RICE DIET EDUCATIONAL SERIES

October 2007

Mon	1^st	9:45 11:15 1:30 6:15	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Body Image with Dr. Ronnie Kolotkin, PhD Transforming a Day’s Intake with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN Fireside Chat with Dr. Rosati
Tues	^2nd	9:45 11:15 1:30	Mindfulness Meditation with Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord. Healthy Communications/ Group Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord Fiber and Colon Cancer with Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD, PhD
Wed	^3rd	9:45 11:15 12:30 1:30 3:00 4:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Weight and Intimacy with Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW Mindfulness Lunch with Jennifer Harris Spirituality of Dysregulated Eating with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Finding Your Dream with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Transitions Group (see Jeff for registration)
Thurs	^4th	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 at the Roots with Kitty Rosati, MS, RD, LDN Lecture/ Discussion with Dr. Neelon
Friday	^5th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Group with Dr. Rosati Cooking Class with Derek
Sat	^6th	9:45	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT
Mon	^8th	9:50 11:15 1:30 6:15	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD What is a Lifestyle Change? Dr. Ronnie Kolotkin, PhD Going Home Talk with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN Movie Premier: What the Bleep Do We Know?
Tues	9^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Mindfulness Meditation with Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord Reinventing Yourself/ Group Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord. Going Home Plan of Action with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN
Wed	10^th	9:45 11:15 12:30 1:30 3:00 4:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Planning for High Risk Situation with Dr. Ronnie Kolotkin, PhD Mindful Lunch with Jennifer Harris Biology of Dysregulated Eating with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Aging with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Transitions Group with Jeff (see Jeff for registration)
Thurs	11^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 Nutrition and Breast Cancer/ Prostate Cancer with Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD, PhD Lecture/ Discussion with Dr. Neelon
Friday	12^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Group with Dr. Rosati Cooking Class with Derek
Sat	13^th	9:45	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT
Mon	15^th	9:45 11:15 1:30 6:15	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Responding to Relapse with Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW Surviving Your Social Life with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN Monday Night Movie Premier: The Future of Food
Tues	16^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Mindfulness Meditation with Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord. Celebrating the Power You Have to Enrich Life/ Group Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord. Organics and Beyond with Kitty Rosati, MS, RD, LDN
Wed	17^th	9:45 11:15 12:30 1:30 3:00 4:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Psychology of Dysregulated Eating with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Mindful Lunch with Jennifer Harris How to Sustain Change with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Emotional Regulation with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Transitions Group (see Jeff for registration)
Thurs	18^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 Osteoporosis with Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD, PhD
Friday	19^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	20^th	9:45	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT
Mon	22^nd	9:45 11:15 1:30 6:15	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Binge Eating I: What is BE? Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW Going Home Talk with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN Optional Going Home Workshop to Follow Class Fireside Chat with Dr. Rosati
Tues	23^rd	9:45 11:15 1:30 6:15	Mindfulness Meditation with Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord. Living On Purpose/ Group Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord Journalizing with Kitty Rosati, MS, RD, LDN Life Under the Nazis with Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD, PhD
Wed	24^th	9:45 11:15 12:30 1:30 3:00 4:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Binge Eating II: How to deal w/BE Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW Mindful Lunch with Jennifer Harris Social Variables of Dysregulated Eating with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Craving Management with Jeff Georgi, M. Div Transitions Group (see Jeff for registration)
Thurs	25^th	9:45 9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Susan Levy Weekly Orientation [for new pts] with Bobbie Stanford, RD, LDN After Care/ Accountability Training Bobbie Stanford, RD, LDN Lecture/Discussion with Dr. Neelon
Fri	26^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Group with Dr. Rosati Food Discussion with Derek and Ryan
Sat	27^th	9:45	See Supplemental Reunion Schedule
Sun	28^th	9:45
Mon	29^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	T’ai Chi with Dr. Jay Dunbar, PhD Recovery from Relapse with Dr. Ronnie Kolotkin Supermarket Sweep with Ryan Sobus, MPH, RD, LDN
Tues	30^th	9:45 11:15 1:30	Mindfulness Meditation with Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord. Healthy Aging/ Group Carolyn Craft, BA, Div/Ord Visceral and Subcutaneous Fat Dr. Siegfried Heyden, MD, PhD
Wed	31^st	9:45 11:15 12:30 1:30	Yoga with Joy Anandi, CYT Support for Weight Loss with Patricia Esperon, MSW, LCSW Mindful Lunch with Jennifer Harris Dream Boards with Kitty Rosati, MS, RD, LDN

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

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.