Mindful Healing

November 16 - 21, 2008
Yoga, Mindfulness, and Mind-Body Therapy … A Certification Course
Paul Epstein, ND

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.