In 1993 I started a small education group called the Mind-Body Group at Mass General Hospital where I was employed as the Director of Infection Control. I have always had a interest in this field, since I started yoga in my teens and learned about complementary therapies with some of the best teachers: Joan Borynsenko, Dr. Herb Benson, Dr. Chopra, Norman Cousins, Carolyn Myss, Jon Kabat-Zin, Dave Eisenberg and others. I attended the annual course at Harvard Medical School on Complementary Therapies and Spirituality in Health and Healing twice in those early days of this movement. The group at MGH started out with 25 members and by the time I left MGH in 1996 there were over 900 members on the list. We offered a monthly speaker on one of the topics related to complementary therapies. We were pioneers - since many back then thought we were advising patients to use these therapies as "alternative medicine", which they are not. They are "integrative" and used in conjunction with traditional care. At New England Baptist Hospital in Boston where I now work they have a Council on Integrative Medicine. I teach Reiki to staff and we are working on setting up an acupuncture clinic in the future. It is slowly becoming integrated.
Early on I met Dr. Georgianna Donadio and eventually was appointed to her advisory board for the National Institute of Whole Health. She has graciously applied a credit toward tuition from anyone who is a student or graduated from a Finding Inner Peace Yoga School program.
If you are looking for a new career in whole person care, you might want to check it out and mention to her that you are affliated with us.
The National Institute of Whole Health
Fraser Medical Complex
326 Washington Street Annex
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481
Phone: 1-888-354-HEAL (4325) Fax: 781-431-0017
e-mail: info@wholehealtheducation.org
Advisory Board
http://www.wholehealtheducation.com/about/advisory_board.shtml
Course Offered
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