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There's change in the air, and we are in the midst of it.
As everyone in the States knows, Denver is host to
The Democratic National Convention August 25 - 28, 2008.
It is history in the making. Denver last hosted a DNC July 7 - 10, 1908.
But more significantly this is our first African American candidate.
The impact of this is being felt throughout the city, state and country. The World is watching.
To say the least this election year and candidates have stirred up great controversy.
And as those of us understanding energy knows things must be stirred for change to occur.
We are all being impacted regardless of our alliance and
the possibilities are limitless as we watch on.




"Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced"
James Baldwin.




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James L Oschman. Ph.D.

    

Dear Colleagues,

I just came across Volume 1 Number 1 of Subtle Energies, 1990, with fascinating articles by Stephan A. Schwartz and colleagues, Daniel P. Wirth, Elizabeth Rauscher, and Elmer Green. Since then, a series of important and classic studies have been published in our journal, and it is wonderful prospect that all of this material will soon be indexed in the major medical research databases, making the information much more widely available to scientists everywhere. Great thanks are due the editors and staff for all of the effort that went into this accomplishment. For those who do not have a complete set of Subtle Energies, back issues are available, beginning with the very first issues. Check the ISSSEEM web page.

When I use the term, "our journal," I include myself as a part of "our organization" because I have, in fact, been a member since the beginning. When I first heard of the goals of this organization, I joined immediately, and I certainly have never regretted it.

What is so tremendously appealing to me is the diversity of perspectives our members bring to the conferences and the publications. Where else can you find such a broad range of activities being thoroughly appreciated and engaged in with such heartfelt enthusiasm? Many of the people I have met through ISSSEEM have become dear friends and precious colleagues. It just keeps on getting better! I also appreciate the "world work" that members of our organization carry out around the globe. I immediately think of Chris and David Hibbard, who, among other things, volunteer their time to be with dying children in Africa. And they are not alone - selfless dedication to others is a thread that runs throughout our organization.

The idea of Energy Medicine/World Medicine comes from a very influential person who is advocating our favorite subject in a very public manner. He is Dr. Mehmet Oz, and his stage is perhaps the most popular television program in the world, the The Oprah Winfrey Show. Dr. Oz mentions energy medicine as often as he can, and at one point suggested that it is destined to become the medicine of the world. This is a very sensible idea, and from direct experience I can confirm that it is an idea whose time has come. I have lectured and given workshops in dozens of cities around the USA and in an equal number of other countries around the world, and have witnessed the ways energy medicine is percolating into the various healthcare systems.

One of ISSSEEM's activities in the world is expanding our connections with other organizations with similar interests. The 2008 Conference involved the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology/ACEP, and we are optimistic about creating alliances with others as well. Two relatively new organizations to look for at the 2009 are the Healing Touch Program and the International Medical University of Natural Education (IMUNE). Energy Medicine is Natural Medicine and is therefore part of the training in Naturopathy and allied health professions. I have persuaded the organizers of the next IMUNE conference, to be held in Cancun, Mexico in November of 2008, to focus the workshops on trauma. The reason for this is that my personal global work concerns trauma at both the levels of individual and at the level of nations. For I believe that our very survival as a species may depend on our willingness and ability to engage and resolve the ethnic and cultural traumas that feed the engines of war and terrorism. My question: can we use what we have learned about treating the traumatized patient to resolve the larger scale traumas that exist around the world?

Other events that I will be personally involved in soon are shown on my web page www.energyresearch.us.

In the periods between my travels, I am delighted to be engaged in the most interesting research project I have ever encountered in my scientific career. It is the study of what happens to your body when you take your shoes and socks off and walk barefoot on the earth. This may well prove to be the most potent natural medicine of all. I have written a series of scientific reports on this subject, and more are in progress. I hope you will find this work as exciting as I have. Nearly as exciting as joining in the vision and planning of next year's ISSSEEM meeting.

With best wishes to all,

Jim


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The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavorial Medicine


 A Mind/Body Medicine Update:
What Every Practitioner Needs to Know...


has some big ideas that I think will be exciting to you.  These folks are trying to change the way medicine is practiced. It could help bring mind/body medicine and its innovative applications to the forefront. It is a valuable resource that could really change your practice.

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David Roth blessed us with his talented gifts at this ISSSEEM 2008 Conference.
Click on the link below to view him on youtube singing 'No Apologies'


NO APOLOGIES by David Roth



 

WEB COURSES

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The Academy for Guided Imagery
and its co-sponsoring organizations present:
IMAGERY, SUGGESTION, AND
MIND/BODY MEDICINE: 2008
AGI's 20th Annual Conference Webcast

AGI Webcast Extended Another Month!
Members and Friends of ISSSEEM
Save Up to $135 and
Get Up To 27 Hours CE Credit!

The webcast has been extended to August 31, 2008

INFO



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CONFERENCES

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Domestic Programs
AHNA  THE PHOENIX EXPERIENCE

A Gift to Your Body and Soul
 
August 29 - September 5AHNA

Join Gladys McGarey, MD, Lindsay Wagner,
Christine Hibbard, PhD & Carol Tunney, MD

for a once in a lifetime celebration of Living Medicine. Treat yourself to eight days devoted
to nurturing your total health and well-being -
Physical, Emotional, Mental, and Spiritual. 

Explore Living Medicine in an inspiring natural setting with an intimate group of seekers like yourself!

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AHNA


AHNA

 Trauma ~ Physical & Psychological

The 4th IMUNE International Conference
November 22 - 24, 2008
Cancun, Mexico

www.imuneseminar.com




Science & Consciousness

October 24 - 26 at the Novotel Toronto Centre

INFO




NEW Reads - NEW Views
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Be the Boss of Your Feelings:  Emotional Freedom Techniques for Kids
   by Jan Yordy, Illustrated by Richard Harrison

If children could manage their own upset feelings and get themselves back into balance after a traumatic incident by "tapping their troubles away," what kind of world would we live in?  Author Jan Yordy, a specialist in education and child therapy, set out to give children the tools they need to understand and process their emotions in Be the Boss of Your Feelings, which presents  Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) in an elegant yet simple way that is easy for children to understand.   Starting with an explanation of energy moving inside the body through pathways called meridians, the book then directs the child to notice physical sensations that correlate to happy and then yucky or negative feelings.  The attractive, colorful illustrations by Richard Harrison portray children with a broad range of both positive and negative feelings.  The book then guides the child to focus on a problem, measure the degree of upset, do a karate chop while thinking about the problem, breathe deeply, and then tap eight energy points on the face and torso while thinking of the problem.  After guidelines to complete the treatment, the book encourages children to make EFT a regular part of their daily routine.  This refreshing little 8" x 8" book packs a lot into the thirty-four pages between its covers!  At $25, the price is in the upper range of cost for children's books, but it also delivers a therapeutic tool that is priceless.

Available through the author's website at www.energyconnectiontherapies.com

Reviewer:  Barbara Stone, PhD, LISW, DCEP, author of Invisible Roots: How Healing Past Life Trauma Can Liberate Your Present and Presenter at the ISSSEEM 2008 Conference.



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