CCNH graduate Mark Laursen’s new book, “The Inside Outside Diet” provides readers with a holistic weight loss program structured to allow you to permanently regain your natural body and ideal weight. The program uses slimming foods, nutritional supplements, and balancing herbs to end physical cravings and begin to target the psychological reasons for overeating. The book is available online through Amazon.com.
CCNH grad Patty Webb-Butts’ latest book, Free Yourself from Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia, is based on her own struggle.
“My journey with Chronic Fatigue began 17 years ago when I was diagnosed with CFIDS and Fibromyalgia. I was so ill my doctor wanted to give me medical disability. After four years of agony, I finally said to my doctor, ‘I either want to get better or I want to die.’
“Since then, I have recovered even though the Centers for Disease Control says there is no cure. I drastically changed my diet, finished a doctoral degree in Holistic Nutrition and have more energy than I did 30 years ago. My passion now is to educate others and give them hope for recovery.”
Jennifer A. Coscia, a nationally recognized nutritional consultant specializing in disease prevention, received her degree from Clayton College of Natural Health. She has combined her background in nutrition for humans with her love for and care of animals and is the owner/operator of The Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency, Inc., a non-profit no-kill organization for the betterment of animal welfare.
Her book, The Holistic Cat, is written in an accessible and engaging style for both seasoned cat lovers and first-time owners, and focuses on disease prevention. The book provides specific tips for raising a cat in a healthy, safe environment.
The book will be available Jan. 27, 2009, but you an pre-order online a RandomHouse.com.
CCNH grad Karen Spencer Dees will be a member of the faculty and a speaker October 5th at the American Fertility Association’s patient educational event, Family Matters New York in the renowned Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The day will be comprised of three tracks which will run concurrently. All of the educational content will be presented via moderated panel formats. Dees will participate in the panel titled “Diet, Lifestyle, and your Weight. What Makes Sense if you have PCOS or Endometriosis.”
Asheville, N.C., residents Michael Clark and CCNH grad Accem Scott are best known for their “Conscious Movement” cable television series on URTV and for sharing “meditation in motion” with hundreds of people by hosting four celebrations of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day. Now they return to their hometown for the climax of Conscious Movement Across America, a four-city tour that started in Baltimore and offers a weeklong series of wellness events, many of them for free.
“This walk is a real homecoming for us,” said Accem Scott, an African-American martial artist and naturopath, author of the American Barefoot Doctor’s Manual, “Montford Park is where we held the first Conscious Movement Day in 2004.”
Asheville is host to one of four such walks across the country as part of Conscious Movement Across America, a grass-roots approach to self-healing and healing our communities, founded by Clark and Scott. Conscious Movement Across America aims to bring health, wellness and fellowship to all Americans across racial, economic and religious boundaries. The Free Wellness Walks and accompanying workshops teach folks how to relieve stress and stimulate their body’s internal medicine through mind-body techniques like Tai Chi and Qigong.
For more information, contact Tao Brothers: www.tao-brothers.com, taobrothers@gmail.com, phone: (828) 280-7287.
A WEEK OF WELLNESS EVENTS IN ASHEVILLE, N.C.
Aug. 27
7 p.m. – FREE LECTURE: “Better Health Through Conscious Movement” at Malaprop’s Bookstore, 55 Haywood Street downtown.
August 28
7-8 p.m. FREE Qigong Workshop. Shiloh Community Center, 121 Shiloh Rd., Asheville. (828)-274-7739.
9:30 – 11 p.m. Screening of the URTV show “Best of Conscious Movement” Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company, 675 Merrimon Avenue, (828) 254-1281. Love offering.
Aug. 29
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. WORKSHOP: Discover Qigong. Register: Namaste Yoga Sanctuary, 57 Broadway downtown (828) 253-6985 or info@namasteyogasanctuary.com
Aug. 30
10 a.m. – 12 noon. FREE WELLNESS WALK. City-County Plaza downtown (College St. & Spruce St.) to Montford Park.
2 - 5 p.m. WORKSHOP: E ssentials of Conscious Movement. Register: Namaste Yoga Sanctuary, 57 Broadway downtown (828) 253-6985 or info@namasteyogasanctuary.com
Aug. 31
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., WORKSHOP: Maximum Health Through Conscious Movement: Prama Institute www.pramainstitute.org, 310 Panhandle Road, Marshall, NC 28753, Directions: (828) 649-9408. $135, includes vegetarian lunch. Register taobrothers@gmail.com, phone: (828) 280-7287.
Sept. 2
5-7 p.m. WORKSHOP: One-Minute Methods for Stress Relief: Mission Hospitals, Loretta Hall, Classroom #6 on St. Joseph Campus (Hospital employees only.) $39. Mission Fitness Center members $31.
CCNH graduate Paula Owens recently released The Power of 4, a book designed to teach readers what it really takes to achieve health, vitality, longevity and fat loss. The Power of 4 empowers readers with simple, yet profound “winning formulas” to create a leaner, healthier you. The book is available online at www.PaulaOwens.com. Ten percent of all book sales will be donated to PawPlacement.org and Arizona Animal Welfare League.
CCNH Ph.D. candidate Kimberly Miles recently released a self-help CD titled Relaxation. The CD is a profound guided technique that does not rely on complicated visualization. Set to soothing Celtic harp improvisations, the technique assists the listener in experiencing both physical and mental relaxation. Enhancing and improving our ability to let go and relax is the key to allowing health, happiness, and abundance into our daily lives. The CD is available on Amazon.com.
Clayton College of Natural Health graduate George Redmon’s article “Sharpen the Mind with Smart Nutrients” was recently featured in the magazine Healthy Aging. The article explores how nutritional supplements can keep the mind youthful at any age.
Clayton College N.D. graduate Ronda Behnke just finished a free e-book about healing called ‘When It’s Time to Heal Workbook.’ This unique book allows the reader to explore his beliefs about healing and whether or not he believes that healing is possible. In order for healing to begin, one must realize that healing is possible, and to want to heal. This workbook explores the barriers a person may have toward healing and discover new ways to overcome the barriers.
Click here to download a FREE copy of the workbook “When It’s Time to Heal.”
