SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
FOOTHILL COMMUNITY CENTER
5510 Diablo Dr.
Sacramento, CA 95842
WORKSHOP CONTENT
There is wide agreement that two of the most important things you can do to support and promote your own health are to give your body the nutrients it needs and to eliminate stress. We have created a workshop that will assist you in doing both. The day itself will be an experience of reducing stress and eating healthy food, AND you will learn tools you can take home to continue the nourishment on your own.
This will be a day of nourishing our bodies and souls. You have asked us for practical help with healthy eating and this workshop is the result of your requests. Rebecca Katz will do a cooking demonstration and we will eat a lunch made from the recipes in her new book, The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen. Her information is scientifically based, but she presents it in a way we can all understand with take-home skills for our kitchens.
When BK Bose led us in some Healing Yoga at our Sacramento conference in 2008, some participants said it was their first successful experience with Yoga. Many said they wanted an opportunity to practice with BK again and this workshop was born out of those requests.
INSTRUCTORS
Bidyut (BK) Bose, PhD, learned yoga and meditation from his father as a child, and later with monks in the Himalayas. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Niroga Institute, a non-profit Center for Integral Health, bringing mindfulness practices to those who need it most – vulnerable populations such as cancer survivors, seniors, people battling addiction, and at-risk youth. Niroga is actively engaged in collaborative research to study the effects of our Healing Yoga protocol on the immune system as well as on stress, anxiety, and depression. Bidyut earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, and his current research interests have shifted to the application of Healing Yoga to many common chronic conditions and to special populations. www.niroga.org
Rebecca Katz, MS is the author of The Cancer Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing Big Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Beyond, and, One Bite at a Time: Nourishing Recipes for Cancer Survivors and Their Friends. She consults, lectures and does culinary demonstrations for leading health care institutions including University of California San Francisco, Stanford Cancer Center, and Manhattan’s Cornell Medical Center. She is the Senior Chef at the internationally acclaimed Commonweal Cancer Help Program in Bolinas, California. She holds a Masters of Science degree in Health and Nutrition Education and received her culinary training from the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts. www.rebeccakatz.com
SCHEDULE
8:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Cooking demonstration by Rebecca Katz
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Healing Yoga with BK Bose
12:00 noon Nutritious Delicious Lunch
1:00 p.m. Nutrition information and Q and A with Rebecca Katz
2:30 p.m. Relaxation and Meditation with BK Bose
3:30 p.m. End of program
