Natural Health Conference 2008 — Natural Health: Many Paths, One Destination
Breakout Sessions
Develop an understanding of the role of diet, environment, and stress management to maintain cardiovascular health from childhood through our senior years. Current understanding is that arteries begin to be damaged in early childhood, perhaps in-utero. As natural health educators, expand your knowledge base on the educational opportunities to prevent cardiovascular disease.
Weight loss needs to occur in the abdomen to reduce risk of the complications of metabolic syndrome, also known as Syndrome X. The complications of this syndrome include increased risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes. Recent scientific studies will be discussed to develop information to share with your clients as motivation to lose the belly fat, or lose their health. We will discuss known environmental, as well as dietary causes and steps to alter the devastating spiral of ill-health if belly fat is ignored.
Ever wonder why some people get sick a lot and others don’t? This interesting “multi-disciplinary” class takes a novel look at the factors influencing the immune system, from nutrition to lifestyle. Includes a discussion of the fascinating new field called “psychoneuroimmunology” the science of how what we think affects our physiology, and our immune system. This workshop concludes with a powerful five minute process that will instantly raise your immune response and leave you feeling amazing. Guaranteed!
Two years ago, Dr. Bowden recorded a best-selling CD set called “23 Ways To Improve Your Life.” It was designed to answer the question: What can I do besides diet and exercise to have a better, healthier, richer life? This lecture, adapted from the CD set, talks about things besides diet and exercise you can do right now to improve your life — from adding a memory-improving food to your diet, to a four minute exercise designed to take your relationships to the next level, to taking the number one anti-aging supplement in the world. Fun, fascinating and informative!
Find out how the phony cholesterol theory has led Americans to abandon nutritious whole foods. The session includes analysis of the major studies on heart disease, discussion of roles of cholesterol and exposé on the dangers of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
This experiential interactive workshop will introduce you to the use of sound based healing tools including Tibetan bowls and bells, rattles, drums, tinchas, and tuning forks. Participants will learn specific examples of how to integrate these vibrational tools into daily practice at home or with clients, to achieve optimal health, reduce stress, promote relaxation, balance, and unification. At the core, this approach to vibrational medicine recognizes the profound universal connections between the natural world, body, mind, and soul.
Chemical calories also encompasses toxic substances we absorb and inhale from occurrences such as toxic dust in Africa, drugs in our water excreted by the people who take them, chemicals used to fight forest fires, burning oil fields, toxic dental restoration materials, and non-stick cookware that is heated to high temperatures, to mention a few. We are a global community; most of what we do affects everyone else in one way or another. Learning what to avoid, how to reduce our body’s toxic load, and safe alternatives will allow us to live healthier in a toxic world, naturally.
One of the cornerstones of health and weight management in this country is to reduce corn syrup intake. According to the World Health Organization, added sweeteners should be limited to less than 10% of our calories. Learn the economics and physiology of high fructose corn syrup and review helpful resources to educate your clients to reduce their risks from the complications of obesity.
An “inspirator” is one who inspires or motivates others. To be effective, practitioners must not only be educators, they must also be inspirators. Join Haas and Hale in a lively presentation to learn ways to engage, motivate and support the client through nutritional and lifestyle choices that will lead the client to improved health.
The empowerment model will be described, video vignettes will be presented as demonstrations of implementing it, and participants will have the opportunity to critique and discuss these demonstrations.
The human body doesn’t “burn” calories; instead, the process of energy transfer from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins occurs through controlled oxidation and nuclear power. When it comes to health, healing, and body composition management, the quality, micronutrient density, genetic signature, and biochemical influence of the food we eat is by far more important to understand than its calorie content.
After age 35, the human body typically experiences a predictable and measurable decline in endogenous hormone production, micronutrient organ reserve, metabolic enzymes, tissue elasticity, and metabolic rate. Our genome is slowly damaged by continuous oxidation and many biochemicals normally produced within the body that are essential to energy production also decline. This session will teach you how to decelerate biological age and prevent sarcopenia with exercise, whole foods, and dietary supplements.
Physical assessment can help us develop our powers of observation and help in appraising the vitality of our clients. The color, coating, and structure of the tongue provides a map or reflection of the internal workings of the body, especially the organ systems. Join Phyllis for an interactive session.
The appearance of the hands and nails can tell us a lot about our health and provide valuable clues to underlying diseases and disorders. This is an experiential session looking at the hands and nails.
This lecture covers the basics of composting, from its role in your garden to its impact on the environment. You’ll learn about a variety of systems for making compost in your own backyard, including vermiculture and compost tea. We’ll also cover the basic science behind the magic of turning kitchen scraps into fertilizer and look at the larger implications of the municipal waste stream.
This lecture covers the wide ranging issues that are contributing to the sky-rocketing rate of childhood obesity in most communities around the country. Find out how the United States farm policy and corporate marketing techniques have combined to create the “perfect storm” for raising unhealthy children. Finally, find out what’s happening around the country to confront these issues and how you can get involved in your own community.
Naturopathy does not guarantee health but invites us to discover how the forces of nature find equilibrium in our body, producing the vitality, creativity, and regeneration that we recognize as well being. Its methods are based on acknowledged biological laws, but there is also provision for the unknown, indefinable elements that contribute to the spirit of healing. Combining practical guidance on habits and behavior with the development of intuitive responses, we embark on a life journey that is as exciting as it is enlightening!
Observation suggests that striving for bodily health alone is illusory since loss of health often follows other losses in life, which may be irreplaceable. Unless a wider image of well being is embraced which acknowledges the impact of social and emotional life, health is harder to maintain. By reminding us of our basic self-direction, naturopathy is able to influence us at a fundamental level. While our unhealthy inclinations are notoriously difficult to alter, naturopathy succeeds by explaining the attractive options: a more conscious life, with confidence in our own powers, and an appreciation of the process of self-healing.
This session explores the best anti-aging remedies with an emphasis on seaweed, aloe and other skin smoothing herbs, along with beautifying mushrooms like tremella.
Discover the power of self-hypnosis! Utilizing a mind-body-spirit approach to self-hypnosis, participants will learn various life changing techniques for tapping into the power of the mind. Accepted by the American Medical Association (AMA) since 1958, this program will enable all participants to attain the ability to reprogram their subconscious mind and discover solutions to issues ranging from unhealthy lifestyle habits to phobias.
Discover the bounty of native healing plants available right outside your door.
Wake-up to a workout that focuses on the spine, proper breathing, core strength, and flexibility.
Practice yoga poses, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques designed to relief stress and increase energy.
All businesses and organizations need positive public attention to achieve success. Most business owners do not actively pursue publicity; they rely on word-of-mouth, advertising, and direct mail to increase their visibility. Yet nothing enhances your credibility like publicity. And it’s free! In this workshop, learn how to research targeted media, gain access to and work with the media, write effective press releases, and make your practice media friendly.
Why are some people shy while others are aggressive? Being in a crowd of people will bother some and excite others. Homeopathic remedies reach not only the physical levels, but the mental and emotional realms as well. Dr. Caroline Walrad will bring different homeopathic remedy pictures to ‘life’ for you, making it much easier to recognize certain personalities and how the physical and mental characteristics of people fit a pattern. Homeopathic personality styles are the most fun part of learning about homeopathic remedies. This information is helpful for the student of behavior and all healing modalities.
Autoimmune diseases seem to have become increasingly common in the last 40 years. In this class we will discuss the various theories of what causes autoimmunity, the risk factors, and how to use botanicals to help people with an autoimmune disease.
Stress is now seen as an initiator and cofactor for much of our chronic degenerative disease. Stress reduction techniques can be of great help, as can healthy relationships, good diet, and adequate sleep. One other key for reducing stress and enhancing well being is the use of adaptogenic herbs. In this class we explore the rational and effective clinical use of each of the adaptogenic herbs, the differences between them, and how they can be used to improve cognitive function, restore immune and endocrine balance, and promote increased mental and physical well being.
The doctrine of signatures reveals the inner essence of plants and helps us to understand the core that unites all the herbs properties into a whole. It also acts as a good memory device when learning herbs.
This class discusses the similarities and differences between these two healing arts, how they can be used together or how they may conflict. Herbalism and homeopathy are often treated as opposites, but they are actually complementary. Join Wood as he discusses the law of similar and the law of contraries, as well as plenty of practical, healing information.
Join herbalists Light, Patton, Winston, and Wood as they host various plant walks through the weekend. Discover the bounty of native healing plants available right outside your door and learn how a plant’s shape, the color of its flower, or where it grows can offer clues to its use. See the online schedule for times and dates.
