Examples of Future Workshops To Be Offered in 2009

Winter 2009	Lifelong, Ithaca, NY: Positive Psychology: Examining Our Self- Talk and Attitudes for Longevity and Happiness - 7 hours
Spring 2009	Cornell Undergraduate Health Cooperative Committee: Sick in America 2009 – one-day event with 1-hour seminars on Wellness, Meditation and Reiki
Summer 2009	Ithaca, NY – Usui Reiki III Master/Teacher Attunement – 2 days
Summer 2009	Ithaca, NY – Usui Reiki I Attunement – 5 -hour workshop
Summer 2009	Cornell Adult University, Ithaca, NY: Global Philosophies of Wellness and Healing: East Meets West. Through lectures, discussions, and exercises, we will explore and experience Complementary and Alternative Modalities (CAM), philosophies of Eastern and Western medicine, and strategies for locating competent CAM practitioners – 5-day course summer 2009
Summer 2009	Creative Catering, Seattle, WA: Reducing Stress and Going Within to Increase Creativity – 2 days
Summer 2009	Ithaca, NY – Usui Reiki II Attunement – 6-hour workshop

Examples of Past Workshops I Have Offered

Reiki I, II and III group Attunements, workshops and sessions in California, New Jersey, New York and Washington.

Cornell Adult University, Ithaca, NY: Creating Wellness: The Mind and Body Connection. Recent research validates how thoughts and emotions deeply affect body chemistry and function. Through meditation, stress release, lecture, discussion, stretching, breathing and laughter, we explored wellness and wellbeing – 5 day course summer 2008

Cornell University Workshops and Seminars:

Industrial Labor Relations Retreat, Villa Roma, Callicoon, NY: Meditation/Relaxation Stress Management Seminar – 3½ hours

Wellness Seminar: Therapies for Depression: Pharmacological, Talk, and Alternative Therapies – 3 hours

Information Technology Systems: Learning to Meditate and Release Stress - three Meditation Courses of five 1½ hour sessions each, and two Stress Management workshops – 1½ hours each

Library Services Wellbeing Month: Meditation/Stress Management and Taking Care of Ourselves - two 3-hour sessions

Asian and Asian American Forum: Spring Into Relaxation – three ½-hour meditation sessions

Orientation Freshman Class: Stress Management seminar – 2 hours

Facilities and Finance: Learning to Meditate Course – five 1½-hour sessions

Wellness Program – Eight Meditation Courses for faculty, staff and students. Each course: 1½ hours/week for 6 weeks

Wellness Informational Series: Complementary and Alternative Modalities and How to Locate a Competent Practitioner – 1 hour

Johnson Graduate School of Management: Meditation to Relieve Stress – 1 hr

Dorms/Fraternities/Sororities: Stress Reduction – 1-2 hour workshops

Cayuga Medical Center of Ithaca, NY:

Women’s Heart Advantage Forum: How to Release Stress for Heart Health – 1 hour

Psychiatric Unit for Mental Health Staff: How to De-stress Yourself and Your Patients - 1 ½ hours

Guthrie Clinic Physician Group, Ithaca, NY: Meditate and De-stress – 2 hours

Prostate Cancer Support Group: Concepts of Illness and Wellness – 2 hours

Louis Gossett Adolescent Residential Facility, Lansing, NY: Training Day for Educators: Stress Management and Meditation Seminar - 8 hours

Paleontological Research Institute, Ithaca, NY: Stress Management and Meditation Course – 1 ½ hour/week for 5 weeks

Alternatives Federal Credit Union, Ithaca, NY: How to Manage Stress as Small Business Owners – 1 hour

Food Bank of the Southern Tier, Elmira, NY: Taking Care of Ourselves at Work and Home – 8 hours

Catholic Charities of the Southern Tier Staff Retreat Day, Corning NY:

Relaxation and stress management – 3 hour workshop
Gateways Staff Retreat Day: Taking Care of Ourselves: reconnecting with our spirit and bringing more love, peace and joy into our lives and our workplace – 6 hours

Nature’s Song Retreat, Danby, NY: A Women’s Spirituality Workshop: Taking Care of Our Mind, Body and Spirit - 7 hours

Gentle Earth Raw Food Retreat Spa, Lansing, NY: Learn to Meditate – two 1 hour meditation sessions

Transitions Counseling for Healthy Living EAP Program:

Corning School District, Corning, NY: Key note speaker for 400 educational staff and presenter for two 1-hour stress management sessions
Corning School District, East High School, Corning, NY: How to Manage Stress and Take Better Care Of Ourselves – 1 hour
Painted Post School District, Painted Post, NY: How to Manage Stress – a series of four 1-hour workshops on managing stress: individually; at work; at home; and how aspects of your environment affect your ability to cope with stress.

Ithaca College, NY:

Integrative Health Studies, visiting Adjunct instructor: Meditation and Reiki - each semester two 1 ¼ hour classes
Care-giver Program: Stressful Emotions for Care-givers – 3 hours

Cortland State University College at Cortland: Meditation and Relaxation - Meditation course for summer session – 1 ½ hours for 5 sessions

Ithaca City School District Superintendent’s Conference Day: Health, Safety, and Wellness – two 1 hour sessions

AIM Independent Living Centers, Corning, NY: Maintaining Health and Peace In Our Lives – 3-hour meditation workshop

Women’s Opportunity Center, Ithaca, NY: De-stressing and Taking Better Care of Ourselves – 2-hour sessions each year

Tompkins County Senior Citizen Council, Ithaca, NY - two Meditation Courses of 1 ½ hours/week for 5 weeks

GreenStar Coop, Ithaca, NY – each 1¼ hour class

Stress Management
What is Meditation
Taking Care of Ourselves
Finding Joy in Winter Ithaca
What is Reiki