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Action Health Presents ......
Calendar of Events
Tai Chi Chuan Symposium
Healing Touch
Yoga
Massage Therapy
Camp Carousel
In Closing ...
Feature Article
Rick Jones - Massage Therapy
 
Announcing ...
 
 
In his new book, Dr. Floyd Chilton proposes we can achieve the benefits of calorie restriction without cutting calories.  
 
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June  12,  2009 
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Anxiety:  Prevention and Complementary Therapies for Children and Adolescents by Kathi J. Kemper, MD, MPH  (Requires Free Medscape Membership Login)
 
The Integrator Blog ~ News, Reports, Opinion & Networking for the Business, Education, Policy and Practice of Integrative Medicine, CAM, and IHC.
 
The Proximity Hotel, Greensboro NC, USA ~ The Greenest Hotel in America
 
University of Minnesota Valuable On-Line Training  in Integrative Medicine at NO COST!  Masters' Level Training Program on Health Coaching.   University of  Minnesota Center for Spirituality  and Healing.
 
ActionHealth Presents ... 

Farmer's Market at Piedmont Plaza 

food
 
May 28th thru October 15th
Thursdays 12:00-5:30pm
Piedmont Plaza Parking Deck
For More Information Call:  713-WELL
Calendar of  Events
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  12-30 - Be Well with Brenner Month at BestHealth.   Events  sponsored by Brenner Children's Hospital. 
 
A Conversation with Daniel (4pm)
 
  15 - Women's Health Center of Excellence - Lunch with Wonderful Women Series [brown bag].  12-1, CCC Rooms 2A&B.  Visit the Education Page.
 
  18 -  ActionHealth - Caring for Older Loved Ones (12-1)
 
  18 & 25 - Action Health - "Low Down" on High Blood Pressure 
 
  25 -ActionHealth - Be a FIT Family.  (12-1) Call  713-8001. 
 
  26 - Jul 3 - Sacred Synthesis: Science with Heart.  The International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine - 19th Annual Conference. 
 
 
  29 - Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM).   June thru November Events.
 
  30 - Jul 1 -  FoodMed 2009 - Third International Conference on Healthy Food in Healthcare.  Detroit, MI. 

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  7 - ActionHealth - Breastfeeding Success Classes.  Tuesdays  for  3  weeks (5:30-7:30).  
  

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   26-18  -  National Environmental Public Health Conference.  Atlanta, GA
 
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  12-13 -  Society of Integrative Oncology's Sixth International CME Conference:  Revitalizing Health Care: Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Programs and Whole Systems Research 
International  Tai Chi  Chuan  Symposium
The Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, will host the first International Tai Chi Chuan Symposium on Health, Education and Cultural Exchange in the US that gathers 5 grandmasters of traditional Tai Chi Chuan, academic researchers, and health professionals.

Traditional Tai Chi Chuan ~ A View Through the Lens of Science

July 5-10, 2009

 For more information, visit the Tai Chi Symposium website. 
 Healing Touch ~ Monthly Meetings
We will meet in the Sticht Center Auditorium on Serenity Sundays from 1-5 pm.  This time is for students or HealingTouch Practitioners to come and receive.   Please mark your calendars for the rest of this year & plan to join us to practice and to receive HealingTouch.
        • June 21
        • July  26
        • August  30
        • September 27
        • October  25
        • November  22
        • December  27

Bring your pillow and blanket.  Massage Tables will be provided.  Blessings to all.  Hope you will join us!   Deborah Larrimore

New  Yoga Sessions in OCCC  ~  2009-2010
Four six-week sessions from Sept. 2009 through April 2010:
  • September 10 thru October 22 (no class on October 1)
  • November 5 thru December 17 (no class on November 26)
  • January 14 thru February 18
  • March 11 thru April 15

For more information, please contact:  Lynn Felder (lynn@artsofyoga.com).

Massage Therapy
 
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) -
The Latest on PubMed for Massage  
 
 
Free Download on Mindfulness by Dr. Siegel
 
 
19th Annual Camp Carousel  -  July 20-24
 
Camp Carousel is hosted by Hospice & Palliative CareCenter of Winston-Salem, and WFUBMC's Brenner Children's Hospital has been a generous sponsor for years. 

 
They need your help in identifying children, adolescents, teens, and adults who may benefit from support in coping with the death of a loved one.   Camp Carousel offers grief support groups, art and music therapy, animal-assisted therapy, and a variety of fun activities, including a cookout, releasing ceremony and a drumming circle.  The Camp Carousel groups serve children ages 6-12, teenagers, and adults. 
 
For more information, contact the Hospice & Palliative CareCenter Grief Counseling Center or call 336.331.1319.
In Closing ...
For future PCIM updates, the Calendar of Events will only contain new events.  However, all Calendar of Events will be posted on the new PCIM website. 
 
The Next PCIM Leadership Meeting will be July 13 at 1pm in the Patient Logistics Conference Room (Main Floor, Reynolds Tower).
 
If you have any feedback, or if you would like to add items to the PCIM meeting agenda, website, or newsletter, please contact Lauren Azevedo (336.716.9398 ). 
 
Very Kind Regards,
 
Lauren Azevedo
Program Manager
Program for Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center