AGENDA

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2008

EARLY MORNING SELF-HEALING PRACTICE
It's still all about you! As practitioners in the healing professions, you'll experience the immense benefits of building and maintaining your energy foundation at every opportunity.

We hope you've taken advantage of the unique self-healing practices available throughout this learning experience. You'll create better health and embrace an effective way to de-stress when you return to your professional life.

7:15 - 8:15 a.m.
Morning Taiji - Be Flexible!
Josie Zhuo, MTCM, LAc

Gently stretch, slowly twist, feel your Qi flow! Taiji helps you become more flexible in body, mind and spirit. The ancient art of Taiji has been refined for millennia into a series of beautiful, slow rhythmic movements for self-healing. Award-winning practitioner Josie Zhuo helps us get a fun, energetic start to the day ahead with movements that anyone can do.

8:15 - 8:30 a.m. Break

8:30 -10:30 a.m.
Intensives
Spend in-depth time studying with these great teachers!

The Four Seasons of Body, Mind, and Spirit: Health, Longevity, and Alchemy in Ancient China.
Heiner Freuhauf, PhD, LAc

This intensive explores the ancient Chinese vision of nature and the human body by presenting several key text examples from the classical record. It weaves together in a spellbinding way a wide array of related topics, from the symbolism of the Yijing (I Ching) to the composition of herbal formulas and practical everyday health advice.

Part II: Building Your Energy Foundation with the Eight Treasures of Qigong
Dean Deng, CMD (China), LAc

Part II of the Eight Treasures of Qigong focuses on movements for specific conditions. Dr. Deng demonstrates how the simplicity, comfort and elegance of the postures can contribute to an enhanced state of wellness. This program can be done by anyone and is highly effective for such conditions as diabetes, migraines, arthritis, PMS, back pain, sport injuries, skin problems, weight control, high blood pressure, insomnia, and more.

Part I: Cancer: The Great American Disease
Thea Elijah, MAc

Every illness has a transformation of virtue, and cancer is no exception. Cancer is a Water/Wood illness that is characterized by growth that has gone awry and refuses to die even at the expense of the body's own health and integrity. Its virtue is the capacity for healthy mutation the ability to grow beyond our former self, and the willingness to die' in order to survive, rather than sacrifice holism. The American mind-set is to "kill the enemy," no matter what the impact on the host organism.

An ecological approach to healing does not harm the body or the environment. An ecological response to illness is the essence of treatment in Chinese medicine. America as a whole faces significant medical, political and ecological issues that parallel the prevalence of cancer. This workshop address the real issues behind our need to win every battle, and why the "war against cancer" is an opportunity to see our collective pathology, and to choose an alternate approach to disease that does not treat the illness as an enemy, but as a teacher. (Continues in the afternoon.)

Part I: Love, Serve & Succeed®: Connecting Spirit to Success for Health Professionals
Michael Gaeta, Ms, LAc, LDN

Health professionals need emotional and spiritual maturity, expertise in treating people, and business skills. Success in practice is the result of building healthy, positive, long-term relationships with people.

In this innovative seminar, you will learn an approach to creating successful therapeutic relationships, based in self-cultivation, excellent patient communication, integrity and a spiritual perspective. You will discover why patients and practitioners heal (or not) and a perspective on healing and treatment that brings depth, joy, fulfillment and prosperity to your practice and your patients. Explore where the action is in these times of global transformation, and come away with a clear and deep knowing of how to have the greatest impact and creative influence healing self, other, and world through daily life and clinical practice. (Continues in the afternoon.)

Tao of Medical Qigong with Nan Lu, OMD
(Private Session: Open only to those health-care practitioners completing their training in Tao of Medical Qigong - Level 1 with Dr. Lu.)

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Break

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Complimentary Brunch - Bridges of Integration Awards
Be our guest for brunch, award-winning Marriott-style, as we honor and celebrate those who have helped build bridges of integration for TCM.

1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
Intensives

Part II: Advanced Treatment Protocols for Women's Health Issues
Hong Jin, MD (PRC), DAOM, LAc,

Chinese medicine has been used successfully to treat many common women's health issues such as infertility, dysmenorrhea, and menopause. According to Chinese medicine principles, the most effective protocols can maximize treatment results by promoting the normal reproductive physiology of the woman based on her menstrual cycle as well as her life cycles.

Part II of Dr. Hong Jin's workshop presents an advanced approach to treatment of women's health issues and wellness using essential therapeutic principles and methods, including acupuncture and herbs, of Chinese medicine

Part II: Cancer: The Great American Disease
Thea Elijah, MAc

The second part of this intensive focuses on the energetic reasoning behind specific herbal strategies used to treat cancer, as well as both literal and metaphorical/energetic approaches that can be used with other treatment modalities. An understanding of herbs as a way of moving Qi by resonance will be presented. Participants will gain insights as to how the "cancer culture" thrives in any fear-based system. This workshop is an opportunity to courageously examine the personal and societal issues that lead to illness, and to begin the important work of healing.

Part II: Love, Serve & Succeed®: Connecting Spirit to Success for Health Professionals
Michael Gaeta, Ms, LAc, LDN

Health professionals need emotional and spiritual maturity, clinical expertise, and business skills. Success in practice is the result of building healthy, long-term relationships. Some of the most effective ways to grow a practice actually don't cost much. With the right spirit, approach and language, a clinician can attract many new patients by investing time and little money in high-return activities that are also fun.

This inspiring seminar offers a solid education in effective, low-cost marketing. Learn the essentials of effective and ethical business success based on character, integrity and spiritual practice. Discover the top five success factors, the Yin and Yang of marketing, effective patient education and public presentations, and the five best ways to attract new patients. This in-depth experience helps provide the confidence, skills and actionable next steps needed to start or grow a thriving private practice.

1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Special Postconference Event

The Power of Energy Healing
Her Holiness Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi
"Because we are energy, healing can happen instantly, at the speed of Light." Sai Maa

Join Sai Maa on a power-filled, mystical journey of energy healing. Encounter transformation and spiritual awakening. Allow Sai Maa to teach you how to use your energy and empower you to share these healing practices with others. Sai Maa will unleash your inner perfection in the expanded consciousness of Energy Healing and show you how to be a master of the energy and information within your body and aura. Now is your time to live in the Energy of Healing. This is the ultimate Healing of Transformation.