Training, Seminars, Workshops
We work directly with you during the planning process to make sure your event is a success, and that each participant leaves with information they can use right away.
Naturally Wise Woman
This workshop is for women in their middle years and beyond - learn about healing foods, herbs and more.
To learn more or to book this workshop for your group, click here.
Are Your Students Ready to Learn? The Impact of Nutrition on Learning, Mood and Behavior
There's a strong and growing movement towards teaching our kids to eat healthy for strong bodies and minds.
This workshop will give you the information and resources to make a difference for the students in your classroom or organization:
Part 1: What should we feed our students?
The first part of the workshop covers healthy eating and how it can impact learning, mood and behavior.
- Whole foods diet and the brain-body connection
- Pesticides and Learning - do we need to go organic? ( see full workshop below)
- Food allergies and Special Diets (like casein-gluten free)
- Working with existing school menus/creating new brain-healthy menus
- Nutrition games and activities
Part 2: Can nutrition help a challenged student?
The second part of the workshop covers nutritional medicine approach to helping students experiencing a challenge in school. When students are having difficulty with learning, mood or behavior, a nutrition and health assessment - in my opinion - should be a part of the plan!
- Nutrition assessment: how it works
- Signs and symptoms of common nutritional imbalances
- Nutrition-based treatments
- Case studies
- How to work with nutrition professionals as a part of an IEP
To learn more or to book this workshop for your group, click here.
The Path to Brain and Body Fitness: Helping Youth Reach Their Potential
Day by day, many students have a stressed out, sedentary lifestyle. They are sleep deprived, eat over-processed foods. This way of life is a "path" that leads to dangerous underlying changes in body chemistry. Eventually, diseases like obesity, type 2 diabetes and hypertension will manifest.
You will learn how childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes and hypertension can affect growing young bodies and minds - keeping students from reaching their potential in life.
Topics covered include:
- Sedentary and stressed out: How does it affect body chemistry? (Insulin resistance, Inflammation and Oxidative Stress)
- Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes & Hypertension: Why are they increasing in children, and how we can help prevent these conditions
- Exercise - incorporating brain-body fitness into everyday routines
- Relaxation- more than just "doing nothing!" help kids learn quick and effective breathing techniques
- Sleep- changes in sleep cycle and how to help students get enough sleep
To learn more or to book this workshop for your group, click here.
B.R.A.I.N.S. - 6 Steps to Help Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
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Keep your brain healthy and your memory sharp with this program that provides practical changes based on the latest in prevention and healthy lifestyle:
B (Brainfood)
- Learn about whole foods, oils, spices that can help you to maintain cognitive health by preventing chronic diseases, maintaining optimal body weight, and more.
- Learn how to transition to a healthy whole foods diet with the time and resources you have now.
- Learn how a whole foods, nutrient dense diet can help you to prevent insulin resistance,
R (Relaxation)
- Learn how stress impacts the brain and how breathing, imagery, and mindfulness can restore balance in your life and help protect your memory.
- Learn effective breathing exercises
- Experience guided imagery
A (Activity)
- Learn how exercise may stimulate the growth of new neurons that can enhance your memory.
- Explore the potential brain benefits of different types of exercise.
- Create a plan for healthy aging: learn about measurements for strength, heart rate, and more.
I (Interaction)
- Learn why social interaction is being studied as a vital part of healthy aging. i
- Learn how connecting with others could create stronger connections in your own brain.
N (Novelty)
- If your life is in a rut, your brain is in a rut! Learn how new experiences could increase mood-enhancing chemicals within your brain, and enhance your memory.
- Create a plan to "dust-off" your old dreams and revitalize your life - experience more joy (and help your memory, too)
S (Sleep)
- Learn why sleep is essential for a healthy brain - it keeps your brain in synch, stores memory, and clears your mind.
- How much sleep do you need? Learn what's right for you. Bio-rhythms, changes with age, are covered.
- What should you do if you have trouble sleeping? Learn why chronic sleep deprivation disrupts hormone balance within the body, potentially contributing to memory loss.
- Learn how to get more restorative, memory-enhancing sleep.
To learn more or to book this workshop for your group, click here.
How to Prepare for Exams: Sleep, Stress Management and Nutrition for College Students
Students often feel pressure to push through fatigue to study long hours. In this presentation, students will learn why sleep is essential to memory, how it prepares the brain for learning new information, and tips to get a good night's sleep.
Practical tips are provided to help busy college students make healthy changes.
To learn more or to book this workshop for your group, click here.
Mind-Body Healing for Chronic Disease
People with chronic disease or injuries requiring long recovery times, often are busy managing medical visits, procedures and medication. While working so hard to heal the body, sometimes the emotional challenges of dealing with the illness become a drain. This presentation is designed to provide tools for self-understanding and how to incoporate mind-body techniques that can enhance recovery and also help a person accept and even appreciate the lessons an illness provides.
The class provides an overview of the science behind mind-body healing with an experiential exercise that promotes greater awareness. Imagery, breathing, journaling and other mind-body techniques are explored.
To learn more or to book this workshop for your group, click here.
Relaxation for Life Balance
We all have stress, but many people experience a high level of stress that drains their energy and affects their work or relationships. In fact, 3 out of 4 people say they experience stress at least twice a month. Chronic stress can impair memory processing and contributes to chronic diseases like high blood pressure.
Learn breathing and relaxation techniques that you can use throughout the day to reduce stress and restore a sense of well-being. This presentation also provides specific tips about nutrition, sleep, and exercise to promote relaxation. Learn breathing techniques that will help you to clear your mind so you can be at your best, whether at work or at home.
To learn more or to book this workshop for your group, click here.
