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A True Healing Science for Healthcare Professionals–Presented by Susan Taylor, PhD

Meditation has been recognized as one of the most powerful techniques available to restore balance and vitality on a mental, emotional and physical level.

The Meditation Specialist™ Certification Training is a complete course in the theory, science, and practice of meditation therapy with a focus on the use of meditation as a true healing science that can be applied in a wide variety of health conditions. It prepares attendees to assist patients who are suffering from healthcare conditions such as cancer, pain, cardiovascular disease, anxiety and depressive disorders, for example with practical applications for everyday use.

The training combines online learning, practice sessions, and live webinars. There is also a separate "in-person" 5-day clinic (click here for additional information on the live event). After attending the entire training (webinars, online learning and 5-day clinic or equivalent), students will learn the skills required to enable them to sit for the National Meditation Specialist™ Certification Board exam*.

Earn 36.0 contact hours for the online readings, practice and webinar sessions.

Online readings will begin March 5, 2012. Webinar courses will begin Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

All webinars will be recorded and will be available until May 15, 2012.

ONLINE MODULES:

EBM Practices for the Clinic: Review medical literature supporting evidence-based meditation.

Anatomy of Your Seat: Describe the anatomy of posture and how it relates to overcoming stress and supporting meditation.

Anatomy of Respiration and Nasal Function: Describe anatomy and physiology of the brain and nervous system in relation to meditation.

Anatomy of Relaxation, Skeletal Muscles, and Stress Reduction: Describe the correlation between stress, muscle tension and practice of relaxation.

WEBINAR COURSES:

• Healing Power of Meditation: Understand Focused Awareness and healing and the keys to starting a meditation practice.

• Meditation Rx: Evidence-based meditation: 5 steps to starting a meditation practice.
• Build Your Foundation for Meditation: Establishing Your Seat: Understand the foundation principles to support a meditation practice.
• Create Vitality Science of Breath - Part 1: Understand the science and breath as it relates to meditation (part 1).
• Create Vitality Science of Breath - Part 2: Understand the science and breath as it relates to meditation (part 2).
• Relaxation: The Door to Meditation: In-depth description of relaxation and its role in meditation.
• The Vital Mind: The Pillar of Transformation: Anatomy of the mind as it relates to meditation.
• Bringing Meditation Into Healthcare: Create a business model utilizing the tools of stress reduction and practices associated with meditation.

Key Course Benefits:

•      Learn the foundational tools for focused awareness through mindfulness and concentration, and the keys to starting a meditation practice.

•      Recognize the principles of healing and gain skills to bring meditation into healthcare.

•      Obtain strategies to take charge of your health, and your patient’s health, by coping with stress more effectively.

For more details please call
Gannett Education: 1-800-866-0919

Cancellation and Refund Policy:

Phone cancellations must be confirmed in writing. Cancellations received by February 6, 2012 will receive a full refund of the registration fee. Cancellations received between February 7, 2011 and February 27, 2012 will be assessed a $50 processing fee. Cancellations received after February 27, 2012 or “no shows” will not receive a refund. In the event that the program is cancelled, a full refund will be issued.

If you missed any webinars, you will have a chance to view the recording until May 15, 2012.

MEDITATION SPECIALIST™ COMPETENCY TRAINING: EXPAND YOUR PRACTICE - TEACHING TOOLS FOR MEDITATION* (a 5-day "in person clinic)    |    BY SUSAN TAYLOR, PhD
HONESDALE, PA | SEPTEMBER 12-16, 2012

Click here to register for the 5-day clinic, which is open to those who completed the online and webinar portion of this program or its equivalent.  

Learn more about this event by watching these informational webcasts:

Susan Taylor, PhD, is director of educational programs and founder of the Center for Meditation Science, Inc. An accomplished nutritional biochemist and meditation specialist with more than 25 years of experience, and a pioneer in the field of mind/body medicine, Taylor continues to transform our understanding of health.

By understanding the link between psychological function and physical reality and how the mind-body matrix plays a role in our health and healing mechanisms, her approach integrates the best of western medicine with natural healing traditions.

Dr. Taylor is the author and producer of the Healing Power of Meditation and The Vital Energy audio programs, and the author of The Healing Power of Meditation national seminar and the Meditation Specialist™ Competency Training for health care professionals.

She holds a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry at Case Western Reserve Medical School and a MS in Human Nutrition with Columbia Medical School. Dr. Taylor's research has appeared in the scientific journals Analytical Biochemistry and The American Journal of Physiology. She has also been profiled in many national magazines, including Nursing Spectrum, Healthy Living, Fit Magazine, New Age Journal, Mademoiselle, Country Living, and Cosmopolitan.

ONLINE MODULE (beginning March 5, 2012):
* EBM Practices for the Clinic
* Anatomy of Your Seat
* Anatomy of Respiration and Nasal Function
* Anatomy of Relaxation, Skeletal Muscles, and Stress Reduction


WEBINARS:

Disclosures

Webinars must be attended in their entirety and the evaluation form must be completed.

The planners and presenter(s)/author(s) of this course have declared no real or perceived conflicts of interest that relate to this educational activity.

Gannett Education guarantees that the content of these educational activities are free from bias.

Accredited status does not imply endorsement by the provider or ANCC of any commercial products displayed in conjunction with this activity.

These CNE activities do not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Accreditation

Nurse.com educational events are provided by Gannett Education. Gannett Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Gannett Education is also accredited by the Florida Board of Nursing (provider no. FBN 50-1489) and the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider no. CEP 13213). The Meditation Specialist™ Certification Program is an ANCC-accredited Nursing Skills Competency Program. Expiration date is November 2012.