7:30-8:15 a.m. Morning Qigong with Effie Chow
Renew, revitalize, replenish! Join world-renowned Qigong grandmaster Dr. Effie Chow for this experiential session. The gift of healing through your own life energy, or Qi, and the ancient practice of Qigong can be yours. Through specific meditations and physical and mental exercises designed by Dr. Chow, you will begin to understand and experience the innate healing energy that exists within each of us.

8:00-9:00 a.m. Complimentary Coffee in the Exhibit Hall

9:15-11:15 a.m. Sunday Intensives

Effie Poy Yew Chow, PhD, RN, LAc
Holistic Health: Qigong for Health-Care Professionals – Self-Care and Others
The vital life force of our ecosystem has been desynchronized and destabilized due to the absence of care to ourselves, others, and Nature itself. Qigong has a crucial role to play in restoring the energy of our fragile planet and attaining equilibrium with all life. Dr. Chow's mission is to educate health-care professionals and the public about the healing power of Qigong and TCM. She is dedicated to motivating health-care professionals, especially nurses who bear much of the care-giving burden, to utilize Qigong and TCM as an initial approach to therapy. Through this interactive and experiential workshop, she helps participants learn why and how to apply Qigong to enhance self-care and help others.

Michael Taromina, Esq.
Practicing Good Business: Building a Thriving Practice
Michael Taromina provides observations, insights and practical and practicable advice from his extensive experience with multidisciplinary health-care practitioners about how to build a successful practice. A dynamic speaker, he will show how to identify opportunities for intelligent growth, effective management, and review the impact of a rapidly changing health-care system in crisis on health-care practices.

Misha Ruth Cohen, OMD, LAc
HIV Wellness Program
In this workshop, Misha Cohen outlines the HIV Wellness Program for treatment of people with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The HIV Wellness Program primarily uses Chinese traditional medicine principles and natural therapies. The session's main focus is on traditional Chinese medicine approaches and East-West programs. Dr. Cohen will outline the comprehensive HIV Wellness Program and give examples of how practitioners may design a treatment program for overall wellness as well as for specific conditions associated with HIV/AIDS.

Haihe Tian, AP, PhD, MD
PART I. Post-Hysterectomy Syndrome and TCM
Statistics show that at least 60 percent of hysterectomies performed in the United States are unnecessary. While some presenting problems related to the surgery are resolved, new ones are created. Post-hysterectomy syndrome is a combination of symptoms such as anemia and fatigue due to blood loss, pain and discomfort from scar tissue, low libido, hot flashes, night sweats, depression, and emotional instability due to hormone fluctuation. Hormone replacement therapy is Western medicine's treatment of choice; however, many patients are unwilling to risk the side effects of this treatment. For the first time, Dr. Tian will present his clinical experience in identifying and alleviating the symptoms of post-hysterectomy syndrome, and share his methods for educating patients in the use of TCM to avoid this surgery when possible.

Thea Elijah, MAc
PART I. Spirit of the Herbs: A Five-Element Perspective on Herbal Studies
Healing may be practiced as a means of dispelling illness; it may also be practiced as a means of cultivating virtue. Health that has been restored due to the cultivation of virtue is not the same as health that has been restored simply due to the dispelling of illness. When we focus solely on dispelling illness in order to restore health, a priceless opportunity for transformation is lost. Bringing a Five- Element perspective to Chinese herbalism can help us to see the unique pattern of a client's illness as well as potential virtues. The herbal formulas themselves show how we can best support our clients in uncovering their original nature.

11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Brunch

Join us for a delicious full-course brunch as we celebrate those who have helped build bridges of integration for TCM.

Building Bridges Awards

Spirit in Healing
Frances L. Brisbane, PhD

Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Powerful Vehicle for Personal Transformation
Brother Bernard Seif, SMC, EdD, NMD
We have learned that Taoist philosophy is rooted in the Universal law of the cosmos, yet this sometimes sounds removed and esoteric. In this lively session, Brother Bernard will share how the Taoist philosophy underlying TCM can serve as a tool for change and even transformation. Through medicine, Qigong, meditation and philosophy, TCM can provide a template for rigorous self-cultivation, promote care for others, and connect us to the very source of Being. In a Western culture imbued with pragmatism, the true spirit of this ancient medicine offers an opportunity to experience the radical freedom of the early Taoist sages and mystics of all traditions.

1:15-3:15 p.m. Sunday Workshops

David L. Felten, MD, PhD
Future of Collaborative Medicine
The American health-care landscape is experiencing rapid change. As the cost of chronic diseases consumes most of the U.S. health-care dollar, the need for integration of lifestyle factors such as exercise, nutrition, mind/body activities, and stress management into conventional health care has become increasingly clear. Western and Eastern practitioners evince growing interest in each other's health-care approaches; educated citizens increasingly explore complementary and integrative approaches. Yet, this mainstream interest has had a limited impact on health-care education, research, and clinical practice. In this stimulating presentation, Dr. Felten focuses on trends, research, regulatory reform and innovative models of health care emerging in the U.S. In his thought-provoking style, Dr. Felten also explores the scientific foundations of integrative medicine, the challenges to undertaking research, and strategies for improving medical and health education.

PART II. Post-Hysterectomy Syndrome and TCM
This afternoon session continues the exploration of Dr. Tian's work on re-seeing post-hysterectomy syndrome through the lens of TCM. He offers an in-depth discussion of the numerous symptoms that can arise from a hysterectomy and the various combinations that they present. He also shares the successful results of his experience addressing post-hysterectomy syndrome and educating patients on how to either avoid this surgery or deal with the root cause of their symptoms.

Thea Elijah, MAc
PART II. Spirit of the Herbs: A Five-Element Perspective on Herbal Studies
Thea Elijah continues her popular course on herbal studies in the afternoon. She delves further into the benefits of bringing a Five-Element perspective to Chinese herbalism as she helps participants learn how to reveal the unique pattern of a client's illness as well as his or her potential virtues.