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Asia Society Texas

Health and Wellness Retreat: A Peek Inside Mind–Body Medicine [POSTPONED]

Saturday, Apr. 11, 2020 – Saturday, Apr. 11, 2020

10:00 AM – 01:00 PM
US/Central

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UPDATE (March 16) — In support of efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, we have postponed this class. Please sign up for our e-newsletter to receive updates on rescheduled classes. Learn more »


In collaboration with Living Well Therapies

Peek inside Mind–Body Medicine and learn how we leverage 50 years of science from the West and 5,000 years of wisdom from the East to encourage and train you as the medicine maker!

What is Mind–Body Medicine?

Mid–Body Medicine, like any other medicine, changes the physiology and the psychology of the user. For self-care, it offers an immediate and long-term approach to the mental, physical, and emotional balance we all need, seek, and find so elusive. Mind–Body Medicine also addresses some of the social determinants of health, like the ways in which emotional, mental, social, spiritual, experiential, and behavioral factors can directly affect health. We learn how thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes can positively or negatively affect our biological and psychological functioning.

Why Mind–Body Medicine?

  • Are you unhealthy or need to heal?
  • Are you dealing with a unique physical, mental, or life condition?
  • Are you healthy and wish to remain that way for the rest of your life?
  • Are you an athlete, executive, parent, or "regular Joe" who simply wishes to function at your best?

Life is wonderful and often challenging. Mind–Body–Breath, our Three Forever Friends, give us the tools with which to navigate life. Managing yourself to meet the ever-changing demands of life is a challenge that each of us faces daily. Many of us desire change, improvement, and growth, but few of us learn to use the power that we inherently possess.

Why Develop a Personal Practice?

Stress, trauma, change, and hardship visit us all. Each of us faces unique challenges with managing ourselves as effectively as we might like. Using Mind–Body Medicine for the improvement of your life is an acquired skill; once learned, it can never be taken from you. Developing practical, everyday self-care skills to better manage yourself in response to life is a necessity, not a luxury. A personal practice is designed to empower the human potential we all have to heal ourselves, live well, and govern ourselves more effectively.

What Will You Learn?

  • Mind–Body Medicine applied.
  • The power of your own potential.
  • Practical, evidence-based Mind–Body Medicine skills you can use now.
  • How Qigong, Tai Chi, and Meditation can be used to access the healing potential that resides organically within each of us.
  • Why Meditation, Qigong, Tai Chi, and other forms of Mind–Body Medicine are tools for your own practice of self-care.

Our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes can positively or negatively affect our biology and our psychology. Each of us has the power to manifest the change we want to see. We do it for ourselves using our mind, body, and breath. This is your opportunity to take a peek inside to see how.

We all want to improve our health, experience prosperity, alleviate pain, overcome stress, sleep better, and live happier. Life is teaching us the hard way that self-care is a necessity. Science and history prove that it works. The good news is that anyone can learn to more effectively use their mind, body, and breath to improve their own health, attitude, and effectiveness in life.

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About the Instructor

Henderson Smith

Henderson Smith is the Founder of Living Well Therapies and specializes in teaching Qigong and Tai Chi as the exploration of applied physical, mental and energetic self-mastery. He began the exploration of Qi (breath or energy) as a medium for healing and maximizing power with Sei Bu Do Martial Arts. Under Grand Master Dr. Donald Swansey where he earned a 2nd Degree Black Belt and studied Acupressure, Pressure Points and Medical Qigong for natural healing.

Continuing his study of Qigong as a system for self-awareness, self-care and self-control he earned a 350-hour Professional Certification with the (NQA) and a 200-hour Teacher Certification with the (IIQTC) under Master Teacher Dr. Roger Jahnke were Medical Qigong was encouraged as a way to access the natural healing capacity within every human body. Henderson is a certification Sr. Trainer with the (IIQTC) and has served as Lead Assistant on a 2013 and 2018 trip to China with Dr. Jahnke where he continues to study WuDang Mountain Tai Chi and Qigong under 17th Generation Master Zhou Jin Bo.

Meeting the need of millions seeking a Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHS) on the go, as CEO, Henderson along with a team of highly skilled partners launched MeTime24/7.com (MT) in 2018. Providing access via cell phone, tablet, computer or TV, (MT) is a visually vibrant conscious media platform delivering life enhancing skills and Qigong & Tai Chi lessons directly to subscribers, wherever they are, whenever they need it.

Henderson has a BS in Management and Marketing and is Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM) Certified. He is a Sr. Fellow with the American Leadership Forum (ALF), graduating in 2013 from Medical Class 5 where the focus was on “Disruptive Innovation” applied to improving the health care system. Henderson owned Benefits Design and Financial Services for 14 out to 20 years in the insurance business before founding Living Well Therapies in 2007 as a way to help people improve themselves and discover conscious self-governance. Building a unique bridge between Western and Eastern Medicine, Henderson was a founding member of the board of directors for the former Houston Wellness Association and chairman of the Complementary and Integrative Wellness Committee for 4 years.

For more information about Living Well Therapies:

http://livingwelltherapies.net/

For more information about MeTime 24/7:

http://watch.metime24seven.com


Education and outreach programs at Asia Society Texas Center are made possible through generous funding from the George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation. Additional support provided by the Friends of Education & Outreach at Asia Society Texas Center.

 

Presenting Partner

Living Well Therapies

HOURS & ADMISSION

  • Wednesday, Friday - Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Thursday (free admission all day), 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Closed Monday and Tuesday and major holidays.
  • $50 Members, $75 Nonmembers

Directions & Parking

  • Free Parking
  • Paid Parking
  • Street Parking
  • Parking in Asia Society Texas Center's lot is $7 for 1-24 hours. Entrances on Caroline and Austin. Limited free and paid street parking is also available.

Special Offers / Dining

Java Lava Cafe
Serving 100 percent premium Kona coffee from KarmaSu Coffee Farm in Hawaii, plus breakfast, lunch, and sweet treats, Java Lava Cafe is open for extended breakfast hours Tuesday–Saturday.

Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 8:30 am – 3 pm
https://asiasociety.org/texas/java-lava-cafe

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