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Creating Healthy and Happy Families

Healthy and happy families don't just happen. They are an intentional CREATION. This workshop uses the acronym CREATION to discuss the following areas that contribute to a healthy family: Choices, Rest, Environment, Activity, Interpersonal relationships, Outlook, and Nutrition. Information shared comes from my experience as a wife and parent, elementary teacher and consultant, doula and natural childbirth educator, personal fitness trainer, and on-going study in natural healing.

Speakers

Kimberly Mazone

Educational consultant & life coach

In addition to being a wife and mother, I am a certified teacher who is passionate about working with children and families. I consult with homeschooling families on educational topics, but I have also worked as a doula and natural childbirth educator, have enjoyed sharing my interest... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2013 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

11:00am EDT

Chinese Therapeutic Movement

An introduction to simple practices known as Qigong [Chikung] to enhance health and alleviate pain. You will leave with a few potent tools to maintain health from this ancient tradition.

Speakers

Abi Morrison

acupuncturist, Red Bird Acupuncture

I love to share the magic of self practiced meditative movement from ancient China called Chi Kung. Turn on your system's ability to heal itself through easily learned routines similar to T'ai Chi, but much simpler. Develop a deeper sense of comfort in your body.

Friday September 20, 2013 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

12:00pm EDT

Transformative Power of Story

Stories and oral traditions have been with us since the beginning of time. Stories have powerful applications including but not limited to: healing, teaching, understanding and transcending ourselves. Through a series of stories (some well known and others new to listeners) we will explore the subjects of intuition, finding our ""tribe"" and the importance of being true to ourselves among other topics that relate to self-healing and transformative experiences in our life.

Speakers

Cynthia Swan

Spirit Matters

Friday September 20, 2013 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

1:00pm EDT

Preventing Cesarean Birth

Rates of cesarean birth are at epidemic levels in this country. Nation-wide the incidence of surgical birth is approximately 30%. This presentation will look at why the rates are so high, the argument for vaginal birth after cesarean section, and ways to prevent a primary cesarean.

Speakers

Linda Robinson

Maine Affiliate ACNM

Friday September 20, 2013 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

2:00pm EDT

Natural Ways to Deal with Depression

This presentation looks at what depression is and natural ways to prevent it or treat it with natural laws of health such as consuming an organic whole foods diet, exercise, drinking plenty of water, spending time outdoors in fresh air and sunshine, getting adequate rest, looking at the way you think, etc.

Speakers

Zach Mazone

4th year osteopathic medical student-UNE

Friday September 20, 2013 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

3:00pm EDT

Urinary Incontinence

When you cough or sneeze, do you cross your legs to prevent urine loss? After running errands, do you have urinary urgency when you put your key into the lock? If you answered ""yes"" to either of these questions, this talk is for you! Come learn about ways to treat these conditions.

Speakers

Kathy Beach

American College of Nurse Midwives - Maine Chapter

Friday September 20, 2013 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

4:00pm EDT

Homeopathy and Cancer Treatment

Classical homeopathy can be used as adjunctive support during conventional cancer treatment, to promote healing from surgery, to relieve nausea from chemotherapy, to treat radiation burns, and to alleviate fear and despair. An overview of the most useful remedies.

Speakers

Edee Howland

Healing Resources of Maine

Friday September 20, 2013 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

9:30am EDT

Family Yoga

Artists

Family Yoga

Saturday September 21, 2013 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Sunflower Stage

Health & Wellness

10:00am EDT

Green Up Your Clean Up

How to save money, your family's heath and the planet by making and using your own nontoxic housecleaners.

Speakers

Amy Kolb Noyes

Author, The Green Guide to Nontoxic Housecleaning

Keeping it clean without poisoning our world!

Saturday September 21, 2013 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Railcar Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness, Non-toxic

10:00am EDT

Work Hard Pain Free

Review of traditional body use practice and current science; contrasted against conventional practice and advice; especially related to farmwork.

Speakers

Jamie Huntsberger

Transformative Bodywork

Saturday September 21, 2013 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

11:00am EDT

Strengthen Your Immune System: Choose Health

We have the capacity to become strong, resilient, healthy individuals using simple therapies, many of which have been known for millennia. Each of us has the ability to make ourselves sick, or well, depending on our choices. In learning to use: herbs, healing foods, homeopathy, acupressure, sun therapy, exercise, deep breathing, and folk therapies we can make an active choice to choose health.

Speakers

Laura Sholtz

The Center for Natural Healing

Saturday September 21, 2013 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

12:00pm EDT

Is a Birth Doula for You?

A woman in labor is in a very vulnerable space physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. She needs consistent and constantly available support to feel safe, respected, and successful, leading to a more comfortable natural experience. Her partner sometimes cannot provide this support since he or she is going through birth, too! Find out how having another person in the room can actually bring your new family closer together.

Speakers

Quinn Blaiklock

Doula Quinn

Saturday September 21, 2013 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

1:00pm EDT

Stress: What it is and does, what to do about it

Stress plays a part in almost all chronic diseases. Yet many of us do not recognize the stressors in our life, the impact they have on our health, and what we can do about it.

Speakers

ME Association of Naturopathic Doctors / Maine Assoc of Homeopaths

MAND

Terry CooksonME Association of Naturopathic Doctors / Maine Assoc of Homeopaths12 S George StAugusta, ME 04330207-557-2557MAND is dedicated to advancing the principles of naturopathic medicine and expanding Maine's consumer access to this important natural, prevention-based form of... Read More →

Saturday September 21, 2013 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

2:00pm EDT

Medical Cannabis 101

An overview of medical cannabis through history, with a special focus on Maine's current laws and regulations, and different strains of medicine and delivery options that may work best for patients with a variety of qualifying conditions.

Speakers

Wellness Connection of Maine

Wellness Connection of Maine

Becky DeKeusterWellness Connection of Maine685 Congress St RearPortland, ME 04102207-242-1422medical cannabis dispensary

Saturday September 21, 2013 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

3:00pm EDT

Feels Like You Got Hit By A Bus...

Dr. Maloney discusses the paths to pain and how to reverse them, using household items and common sense.

Speakers

Christopher Maloney

Maloney Medical

Saturday September 21, 2013 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

4:00pm EDT

Living Gluten-Free

Dr. Vacher practices Naturopathic medicine at Belfast Natural Medicine in Belfast, ME. She herself maintains a gluten-free diet and understands the issues of gluten-intolerance and Celiac disease personally as well as professionally. She will be speaking to us on the complexities of gluten-intolerance, diagnosis and treatment as well as the complications of food buying, food preparation and life-style changes necessitated by this condition.

Speakers

Kerri Vacher

Belfast Natural Medicine

Dr. Kerri Vacher is board certified at the national level and licensed to practice Naturopathic Medicine in the state of Maine. She received her Doctorate of Natural Medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, WA. She completed a residency in a multidisciplinary primary care facility... Read More →

Saturday September 21, 2013 4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

9:30am EDT

Family Yoga

Artists

Family Yoga

Sunday September 22, 2013 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Sunflower Stage

Health & Wellness

10:00am EDT

Green Up Your Clean Up

How to save money, your family's heath and the planet by making and using your own nontoxic housecleaners.

Speakers

Amy Kolb Noyes

Author, The Green Guide to Nontoxic Housecleaning

Keeping it clean without poisoning our world!

Sunday September 22, 2013 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Railcar Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness, Non-toxic

10:00am EDT

Lifestart Newtrition

Learn the value of eating a whole foods plant based diet and how it can impact your overall health .

Speakers

Cheryl Farley & Timothy Howe

Ready Set Go Healthy

Sunday September 22, 2013 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

11:00am EDT

Our Childbirth Heritage: Maine's Midwifery History

Whether you are considering Martha Ballard's famous 17th century diary or the reverberations from San Francisco and the Farm in Tennessee, Maine's Midwifery history is rich and interesting. Join me for a discussion of the history of Midwifery here in Maine and what it means for us today.

Speakers

Maine Affiliate of ACNM

Maine Affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives

Suzanne NorgangMaine Affiliate of ACNMPO Box 78Blue Hill, ME 04614207-812-5062Maine midwives that support women and their healthcare from puberty to menopause

Sunday September 22, 2013 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

12:00pm EDT

Everything you need to know about Barefoot Running

Free your feet and your mind will follow. In this introduction to barefoot running and walking you will learn how to stretch, strengthen and care for your feet and how to heal common foot misalignments like bunions, hammer toes and neuromas through better (or no) footwear. Runners will learn the basics of mid and forefoot striking (instead of heel striking) and the pros and cons of the minimalist footwear options.

Speakers

Charlotte Clews

Wild Open Heart

Charlotte has been teaching yoga since 1999 and is the owner of Mountain Studio in Blue Hill, Maine. She teaches corrective and therapeutic fitness by integrating modern yoga alignment, Pilates and functional movement to help people move more freely in their daily lives. She is an... Read More →

Sunday September 22, 2013 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

1:00pm EDT

Sahaja Yoga meditation

Sahaja Yoga meditation is a time honored technique that teaches people about their subtle systems and how to balance it with the elements. You will learn about the universal energy within which connects you to your spirit and your highest self.

Speakers

Jerry Mayfield

Coordinator/Instructor, Sahaja Yoga meditation

An ancient practice, introduced to the modern world in 1970 by H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (pictured), Sahaja Yoga, meaning "spontaneous or in-born connection," is the last breakthrough in human awareness. Like the sprouting of a seed it is a natural, living experience of re-awakening... Read More →

Sunday September 22, 2013 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Health & Healing Speakers Tent

Health & Wellness

2:00pm EDT

Birth Matters

The way we give birth and the way we are born matters to women, babies, families and communities. Midwifery care promotes wellness and safeguards Normal Physiologic Birth, Bonding and Breastfeeding that is safest, healthiest and most satisfying for people. How can we keep birth real in our culture of technology, toxins and medical intervention? Guided discussion with the President of the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) Jill Breen, CPM

Speakers

Midwives of Maine

Midwives of Maine

Jill BreenMidwives of MainePO Box 1St Albans, ME 04971207-938-2094Promotes and protects freedom of choice in child birth, midwifery, and home birth

Sunday September 22, 2013 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
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Health & Wellness

3:00pm EDT

Prostate Cancer: What Men & Women Need to Know

Approx 1400 Maine men will be diagnosed with pc this year and 140 will die yet and so many don't know about screening, how to proceed if diagnosed (e.g. active surveillance vs treatment, what to expect medically and emotionally, support groups,prevention (nutrition/organic) etc. In other words Prostate Cancer 101.

Speakers

Terry Kungel

Maine Coalition to Fight Prostate Cancer

Sunday September 22, 2013 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
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Health & Wellness