Clayton College of Natural Health

CCNH’s 2003 Natural Health Conference

This spring, more than 150 friends of Clayton College gathered for three days of seminars, networking and intensive workshops, at a soothing retreat center designed to bring participants closer to nature.

Known for its unique butterfly sanctuary, beautiful Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, GA is a rustic getaway located 70 miles southwest of Atlanta. CCNH returned to the gardens’ springtime splendor for our second-annual educational conference, Building on Tradition — welcoming back a dozen students from our 2002 Herb Conference, along with several speakers from the first conference and a host of new speakers, new students, and new learnings.

Returning speakers included CCNH advisory board member, adjunct professor and alumna Linda Page, N.D., Ph.D., and herbalists Matthew Wood, Glinda Watts, Darryl Patton, and Susan Kramer, Esq., Ph.D.

New presenters for our 2003 conference included best-selling nutrition author, CCNH adjunct professor and alumna Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., herbalists Steven Horne and Daniel Gagnon, iridologist Ellen Tart Jensen, Ph.D., and CCNH advisory board member and alumnus, Carl Middleton, N.D. Also new in 2003: four educational intensives, in Iridology, Herbal Medicine Making, Pulse Assessment and Plant Identification/Weed Walk.

Students, faculty and staff enjoyed a yoga class by CCNH student Annette Doody, drumming circles led by John Scalici, and a rare visit from octogenarian gypsy herbal legend Juliette de Bairacli Levy, facilitated by CCNH student Janice Dinsdale.

CCNH faculty presenters included Wendy Arthur, M.D., Susie Hale, N.D., and Phyllis Light, AHG. Hale and Janice Martin, Ph.D. also led informal information-sharing sessions for doctoral students on dissertations and practicums.

A picture is worth 1,000 words, so come enjoy our educational travelogues. Below, “sound byte” excerpts from speakers’ presentations follow a new learning element within our Clayton College curricula: Natural Reader Notes.

For informational updates regarding our 2004 conference, contact travel@ccnh.edu.

Left: CCNH founder Lloyd Clayton, N.D. welcomes friend and colleague Ellen Tart Jensen, Ph.D., who led a conference intensive on Iridology. Ellen’s Natural Reader Note: “While white areas in the iris indicate high levels of activity, the dark areas in an iris may signal one’s inability to react.”

Center: CCNH alumna Linda Page, N.D, Ph.D., adjunct professor and advisory board member wowed her audience with a lunch-and-learn session on sea vegetables for natural beauty. Linda’s Natural Reader Note: “Japan’s Sage University documents almost 50 different anti-tumor varieties of sea vegetables.”

Right: During the conference’s only free afternoon for butterfly-gazing, CCNH student Annette Doody generously offered to teach a popular class on yoga theory, practice and postures. The gesture itself mirrored the tone of her topic. Annette’s Natural Reader Note: “The world offers endless opportunities to offer up our unique talents and demonstrate the joys of having a servant’s heart. In all that you choose, choose to do it with love.”

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