Dr. Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.

Internationally renowned bestselling author and speaker!

Co-presenting with her husband, Dr. Gordon Dveirin

Evening Introductory Lecture: Your Soul’s Compass: What is Spiritual Guidance?
Date: Friday January 16, 2009
Time: 7:30 – 9:00pm & booksigning
Workshop: Your Soul’s Compass: What is Spiritual Guidance?
Date: Saturday January 17, 2009
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Sedona Creative Life Center – GREAT ROOM – 333 Schnebly Hill Rd.
Directions: www.sedonacreativelife.com/travel.htm”:http://www.sedonacreativelife.com/travel.htm

Price: TBA

Your Soul’s Compass: What is Spiritual Guidance?

“Faith is not the opposite of reason. Faith rests squarely upon reason, but with the added component of revelation.”
– Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. – Director of the Human Genome Project

As a scientist, Dr. Borysenko understands the role of revelation, flashes of insight and creativity that seem like downloads from a larger source of intelligence. But is this spiritual guidance? The very words bring up images as diverse as Mother Teresa and Osama Bin Laden, both believing that their actions were divinely inspired. In these times of global change and uncertainty, looking for authentic guidance is crucial. To that end, Dr. Borysenko and her husband, Dr. Gordon Dveirin, interviewed 27 sages from diverse faith traditions: Christians and Jews, Buddhists and Hindus, Quakers and Sufis, shamans and poets. They asked 12 questions about spiritual guidance including what it is, what the attitudes and practices are that align us with it, how one discerns authentic guidance from personal opinion, what blocks recognition of guidance, what the role of community is, how the heart factors in, what we are evolving to as individuals and as a world, and what they would tell world leaders. In 2007, the book Your Soul’s Compass: What is Spiritual Guidance? was published, drawing on their two years of research. In this presentation, Dr. Borysenko and/or Dr. Dveirin will share the practical teachings that emerged as an essential spirituality beyond concept or dogma—what they call your soul’s compass—and how it can help us evolve into homo sapiens caritas, man (and woman) of wisdom and compassion.

About Dr. Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.

This distinguished pioneer in integrative medicine is a world-renowned expert in the mind/body connection. Her work has been foundational in an international health-care revolution that recognizes the role of meaning, and the spiritual dimensions of life, as an integral part of health and healing. Eloquent and inspiring in settings that range from hospitals to hospices, from theaters to conference venues, and from boardrooms to houses of worship, she is a credible bridge between faith and reason. Her brilliance, humor, and authenticity – in combination with the latest research – make her a compelling and inspiring speaker and writer.

After graduating magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr College in 1967, Dr. Borysenko earned her doctorate in Medical Sciences from the Harvard Medical School, where she completed post-doctoral training in cancer cell biology. Her first faculty position was at the Tufts University College of Medicine in Boston. But after the death of her father from cancer, she became more interested in the person with the illness than in the disease itself, and returned to Harvard Medical School to complete a second postdoctoral fellowship, this time in the new field of behavioral medicine. Under the tutelage of Herbert Benson, M.D., who first identified the relaxation response and brought meditation into medicine, she was awarded a Medical Foundation Fellowship and completed her third post-doctoral fellowship in psychoneuroimmunology.

In the early 1980’s Dr. Borysenko co-founded a Mind/Body clinic with Dr. Benson and Dr. Ilan Kutz, became licensed as a psychologist, and was appointed instructor in medicine at the Harvard Medical School. Her years of clinical experience and research culminated in the 1987 publication of the New York Times best seller, Minding the Body, Mending the Mind, which sold over 400,000 copies. The 20th anniversary edition, newly revised, was published in 2007. Author or co-author of 13 other books and numerous audio and video programs, including the Public Television special Inner Peace for Busy People, she is the Founding Partner of Mind/Body Health Sciences, LLC located in Boulder, Colorado and the Director of The Claritas Institute Interspiritual Mentor Training Program.

Dr. Borysenko’s warmth and credibility – plus her lively sense of humor – create a compelling presence. Her inspirational reflections (you can access these video clips in the Community Members section of this Web site) are featured frequently on Hallmark Channel’s New Morning program, and she also hosts a weekly Internet radio show, Your Soul’s Compass, for Hay House and Joan is one of the most popular and sought after speakers in the field of health, healing, and spirituality, her engaging and well researched presentations are perfect both for professionals and for the general public.
www.joanborysenko.com

“I have known Joan for over two decades. I said it then, and I say it today—this is the smartest woman I’ve ever known. I urge you to drink in her wisdom.”
– Dr. Wayne Dyer

Peggy Phoenix Dubro

International author and speaker!
Workshop: The Lattice – The Energy of Relationships

With a special presentation by Dr. Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. – The Science of Mind, Body and Emotions.

Date: Sunday January 18, 2009
Time: 9:30am – 5:00pm
Location: Sedona Creative Life Center – GREAT ROOM – 333 Schnebly Hill Rd.
www.sedonacreativelife.com/travel.htm
Price: $99.00
More info: workshop details

A distinguished international speaker and teacher, Peggy Phoenix Dubro is the originator of the EMF Balancing Technique^®, a human to human energy balancing system with thousands of practitioners and hundreds of teachers in over 60 countries throughout the world. Peggy is also the first person to discover the Universal Calibration Lattice^®, an evolving system in the human energy anatomy, documented by thousands of EMF sessions over a period of 19 years, and supported by the laws of physics as presented in her book, Elegant Empowerment: An Evolution of Consciousness. Since 1988, she has diligently and extensively mapped the Lattice, and is the foremost authority in the world concerning its form and function. In 1994, she and her husband Stephen founded the Energy Extension Inc., a worldwide organization dedicated to the evolution of human consciousness. Peggy's deep insight, sensitivity and joy for life have endeared her to people on every continent by helping them to develop their innate ability to activate the potentials within themselves. She has over 26 years of experience working with the human energy anatomy and has emerged as a leader in the field of energy balancing.
www.EMFWorldwide.com

“Peggy’s innovative work with the field of all life leads us to the place in ourselves where love, healing, and peace begin. Her techniques are practical, effective, and they work!”
- Gregg Braden – Author of the The Isaiah Effect, The God Code, The Divine Matrix

“If there was a single word for Purity and Love, then that single word would describe Peggy.”
- Kennedy Braden

The Science of Mind, Body, and Emotions

Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.

Emotions are a primitive and powerful form of energy that form the strongest link between mind and body. Learning to manage the emotions can create new neural pathways that counteract habitual patterns of fear and trauma. But a strong mind is useless without a compassionate heart. Awakening the impulse to kindness provides a practical focus for the mind (and soul) to work through. In this lecture we will learn techniques for managing the mind and opening the heart including breath awareness, mindfulness, forgiveness, and meditations for generating compassion.

Behavioral Objectives for CEU’s:

At the conclusion of the session the participant will be able to:

1. List two cognitive methods for controlling an anxious or distracted mind.
2. Discuss the relationship between forgiveness and inner peace.
3. Perform a meditation that generates presence and compassion.