Thursday, March 18
Location: International House, 2299 Piedmont Avenue
9:30 – 11:30 Culturally Responsive Healing
9:30 – 9:45 Indigenous Ethics, Consciousness-Based Healing, and U.S. Health Care Reform. Lurleen Brinkman
9:45 – 10:00 Afro-Brazilian Religions and the Re-Configuring of Public Health in Brazil. Anna Pagano
10:00 – 10:15 Q & A, Discussion
10:30 – 10:45 Globalization and the Transmission of Mystical Philosophies and Practices into Eastern Europe. George Hristovitch
10:45 – 11:00 A New Architecture. Marc Goodwin
11:00 – 11:15 Aboriginal Theory of Mind and Western Cognitive Science Ross R. Maxwell
11:15 – 11:30 Q & A, Discussion
11:30 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 2:45 Healing States
12:45 – 1:00 Neurofeedback-Enhanced Gamma Brainwaves from the Prefrontal Cortex and Associated Subjective Experiences. Beverly Rubik
1:00 – 1:15 Open-Ended Guided Visualization as a Tool for Emotional Healing and Expansion of Consciousness. Eva Ruland
1:15 – 1:30 Health and Well-Being – Cultivating States of Health in the Physical, Psychological, Spiritual Dimensions. Darlene Viggiano
1:30 – 1:45 Q & A, Discussion
1:45 – 2:00 Break
2:00 – 2:45 Mental Imagery as an Adaptive Healing Mechanism. Gail Kelly
2:15 – 2:30 The Antithetical Role of Fear in Healing from the Ayurvedic Perspective. David “Atibala” Thorp
2:30 – 2:45 Q & A, Discussion
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 5:30 “Tuning-In”: Therapeutic Dimensions of Musical Improvisation. Andreas Georg Stascheit (CANCELED)
5:45 – 7:00 Dinner
7:00 – 9:30 Intent, Emotion and the Memory of Water. Beverly Rubik (Experiential Workshop, $25/ $15)
