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Dear CIHS Community,
Indeed, it is 2014! In our excitement to send out a Happy New Year's newsletter, we overlooked the date change to reflect the new year on the top of the newsletter. Our apologies for any confusion. All of the CIHS event dates are correct. Please let us know if you have any questions at info@cihs.edu
Happy 2014!
Sincerely,
CIHS Staff
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Dear CIHS Community Members,
Happy New Year. I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday and New Year.
The first issue of 2014 has two main articles and three event announcements. The first article is from Dr. Hideki Mori, Ph.D., CIHS graduate and medical doctor. This is the final installment of a five part series we have been featuring in our newsletter. As previously explained (my apologies if this is duplicate information and you may kindly skip to the next paragraph), Dr. Mori has been studying closely with Dr. Motoyama. In addition to practicing as a medical doctor, 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 previous four articles in the series, please visit our newsletter archives and check the September through December 2013 issues.
In the second article, Dr. Hope Umansky, Dean of Academic Affairs, announces our open house this Friday, January 10 from 5:30.pm-7:30 pm. It is a great opportunity for prospective students and anyone else who is curious about CIHS to experience the CIHS community. Everyone is welcome to attend, but it is a potluck so please RSVP to Tamiko at admin@cihs.edu Dr. Umansky also announces the dates for CIHS' Subtle Energy Conference, 2014.
The third article details CIHS' annual yoga workshop, facilitated by Mr. Takeshima and Paul & Suzee Grilley. It will be held on campus the weekend of May 31 & June 1, 2014. The fee schedule is finalized, so please see the announcement below or visit our website. The workshop outline is below for review. You can register for academic credits for this workshop, and it is open to all community members as well. It is now open to online registration, so please go to our website. The yoga workshop fills up quickly so be sure to register promptly.
Lastly, we are happy to announce one of CIHS' most popular annual experiential courses, Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT), taught by Dr. Mary Clark and Victoria Danzig, LCSW. AIT is a highly transformative experiential energy psychology course held on campus March 14, 15, and 16. This course is open to graduate students for credit, and it is open to other professionals who are in the psychology and psychotherapeutic/counseling related fields.
CIHS' Winter quarter began this week, and we are busy planning for Spring quarter 2014, which begins in April. CIHS offers unique courses and graduate programs of study (BA completion, too), so please contact our program director, Dr. Hope Umansky, if you have any questions or are interested in enrolling (hope_umansky@cihs.edu).
Join us in building a strong community as we continue to grow together in 2014.
Sincerely,
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CIHS Annual OPEN HOUSE/HOLIDAY GATHERING
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Hello Students, Faculty, and all Community Members,
Happy New Year. We hope to see you next Friday, January 10, 2014 at 530 for our annual open house/holiday gathering. You are welcome to bring family and friends. Even if you are taking a quarter off, we would love for you to join us. If you are interested in the possibility of enrolling in CIHS at sometime in the future, this is a wonderful opportunity to become familiar with our community. Please just RSVP to Tamiko. I hope to see you there.
You are invited!
California Institute for Human Science would like to invite you, your family, and friends to the CIHS Annual Holiday Gathering/Open House. This year again we are going to have a potluck party! Let's have a wonderful time by meeting faculty, classmates, friends, and neighbors. Feel free to bring someone you know who may be interested in our unique graduate school and research center, or you may pass the invitation along to them. Everyone is welcome to our community event. We kindly ask you to RSVP to Tamiko at admin@cihs.edu.
Date: Friday, January 10
Time: 5.30 pm. ~ 7.30 pm
Location: California Institute for Human Science
RSVP: 760.634.1771x101 or admin@cihs.edu
*Please let Tamiko know what you plan on bringing and how many guests will be attending with you.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Sincerely,
CIHS Staff
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Dr. Hideki Mori's view
on the "Psycho-Somatic Medicine" model
as it is explained in Dr. Motoyama's new book.
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How can we attain optimal health through our mind-set and physical practice?
By Hideki Mori, M.D., Ph.D.
Why do such energy excesses and deficiencies happen? Although this is a guess to the last, I think it is as follows: Although ATP is supplied from a nutritive substance and oxygen if needed in a life activity, required quantity may not necessarily be supplied, and insufficiency may be compensated with ki energy. At this time, karana soul may work so that ki energy of a suitable quantity is generated and man's health is maintained. However, when the feeling related to the stomach meridian and spleen meridian such as worry or fretting works unstably, astral energy acts so that the balance of ki energy of these meridians may be disturbed, which cause the excess or deficiency of ki energy resulting in dyspepsia or hyperacidity. Moreover, if feeling is unstable, the limbic system in the brain will be stimulated, which then sends a signal to the hypothalamus, the center of autonomic nerves. As a result, sympathetic nerves becomes predominant and symptom such as palpitation, a cold sweat, hyperventilation, loss of appetite, etc. appears. Moreover, since energy is consumed more than needed in such a state, the energy for maintaining a life activity runs short and man easily get tired and sick. This state is called autonomic imbalance, and it is considered to be the center of the mechanism of mind-body correlation, according to Western medicine. If feeling becomes unstable, excess and deficiency arise to ki energy of related meridians,according to the kind of feeling. So, since the life activity of related entrails is caused superfluously or insufficiently, abnormalities will appear in their formation and function. Moreover, since sympathetic nerves becomes predominant, more energy is consumed than needed; the energy for maintaining a life activity runs short; and a person's physical condition becomes easily upset while appealing against newly appearing general physical complaints. Therefore, I think that it is necessary to take into consideration both the meridian system and the autonomic nervous system when we consider the mind-body correlation. When living according to conscience, man's mind is stabilized, karana soul keeps good balance of his meridian system and autonomic nervous system, and his body is kept healthy. When man's feeling is unstable or selfish, the balance of his meridian system and autonomic nervous system collapses, and he is gets ill easily, under the influence of an astral soul. The AMI is excellent equipment to evaluate the balance of the meridian system and that of the autonomic nervous system by BP and AP, respectively. I think that the orientation for the elucidation of the mechanism of the mind-body correlation, which is an issue important for health science and preventive medicine, would have been given, thanks to Dr. Motoyama and his cooperator continuing research of the meridian system and AMI over these past decades. I feel that living according to conscience is not easy these days. However, I can study how to bring up my conscience by reading Dr. Motoyama's book. I would like to make an effort to live according to my conscience without wasting this blessed special opportunity.
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Message from the Dean:
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Happy New Year, CIHS Community.
2014 has already been a busy and productive time for CIHS. This week, Winter quarter began with record numbers of students in our classes. Because CIHS' courses are so compelling, the predicament our students faced this quarter was, "How am I going to choose between classes?" This is an exciting problem to face while in graduate school. If you are interested in what CIHS has to offer you academically, please feel free to contact me. CIHS' next quarter begins April 7, 2014. There is plenty of time if you are interested in enrolling in one of our unique graduate programs (or BA completion). I am happy to make an in person or phone appointment with you to discuss how CIHS can help support your academic, professional, and personal goals.
We are only as strong as our community, and, as such, I hope you will take the opportunity to attend the two major community events we have in the coming months. The first is CIHS' Annual Holiday Gathering & Open House, Friday, January 10, from 530-730 on campus. It is a potluck. Please RSVP to Tamiko at admin@cihs.edu
Everyone is welcome whether you are a current, past, or possible future student, friends, family, larger CIHS community members, faculty, and all individuals who went to see what it is be a part of a like-minded community. Because many of our community members may have what are considered non-traditional views, we often skirt the mainstream. Becoming a community member at CIHS, whether as a student or by just attending one or our many events, is a welcome change. Many of our students report a profound of feeling at home when at CIHS. We hope to see you then.
Last but certainly not least, we are busy preparing for CIHS Conference 2014. Science, Spirituality, & the Healing Arts: View from the Edge of the New Frontier, July 18-20, 2014. This year, the conference will offer organic catering with gluten free and vegetarian options. Please check Facebook and our website for updates. Our pioneering researchers will be presenting their watershed work that pushes the boundaries of healthcare and science by incorporating subtle energy. The keynotes will be Dr. Bill Tiller, Dr. Gary Schwartz, Dr. Beverly Rubik, and Dr. David Gruder, to name just a few.
Wishing the entire CIHS community a happy, healthy, and fulfilling 2014. I hope to see you on campus in the new year.
Sincerely Hope Umansky, PhD hope_umansky@cihs.edu |
Annual Yoga Workshop
with Takeshima, Paul and Suzee Grilley
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May 31 (Sat.) & June 1 (Sun.)
Fees:
$225 - Early registration by 4/20
$250 - after 4/21
$180 - Student discount
$150 - Individual session with Takeshima
$20 - Meditation Session on June 2 (6pm~8pm)
$20 - Meditation Session on June 3 (6pm~8pm)
Registration
Workshop Description
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.
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Advanced Integrative Therapy
March 14, 15 & 16, 2014
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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.
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