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November/2014

Dear CIHS Community Members,

 

 

I hope you enjoyed Halloween last week. Now, Thanksgiving and the holiday season are right around the corner. We just wanted to express our deepest gratitude to you all - students, community members, and faculty. Without your continued support, CIHS would not exist. We enter the holiday season grateful for your presence in our community.

 

We have some announcements and important information in this newsletter. First, we have an event announcement at CIHS. This Wednesday night, 11/5, and next Wednesday, 11/12, we are hosting a sound meditation with donation basis for the children of Nepal at 6:30pm - 8 pm. Please read the announcement and join us for the last two of the year.

 

The second article is from Dr. Hope Umansky announcing our Winter 2015 course schedule. Yes, it is already time to plan for next year. The concrete course schedule will be ready by the middle of November so please visit our website (www.cihs.edu) or directly contact Dr. Hope Umansky ([email protected]) for any assistance. She also announces a Save-the-Date for annual CIHS community holiday/winter gathering. All community members are welcome at these events, including prospective students. For the Holiday Gathering, we hope you will come, have dinner with us, and celebrate the New Year for you and CIHS.

 

The next two articles are from our two of our regular faculty detailing newly designed courses for Winter quarter 2015. One is from Dr. Tamara Goldsby on her class, Survey of Complementary Methods/Medicine, and the next one is from Dr. Sharon Mijares' Topic of Special Interest: Breathwork, Healing, and Transformation. Both of these classes will be open to all programs as electives and open to the public to audit.

 

The Winter 2015 quarter starts January 5, and our registration week is December 15 through 19. You do not need to be a CIHS student to take a course. You can experience the course by auditing it. Should you decide to become a student after taking a class, it is easily converted to count toward your graduate degree. If you are interested in our courses or programs, please contact Dr. Hope Umansky ([email protected]) for any assistance.

 

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!!

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Hideki Baba, Ph.D. 

[email protected]  

 

Sound Meditation at CIHS


CIHS is pleased to invite you to experience the wonderful sound healing meditations provided by Deep Deoja of Katmandu, Nepal.  Relax in the soothing sounds and vibrations produced by Tibetan singing bowls, crystal bowls, gongs, and bells.  Please visit  http://deepsoundmeditation.org/ for more information about the meditation.

 

Please join us for the last three sound meditations of the season at CIHS on Wed. 11/5, and 11/12 from 6:30pm - 8pm.  The sound meditation is scheduled to return to CIHS approximately the end of March 2015.

 

Proceeds of the meditation events go to the Bishwa Seva Foundation, founded by Mr. Deoja, which supports a school and orphanage in Nepal:   http://bishwaseva.org/  

 

Namaste.

 

 

 


 

Message from the Dean:

 

Dear CIHS Community,

 

 

Happy November! We are truly grateful to have such an intelligent, engaging, and accomplished scholarly community. The end of the year and Winter quarter registration is rapidly approaching. Winter quarter begins January 5, 2015, and the Winter quarter registration is December 15-19 2014. The weeks of November and December are shortened with the holidays so please contact me if you would like a phone or in person appointment for student advisement. I am happy to meet with you.

 

Introduction to Consciousness Studies, Dr. Thomas Brophy, BIS core requirement (unless you have taken Consciousness Studies already.

 

Consciousness Studies, Dr. Roger Cavnaugh, CIHS core class all programs MA and PhD.

 

Human Sexuality I: Clinical Considerations, Dr. Michelle Dexter, Clinical Psychology licensure and Integral Psychology requirement.

 

Mixed Methods Statistics, Dr. Ron Strader, MA requirement. *Some PhD level students may take this class with prior approval and it meets their dissertation needs.

 

Ethics and Law in Psychology, Dr. Sam Aganov. Clinical psychology licensure requirement.

 

Survey of Complementary Methods/Medicine, Dr. Tamara Goldsby. Elective all programs.

 

Study of East/West: Metaphysics and Healing, Dr. Mali Burgess. CRP core requirement; elective other MA and PhD programs.

 

Theories of the Chakras, Dr. Randy Fauver, fulfills spiritual education requirement.

 

Topic of Special Interest: Breathwork, Healing, and Transformation, Dr. Sharon Mijares, elective all programs.

 

Pranic Healing I and II on campus experiential workshops, Dr. Mary Clark 3/38 & 3/29 AND 5/1-5/3. Fulfills spiritual education requirement.

 

Advanced Integrative Healing, Dr. Mary Clark and Victoria Danzig, LCSW. On campus experiential workshop 3/6-3/8. Fulfills 2 of 4 units of spiritual education requirement. Psychology department only or with prior approval from the Program Director.

 

If you are interested in beginning a program at CIHS, I am happy to set up a phone or in person appointment to see how CIHS can help support your academic, professional, and spiritual growth. Joining an academic community of spiritual scholars is transformative. I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Our annual CIHS Holiday gathering will be Friday, January 16, 2015. Please save the date and join us-whether you are a student, prospective student, alumni, or community members. We welcome all like-minds. Please watch for more information and for RSVP requests from Tamiko. I look forward to seeing you then!

 

 

Sincerely,  

 

 

Hope Umansky

[email protected] 

 

 

 

 

Complementary Healing Class
"Survey of Complementary Methods/Medicine "
Course Instructor: Tamara Goldsby, Ph.D.  
  

 

Come one, come all on a journey of complementary healing. Join Dr. Tamara Goldsby as we explore Survey of Complementary Methods/Medicine this Winter quarter at CIHS.

 

In this course, you will be guided through various alternative healing modalities, including Asian methods (such as yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong and acupuncture), as well as energetic modalities such as flower essences, singing bowls, and other vibratory therapies. You will learn tools for your healing toolbox including aromatherapy and the use of crystals. We will explore methods of healing by indigenous cultures, as well as diverse methods that include divine healing and the healing properties of nature and the human-animal bond.

 

We will discuss integral psychology including Jungian methods, as well as positive psychology modalities such as affirmations and gratitude. Additionally, we will cover practical approaches geared toward assisting with depression, anxiety, and psychological issues, as well as trauma.

 

Students will have opportunities to explore particular modalities in-depth that spark their interest. Using an academic yet practical approach, this class aims to open students' minds to exciting alternative methods of healing. This experiential course is open to Integrative Health, Psychology, and Comparative Religion and Philosophy students.

 

 

Breath, Healing and Transformation
Course Instructor: Sharon G. Mijares, Ph.D.

  

 

I have designed a new course that focuses on the healing, deepening and enlightening power of the breath. psychology students benefit by learning methods for for emotional and empowering breathing forms. Religious/spiritual studies students benefit through learning the differing breathing practices in each tradition. Integrative health students will learn integrative and healing breath work practices.  

 

Breath is the very essence of life. Our entrance into life occurs with that first breath, and it is with a final breath that we depart. The breath we breathe contains the attributes of the divine. Awareness of breath determines the level of our connection to the deeper meaning of life itself. It is an expression of our humanity, carrying our sighs, moans, subtle praising and compassion. Breath changes with emotion, with threat, arousal, with activity, and so on. When it is held, it can reflect our anger and our fear. The depth of breath, the ease of breath, the rhythm of breath, all change automatically with our condition and mood. A sudden shock brings a gasp or a momentary cessation of breathing. A sneeze is an eruption of breath that makes one so suddenly vulnerable that we wish the sneezer good health and blessings to ward off the incursion of malicious spirits. Recognition of the breath can also transform our lives. Its release can bring us greater emotional, mental and spiritual freedom. Its study can lead us to the source of life's secrets; and the more intention and focus we bring to breath, the more deeply we connect with our original nature.

 

The very breath we breathe unites us with this universal mind and creative force; and yet we choose to limit our lives, trapped in pits of despair, mediocrity and held breath. Our awareness of and connection to the life energy is forgotten, until that magical moment when a knowledge deep within us begins to awaken. We are stirred by an inner remembrance that there is something more than the mundane goals and unfulfilled aspirations that have entertained and limited our minds. It is at this moment that the process of attaining wholeness and re-experiencing a unifying breath begins.

 

This new course examines the role of Eastern, Middle-Eastern and Western breathing practices, on intellectual, spiritual and practical realms. We will cover; Eastern traditions include Yogic-Vedic, Buddhist, Taoist and Martial arts. Western traditions include rebirthing Bioenergetics, Stanislav Grof's Holotropic Breathworth and more. Middle Eastern traditions include early Christian Aramaic practices, Kabalah and Sufi practices as well. In summary, we will focus on breathing for physical and emotional health as well as for mental and spiritual awareness and related development.  

  

 

Course text:

Mijares, S. (Ed.). (2009). The Revelation of the Breath: A Tribute to Its Wisdom, Power and Beauty. NY: State University of New York Press.