The Academy for
Guided Imagery
and its co-sponsoring organizations
present:
IMAGERY,
SUGGESTION, AND
MIND/BODY MEDICINE
AGI’s
First International Webcast
Co-Sponsoring
Organizations
Academy for Guided Imagery
The Academy for Guided
Imagery was founded in 1989 to educate and support
practicing clinicians and health educators in the uses
of imagery-related approaches to therapy and healing.
Since its founding, the Academy has become the
preeminent organization teaching health professionals
and educators how to work directly with the imagery
process. The Academy provides Certification training
in Interactive Guided imagerysm,
a clinical approach which evokes the patient's own inner
resources to enhance health and healing. For more
information, please visit www.acadgi.com.
American
Health Association
The American Health
Association is a non-profit 501(c)3 California
corporation that conducts integrative medicine
research, consultations, and program development, and
provides financial and administrative support for
innovative research programs, training curricula, and
scientific publications related to improving health
care delivery in America. Integrative medicine is the
"evidence based" integration of conventional and
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to attain
optimal health for both patients and practitioners.
American Holistic Medical Association
AHMA's mission is to
increase awareness, understanding and practice of the
basic tenets of holistic medicine. We have worked 29+
years to transform healthcare to integrate all aspects
of well-being (physical, environmental, mental,
emotional, spiritual and social health). We are a
voice for holistic medicine in matters of public
information, professional representation and public
policy. We are an advocate for integrative, holistic
healthcare. For more info, visit www.holisticmedicine.org.
American
Holistic Nurses Association
The American
Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) is a non-profit
membership association for nurses and other holistic
healthcare professionals, working to advance the philosophy
and practices of holistic nursing. AHNA promotes the
education of nurses, other professionals, and the public in
all aspects of holistic caring and healing. The efforts of
AHNA have resulted in the recognition of holistic nursing
as an “official nursing specialty” by the American Nurses
Association. For more information, please visit
www.ahna.org.
American Qigong Association
As the United States
chapter of the Worldwide Qigong Federation, the
Association brings together scientists, professionals,
institutions, and lay people to promote research and
education related to Qigong. It establishes standards
of practice and training for instructors and
practitioners, acts as a clearinghouse for Qigong
information and is a reference center for services for
individual clients, Qigong masters, teachers, and
practitioners. For more information, please
visit www.eastwestqi.com/aqa/.
American
University of Complementary Medicine
AUCM was founded to
develop competently trained practitioners,
theoreticians, educators, and researchers in the
world’s foremost natural forms of medicine and ancient
healing arts. It boasts the country’s first
state-approved Doctor of Ayurvedic Medicine (Ay.D.),
Doctor of Homeopathic Medicine (D.H.M.) and Ph.D. in
Classical Chinese Medicine degree programs. AUCM also
provides eight certificate programs and four other
degree programs, including an M.S. in Nutritional
Medicine.
For
more information, please visit www.aucm.org.
Association
for Humanistic Psychology
AHP’s mission
is to enhance the quality of human experience and to
advance the evolution of human consciousness. Principles
upon which AHP is based include a deep commitment to
integrity in personal and professional interactions,
authenticity and trust in human relationships, compassion
and skill in deep listening, and respect for the mystery,
interdependence, value, and essential oneness of all
beings. For more information, please visit
www.ahpweb.org.
Aurelis Project (Belgium)
The AURELIS (AUtosuggetion
RELaxation Inner Strength) Project uses autosuggestion as a
means tocommunicate with the subconscious and to direct its
tremendous power in order to gain better health and well
being. Developed by Jean-Luc Mommaerts, MD, MSc, The
AURELIS Project addresses the burgeoning amount of
psychosomatic illnesses and addictions, the need for
self-care, and the possibility of transgressing into a new
way of medical thinking that is consistent with the
scientific principles of the present one. For more
information, please visit www.aurelis.org.
California
School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) at
Alliant International University
The mission
of CSPP is to provide the highest quality education,
training, research and service in professional psychology
and related human services fields. We strive to improve the
quality of life by addressing major contemporary issues in
a problem-solving way, by fostering respect for human
diversity in a multicultural society and by combating
discrimination in all of its forms, especially racism,
sexism and heterosexism. For more information, please
visit www.alliant.edu/cspp.
Center
for Mind-Body Medicine
The Center for
Mind-Body Medicine is a non-profit, educational
organization dedicated to reviving the spirit and
transforming the practice of medicine. The Center’s model
combines the precision of modern science with the wisdom of
the world’s healing traditions, to help health
professionals heal themselves, their patients and clients,
and their communities. The Center offers professional
training programs in: Mind-Body Medicine, Food As Medicine
and CancerGuides®, along with Healing the Wounds of
War, a global
trauma outreach program using mind-body medicine for
population-wide healing. For more information, please
visit www.cmbm.org.
The
Council for Healing
Founded by Daniel J.
Benor, MD, ABHM, The Council for Healing is a network
of representatives from diverse branches of healing
including training organizations, researchers and
individual healing practitioners. The mission of the
nonprofit organization is to promote the understanding
of healing and advance access to healing. Members are
involved in education training and practice,
collaboration, research, and public speaking. The
Council acts as a resource to consumers, mainstream
medical providers and public policy makers. For more
information, please visit www.councilforhealing.org.
East
West Academy of Healing Arts
The East West
Academy of Healing Arts teaches the Chow Integrated Healing
System developed by the EWAHA’s Founder and Director Effie
Poy Yew Chow, CPA. The pragmatic system combines modern
Western health practices, ancient Traditional Chinese
Medicine, and Dr. Chow's original concepts of a total
integrated approach to health of the body, mind, and
spirit. Qigong is the basic underlying component of The
Chow System based on the classic Chinese theory that a
powerful energy system exists in the body, and flows
through known energy pathways. For more information, please
visit www.eastwestqi.com.
The Healing Mind
Founded by
Martin Rossman, MD, The Healing Mind (THM) is an
evidence-based source of guided imagery self-care tools and
products, including books, CDs and CD programs by leading
experts in the field. THM also initiates and collaborates
in clinical research on guided imagery effects on health
and self-care. Extensive research exists that demonstrates
the effectiveness of relaxation, meditation, and guided
imagery in a wide range of health-related conditions. For
research reviews, articles, products and free audio
samples, please visit
www.thehealingmind.org.
Holos University Graduate Seminary
The Seminary
serves as an institution that amplifies the research
dealing with spiritually-based holistic healing. Extending
its Judeo-Christian heritage, it emphasizes completely
ecumenical and spiritual approaches that fulfill a growing
need in contemporary communities. As a Seminary, Holos
places special emphasis on the spiritual aspects of its
studies and research. As a University, Holos strives to
uphold the highest standards of excellence in teaching and
scientific research and seeks to serve as a bridge between
primarily academic institutions and primarily religious
institutions. For more info, please visit
http://www.hugs-edu.org/index.php.
Imagery
Resources
Founded by David Bresler,
PhD, LAc, Imagery Resources produces and distributes
books, CDs, DVDs, and self-study courses for health
care professionals, health educators, coaches, lay
therapists, and the public. These include self-study
programs for pain control, stress and anxiety
management, improving sleep, relieving depression,
preparing for surgery or medical procedures,
overcoming trauma, smoking cessation, and other
lifestyle challenges.
Institute
of Noetic Sciences
IONS is a
nonprofit membership organization that conducts and
sponsors leading-edge research into the potentials and
powers of consciousness - including perceptions, beliefs,
attention, intention, and intuition. The Institute explores
phenomena that do not necessarily fit conventional
scientific models, while maintaining a commitment to
scientific rigor. An integrated research and educational
program focuses on the interfaces between consciousness,
science and society in three principal areas: Extended
Human Capacities; Integral Health and Healing; and Emerging
World Views. For more information, please visit
www.noetic.org.
Integrative
Practitioner
Integrative
Practitioner, a new online community for practitioners of
integrative medicine, brings together practitioners from a
variety of backgrounds and disciplines to share knowledge
and experience about integrative medicine and patient care.
The Community already has more than 2,200 qualified
members, including physicians, chiropractors,
acupuncturists, naturopaths, herbalists, nurses,
traditional healers, dieticians and massage therapists. In
all, they represent more than 30 disciplines and come from
15 countries and all 50 states. This groundswell of early
support for the Community demonstrates how essential
collaboration and knowledge sharing are for advancing
integrative medicine and helping patients. For more
information, please visit www.integrativepractitioner.com.
International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and
Energy Medicine
ISSSEEM is an
interdisciplinary organization for the study of the
basic sciences and medical and therapeutic
applications of subtle energies. The Society was
organized for the purpose of improving human health
and welfare through the advancement of education,
practice, training, and research in the emerging field
of subtle energies and energy medicine by (a)
increasing the knowledge of the membership about the
fields of subtle energies and energy medicine via
meetings, educational programs, publications, and
special interest groups; (b) improving applications of
subtle energies and energy medicine through high
standards of professional practice, peer review,
ethics, and education; (c) promoting Independent
Exploration Groups; and (d) disseminating information
to the public about subtle energies and energy
medicine. For more information, please visit
www.issseem.org.
Israel
Center for Mind-Body Medicine
The Israel Center for
Mind-Body Medicine was co-founded in 1998 by
Naturopathic Physicians Dr. Paul Epstein and Dr.
Nimrod Sheinman as an educational, training and
clinical institute. The Center's work is dedicated to
the significance and power of the mind-body
connection, to the integration of western psychology
with eastern traditions, and to the influence of
spirituality on daily life. The Center's model applies
the science of mind-body medicine with the wisdom of
the world's healing traditions. For more information,
please visit www.mindbody.co.il.
Pacific
Graduate School of Psychology
The Pacific Graduate
School of Psychology (PGSP) is a private, independent
institution of higher education, located in Palo Alto,
California, offering graduate and undergraduate
degrees in psychology. Outstanding faculty and
excellent research and clinical training opportunities
prepare students from around the world for a
successful future in psychology. For more info,
visit www.pgsp.edu.
Saybrook
Graduate School
Saybrook provides a
premier learning environment rooted in humanistic
values and dynamically relevant to our times. Our
mentored distance education model integrates
scholarship, practice and service to support our
students in pursuing their life’s work where they can
make a difference in their own life and the lives of
others. We are educating the next generation of
scholar-practitioner-activists to create a more humane
and sustainable world. For more info, visit
www.saybrook.edu.
University of Philosophical Research
The
University of Philosophical Research is a graduate-level
distance learning university, nationally accredited by the
DETC. Employing a leading-edge, internationally renowned
faculty and a curriculum which incorporates the latest
research in modern knowledge paradigms and all the wisdom
traditions of the world, it offers Masters Degree programs
in Consciousness Studies and Transformational Psychology,
representing an emerging cross-discipline approach to the
study of human consciousness and transformation. For more
info, please visit www.uprs.edu.
Walden University
Walden University provides
career professionals with the opportunity to transform
themselves as scholar-practitioners so that they may
transform society. Walden University envisions a
distinctively different 21st-century learning
community where knowledge is judged worthy to the
degree that it can be applied by its graduates to the
immediate solutions of critical societal challenges,
thereby advancing the greater global good. For more
info, please visit www.waldenu.edu.
Wellness Inventory
The Wellness Inventory is a
holistic assessment and life-balance program designed to
help you gain personal insight into your state of physical,
emotional, and spiritual well-being. Based on the work of
wellness pioneer John W. Travis, MD, MPH, the online
program offers guidance and tools to transform this new
awareness into sustainable lifestyle change, and a renewed
sense of health and well-being. For more information,
please visit www.WellPeople.com.
Wild
Devine
Wild Divine creates
effective and engaging biofeedback solutions to
promote self-care and wellness. By integrating the use
of proven biofeedback technology with creative,
computer-based tools, our programs help to reduce
stress and optimize physical and mental health. Our
newest product, Healing Rhythms, is beautifully
interactive 15-Step Training program featuring
powerfully effective breathing, meditation and guided
imagery training from Deepak Chopra, Dean Ornish and
Andrew Weil. Visit www.wilddivine.com.
World Qigong Federation
The World Qigong
Federation brings Qigong Masters and practitioners,
scientists and researchers together to exchange
information and to broaden the influence of Qigong in
mainstream health care and all aspects of life. Goals
of the organization include promoting global unity
through promotion of Qigong as an effective mainstream
method of healing, and as a way of enhancing the
quality of life; defining Qigong as an essential
component of Complementary Alternative Medicine(CAM);
fostering cooperation among National Qigong
Associations, while preserving their national
character and uniqueness; and research. For more
information, please visit www.eastwestqi.com/wqf/wqf.htm.
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