Classes and Weekend Retreats

(Programs that have before them are FREE programs for members who have Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Western New York)

Insurance Paid Programs

  • Community Blue
  • Traditional Blue
  • Blue Cross
  • Blue Shield

Programs -- Classes, Weekend Retreats

* The member must have the "Alive and Lively Rider," and be a member through Blue Cross - Blue Shield of Western New York.
* There is an additional fee for the weekend retreat that covers the food plan and the overnight accommodations.
* There is an additional program fee for the Radical Makeover Program and Contest, which is for the part of the program not paid by BC/BS.

Classes and programs are held at various locations throughout the United States, especially Western New York, and Canada.

If you carry other insurance plans you can call me to discuss the program fee for classes. At this time other insurance plans are not covering the programs. I will take payments for the Radical Makeover Program and Contest. If you have Flex Pay for part of your healthcare, you can apply these to the classes I teach.

Call for information: Vicky (716) 524-0118




RADICAL MAKEOVER PROGRAM AND CONTEST

This 12 week program is an opportunityfor you to finally take a look at your life and decide once and for all if you want to make some radical changes in order to have optimal physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. This program is a giant step forward in extending the quality of your life.

Optimal well-being is a state of being where you will enjoy a perfect state of health. The RADICAL MAKEOVER PROGRAM is a breakthrough program created to give people a new understanding of health and illness, and the healing power of the mind.

My goal as your facilitator is to provide you with the knowledge and ability to adapt to a proactive approach to your total well-being. Classes and an individual wellness consultation will help you understandmore clearly what is required in your life to establish harmony, health and optimal well-being on an ongoing basis.

Twice a year individuals can sign up for this 38 hour program and contest that can literally change a person's life. The contest will offer people the chance to WIN a variety of PRIZES. In the past we have had jewelry, massages, facials, books, gym memberships andmany other prizes. The GRAND PRIZE coming up will be a DIAMOND CLUSTER RING.

As your facilitator, with over 40 years in the medical field, I will help you through the maze of confusing information that is out there. We will look at the best that both traditional medicine and complementary medicine has to offer when it comes to your total well-being.

Benefits of the Radical Makeover Program

  • Lose Up to 40 Pounds in 12 Weeks
  • Taking Control of Your Life
  • Healthier Body, Mind, and Spirit
  • Increased Energy and Vitality
  • Mental Focus Increased
  • Negative Emotions Released
  • Improved Quality of Life
  • Outlook and Attitude Change
  • Getting in Touch with Your Body's Signals
  • Creativity is Increased
  • Enhanced Immune System
  • Conquer Addictions
  • Anxiety and Stress is Reduced
  • Prevent or Reduce Chronic Diseases
  • Better Coping Mechanisms
  • Mental Relaxation
  • Less Stressful Life
  • A Better Health Profile
  • Behavior and Lifestyle Changes
  • Reverse the Effects of Aging
  • Decrease Medical Cost by Imporving Your Overall Health

By first creating in your mind the person you want to be, as well as the body you want to have, you can take advantage of what is your true nature. What you can do, or dream you can do, is just a step away. Begin your new journey today and be the person you were destined to be.

Cost of Program

The cost of this 38 hour program is $695.00. For those people who are members of Blue Cross - Blue Shield of Western New York and carry the Alive and Lively rider, your only cost would be $145.00. This fee is for the part of the program that is not paid for by the insurance company. The fee is for an individual one hour Lifestyle Assessment consultation. Payments can be made during the program.




CREATING HEALTH WEEKEND RETREATS

This program gives you the chance to do what you have been promising yourself for years - to finally take a break and dedicate time to your health, relaxation, and rejuvenation. This 18 hour program will provide you with the knowledge of what you can do in order to have optimal physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. No prescription is more valuable than correct information and knowledge. Optimal pamper treatments will be available.

Objectives of the Creating Health Program:

Health and Disease result from complex interactions of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, genetic, social, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Imbalance in any of these areas will affect the entire person. There are tools available for living a healthier life.

  • A Proactive Approach to Your Total Well-being
  • Lifestyles Choices to Optimal Health
  • Preventative Medicine is the Best Medicine
  • Causes and Stages of Disease
  • Nutrition and Food Choices
  • The Science of Life
  • Movement Exercises
  • Medical Meditations
  • Emotional Clearing
  • Conquer Addictions
  • Detoxification and Rejuvenation
  • Stress Management
  • Right Thinking and Self Control
  • Wellness Assessment Profile

CREATING HEALTH WEEKEND RETREAT


Optimal Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-Bring.
The cost for this 15 hour program is $225.00 plus an additional fee for room and meals.
This program is free for Blue Cross/Blue Shield members (plus additional room and meals fee) for the weekend.
Additional fee for room and meals depending on location.
Call (716)524-0118 for details.


Weekend Retreat Schedule:

Saturday
8:00 - 9:000  -  Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 - Welcome and Orientation
9:30 - 10:00 -  The Wellness Revolution
10:00 - 10:45 -  Wellness Assessment Profile
10:45 - 11:30 -  The Differences Between Traditional, Holistic, and Integrative Medicine
11:30 - 12:00 -  Strategies for Creating Well-Being
12:00 - 1:00 -  Lunch
1:00 - 1:45 -  Thoughts, Beliefs, and Habits - How They Influence Your Life
1:45 - 2:15 -  Chronic Diseases That Can Be Reversed
2:15 - 3:00 -  The Doorway to Perceptions
3:00 - 3:45 -  Afternoon High Tea Ceremony
3:45 - 4:30 -  Movement Exercises
4:30 - 5:00 -  Detoxification and Right Food Choices
5:00 - 6:00 -  Dinner
Sunday
8:00 - 9:00 -  Medical Meditations
9:00 - 9:30 -  Higher States of Consciousness
9:30 - 10:15 -  Spiritual vs. Ego Qualities
10:15 - 11:15 -  Body Scan Meditation
11:15 - 12:00 -  Mindfulness Meditation
12:00 - 1:00 -  Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 -  Stress Management
1:30 - 2:00 -  Emotional Unfoldment
2:00 - 2:30 -  The Miracle of Renewal
2:30 - 3:00 -  Walking Meditation
3:00 - 3:30 -  The Science of Life
3:30 - 3:45 -  Yantra Meditation
3:45 - 4:00 -  Your Bright Future

*Times and subjects may change

Optional massages are available during most weekend retreats. Call for details and costs as most massage appointments will need to be scheduled two weeks before retreat to accommodate everyone.



CREATING HEALTH - 5 WEEKS TO OPTIMAL PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING

Health and Disease result from complex interactions of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, genetic, social, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Imbalance in any of these areas will affect the entire person. There are tools available for living a healthier life. This program is the same as the weekend retreat program and offered to whose who would rather take the program over a five week period. Optimal well-being is a state of being where you can enjoy a perfect state of being through lifestyle options. Prevention and knowledge is the BEST DEFENSE against developing chronic diseases. We will start with an individual Wellness Assessment Profile, and discuss lifestyle changes necessary for optimal health.

CREATING HEALTH - 5 weeks to Optimal Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being.
The cost for this 15 hour program is $225.00, Call (716)524-0118 for dates.



MANAGING YOUR EMOTIONS - OPTIMAL MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING

Why do we feel the way we feel? How do our thoughts and emotions affect our health? Are our minds and bodies distinct from each other, or do they function together as parts of an interconnected system? These are some questions we will ponder during this important program that has helped many people change the way they handle their emotional and mental well-being.

Managing Your Emotions is a landmark program, full of insight and wisdom, and to posessiong that rare power to change the way we see the world and ourselves. Emotions tied to thoughts have a kind of activating charge, for each feeling is a physical sensation associated with an idea. As a result, emotions are experienced in both our minds and bodies, and every idea includes a taste of delight or disappointment, relief or anguish, hope or despair, suffering or pleasure, love or fear.

Each of our thoughts is an impulse of consciousness that expresses both meaning and sound. Someone estimated that human being have sixty thousand thoughts each day. The sad news is about fifty nine thousand are the same ones as the day before. If you want to change your present reality you need to change your thoughts and how you process the world around you. During this program you will learn how to release negative emotions and thoughts. By doing so, you will change your reality and enjoy the gift of the present moment.

Managing Your Emotions - $85.00 - 7 1/2 hour class



SUPERMARKET ADVENTURE

This is a great supermarket adventure like no other. Are you confused with food product labels - 'NO FAT', 'LOW FAT', 'LOW CARBS VERSUS HIGH CARBS', 'ADDITIVIES', 'FOOD COLORINGS', 'HEALTHY FOODS VERSUS JUNK FOODS', 'STEROIDS AND ANTIBIOTICS USED IN OUR FOODS', and 'HIGH YIELD VERSUS LOW YIELD FOODS'? Most people in Western society don't know what to think, with all the controversy that's out there regarding our food choices.

Well now you have the opportunity to walk down the aisles with a trained health educator, and be able really investigate what all the controversy is all about. We will go down the aisles of a local supermarket, and find out all about what food choices are out there.

There is so much confusing information from television advertising and the food industry. Remember the food industry is a MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY and they will do and say anything to get your food dollar.

In the U.S. overweight and obesity is at an all time high. With over 65% of Americans affected, people really need to be educated about the dangers that lurk in the supermarket aisles. Confusion will be conquered once and for all as we go on our SUPERMARKET ADVENTURE.

Supermarket Adventure - $44.00 - 3 hour program



RETURN TO WHOLENESS - SURVIVING THE DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER

Despite over forty years of research, with billions of dollars spent each year, the conventional medical establishment's "WAR ON CANCER" has been a dismal failure. Today, we are no closer to understanding the underlying causes for the rapid rise of cancer rates, or to finding safe and effective treatments. Most people continue to equate cancer with death, or at the very least, an excruciating journey back to health filled with physical debilitation and pain.

This program is an empowering class covering the best of traditional medicine and the best of complementary healthcare to best survive the DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER. This safe and effective program promotes ways of opening and energizing the healing pathways to unite the body, mind and spirit. Once a person forms this partnership, they will be able to enhance all the various treatments available to them. A variety of complementary therapies exist which have proven safer, gentler, and often more effective than conventional choices at reversing, and preventing cancer.

With cancer claiming so many lives, over a million Americans a year , the search for a cure has become a global industry. This program will examine the most promising treatments for the prevention and treatment of cancer. Living a life free from emotional or mental distress is very important. We should also avoid toxid foods as well as carcinogens in our environment.

Return to Wholeness Program - $85.00 - 7 1/2 hour class



MEDICAL MEDITATIONS - AWAKENING THE INNER HEALER

Over the past 20 years this program has been the most popular program taught by Vicky at the Bridge to Wellness Health Center and out in the community in various settings and formats. "Medical Meditations" are implemented in every program taught by Vicky, because she feels that when one is living in "present awareness" and in the "present moment" infinite possibilities in life can show up. It has been said that meditation is simple in concept, but difficult to master. During the program we will demystify and make it simple to have a daily meditation practice. Once you start practicing different meditation techniques, you will love your time that you spend being in the present moment.

Meditation is both an ancient spiritual practice and a contemporary mind-body technique for relaxing the body and calming the mind. The history of meditation comes from a vast background having it's roots in almost 5,000 year old traditions. It is not some "new age" practice of the 21st century as many people have claimed. Meditation has been rooted in every culture and in every religion in the world since the beginning of human existence, because it works.

Meditation offers a unique kind of rest to your body that is more rejuvenating than the deepest sleep. Basically you focus on self-awareness, leading to a deep connect with your inner source of energy. Contrary to popular belief, meditation isn't about focusing on a particular thought. It is about acquiring a state where only consciousness remains. You will awaken to the "PRESENT MOMENT" and to "PRESENT AWARENESS".

Our minds are engaged in what one might call a "continuous internal dialogue". One thought after another. Past, present and future dialogue goes on during our waking lives. It has been said that the typical modern adult has between 50,000 to 60,000 thoughts a day. It has been speculated that over 97% of those thoughts are about the past or future. Why are we spending so much time worrying about the future of which we have very little control over, or the regrets and suffering from past events that we can't change? Learning to live in the present moment and having present awareness is where the real power for change resides. Many people believe that when you meditate it's about "tuning out". Nothing is furthur from the truth. Meditation is about "tuning in", and living in the moment where infinite possibilities reside. To have a daily practice of meditation has become more of a necessity for the human body in today's stressful world.

During the "Medical Meditation" classes I will go over some of the most popular forms of meditations - such as:

  • Breathing Meditations
  • Mindfulness Meditations
  • Guided Visualizations and Imagery
  • Transcendental Meditations
  • Relaxation Response Techniques
  • Primordial Meditations
  • Mantra Meditations
  • Yantra Meditations
  • Devotional and Prayer Meditations
  • Sutra Meditations
  • Body Scan Meditations
  • Walking Meditations
  • Mindful Eating Meditations
  • Loving Kindness and Compassion Meditations
  • Healing Meditations

When you meditate a number of desirable things begin to happen:

  • Your mind calms down and you experience an inner sense of peace, joy, and optimal well-being.
  • You will begin to think clearer and have less mental turmoil.
  • When you learn how to be in the present moment you will gain more mental energy.
  • You will be able to concentrate and focus your thoughts more clearly.
  • You will enjoy your senses more fully. Anything you enjoy such as food, sex, music, art, and so on is greatly enhanced by meditation.
  • You should directly experience and become more aware of transcendent interconnections that already exists in your soul.
  • Supports in kicking addictions and other self-defeating behaviors.
  • You will have a deeper sense of meaning and purpose in life.
  • You will be able to glimpse the sacred and dimensions of being.
  • Rid yourself of a host of medical or psychological maladies without pharmaceuticals or psychotherapy.

When practiced regularly meditations can cure as well as prevent lifestyle disorders including:

  • stress, tension, and anxiety
  • hypertension
  • heart related diseases
  • high cholesterol levels
  • alleviate chronic pain
  • diabetes
  • arthritis
  • among other imbalances

It has also been proven to be beneficial in developing better concentration power, memory, and learning abilities. Besides all those wonderful benefits, hundreds of research studies have concluded that a meditation practice significantly reduces depression and anxiety levels, which is often the root cause of many of the lifestyle concerns that plaque us in the 21st century.

In the past forty years there have been thousands of research and clinical studies throughout the world proving the many benefits from a regular meditation practice. In the past couple of years some of the newest research done is showing that meditation restores the brain. There has been a landmark study conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital proving that in as little as eight weeks meditation not only helped people feel calmer but also produced changes in various areas of the brain including growth in the areas associated with memory, empathy, sense of self, and stress regulation.

As stated previously, "Medical Meditations" are taught in every program to some degree. The most popular is an 8 hour workshop. It is infused quite heavily in the "Radical Makeover Program," "Creating Health Weekend Retreats", and the "Radical Spiritual Awakening Program'. It can be taught in colleges, health centers, hospitals, and Corporate America in workplace settings.

Medical Meditatons Program - Call for details and pricing.



BATTLE OF THE BULGE - A MIND BODY APPROACH TO PERMANENT WEIGHT LOSS

This revolutionary new Mind-Body program, for permanent weight loss, will change your ideas about dieting. The first thing you have to bring into your belief system is, "DIET'S DON'T WORK!"This program creates a lifelong plan of action for permanent weight loss and maintenance that is fun and easy, and will give you "Optimal Well-Being." This will be for life, not just while you are trying to lose. weight.

Throw away your "Diet Book", "Diet Pills", and "Fad Diets". This revolutionary new mind-body program for weight loss will forever change your ideas about dieting. In this 7 1/2 hour program you will discover the Ten Keys needed to finally overcome your weight challenges and struggles once and for all. This program is successful because it addresses the many issues of being over-weight.

Ten Ways to Permanent Weight Loss

  1. Right Thinking and Self Control
  2. Healing Feelings and Emotional Control
  3. No Frills Environment and External Control
  4. Detoxification and Purification
  5. Mastery Over Food, Impulse Eating, and Habit Control
  6. High Yield Nutrition and Food Control
  7. Intentional Movement and Body Control
  8. Meditation-Awakening the Inner Healer
  9. Your Circle of Support and Social Control
  10. Techniques to Stop Food Cravings

Battle of the Bulge Program - $85.00 - 7 1/2 hour class



BABY BOOMER WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM

This program is very similar to the "Battle of the Bulge Weight Loss Program" and the "Diets Don't Work Program" except that it focuses on people over 50 years old. It seems outrageous that many older people have spent a lifetime being over weight and have consumed an inadequate diet, and than when they turn 50 or 60 and all the chronic diseases set in - they still haven't made the connection between food and diseases. Many baby boomers have tried every "DIET" out there, without success. You will shed weight that you've always dreamed of losing and keep it off. Get off the "ROLLER COASTER OF UNHEALTHY DIETS AND THINK LIKE A THIN HEALTHY BABY BOOMER. We will look at life-long patterns of unhealthy living and misguided information. We will focus and look forward to enjoying an active life that doesn't focus on unhealthy eating patterns. We will take back control and reverse chronic diseases and over weight once and for all.

This program is taught in a several formats. A two hour condensed lecture, an eight hour workshop, and also part of the "Forever Young - Reversing The Aging Process Program". It can also be tailored made for colleges, hospitals, health centers, lectures, and Corporate America programs in the workplace.

Baby Boomer Weight Loss Program - Call for details and pricing.



DIETS DON'T WORK - THINK LIKE A THIN PERSON FOR OPTIMAL WEIGHT LOSS

This weight loss program is the most current program taught at the Bridge to Wellness Health Center and out in the community. Vicky has been teaching weight loss programs for over twenty years. Now you will learn what really works and it starts by realizing two important concepts. Number one - DIETS JUST DON'T WORK LONG TERM and IN ORDER TO HAVE PERMANENT WEIGHT LOSS - YOU NEED TO START THINKING LIKE A THIN PERSON.

At any given time in the past 40 years.you have usually seen at least two new diet books on the best sellers list at any given time. There are literally hundreds of diet books out there, if not thousands, all claiming the SECRETS of a new diet program. Well if anyone of them really worked, you wouldn't see the millions of overweight people out there. We have been a nation obsessed with the newest "DIET" mentality.

Your success will depend on your willingness to learn the most current information out there. This scientific, nutritional program was designed after 20 years of studying hundreds of articles from scientific literature, teaching about weight loss programs from personal experience, testing the most effective nutritional interventions from around the world, and observing and testing these methods with my clients and students. This weight loss program REALLY WORKS LONG TERM.

I know how frustrating it is to start another weight loss program only to meet with failure. This will not be the case if you embrace this program and really decide once and for all that "in order to have permanent weight loss you really need to work the program and implement the successes that naturally thin people use daily". Why focus in on the 70 of people out there that haven't been able to keep the weight off. Instead lets focus on the 30 of people out there that either have never had a weight problem or have permanently been successful in maintaining normal weight.

This program has also been implemented in the "RADICAL MAKEOVER PROGRAM" where most people have:

  • lost up to 40 pounds
  • reversed high blood pressure
  • lowered cholesterol levels
  • lowered triglycerides
  • got in touched with their body's signals
  • Type 2 diabetes either improved or completely reversed
  • acid reflux either improved or completely reversed
  • arthritis symptoms either improved or reversed
  • better sleeping patterns
  • depression improved or disappeared
  • embraced a program of moving and powerful exercises that are fun
  • implemented new delicious recipes
  • plus a host of other benefits

This program can be taught in many different formats including a condensed lecture, an 8 hour workshop, and part of the "Radical Makeover Program". It can also be tailored made for colleges, health centers, hospitals, lectures, and Corporate America programs at the workplace.

Diets Don't Work - Think Like a Thin Person Program - Call for details and pricing.



JOIN THE WELLNESS REVOLUTION

The desire for wellness pervades our decisions that we make daily. We must arm ourselves with the information necessary to become an educated health consumer. In 2001 over $200 Billion was spent on products or services from the Wellness Industry. Economists predict by the year 2015 an additional $1.2 trillion of the U.S. economy will be devoted to the Wellness Industry. People are demanding additional options for their Healthcare.

Health and diseases result from complex interactions of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and lifestyle factors. Imbalance in any of these areas will affect the whole person. During this 3 hour program you will learn about the tools available for living a healthier life. Learn about the many options available in today's healthcare arena. Switch your way of thinking from illness and disease to wellness and prevention. You must be willing to use a proactive approach for your total well-being, and learn about the lifestyle choices that are necessary in order to have optimal health.

Join the Wellness Revolution Program - $50.00



DETOXIFICATION AND REJUVENATION - A RETURN TO OPTIMAL HEALTH

Are you sick and tired of being SICK AND TIRED? Do you live with fatigue and no vitality on an everyday basis? Then it is imperative that you sign up for this 3 hour your body and facilitate a restoration of optimal health. The need to tackle toxic burdens in your body, before they manifest themselves as DISEASE, has never been greater. You will learn that you really are what you eat and assimilate.

Cleansing also helps release hormone secretions that stimulate immune response and encourages a disease preventing environment. You start feeling like a "different person" - and of course you are. "You really are what you eat and assimilate!"

Objectives of Detoxification and Rejuvenation

  • Support your body's effort to eliminate toxicity
  • Sources of toxins in our food and water
  • Diet and proper nutrition
  • Relaxation therapies to reduce mental toxicity
  • Identifying food allergies
  • Anti-oxidants and free radicals
  • Different types of cleansing and wellness diets
  • Massage, sauna, and water therapy
  • Enhance your immune system

Detoxification and Rejuvenation Program - $50.00 - 3 hour class



DARE TO BE PAIN FREE - A PAIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM


Are you one of the millions of people who suffer from chronic pain? Whether your problem is arthritis or back pain, TMJ or PMS, migraine or fibromyalgia, there's a solution that has worked for thousands. Pain can either be reduced or alleviated once and for all. This powerful approach embraces proven techniques that helps reduce or alleviate pain. This 3 hour program will show you how to attack pain with: nutrition, pain medications, medical meditations, mental and spiritual control. Learn how you can start enjoying life once again. The many benefits of reducing or alleviating pain will be revealed.


Dare to be Pain Free Program - $50.00 - 3 hour class



STRESS MANAGEMENT - A MIND BODY APPROACH TO REDUCE STRESS

Welcome to the world of stress reduction. This 7 1/2 hour program will help you deal with your own stress, pain, and illness more effectively. Techniques will be discussed and demonstrated to help you mobilize your own inner resources for coping and moving to a greater level of health, well-being, and a joyful way of living. The many benefits of reducing stress and coping more effectively will be revealed.

Topics in Program
  • Finding Restful Alertness and Mental Focus
  • Healthier Body, Mind, and Spirit
  • Improved Quality of Life
  • Getting in Touch with Your Body's Signals
  • Reducing Anxiety and Stress
  • Better Coping Mechanisms
  • Behavior and Lifestyle Changes
  • Releasing Negative Emotions
  • Conquering Addictions
  • Self-Massage, Journaling, and Movement Exercise
  • Mindfulness and Visualization
  • Foods and Supplements to Reduce Stress
  • Body Scan and Breathing Exercises

Stress Management Program - $85.00 - 7 1/2 hour class



FOREVER YOUNG - PROVEN WAYS TO SLOW DOWN OR REVERSE THE AGING PROCESS

Aging is not inevitable. In fact, this new revolutionary program you will learn how to enjoy excellent health and youthful vitality for decades beyond what you may have thought possible, no matter what date is on your birth certificate. This program targets those individuals over 50. Using scientific research you will open the doors to a life free from the negative effects of aging. Cast away outdated assumptions and start making the most of every moment.

You are so much more than your limited body, ego and personality. Learn to enjoy a place where youthful vigor, renewal, creativity, joy, fulfillment and timelessness are the common experience of everyday life. Where old age, senility, and death do not exist and not even entertained as a possibility. This is because you are a spiritual being having human experiences.

Western medicine for centuries has believed that the body is made up of biological machinery that will deteriorate over time. Whereas the current paradigm shift that has come through in the past few decades looks at the body from a different perspective and that is: "That we are human beings and we are made up of organized networks of energy, information, and intelligence in a dynamic exchange with our environment. Therefore we are fully capable of transformation and renewal no matter what the age on the calender says." Mind - body medicine also says, "You can influence your health and well being through the choices we make. And furthermore human aging can be REVERSABLE WITH BETTER LIFESTYLE CHOICES."

If you choose to see yourself only as a physical entity separate from everything else, you discard the chance to reverse the aging process. If you would only open up and view the world from a different perspective, you would discover infinite possibilities in your life. Make it a priority to wake up everyday and say, "I am related to everything else in the universe - therefore wonderful new opportunities will open up to me and emerge throughout the day."

Chronological age is the number on your birth certificate. Biological age measures how well your physiological systems are working and is the "KEY COMPONENT" of the aging process. Psychological age is your subjective experience of how old you feel. Current research into aging says - "When you live in a society that honors growing older, your attitude grows better, you have more vitality, and you are honored for your wisdom and knowledge."

PHYSIOLOGIAL BIOMARKERS OF AGING:

  • Blood Pressure
  • Body Fat
  • Auditory and Visual Thresholds
  • Hormone Levels
  • Immune Function
  • Temperature Regulation
  • Bone Density
  • Skin Thickness
  • Cholesterol Levels
  • Blood Sugar Tolerance
  • Aerobic Capacity
  • Metabolic Rates

There are ten steps that no matter what age you start implementing them - you will have improved health and vitality. Once you start embracing the concepts, you will get a new lease on life. I have seen absolute miracles happen when baby boomers and the older population start changing their attitudes on aging and start embracing new found energy and vitality. These steps for reversing the aging process will become habit forming. The better results you have - the more you will except the challenges and be willing to change your old habits. It is time to reset your bio stat and tap into your inner reservoir of unlimited energy, creativity, and vitality.

TEN STEPS TO REVERSE THE AGING PROCESS

  1. Healthy Nutrition
  2. Enhance the Mind Body Connection
  3. Movement and Exercise
  4. Eliminating Toxins in Your Life - Both Physically and Mentally
  5. Nutritional Supplements
  6. Your Habits, Beliefs, and Perceptions
  7. Restful Awareness and Restful Sleep
  8. Cultivating Flexibility and Creativity in Consciousness
  9. Maintaining a Youthful Mind
  10. The Importance of Unconditional Mind

The Ayurvedic System of healing, which is a science that's been around for over 5,000 years, says about aging: "To know a persons experience from the past - examine their body now. To know a persons body in the future - examine their experiences now." Another pearl of wisdom from Ayurveda says, "Aging is an illusion because your true self is neither your body nor your mind. Your essential nature - WHO YOU REALLY ARE, is the domain of ever present witnessing awareness that is beyond your physical and mental layers." Your perceptions, interpretations, and expectations influence every aspect of your life both mentally and physically. Once you shift your perspective from "EGO NEEDS" to "SPIRITUAL NEEDS", you will discover that new choices will provide you with powerful tools to change your life, no matter how old you are.

Forever Young Program - $85.00 - 7 hour class



RADICAL SPIRITUAL AWAKENING - A SACRED QUEST FOR YOUR TRUE ESSENCE

The "Radical Spiritual Awakening Program" is about having a spiritual adventure. The purpose of this program is to rediscover your soul and your divine connection to God. This search will get you out of the entrapments of the EGO which have low vibrations and into your higher vibrations of the SOUL. You will be introduced to 40 spiritual qualities. When you learn how to plug into these qualities you will discover the infinite source where all possibilities reside.

When you are on your unique spiritual path, GOD will reveal His deepest secrets to you. This program will explain the importance of GOD in your life, and ways you can access your "SPIRITUAL DNA". Our thoughts will be explored and you will discover that every thought we have either strengthens us or weakens us. When we learn how to put your thoughts on higher states of consciousness, you will shift into higher spiritual frequencies. Once you learn how to do this, you will discover your divine essence and your unique connection with the divine GOD. This program is not about spreading doctrine, but rather to awaken the inner SOUL possessed by each of us. After all your soul knows everything that you need to know about your life and your unique divine connection to GOD. Many souls lie hidden and dormant until we AWAKEN it through yearning, awareness, attention, and effort. This promises to be the GREATEST ADVENTURE you will ever experience.

At the beginning of the workshop we will go over an individual SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT PROFilE. This information will determine where you are on the continuum of your spiritual well-being. The RADICAL SPIRITUAL AWAKENING program will teach you how to reclaim your true essence of your soul. Perhaps the greatest tragedy that you could make in your life is to never know your divine nature.

When you learn how to be fully present and live with attention and awareness, you will find profound treasures of your soul. There are great spiritual truths that have been given to us by GOD, and once known they will act like a spiritual compass pointing the way to the divine. Once you learn to honor this inborn code, that we all process, you will unlock the keys to great happiness.

This program will get you out of the entrapment's of the ego, that so many people are contended to live by. You will be challenged to look at your core beliefs and learn how to soar like an eagle once you are able to shatter some old assumptions. Once you learn to surrender and suspend your skepticism, the HOLY SPIRIT will unveil great treasures. Piercing the shadow of illusions you will learn authentic power and feel love like you never imagined.

Techniques will be taught on how we can heal the splintered soul. Steps will be revealed on the importance of personal transformation. To touch the divine within us, we must be willing to renew our way of thinking. The "direct path to the divine" will be discussed as well as the levels of the individual soul and what they mean. We will explore a mystical practice and reveal the importance of pouring your heart out to GOD in order to find the greatest gift of all - our divine connection to GOD, which is our birthright.

It has been said that "We are human beings having occasional spiritual experiences". I believe the thought-of who we really are is: "Spiritual beings having human experiences". Just by changing the words around we can change our reality. The divine longs to pour it's powers and graces into us. You will learn how to become radically empowered with your divine truths.

The RADICAL SPIRITUAL AWAKENING program will explore a new set of beliefs that will move us beyond our usual ways of intellectual knowing. We will learn to how to assess and reclaim our soul's wisdom. This program is a journey which takes us through the multi layered psyche and various states of consciousness to a place where we will gain new insights into our unique life story and who we really are. We will learn how to experience ourselves as indiviuals with personal biographies and universal souls which are both human and divine.

The question of life, "WHO AM I" will be explored in great detail. This inquiry into the self is the core of what the "RADICAL SPIRITUAL AWAKENING" program is about. This program contains timeless teachings about breaking free of mental bonds and reclaiming your true identity - the infinite soul that is immortal. We will explore the mystical experiences in today's world and show how to revitalize your true essence.

Forty Spiritual Qualities will be explored in great detail. These qualities all have biblical references. The more we learn how to tune into them, the stronger the bond will be with our soul and GOD. You will learn how to break the chains of the EGO. This program promises to be life changing and will forever transform who you really are.

The "Radical Spiritual Awakening Program" is taught as an 8 hour workshop, weekend retreat, lecture, or a 6 week Program that is a much more in depth program. This program has been taught in many church settings.



HEALTHY HEART - PREVENTING AND REVERSING CORONARY HEART DISEASE

This program could end up saving your life. This 7 1/2 hour program will show you how to reduce risk factors for coronary heart disease by following an individual tailored program. You will discover the mind-body prescription for a healthy heart and the importance of a healthy lifestyle to prevent or reverse heart disease. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and disability in the U.S. accounting for 42 percent of all deaths. Heart disease, strokes, and vascular disease claims over 800,000 lives each year, and an extimated 18 billion dollars is spent each year for the care of affected patients. Despite advances in conventional treatment, CHD remains the leading cause of death in American adults.

Western New York has the highest cases of heart disease and strokes in the U.S. The situation is even worse for women. More women will die from heart disease and stroke than the next eight diseases combined, including breast cancer. More women than men will die from heart disease.

Fast paced lifestyles, high stress levels, poor diets, and addictions to unhealthy activities such as smoking and excessive drinking contribute to the high prevalence of this disease. Integrative health care offers optional approaches, in combination with conventional medicine to prevent or reverse coronary heart disease. You will learn the benefits of maintaining a healthy heart.

Healthy Heart Program - $85.00 - 7 1/2 hour class



SMOKING CESSATION - FREEDOM FROM RISK

Give yourself and those around you the gift of life. Smoking is a major health hazard as well as the chief preventable cause of death in the United States today. It is responsible for an estimated 430,000 deaths annually, approximately one of every five deaths. Tobacco kills more people than car accidents, alcohol, homicide, illegal drugs, AIDS, suicides and fires combined. Cigarette smoking contributes to four of the five leading causes of death per year in the United States, including cardiovascular disease (98,000 deaths), lung cancer (123,000 deaths), stroke (24,000 deaths), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (72,000 deaths). The U.S. spends more than $50 billion each year for smoking-related health care costs.

This 3 hour program will teach you about the many benefits of being a non-smoker. You will learn about the many strategies for smoking cessation and how to once and for all break the smoking habit. Smoking cessation is the best protection from life threatening diseases. Learn about the many benefits of being a non-smoker.

Smoking Cessation - $50.00 - 3 hour class

If you would like further information or brochures for classes call Vicky at (716)524-0118


"A conscious lifetime is a treasure beyond value."
Gary Zukuv