AWARE CONFERENCE
2004
February 27 & 28
Arizona State University
Memorial Union
Tempe, AZ
A cross-cultural
exploration of clinical practices integrating
mind, body, and spirit.
This year's conference was a
tremendous success. Stay tuned for information on AWARE Conference
2005. Information on the past conference appears below.
If you
have any questions, please contact:
Dan Rosen
Executive Director, AWARE
(480) 449-7915
Daniel.Rosen@asu.edu
CONFERENCE
HIGHLIGHTS:
*
Featured Keynote Speakers - benefit from cutting-edge theory and
research from leaders in our field
* Intensive Workshops - enhance your clinical
skills through experiential training and development
* Opening Reception Brunch - join us for
a wonderful meal
* Morning Yoga - refresh and energize yourself
each day before the conference
*
Incredibly Affordable - take advantage of this amazing
opportunity!
*
Research Symposium - discover the latest empirical explorations
of researchers in the field
CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
Keynote
Presentations
An Update
on the Science behind Whole Person Healing - Rustum Roy, PhD
The Medicine Buddha - Ven. ZaChoeje Rinpoche
"Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind"--The Heart of Loving Relationships
- Charlotte Kasl, PhD
Workshops
Coyote Healing: Adventures in Discovering our Personal Path
to Wellness - Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, Ph.D.
If the Buddha Dated...Or Married: The Zen and Art of Lasting
Relationships - Charlotte Kasl, PhD
Food as Medicine: What you Need to Know about Nutrition
- Mona Morstein, ND
Music for Relaxation and Imagery: Mind, Body, Spirit Integration
through Music - Barbara Crowe, PhD
An Afro-Asian Perspective of Mind, Body, Spirit Connectedness
- Seifu A.S. Umar Sharif, MA
The Principle of One: Integrating Spirituality, Physics, and
Health - Nancy Rizzo Roberts, PhD
Panel
Discussions
Women as Healers - Moderated by Mary Delaney, PhD
Panelists:
Catherine Niemec, J.D., L.Ac.
Socorro Hernandez Bernasconi
Farra Swan, ND
Christine Chee, M.C.
Creating an Alternative Health Network
Moderator: William Mermis, PhD
Panelists:
Sue Roe, DPA. RN
John Schlacter, Ph.D.
Donese Worder, DNM
Eileen Lourie, M.D., MPH
Discussant: Nancy Tribbensee, JD, Ph.D.
Research
Symposium
Interview With a Qigong Healer:
A Cross-Cultural Analysis
Dorota Kowalewska-Spelliscy
Fordham University
A Female Discourse on Religiosity,
Spirituality, and Issues of Self-Concept
Angela L. Zapata
Arizona State University
Efficacy of Yoga in Reducing Students' Perceived Levels of
Stress
Kellie McCay & Mike Butler
University of Memphis
Running Injuries and Healthcare Use: An Internet Survey
Virginia S. Cowen, M.A.
Arizona State University
Sources of Meaning as Moderators of the Relation Between
Health Problems and Subjective Well-Being Among U.S. Adults
Heather A. Okvat
Arizona State University
Spiritual Intelligence and Grief
Counseling
Holly B. Mull, M.S.
Arizona State University
Pediatric Alternative Therapies
C.L. Mao & T.J. Chen
San Jose State University
My Sundance Journey: An Autobiographical Offering
Amy K. Harkins, M.A.
Arizona State University
A Comparison Study of Heart Rate in Yoga Asana Practice
Virginia S. Cowen, M.A. and Troy B. Adams, Ph.D.
Arizona State University
Notes from the Sacha Runa Shamans of Ecuador: Implications
for Clinical Practice
Katherine A. Koester
Arizona State University
CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
Friday
8:00-12:30: Registration
8:00-9:00: Yoga with Lynda
Seefeldt
9:15-12:00 Workshops
A) Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona
B) Dr. Barbara Crowe
12:15-1:00 Opening Ceremony / Lunch
1:00-2:00: Keynote: Dr. Charlotte Kasl
2:15-5:00: Workshops
C) Dr. Charlotte Kasl
D) Dr. Mona Morstein
Saturday
8:00-9:30 Registration
8:00-8:55: Yoga with Master
Yu, Jae-Sheen
9:00-10:25: Panel Discussions
A) Creating an Alternative Health Network
B) Women as Healers
10:30-11:25: Research Symposium
11:30-12:30: Keynote / Brown Bag Lunch
Dr. Rustum Roy
12:45-3:30: Workshops
E) Dr. Rizzo Roberts
F) Seifu
A.S. Umar Sharif
3:45-4:45: Keynote: Ven.
ZaChoeje Rinpoche
4:45-5:00: Closing Ceremony
CONFERENCE
SPEAKERS
Our Keynote
Speakers:
Charlotte
Kasl, Ph.D.
Dr. Kasl is the author of bestselling books, such as "If
the Buddha Dated," "If the Buddha Married," and
"Finding Joy." She has an M.A. in Music from the University
of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Ohio University.
Dr. Kasl was a Licensed Psychologist in Minnesota for fifteen
years and is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Montana.
She is a Certified Addiction Specialist in the areas of chemical
dependency and sexuality, has had a private psychotherapy practice
for twenty-five years and has been a Reiki Master Healer for eighteen
years.
Rustum Roy, Ph.D.
Newsweek has accurately described him as "the leading contrarian"
among U. S. scientists. The U.S. House of Representatives' Committee
on Science, Technology, and Research gave him its only standing
ovation in 16 years after one of his recent testimonies. Rustum
Roy is the only practicing prominent American scientist who has
studied and written critically about U. S. science policy from
the inside. His criticisms of U.S. policy, regarded as far out
a decade ago, are now called "prescient." Over nearly two decades,
he came to know most of the national leaders in complementary
(or alternative) Medicine and since 1998; he has championed the
scientific, social, and philosophical underpinning of the field.
He founded and Chairs, Friends of Health, a not for profit supporting
what he has called: "Whole Person Healing" where he is actively
studying its interface with science.
Ven. ZaChoeje Rinpoche
ZA is Emaho's spiritual advisor. In 1984 His Holiness the Fourteenth
Dalai Lama recognized him as the sixth reincarnation of ZaChoeje
Rinpoche, one of the highest Buddhist Lamas of Eastern Tibet.
At the age of 16, Rinpoche entered Drepung Loseling Monastery
and after 10 years of studies, graduated with the esteemed Geshe
Lharampa degree, equal to a Ph.D suma cum laude in Tibetan Buddhism.
Rinpoche then entered the Gyumed Tantric Monastery for further
study. Rinpoche first came to the United States in 1998 when His
Holiness asked him to lead the Mystical Arts of Tibet tour. Afterwards,
Rinpoche lectured on Tibetan culture and philosophy at Emory University
in Atlanta. Recently, at the Western Dharma Conference at Spirit
Rock Meditation Center, Rinpoche participated in panel discussions
led by His Holiness the Dalai Lama with several renowned teachers,
Sogyal Rinpoche, Gelek Rinpoche, Ram Dass, and Ven. Thubten Chodron.
Rinpoche is now living in Scottsdale to teach and complete a book
with Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.
Our Accomplished
Presenters:
Barbara Crowe, Ph.D.
Dr. Crowe, Professor of Music and Director of Music Therapy, is
a board-certified music therapist, and has been the director of
the music therapy program at ASU since 1981. Dr. Crowe received
her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Music therapy from
Michigan State University, completing her internship as a music
therapist at Ypsilanti State Hospital. She also worked as a music
therapist at the University of Michigan Hospital Neuropsychiatric
Institute. A frequent guest lecturer at music therapy conferences,
Ms. Crowe has published a number of articles. She is past president
of the National Association for Music Therapy and has served this
organization in a number of capacities.
Mary Delaney, Ph.D.
Dr. Delaney has been a practicing psychotherapist since 1984.
She is also a practical intuitive who specializes in helping others
access and develop their innate spiritual intelligence. Among
her numerous accomplishments, Dr. Delaney has collaborated on
a book for children and produced Sacred Spaces: Healing Exercises
to Refresh Your Body, Mind, and Spirit - an audio recording
for guided meditation and visualization.
Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Mehl-Madrona is currently the Coordinator for Integrative
Psychiatry and Systems Medicine at the Program in Integrative
Medicine of the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson,
Arizona. He is a graduate of Indiana University (Biophysical Chemistry,
1972), Stanford University School of Medicine (M.D., 1975), and
the Psychological Studies Institute in Palo Alto, California (Ph.D.,
Clinical Psychology, 1980). He completed residencies in family
practice and in psychiatry at the University of Vermont College
of Medicine, in Burlington. He is board certified in family practice,
geriatrics, and psychiatry.
William Mermis, Ph.D.
Dr. William Mermis is the program head of Human Health, and a
professor at Arizona State University East campus. Dr. Mermis
was formerly a professor, and interim chair of the Department
of Family Resources and Human Development in the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. From 1985 to 1995,
he was the founding director of ASU's Employee Assistance and
Wellness Program. He is past-president of the Scottsdale Psychological
Society and the Employee Assistance Resources of Arizona and is
a licensed psychologist in the state of Arizona. He has held academic
positions at Notre Dame, Washington University (St. Louis), University
of Southern California and Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville).
Mona Morstein, N.D.
Dr. Morstein is an associate professor at SCNM and is a supervising
physician at Southwest Naturopathic Medical Center. She earned
a B.S. degree in Foods and Nutrition from Arizona State University
in1984. She graduated from National College of Naturopathic Medicine
in 1988, and then did a year residency in Family Practice. She
had a successful private practice in Great Falls, MT for 13 years,
where she did regular speaking engagements and had a cable access
TV show called Natural Health. Dr. Morstein sees all acute and
chronic illnesses in both sexes and all ages, especially fatigue,
women's health care, diabetes, gastrointestinal problems, allergies/asthma,
depression, high blood pressure/cholesterol, and cancers. Among
many treatment modalities, she uses nutrition and supplementation,
botanical medicine, homeopathy, lifestyle modification, and vertebral
manipulation.
Nancy Rizzo Roberts, Ph.D., Th.D., DABR
Dr. Roberts is the president of energy integration LLC and vice
president of the Arizona Rainbow Horizon Foundation. She has a
Ph.D. in energy medicine/bio physics and a Th.D. in spiritual
healing. She has been a board certified radiological physicist
for the past 15 years, the last 10 of which have been at the Mayo
Clinic Scottsdale in Scottsdale Arizona. Through her exploratory
work of energy medicine as a physicist she is able to offer the
latest technology to preventative medicine, and therapy customization.
Nancy uses her expertise in helping others on their individual
paths through the use of the GDV, the ASYRA, Integrative counseling
and Bio-energy work. By teaching the individual how to set an
intention the individual can be shown how to change their energy
integration demonstrating immediately before them the Body-Mind
connection. Nancy is participating in several integrative medicine
protocols three of which are: a pilot study evaluating the effect
of electro-acupuncture for patients with xerostomia following
head and neck radiotherapy, effects of QiGong on CVD risk factors
stress and cognitive function, and the effects of Qigong on breast
cancer patients.
Seifu A.S. Umar Sharif, MA
Seifu Sharif has also studied shotokan karate, tai quan do, Master
Yamaguchi's Japanese Cat Style, and various martial arts weapons.
He is also a practitioner of the African Spiritual Healing Traditions
and the Ancient Nile River Valley Civilization Martial and Mystery
System of AHA. He practices and teaches several techniques of
Meditation and Trance Utilization. Seifu Sharif has taught in
New York, Arizona, Hawaii, and China, and has students scattered
across the U.S. and world. Seifu A.S. Umar Sharif, MA has been
a practitionerand teacher of the Afro Asian Martial and Healing
Arts for over three decades. He is a State Certified Martial Arts
Instructor for the Maricopa County Community College District
at Paradise Valley Community College. Seifu Sharif has studied
and traveled in China and Southeast Asia, and is Coordinator of
the Afro/Asian Studies component of the PVCC Complementary Health
Care Program. Seifu Sharif has studied and trained with several
noted martial arts practitioners and Masters.
Our Yoga Instructors:
Master
Yu, Jae-Sheen
Master Yu is known as one of the most innovative and dynamic practitioners
of Sundao Healing. Master Yu has adapted ancient Sundao Healing
practices based on oriental medical and Sun-Dao in southeast Asia,
the Americas, and India, pioneering a new Sundao Healing for the
21st Centuty. With a lively and enthusiastic healing and teaching
style, Master Yu illuminates and explores deeper principles and
underlying wisdom of the ancient arts and philosophy. HIs work
has been effectively used for healing, understanding, and mental
and spiritual growth. Master Yu has taught integral Qi-gong, Tai-chi,
and Taoist Yoga for 20 years. He has developed a unique ability
to guide and communicate the subtleties of oriental thought in
a profound and meaningful way for healing and practice. Master
Yu is co-founder and program director of the Southwest Yoga Institute
in Tempe, AZ. He is also founder of the non-profit organization
Sundao Healing Institute and is organizing Sundao Healing practice
study tours in Asia and the U.S. He is sponsoring war trauma conferences
in Seoul, South Korea, and teh U.S. and is sponsoring the "Refuge
Women Project" in Phoenix, AZ. Master Yu is a regular speaker
at conferences around the world.
Lynda
Seefeldt, M.S.
As a certified Nia Black Belt Instructor, Lynda's dream is to
dance through life and help individuals live in and love their
bodies. As a Health Educator at Arizona State University, Lynda
specializes in body image, nutrition, stress, and mind-body fitness.
She has spent the last thirteen years specializing in fitness
and wellness and received her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in
Exercise Science from the University of Delaware. Lynda offers
Nia and Yoga Classes, Mind-Body Fitness Workshops, and Wellness
Education.
CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION
If postmarked on
or before January 15, 2004: Students: $60 Regular $120
If postmarked on
or before February 15, 2004: Students: $75 Regular $150
If
postmarked after February 15, 2004 Students: $85 Regular $170
CE Credit Registration
(18 CE Credits): $75*
*The $75 CE Credit fee is in addition to Regular
Registration.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Opportunities for Continuing Education are available during the
conference.
CE for Counselors - National Board of Certified Counselors
CE for Psychologists, School Psychologists, Counselors, and Social
Workers - AzPA
This program is co-sponsored by the Arizona Psychological Association
(AzPA). AzPA is approved by the American Psychological Association
to offer continuing education for psychologists. AzPA maintains
responsibility for this program.
A total of 18 CE credits are available: Day One: 9 CE Credits,
Day Two: 9 CE Credits
Registration
is available both Online and by Mail.
CE Credits may be purchased by mail only.
Registration and CE Credits
by Mail:
To register for the conference
or pay for CE Credits by mail, send a check made payable to "AWARE"
to:
AWARE
55 W. 13th St.
Tempe, AZ 85281
With your check, please include the following information:
Name:
E-mail:
Institution:
City:
State:
Profession:
If you are a person with a disability that requires other special
assistance during the conference, please let us know.
Cancellation
Policy
Advance registrants who are unable to attend the convention
may request a refund of their registration fee if a written request
is received before Jan. 14, 2004.
ˇ a 75% refund will apply to requests received between Jan 15
and Feb 15, 2004
ˇ a 50% refund will apply to requests received between Feb. 16
and Feb. 21, 2004
ˇ After Feb. 21, 2003, no refunds will be issued.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
You are invited to submit an abstract for presentation
at our Research Symposium.
Please CLICK HERE for Abstract Guidelines and Cover
Sheet.
All submissions broadly related to the goals of AWARE are welcome
for submission.
Proposals in the following areas are of particular interest:
¨Clinical Practices Integrating Mind, Body, and Spirit"
¨Investigations of Alternative and Indigenous Therapies"
¨Cultural Competency Issues in Holistic Health"
¨Enhancing Quality of Life and Well-being"
The Research Symposium is designed for innovative investigators
whose research may not fit neatly into existing venues of dissemination,
who are looking for an outlet through which to share their work.
The Research Symposium will showcase empirically-based posters
presenting new research data or the findings of systematic literature
reviews.
Submission Deadline: January 15, 2004
Selected poster presentations will be announced in January, 2004.
Suggested Accomodations
in Tempe
Courtyard by Marriott
601 S. Ash Avenue
480-966-2800
Twin Palms Hotel - Tempe, ASU
225 E. Apache Blvd.
480-967-9431
Tempe Mission Palms Hotel
60 E. Fifth St.
480-894-1400
Fiesta Inn
2100 S. Priest Dr.
480-967-1441
Travelodge
1005 E. Apache Blvd.
480-968-7871
If you
have any questions, please contact:
Dan Rosen
Executive Director, AWARE
(480) 449-7915
Daniel.Rosen@asu.edu
