AIHT Virginia Beach Second Annual Conference 2000
Saturday, September 16, 2000
Ramada Plaza Resort, Virginia Beach
Join AIHT for a Weekend of Sun, Fun and Enlightenment.
Site of the first landing of English colonists, home of our
Nation's birthplace, a host of national treasures and mecca of fun, Virginia
Beach with its natural beauty is literally surrounded with culture, history,
charm and excitement. We encourage you to stay all weekend and enjoy the beaches,
parks, restaurants and area attractions that Virginia Beach has to offer. Visit
the A.R.E.© Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc. or the Heritage
Bookstore! The conference is a wonderful opportunity for students and graduates
to learn, share, exchange and develop community with their counterparts throughout
the world. Some of the lectures and workshops that will be offered will inform
while others inspire, and most are sure to entertain.
All presenters are confirmed, however, the program is subject to change.
Choose from over 12 stimulating full-hour workshops or lectures!
Dr. Reginald Muata Ashby: Benefits of Working as a Holistic
Health Practitioner
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Room 1
Dr. Ashby's presentation will focus on discovering the benefits of working as a practitioner in the natural health field. He will relate how publishing and dissemination of information function in his business and how a degree from AIHT was useful towards realizing his goals, as well as how his degree fit into the contexts of his occupation.
Dr. Anil Behal: The Silent Outcry... Psychodynamics of the
Workplace
3:00 pm.-5:00 p.m. Room 1
Dr. Behal's workshop will address the “covert and unconscious” processes within organizations and how they affect the motivation, attitude, and emotional health of employees. The workshop will cover important psychodynamic topics like resistance, transference, psychic energy, and cathexis. Participants will gain a better understanding of the power structures within organizations and learn techniques to prevent emotional damage to themselves.
Dr. Philip Holder: Hypnosis and Past Life Regression
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Room 3
This workshop will cover both the process of Hypnosis and how hypnosis is used to uncover “Past Lives.” The subconscious mind has access to every memory and experience that we have ever had. That includes memories of past existences. These past life experiences can have a profound impact on whom we are, and how we experience the world around us. Have you ever had the sense that you've lived before? Have you ever met someone and had the uncanny feeling that you “know them?” It's possible that you have tapped into a past life connection. Learn more about this extraordinary phenomenon.
Dr. Josephene Johnsey: The Lowly Plant
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Room 3
“When I was seven, I had tonsillitis and with mother and grandmother taking care of me, a neighbor brought me a dish pan full of dahlias. The beauty and aroma of those flowers lifted my spirit and did much to help me get well. When I was fourteen, grandpa took me into his herb garden. He sold medical herbs and had a fenced one-acre naturalized garden. He knew every tree and plant in it. No longer would I look at anything as a weed or just a pretty flower. Our planet has anything green, anybody could ever need—from the artist, gourmet cook, craftsperson, winemaker, gardener, aromatherapist, etc., to the person who relies on herbs for their health.”
Joan Scott Lowe: Homeopathy — A Mind/Body Therapy for
ADD/ADHD
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Room 3
This lecture will summarize how Dr. Samuel Hahnemann discovered and developed the science of homeopathy and his six basic laws of homeopathy (Law of Similars, Law of Provings, Law of the Single Dose, Law of the Minimum Dose, Hering's Laws of Cure, and the Law of Individualization). To illustrate how homeopathy addresses each person's unique and individual totality of symptoms on the mental, emotional and physical levels; the speaker will discuss homeopathy for individuals with ADD/ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Advantages and disadvantages of homeopathy versus conventional therapies will be described, and also case studies demonstrating the effectiveness of homeopathy for people with ADD/ADHD.
Dr. Dona Matera: Dream Healing Journey — A guided dream
reentry process
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Room 2
Dona's workshop opens with discussion & mini-lecture, dream sharing, the main guided journey accompanied by soft music, followed by sharing and closing. Her approach blends transpersonal systems, healing traditions, and modern hypnosis techniques in a unique and spiritual context. By opening the doors to our inner wisdom, we let in the light of our healing and creative potential. We can access greater depth of dream meanings, work with shadow aspects, have moments of illumination, and clear and reintegrate the psyche.
Sally Perry: Forgiveness Workshop
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Room 1
In this workshop you will learn to work with the Spirit Medicine Wheel using mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual bodies. This heart-centered practice will help you release mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. (Bring paper and a writing utensil.)
Dr. Sue Smith: Stress Relief Workshop
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Room 3
Learning to relax is stressful. We will explore some simple techniques that will help you in the moment create balance. How to feel good when the stress of the day is upon and the job isn't going to wait. This experiential presentation will offer you tools you can use right away and they are always at your finger tips. Don't have time to meditate to lower your blood pressure? Let's explore some ways to help you be centered in minutes.
Dr. Fran Ward: Sharing and Caring
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Room 2
When is the last time since kindergarten that you brought something to show and tell? Now is your chance. Bring a personal item of yours to this session and share an interest. This is your opportunity to open up to a small group who will be opening up to each other. You'll be amazed that by indulging the group with our favorite objects, we will reveal our interests while reveling in each other's similarities and differences, passions and philosophies. (Each person's talk time will be about 3-5 minutes.)
Reverend, Dr. Jack Franklyn Wilcox, Jr.,: Throwing the Baby
out with the Bath Water; The Church and Metaphysics
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Room 1
An Episcopal Priest questions the established church's taboo against metaphysics and explores recent trends in a “New Age” approach to pastoral care. Dr. Wilcox provides some history of accepted metaphysical phenomena and “saints,” personal insights and experiences, and a description of the art of Spiritual Direction.
Dr. Chester P. Yozwick: Origin of Metaphysics
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Room 2
The meaning of “Being.” Words must be taken to have one clear meaning, and contradictions cannot be true of the same things at the same time. Appearances are not all true, nor are they all false. Not everything is at rest, nor is it all in motion. Actuality comes first in time before potentiality. Based on the teachings of Aristotle and Plato, make no mistake about it, this is Metaphysics!
Dr. James A. Zaveski: Using Mental Skills to Increase Physical
Performance
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Room 2
All major sporting events and athletes utilize metal skills to increase their physical performance, but this revolutionary technique can be applied to everyday life. Whether you work in an office, outdoors, or around the house, these techniques can make your life more productive and satisfying.
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Dr. Reginald Muata Ashby
Muata Ashby holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Religion and a Doctor of Divinity Degree. He is also a Pastoral Counselor and Teacher of Yoga Philosophy and Discipline. Dr. Ashby received his Doctor of Divinity Degree from AIHT where he is also an adjunct faculty member. Dr. Ashby is a certified PREP Relationship Counselor. Dr. Ashby has been an independent researcher and practitioner of Egyptian, Indian and Chinese Yoga and psychology as well as Christian Mysticism. He has engaged in Post Graduate research in advanced Jnana, Bhakti and Kundalini Yogas at the Yoga Research Foundation under the direction of Swami Jyotirmayananda. He has extensively studied mystical religious traditions from around the world and is an accomplished lecturer, musician, artist, poet, screenwriter, playwright and author of over 25 books on yoga and spiritual philosophy.
Dr. Anil Behal
Anil Behal, MSM, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist and psychodynamic consultant. He graduated from the American College, in Bryn Mawr, PA with a Master Degree in Management and also earned a Ph.D. in Metaphysics from AIHT. Dr. Behal is the founder of Motivtraks, a consultancy firm that specializes in motivational training, organizational development, and group therapy. He is currently pursuing clinical psychoanalytic training at The Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis. Dr. Behal joined AIHT in 1997.
Dr. Philip Holder
Philip Holder, Ph.D. is the president of Master's Center for Personal Development. He is program director and Chief of Staff of Master's Center Institute of Hypnotherapy. He has a thriving, hypnotherapy practice in Morrisville/Yardley, PA. He is certified by the National Guild, NATH, The International Association of Counselors and Therapists, and other prominent organizations. He is a member of the International Hypnosis Hall of Fame Guild, and is Chairman of the Board of the International Council of Hypnotherapists, Counselors, and Holistic Practitioners. He is an instructor of hypnosis, hypnotherapy, and meditation and offers regular certification courses. Dr. Holder is a lecturer and published author. He has appeared in many prominent magazines, on television, on talk radio, and is featured in many instructional videotapes and on audiotape. Dr. Holder is also one of the world's most highly respected Shaolin Kung Fu and meditation masters. He has certification in acupressure and other holistic modalities, and experience as a personal fitness trainer/consultant.
Dr. Josephene Johnsey
Josephene Johnsey holds six doctoral degrees: Ph.D. in Nutrition, Clayton College of Natural Health; also D.D. in Theology, Mh.B.D. in Metaphysical Bible Interpretation, Ph.D. in Humanities, Msc. D. in Metaphysical Science, and MHC.D. in Metaphysical Counseling, all from The University of Metaphysics. Dr. Johnsey's additional certifications include Parapsychology, Christian Development, Bible teaching and Cosmic Science. Ranked among Who's Who in Metaphysics, she is a member of the International Metaphysical Teachers and Counselors Association and the University of Metaphysics Ministers Association. She “makes a joyful noise” as her church's minister of music and pianist, and loves to commune with Mother Earth. In her wildlife habitat program Dr. Johnsey considers herself a herbal/flower essence, bird-watching, geology enthusiast. She translates the infinite beauty of nature into award-winning oil paintings, and she is also a dream interpreter. Dr. Johnsey joined AIHT in 1994.
Joan Scott Lowe
Joan Scott Lowe, BSN, MPH, CCH is a Registered Nurse with a Master of Public Health. In January 1988 she graduated from the International Foundation for Homeopathy Postgraduate Course in Classical Homeopathy, and in March 1995 she was Certified in Classical Homeopathy by the Council for Homeopathic Certification. This certification is expected to become the nationally recognized standard for competence in classical homeopathy. In July 1997 she completed the two-year Homeopathic Master Clinician course in clinical homeopathy taught by world-renowned homeopath, Louis Klein, RSHom. Currently she is studying advanced homeopathy in Jeremy Sherr's three-year Dynamis School of Advanced Homeopathic Studies.
Dona Matera
Dona Matera, MA, CHt, Ddiv is a transpersonal counselor and hypnotherapist, teacher, and holistic minister with a lifelong interest in dreams and metaphysics. Symbols and archetypes of waking life, trance and dreams, astrology and tarot are central to her practice. She has been developing her Dream Healing Journeys since1983 and has presented at Conferences of the Association for the Study of Dreams. Her work is suitable for individuals (adults & teens), couples, groups, and organizations. Sessions are conducted either in person or by telephone.
Sally Perry, Spirit Medicine
Reverend Sally Perry, Spirit Medicine, the nationally known medicine woman from Virginia Beach possesses the amazing gift of helping others face their core issues of self-healing. Sally has completed nine World Peace Dances with Beautiful Painted Arrow and has performed countless sweat-lodges, vision quests, and medicine wheels.
Dr. Susan Smith
Susan Smith, Ph.D., R.N., C. CARN, CCM is the former Administrator of the Ken Keys's College. She has traveled worldwide presenting concepts on the Science of Happiness. Sue has also been the Director of Outpatient Services and Chemical Dependency for Charter Hospital and now is a Specialty Case Manager for Blue Cross. She is an active member in the American Holistic Nurses Association and a Healing Touch Practitioner. She is now beginning a new phase of her process as a “Holistic Synergist.” Susan has spent the last two decades studying integration of right and left brain activities. Today she is a “Holistic Synergist” who has taken theories from many paths and combined them to make a powerful concept of life and beyond. She has always been a student of the universe and an explorer of the unknown.
Dr. Frances Ward
Fran Ward is a writer and artist. She is a perennial student who says her education began in earnest after she earned her Ph.D. and realized that it was not a terminal degree but only the beginning. She has advanced degrees from Dartmouth, the College of William and Mary, and AIHT; her undergraduate work was at the University of Massachusetts. She was the Associate Director of Financial Aid at William and Mary. She has taught a variety of subjects from Math, to English, Science, and Computers from grades 2 through 12 at The Hill School and Foxcroft. As a non-golfer and teacher, she coached the Hampton Roads Academy boys golf team to an undefeated season and State Championship. She taught Education courses to future teachers at William and Mary. She is a member of Mensa and has conducted tours and trips for students and adults to various museums, cities, and countries.
Reverend, Dr. Jack Franklyn Wilcox, Jr.
Jack Wilcox holds a Ph.D. in Metaphysics from AIHT; M.S. in Divinity from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; and a B.A. in Religion from Southwest Baptist University. Dr. Wilcox is an ordained minister, a grief counselor and a Christian educator who has designed and facilitated retreats, seminars, and workshops. He developed a lay ministry program at his church, and serves in the Campus Ministries program at Virginia Tech. Dr. Wilcox is a member of Diocese Commission on Youth Ministries, and operates Epiphany Healing Ministries, a non-profit educational organization that specializes in holistic healing. His wife is currently a student in AIHT's Doctor of Naturology program. He joined AIHT in 1996.
Dr. Chester P. Yozwick
Dr. Yozwick began his health and religious studies in 1967 when he began to battle his own health problems. His nine years of formal training in the health and religious sciences have earned him degrees in religion, preventative medicine, naturopathy, and nutrition. He is listed in Who's Who in America and his research in holistic health has become a part of the curriculum taught at the University of Paris School of Medicine in France. In addition, Dr. Yozwick has conducted an active private holistic health practice since 1979.
Dr. James A. Zaveski
Currently the President of KYDA Enterprises, Inc. that operates in the pro wrestling and martial arts fields, Dr. Zaveski matches his “mind work” with athletic, as a professional wrestler and motivational trainer/consultant to athletes. As such, he is president of KYDA Enterprises — Keep Your Dreams Alive. Dr. Zaveski currently holds a Ph.D. in Metaphysics, AIHT; M.B.A. from Strayer University; B.A. in Psychology, Human Relations, Mansfield University, and an M.S. degree in Counselor Education from the University of Scranton, PA. Dr. Zaveski has worked with students of various ages as a residential counselor, guidance counselor and testing coordinator in numerous teaching and social work environments. In addition to serving as an adjunct faculty member at AIHT, he currently holds two other university teaching and counseling appointments. He joined AIHT in 1997.
Sweat Lodge Ceremony with Reverend Sally Perry
8:00 p.m. -10:30 p.m.
Plan to arrive at Virginia Beach early, and join Sally Perry for a sweat lodge Friday, September 15. This healing rite purifies the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies as the steam from the red-hot rocks breaks the crystallization of habit and transcends you to higher levels of spirit to attune to the divine energy within. It allows for prayers from the heart to be offered requesting new vision, leaving ignorance and darkness behind to emerge into the freedom and light of a new moment. There will be two sweat lodges planned for your convenience. Space is limited, so advanced reservations are required. Cost is $40 per person.
Psychic Fair
6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Schedule readings from the local areas best psychics. AIHT will have a hospitality room for meeting friends and perhaps having a reading. Advanced scheduling is required and the cost is $20 per person per reading. Also, people may schedule readings by Sally Perry. Please contact Sally Perry at (757) 481-5489 for more information.
Enjoy a casual sit-down vegetarian lasagne dinner with opening ceremonies. (Any persons with special dietary restrictions should notify AIHT at 1-800-861-4793 before August 15) There will be several drawings for guests to win free courses and prizes from the AIHT school store. An after dinner presentation will be presented by Sally Perry speaking about the Spirit Medicine Wheel, the seven directions (N, S, E, W, above, below, and within), and the animals representing the four compass directions. There will also be a closing ritual of passing the light of peace. Candles will be provided.
Connie Ralston Roberts
Connie Ralston Roberts will present drumming in the conference/banquet room before the banquet. Drums will be provided.
Exhibition Tables
Exhibition tables will be available for conference participants to promote their services, programs, publications, or products. Exhibition tables are offered for a cost of $35. Please contact Cindy Kane at (757) 595-9523.
Book Swap
Throughout the weekend we will have a special table set aside for all students and graduates to be able to contribute a book that has been meaningful in their life. We hope that each will bring a special book that they are ready to pass along to someone else. Leave a book, take a book. We know that the right books will end up with the right people!