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HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY CALENDAR
If you want to find
out what’s going on in New England in the alternative or integrative
healthcare scene, we encourage you to check out our new, online
Community Calendar on our Web site at
www.IntegrativeMedAlliance.org. Under “Events” click on “Calendar
of Events”.
Below are some
highlights from our online Community Calendar, located on the IMA
website at
http://www.integrativemedalliance.org/events_calendarofevents.asp.
The IMA's Online
Community Calendar is an advertising service for New England and
national health and wellness-related events. We can accept postings of
up to 130 words in length. Online Community Calendar Posting Policy
and Rates: IMA Business and Non-Profit Partners can post all their
events for FREE. There is also NO CHARGE for anyone posting events
that are free and open to the public. If your event is not free and
you are not an IMA Partner, we charge $25 per posting and will invoice
you. To submit an event to the Calendar: E-mail our Calendar of Events
Coordinator, Theresa Ochenkoski, at
IMA_Calendar@yahoo.com and please let her know whether you are an
IMA Partner. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. To learn
more about becoming an IMA Partner, visit http://www.integrativemedalliance.org/helping_partners_program.asp.
SAVE THE DATE: PANEL DISCUSSION AND
NETWORKING/SOCIAL:
"When The Pain
Won't Quit, Healthcare Must Not Either!"
Thursday, December 2, 2004, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
145 Harrison Avenue
Sackler
Building, Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
A panel presentation sponsored jointly by the Master of Science in
Pain Research, Education and Policy Tufts University School of
Medicine and the Integrative Medicine Alliance. Networking and
social hour to follow.
Deepening Relationships -
Implementing Integrative Care
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - Saturday, October 23, 2004
Black Point Inn
Scarborough Maine
Keynote speakers include: Christiane Northrup, MD, Diana Schwarzbein,
MD, Christina Baldwin and Richard Rockefeller, MD. Third annual True
North Conference with co-sponsors the Institute for Functional
Medicine and the American Holistic Medical Association. Once again we
are bringing together an extraordinary group of nationally-known
experts in Integrative Care who will give you practical information
you can use on Monday morning. We'll address science-based evidence
supporting relationship's role in healing, gender issues in medicine,
nutrition, functional medicine and more. Experience the renewal and
re-enchantment of your practice and learn the how-to's of starting an
integrative center of your own during three spectacular fall days
oceanside in Maine! For complete information, call (877) 821-4488 or
go to
www.truenorthhealthcenter.org
BOSTON HERBAL TOURS - BOTÁNICAS
CULTURAL USES OF HERBS IN LATINO AND HAITIAN COMMUNITIES
Saturday, October 23, 2004, 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
88
East Newton Street
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
CME Credit-approved in partnership with BU School of Medicine
The
Integrative Medicine Alliance is proud to cosponsor Boston Herbal
Tours: Botánicas, an initiative the Boston Healing Landscape Project
at Boston Medical Center. This unique educational tour will run on
Saturday, October 23rd, 2004 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Traditional
healing practices originating in Cuba, Haiti, and other parts of the
Caribbean flourish in Boston, where local botánicas sell herbs, roots,
and other remedies. This tour will take you through a morning of
lectures on such herbal medicines by faculty from MGH and the Mass.
College of Pharmacy, and on cross-cultural medicine practices by
faculty from the BU School of Medicine, followed by an afternoon tour
of Boston’s Cuban and Haitian botánicas, with a talk by Cuban santero
Steve Quintana, and Vodou priest Erol Josué.
Cost of the tour is $170 including lunch ($145 for IMA members and
full-time students!).
For more information and to register: Contact Dr. Linda Barnes at Linda.Barnes@bmc.org
or at 617-414-4534.
Introduction to Bones for
Life
Saturday, October 30, 2004
Institute for Body, Mind, and
Spirituality
Cambridge, MA
Saturday, October 30, 2004 from 10:30 am - 4:30 pm Bones for LifeTM is
a program for stimulating bone strength through dynamic movement and
weight bearing posture. Ruthy Alon, the Originator and Senior Trainer
in the Feldenkrais Method® is the international Director of the BFL
Teacher Certification Program. The Bones for LifeTM program teaches
movement "processes" that help individuals relearn how to stimulate
bone health more efficiently, safely, and harmoniously. Participants
will learn easy, gentle bone strengthening and aligning movement
processes that can be done anywhere and can improve posture, balance,
breathing, coordination, and vitality. BFL is proving to be of great
value to men's and women's health no matter what their age or
condition. Participants should wear loose-fitting clothes suitable for
movement and bring a mat or towel for floor exercises. For more info
call Lesley University Telephone: 617 349-8179
Energy Healing for
Healthcare Professionals:
Developing Your Skills
Saturday, November 6, 2004, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00
p.m.
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital - Medford
101 Main Street, Medford, MA
CEUs will be offered
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network is
pleased to present its Third Annual Conference on "Energy Healing for
Healthcare Professionals: Developing Your Skills" on Saturday,
November 6, 2004 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Spaulding
Rehabilitation Hospital Medford on 101 Main Street in Medford, MA.
Come learn about new perspectives on energy therapies from experienced
practitioners. CEUs will be offered. For additional information,
click
www.spauldingrehab.org/documents/Education/medford04energyhealing.pdf
or call 781-391-7518 Ext. 235.
Women's Health Forum 2004
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Boston
Marriott Copley Place
Boston, MA
Sponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital. 8AM-4:30PM. The 6th Annual
Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Friends :Health issues for women of all
ages! Workshops on health topics, Health screening and information.
Key note speakers author Christiane Northrup MD,and CBS4 news anchor
Liz Walker. $55 first person; $35 each additional person. Registration
800-BWH-9999(M-F 8AM to 5PM)
www.brighamandwomens.org
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