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(or attend on March 27 from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm)

Job-related stress has been a long-standing concern in the health-care industry. Health-care workers have significantly higher rates of burnout, absenteeism, and turnover than those found in most other professions.

Tai Sophia Institute, recognized as a preeminent academic institution for wellness-based education, is pleased to offer a workshop exclusively designed for health-care professionals and health-care human resource staff to learn new and effective ways to care for themselves including nutritional and herbal support, to be proactive in managing stress triggers, and to be more effective in building relationships with their patients.

Fee: Tuition for this program is sponsored by a grant from the Columbia Foundation for direct service health-care practitioners and human resource staff who are employed by nonprofit health-care organizations in Howard County, Maryland. Interested participants outside of Howard County or employed with a for-profit organization may enroll at a nominal fee of $25.

To register, please contact Tai Sophia Institute’s Office of Community Programs at 410-888-9048 ext.6611 or e-mail communityprograms@tai.edu.

Instructors: Tom Balles, M.Ac., L.Ac.(UK), Dipl.Ac.(NCCAOM); Robert M. Duggan, M.A., M.Ac.(UK), Dipl.Ac.(NCCAOM); Cheryl Walker M.L., MCC; Rebecca Snow, M.S., L.D.N., R.H. (AHG), C.N.S.

(or attend on March 27 from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm)

Job-related stress has been a long-standing concern in the health-care industry. Health-care workers have significantly higher rates of burnout, absenteeism, and turnover than those found in most other professions.

Tai Sophia Institute, recognized as a preeminent academic institution for wellness-based education, is pleased to offer a workshop exclusively designed for health-care professionals and health-care human resource staff to learn new and effective ways to care for themselves including nutritional and herbal support, to be proactive in managing stress triggers, and to be more effective in building relationships with their patients.

Fee: Tuition for this program is sponsored by a grant from the Columbia Foundation for direct service health-care practitioners and human resource staff who are employed by nonprofit health-care organizations in Howard County, Maryland. Interested participants outside of Howard County or employed with a for-profit organization may enroll at a nominal fee of $25.

To register, please contact Tai Sophia Institute’s Office of Community Programs at 410-888-9048 ext.6611 or e-mail communityprograms@tai.edu.

Instructors: Tom Balles, M.Ac., L.Ac.(UK), Dipl.Ac.(NCCAOM); Robert M. Duggan, M.A., M.Ac.(UK), Dipl.Ac.(NCCAOM); Cheryl Walker M.L., MCC; Rebecca Snow, M.S., L.D.N., R.H. (AHG), C.N.S.

This 5-week advanced course will build on knowledge gained in the beginning and intermediate level courses. You will deepen your
understanding of energy patterns and develop skills to facilitate healing and wellness.
Prerequisite: Chakra Work, Level II.

Fee: $255/$250 –Early registration on or before April 30
CEUs: 15
Instructor: Arlyn Kline, RN

Study with Fritz Smith, MD, founder of Zero Balancing (ZB), in this exciting form of bodywork which uses touch to align body energy and body structure for health and healing. This class, Core ZB I, teaches the basic ZB hands-on protocol, theory and skills.

Fee: $595/$545 – Early registration on or before April 20
CEUs: 25
Instructor: Fritz Smith, MD, DO, MAc (UK)

The Meeting Point Bookstore, located adjacent to Tai Sophia’s lobby, is pleased to present Debra Kaatz, author of Characters of Wisdom and Receiving Spirit, for a booksigning event.

Debra Kaatz is a Chinese medicine healer, writer, musician and gardener. She lives in southern France in a stone house she built herself from four ruined walls. It is surrounded by beautiful healing gardens where she traditionally makes various healing remedies. She loves writing and doing research.

Her current books include:
Characters of Wisdom
The Alchemical Path
Wild Flower Plant Spirits
Bringing Light Into the World
24 Christmas Stories
Receiving Spirit – The Practice of Five Element Acupuncture

Kaatz is also working on a soon-to-be published book on herbs.

She teachers a year’s course on spiritual five element acupuncture at her home in France where she also gives healing sessions. In recent years she has been invited to give workshops in many places around the world.

Tai Sophia’s signature program has the ability to influence the way you relate to others and to yourself. You will have at least 20 practical skills to use immediately when you leave this workshop. Based on ancient wisdom and anchored in the modern world, learn ways to set priorities in the context of partnership with others, without opposition and judgment. Redefine your fear with courage, your upsets, your relationships, your career, your life, your future as well as your health.

Redefining Health is a program that addresses life’s questions and puts the unknowing in a context that is at once simple and profound. Participants from around the nation and around the globe have reported that this program has influenced their lives by giving them an empowering, effective framework for daily living.

Click to read more about Redefining Health.

Fee: $165
CEUs: 12
Nursing Contact Hours: 12.5
Instructor: Dianne M. Connelly, Ph.D., M.Ac. (UK) and Bob Duggan, M.Ac. (UK), M.A.

You will expand on your studies of Chakra Energy Work in Level IV. This session will include energy work with a focus on specific organ systems, balancing the hemispheres of the brain, stimulating the immune system, and TMJ.
Prerequisite: Chakra Work, Level III.

Fee: $255/$250 –Early registration on or before June 4
CEUs: 15
Instructor: Arlyn Kline, RN

Review highlights of Chakra Energy Work, Levels I-IV. A chakra-by-chakra format allows integration and synthesis of lecture material and hands-on technique. This five-week course includes time for questions and answers, lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice.
Prerequisite: Chakra Work, Level IV.

Fee: $255/$250 –Early registration on or before July 9
CEUs: 15
Instructor: Arlyn Kline, RN

Tai Sophia’s signature program has the ability to influence the way you relate to others and to yourself. You will have at least 20 practical skills to use immediately when you leave this workshop. Based on ancient wisdom and anchored in the modern world, learn ways to set priorities in the context of partnership with others, without opposition and judgment. Redefine your fear with courage, your upsets, your relationships, your career, your life, your future as well as your health.

Redefining Health is a program that addresses life’s questions and puts the unknowing in a context that is at once simple and profound. Participants from around the nation and around the globe have reported that this program has influenced their lives by giving them an empowering, effective framework for daily living.

Click to read more about Redefining Health.

Fee: $165
CEUs: 12
Nursing Contact Hours: 12.5
Instructors: Dianne M. Connelly, Ph.D., M.Ac. (UK) and Bob Duggan, M.Ac. (UK), M.A.