Dear CIHS Community Members,

It is already December, and 2013 is almost over. We greatly appreciate all of your support for CIHS this year. We hope that you are enjoying this beautiful holiday season.

In the last issue of 2013, we have many announcements for the upcoming New Year, 2014. First, as a series featured in our newsletter, medical doctor and CIHS graduate, Dr. Hideki Mori's fourth article (out of five) is presented. As I explained in the last couple of newsletters, Dr. Mori has been studying closely with Dr. Motoyama, and Dr. Mori obtained his doctorate degree from CIHS in Integral Health. Dr. Mori is well versed in AMI (Apparatus of Meridian Identification), and he explains how Dr. Motoyama's theory reveals the mechanism of the mind and body correlation from his AMI expertise, as well as a practitioner of Dr. Motoyama's meridian exercises and meditations. Dr. Mori's article is fascinating, and in it, he knowledgeably describes the correlation between how mind and body contributes to our health. If you missed the first and second articles in the series, please visit our newsletter archives and check the September and October 2013 issue.

Second, Dr. Hope Umansky introduces our course schedule for Winter 2014 and upcoming CIHS community events, including the annual New Year's gathering and open house, Friday, January 10, 5:30-7:30pm. Everyone is welcome at this event. In addition, we are offering many unique courses this Winter, so please contact our program director and Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Hope Umansky (Hope_Umansky@cihs.edu), if you have any questions about what classes to take or if you are interested in enrolling as a student at CIHS.

The third announcement is about our annual yoga workshop, that Mr. Takeshima and Paul & Suzee Grilley are facilitating. It will be held on campus the weekend of May 31 & June 1, 2014. There is a workshop outline below so please take a look at it. You can register for academic credits for this workshop, and it is open to all community members as well. We plan to set up the fee schedule and online registration by the middle of December, so please come back to our website for more information.

The fourth article is from CIHS student, Jesse Kipperman, who is in our Master's degree program in Integral Health. He writes about his experience at CIHS, and it is always good to know how our students feel, learn, and experience CIHS.

The fifth announcement is from CIHS core faculty, Dr. Sharon Mijares, who announces her new publication entitled, "A Force as the World has Never Known: Women Creating Change." This is her 6th book. It is an amazing book that includes stories of compassion and courage in the role of women creating changes in various fields for a better world for all beings.

Lastly, Dr. Mary Clark introduces her annual experiential weekend class held at CIHS, Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT) that is taught along with Victoria Danzig, LCSW, and Enid Singer, PhD. This is a great course for any clinician or practitioner to learn and practice this transformative healing modality for trauma that integrates psychology, language, the chakras, muscle testing, and energy work.

We wish you a wonderful time during this holiday season. We look forward to seeing you on campus at one of our many events in the coming year. May the good wishes follow you throughout the coming New Year.

Sincerely,

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood ...

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and

I -

I took the one less traveled by.

And that has made all the difference.

   - Poem Excerpt, Robert Frost, American poet, 1874-1963.

Happy December, CIHS community!

This poem, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, has been on the forefront of my mind as we end another amazing year of growth and innovation at CIHS. Every week, almost every day, I sit across from new students who discover CIHS and realize it fulfills their soul's calling to something greater than traditional education or prior career choices envisioned. For sure, it is the path less traveled. Prospective students often feel that they are faced with the dilemma of taking what the conventionally trodden path offers. Alternatively, they are called to CIHS as innovators in this new age. Healthcare, psychology, education, research, practitioner-based modalities, and other allied health professionals are just a few of the many industries CIHS graduates populate.

Undertaking an education that is the less traveled road is tantamount to jumping into the unknown. It is a path that takes courage and fortitude -- to be willing to heed a calling into what is sometimes emergent and forthcoming, but bespeaks a greater purpose to do more in the changing tide of global consciousness of which we are all a part. From my vantage point, our students would also attest to the fact that taking the road less traveled by has made all the difference in pursuing their educational, professional, and spiritual goals.

Similarly, current CIHS students, who have already decided to take the leap into an unconventional graduate education, are faced with the decision of which amazing and unique course to take this quarter. As our students know, two academic courses a quarter presents a substantive amount of research, reading, class discussion, and writing. Deciding on exactly which courses to choose is critical for a successful quarter. If you have questions about what courses best suit your program needs and expectations, please contact me. I am happy to discuss it.

Winter Quarter Begins, January 6, 2014. Registration for Winter Quarter is December 16-20, where the discounted registration rate applies. After that time, you can still register for a class at the regular registration rate (newly enrolled students receive the discounted rate through the start of the quarter).

Foundations of Integral Studies, Dr. Thomas Brophy. Hybrid on campus/online. CIHS core class all programs.

Psychology of Mind-Body Energy, Dr. Michelle Dexter. Hybrid on campus/online. Integral Psychology Core alternative requirement, elective all other programs.

Subtle Energy System II: Consciousness, Cosmology, and the Subtle World, Dr. Mali Burgess, online. PhD core requirement Integral Health; elective for MA students. No prerequisite.

Neuropsychology: Neuroscience & Spirituality, Dr. Sam Aganov, online. Clinical Psychology highly recommended class; elective all other programs.

Diagnosis in Clinical Psychology, Dr. Tamara Goldsby. On-campus/hybrid. ** Highly recommended class all licensure track clinical psychology students. MA elective for other programs.

Advanced Qualitative Research Methods, Dr. Sharon Mijares, online. Required for all PhD students, including *Research Methods for Religious Studies for Comparative Religion and Philosophy students.

Karma, Reincarnation, and the Survival of Consciousness, Dr. Tim Laporte. Fulfills spiritual education requirement all programs.

Life Force, Dr. Claude Swanson, online. Self-directed study with Dr. Claude Swanson, elective all programs. Must have a minimum of 4 registered to hold this class. If a student registers for this class and it will not run, the Dean will discuss alternatives with you.

Pranic Healing, Dr. Mary Clark. Experiential on campus workshop, 3/29-3/30/2014 AND 5/2-5/4/2014. Students must attend both weekends for credit. Fulfills spiritual education requirement. Elective all programs.

Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT), Dr. Mary Clark, Victoria Danzing, LCSW, and Dr. Enid Singer. On campus experiential course 3/14-3/16/2014. Open to all psychology students or with the approval of the Dean.

The Winter Course Registration sheet along with course descriptions can be accessed here:

https://www.cihs.edu/index.php/academics/online-programs/course-schedule/

You can register online by going to the following page: https://www.cihs.edu/index.php/admissions/online-registration-form/

If you have any questions about how CIHS can help support you in paving the way to a new career in holistic health, subtle energy studies, clinical & integral psychology, and consciousness-based comparative religion and philosophy, please contact me (hope_umansky@cihs.edu) for an appointment. If one of our current courses interests you, there are opportunities to take certain classes as a provisional student. I look forward to hearing from you.

Whether you are a current CIHS student or community member, or you are just interested in seeing what it is like to be a part of a warm learning community of like-minded individuals, please come to CIHS Annual New Year's Gathering and Open House, Friday, January 10, 530-730. Please RSVP to Tamiko at admin@cihs.edu

Please save the date for CIHS' Annual Summer Conference, Healthcare, Science, & Spirituality: View From the Edge of the New Frontier, July 18-20. This year it will be catered with vegetarian and gluten free options available. Details forthcoming.

Wishing the entire CIHS community a happy and healthy holiday season full of friendship and community.

Sincerely  

Hope Umansky, PhD

hope_umansky@cihs.edu

May 31 (Sat.) & June 1 (Sun.)

The Vishuddhi chakra is said to be a chakra which enables us to achieve non-attachment. This chakra, however, cannot be awakened if we do not transcend ourselves to a higher dimension that is beyond the physical and astral dimension, where emotions and images mostly function. It is also considered as a gateway or barrier, as we transcend our being solely human and reach to become a higher, broader dimensional being.

Vishuddhi is derived from the word "shuddhi," which means to purify. It is considered the chakra of purification, where the purification of body, thought, emotion, and karma may take place.

In the physical body, the vishuddhi is located in the throat and thyroid gland, and it is related to the respiratory system, which includes the lungs, bronchi and nose. Additionally, in the oriental meridian theory, it relates mostly to the lung and large intestine.

Currently, in our modern society, we tend to be egoistic due to the influence of the astral dimension, where emotion and thoughts dominantly function. In order for us to be free from self-centered ego and to grow to a being which is able to harmonize with others, awakening of the vishuddhi chakra is necessary. Our purpose of living is to evolve spiritually and contribute ourselves to actualizing world peace and harmony.

We hope you will join us for CIHS' Annual yoga workshop, May 31 & June 1, 2014, with the focus on the vishuddhi chakra taught by Mr. Takeshima and Paul & Suzee Grilley.

School was often stressful and frustrating for me as I didn't understand why I had to memorize Avagardro's number, or wake up at 6:00am to hear a teacher lecture about the importance of sea anemones. After graduating from UC Santa Cruz with a Bachelor's in Neuroscience I was ready to leave the educational world behind and never look back. I did just that and moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands where I worked installing solar panels in paradise. While my body was in this paradise, eventually my mind and soul began to suffer as I lacked purpose and direction. I moved back home and used my experience working with developmentally disabled adults to land a job working with children on the Autism Spectrum. Even though I was headed in a better direction, my spirit continued to yearn for something more. I came to terms with the fact that this something else was a little spark that still remained in conjunction with the blessings of education. I began looking for graduate schools (something I never imagined I'd do on my own free will), and began getting frustrated and anxious all over again. That was until I read Dr. Motoyama's mission statement and that little spark started growing into a tiny fire.

Applying to CIHS, I took a leap of faith, and I've never looked back. Now undergoing my second year towards an M.A. in Integral Health I cannot believe how much I've grown and my perspective has changed. Not just on the potential wonders of education, but towards my entire outlook on life. I often can't help but compare my story to Harry Potter realizing the school of Hogwarts existed. There is truly more magic in my life and the fire inside continues to grow. Until now, I don't think I ever had a sad feeling thinking that one day I may be finished with a program, or had difficulty choosing courses because they've all seemed so interesting. CIHS has shown me again and again there's a first time for everything. CIHS has provided me with the knowledge, the skills, and perhaps most importantly the support of the entire CIHS community to accomplish my goals and seek out my interests. Somehow anyone tied to this community seems to be on the same page and I've gotten to know some incredible souls through the process. My perspective continues to develop as I've realized there is way more than meets the eye. This miraculous journey we call life has only been exemplified and supported by the wonderful faculty, student body, and its affiliates.

As of recent I've started to volunteer at a local hospital and begin studying for the MCAT. I feel while there is a growing amount of wholesome practice in medicine, our country still has a long way to go. I believe part of what I've gained from CIHS will provide me the wisdom, power, love, and compassion to become a successful doctor of Osteopathic medicine, and hopefully help to continue a necessary global shift in the right direction. I believe this sort of process is precisely what Dr. Motoyama envisioned for students at CIHS. A profound shift in consciousness based around the integration of the mind, body, and spirit. For me this shift went from depreciating education, to wanting to make the largest positive difference possible. Thank you so much everyone for your hard work and dedication to truly important matters that otherwise might have been lost in the wind.

with Mary Clark, Ph.D., Victoria Danzig, LCSW,
and Enid Singer, Ph.D 

 

Join Students and CIHS Community Members Advanced Integrative Therapy, AIT, on CIHS campus, March 14 through March 16, 2014

  Join Dr. Mary Clark, CIHS core faculty, and Victoria Danzig, LCSW, and Dr. Enid Singer, for the highly popular and experiential course, Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT), offered annually at CIHS for students and open to the interested community members. AIT combines depth psychology, trauma treatment, cognitive therapy, and energy psychology into one elegantly woven system for the healing of mind, body and spirit, while honoring the sacredness of lifešs journey.

The three day Basics course introduces, explains and trains participants in the foundations of Advanced Integrative Therapy theory and methodology. This is achieved through lecture, demonstration and small group participation. Step-by-step ready-made protocols are learned and applied in a supervised practice setting.

This CIHS graduate level class is offered for students for 2 units of academic credits on campus the weekend of Friday, March 14, through Sunday March 16,   2014. It is open to outside community members who are trained as a counselor/psychotherapists.

By the end of three days participants will be able to treat originating traumas, and resulting lifelong repetitive painful emotions and behaviors. They will be able to convert negative core beliefs and desires into healthy beliefs, instill and develop positive qualities and develop effective strategies for compassionate self-care.

This course is open to licensed psychotherapists (MD, LCSW, MFT, MHP, LPC, and Clinical Psychologists) as well as graduate students studying to become psychotherapists.  

Learn the theory and experience the practical application of how to do the following in your practice. You will be able to immediately implement these strategies:

• Implement AIT into your practice immediately with ready-to-use, step-by-step protocols.

• Heal old wounds with new tools.

• Achieve faster healing at deeper levels.

• Move your clients from surviving to thriving, quickly and effectively.

• Convert self-sabotage into compassionate self-care.

• Re-awaken your dream of psychotherapy as a healing art.

The course presenters (Mary Clark, Ph.D., Victoria Danzig, LCSW, and Enid Singer, Ph.D.) are certified instructors and master practitioners in Advanced Integrative Therapy. They have been teaching AIT at CIHS since 2005.