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Body Heals Conference
By Body Heals Conference
The mission of the ACIPBC is the advancement of excellence in holistic patient care, by promoting professional development of physicians through the exchange of ideas, research and continuing education, and by disseminating information and providing education to health professionals, students and the public.
May 9, 2007 - 10:00:27 AM

"The ACIPBC is pleased to invite you to its second international, multidisciplinary “Body Heals” conference, Integration: The Best Model for Health Care - Returning to Holism. We will bring together physicians, other health professionals and policy makers with leading-edge thinkers, visionaries, practitioners and researchers. Our objective is to advance integrative principles in clinical settings, government policy, practitioner education and health research. This critical work will be supported by deepening the traditional conference experience by engaging participants on an emotional and spiritual level – with special attention to the unique contributions of visual arts, music, and culture. We look forward to seeing you there."

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

Friday, May 25th 2007

Morning

Youthful Aging - Secrets of the Fountain
Dr. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD
Venue: University of Victoria. 9:00am - 12:00pm

Seeing the ‘hole’ and Returning to the Whole
in our Practices
Penny J. Whillans, Ed.D., R. Psych
Venue: University of Victoria. 9:00am - 12:00pm

Movement as a Holistic Process: Using Sensation
as a Guide to Healthy Physicality
Susannah Steers, Director, Moving Spirits
Venue: University of Victoria. 9:00am - 12:00pm

True Integration in Practice
Craig Kirker, MD, Tracy Thomson, MD,
Iris Bougie, Medical Intuitive
Venue: University of Victoria. 9:00am - 12:00pm

Growing Your Leadership Capacity in Health Care :
The Why and How of Personal Leadership
Graham Dickson, PhD, Director, Centre for Health Leadership and Research, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC
Venue: University of Victoria. 9:00am - 12:00pm

Afternoon

Live long, live well: Modifying the risk of chronic disease through diet and lifestyle changes
Aileen Burford-Mason, PhD
Venue: University of Victoria. 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Learning a Deeper, Subtler Way to Listen to the Bodymind, via Touch – with no Specific Intention Beyond the Listening
Howard Dieno, DO
Venue: University of Victoria. 1:30pm - 4:30pm

How to Create a Successful Integrative Medicine Centre
Esther Konigsberg, MD and Ronald Stram, MD
Venue: University of Victoria. 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Fibromyalgia: Learn to Recover and Thrive
Theresa Clarke, MD
Venue: University of Victoria. 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Emotional Freedom Technique. Taking Stress Reduction Into Your Own Hands with Energy Psychotherapies
Karen Ledger, RN BScN
Venue: University of Victoria. 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Adam Dreamhealer **SOLD OUT**
Venue: University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building, David Lam Auditorium
with one hour book signing at end of session
Venue: University of Victoria. 9:00am - 3:30pm

HEALING THE PLANET, HEALING OURSELVES
An Evening with David Suzuki, Candace Pert and Norm Shealy

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Qi Gong with Dr. Steven Aung
Yoga with Dr. Mark Sherman

Opening by Dr. David Suzuki, PhD

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Warren Bell, MD

INTEGRATION: THE EVOLUTION OF HEALTH CARE

Panel: WALKING THE TALK: A DISCUSSION OF POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Candace Pert, PhD

HEALTH, EMOTIONS AND INFLAMMATION

There is increasingly more solid data that wellness and illness, feeling go(o)d versus feeling lousy or "stressed," is mediated by our emotional states which are molecules in our “bodymind” which form a psychosomatic network regulating all aspects of our physiology.

While our thoughts, beliefs, and emotions have been proven to influence the progress of chronic diseases (such as cancer, arthritis, and obesity), increasingly scientists are recognizing that toxins which enter our body provoke states of inflammation whose intensity are influenced by our emotional states. Dr Pert will also describe evidence linking addictions to spiritual yearnings beyond the biochemical.

A Catered Reception at the Royal BC Museum with live entertainment by the Brooke Maxwell Trio

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Qi Gong with Dr. Steven Aung
Yoga with Dr. Mark Sherman

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Norm Shealy, MD, PhD

HOLISM IN EVOLUTION

The concept of holism, introduced by Jan Smuts in 1926, began its initial mention in medical literature three decades later, burst into psychology in the 1960’s and finally reached the outer limits of medicine in 1978. It has not yet reached the inner circle of conventional medicine. Eight decades after the concept originated, with nominal innovations each decade, the essential essence of holism remains somewhat like the Holy Grail--how do we find and implement the sacred in health care?

Panel: Healing Stories

Closing Remarks and Closing Ceremony
with a performance by award-winning singer and songwriter,
Anne Schaefer .

POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS, MAY 27th

Afternoon

Psychosomatic Wellness: Healing Your Bodymind
Candace Pert, PhD and Michael Ruff, PhD
Venue: University of Victoria. 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Spirituality in Medicine
Dr. Steven Aung, MD, PhD, OMD, FAAFP
Venue: University of Victoria. 2:30pm - 5:30pm

The Equine Apothecary™:
Integrating the Healing Power of Horses with Human Wellness
Sandra Wallin, MA, RCC, BSc, BEd
Venue:Tannalinn Farms, Sooke. 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Spirituality and Healing
Stephen Faulkner, MD
Venue: University of Victoria. 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Advancing to Wholism: Building a Culture
of Integration in the Association of Complementary
and Integrative Physicians of BC
Pamela Rose, BA, PDP Ed, MEd
Venue: University of Victoria. 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Discovering Your Own Pathway to Abundant Wellness: From the Inside Out
Leslie A. Bridger, BSc
Venue: University of Victoria. 2:30pm - 5:30pm

An Introduction to Trager for Self-Healing
Audrey Mairi
Venue: University of Victoria. 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Monday, May 28, 2007

Integration: the best model for health care
Warren Bell, MD
Venue: University of Victoria. 9:00am - 12:30pm

For more information, please visit www.bodyheals.ca/program.html

or www.acpbc.org/

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