RICE DIET EDUCATIONAL SERIES

November 2007

Thurs	1^st	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 Healing with all of your senses Kitty Rosati, MS, RD, LDN Dream Boards with Kitty Rosati, MS, RD, LDN
Friday	2^nd	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Group with Dr. Rosati A Taste of The Rice Diet Store with Susan Levy
Sat	3^rd	9:45	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT
Mon	5^th	9:50 11:15 1:30 6:15	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Eating and Emotions with Dr. Ronnie Kolotkin, PhD Going Home Talk with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN Fireside Chat with Dr. Rosati
Tues	6^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Cultivating the Practice of Stress Relief Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord INVENTORY on Psychology of Dysregulated Eating Class Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord. Hypertension-Sodium and Potassium Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD, PhD
Wed	7^th	9:45 11:15 12:30 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Perfectionism and Weight with Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW Mindful Lunch with Jennifer Harris Menu Planning with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN
Thurs	8^th	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/ Discussion with Dr. Neelon
Friday	9^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Group with Dr. Rosati Cooking Class with Derek
Sat	10^th	9:45	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT
Mon	12^th	9:45 11:15 1:30 6:15	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Recovering from Relapse with Dr. Ronnie Kolotkin, PhD Managing Your Waistline Over the Holidays Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN Monday Night Movie Premier: The Answer
Tues	13^th	9:45 11:15 1:30 6:15	Practice/Application of Stress Relief Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord. Mapping a new reality for yourself w/Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord. Lecture/Discussion with Dr. Neelon Life Under the Nazis with Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD, PhD
Wed	14^th	9:45 11:15 1:30 3:00 4:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Weight and Intimacy with Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW Spirituality of Dysregulated Eating with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Finding Your Dream with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Transitions Group (see Jeff for registration)
Thurs	15^th	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 Journalizing with Kitty Rosati, MS, RD, LDN Breast/Prostate Cancer & Nutrition Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD PhD
Friday	16^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Olive Oil and Vinegar Tasting with Dr. Rosati Cooking Class with Derek
Sat	17^th	9:45	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT
Mon	19^th	9:45 11:15 1:30 6:15	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Handling the Holidays with Dr. Ronnie Kolotkin, PhD Going Home Talk with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN Monday Night Movie: Super Size Me
Tues	20^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Stress Reduction/Mindfulness with Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord. Reframing Your Life/Group with Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord Going Home Workshop with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN
Wed	21^st	9:45 11:15 1:30 3:00 4:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Are you a Self Sabotager? Dr. Ronnie Kolotkin, PhD Biology of Dysregulated Eating with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Aging with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Transitions Group (see Jeff for registration)
Thurs	22^nd	9:45 9:45	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Happy Thanksgiving Day
Fri	23^rd	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Group with RDP medical staff Cooking Class with Derek
Sat	24^th	9:45	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT
Mon	26^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Binge Eating I: What is BE? Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW Food Labels: You think you know, but you have no Idea! Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN
Tues	27^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Mindfulness in Daily Life with Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord. Living on Purpose/Group Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord The HDL Story with Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD, PhD
Wed	28^th	9:45 11:15 1:30 3:00 4:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Binge Eating II: How to Deal w/ BE Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW Psychology of Dysregulated Eating Jeff Georgi, M. Div How to Sustain Change Jeff Georgi, M. Div Transitions Group with Jeff (see Jeff for registration)
Thurs	29^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Susan Levy After Care with Bobbie Stanford, RD, LDN Lecture/Discussion with Dr. Neelon
Friday	30^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Group with Dr. Rosati Cooking Class with Derek

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 founder and director of the Magic Tortoise Taijiquan School (www.magictortoise.com) located in the Research Triangle area, since 1979. The school offers classes, workshops, and private tutoring in taijiquan, qigong, and related studies. Dr. Jay also practices Qigong Therapy, and offers private Qi (energy) healing sessions to individuals by appointment. His Ph.D. is from UNC-CH in Education, which he received in 1991 with a dissertation on taijiquan instruction in America. He has served as chief judge of forms and push-hands in numerous tournaments and 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

Dr. Ronette "Ronnie" Kolotkin is a clinical psychologist in private practice who for over 20 years has specialized in the treatment of obesity, binge 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, co-author of a book on obesity treatment, developer of an audio CD for weight loss, and developer of a questionnaire that assesses the impact of weight on quality of life.

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.