RICE DIET EDUCATIONAL SERIES

April 2007

Mon	2nd	9:50 11:15 1:30 2:30 6:15	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Recovery from Relapse with Dr. Ronnie Kolotkin, PhD Lecture or Discussion with Dr. Neelon No Fault Poetry: An Informal Workshop with Florence Nash Fireside Chat with Dr. Rosati
Tues	3rd	9:45 11:15 1:30	Mindfulness Meditation with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Psychology of Dysregulated Eating with Jeff Georgi, M. Div The Courage to Heal/ Group Carolyn Craft, BA. Div/Ord.
Wed	4th	9:45 11:15 1:30 3:00 4:30 6:15	Yoga with Susan Levy Perfectionism and Weight with Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW How to Sustain Change with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Emotional Regulation with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Transitions Group with Jeff (see Jeff for registration) Movie Premier: The Future of Food
Thurs	5th	9:00 9:45 9:45 11:15 1:30	Walk with Bobbie Mindfulness Meditation with Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord. Weekly Orientation [for new pts] with Bobbie Stanford, RD, LDN Organics and Beyond with Kitty Rosati, MS, RD, LDN Field Trip to Timberwood Organic Farm
Fri	6th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Susan Levy Group with Dr. Rosati Antioxidant Supplements: Helpful or Dangerous? Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD, PhD
Sat	7th	9:45	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT
Mon	9th	9:50 11:15 1:30 2:30 6:15	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Weight and Intimacy with Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW Going Home Talk with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN No Fault Poetry: An Informal Workshop with Florence Nash Monday Night Movie Premier: The Future of Food
Tues	10th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Mindfulness Meditation with Jeff Georgi, M. Div. Social Variables of Dysregulated Eating with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Creating Life in Harmony with Your Values/ Group with Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord.
Wed	11th	9:45 11:15 1:30 3:00 4:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Body Image with Dr. Ronnie Kolotkin, PhD Craving Management with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Hunter Gatherer/ Farmer ADHD with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Transitions Group (see Jeff for registration)
Thurs	12th	9:00 9:45 9:45 11:15 1:30	Walk with Bobbie Yoga with Susan Levy Weekly Orientation [for new pts] with Bobbie Stanford, RD, LDN After Care with Bobbie Stanford, RD, LDN Lecture or Discussion with Dr. Neelon
Fri	13th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Group with Dr. Rosati Cooking with Susan & Derek
Sat	14th	9:45	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT
Mon	16th	9:45 11:15 1:30 6:15	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Self Sabotage with Dr. Ronnie Kolotkin, PhD Meal Planning with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN Monday Night Movie Premier: The Secret
Tues	17th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Mindfulness Meditation with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Spirituality of Dysregulated Eating with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Distinguishing, Identifying, Resourcing Feelings and Needs/ Group with Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord
Wed	18th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Weight and Quality of Life with Dr. Ronnie Kolotkin, PhD Transforming a Day’s Intake with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN
Thurs	19th	9:00 9:45 11:15 1:30 6:15	Walk with Bobbie Yoga with Susan Levy Fiber and Colon Cancer with Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD, PhD Lecture/ Discussion with Dr. Neelon Life Under the Nazis with Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD, PhD
Friday	20th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Group with Dr. Rosati Dream Boards with Kitty Rosati, MS, RD, LDN
Sat	21st	9:45	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT
Mon	23rd	9:50 11:15 1:30 6:15	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Responding to Relapse with Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW Going Home Talk with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN Fireside Chat with Dr. Rosati
Tues	^24th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Mindfulness with Jeff Georgi, M.Div Biology of Dysregulated Eating with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Lecture/Discussion with Dr. Neelon
Wed	25th	9:45 11:15 1:30 3:00 4:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Hypertension with Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD, PhD Your Brain and Relationships, Jeff Georgi, M. Div The Cortisol Story with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Transitions Group with Jeff (see Jeff for registration)
Thurs	26^th	9:00 9:45 11:15 1:30	Walk with Bobbie Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT After Care with Bobbie Stanford, RD, LDN 12 Powers for Success/GROUP with Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord
Friday	27^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Group with Dr. Rosati Cooking School with Susan & Derek
Sat	28^th	9:45	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT
Mon	30^th	9:45 11:15 1:30 6:15	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Exercise Essentials with Vitality Personal Training Surviving Your Social Life with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN Fireside Chat with Dr. Rosati

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GUEST SPEAKERS

Carolyn Craft BA/ Div. Ord

As Life Coach and Spiritual Therapist, Television/Radio Host, and Corporate Executive, Carolyn Craft has been sharing her insights in the field of healthier living, personal growth, and social consciousness for over 35 years. She challenges her audiences and clients to make positive changes in their lives. As a native of Chapel Hill, NC, her career began with a degree in Communications from UNC. In addition to her private counseling practice in the Triangle area, she is showcased nationally through her radio show ‘Waking Up with Carolyn Craft’ on Sirius Satellite ch114 & www.lime.com. She has blended her broadcast and business experience with her 17-year career as an ordained Unity Minister to bring about transformational shifts for persons worldwide.

Jay Dunbar, PhD

Dr. Jay Dunbar is Director of the Magic Tortoise School located in the Research Triangle area. The school offers classes, workshops, private tutoring and teacher training in taijiquan, qigong, and related studies. Jay’s dissertation (Ph.D., Education, UNC-1991) was on taijiquan instruction in America. He has served as chief judge of forms and push-hands in numerous tournaments. He is a senior student of the late Grandmaster Jou, Tsung Hwa.

Joy Anandi, CYT

Joy, a certified yoga teacher (CYT), has practiced and taught all levels of yoga for over 30 years. As a survivor of two bouts of cancer, using both traditional and alternative treatments, she has dedicated her life to sharing her experiences and knowledge to awaken the healing powers inside to heal body, mind and spirit. In 1989, Joy took a four year sabbatical study with Kali Ray, living the lifestyle of a yogini, using a vegan diet as medicine for prevention of cancer and other life threatening illnesses. Kali Ray is a world renowned yogini and founder of Kali TriYoga International. Joy has created FLOWING GENTLE PATH YOGA, a healing system for chair bound people, using pranayama (breath regulation) and hatha yoga (physical exercise). She is also a spokesperson for the Triangle Vegetarian Society

Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW

Patricia Esperon is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Duke University. She received a Masters in Social Work from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1991, where she received the Katherine Banham scholarship for her work in the area of mental health. Ms. Esperon was a therapist and lecturer at Duke from 1995 – 2002 and continues to address numerous topics associated with weight management. Since opening her private practice, Ms. Esperon has continued working with clients who are struggling with weight disorders, as well as depression, anxiety, and trauma. In addition, Ms. Esperon has provided psychological evaluations for patients considering gastric bypass surgery at the Duke University’s Bariatric Clinic. Ms. Esperon has been quoted in such national magazines as Good Housekeeping, Shape, My Generation, and Real Simple and appeared on the television program 60 Minutes.

Ronnie Kolotkin, PhD

Ronette “Ronnie” Kolotkin is a clinical psychologist in private practice who for over 20 years has specialized in the treatment of obesity, emotional eating, and issues related to improving the quality of life of persons with obesity. She is the former director of the Behavioral Program at the Duke University Diet and Fitness Center (1984-1999), co-author of a book on obesity treatment (The Duke University Medical Center Book of Diet & Fitness), developer of an audio CD for weight loss (Healthy Thoughts), author of over 30 scientific publications on obesity, and developer of widely used research questionnaires that assess the impact of weight on quality of life in adults and teens (IWQOL-Lite© and IWQOL-Kids©). Ronnie is also receiving training to be a provider of The Solution, which retrains your brain for health and happiness and releases you from external solutions such as overeating.

Siegfried Heyden, PhD, MD

Much of Dr. Heyden’s early life was surrounded by political events leading to WWII and the persecution of Jews by the Nazis. Dr. Heyden studied medicine and theology at the Universities of Berlin and Zurich following WWII. He completed all his medical training in Jewish hospitals in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Berlin, before earning his PhD degree in Zurich. In 1966, he was promoted to Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, pursuing a lifetime interest in preventive medicine.

Highlights:

Timberwood Organics Farm

In an effort to support our local organic farmers, the Rice Diet has recently partnered with Eastern Carolina Organics (ECO) to bring you fresh organic produce right from our own back yard. On Thursday April 5th, learn about organic farming from a USDA certified organic farm in Efland, NC. They grow over 40 types of vegetables every year, and are suppliers to local farmers markets, as well as ECO, and Carolina Organic Growers Co-Op.

No Fault Poetry with Florence Nash:

What makes something a poem, anyway? Is it a matter of how you say something, or how you see it? In a 3 session series, we’ll examine poems, talk about how they’re put together and why they work- or don’t. With suggested readings and exercises to get you going, you’ll try your hand at writing, and bring your poems to class for reading & constructive feedback.

Movie Premiers

Get informed and involved, and join us as we preview two of the nations most controversial and eye opening films. The Future of Food provides an overview of the key questions raised by consumers as they become aware of genetically modified foods. Following, The Secret, recently highlighted on Oprah, walks you through the steps you can take to actualize your goals and dreams. These will air Monday April 9^th & April 16^th at 6:15pm.