The Healing Mind: The Art and Science of Mind/Body MedicineSunday, 23 September 2012 at 19:00 - Friday, 28 September 2012 at 14:00 (GMT+0100)Lucca, Italy |
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Event Details
Taught by Marty Rossman, M.D.
Objectives
By the end of this seminar you will be able to:
1) Explain the physiology of stress and relaxation to your patients in a simple effective way
2) Physically relax your mind and body
3) Utilize guided imagery for relaxation, stress reduction, stimulating healing responses and improving mind/body communication
4) Identify a source of wisdom and guidance within you
5) Use your imagination to reduce rather than create worry and anxiety
6) Create a practical plan for reducing stress in your daily life when you return home
Seminar content
We'll meet from 9 AM to 1:15 PM to consider the unique nature of modern human stress, the role of imagination in creating and relieving stress, and we will experientially explore deep relaxation, insight, and healing approaches that can help both you and those you care for live a better, healthier, and more enjoyable life. Immersing ourselves in a beautiful and timeless Italian environment, we will cultivate a perspective that honors relaxation, renewal, and enjoyment along with responsibility and service.
Day 1:
Why mind/body medicine? • The science of mind/body medicine • Physiology of stress and relaxation • Psychology of stress and relaxation • Relaxation practicum • Abdominal breathing • Progressive muscular relaxation • Peaceful place imagery • Self-care and clinical aspects of relaxation • Discussion and debriefing
Day 2:
Imagination and health • Guided imagery and Interactive Guided Imagery • Directive imagery for symptom relief and stimulation of healing responses • Healing imagery practicum • Receptive imagery for health insights • Listening to symptom imagery practicum • Self-care and clinical aspects of guided imagery • Discussion and debriefing
Day 3:
What is wisdom? • How does wisdom develop? • How do we access wisdom? • The Inner Wisdom meditation • Inner Wisdom practicum • Self-care and clinical aspects of utilizing inner wisdom • Discussion and debriefing
Day 4:
Is worry the key to stress reduction? • Worry, stress, and anxiety • The psycho-physiology of worry • Separating "good" worry from"bad" worry practicum • The art of positive worry • Positive worry practicum • Discussion and debriefing
Day 5:
What will we take home? • Acting on insight - where the rubber meets the road • Roberto Assagioli on the act of will • Turning Insight Into Action practicum • Discussion, debriefing and closing meditation
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This workshop is for you if you are a helping professional, whether physician, psychotherapist, nurse, naturopath, chiropractor, acupuncturist, health educator, or pastoral counselor.
Special note to Physicians:
I can make a persuasive case that stress, anxiety, and worry is the most important modifiable risk factor in medicine, when you consider that it directly represents at least 50% of all symptom presentations to primary care physicians. It also results in “toxic coping” patterns (smoking, excessive drinking, psychoactive drug use, eating poorly) in an unfortunately health-depleting attempt to regulate distress and emotion.
When I ask doctors at grand rounds how many of them think that patient attitudes, coping mechanisms and stress responses are critical elements of health, 100% say “absolutely.” When I ask them how many have been trained to use mind/body medicine to help patients change their ways of coping, only 2% answer affirmatively. Professionally, this is very much our business, and this workshop will teach you both the fundamentals and potential of mind/body medicine.
In addition, physician burnout is highly prevalent in the US. A 2006 survey by the American College of Physician Executives demonstrated a 77% fatigue rate, a 67% burnout rate, 33% depression and 10% had considered leaving practice (ACPE.org, December 2006). Physician burnout and job dissatisfaction exacerbates physician and staff turnover and subsequently increases patients of dissatisfaction. In addition, a direct link between physician burnout and job dissatisfaction has been made to decrease patient satisfaction with their health care and a decrease in compliance with physician recommendations. In surveys of patients, those patients of satisfied physicians have greater levels of trust and confidence in their physicians and were more likely to follow recommended therapies. (Grembowski D et al., J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20:271-277).
This program will provide tools to help you evaluate and understand the connections between stress and your daily life, your performance, and your relationships with patients, colleagues, and loved ones. Experiential exercises will give you an opportunity to identify your unique stressors and more clearly understand how you can respond to them more easily and effectively.
I believe that medicine is a calling, and a privilege to practice. It’s easy to lose that perspective, though, when you are buried in details, overwork, and trying to cope with unrealistic demands and expectations.
Come to Italy with me and explore an approach that can positively change your life, and the lives around you, in a relaxed and enjoyable way.
Looking forward to it,
Marty Rossman, MD
The seminar will be held at The Villa Rinascimento.
All rates are half board (breakfast and lunch included):
Historic Villa
Double room € 180
Double room, Single use € 147
Extra beds € 45 / € 28,50 (children until 12 years old)
Rates for Villini (50 meters from the Historic Villa):
Double room € 130
Double room, Single use € 97
Extra beds € 45 / € 28,50 (children until 12 years old)
Registrants who do not cancel according to the following guidelines will forfeit all fees. You must write, email or fax your cancellation request.
- •100% less $100 administration fee will be refunded for cancellation requests received by May 31, 2012
- •75% of Registration fee will be refunded on all cancellation requests made after June 1, 2012.
- •50% of Registration fees will be refunded on all cancellation requests made after August 1, 2012
- •25% of Registration fee will be refunded on all cancellation requests made after August 15, 2012
- •There are no refunds after September 1, 2012.
When & Where
La Villa Rinascimento
Santa Maria del Giudice (Lucca)
Lucca
Italy
Sunday, 23 September 2012 at 19:00 - Friday, 28 September 2012 at 14:00 (GMT+0100)
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Hosted By
Pronto Seminars
PRONTO SEMINARS organizes and hosts continuing education (CE and CME) workshops and retreats in Italy. Distinguished faculty, participants and their families come from all over the world to enjoy high quality experiential content at a relaxed pace. We provide an affordable way to combine work, travel and relaxation.
Our classes are small and designed so that your afternoons and evenings are free to wander through the countryside, have a wonderful meal, or visit a museum. Our participants tell us that learning in this environment, at a relaxed pace, allows for a full integration of new material and practices.
We are known for creating an intimate setting where presenters are available in a less formal way and where colleagues from around the globe become friends and get to know each other while enjoying the delights of Italy. This model provides a contrast to large conferences, and our participants have encouraged us to continue in this direction.
In September 2012 we are looking forward to enjoying Tuscany and Umbria! Our venues are nestled in the hills, "off the beaten path", yet only 15 minutes by car from historic centers.
English is the main language of our workshops. Space is limited.