Ontario Association of Naturopathic Physicians  
Professional Training in Mindfulness and Mind-Body Therapy for Health care for Professionals

• FLYER: Mindfulness and Mind-Body Therapy: Intensive 3-Part Professional Training Course
• For more information - Ontario Association of Naturopathic Physicians website: http://www.oand.org/index.php?page=events

Dorr Way to Health (Norwalk, CT)

Beyond Diets Workshop: Weight Loss as a Mind/Body Issue 

June 2009

When weight is not the issue, another diet is not the answer.  Listening to the meaning, message and opportunity of weight as a symptom.

For More Information: http://www.dorrwaytohealth.net/index.html 

NY Insight Meditation Center
The Healing Journey Meets the Spiritual Path: Pain and Illness as a Vehicle for Awakening
July 25, 2009 - 10AM to 5PM 
Fee: $35
Day long retreat/workshop

For more information:  http://nyimc.org/index.php/site/event/the_healing_journey/  

Comfort Zone Yoga
Mindfulness & The Healing Process: The Doctor, The Buddha & YOU
July 16, 2009 - 7PM to 9PM
Fee: $45
CE: Available

For more information:  http://www.comfortzoneyogacenter.com/mindfulnessthehealingprocess.html

Comfort Zone Yoga
The Self Healing Journey
July 17 - 19, 2009

Schedule: Friday 7:00pm to 9:00pm;
Saturday 9:00am to 11:30am & 1:30pm to 3:45pm;
Sunday 9:00am to 11:30am
Fee: $279

CE: Available

For more information: http://www.comfortzoneyogacenter.com/theselfhealingjourney.html

Ongoing Teaching & Speaking

Insight Meditation Community of Fairfield County

Guiding Teacher

Fall 2009 Schedule TBD

Beginners mindfulness classes, ongoing evening sessions and day long retreats

Individual/private instruction available

Dorr Way to Health, Norwalk

Ongoing classes, workshops, lectures and support groups. Topics include: Beyond Diets, Mind/Body Medicine, Mindfulness and Healing

For More Information: http://www.dorrwaytohealth.net/index.html 

Westport Center for Senior Activities

Ongoing Mind/Body Health Class: From Aging to Saging

Thursdays 11AM - 12 NOON

For More Information:  http://www.westportct.gov/agencies/healthandwelfare/seniorcenter.htm

The Graduate Institute

Core Faculty of the Experiential Health and Healing Masters and Holistic Thinking Masters Programs

Topics Include: Seeing with New Eyes, The Self Healing Journey, Mind-Body Integrative Medicine

Past 2009 Speaking Engagements

Y’s Men of Westport/Weston YMCA presentation: Seeing With New Eyes, Mind/Body Integrative Medicine

Hadassah, Norwalk Chapter on Mind-Body Medicine and the Self Healing Journey

Norfield Grange, Mind-Body Healing

St. Francis Episcopal Church, Stamford:  How biography becomes biology, the body bears the burden

Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, Darien:  Discovery Forum on the body-mind connection in healing

Lee Greenburg and Herb Podell Cultural Salons, Westport: Listening to the meaning and message and opportunity of stress, pain and illness

Adult Continuing Education (Stamford, Wilton, Greenwich) 

• Mindfulness and Healing
• Meditation as Medication
• The Healing Power of Happiness
• Mindfulness and Stress Reduction
• How Biography Becomes Biology
• Beyond Diets

NY Insight Mediation Center
2  week class on Wisdom and Compassion, the 2 Wings of a Buddhism

• Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
• Sivananda Yoga Retreat in Nassau, Bahamas
  *Healing the Spiritual Heart Program…co-taught week long program

Training for health care professionals on Yoga, Mindfulness and Mind-Body Therapy

Speaker at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC to graduates

Gave a teleclass presentation at NY Insight Meditation Center (day long retreat/workshop)

Wainright House in Rye, NY taught a lecture and workshop

Guiding teacher of the Insight Mediation Community of Fairfield County taught beginners classes and co-lead our ongoing evening sessions

Core Faculty at the Graduate Institute Experiential Health and Healing Masters Program and the Holistic Thinking Masters Program.

Westport Center for Senior Activities…ongoing Mind-Body Health Class

Continuing Education Classes for Greenwich, Wilton and Stamford

Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors Annual Convention

October 17 - 19, 2008, Niagra Falls, Canada

http://www.oand.org/events/convention/default.aspx

Keynote Presentation with Paul Epstein, ND
Mind-Body Integrative Medicine – Seeing with New Eyes: The Self Healing Journey

Professional Training Dates:

Toronto, Canada
Feb 6-8, 2009
April 3-5, 2009
June 5, 2009 (webinar)

Yoga, Mindfullness and Mind-Body Therapy Certification Course

Dr. Paul Epstein and Shambudas Chaitanya

Course Details

This course is a comprehensive training in mind-body skills, providing an understanding of the science and principles of mind-body healing and the art of teaching practical healing techniques. Participants will learn how to integrate mind-body healing knowledge and practice into their personal and/or professional life for the healing of self and others.

Teaching techniques during the course will include guided inquiry and silent reflection, silent meditation practice, lecture and discussion, case histories, and experiential exercises. There will be the opportunity to work with Dr. Paul Epstein one-on-one and in groups.

Participants will learn how to effectively use and integrate mind-body perspectives, skills, therapies and techniques of guided imagery, relaxation, breathing, yoga therapy, self-awareness, mindfulness meditation, cognitive restructuring, group support and whole person psychotherapies to facilitate the healing process.

Curriculum

• When biology becomes biography.
• Illness and pain as opportunity (for self-growth and personal development)
• How to listen within to the meaning and message of illness and pain.
• Diagnosis, identity and non-attachment based on the premise that “you are not your disease”.
• Grief and forgiveness for those dealing with bereavement and terminal illness.
• Stress and lifestyle management.
• What healing is and how it happens.

Presenters

Dr. Paul Epstein

Dr. Paul Epstein is a naturopathic physician, mind-body therapist, and a meditation and yoga teacher. He specializes in the therapeutic application of mindfulness meditation which he integrates in his teachings with mind-body therapies and psychotherapy. Dr. Paul Epstein’s training includes intensive studies in yoga, Buddhist meditation, stress reduction and clinical guided imagery. He is a regular contributor to health magazines in the USA, including the magazine Health and Spirituality.

Shambudas Chaitanya

Shambudas Chaitanya is a long-time staff member of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center and currently a full-time staff member of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat. He is an experienced yoga teacher and a much-loved teacher of yogic techinques for healing the body and mind.

For everyone interested in healing including yoga teachers, health professionals, caregivers, and individuals on a healing journey. CE credits available. Kripalu Center Flyer.

Dis-ease tells a story, not just about our cells and a diagnosis, but about our self and our life. Listening to this story, we are led to the truth of what happened to us and the emotions that lie at the core of our authentic being. This comprehensive training in mind-body skills will teach you how to look and listen within to discover the message and meaning hidden inside pain and symptoms,

Through guided inquiry, silent reflection, meditation, lecture, discussion, case histories, and group support, you will learn to apply the principles of mind-body healing.

The curriculum includes:

• How biography becomes biology … the body bears the burden
  How to integrate guided imagery, relaxation, breathing, yoga therapy, self-awareness, mindfulness meditation, and internal family systems therapy to facilitate the self healing journey
• What healing is, how it happens … re-membering and releasing carried burdens
• How to be with and embrace our truth with wisdom and compassion
• Skillful means in medicine …. illness as opportunity for awakening
• Unconditional presence and radical acceptance …. spiritual maturity

Note Graduates of this course earn a certificate. Registered yoga teachers can receive credit toward RYT500 with the Yoga Alliance.

Paul Epstein, ND, is a naturopathic physician, mind-body therapist, mindfulness meditation teacher, and workshop leader. A 1984 graduate of the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, he did a residency in behavioral medicine, stress, and lifestyle counseling. He has trained in the Internal Family Systems Model of Psychotherapy, studied at the Academy for Clinical Guided Imagery, completed the 3 year training program for meditation teachers at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and is a certified yoga teacher. He co(-)founded the Israel Center for Mind-Body Medicine, was featured in the May/June 2007 issue of Spirituality and Health Magazine, travels world-wide leading mindful healing retreats and maintains a private practice in Westport, Connecticut.

Sivananda Yoga Ranch, Woodbourne, Catskills, NY

Wainwright House

New Age Spa Health Spa

How Biography Becomes the Biology

The Body Bears the Burden
Our diseases tell a story, not just about our cells, but about our selves, our histories. By listening to their story, we are led to emotions that lie at the core of our authentic being. This evening, through lecture, discussion, guided imagery and meditation exercises, we will explore how to listen and discover the meaning of the stories our illnesses tell. We’ll explore how our life histories, childhood hurts, traumas and stresses affect our health, and how healing happens when we engage our inner healer and unburden ourselves from the wounds of our life story. Illness is an opportunity to embark on a journey of self-healing and awakening, to come home to our true and authentic self.

How Biography Becomes the Biology (17220A)

Sessions: 1 Dates: 10/21/2008 to 10/21/2008 Meeting Time: Tuesday 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Location: Greenwich High School - 120 Instructor: Paul Epstein Fees: $29.00 (Class Fee)

Meditation and Stress Reduction

Finding Your Path to Inner Peace and Serenity
Learn to relate to life from a place of equanimity and calm, and live with less stress, fear and clinging.
Studies show that 80% of visits to the Doctor are for stress related complaints.  Studies also show that mindfulness meditation is a powerfully effective therapeutic tool in reducing stress and helping in the treatment and prevention of disease. Learn how to better face and relate to your stresses, pain and illness and connect with your source of inner strength, wisdom, compassion and healing.  This form of meditation practice is now offered in hospitals, clinics, and medical schools for its health stress reduction and health enhancing benefits.
No Class: 11/17.

Meditation & Stress Reduction (17200A)

Sessions: 3 Dates: 11/3/2008 to 11/24/2008 Meeting Time: Monday 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Location: Greenwich High School - 120 Instructor: Paul Epstein Fees: $59.00 (Class Fee)

The Healing Power of Happiness… Find the Secret to Your Happiness

The 5 Habits of Truly Happy People
While we now all know through studies that show the detrimental effects of stress and negative emotions on health for diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis and more, mounting  evidence in scientific studies now is also showing that positive emotions and happiness are good for your health and are powerful healers.
Explore how  laughter, joy, group support, love, compassion, friendship, caring, expressing your truth, pleasure and following your bliss is good for your body, mind and spirit and is medicine that can help heal you.  Where is your happiness? Where is your healing? Get happy, Get healthy!
No Class: 11/17.

The Healing Power of Happiness (17210A)

Sessions: 3 Dates: 11/3/2008 to 11/24/2008 Meeting Time: Monday 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM Location: Greenwich High School - 120 Instructor: Paul Epstein Fees: $59.00 (Class Fee)

Wilton

www.wilton.k12.ct.us and click on Continuing Education to see brochure….writeups are there under Wellness. Happiness on Oct. 15 & 22 7-9pm; Meditation, Oct 20 & 27 same time.

Find your path to inner peace and serenity. Learn to relate to life from a place of equanimity and calm and live with less stress and fear. Studies show that mindfulness meditation is a powerful and effective therapeutic tool in reducing stress. Learn how to better face and relate to your stresses and connect with your source of inner strength, wisdom, and compassion.

Meditation & Stress Reduction (PG07)

Sessions:	2
Dates:	10/20/2008 to 10/27/2008
Meeting Time:	Monday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location:	Middlebrook School Room TBD
Instructor:	Dr. Paul Epstein
Fees:	$70.00 (Non-resident Fee)
Discount:	$10 Resident Discount

We now know about the detrimental effects of stress and negative emotions on health. Mounting evidence in scientific studies is also showing that positive emotions and happiness are good for your health and are powerful healers. Explore how laughter, joy, group support, love, compassion, friendship, caring, expressing your truth, pleasure, and following your bliss is good for your body, mind and spirit. Join us to get happy and healthy! Taught by Dr. Paul Epstein, who has been practicing and teaching in Fairfield County for over 23 years.

The Healing Power of Happiness (PG06)

Sessions:	2
Dates:	10/15/2008 to 10/22/2008
Meeting Time:	Wednesday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location:	Middlebrook School Room TBD
Instructor:	Dr. Paul Epstein
Fees:	$70.00 (Non-resident Fee)
Discount:	$10 Resident Discount

Stamford

Meditation and Stress Reduction

“Serenity is not freedom from the storm, it is peace amidst the storm.”  Find your path to inner peace and serenity, learn to relate to life from a place of equanimity and calm, live with less stress, fear and clinging.  The focus will be on the role of stress in pain and illness, and how to harness the healing power of mindfulness meditation to face life’s challenges and difficulties and to enhance health and well-being.

Meditation and Stress Reduction (070)
Sessions:	3
Dates:	10/29/2008 to 11/12/2008
Meeting Time:	Wednesday 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location:	Rippowam -381 High Ridge Rd. Room 115
Instructor:	Dr. Paul Epstein
Fees:	$59.00 (Class Fee)
Discount:	25% Senior Discount Per Class

While we all know the detrimental effects of stress and negative emotions on health, mounting evidence in scientific studies now is also showing that positive emotions and happiness are good for your health.  Explore how laughter, joy, group support, love, compassion, friendship, caring, expressing your truth, pleasure and following your bliss is good for your body, mind and spirit and can help heal you.  Get happy, get healthy!

Find the Secret to Your Happiness (069)
Sessions:	3
Dates:	10/29/2008 to 11/12/2008
Meeting Time:	Wednesday 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location:	Rippowam -381 High Ridge Rd. Room 115
Instructor:	Dr. Paul Epstein
Fees:	$59.00 (Class Fee)
Discount:	25% Senior Discount Per Class

This is a reminder about our Fall Mindfulness Meditation Series, which will start on Thursday, September 18 and continue for 6 sessions. We are looking forward to meditating and studying and sharing ideas together with you.

Mindfulness Meditation Group - Fall Series
6 Thursdays, beginning Sept 18, 7:30-9:15 pm at Norfield Grange
Dates: Sept 18, Oct 2, 23, & 30, Nov 13 & 20
Topic:  based on Phillip Moffitt’s book Dancing with Life
Fee: $110 for the 6-session series, $20 for single drop-in (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Beginners’ Meditation Course - Fall Series
6 Thursdays, beginning Sept 18, 6:00-7:15 pm at Norfield Grange
Dates: Sept 18, Oct 2, 23, & 30, Nov 13 & 20
Fee: $150 for the 6-session series, $20 for single drop-in (no one turned away for lack of funds)

We will be using Phillip Moffitt’s new book, Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering as the basis of study and discussion for this ongoing Mindfulness Meditation Group series.

Pymander will be offering the book in September and into October at a 20% discount if you mention our meditation group. The address is 37 Wall Street in Norwalk. You can call the store at (203) 854-5596 to check on availability.

Please join us for the entire 6-session series, if possible — we encourage this so you can take advantage of the continuity of topics as well as the community feeling that can develop. Or, of course, you may drop in to any of the sessions you are able to atttend.

If you would like to download a talk on the Four Noble Truths for background, there are are several available from Buddhist websites. I recommend one by the Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi:
http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-lectures.htm (scroll down and select “Four Noble Truths”)

- Fall Flyer 08 (please forward and post and share with those who may have interest)

- Reading Topics Fall 2008

- Directions to Norfield Grange

The Healing Journey Meets The Spiritual Journey:
How Illness Can Be a Vehicle for Awakening
with Dr. Paul Epstein

This workshop will be an exploration of how the teachings of the Buddha and mindfulness meditation practice can be integrated and applied in the process of healing the diseases of our bodies, minds, hearts, and spirits. How we relate to our pain and symptoms is as important as what we do to treat it. We will sit with and live the questions: What is healing and how does it happen? How can we welcome and open to our pain and illness as an opportunity and vehicle for awakening, cultivating healing qualities of unconditional presence? How can we be with our health challenges in a way that is wise, compassionate and healing? How and where do the healing and spiritual journeys meet and how can they enhance and support one another?

Dr. Epstein is a Naturopathic Physician and Buddhist Meditation Teacher. He is a 1984 graduate of NCNM where he did a residency in holistic medicine. He Co-founded and Co-directed the Israel Center for Mind-Body Medicine. Paul is also a certified yoga instructor, and has studied and practiced mindfulness meditation and clinical guided imagery and their clinical application and integration in health care for over 20 years. He graduated from the Academy for Guided Imagery, completed the year training program for Community Dharma Leaders at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and is training in the Internal Family Systems Model of Psychotherapy. He is in private practice at the Center for Healing and Recovery in Ridgefield, CT, with practices in Norwalk, CT and Manhattan, NY. epsteinmb@aol.com 203-226-3923