Join Us for the Fall 2002 Holistic Health Speaker¹s Series:
Holistic Health Speaker Series - Fall 2002
Thursdays,
The
Holistic Health Speaker's Series invites leading authors, clinicians,
researchers, healers
and social visionaries to share their explorations of the frontiers of
health and healing. The Series seeks to integrate the knowledge of the
sciences, healing arts and ancient wisdom traditions to facilitate a
comprehensive understanding of human potential while encouraging
us to "re-think our assumptions" and seek applications for
personal well-being and a healthier world. Join us in exploring the evolution
of health care, and the accompanying changes in culture and consciousness. The
Series is open to the community at no cost. Speakers include:
September 12 Novel Therapies for Cancer & Immune
Disorders
Learn about the integration of current
immunological and natural therapies in
treatment and
prevention of cancer and immune deficiencies such as chronic
fatigue and viral
infections - with Robert Gorter, MD, Associate
Clinical Prof.,
and immunological
research in
September 19 Art for Recovery: Role of Creative
Expression in Self-Healing
Research
shows when people express true feelings, especially
when they are
coping with a serious illness, the immune
system is enhanced and healing is
supported. Join
us and experience stories and artwork created by patients
living with cancer and AIDS from the UCSF
"Art for Recovery" program. Our
guide is Cindy Perlis,
Director of Art for Recovery since its inception
in 1988.
September 26 Chinese Herbs & Taoist Practices for Hygeine and Longevity
An introduction to
Taoist nutrition, digestive aids
and longevity practices:
herbs
as foods, breathing techniques, chi gung, etc. with
Nam Singh, Taoist
priest
and founder of
October 3
Make
Health Happen: Training Yourself to Create Wellness –
Book
Release/Presentation by author & HH Director
Erik Peper
Join us and discover
a helpful new book by Erik Peper,
Katherine Gibney and
Cathy Holt. Learn pragmatic self-mastery
and healing skills (i.e. effortless
breathing
and dynamic regeneration) to reverse illness and
mobilize health.
Dr. Erik Peper
is Director of The Institute for Holistic Healing
Studies, SFSU,
Director of Work
Solutions
of
Healthy Computing with
Muscle Biofeedback.
October 10 Embodied Life: Integrating Feldenkrais Movement & Meditation
Explore healing and greater freedom by using
gentle movement experiments
and meditative
awareness to be enjoyably present and more at-home in
yourself (i.e. free
of past constrictions). Russell Delman has
been teaching
the Feldenkrais
Method for 25+ years. His teaching is also informed by 30
years of meditation practice. www.russelldelman.com
October 17 Touch Therapies & Principles of Body/Mind
Healing
Learn core “Hands-On” healing methods – including 4 principles of body-based
energy work with meditation techniques for focusing
attention and touch. With
Angel Stork, Massage Therapist (since 1990, Rehab.
Massage and CranioSacral
Therapy)
and Instructor: Massage, Anatomy and Physiology, and Energy Healing.
October 24 Finding Your Passion & Planning for
Holistic Careers
Mariko Hingston is the
Human Services. She a career counselor with over 20 years of
experience helping
people find their values, skills and passion and take them
into the world of work.
October 31
Pathways to Peace & Cultural Evolution - Campus Teach-In:
Jack Adams Hidden Connections- Integrating the
Biological, Cognitive & Social
Hall, Student Dimensions of Life with Fritjof Capra, Physicist, founder of the Center for
Center Eco-literacy and author of
international bestsellers (Tao of
Physics, Turning Point,
The Web of Life and recently, Hidden Connections) www.fritjofcapra.net
*Plus - Evening (
http://wmei.org/tzd/booking.html
Also held in Jack Adams Hall,
November 7
Celebration of Chinese
Medicine & the Teaching of Angela Wu
Join us for a special event honoring the
healing arts of Chinese Medicine and
in giving special appreciation to Angela Wu for her years of teaching and
mentoring
SFSU students in these valuable healing methods. Join us in
celebrating
Dr. Wu and the field of Chinese medicine – the fastest growing
health
care profession in the
Keynote
Presentation: “Chi” by Michael Smith, MD, Dac.
Director of the
National Acupuncture Detoxification
Association (NADA), a nonprofit organization
emphasizing public education
about acupuncture* as a recovery tool and the
training
and certification of professionals. See: www.acudetox.com
* As acknowledged by the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) Consensus Panel
on Acupuncture, Chinese medicine detoxification practices can
lead to significant
benefit in recovery from drug addiction, alcoholism and a
variety of mental
disorders. NADA protocols
have been carefully developed and are now in use in
over 500 clinical sites in the
November 14 Feng
Shui: Creating Harmony in Life
Bliss
Fleet, a teacher of Black Hat Feng Shui, will guide us in the principles
and personalized practice of this ancient and modern art.
She is also a faculty
member of the American