• Lowered blood pressure
• Lowered heart rate
• Reduced cholesterol levels
• Diminished or extinguished acute and chronic pain
• Weight loss
• Increased breathing capacity
• Increased exercise capacity

• Improved restorative sleep
• Improved energy levels
• Increased creative capacity
• Diminishment of migraine headaches
• Significant reductions in stress and fear
• Elimination of irritable bowel syndrome
• Enhanced happiness and optimism 

YOGA SCIENCE
An educational body of knowledge for health and healing
History, philosophy and benefits of meditation
How to use the mind to make the best choices
How to access the "super-conscious" mind 
Understanding pain as an agent for healing
The transformative power of sacrifice
Increasing energy, will power and creativity
The power of desire and attention
Creative actions rather than reactionary responses
Antidotes for worry, stress and depression

MEDITATION
Systematic procedure for meditation
How to diminish distractions
Training one-pointed attention for creativity
The one-minute meditation
Using meditation skills throughout the day
Mantra Science:
   What are the world's great mantras?
   How to use throughts and mantra in the healing process
   The vibration of the mantra promotes health

EASY-GENTLE YOGA
Understanding the physiology/anatomy of Easy-Gentle Yoga
Two sets of Easy-Gentle Yoga stretches & exercises

BREATHING
The meaning of prana (life force)
How breathing irregularities foster dis-ease
Diaphragmatic breathing for pulmonary health
Complete (three-part) yogic breath
Yogic postures for healthy breathing
Alternate nostril breathing for energy
   and psychological balance

YOGA PSYCHOLOGY
How the mind functions for optimal health
Managing thoughts, desires and emotions
How to experience freedom from fear
The power of the present moment
Channeling the four primitive urges:
   Food, Sex, Sleep and Self-Preservation
Introduction to the Psychology of the Chakra System
Anatomy of your real being
Building and healing relationships

MIND/BODY CARE PLAN
Redefining the practice model
Ayurveda, Functional Medicine, Epigenomics
Integrating spiritual beliefs
How to keep a meditation practice going & working for you
How to introduce these practices to your patients
The Yoga of Eating (Diet and Nutrition)

COURSE OBJECTIVES
UPON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Demonstrate knowledge of how Yoga Science as mind/body medicine can help heal disease, manage addictive habits, alleviate stress and inflammation
• Develop equanimity, discrimination, will power, creativity and energy through a daily practice of meditation and diaphragmatic breathing
• Incorporate long-term strategies for healthy lifestyle choices using Yoga psychology
• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of Ayurveda, Epigenomics and Functional Medicine
• Understand the physiological benefits of Easy-Gentle Yoga (exercises for lymph system detox, joints, glands and internal organs)
• Help themselves and their patients reduce conditioned habits of negative thinking through the healing powers of mantra science
• Utilize the Yoga of Eating (Diet and Nutrition) to maximize personal well being
• Use Chakra Psychology (subtle emotional/mental cause of stress) to diagnose and treat dis-ease

Rudolph Ballentine, MD  
2 NEW LECTURES FOR 2013: 
   The Yoga of Eating and Understanding the Psychology of the Chakra System to
   Help Redefine the Practice Model
Rudolph Ballentine, MD is a graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine with specialty training in psychiatry, and a pioneer of the holistic health movement. He established the Centers for Holistic Medicine and served as its director for 25 years––offering an integrative approach to treatment using psychotherapy, meditation, homeopathy, Ayurveda and yoga. Rudy served as president of the Himalayan Institute for 12 years and the director of its Combined Therapy Department for 18 years. He has authored numerous acclaimed books including Diet and Nutrition, Radical Healing, Transition to Vegetarianism and Science of Breath.

Mark Pettus, MD
NEW for 2013:
   Epigenomics/Inflammation/Allostatic Load
Mark Pettus, MD is a board-certified internist and nephrologist currently serving as Medical Director of Translational Education, Wellness and Population Health at Berkshire Health Systems, and Associate Dean of Medical Education at UMass Medical School’s western campus at Berkshire Medical Center. Mark is the author of The Savvy Patient: The Ultimate Advocate For Quality Health Care and It's All in Your Head: Change Your Mind, Change Your Health, and Change Your Life. 

Susan Lord, MD
   East Meets West
Susan Lord, MD is currently a lecturer and holistic health consultant for Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.  She served as Associate Director for Professional Training at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC from 1996-2007, and was the Course Director for the Food as Medicine program.  Dr. Lord is in private practice as a family physician in complementary and alternative medicine.

Beth Netter, MD, MT
   Breath as Medicine
Beth Netter, MD practices Holistic Medicine and acupuncture, and currently serves as Chief of the Division of Integrative and Holistic Medicine at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany, New York.  Dr. Netter graduated from UB's School of Medicine and completed her residency in anesthesiology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.  She serves as Chair of the AMI Medical Education Committee and is an AMI certified meditational therapist.

Anita Burock-Stotts, MD
   Functional Medicine
Anita Burock-Stotts, MD is board certified in Internal Medicine.  She graduated from Penn State (Phi Beta Kappa) and the Medical College of Pennsylvania (Alpha Omega Alpha) where she also completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine.  Dr. Burock-Stotts has been practicing meditation and Yoga Science for 10 years, and currently practices Functional Medicine in Guilderland, New York.

PHYSICIAN ATTENDEES FROM 2012

 "Excellent program; good combination of intellectual knowledge, philosophy
and practical teaching for both personal and professional development."

"Excellent!!  Probably the most important infomation I've ever received
for improving overall health."

"Excellent.  Very beneficial for my practice and for me personally (my individual evolution)."