6TH ANNUAL CONNECT MIND, BODY, SPIRIT

Wednesday, February 10, 2009

1:30 – 5:30 pm

CONNECT Mind Body Spirit is an event designed to enhance Colorado State University’s students, faculty, staff and Fort Collins community on the knowledge of complementary and alternative wellness practices related to the mind body spirit connection. We invite you to contribute to the quality of programs offered at this year’s event by submitting a program proposal that builds upon this theme. Objectives for the 2010 workshops include:

  • Enhance participants knowledge of complementary and alternative wellness practices related to the mind, body, spirit connection
  • Provide an opportunity for participants to integrate info/practice into their lifestyle
  • Provide learning for all levels (awareness, beginning, overview, skill development, advanced, leadership, professional)

This year, the CONNECT Mind Body Spirit committee is pleased to announce the 2010 keynote: Sarah Susanka, F.A.I.A.; Author of The Not So Big House series, Home by Design and The Not So Big Life.

Program Guidelines
The following guidelines are suggested for program submissions:
  • Participants will include CSU students, faculty/staff and the local community.
  • Creativity is important in presentation, style, format, title and description of workshop.
  • Participants may have varied levels of knowledge, experience, and learning styles.
  • Highly participatory formats are generally most successful.
  • Provide evidence based or scientific studies that will give credibility to presentation topics.
  • Workshops will be allotted 60 minutes.
  • Please provide handouts and other take-away information that guide participants towards continued development.
Topic Suggestions
Listed below are example topics. This list is not comprehensive. Utilize your creativity to explore areas of the Mind Body and Spirit connection that would educate the attendees.
  • Energy Psychology
  • Expressive Body Practices
  • Spirituality
  • Ecopsychology
  • Meditation
  • Deep ecology
  • Herbology
  • Alternative medicine
  • Emotional healing through the physical self
  • Feng Shui