BREATH~BODY~MIND WORKSHOP

With ... Dr. Richard P. Brown & Dr. Patricia Gerbarg

Dates: October 23 - 24, 2010
Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM
Sunday 10 AM - 4 PM

Tuition:
Early Registration: $325 until October 15, 2010
Late Registration: $355 after October 15, 2010

For the first time, You have the option to take this class with us at the Fellowships of the Spirit, OR, you will be able to participate on-line from the comfort of your home. Click here for more information and system requirements before registering.

For This Virtual Classroom Registration: There will be one-on-one and small group exercises during this seminar. If you are taking it online, please note that you will be responsible for doing the experiential components on your end, as we cannot provide that electronically.

Based on his extensive research, Dr. Brown has combined the most rapidly effective breathing techniques to relieve stress and improve mood, mental focus, heart and lung function, and endurance. The benefits have been enjoyed by health care practitioners, Buddhist monks and nuns, teachers of yoga and other mind-body practices, military veterans, individuals with psychiatric (eg. anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADD) and medical conditions (eg. cancer, Lyme disease, lung problems, toxic exposures) , and victims of terrorism, war and natural disasters. Many people who have worked with Dr. Brown say they have been transformed, and that they never would have imagined that something so simple would have been so powerful and helpful.

In this workshop you will learn how to:

• Balance your stress response system for stress resilience and energy renewal
• Release tension, dispel anxiety, sleep soundly, and quiet your mind
• Increase your lung capacity, oxygenation, and cardio-respiratory health
• Improve recovery from negative life experiences or trauma
• Feel more connected to your inner self and to others
• Improve your relationships and empathic abilities

Dr. Richard P. Brown is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University. After receiving his M.D. in 1977 from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Brown completed his Residency in Psychiatry and a Fellowship in Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology at New York Hospital. Since 1998, Dr. Brown has taught full-day courses on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) at the American Psychiatric Association and other conferences. He gives over 200 medical lectures every year.

Dr. Brown has authored over 90 articles and book chapters on pharmacological and clinical studies in psychiatry. He coauthored, Stop Depression Now (1999), a holistic approach to depression using SAMe; The Rhodiola Revolution (2004), a fresh approach to the problems of stress and energy; "Alternative Treatments in Brain Injury" in Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury (APPI 2004, 2009); "Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Psychiatry," in Psychiatry (Wiley & Sons 2003, 2007); and his latest book, How to Use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health Care (WW Norton 2009).

Dr. Brown developed a neurophysiological theory of the effects of yoga breathing on anxiety, depression, trauma, and violence. Having studied yoga, Qi Gong, Zen, and other meditative practices, he is a certified teacher of Aikido (4th Dan), yoga, Qi Gong, Coherent Breathing and Open Focus Meditation. Drawing on this eclectic background, Dr. Brown developed Breath~Body~Mind workshops for professionals and the general public. He offers workshops to benefit members of the 9/11 Community through the non-profit Serving Those Who Serve (www.STWS.com). Information, resources, lectures, and workshops on Integrative Psychiatry are available on his website: www.haveahealthymind.com.

Patricia Gerbarg, M.D., Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, New York Medical College, graduate of Harvard Medical School (1975) and the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute (1992), practices Integrative Psychiatry, combining standard and complementary treatments to optimmize patient outcomes. Her research focuses on developing safe, effective mind-body practices for survivors of mass disasters, such as 9/11 World Trade Center Attacks (see: www.STWS.com ), veterans, and anxiety disorders. She co-authored The Rhodiola Revolution; "Yoga in Psychiatry" in Clinical Manual of Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Psychiatry (APPI 2007), and "How to use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health Care" (WW Norton 2009). Her chapter, "Yoga and Neuro-Psychoanalysis," appeared in Bodies in Treatment: the Unspoken Dimension (Analytic Press 2007). She co-teaches Breath~Body~Mind workshops with her husband, Dr. Richard Brown, teaches health care providers how to integrate mind-body practices with psychotherapy, and specializes in post-Lyme Disease recovery. For more information and a free newsletter on Integrative Treatments visit: www.haveahealthymind.com.

Registration

Open Seminars

• Spiritual Insight Training I

• Spiritual Insight Training Part II

• BREATH~BODY~MIND WORKSHOP

• MYSTICISM & THE BIBLE