2009 Summer Courses
To register for classes, click on the "register now" button by each event. For more information, email us at reservations@totalhealthalliance.net
Thursday, July 16, 6:00 - 7:30pm
"Quit Smoking - Naturally," with Gretchen Heilman, Clinical Herbalist and Holistic Health Counselor with Alive and Awake Healing Arts. You know it's not healthy and you want to quit. For your family, for your body, for yourself. It's time. Find out all natural ways to kick the habit that really work. Very few people get the nutrients they need through diet alone and if you smoke or have smoked your body needs even more support. Find out exercises, healthy foods and herbal remedies designed specifically for smokers, to reduce cravings, promote lung and respiratory health, reduce stress and promote feelings of calmness. It is possible and I'll tell you how! Participants will receive handouts and a gift to support them in quitting for good! $35
Sunday, July 19, 9:00 - 10:30Am
On Sunday, July 19, from 9:00-10:30am, Gretchen Heilman returns to offer "Redefining Diet." Bored with the same old diet? Wondering what is the “right” way to eat? The word "diet" is Greek for “way of life.” This interactive discussion will redefine diet and weight loss. If you are ready to love your body, love yourself, and really love your food, then this lecture is for you. Bring your calendar and a notebook to the session and leave excited, empowered, and in action. Handouts included, including "Top 11 Ways to Weigh Less and Live More." Gretchen is a graduate of Towson University, Intstitute for Integrative Nutrition, and The Tai Sophia Institute for the Healing Arts. $35
Saturday, July 25, 1:00 - 5:00pm
"Neo-Shamanic Energetics," with Marc Felix, Ph.D., psychotherapist and former Clinical Director of the American Pain Foundation. After completing a shamanic apprenticeship with an Apache Medicine Chief, Marc moved away from the 'diagnosis and treatment' models of mainstream psychology.This workshop is an introduction to a developing new paradigm that combines elements of ancient shamanism, archetypal psychology, and contemporary quantum theory. This is a powerful alternative to the Newtonian model of reality that limits most people, including many professional healthcare practitioners. The workshop will include exercises for putting the model into practice. In this intensive, attendees will have the opportunity to explore the problem with 'diagnosis and treatment,' the problem with 'symptoms,' and the problem with 'problems'; also, the collective unconscious and some ways to use it; and the role of grace, miracles, and playfulness in relationship to health. Program fee: $55.
Saturday, August 1, 2009, 10:00 - 2:00pm
Part 1: "Ancestral Foods Workshop," with nutrition counselor Holly Noonan. This is a workshop that illuminates our current food trends by placing them in historical context. It has been said that our food has changed more in the last 30 years than in the previous 30,000 years. In what ways has it changed? Are our bodies having a hard time keeping up? What were the traditional foods passed down in your family and how far back does the tradition go? Has the recent globalization of our food supply affected your family? This workshop introduces some ancestral food recipes and tells you where to get the ingredients locally. Part 2: "World Foods Workshop."After lunch, a nutrition workshop that illuminates our current food trends by placing them in international context. Take a peek inside the kitchens of families in ten foreign countries with a powerpoint slideshow to see what they eat and what it looks like. These families and their countries are in various stages of “modernization.” How much food comes in packages? How much is refined or imported vs. fresh and local? How much meat do they eat? How much sugar? What oil do they use for cooking? Do a little armchair traveling around the world to explore our world’s foodscape, and then bring it home to your kitchen. This workshop introduces some exotic food recipes and tells
you where to get the ingredients locally. Please bring a bag lunch. Both workshops, $35