephen and Ondrea Levine)
- Talking To Heaven: Developing Your Psychic Abilities
(James Van Praagh)
- The Intimate Imagination: Poetry, Creativity, and Personal
Passion
(David Whyte)
- From God Knows Where: The Role of Spirit in Healing
(Bernie Siegel, MD)
- Moving the Bell-Shaped Curve: The Tranformative Potential
of Mindfulness in America
(Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.)
- The Healing of America
(Marianne Williamson)
- Past Lives, Present Lessons
(Brian Weiss, MD)
- Pleasure and Healing: Practicing the Eight Core Pleasures
(Stella Resnick, Ph.D.)
- Kitchen Table Wisdom: Recognizing and Strengthening the Will to Live
(Rachel Naomi Remen, MD)
- Wisdom from the Celtic World
(John O'Donohue, Ph.D.)
- Luncheon with Marianne Williamson in the Grand Ballroom
(Marianne Williamson)
- Living in the New Millennium: Transparency as a Lifestyle
(Neale Donald Walsch)
- Timeshifting
(Stephen Rechtschaffen, MD)
- The Healing Power of Mystery: A workshop on the Sacred
(Rachel Naomi Remen, MD)
- Past-Life Therapy: An Experiential Introduction
(Brian Weiss, MD)
- Mindful Parenting: Nourishing Our Children, Growing Ourselves
(Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. and Myla Kabat-Zinn, B.S.N., R.N.)
- Conscious Relationships: Embracing the Beloved
(Stephen and Ondrea Levine)
- Energy Medicine: The Deeper Currents of Healing
(Barbara Brennan and Bernie Siegel, MD)
- Imagination as the Eros of Life
(David Whyte and John O'Donohue, Ph.D.)
- The Heart of the Future: Engaged Spirituality
(Alan Clements and Sharon Salzberg)
- Circle of Song
(Rhiannon)
- Conversations with the Other Side
(James Van Praagh)
- As We Are: Beyond Body Image
(Bernie Siegel, MD and Bobbie Siegel)
- Finding Balance: Creating a Life You Love
(Cheryl Richardson)
- Believe in Love: Key Skills for Nurturing Relationships
(Stella Resnick, Ph.D.)
- The Rhythm of Healing
(Stephan Rechtschaffen, M.D.)
- Open Forum for Helping Professionals
(Rachel Naomi Remen, MD and Stephan Rechtschaffen, MD)
- On Happiness
(Sharon Salzberg)
- Meeting Challenges and Seeking Solutions
(Neale Donald Walsch)
- Socieal Responsibility: The Courage to Care
(Alan Clements)
- Barbara Brennan
(How to Read an Aura: Restoring High-Sense Perception)
- Carbaret Luncheon with Dr. Stella Resnick in the Grand Ballroom
(Stella Resnick, MD)
- Talking to God
(Neale Donald Walsch and Bernie Siegel, MD)
- The Dawning of Spirit
(John O'Donohue, Ph.D. and Sharon Salzberg)
- Exploring the Worlds Beyond
(Brian Weiss, MD and James Van Praagh)
- The Courage to Create: Ne conversations in the Workplace
(David Whyte)
Postconference Intensives
- Taking the Homeward Road: Finding Work that Nourishes the Soul
(David Whyte)
- The Act and the Art of Healing
(Bernie Siegel, MD and Bobbie Siegel)
- Coaching in Action: Create a High Quality Life!
(Cheryl Richardson)
Conference Registration Information
Body & Soul Boston
PO Box 32862
Baltimore, MD 21282
Call 800-937-8728
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21st Century Well-Being: Discovering Your Personal Medicine
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
September 24-27, 1998
You're invited to a groundbreaking gathering, a time for health care
professionals and lay people to come together for an experience of mind/body
learning.
Medicine is clearly on an evolutionary course. The 20th century has
brought remarkable breakthroughs in medical technology. And the evolution
into the 21st century requires a recognition that our healing relies not
only on technological advancement, but also on the state of the art of our
hearts and souls.
For the past two decades a model of wellness rather than disease has been
gaining momentum. It is a model that allows us to tap into our "personal
medicine" -- a sense of what ails us and what heals us. It is a movement
away from the experts outside ourselves and toward finding the expert inside.
It is also a place where the ancient healing methodologies of the East meet
and lend depth to the accomplishments of the West.
Join some of the key pioneers of the last quarter century in complementary
medicine and benefit from experiential workshops and presentations that offer
ways to rejuvenate, restore balance, and create openings that are
life-transforming.
Bring your curiosity. Take home practical tools for cultivating your optimal
well-being.
Experience a Conference Kripalu Style
A conference at Kripalu Center offers a refreshing change from the typical
large gathering held in a hotel or conference center. We provide a more intimate
environment in a serene, retreat setting. To complement your conference
experience we offer multiple ways to nourish the body, mind, and spirit:
twice-daily Kripalu Yoga classes, meditation instruction, spirited noontime
Kripalu DansKinetics, three delicious vegetarian meals a day, and use of
our saunas and whirlpools. Our magnificent walking trails promise to be
colorful and inviting when you arrive, leading to breathtaking vistas for
viewing the fall foliage. Relaxing Health Services (massage, shiatsu, energy
balancing, and others) are available at an additional cost.
Access your "personal Medicine" -- your body's natural wisdom -- and gain
an increased sense of empowerment
Features
- Leading-edge presenters in complementary mind/body medicine
- A wide variety of experiential workshops
- Take-home tools for a healthier, happier life
- Continuing Education Credits applied for
Presenters
- Opening Your Heart: Anatomically, Emotionally, and Spiritually
(Dean Ornish, MD)
- Healing Makes Us Happy: Lessons From Indigenous Cultures for
Modern Healers
(Joan Borysenko)
- Herbs and Healing
(Mark Blumenthal)
- Yoga and the Fully Alive Human Being
(Stephen Cope)
- 21st Century Well-Being: Embracing the New Vision
(Atma Jo An Levitt)
- The Yoga of Conscious Eating: Developing a San and Joyous
Relationship with Food
(Alison Shore Gaines)
- Awakening the Spine
(Carolyn Lundeen)
- Healing through Breath and Sound
(Jeff Migdow)
- Awakening Our Intuition for Healing the Body
(Jonathan Foust)
- Returning the Heart and Soul to Health Care
(John Bustelos, Jr.)
- The Healing Heart
(Nischala Joy Devi)
- Holistic Approaches to Health Care Challenges
(Jery Whitworth)
- The Life Cycles of Women: Restoring Balance
(Mark Hyman)
- The Partnership Healing Principle: Yoga as a Self-Empowerment
Healing Model
(Robyn Ross)
- The Yoga of Healing
(Joseph LePage)
- The Wave Work: Sourcing Your Healing
(Sandra Scherer)
- Healing With Homeopathy
(Jeff Migdow)
- Greasing the Joints: Yoga for Those Who Think They Can't
(Carolyn Lundeen)
- Healing as Communication: The Medicine of the New Millennium
(Mark Myman)
- Yoga and Complementary Pain Management
(Richard Prince)
Registration Information
Call Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health at 800-741-7353.
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Second Annual Mid-America Reiki Conference
Wichita, Kansas, USA
September 25-27, 1998
Keynote Presenters
- Earlene Gleisner
(Author of "Reiki in Everyday Living")
- Kathleen Milner
(Author of "Reiki and Other Rays of Touch Healing")
- William Rand
(Author of "Reiki, the Healing Touch")
Conference Sessions
- Reiki & Candlelighting
- Chanting & Toning
- Native American Healing & Reiki
- Details on Various Schools of Reiki
- Chakra Balancing
Conference Extras
- Tai Chi
- Reiki Resources for Shopping and Networking
Registration Information
For registration packets, call 316-744-9899
or email reikimastr@aol.com.
Web page:
http://members.aol.com/REIKIMASTR/reikiconf.html
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Soul Work: Common Boundary's 18th Annual Gathering
Wesley Theological Seminary
4500 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C., USA
October 23-25, 1998
Keynote Speaker
Sharon Salzberg
Cofounder and Guiding Teacher of the
Insight Meditation Society
and author of Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
and A Heart as Wide as the World
Other Presenters
Helen Palmer
Teach of Intuition and author of "The Enneagram in Love and Work:
Understanding our Intimate and Business Relationships"
James Gordon, MD
Psychiatrist and author of "Manifesto for a New Medicine: Your Guide
to Healing Partnerships" and "Wise Use of Alternative Therapies"
Topics
- Meditation
- Movement
- Centering Prayer
- Feng Shui
- Bodywork
- Psychological Nutrition
- Attitudinal Healing
- Artistic Expressions
- Alternative Medicine
Registration Information
Phone: 301-652-9495
FAX: 301-652-0579
Email: connect@commonboundary.org
Web: http://www.commonboundary.org
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American Academy of Environmental Medicine 33rd Annual Meeting:
Charting New Courses in Environmental Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
November 5-8, 1998
- Chart a New Course for Your Patients and Your Practice
- Explore the Newest Developments in Environmental & Chronic Illness
For more information and a conference brochure call 215-862-4544 today!
Visit the
American Academy of Environmental Medicine homepage.
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Healing the Whole Self: Omega Institute for Holistic Studies 1998
Conference
Wyndam Resort and Spa
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
November 6-9, 1998
The conference is being held at the Wyndham Resort & Spa in Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida November 6-9, 1998. The Wyndham Resort has reserved its entire facility
for Omega, so we'll be able to create our own healing community that people are
accustomed to finding at our campus in Rhinebeck, New York. With 500 rooms for
accommodations, a restaurant that serves healthful food, and a variety of spa
services and recreational opportunities, including saunas and whirlpools, massage
therapies, state-of-the-art fitness equipment, two 18-hole golf courses, 15 clay tennis
courts, and five swimming pools, the Wyndham Resort is a perfect place to
complement Omega's extensive program in holistic healing.
Omega has once again put together an extraordinary group faculty
who, through keynote lectures and workshops, will focus on healing the mind,
body, the soul. Our Healing the Whole Self conference in New York City in the
spring sold out to a crowd that sang high praises to our faculty and to Omega's
exemplary organizational and educational standards. You won't want to miss this
opportunity to:
- Gain hands-on knowledge from leading medical doctors,
psychologists, and healers that can improve your health and
well-being;
- Experience meditation, yoga, and other forms of spiritual practices
that cultivate inner peace and wisdom;
- Be inspired by musicians, poets, and dancers to awaken your own
creative spirit;
- Learn how your own inner growth can find its final flowering in
helping the world around you.
Speakers Include:
- Maya Angelou
- Marianne Williamson
- James Redfield
- Wayne Dyer
- Natalie Goldberg
- Neale Donald Walsch
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Brian Weiss
- Joan Borysenko
- Bernie Siegel
- Barbara Brennan
- Alberto Villoldo
- Ilana Rubenfeld
- John Perkins
- Stephan Rechtschaffen
- and more....
The Wyndham Resort is only 20 minutes from Ft. Lauderdale beaches, where in
Florida's warm November weather you can unwind before or after your weekend
activities with Omega or even steal away to in the evenings during the weekend.
The Wyndham Resort is easily accessible, being only 20 minutes from Ft.
Lauderdale International Airport and 45 minutes from Miami International Airport.
Conference fees are as follows (tuition only): If you register by September 18, the
fee is $249. If you register by October 16, the fee is $279. For those who register
after October 16, the fee is $299.
Order a full conference brochure, available at the end of July. For more information
and an updated list of faculty, call Omega at 800-944-1001.
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The Psychology of Health, Immunity & Disease 10th International
Conference of the National Institute for the Clinical Application
of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM)
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA
December 7-13, 1998
December, 1998 is a very special occasion for NICABM. This is the tenth year
that we have been offering our definitive practitioners' conferences. The
Psychology of Health, Immunity and Disease Conference is cause for celebration
and we have planned to bring you some very special speakers and topics.
We have made every attempt to present a wide variety of modalities to our
participants year after year and this year is no exception. .... Our emphasis
continues to be practitioner-oriented. These sessions are directed at providing
you with proven methods you will want to take home and make a part of your
everyday practice.
December's schedule will provide you with a unique blend of theory, research and
clinical application. Everything about this gathering is designed to maximize
your time away from the office.
The oceanside setting along with the magnificant sunrises and sunsets will put
you in the right frame of mind to study, learn and share experiences. Network
with your peers in this relaxing environment and go home renewed, ready to
face new challenges.
Pre-Conference Workshops
- A Woman's Journey (Joan Borysenko, PhD and Eve Ilsen, MA)
- Imagery and Healing: Creating a Bridge Between Mind and Body
(Jeanne Achterberg, PhD and Frank Lawlis, PhD)
- FOCUSING: Learning to Listen to the Deeper Self -- An Introductory
Certificate Training Workshop (Joan Klagsbrun, PhD and Bala Jaison, PhD)
- Mind/Body Medicine: A Comprehensive Certificate Training Workshop
(Margaret Caudill, MD, PhD, David Lee, MEd, Janet Quinn, RN, PhD, and
Christine Page, MD)
- Subtle Energy Medicine: A Comprehensive Certificate Training Course
(Christine Page, MD and Martha Howard, MD)
- Clinical Hypnosis Training Course -- 3-day Course with Institute Certificate
(Helen Erickson, RN, PhD and Sandra Sylvester, PhD)
- Ring of Fire, Ring of Air, Ring of Crystal (C. Nroman Shealy, MD, PhD)
Main Conference Workshops
- Flow: The Psychology o Optimal Experience (Mihaly Csikszentmilhalyi, PhD)
- From Oh-No to Ah-Ha (Loretta LaRoche)
- Passionate Marriage: Sex, Love, and Intimacy in Emotionally Committed
Relationships (David Schnarch, PhD)
- Quieting the Mind and Opening the Heart Through Lovingkindness Meditation
(Sharon Salzberg)
- Synchronicity and Simultaneity of Thought (C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD)
- Healing Bonds: The Power of Human Relationships
(Jeanne Achterberg, PhD)
- The Wizardry of a Genius: An Intriduction to the Philosophy and
Techniques of Ericksonian Hypnosis (Helen Erickson, RN, PhD)
- Understanding and Changing Psychophysiologic Patters (Mark Weisberg, PhD)
- Thank you for Being Such a Pain: Spiritual Guidance for Dealing with
Difficult People (Mark Rosen, PhD)
- Navigating the Shifting Paradigm by the Light of Your Intuition
(Eve Ilsen, MA)
- Childhood Trauma and Immun Dysfunction: Healing Psche and Soma
(Daniel Kinderlehrer, MD)
- Eat Right 4 Your Type (Peter D'Adamo, ND)
- Awakening Intuition: The Anatomy of Memories, Dreams and Intuition
(Mona Lisa Schulz, MD, PhD)
- Breaking out of Environmental Illness: Spiritual Evolutionary Perspectives
on Healing Environmental Illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Allergies
(Robert Sampson, MD)
- A Journey Home to Ourselves: The Role of Energy Awareness in the Healing
Process (Suzanne Scurlock-Durana, CST-D)
- Healing the Self through Body/Mind Interaction: The Pesso Boyden System
Psychomotor (Albert Posso)
- The Challenge of Pain: Consciousness and Transformation in Treatment
(Frank Lawlis, PhD)
- Living in Harmony with the Universe: The Subtle Field of Intentional
Healing with Qi (Martha Howard, MD)
- Neurofeedback, States of Consciousness and Personal Transformation
(Steven Fahrion, PhD)
- The Ageless Mind: New Developments in the Prevention and Reversal of
Memory Loss (Dharma Singh Khalsa, MD)
- Pleasure Heals! How Practicing Expansiveness Fosters Regeneration
(Stella Resnick, PhD)
- Centering Prayer: Meditation from the Christian Contemplative Tradition
(Janet Quinn, RN, PhD)
- The Healing Power of Compassion and Community (Bowen White< MD)
- Stories that Heal: Creating Metaphors that Stimulate Emotional,
Psychological and Behavioral Change (David Lee, MEd)
- Prayer as a Therapeutic Tool in Energy Medicine (Ron Roth, PhD)
- The Healing Power of Your Sacred Self - Clinical Applications of
Spirituality (Carlos Warter, MD, PhD)
- Using the Mind to Stimulate the Nervous System: A Warrior's Approach
to Dealing with Chronic Illness (Sandra Sylvester, PhD)
- Spiritual Presence, Soul-Force, and Healing Energy Fields
(Thomas Yeomans, PhD)
- A Mind-Body Approach to Treating Addicted Clients (Patricia Norris, PhD)
- The Love and Ectasy Training as a Tool for Healing (Margot Anand, MA)
- Sacred Choices: A Spiritual Journey With a Living Will
(Christine Hibbard, PhD and David Hibbard, MD)
- A Women's Journey (Joan Borysenko, PhD, Janet Quinn, RN, PhD and
Marion Woodman, PhD)
- The Mozart Effect: The Power of Music in Mental, Physical and Spiritual
Health (Don Campbell, BM, Ed)
- Promoting a FIghting Spirit: Helping People Cope with Cancer
(Linda Seligman, PhD)
- Cleaning House: Meditation for Change and Healing (Guru Terath Kaur Khalsa, PhD)
- The Impact of Love, Eros and Sexuality Upon Illness and Health
(John Pierrakos, MD)
- Clinicians' Guide to Neurobiology: The Brain and the Mind/Body Connection
(David Lee, MEd and Mark Weisberg, PhD)
- The Hidden Pay-Offs of Limiting Beliefs: Releasing the Blocks to Lasting
Change (Richard Gillett, MB, BCh)
- Healing and Transformation through Music-Centered Psychotherapy: The Bonny
Method of Guided Imagery and Music (Helen Bonny, PhD)
- The Ways of the Mystic: Seven Paths to God (Joan Borysenko, PhD)
- Qigong Therapy: Miracles of Natural Healing (Part One) (Luke Chan)
- Soul Centered Psychology: A Practical Typology for Explaining the Essential
Nature of Human Action and Interaction (Part One) (Bala Jaison, PhD)
- The Boundless Territory of Intuition (Carolyn Myss, PhD, Christine Page, MD
and Mona Lisa Schulz, MD, PhD)
- Music Therapy in Health Management: A Gift Beyond Measure (Deforia Lane, PhD)
- Depth Orient Brief Therapy: How to be Brief When You Were Trained to be Deep
and Vice Versa (Bruce Ecker, MA)
- The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and
Visionary (Angeles Arrien, MA)
- Intuition: Awakening to Our Own Inner Resonance (Christine Page, MD)
- Focusing: A Mind/Body Tool for Insight and Stress Reduction
(Joan Klagsbrun, PhD)
- Living with Heart and Soul of Humor (Loretta LaRoche)
- The Ancient Practice of Sacred Reading: A Soulful Path to Healing through
Meaning (Brita Gill-Austern, MDiv, PhD)
- Spontaneous Healing for the Body and Mind (Part Two of Qigong Therapy)
(Luke Chan)
- Soul Centered Psychology: A Practical Typology for Explaining the Essential
Nature of Human Action and Interaction (Part Two) (Bala Jaison, PhD)
- Passion and Intimacy (Margo Anand, MA, John Pierrakos, MD and Stella Resnick, PhD)
- The Application and Integration of Intuition in Energy Medicine (Caroline Myss, PhD)
- Energy as Metaphor in Dreams (Marion Woodman, PhD)
- The Intimate Imagination: The Poetry of Creativity, Aloneness and Belonging
(David Whyte)
Post-Conference Workshops
- The Art of Everyday Ecstacy: Tantra as a Path to Healing
(Margot Anand, MA)
- Gates of Initiation From a Cross-Cultrural Perspective (Angeles Arrien, MA)
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Neuron: Putting the Mozart Effect to Work in Your
Life and Practice (Don Campbell, BM, Ed)
- The Fundamental Intuitive Skills in the Practice of Energy Medicine
(Caroline Myss, PhD)
- Love, Eros and Sexuality (John Pierrakos, MD)
- The Inner Marriage (Marion Woodman, PhD)
For More Information, Brochure Booklet, Registration Form
NICABM
P.O. Box 523
Mansfield, CT 06250
800-743-2226 or 860-456-1153
860-423-4512 (FAX)
Email: nicabm@neca.com
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Spirituality & Healing in Medicine with Special Emphasis on
Death and Dying
The Westin Hotel, Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
December 12-14, 1998
Presented by:
Harvard Medical School and The Mind/Body Medical Institute of Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Under the Direction of Herbert Benson, MD
An objective of this course is to explore the relationship between
spirituality and healing in medicine and to give perspectives from
world religions. The physiological, neurological and psychological
effects of healing resulting from spirituality will be presented.
Special emphasis will be given to death and dying.
For more than 30 years laboratories at the Harvard Medical School have
systematically studied the benefits of mind/body interactions. The
research established that when a person engages in a repetitive
praayer, word, sound or phrase and when intrusive thoughts are passively
disregarded, a specific set of physiologic changes ensue. There is decreased
metabolism, heart rate, rate of breathing and distinctive slower brain
waves. These changes are the opposite of those induced by stress and have been
labeled the relaxation response. In conjunction with nutrition, exercise
and stress management, the relaxation response is an effective therapy in a
number of diseases that include hypertension, cardiac rhythm irregularities,
many forms of chronic pain, insomnia, infertility, the symptoms of cancer and
AIDS, premenstrual syndrome, anxiety and mild and moderate depression. In fact,
to the extent that any disease is caused or made worse by stress to that extent
this physiological state is an effective therapy.
This work led to consideration of the healing effects of spirituality since
research later established that people experienced increased spirituality as
a result of eliciting this state regardless of whether or not they used a
religious repetitive focus. Spirituality was expressed as experiencing the
presence of a power, a force, an energy, or what was perceived of as God and
this presence was close to the person. Furthermore, spirituality was
associated with fewer medical symptoms.
It is now an appropriate time to bring these findings into fuller contact
with the extremely rich and diverse experiences of the spirituality and healing
of religious traditions. Similarities and differences amongst long-standing
religious practices will be explored from objective, scientific research as
well as from subjective points of view.
Data from different religions of the world will be presented and discussions of
death and dying will be emphasized. Although health professionals are superb
at informing patients about the scientific and medical components of their
serious and life-threatening diseases, there is often a wide gap between that
level of communication and that at which patients hear the words. The patients
are frequently listening at levels related to the meaning of a death-related
disease to their subsequent lives and to their spirituality. This course
strives to narrow the gap.
Other data on spirituality and healing and the power and biology of belief
will be discussed. In addition, the course will strive to identify future
empirical research on the healing aspects of spirituality in medicine.
Appropriate music relating to solace, spirituality and healing will be played
at breaks during the conference to enhance the learning experience.
Who Should Attend
- Physicians
- Psychologists
- Nurses
- Clergy
- Social Workers
- Allied Health Professionals
- Healthcare Administrators
Presentations
- The Genesis of the Course, The Relaxation Response and Spirituality
- Death and Dying in the Worlds of Mind Body Medicine:
Insights, Silences, New Questions
- The Epidemiology of Spirituality with Emphasis on Attitudes
to Death and Dying
- Spirituality and Medical Outcomes
- Jewish Religious Observance and Measures of Health in Israel
- Spiritual Healing Practices with an Emphasis on Death and Dying
(Presentations on: Buddhist, Jewish, Catholic, Hispanic-Pentecostal,
Christian Science)
- Nursing with Emphasis on Florence Nightingale
- Spiritual Healing Practices from a Medical Student's Point of View
- Creative Dialogue in Small Groups Focusing on Course Presentation
- The Pursuit of Personal and Social Healing: What Role for Spirituality
- Spirituality, Healing and Death and Dying in Children
- Spirituality, Healing and Death and Dying at the Bedside
- Ethics of Integrating Spirituality, Cross Cultural Issues and End-of-Life
Care
- The Transit of the Soul
- Neurobiological Mechanisms Related to the Placebo Effects
- Remembered Wellness: The Placebo Effect, Spirituality, Healing and
Death and Dying
Registration Information
For registration information, please contact:
Harvard MED-CME
P.O. Box 825
Boston, MA 02117-0825
617-432-1525
email:
hms-cme@warren-med.harvard.edu
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The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and
Health; Birth & Consciousness in the New Millennium
The Cathedral Hill Hotel
San Francisco, California, USA
December 2-7, 1998
In our 1999 Congress we pause at the threshold of a new millennium.
This historic time presents a great opportunity to respectfully remembers
our roots, take stock of present reality of birth in all its aspects,
and to vision the future. Throughout human history ancient rituals and
traditions, natural healing and feminine wisdom have surrounded and
supported pregnancy and birth. Much of that has been over-shadowed by
the explosion of 20th century science and technology. Modern medicine has
given us many miracles and life-saving procedures, but to a human infant,
science without a personal loving connection causes damage which technology
cannot repair. In our quest we must be mindful of the human as well as the
scientific.
Invited Speakers & Workshop Leaders Include:
- David Chamberlain, Ph.D.
- Robbie Davis-Floyd, Ph.D.
- William Emerson, Ph.D.
- Barbara Findeisen, MFCC
- Stanislav Grof, M.D.
- Gay Hendricks, Ph.D.
- Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D.
- Marshall Klaus, M.D.
- Phyllis Klaus, MFCC
- Bruce Lipton, Ph.D.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
- Michael Trout, M.A.
- Laura Uplinger, B.A.
- Thomas Verny, M.D.
Other Highlights:
- Continuing Education Credit
- Pre-Conference Workshops
- Verny Award
- Cheek Memorial Lecture
- Breakfasts and Lunches Included
- Bookstore, Art & Music
- Networking
Plenary Sessions
Lively debates and forums led by psychologists, scientists, philosophers
and clinicians explore research and perspectives on blending the miracle
of the human spirit with the miracles of modern medicine. These sessions
provide an opportunity to explore ideas and methods of prenatal and perinatal
psychology and health.
- Intuition and Birth
Intuition has earned a time-honored place in birth and continues to play
a vital role in indigenous cultures. Often devalued by technology, it is still
a powerful and valuable source of guidance and knowledge and will be the
focus of this forum.
- Science and Birth
The more rational and linear way of science and technology provides us with
valuable information and skills. It also raises certain ethical and moral
considerations. This session examines the blessings and liabilities of the
science of modern birth practices.
- Psychology and Birth
The psychological environment of the womb, birth and beyond, including
technology, has a tremendous impact on the emotional and social development
of the child. Research shows how vital these earliest experiences are in the
development of the child's emotional well being and sense of self. This forum
considers preventive and corrective methods which best ensure positive
outcomes.
- Vision and Birth
This session explores a broad spectrum of needs and approaches to create
possibilities for improving birth practices in the new millennium. With our
collective wisdom and knowledge we shall envision integrating the best of
heart and science as a gift for the future of us all.
Registration
Special Early Rate: $225.00 if paid by January 15, 1999
Conference Fee
After 1/15/99: $275.00 (Members); $315.00 (Non Members)
After 9/15/99: $330.00 (Members); $370.00 (Non Members)
The Cathedral Hill Hotel is offering reduced room rates to conference
attendees. To book rooms call 800-622-0855 or 415-776-8200.
For registration form contact:
APPPAH
340 Colony Road Box 994
Geyserville, CA 95441
Tel. 707-857-4041
Fax. 707-857-4042
email: apppah@aol.com
web:
http://www.birthpsychology.com
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Spiritual Wisdom and Mental Health Netconference: Integrating
Non-Dualistic Approaches Into Healing
Online Netconference
http://www.conference2000.com/swmh/
December 1998 - January 1999
NetConference Summary:
Experience the profound, liberating insights of timeless wisdom traditions
and enhance your professional skills and expertise.
- With an exceptional faculty of recognized and respected innovators
and practitioners from the mental health and medical fields
- With an inspiring blend of learning and sharing, theory and practice
- Through varied educational formats, including presentations,
experiential sessions, and informal breaks with colleagues.
Presenters:
The presenter sessions will be in RealAudio format over the course of
the NetConference. Presentation details available on
Netconference Web Site.
- Caroline Palden Alioto (Lama Palden)
Opening the Door to Non-dual Awareness and Compassion
- Arjuna Nick Ardagh
Relaxing into Clear Seeing
- Stephan Bodian, M.A., MFCC
The Practice of Presence in Meditation and Psychotherapy
- Peter Fenner, Ph. D., and Penny Fenner - Non-dualistic Therapy:
Blending the Intimacy of Therapy with the Liberating Vision of Buddhist Wisdom
- Dennis Gersten, M.D.
Ultimate Mind: Experience Your Inner Greatness
- Dorothy Hunt
Working With What Is: Psychotherapy and Non-Dual Experience
- Phyllis Krystal
Cutting the Ties That Bind Us and That Prevent Identification with the Real Self
- Robert Leverant, MFCC
The Practice of Non-dual Psychotherapy
- Ronald Mann, Ph.D.
Miraculous Healing: Where Does It Come From, Where Does It Go?
- Jean-Marc Mantel, M.D.
Non-dual Experience and Liberation from Suffering
- John Prendergast, Ph.D.
Transcendence and Transformation: The Role of the Energy Body in Transpersonal Psychotherapy
- Bruce W. Scotton, M.D.
Three Paths to Oneness
- Carlos Warter, M.D., Ph.D.
The Healing Power of Your Sacred Self
- Bryan Wittine, Ph.D.
Duality and Nonduality In Transpersonal Psychotherapy
Registration
Register on the Netconference
Web Site.
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Alternative Medicine: Implications for Clinical Practice
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
February 28 - March 3, 1998
Presented by:
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Center for Alternative
Medicine Research and Education
Under the Direction of David M. Eisenberg, MD
Alternative (a.k.a. "complementary," "integrative") medical therapies encompass a broad
spectrum of practices and beliefs. Functionally defined, these are medical interventions neither
taught widely in U.S. medical schools nor generally available in U.S. hospitals. Examples include
chiropractic, acupuncture, homeopathy, massage and herbal therapies.
In light of evidence that at least one in three U.S. patients routinely uses alternative
therapies, and the majority of alternative therapy users do not discuss these practices with
their physicians, there is a need for professional education and improved patient-provider
communication in this area.
Who Should Attend
- General internists
- Family practitioners
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Pediatricians
- Oncologists
- OB/GYNs
- Psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Licensed social workers
- Managed care executives
- Health benefits administrators
- Licensed alternative medicine providers
Conference Will Provide Participants With:
- A basic understanding of the theory, practice, and patterns of use of commonly used
alternative medical therapies.
- A literature review assessing the efficacy and safety of commonly used alternative therapies.
- Strategies whereby clinicians can responsibly advise adult and pediatric patients who
use or seek alternative medical therapies.
- Understanding of the legal, ethical, and financial aspects of alternative medical practice,
including reimbursement, licensure, and malpractice liability.
- State-of-the-Science Update from U.S., Canadian, and European Research Directors
Presentations
- Alternative Medicine: Introduction and Overview (David Eisenberg, MD)
- Historical/Cultural Perspectives (Ted Kaptchuk, OMD)
- Homeopathy (David Reilly, MD, FRCP, MRCGP, FFHom)
- Chiropractic (Scott Halderman, DC, MD, PhD)
- Evidence of Efficacy of Naturopathic Regiments for Common Conditions
(Michael Murray, ND and Joseph Pizzorno, Jr., ND)
- Major Herbal Medicines for Which Clinical Studies Appear Promising
(Norman Farnsworth, PhD)
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (David Eisenberg, MD)
- Massage - Overview (Janet Kahn, PhD)
- Massage - Research (Tiffany Field, PhD)
- Antioxidant Vitamins and Cardiovascular Disease: Current and Future Directions
(Charles Hennekens, MD, DrPh)
- Reclaiming Meaning in the Health Professions (Rachel Naomi Remen, MD)
- Practice Guidelines: Advising Patients Who Seek Alternative Medical Therapy
(David Eisenberg, MD)
- Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches
to Cancer (Michael Lerner, PhD)
- Malpractice Liability Issues (David Studdert, LLB, MPH, ScD)
- Integrative Medicine (Andrew Weil, MD)
- Integrating Mainstream, Complementary, and Alternative Therapies in Pediatrics
(Kathi Kemper, MD, MPH)
- Therapies for HIV Infection (Calvin Cohen, MD, MSc)
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Approaches to the Management of Coronary
Heart Disease (Steven Horowitz, MD)
- Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health (Fernadette Marriott, PhD)
- Panel Discussions with Center Directors
- Breakout Sessions on Acupuncture, Billing & Reimbursement, Chiropractic, Herbal Therapies,
Homeopathy, Identifying Information Resources, Massage/Bodywork, Naturopathy.
- State-of-the-Science Symposia -- Experts from Harvard Med School, Columbia Presbyterian
Hospital, Scotland, Univeristy of Texas (Houston), University of Exeter (UK), Tzu Chi
Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Columbia University, Holland,
Stanford University, German, University of Maryland, University of California (SF)
Registration Information
For registration information, please contact:
Harvard MED-CME
P.O. Box 825
Boston, MA 02117-0825
617-432-1525
Email:
hms-cme@hms.harvard.edu
Web: http://www.med.harvard.edu/conted/.
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The Psychology of Consciousness, Energy Medicine and Dynamic Change:
The Definitive Practitioner's Conference on the Clinical Application of
Intention, Intuition, Consciousness and the Integration of Spirituality
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA
March 8-14, 1999
1999 marks the third anniversary of our conference on Psychology of Consciousness, Energy
Medicine and Dynamic Change. For the past two years, this event has been held on the west
coast. This year we are bringing this comprehensive gathering to beautiful Hilton Head
Island, South Carolina.
We continue to focus on perspectives that enhance a person's ability to change as we explore
groundbreaking developments in consciousness, intention, intuition and quantum physics. Our goal
is to present practitioner-oriented sessions that deliver proven strategic tools you can use to
enhance your practice.
The course have been created to bring together ideas we think you will find both pragmatic
and exciting. As in the past, we continue to search for speakers who represent the leaders of
these ideas - many of whom you will not hear anywhere else. Simply stated, this conference
is the most effective way to meet and learn from the pioneers in this field.
The oceanside setting, along with the magnificent sunrises and sunsets, will put you in the
right frame of mind to study, learn and share experiences. Network with your peers in this
relaxing environment and go home rejuvenated, ready to face new challenges.
Overall Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this conference participants should be able to:
- Describe the latest findings in mind/body and complimentary therapies.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the theories behind such healing modalities as
meditation, subtle energy, hypnosis, qigong, intuition, and guided imagery.
- Discuss the clinical application and implementation of current behavioral medicine therapies.
Pre-Conference Workshops
- How to Care For, Feed, and Train Your Brain for a Lifetime of Health, Wisdom and Memory
(Dharma Singh Khalsa, MD & Mona Lisa Schulz, MD, PhD)
- An Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis and Mind/Body Healing (Ernest Rossi, PhD)
- Advanced Hypnosis: How to be Powerful in the Utilization of Hypnotic Approaches in
Clinical Practice (Helen Erickson, RN, PhD and Sandra Sylvester, Phd)
- Enhancing Your Intuitive Skills: Using the Power of Intuition to Excel in Patient Care
(Judith Orloff, MD)
- Subtle Energy Medicine: A Comprehensive Certificate Training Course
(Christine Page, MD and Martha Howard, MD)
- Zero Balancing: The Relationship of Body Energy to Body Structure (Fritz Smith, MD)
Main Conference Workshops
- Horizons of Healing: The New Edge of Science (Joan Borysneko, PhD)
- Dreams, Consciousness, Spirit: The Quantum Dynamics of Self-Reflection and Healing
(Ernest Rossi, PhD)
- Cultivation of the Soul: A Unified Energy Field Theory of Physiology and Healing
(Leonard Wisneski, MD)
- Awakening Intuition: The Anatomy of Memories, Dreams and Intuition (Mona Lisa Schulz, MD, Phd)
- Revitalizing the Mind, Body and Soul through the Art of Meditation (Sandra Sylvester, PhD)
- The Red Road to Healing: Native Approaches to Mind-Body Health (Kenneth Cohen, MA)
- Discovering Your Psychic Gifts: A Healer's True Legacy (Judith Orloff, MD)
- Guided Imagery as a Healing Therapeutic Tool (Charles Leviton, EdD)
- The Ageless Mind: New Developments in the Prevention and Reversal of Memory Loss
(Dharma Singh Khalsa, MD)
- The Wizardry of a Genius: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Techniques of
Ericksonian Hypnosis (Helen Erickson, RN, PhD)
- Living in Harmony with the Universe: The Subtle Field of Intentional Healing with Qi
(Martha Howard, MD)
- A Path of Our Own: A Woman's Journey to God (Joan Borysenko, PhD)
- The Boundless Territory of Intuition (Judith Orloff, MD, Christine Page, MD and
Mona Lisa Schulz, MD, PhD)
- The Science of Consciousness (Peter Russell, MA, DCS)
- They Come by Light: Healing Gifts and the Near-Death Experience (Kenneth Ring, PhD)
- Overcoming and Preventing Vision Problems (Meir Schneider, PhD, LMT)
- Neurophysiology of Performance: Understanding How Brain Chemistry Affects Mood and Behavior
(Joel Robertson, PharmD)
- Bioenergy: A Healing Art (Mietek Wirkus, MA and Margaret Wirkus, MA)
- Exact Dose Energy Medicine: An Orthomolecular Approach to Cancer (Ken Emonds, PhD)
- Self-Help, Change and Growth Through Onine Communities and Resources (John Grohol, PsyD)
- Intuition: Awakening to Our Own Inner Resonance (Christine Page, MD)
- Touching Spirit: Awakening the Healer Within (Elizabeth Stratton, MS)
- Romancing the Shadow: Illuminating the Dark Side of the Soul (Connie Zweig, PhD)
- Complementary Pain Management: The Mind-Body Connection (Richard Prince, MD and Michael Lee, MA)
- HeartMath: Technology for Self-Activating Heart Intelligence and Intuition (Rollin McCraty, MA)
- Discerning Life's Turning Points: Reflections of Personal and Professional Transformations
(Michael Grosso, PhD, Naomi Judd, RN and Peter Russell, MA, DCS)
- Qigong Therapy: Miracles of Natural Healing (Luke Chan)
- The Intuitive Wisdom From a Healing Dream (Marcia Emery, PhD)
- The Etheric Body and How It Creates Disease (robert Jaffe, MD)
- Creative Dissociation: Mobilizing the Resources of the Hidden Self (Michael Grosso, PhD)
- Understanding and Changing Psychophysiologic Patterns (Mark Weisberg, PhD)
- Phantom Limb Pain: The Tip of the Suble Energy Iceberg (Eric Leskowitz, MD)
- Qigong Therapy: Spontaneous Heaing for the Body and Mind (Luke Chan)
- Gifts To Heal the Soul: Giving and Receiving Unconditionally with Joy (Marian Stuart, PhD)
- New Approaches to Things We Thought We Couldn't Change: The Course of Our Own Evolution and
The Shape of Our Own DNA (Glen Rein, PhD and Maria Rein Syldona, PhD)
- The Art of Consultation: Accessing Clients' Consciousness for Healing (Jery Whitworth, RN, CCP)
- Coyote Medicine: What Traditional Native Americans Can Teach Us About Healing
(Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, Phd)
- The Dark Night of the Soul: Reflections on Managing Professional Aversity
(Joan Borysenko, PhD, Mehmet Oz, MD and Ernest Rossi, PhD)
- Moments of Grace: Courage in the Face of Change (David Roche)
- An Anthropologist on Mars (Oliver Sacks, MD)
- Bringing Alternative Medicine to the Mainstream: A User's Guide (Mehmet Oz, MD)
Post-Conference Workshops
- A Peaceful Heart in a Busy World: A Day of Prayer, Comtemplation and
Rededication to Spirit (Joan Borysenko, PhD)
- Tapping the Energy of Life: Healing Others with Qigong (Kenneth Cohen, MA)
- Enhancing Visual Wellness through Eye Exercise, Movement and Massage
(Meir Schneider, PhD, LMT)
- The Transformative Power of Psychophysiologic Patterns (Mark Weisberg, PhD)
For More Information, Brochure Booklet, Registration Form
NICABM
P.O. Box 523
Mansfield Center, CT 06250
800-743-2226 or 860-456-1153
860-423-4512 (FAX)
Email: nicabm@neca.com
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Kindred Spirits on the Edge
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
March 19-21, 1998
A conference for everyone interested in healing and personal transformation.
25 Two and Four-Hour workshops. 15 Pre-Conference Institutes (March 17-19).
CECs Available.
Presenters
- Brooke Medicine-Eagle
- Sandra Ingerman
- Robert & Judith Gass
- Caroline Casey
- and others....
Call 309-828-2965 for a Conference Brochure or
email MidwestAHP@aol.com.
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Spirituality & Healing in Medicine
Chicago Hilton and Tower
Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 20-22, 1998
Presented by:
Harvard Medical School and The Mind/Body Medical Institute of Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Under the Direction of Herbert Benson, MD
An objective of this course is to explore the relationship between
spirituality and healing in medicine and to give perspectives from
world religions. The physiological, neurological and psychological
effects of healing resulting from spirituality will be presented.
For more than 30 years laboratories at the Harvard Medical School have
systematically studied the benefits of mind/body interactions. The
research established that when a person engages in a repetitive
praayer, word, sound or phrase and when intrusive thoughts are passively
disregarded, a specific set of physiologic changes ensue. There is decreased
metabolism, heart rate, rate of breathing and distinctive slower brain
waves. These changes are the opposite of those induced by stress and have been
labeled the relaxation response. In conjunction with nutrition, exercise
and stress management, the relaxation response is an effective therapy in a
number of diseases that include hypertension, cardiac rhythm irregularities,
many forms of chronic pain, insomnia, infertility, the symptoms of cancer and
AIDS, premenstrual syndrome, anxiety and mild and moderate depression. In fact,
to the extent that any disease is caused or made worse by stress to that extent
this physiological state is an effective therapy.
This work led to consideration of the healing effects of spirituality since
research later established that people experienced increased spirituality as
a result of eliciting this state regardless of whether or not they used a
religious repetitive focus. Spirituality was expressed as experiencing the
presence of a power, a force, an energy, or what was perceived of as God and
this presence was close to the person. Furthermore, spirituality was
associated with fewer medical symptoms.
It is now an appropriate time to bring these findings into fuller contact
with the extremely rich and diverse experiences of the spirituality and healing
of religious traditions. Similarities and differences amongst long-standing
religious practices will be explored from objective, scientific research as
well as from subjective points of view. Data from different religions of the
world will be presented and discussions of death and dying will be emphasized.
Although health professionals are superb
at informing patients about the scientific and medical components of their
serious and life-threatening diseases, there is often a wide gap between that
level of communication and that at which patients hear the words. The patients
are frequently listening at levels related to the meaning of a death-related
disease to their subsequent lives and to their spirituality. This course
strives to narrow the gap.
Other data on spirituality and healing and the power and biology of belief
will be discussed. In addition, the course will strive to identify future
empirical research on the healing aspects of spirituality in medicine.
Appropriate music relating to solace, spirituality and healing will be played
at breaks during the conference to enhance the learning experience.
Who Should Attend
- Physicians
- Psychologists
- Nurses
- Clergy
- Social Workers
- Allied Health Professionals
- Healthcare Administrators
Presentations
- The Genesis of the Course, The Relaxation Response and Spirituality
- Death and Dying in the Worlds of Mind Body Medicine:
Insights, Silences, New Questions
- The Epidemiology of Spirituality
- Spirituality and Medical Outcomes
- Jewish Religious Observance and Measures of Health in Israel
- Spiritual Healing Practices
(Presentations on: Buddhist, Jewish, Catholic, Hispanic-Pentecostal,
Christian Science)
- Nursing with Emphasis on Florence Nightingale
- Spiritual Healing Practices from a Medical Student's Point of View
- Creative Dialogue in Small Groups Focusing on Course Presentation
- The Pursuit of Personal and Social Healing: What Role for Spirituality
- Spirituality, Healing in Children
- Spirituality, Healing at the Bedside
- Ethics of Integrating Spirituality, Cross Cultural Issues and End-of-Life
Care
- The Transit of the Soul
- Neurobiological Mechanisms Related to the Placebo Effect
- Remembered Wellness: The Placebo Effect, Healing, The Power and Biology of Belief
Registration Information
For registration information, please contact:
Harvard MED-CME
P.O. Box 825
Boston, MA 02117-0825
617-432-1525
email:
hms-cme@hms.harvard.edu
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Body & Soul: Healing the Whole Self
Marriott Marquis, Theatre District
New York City, USA
April 9-11, 1998
Sponsored by Omega Institute & New Age Publishing
The leading national conference on mind/body healing spirituality, creativity
and social transformation. Come experience firsthand what others only read about!
Workshop Leaders
- James Vn Praagh
- Brian Weiss, MD
- Christiane Northrup, MD
- Bernie Siegel, MD
- Jean Houston
- Joan Borysenko, PhD
- Jon & Myla Kabat-Zinn
- Robert & Judith Gass
- David Whyte
- Susan Osborn
- Herbert Benson
- Stephan Rechtschaffen, MD
- Ilana Rubenfeld
- Sharon Salzberg
- Lama Suray Das
- Stephen & Ondrea Levine
- Mona Lisa Schulz, MD, PhD
Other Activities/Benefits
- Pre- and Post Conference Intensives on April 9th & 12th
- Full-Day Workshops
- CEUs Available
Registration Information:
Call 800-944-1001
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First Annual International Energy Psychology Conference
Golden Nugget Hotel
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
April 22-24, 1999
This is the *only* Energy Psychology conference now
being planned in the United States for 1999-- a gathering of the
"best of the best" in this incredibly exciting field.
You are invited to join us for:
- Life-transforming adventure
- Open-minded discussion
- State-of-the-art professional development
- Connection with the generous hearted people who make up
a growing professional (and maybe spiritual) family
.... all in one convenient and very affordable event!
This posting contains a basic "who-what-when-how much-how do I sign up
conference outline. For program details and additional information,
please request "Send EPC Conference Program" to Larry Gilbert at:
epcinfo@ttn.org
Kate Sorensen, conference organizer, may be contacted at
kate@ttn.org
or 888-390-6553.
(I'll be traveling Sunday Feb. 21 through Thursday March 4th, but will
check e-mail)
This event is designed for everyone in the helping professions who has
been using Energy Psychology methods, or who would like to incorporate
these dynamic tools into their practice. The conference is suitable, as
well, for those who are interested in their own healing and personal
growth. Attendees will include psychologists, psychiatrists, social
workers, nurses, all categories of counselors and practitioners of
energy medicine. Students are welcome.
Due to the enthusiastic response to the first posting, and the number of
times we've heard "only 200 people?", we've expanded our group
capacity. Attendance is now limited to 280 for the main conference, 140
for the pre-conference EFT workshop and 60 for the TAT and BSFF
post-conference workshops. Plenty of spots are available as of 2/15/99;
however the word is getting out and registrations are coming in every
day, so as soon as you decide that this is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity that's too good to miss, please let us know! (also, see
Early Registration Bonuses below).
During the entire three day conference there will be at least one
program at any given time that is
appropriate for those who are new to Energy Psychology studies and one
that is designed for those with experience in the field. In
addition, there will be presentations on a number of special issues,
suitable for anyone with interest in those areas. For most of the
conference there will be three concurrent tracks with multiple,
ground-breaking options to choose from. The whole group will join
together for opening and closing sessions, keynote address and first day
luncheon.
We hope that those of you who have enjoyed e-mail networking will come
to connect in person. Also, if you have colleagues to whom you would
like to introduce these methods, the conference will be an accessible,
high quality opportunity for them to jump into the heart of this whole
amazing scene.
The conference and workshops will run from 9 AM until 5 PM each day,
with optional evening activities (organized and/or spontaneous)
depending on interest.
***Gary Craig will teach a pre-conference workshop on Emotional Freedom
Technique (EFT) on April 21. This is highly recommended--but not
required-- for those who have not used any of the "tapping" methods, or
for anyone who would like to gain more confidence in using EFT. Most
of the subsequent conference workshops will build upon basic concepts
taught in the EFT workshop.
***A post-conference TAT workshop with Tapas Fleming will be held on
Sunday, April 25th, providing the latest format of complete training in
the TAT method.
***A post-conference BSFF (Be Set Free Fast) workshop with Larry Nims,
Ph.D., will be held on Sunday, April 25th, expanding on his 2 hour BSFF
conference presentation on Saturday the 24th (conference day #3).
Thursday April 22nd through Saturday the 24th is a mixed conference
program.
The current schedule includes:
***Thursday the 22nd
*Opening Keynote speech and Learning Enhancement Exercise
followed by:
AM:
Choose from the following:
- A. Brief Introduction to Methods-- Basic Theory, Development,
Description & Method Outlines (15 minutes each on TFT, EFT, BSFF, TAT,
EDxTM, EMDR, TIR, HBLU)
- B. Steve Reed, Ph.D., Marketing the Power Therapies-- Secrets to a
Six-Figure Income Without Managed Care, 2 hours
- C. Healing From the Body Level Up, 2 hours (to be confirmed)
***Group Luncheon, Energy Psychology Pioneer Awards
PM:
Choose from the following:
- A. Fred Gallo,Ph.D. Energy Psychology history and theory in depth, 3
hours
- B. Nahoma Clinton, Ph.D, Matrix Work, 3 hours (to be confirmed)
- C1. Multicultural Applications and Inspirations, 1 1/2 hours, with
Nancy Evans and Zella Weaver (Navajo Social Workers who use TAT, BSFF,
EMDR, hypnosis and Native American traditional healing with sex abuse
survivors), & Ed Fields, Ph.D., Indian Health Service psychotherapist
successfully working with EFT on the Navajo reservation.
- C2. Larry Gilbert, Cert. Traumatologist, Using Energy Psychology with
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, 1 1/2 hours
***Friday the 23rd
AM
Choices:
- A. Gary Craig: The Palace of Possibilities-- Using Energy Psychology
Methods to Create What You *Really* Want, all day. Includes Rehearsing
Positive Outcomes Using Hypnosis and Energy Techniques, with Lee Pulos,
M.D.
- B. "Power Therapies" Integration (attend one or more of 3 parts, each 1
hour):
Part 1: Brian Grodner, Ph.D., Incorporating Empowering Language from
NLP and Ericksonian Hypnotherapy for Optimal Tapping
Part 2: Kate Sorensen, MA, CTS, Using TIR and Metapsychology Principles
to Enhance Energy Psychology Results
Part 3: Mike Gismondi, MA, LPC, How Energy Psychology Adds Safety and
Effectiveness to EMDR
- C. High Energy Fair: Four experiential groups, each one hour in
length, will meet concurrently, giving a total of twelve options during
the morning. These groups will be repeated during the afternoon. You
may attend one or more of the following:
C1. Energy Therapy and Transformational Hypnotherapy:
A Synthesis for the Next Dimension in Healing, with Marilyn Gordon
C2. Accurate Muscle Testing Practice Group, with Norma Felman
C3. Biomonitoring with Energy Psychology Treatments, with Corey Bercun,
Ph.D. and Aerial Long, MA
C4. Whole Hearted Healing, with Grant McFetridge, MA
C5. Spiritual First Aid, with Aerial Long, MA
C6. Shifting Consciousness through Dimensions (SCtD), with Lee
Cartwright
C7. A Spoon Bending Experience with Marla Brucker
C8. Holographic Repatterning, with Victoria Benoit, MA
C9. Brain Gym: Whole Brain Stimulation for Learning and Healing
C10. Using the Pendulum with Energy Psychology Methods
C11. Voice Technology (tm), with Steve Daniels, Ph.D. (to be confirmed)
C12. Resonance Tuning, with Alan Handelsman (a Resonance Tuning evening
class is also planned)
PM
Choices:
- A. Gary Craig: Advanced EFT
- B. Fred Gallo,Ph.D.: Negative Affect Erasing Method and the TAO, with
an introduction to EDxTM, 3 hours
- C. High Energy Fair: repeat of morning activities
***Saturday the 24th
AM
Choices:
- A1. Energy Psychotherapy and Spirituality: Letting God Into Our
Playground, 1 1/2 hours
- A2. TBA
- B1. Medical Applications of Energy Psychology, with Marie Green, DSW, 1
1/2 hours
- B2. Group Work with Energy Psychology Methods, 1 1/2 hours
- C1. The Energy of Sexuality: Energize Your Love Life! with Meryl
Beck, 1 1/2 hours
- C2. *Tapas Fleming, L.Ac.: TAT special applications, 1 1/2 hours
PM
Choices:
- A. Larry Nims, Ph.D.: Be Set Free Fast (BSFF), 2 hours
- B. Kate Sorensen, MA, CTS: Merging with the Energy of the Infinite:
Steps Toward Wholeness, 2 hours
- C1. Brian Grodner, Ph.D.: Using Energy Psychology with the Enneagram
and Personality Issues, 1 hour
- C2. Using Energy Psychology Methods with Children and Families, 1 hour
*And there's more.... a waiting list of additional intriguing and
wonderful presentation proposals, testing our ability to find meeting
space. I continue to be astounded by the degree of competence,
creativity and insight in this group!
Even if the official agenda is full, we'd still like to know if you have
something to teach or demonstrate, perhaps informally, so we can help
facilitate networking and sharing of information among participants.
Full workshop titles, descriptions, and presenter backgrounds are
contained
in the complete conference program write-up mentioned above (available
after 2/24, upon request). If you are not now registering but would
like to get bi-weekly e-mail updates, please send the message "Add my
name to the EPC Update List" to
epcinfo@ttn.org
***The conference also features:
- Investigations into Intention, Luck and Bioenergetic Phenomena of
Gambling. Registration entitles conference participants to a share of
the Energy Psychology Casino Research :-) Pool. The Research Project
will be administered by a former professional gambler who will share her
insights and design experiments to test energy-related hypotheses
related to gaming outcomes.
- Informal technical discussion and practice meetings in the evenings
- Session demonstrations and private sessions given by presenters (as
time permits, make your request with registration).
If you have any requests for presenters or topics not previously
mentioned, or any other suggestions, please speak up now! During the
three conference days it may not be possible to offer everything for
everyone, but we're delighted to have the opportunity to try. Let us
know what would fulfill your dreams.
**Continuing Education: Participants will be provided with
documentation for using in securing CE credits (6.5 per day) from their
respective licensure boards and/or professional associations. We are in
the process of obtaining approval as a provider of Continuing Education
for all major specialties in the helping professions and have done this
successfully for past conferences. To inquire about the availability of
a specific type of CE credit, please write to
epc@ttn.org.
**Registration fees:
Pre-conference EFT Workshop on Wednesday 4/21: $95
Three day conference from Thursday 4/22 through Saturday 4/24: Early
Registration rate until March 8: $225
After March 8, space permitting: $275
Student rates: $195 for full-time students with professor's signature
Single day fee: $95, group lunch not included but available for $20
Post-Conference TAT or BSFF Workshop (Sunday the 25th): $150, includes
lunch
For conference registration plus pre- or post-conference workshop(s),
you may subtract $25 from each workshop fee.
**Registration fees include conference program, luncheon on Thursday, a
binder with handouts from all workshops and Continuing Education hours.
Registration for the full conference also entitles you to a share of the
Casino Research Pool and discounts on books and videotapes.
**Cancellation Policy:
Cancellation requests must be received in writing, postmarked on or
before March 25th. After that date, no refunds will be given. A
processing fee of $50 will be charged for all cancellations. As an
alternative for cancellation at any date, another person may attend in
your place (with written request in advance), or all fees may be applied
to future events sponsored by the Transformation Training Network or
Trauma Relief Services on a space available basis.
***Hotel information: The Golden Nugget Hotel is pleased to offer
elegant rooms for just $49 per night, single or double Sun-Thurs, and
$89 per night Fri-Sat. There is a 2-night minimum stay.
To reserve your room, phone the Golden Nugget directly at (800)634-3454
and mention the Energy Psychology Conference for this special rate.
A block of 100 hotel rooms will be held for conference participants
until March 21st, or until taken. To sign up for room sharing, write to
epc@ttn.org and include the following information: male/female,
smoking/non, dates, anything else you'd like in a roommate or would want
your roommate to know about you.
***Travel Arrangements and Discounts: We have selected Conventions in
America as the official travel agency for this event. Call
1-800-929-4242, M-F 6:30 AM-5:00 PM Pacific Time, and ask for Group #701
to receive 5-10% discounts on the lowest published airfares for
Southwest or America West Airlines, or for the lowest available fares on
any other carrier.
E-mail: flycia@scitravel.com, website (use #701): www.scitravel.com.
Contact epc@ttn.org for codes to use for discounts if you choose to call
the airlines directly or use your own travel agency.
A frequent shuttle, for $4.25 each way), runs from the Las Vegas
McCarran Airport directly to the Golden Nugget Hotel. You will receive
transportation details with your registration confirmation.
*Videotaping:
Most sessions will be videotaped, but at this time we cannot ensure that
they will later be made available to the public. If you have interest
in getting videotape from this or previous conferences, please request
(videos@ttn.org) that your name be put on a list for notification if and
when they are produced.
*Conference Bookstore: We will have Energy Psychology-related books,
tapes and biomonitoring meters for sale at discounted prices. Let us
know if you
have books, tapes, manuals or other items that you would like us to
offer, and if you are available for scheduled product demonstrations or
book signing. Also, feel free to recommend any items that you think
would be of value to this group.
*Handout table: Participants are welcome to bring newsletters, client
handouts, information about their methods, products and services, or
anything else you'd like to share. To maximize availability and
maintain a professional atmosphere, we prefer that actual on-site sales
of products be carried out through the bookstore, although
demonstrations are encouraged anywhere and everywhere.
*Any Final Requests?
There is still a bit of room for input and adjustments to the program.
Please contribute any ideas you have about what would make it even
better.
In closing....
On a personal level, this conference may offer one of life's peak
experiences. In the Big Picture, we believe it has world-transforming
potential. I sincerely hope you'll join us.
Kate Sorensen, Director
Transformation Training Network
888-390-6553
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Body & Soul: Austin
Austin, Texas, USA
May 21-23, 1998
Sponsored by Omega Institute & New Age Publishing
Body & Soul conferences have emerged as the premier forum for exploration in the fields
of mind/body healing, spirituality, creativity and social transformation.
Offered for the first time in Austin, Body & Soul provides you with tools for healing and
transformation. We invite you to take part in the Body & Soul community -- good-hearted,
like-minded people connecting, learning, and enriching our lives.
Don't miss this chance to see so many of America's leading visionaries, teachers, and
healers together in one place!
Workshop Leaders
- Andrew Weil, MD
- Wayne Dyer, PhD
- Joan Borysenko, PhD
- Jean Houston
- Larry Dossey, MD
- Brian Weiss, MD
- Mona Lisa Schulz, MD, PhD
- Gabrielle Roth
- Candace Pert, PhD
- Robert Gass, Edd
- Judith Gass, MSW
- Stephan Rechtschaffen, MD
- and many more!
Other Activities/Benefits
- Full-Day Workshops
- CEUs Available
Registration Information:
Call 800-944-1001
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The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and
Health; Birth & Consciousness in the New Millennium
The Cathedral Hill Hotel
San Francisco, California, USA
December 3-6, 1999
In our 1999 Congress we pause at the threshold of a new millennium.
This historic time presents a great opportunity to respectfully remembers
our roots, take stock of present reality of birth in all its aspects,
and to vision the future. Throughout human history ancient rituals and
traditions, natural healing and feminine wisdom have surrounded and
supported pregnancy and birth. Much of that has been over-shadowed by
the explosion of 20th century science and technology. Modern medicine has
given us many miracles and life-saving procedures, but to a human infant,
science without a personal loving connection causes damage which technology
cannot repair. In our quest we must be mindful of the human as well as the
scientific.
Invited Speakers & Workshop Leaders Include:
- David Chamberlain, Ph.D.
- Robbie Davis-Floyd, Ph.D.
- William Emerson, Ph.D.
- Barbara Findeisen, MFCC
- Stanislav Grof, M.D.
- Gay Hendricks, Ph.D.
- Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D.
- Marshall Klaus, M.D.
- Phyllis Klaus, MFCC
- Bruce Lipton, Ph.D.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
- Michael Trout, M.A.
- Laura Uplinger, B.A.
- Thomas Verny, M.D.
Other Highlights:
- Continuing Education Credit
- Pre-Conference Workshops
- Verny Award
- Cheek Memorial Lecture
- Breakfasts and Lunches Included
- Bookstore, Art & Music
- Networking
Plenary Sessions
Lively debates and forums led by psychologists, scientists, philosophers
and clinicians explore research and perspectives on blending the miracle
of the human spirit with the miracles of modern medicine. These sessions
provide an opportunity to explore ideas and methods of prenatal and perinatal
psychology and health.
- Intuition and Birth
Intuition has earned a time-honored place in birth and continues to play
a vital role in indigenous cultures. Often devalued by technology, it is still
a powerful and valuable source of guidance and knowledge and will be the
focus of this forum.
- Science and Birth
The more rational and linear way of science and technology provides us with
valuable information and skills. It also raises certain ethical and moral
considerations. This session examines the blessings and liabilities of the
science of modern birth practices.
- Psychology and Birth
The psychological environment of the womb, birth and beyond, including
technology, has a tremendous impact on the emotional and social development
of the child. Research shows how vital these earliest experiences are in the
development of the child's emotional well being and sense of self. This forum
considers preventive and corrective methods which best ensure positive
outcomes.
- Vision and Birth
This session explores a broad spectrum of needs and approaches to create
possibilities for improving birth practices in the new millennium. With our
collective wisdom and knowledge we shall envision integrating the best of
heart and science as a gift for the future of us all.
Registration
Special Early Rate: $225.00 if paid by January 15, 1999
Conference Fee
After 1/15/99: $275.00 (Members); $315.00 (Non Members)
After 9/15/99: $330.00 (Members); $370.00 (Non Members)
The Cathedral Hill Hotel is offering reduced room rates to conference
attendees. To book rooms call 800-622-0855 or 415-776-8200.
For registration form contact:
APPPAH
340 Colony Road Box 994
Geyserville, CA 95441
Tel. 707-857-4041
Fax. 707-857-4042
email: apppah@aol.com
web:
http://www.birthpsychology.com
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Body, Mind, and Spirit: Culture and Health in America
Utah State University
Logan, Utah, USA
April 13-15, 2000
Sponsored by the Obert C. and Grace Tanner Foundation
and the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
A) Schedule of Events
Day 1- Thursday, April 13, 2000
The topic of the day will be devoted broadly to "culture and
illness" including discussions of how bio-medical and complementary
health-care professionals define illness and how these definitions are
shaped by the technologies, beliefs, knowledge, and behavioral systems
specific to these very different medical traditions. All the speakers, in
one way or another, address the above issues in their daily work. After
the opening blessing, the program will include a key-note lecture and a
panel discussion. Dr. Allen Neims (Ph.D./M.D., University of Florida,
College of Medicine) will introduce the subject of potential interfaces
between spirit and science in bio-medicine, providing a brief background of
bio-medical paradigms of illness and disease and opening discussion about
how to combine an open mind with scientific rigor to assess the role played
by mind and spirituality in health and healing, relationship-centered care,
and integrative medicine. Following the key-note lecture, a panel of
practitioners representing various medical and cultural traditions will
introduce the audience to how these issues come-up in the context of their
daily interactions with patients (Panel titles include: Modalities for
Rethinking Reality, The Role of Faith and the Power of Prayer in Health and
Healing: Leaders Who Teach Faith and Prayer, The Cultural Context of Body
Geography, and The Role of Spirit and the Power of Prayer in Health and
Healing: Personal Experiences). The afternoon will be devoted to a
round-table discussion with state-wide health-policy makers which addresses
the questions: who pays for health-services and how are these decisions
made? What is the role of patient satisfaction and/or what constitutes
"evidence-based" efficacy of complementary therapies?
Day 2- Friday, April 14, 2000
Day 2 will be broadly devoted to the topic of "culture and healing"
and will include two keynote lectures and a point-counterpoint discussion
about a) the existence (or non-existence) of biological universals in the
experience of suffering and healing and b) the challenges of assessing
efficacy of complementary modalities through scientific inquiry. Keynote
speakers include: Dr. Sherwin Nuland (Yale Professor and surgeon, author of
The Wisdom of the Body, How We Die, and How We Live), Dr. Robert H.
Schneider (Dean of the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine). After the two
addresses, a round-table discussion and debate of key points addressed by
the two speakers will be facilitated by Dr. Jay Jacobson, Director,
Division of Medical Ethics, LDS Hospital). Following the key-note lectures
and discussion, a second panel of practitioners (representing various
medical, religious, and cultural traditions) and a panel of USU students
who have been conducting original research into the topic of Culture and
Health in America will present further examples of different modalities of
healing and will address issues raised in the symposium. (Panel titles
include: Music Therapy and Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome, Working in Two
Worlds: Health Care Practitioners Working in Complementary Medicine, and
The Social/Cultural Context of Illness). Later Friday evening, Dr. Lori
Arviso Alvord (Dartmouth Medical School, co-author of The Scalpel and the
Silver Bear) will discuss her personal experiences of straddling two
cultures (Navajo and Anglo) and her work incorporating the discussion of
cultural frameworks of illness and healing into medical student training at
Dartmouth Medical School.
Day 3- Saturday, April 15, 2000
The morning of Day 3 will be devoted to hands-on workshops given by
the invited practitioners. Audience participation will be arranged through
pre-subscription. Workshop titles include: Healing Circle, Music
Therapists, Reiki Demonstration, Tai Chi, Belief Systems and Consciousness,
Taiko Drumming, Therapeutic Touch, and Accupuncture and Chinese Medicine).
Additional activities during the three day symposium include
musical presentations emphasizing the role of music in health and healing.
Performers include representatives from various cultural traditions
including African-American and Native-American artists. Ceremonial and
prayerful openings and benedictions that incorporate a sense of spirit into
all of the symposium proceedings will be exercised throughout the
proceedings.
B) Schedule of Events
Day 1
Thursday, April 13, 2000
9:30-10:00
Words of welcome from Tanner Committee Members, followed by a ritual
blessing to open the symposium.
10:30-10:45
Dr. Allen Neims- Will introduce key themes of the symposium He will lay
the ground work for definitions of health and illness, and propose a common
language.
10:45-11:00- Break
11:00-12:00
Lecture by Dr. Allen Neims- he will talk about models for incorporating
discussions of complementary and alternative medicine into medical school
curricula, and discuss the limitations of the bio-medical paradigm for
addressing the concept of "spirit".
12:00-1:15- Break for lunch
(Panel presentations are listed below. Note: there may be more than one
panel during a given time)
1:15-2:45
oModalities for Rethinking Reality
oThe Role of Faith and the Power of Prayer in Health and
Healing: Leaders Who Teach Faith and Prayer
2:45-3:00- Break
3:00-4:30
oThe Cultural Context of Body Geography
oThe Role of Spirit and the Power of Prayer in Health and
Healing: Personal Experiences
4:30-4:45- Break
4:45-6:00
oHealth Policy
7:30-9:00
oConcert
Performers include representatives from various cultural traditions
including African-American and Native-American artists.
Day 2
Friday, April 14, 2000
9:30-10:20- Opening ritual blessing
9:30-10:20
Lecture by Dr. Sherwin Nuland- He will talk about his hypotheses about The
Wisdom of the Body regarding biological hard-wiring of spiritual
experiences.
10:30-11:20
Lecture by Dr. Robert H. Schneider- He will speak about concepts of the
body in Vedic Medicine, and how Vedic concepts of body vary with those in
bio-medicine.
11:30-12:30
Dr. Jay Jacobson will moderate a discussion between Nuland and Schnieder
about how much biological hard-wiring is influenced by culture?
12:30-1:30- Break for lunch
(Panel presentations are listed below. Note: there may be more than one
panel during a given time)
1:30-3:15
oMusic Therapy and Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome
oWorking in Two Worlds: Health Care Practitioners Working in
Complementary Medicine
3:15-3:30- Break
3:30-5:00
oGuided Imagery
oThe Social/Cultural Context of Illness
7:00-8:00 pm
Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord will present a lecture entitled: Working in Beauty,
Living in Balance: A Navajo Surgeon's Perspective of Health.
Day 3
Saturday, April 15, 2000
Day 3 will be devoted to hands-on workshops given by various health
practitioners. (Note: there may be more than one panel during a given
time.)
8:30-12:30
oExperience and Process in Music Therapy
9:00-10:30
oHealing Circle
10:30-10:45- Break
10:45-12:15
oReiki Demonstration
12:15-1:30- Lunch
1:30-3:00
oTai Chi
oBelief Systems and Consciousness
3:00-3:15- Break
3:15-4:45
oTaiko Drumming
oTherapeutic Touch
oAccupuncture and Chinese Medicine
4:45-5:15- Closing ritual blessing
For registration and further information, contact:
Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Anthropology Program Director
Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology
0730 Old Main Hill
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-0730
ph: 435-797-4064
FAX:435-797-1240
e-mail: glasscob@cc.usu.edu OR
Cameron Hatch
Tanner Symposium Intern
e-mail: slc0j@cc.usu.edu
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8th Annual International Conference on Conflict Resolution:
"Sharing Tools for Personal/Global Harmony"
St. Petersburg, Russia
May 11 - 21, 2000
Sponsored by Common Bond Institute (USA) & HARMONY Institute (RUSSIA),
in cooperation with Association for Humanistic Psychology
~ Continuing Education Credits available ~
A multi-disciplinary/multi-cultural conference that has been supported by
President Clinton, President Yeltsin, St. Petersburg Governor Jakovlev, and
endorsed by over 60 leading-edge organizations and universities
internationally - open to any individuals interested in developing and
practicing personal and professional skills in conflict resolution.
This joint US/Russian sponsored event FOCUSES ON all aspects of conflict
resolution and transformation, from the intrapersonal - to the interpersonal
- to relationships between groups, organizations, cultures, and societies -
and ultimately between us and other species.
PRESENTATIONS explore conflict resolution within diverse contexts, including:
arts/creativity, cross-cultural, ecology, economics/business, education,
gender, global/regional conflict, health/healing arts, human rights,
organizational/community, psychotherapy, and transpersonal/spiritual.
Many opportunities are offered for hands-on practical skills training,
sharing of programs and curriculums, intensive dialogues on theory and
perceptions of conflict and resolution, networking and collaboration, and a
powerful intentional community experience. Participants have come from over
50 countries and all continents, providing excellent opportunities for
important networking contacts with representatives of many organizations and
societies. The program attracts individuals in key positions in their
respective societies who can model and teach these skills to many others.
6 DAYS of all-day institutes, workshops, roundtables, and community meetings.
55 day-program sessions, and a full slate of evening activities and social /
cultural events.
4 DAYS of pre- and post-conference cultural events, tours, and professional
visits and meetings, in St. Petersburg.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
Please submit by: 3-6-2000
(Early submission recommended)
For information, proposal and registration forms, CONTACT:
COMMON BOND INSTITUTE (USA),
Steve Olweean or Sandra Friedman, Co-coordinators
12170 S. Pine Ayr Drive, Climax, Michigan 49034
Ph/Fax: 616-665-9393 E-mail: http://mailto:solweean@aol.com">solweean@aol.com
WEB SITE: http://ahpweb.org/cbi/home.html
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The Second Annual Dental, Medical and Scientific
Conference on the Sources, Diagnosis and Treatment of Oral
Toxicities
May 26-28, 2000
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Marriot Griffin Gate Resort Hotel
To All Interested Health Care Professionals and Concerned Individuals,
Affinity Labeling Technologies, Inc. is proud to announce that we will once
again be sponsoring the "Second Annual Dental, Medical and Scientific
Conference on Sources, Diagnosis and Treatment of Oral Toxicities". This
conference is to be held May 26-28, 2000 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. For
more information on the invited speakers and the topics that each will be
discussing, please see the attached meeting program or visit us on the
world wide web at
http://www.altcorp.com/conference.htm . This conference
is absolute must for any health care professionals concerned about sources
of oral toxicities and their potentially damaging effects on the human
body. If last years meeting is any indication (see
http://www.altcorp.com/meeting1.htm ), this should prove to be another
information packed and thought provoking conference. We hope to see you in
Lexington this coming May.
Sincerely,
Curt Pendergrass Ph.D.
President,
Affinity Labeling Technologies, Inc.
Symposium Presenters
Boyd E. Haley, Ph.D.: Professor and Chairman, Chemistry Department, University of
Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Scientific Advisor, Affinity Labeling Technologies, Inc.
Kimberly W. Anderson, Ph.D.: Professor, Chemicals and Materials Dept., College of
Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Steven J. Carini, D.D.S.: Full time practicing holistic, mercury-free, dentist and lecturer
with extensive training in homeopathy, osteopathic craniosacral therapy, chiropractic
medicine and nutrition.
Wesley E. Shankland, D.D.S, M.S. Ph.D.: Lecturer, author, researcher, President,
American Academy of Head, Neck and Facial Pain.
John Roberts, B.Ch.D.: Practicing mercury free, whole-body dentist and lecturer from
Rochdale England, who is responsible for highlighting the mercury and root canal issues in
the United Kingdom.
Hal Huggins, D.D.S. M.S.: Dentist, researcher, author, lecturer, pioneer in amalgam
toxicity awareness.
Joseph Sarkissian D.D.S: Practicing dentist with several years experience in the US and
Europe in the use of lasers in biological dentistry.
J. Curt Pendergrass Ph.D.: Toxicologist, and President of Affinity Labeling Technologies,
Inc., Lexington, KY.
Friday, 26 May 2000
7:45am: Registration
8:15am: Welcome, Boyd E. Haley Ph.D.
8:30am: "Biochemistry every dentist and physician should know."
Boyd E. Haley, Ph.D.
9:30am: "Isolation and characterization of toxins from anaerobic bacteria."
Boyd E. Haley, Ph.D.
10:30am: Break
11:00am: "Clinical Picture of Replacing Amalgam. "
Steven Carini, D.D.S.
12:00pm: Lunch (buffet provided)
1:15pm: "Comparison of digital X-ray data-visual and clinical findings."
John Roberts B.Ch.D.
2:30pm: Break
3:00pm: "Results of the ALT Biocalex study and the toxic effects of thimerasol.."
J. Curt Pendergrass Ph.D.
3:30pm: "Report of latest research."
Hal Huggins D.D.S., M.S.
4:30pm: "Follow-up questions and discussion of the days lectures.
6:30pm: Reception and Poster Session
Attendees are invited to share clinical case studies and treatment protocols. Remember,
content counts a lot more than appearance.
Saturday, 27 May 2000
8:15am: "Personal account of cavitation surgery and recovery."
M.A. McRedmond D.D.S.
8:30am: "Causes, diagnosis and treatment of osteomyelitic lesions of the jaw."
Wesley Shankland D.D.S. M.S. Ph.D.
9:45am: Break
10:15 "Lasers in advanced dentistry-varieties, differences and applications in biological dentistry."
Joseph Sarkissian, D.D.S.
11:15am: "Basics of ALT in vitro toxicity testing of GCF, avital and endodontically treated teeth
and osteomyelitic lesions."
J. Curt Pendergrass, Ph.D.
11:45: "Review of frequently asked questions regarding the ALT in vitro toxicity test."
J. Curt Pendergrass, Ph.D.
12:30am: Lunch (on your own)
1:30pm: "The use of enzymes to inhibit biofilm formation."
Kim Anderson Ph.D.
2:30pm Break
3:00pm: "Presentation of his new data on the detection of blood level molecular markers for
diagnosis of neurological diseases (AD and ALS)."
Boyd E. Haley, Ph.D.
4:30pm: "Follow-up questions and discussion of the days lectures.
Registration
Call (606) 388-9445 or use the registration form at the bottom of
http://www.altcorp.com/conference.htm.
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American Holistic Medical Association 23rd Annual Conference:
"Integration & Holistic Medicine: Health Care in the third Millennium"
Loew's Ventana Canyon
Tuscon, Arizona, USA
May 31 - June 3, 2000
Keynote Speakers:
- Larry Dossey, MD
- Judith Orloff, MD
- RobertBallentine, MD
Pre-Intensives:
- Spiritual Healing
- Desert Flower Essences
- Integrating Heaven and Earth Office Based Holistic Research
- Medical Intuition
- Brain Longevity Expressive Arts on Holistic Medicine
- Herb Drug Interaction Holistic Practice Panel
- Natural Hormone Therapy Kriya Yoga & the Relaxation Response
Workshops:
Numerous workshops related to cutting edge, integration, core,
experiential for beginners to seasoned experts, and for the
"whole doctor"
For more information, please see the American Holistic Medical Association
Conference Web Page.