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2013

DateDescription
JULY. 098 week Summer MBSR course begins. Click for more details!
JUN. 04The Mindful Woman program begins. Get more information and register here!
JUN. 03Exploring Mindfulness in Daily Living
MAY. 1915th World Congress on Qigong & Traditional Chinese Medicine, San Francisco, CA
MAY. 1711th Annual Women's Wellness Day, Irvine, CA
MAY. 02SSCIM Colloquium Series - Acupuncture for Hypertension: An Update, Speaker John C. Longhurst, MD, PhD
APR. 6-7UCSD Integrative ONCOLOGY 2013 conference
APR. 05Healing Our World: Connecting Communities through Music, a concert to benefit the Samueli Center
APR. 04SSCIM Colloquium Series - Neural Mechanisms of Mindfulness, Speaker B. Rael Cahn, MD, PhD
APR. 01MBSR classes begin
MAR. 19Free MBSR Information Session, Hewitt Hall Conference Room, 6:30pm
MAR. 16Mindful Living Workshop - Sign up today!
FEB. 26SSCIM Annual Meeting. Dr David Eisenberg keynote speaker.
FEB. 238th Annual CME Symposium: "Epilepsy in Modern Life: Classic and Alternative Approaches" with Guest Faulty, Dr. Steven C. Schachter
FEB. 22Special Lecture by Dr. Steven C. Schachter, "Integrative Therapies for Epilepsy: The Evidence Base"
FEB. 06Advancement of Nursing Science and Research (AANSR) networking event - "Future of Nursing"
FEB. 1-28Electroacupuncture Hypertension Study - Patients wanted, No cost therapy, Click for details!
JAN. 28Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Series Kicks Off **NOTE LOCATION CHANGE**
JAN. 22Mindful Eating Classes Begin - Click for more details!
JAN. 18Seminar Speaker, Dr. John Longhurst - "Autonomic Mechanisms underlying Acupuncture Regulation of Cardiovascular Function"
JAN. 1-31Patient Recruitment - Electroacupuncture for Hypertension Study

2012

DateDescription
DEC. 7-910th Annual Preventative Care and Integrative Medicine Conference, Las Vegas, NV
DEC. 03Coming Home for the Holidays: A Three-Week Course in Mindfulness
DEC. 01Introduction to the Theory, Practice, and Application of Mindfulness: One Day Workshop
NOV. 01Colloquium Lecture - Environmental Enrichment as an Effective Treatment for Autism
OCT. 16Mindful Woman MBSR session begins.
SEP. 29"Treating the Older Adults Across Cultures: Focus on Dementia," co-sponsored by the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine
SEP. 24Fall Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) series begins.
SEP. 17Free Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) session
SEP. 14Music for the Mind:The Art & Music of Ostad Elahi
SEP. 04Fall Tai Chi classes begin.
AUG. 01AUG-SEPT SSCIM Clinic Newsletter
JUL. 30Summer MBSR Program Begins
JUL. 28One Day Mindfulness Workshop
JUNE. 7"Chado" (Japanese Tea Ceremony) Demonstration by Sochi Nomoto
MAY. 1810th Annual Women's Wellness Day
MAY. 15-18International Research Conference on Integrative Medicine and Health Care 2012
MAY. 3"Keeping Your Wits About You: Maintaining the Brain to Prevent Dementia" Monthly Colloquium Lecture Series
APR. 28World Tai Chi & Qigong Day
APR. 25MBSR Spring Class Wednesdays - ENROLL NOW!
APR. 10Mindful Living - Conscious Living, MBSR Alumni Class
APR. 5"UC Mindful Safety Research” Monthly Colloquium Lecture Series
MAR. 09Meditation has a number of benefits. Brain images have uncovered another one: meditation can help ease pain.
MAR. 1The Benefits of Eating a Plant-based Diet
Jan. 23-26Integrative Medicine Week
JAN. 19The Gluten Free Edge: Discover a way to change from the inside out
JAN. 17Information sessions for MBSR and Mindful Eating
JAN. 10Beginner and Advanced Tai Chi Classes Begin
JAN. 5"Creating a Holistic School of Nursing Based on Concepts of Optimal Healing" Monthly Colloquium Lecture

2011

DateDescription
NOV. 30"Looking Back, Moving Forward" is the theme at the Samueli Center's annual Night of Celebration.
NOV. 17Transcendental meditation can help beat stress and improve emotional health, which a 2010 UC Irvine study showed is declining among students.
NOV. 16Students for Integrative Medicine will be selling boba from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Ring Road on the UC Irvine campus.
NOV. 8Gain a deeper peace of mind and learn to take care of yourself as the next Mindful Awareness series begins.
NOV. 5"Treating the Older Adult Across Cultures," a symposium for healthcare providers, seeks to bridge cultural barriers to serving elderly populations.
NOV. 4Ethnomusicologists, neuroscientists and others examine the positive effects music can have on mood, cognition and feelings of well-being.
OCT. 7The science of acupuncture and Oriental herbal supplements is the theme of UC Irvine's fourth iSAMS conference.
OCT. 6Music is a powerful complementary therapy that can reduce pain, anxiety and nausea. Learn how it's being used at the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
SEP. 24Neuropathic face pain sufferers will learn how to manage pain and discover new treatments at the Trigeminal Neuralgia Western Regional Conference.
SEP. 19Gain a deeper peace of mind and learn to take care of yourself at the next Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction series.
SEP. 1Brain-Body Calibration pioneer Dr. David Rubenstein is the next guest in the Samueli Center's Colloquium Lecture Series.
AUG. 21Practitioners increasingly discover that meditation can be the body's own medicine.
JUN. 1Scientists confirm what some have known for thousands of years: meditation has real benefits.
MAY. 24A growing number of people are realizing the benefits of fruits, vegetables and health-giving plants and herbs.
MAY. 16UC Irvine professor Shin Lin joins other experts in expressing skepticism about whether popular wristbands really work.
APR. 27Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, visits UC Irvine and marks the seventh anniversary of a scholarship bearing his name.

2010

DateDescription
SEP. 1Reducing your stress levels can help you manage and cure your headaches, says Dr. Wadie Najm.
FEB . 1Samueli Center Director Dr. John Longhurst discusses the science of complementary, alternative and integrative medical research.

2009

DateDescription
AUG. 17A Mediterranean-type diet can help battle blood pressure and decrease inflammation, says Dr. Wadie Najim.
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