Mind-Body Week DC 2013

When: April 18-21, 2013

Mind-Body Therapies in the Treatment of Chronic Disease.

Where: The Mindfulness Center in Bethesda, Maryland and other DC Metropolitan Venues (TBD)

Mission:  To advance the evidence-based body of knowledge of mind-body therapies by bringing together scientists, practitioners and interested health consumers, by facilitating the integration of research on mind-body-spirit therapies at all levels, and by encouraging translational research and the application of new scientific knowledge to develop improved chronic disease prevention, disease treatments, cures, and the capacity for optimal wellbeing.

Goals:

• Provide scientists, practitioners and interested consumers with evidence-based lectures on mind-body medicine and classes that highlight mind-body therapies, therapeutic application and mechanism of action.
• Build and integrate a multi-disciplinary community of mind-body medicine researchers and practitioners across healing modalities and academic and health/wellness centers and medical organizations.
• Promote public information and general education about the nature of scientific discovery and the results and implications of the latest research in mind-body therapies within the context of chronic disease prevention, management and treatment.

Why focus on chronic disease?