Calendar of Event
January 18
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Guided Gong Journey
CEU Workshop
January 23 9:00AM - 12:00 PM Current Trends in Pediatric Depression. CEU WorkshopJanuary 24, 31st; Feb. 7, 14th 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM Yoga for Stress Reduction and Deep RelaxationJanuary 25 1:30 PM - 3:30 PMIslam in Tumultuous Times
January 29 - February 1
Letting Go - Creating Balance
Lake Lawn Lodge Resort
February 6
9:00AM - 12:15 PM
Harmony in Relationships: Nonviolent Communications Workshop
CEU Workshop February 7
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Healthy Lifestyle Program
CEU Workshop
February 20
9:00AM - 12:00 PM
Current Trends in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. CEU Workshop |
Host Your Event at Clarus Center
Located in Cantera Office Park, Clarus Center offers meeting space for up to 45 persons. Enjoy views through floor-to-ceiling windows of the surrounding wetlands and trees.
Visit http://worktopia.com/
for pricing and availability of our meeting Space
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Monday 9:00 - 10:00 am Advanced/ongoing
Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 am Intermediate/ongoing
Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 pm Basic/ongoing
New! Thursday 1:00 - 2:00pm Basic/sign with a friend and get 2 mat classes free!
call (630) 841-4237
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DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY GROUP
Tuesday evenings, 6:00 - 7:30 at Clarus Center
Participants learn skills to:
* Regulate Emotions
* Increase nterpersonal Effectiveness
* Cope with and Tolerate Distress
* Enhance Mindfulness
For more information, please contact Janet Levitt, 630-393-9800 ext. 206
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Private yoga sessions for Integral Health
Practice Customized for
Your Mind, Body and Spirit
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Groups by Marty Martin
Balanced Entrepreneur Success Circles
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 ~Yoga for Stress Reduction and Deep Relaxation~
Join a Four Week Series at Clarus Center
Saturdays 10:00 - 11:15 AM
January 24, 31 - February 7, 14
$15 per class or $50 for all 4
Pre-registration is necessary
Contact BJ Sadtler @ 630.334.7826 or bjsadtler@breatheinc.com
Mayo Clinic, the National Institute of Health and thousands of medical professionals have affirmed that yoga helps improve stress management and the ability to relax. It may be a great time for you to learn how to de-stress in a safe, secure, non-judgmental setting.
Barbara (BJ) Sadtler, MA, RYT has been teaching since 2001 and member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
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Islam in Tumultuous Times: Internal and External Challenges
From Clarus Center and Common Ground
Sunday, January 25, 2009
1:30-3:30 P.M.
COST: $12.00
Presented and discussed by:
Dr. Ahmad Sadri, Professor of Sociology and James P. Gorter Chair of Islamic World Studies at Lake Forest College
Many non-Muslim Americans find the ever-changing social and political events in the "Muslim World" frightening and nearly impossible to comprehend. Indeed, to place these events in any kind of adequate context one must understand that Islam is not a monolith. It has spread over a vast geo-cultural expanse and gone through many historical permutations. The political and social identity of Islam, like that of all world religions, is a matter of lively contest. And today, Islam is undergoing a time of profound crisis and upheaval-a period of tumult similar to that experienced by other religions in the past.
Dr. Sadri's perspective will be of great interest to anyone seeking to better understand contemporary Islam. He notes, "These are indeed interesting times to be a Muslim intellectual. What makes the life of a Muslim more interesting is the resurgence of a Western exclusivism that unfairly connects the essence of Islamic faith to violence and backwardness." Dr. Sadri's presentation will discuss Islam's "internal" challenges to tolerate and promote the essential self-evaluation and self-criticism that are central to the process of strengthening and renewing Islam's very identity. And he will address how these internal challenges are complicated by deep and prevalent "external" prejudices toward Islam in a post 9/11 world.
Dr. Sadri received his BA and MA degrees at the University of Tehran and his PhD from the New School for Social Research in New York City. He is the author of Max Weber's Sociology of Intellectuals (Oxford University Press 1992, 94) and editor and translator (from Persian) of Reason Freedom and Democracy in Islam (Oxford University Press, 2000) and (from Arabic) Saddam City (Saqi Press, 2002.) He has written a regular column for Daily Star of Lebanon and is currently writing one for Etemade Melli of Iran. Ahmad Sadri has authored three books in Persian published by Hermes Press (1999) and Kavir Publications (2007, 2008.) He has also written more than one hundred articles and functioned as a columnist for Daily Star of Lebanon and a commentator for National Public Radio.
To register: email claruscenter@hotmail.com and let us know how many seats you'd like to reserve. All payment should be by check or cash on the day of the presentation.
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Letting Go...Creating Balance
Thursday January 29th -
Sunday Morning, February 1st.
Lake Lawn Lodge Resort
Delavan, Wisconsin.
This is the first in a series of conferences co-sponsored by Pathways Medical & Holistic Health and Elementals Living - a unique, new online health and wellness community created by Betsy Hicks, co-founder of Pathways. You'll hear 13 world-class health and wellness professionals with practical, empowering teachings and tools to help you live your best life. Dr. John Hicks, nationally-known holistic doctor and key note speaker, spiritual counselors Debbi & Marvin Brown, energy psychologist Lydia Van den Broeck, Ph.D., life coach Susan Lichty-Schmid, nutrition experts Betsy Hicks and Sueson Vess, Dan Marko, founder of the Marko Method of self-exploration and more.
There are eight powerful main sessions designed to work synergistically to help you discover your own personal healing power. Choose up to 3 enrichment classes Friday and Saturday afternoon featuring subjects like nutrition and healthy eating, understanding supplements, meditation techniques, and living mindfully. Enjoy morning exercise classes and evening shared activities. Experience the healthful gourmet food, peace and serenity, and the luxury setting of the Lake Lawn Resort in the beautiful Lake Geneva, Wisconsin area.
Learn how to let go of negative emotions, thoughts, and memories that are literally making you sick. Re-train your brain to think positive thoughts and create a positive reality. Get more energy and vitality. Listen to your body's own inner healing wisdom. Restore your body to its natural healthy state with your own "eat to be well" nutrition plan. Maintain a healthy life balance and joyful, abundant perspective every day. Start the New Year with a new you...inside and out!
$295 pp includes all sessions, lunch Friday and Saturday. Special discount hotel room rates available for attendees.
For more information and to register now go to ElementalsLiving.com or call (262) 740-3000 x19.
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Dear Friends of Clarus,
We are excited to offer you this month's newsletter! We have chosen the theme of New Beginnings to guide us through the start of the New Year. I encourage you to take a moment to check out our article on starting this fresh new year! There's also a delicious recipe that's sure to keep you warm this winter, and many upcoming events and CEU Workshops you should not miss!
Feel free to forward this email along to anyone you think might enjoy.
Happy New Year!
Maria Urani Liu, Psy.D., LPC, Newsletter Editor x 225 | |
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Meditation Muse:
A New Day
By: Nancy S.B. Ging, LCSW
Doesn't a new calendar book feel good? A fresh New Year. Unmarked. Maybe it isn't the same if your life includes a Blackberry or other messenger/calendar device. Maybe by the end of this year I'll be on board with yet another step into "techy living". At this point I still fully enjoy a fresh new old-fashioned calendar and what that newness represents. Clean. Clear.Uncluttered.
Recall how your body felt the first time you heard or saw the words "Today is the first day of the rest of your life." What a feeling of relief of all things made new. We so love new babies not just because they are so stunningly adorable but because the world has not yet impacted upon them, taken their innocence away. Babies, new life, reflect the Divine newness of Creation. Precious indeed. And Creation is still happening each moment as we participate in the unfolding of each page. I DO believe in reincarnation and feel we do not arrive as an entirely clean slate, but at the human level we do arrive in this lifetime afresh, like a New Year, full of possibilities.
A New Year with its new vibration can be an uplifting resource for each of us if we embody the delight of new possibilities. It is also fun to figure out what "personal year" vibration this year means to you. (Simply add the digits of your month and day of birth plus the digits of the universal year, i.e. 2009. When you get a two digit number like 16, for example, add those digits of 1 + 6 which would put you in a # 7 personal year). According to Numerologists, each number carries a particular vibe with its particular possibilities, another happy reminder of the change and opportunity which each year brings to us. Gifts abound in the new.
Whether or not we play with numerology, we do all participate in the energies of the new. Partake of this resource by feeling the freshness of a clean slate. Sit in silence, envision yourself under a waterfall being fully cleansed of the past pages of your life. Release the old, make space for the new and tune in to the feeling in your body, a feeling of open space, expanded energy. Inhale wholeness, health, visions of new realities for yourself, present for you NOW.
What is a New Year but 365 days full of holy MOMENTS when we remember to be conscious and stay awake for them. Caffeine not necessary. Each experience of the NOW is vibrantly alive with freedom and love vibes, our very essence.
Newness, the news of the this day, each day, each moment.
Nancy Ging, LCSW, www.nancyging.com, is a holistic psychotherapist in private practice in Hinsdale since 1981 and Clarus Center since 2006. She is also a hypnotherapist, energy psychology/energy medicine practitioner, teacher, author, poet, mother and grandmother "Grancy Nancy."
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Fennel Apple Soup
by: Sueson Vess
SERVES 4
The health benefits of chicken stock enhances this creamy nondairy soup. It's full of antioxidants and vitamin C, as well as the bioflavonoid quercetin found in many natural cold remedies. Serve hot, garnished with chopped chives or red apple cut into matchsticks. (Leave apple skin intact; toss pieces with fresh lemon juice to retain color.)
2 medium fennel bulbs, stalk and fronds removed, chopped (about 5 cups)
1 large onion, chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
¼ cup Madeira wine or Port
2 cups gluten-free, dairy-free chicken stock (homemade is best!)
2 large apples, Granny Smith or other firm, tart apple, peeled, cored and diced
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon dried thyme
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon salt and pepper, to taste
1. In a large, heavy-bottom stockpot, sauté fennel and onion in olive oil until softened and slightly browned (caramelized), about 15 minutes.
2. Add wine and let cook for a minute. Add chicken stock, apples, bay leaf and thyme. Simmer uncovered for 20 minutes or until apples and fennel are soft.
3. Remove bay leaf and puree in batches in a blender or food processor. For velvety-smooth texture, pass soup through a food mill or strain.
4. Add nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste.
TIP For vegetarian soup; replace chicken broth with vegetable stock.
Sueson Vess created Special Eats to assist others on the healthy path toward embracing gluten and dairy free living. She is the author of Special Eats Simple, Delicious Solutions for Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Cooking, regular contributing writer to Sully's Living Without magazine and co-presenter in "Unlocking the Mystery of Wheat and Gluten Intolerance" with Dr. Thomas O'Bryan (available on DVD). Sueson is a chef, food coach and teaches meal planning, cooking and effective shopping. She can be reached at (630) 393-9800, ext. 218, or at (630) 846-4605.
www.specialeats.com.
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Guided Gong Journey
Sunday,
Jan. 18, 2009
3:00 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.
COST: $45
Nancy Ging, Holistic Psychotherapist, Kenny Kolter, Gong Master, and Gong
Join us Sunday, Jan.18, for the next Guided Gong Journey at Clarus Center.
Nancy Ging, LCSW, Holistic Psychotherapist, healer, author and poet (www.nancyging.com) and Chicagoland's beloved gong master, extraordinary percussionist Kenny Kolter (www.soundbridge.com) will lead you through this unique and fascinating experience in vibrational cleansing. Nancy will pave the way with guided imagery preparing bodies and minds to welcome the magical effects of the gong vibrations which flow over and through the body in various degrees of intensity. Spirits can soar, deep peace may be found during and after these unique vibrational adventures.
Some said they had hit "an energetic jackpot" after participating in Nancy and Kenny's Summer and Fall events for Harmonizing The Body-Mind. Nurture yourself by cleansing the energy field and releasing unnecessary mental-emotional-physical burdens -- an ideal way to start the New Year!
Location: The spectacularly beautiful group room at Clarus Center in Warrenville (www.claruscenter.com) which overlooks wetland, wildlife, forest preserves.
Cost: $45. More description and details on the events page at www.nancyging.com
CEU's available: Virginia McDonough, LCSW of Healing Arts of Park Place in Naperville will again co-sponsor this event making it possible for us to give Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for an additional, separate fee of $10.
Your registration for the Jan 18th program will have happened when Nancy receives your check for $45 at her Hinsdale office (address: Nancy Ging, LCSW, 110 South Washington St., Hinsdale, IL 60521). Space is limited to 20 people so handle this soon if you plan to participate. Share the good vibes and an opportunity for another level of bliss and liberation at our this Janurary event.
With blessings and harmonizing vibes to each of you,
Nancy
www.nancyging.com
Phone: (630) 323-5402 or (630-986-1859)
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 Current Trends in Pediatric Depression and Bipolar Disorder
A Two-Part Lecture Series by:
Matthew Parvin, M.D. & Joseph Nemeth, M.D.
Part I - Current Trends in Pediatric Depression
January 23, 2009
Registration 8:30 am
Program 9 am to 12 noon
Cost $30 per person
3 CEU's available for LCPC and LCSW for an additional $15.00
Part II - Current Trends in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
February 20, 2009
Registration 8:30 am
Program 9 am to 12 noon
Cost $30 per person
3 CEU's available for LCPC and LCSW for an additional $15.00
Research over the past decade has revealed much about the incidence and treatability of mood disorders among children and teenagers. But questions and controversies remain. What do we now know about the age-specific safety and effectiveness of medications for mood disorders? Is Bipolar Disorder over-diagnosed? What kinds of psychotherapies for mood disorders have been shown to be most beneficial? What is serotonin syndrome?
Clarus Center is proud to offer a two-part lecture series on mood disorders in childhood and adolescence presented by two child psychiatrists. Dr. Matthew Parvin will share data on cutting edge developments in the treatment of Pediatric Depression & Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. Dr. Joseph Nemeth will address the broader historical context on various treatment paradigms and trends. The two speakers will provide well-informed perspectives on both the details and the big picture of these two major illnesses affecting children and teens.
Matthew Parvin, M.D. is the founder of Family Behavioral Health in Plainfield. He is the first Subspecialist Fellowship Trained Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist serving Will County and Kendall County including Plainfield, Oswego, Joliet and Romeoville, Illinois. He is a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In addition to his clinical practice, he has published research and has been honored by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. At Linden Oaks Hospital at Edward, Dr. Parvin holds an Attending Staff position which involves teaching University of Illinois medical students during their psychiatry training.
Joseph Nemeth, M.D. is a board certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who has been in private practice in the western suburbs of Chicago for twenty years. He also serves as the psychiatric consultant at Mooseheart, Kendall County Health Department, and Hanover Township Youth and Family Services. Dr. Nemeth is on staff at Linden Oaks Hospital at Edward and is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Loyola Medical School.
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Harmony in Relationships:
Helping clients increase connection, respect and cooperation in relationships
A Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
CEU Workshop
with Myra Walden
Friday, February 6, 2009
9 am - 12:15 pm
Using the powerful and practical model of NVC, we will focus on helping clients enrich relationships. *Teach clients a model to increase connection with loved ones. *Help them hear what others are not saying; listen to the meaning underlying challenging words and frustrating actions. *Show clients how to resolve conflicts peacefully, and move beyond power struggles into cooperation and trust. *Teach them to express themselves honestly without criticism or blame. *Empower them, and support their blossoming by helping them identify, embrace and effectively meet their needs.
Register: Connie Murray ~ (630) 393-9800, ext. 240
Three CEUs: LCP, LCPC, LSW, LCSW. Please add $15 to tuition
Tuition: $60 or $40 each, for two registrants. Registration deadline: 1/16/09
Myra Walden, MA, LCPC is a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication ~ www.cnvc.org. She was trained by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, developer of Nonviolent Communication. She teaches transformational thinking, listening and speaking skills in schools, human service organizations, corporations and churches in the U.S. and Mexico. Myra has practiced psychotherapy for 17 years. She is co-founder of the Alliance for Nonviolent Communication ~ www.alliancefornvc.org
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Healthy Lifestyle Program
Professional Training CEU Workshop
Saturday February 7, 2009
Registration 8:00 A.M.
Workshop from 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
Presented By: Pamela Holtzman, RN, LCSW
Fe.atured Presenter: Karen Raden, MS, RD, CCN
The Healthy Lifestyle Program (HLP) uses a therapeutic approach that helps clients anywhere along the continuum of health to access and draw on their inherent capacity for wellness and happiness.
Program Outline:
1. Nutrition: Participants learn to consider and choose healthier foods. The science and physiology of food, emotional eating, recipes, shopping lists, and supplements (cautions) are discussed.
2. Exercise: Participants learn to safely incorporate movement into their daily lives. They learn a variety of exercises that can be done at home to improve strength, flexibility, endurance, and balance.
3. Stress Management: Participants learn a variety of breathing and focusing techniques, awareness of oneself and thoughts, healthy thought patterns, healthy sleep practices, natural tips for cold and flu season and seasonal affective disorder.
Clarus Center
28379 Davis Parkway #805 Warrenville, IL 60555
(directions at www.claruscenter.com)
Seating is limited, so please register by January 30, 2009
$125 per person; $105 (3 people or more)
Includes a 90-page workbook, 30-page teachers manual,
a healthy lunch and snacks.
Easy online registration: www.SierraTucscon.com
(Click on "Register for Event" then click on "Professional Events, Conferences/Workshops")
Phone: 800-624-5858, Ext: 2303 Fax: 520-818-5869
6.5 CEU's (LSW, LCSW, LPC, LCPC)
Ms. Holtzman has spent over 25 years working as a psychotherapist, hospice nurse, patient care advocate and professional speaker. She is the creator and author of the "Healthy Lifestyle Program" that she facilitates at the Cancer Wellness Center in Northbrook, IL. She seeks to assist her clients to live a more balanced, happy life.
(pholtzman@mac.com).
Ms. Raden is a licensed registered dietitian, certified clinical nutritionist and has her masters degree in naturopathic nutrition. She is an integrative nutritionist with over 20 years of experience who combines holistic nutrition with the culinary arts.
(www.karenraden.com).
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