Interior wellness conference 2015

7th Annual

Interior Wellness Festival & CONFERENCE

YOGA

HEALTH VITALITY

SPIRIT

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Coast Kamloops Conference Centre

November 7-8, 2015 S! E T A W D ION!

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Fall

Interior Wellness Festival

& Conference

BC Interior’s Premiere Healthy Living Event

November 7 - 8 , 2 0 1 5 The Coast Kamloops Convention Centre

Workshops • Marketplace • Healing • Connection Saturday, November 7 9am - 6pm Sunday, November 8 10am - 4pm

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Welcome to the Interior Wellness Festival and Conference.

We’re bring the best of healthy living in BC Interior together for you to enjoy.

Looking for inspiration? You’ll find it here.

There are two aspects to this incredible event

The Festival Marketplace The Festival Marketplace is open to the public: Admission is by donation Proceeds to the Kamloops Food Bank. $5 suggested (or What you can) Kids Free!

• Marketplace • Demonstrations Saturday, November 7 • Samples 10am - 5pm • Information Sunday, November 8 • Education 10am - 4pm • Prize draws • Cutting edge health and healing techniques and technology • Supplements and superfoods • Shopping • Healing Booths where you can receive a variety of treatments to ease body, mind and spirit.

The Interior Wellness Conference

Admission is by pre-registration through the purchase of a ticket.

Get the details, your conference pass and register for your workshops: interiorwellness.com

Inspiration and education unite in 40 workshops for you to choose from.

The categories of workshops are • Yoga Saturday, November 7 • Women’s Wellness 9am - 6pm Sunday, November 8 • Vitality 10am - 4pm • Spirit Your conference pass includes • Access to your choice of workshops (you make your own schedule) • A gourmet, catered lunch on each day with options for organic, vegeterain, gluten-free, dairy-free, high protein and of course fresh meat for those who are enjoying a paleo or carnivore lifestyle.

There’s something for everyone. It also includes organic tea, coffee and dessert.

• A special VIP gift bag that you receive at the door when you check in • Entry into our grand-prize draw • Admission to the Festival Marketplace • Door prizes, gifts and more during your workshops • Full access to a weekend of transformation as part of a connected community of leading edge health and wellness educators, practitioners, businesses and teachers.

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Festival Marketplace Admission Marketplace Admission BY  DONATION All proceeds to the Kamloops FOODBANK

$5 suggested Or pay what you can! - Kids are free This gives you access for two full days to the marketplace, healing booths, entertainment and demos.

This does not include any workshops or lunches.

No ticket or preregistration required

pre-book: add lunch $25 add a single workshop $20

Admission

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Conference Admission

Full Conference Workshop Pass Book online www.interiorwellness.com ** Pre-registration for workshops is highly recommended

• Includes access to your choice of 40 workshops • A gourmet healthy lunch each day (Saturday & Sunday) • a special VIP gift bag, grand prize draw entry, and more!

• Access for two full days to the marketplace, healing booths, entertainment demos and more!

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Workshop Schedule Saturday, November 7 9am - 6pm Marketplace open 10am - 5pm Doors 8:30am Session 1: 9:00-10:00am Session 2: 10:30am-11:30am Session 3: 12-1pm Lunch Break 1-2 Session 4: 2:00-3:00pm Session 5: 3:30-4:30pm Session 6: 5:00-6:00pm

Sunday, November 8 10am - 4pm Marketplace open: 10am - 4pm Doors 9:30am Session 1: 10:00am-11:00am Session 2: 11:30am-12:30pm Lunch Break 12:30-1:30pm Session 3: 1:30-2:30pm Session 4: 3:00-4:00pm

Lunch available anytime between 11:30-1:30 in the theatre- you will need your lunch ticket which comes with your conference pass, lunch must be consumed in the theatre. * Lunch is a gourmet buffet featuring local organics as well as vegeterian, v e g a n a n d g l u t e n f r e e o p t i o n s . I t i s i n c l u d e d w i t h y o u r f u l l p a i d c o n f e re n c e p a s s ! Single workshop passes and marketplace passes DO NOT include lunch.

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Workshop Topics

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YOGA • f‘s HEALTH • Vitality • SPIRIT

YOGA Body mind and spirit unites through these workshops in various styles and traditions of yoga and yoga meditation techniques.

Workshop Room: Ida

WOMeN’S WeLLNeSS Discover your essence with women’s health and well being topics. Healthy nutrition for women, hormone balance, women’s intuition, women’s empowerment, women’s spirituality and more.

Workshop Room: Salon A

VITALITY Your life and your body energized with healthy aging, nutrition, wellness for elders, superfoods, vitality and energy, personal growth and self discovery!

Workshop Room: Salon B

SPIRIT Connect with your true nature through explorations in Shamanism, Intuition, Spirituality, Wisdom Teachings, Intuitive development, Ancient Traditions and Spiritual Development.

Workshop Room: Columbia

Workshop Room: Ida

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Yoga Workshops

Session 1 Saturday

9:00 - 10:00am

Session 2 Saturday

Psoma Yoga ~ With Donna Martin.

You will be guided, through simple Yoga poses, into being aware of your breath. Once aware you will use your breath deliberately to deepen or heighten the benefits of the poses.You will be able to discover, that less effort can result in deeper openings, if you allow the breath to guide your movements from the inside out.Suitable for absolute beginners and serious yoga students alike. This is the beauty of yoga: the benefits reveal themselves right from your first yogic breath experience.

Yoga of Breath ~ Your Radiant Breath, Your Door to Yourself ~ With Christine Schiberle.

You will be guided, through simple Yoga poses, into being aware of your breath. Once aware you will use your breath deliberately to deepen or heighten the benefits of the poses.You will be able to discover, that less effort can result in deeper open10:30 - 11:30am ings, if you allow the breath to guide your movements from the inside out.Suitable for absolute beginners and serious yoga students alike. This is the beauty of yoga: the benefits reveal themselves right from your first yogic breath experience.

Session 3 Saturday

12:00 - 1:00pm

Session 4 Saturday 2:00 - 3:00pm

Session 5 Saturday 3:30 - 4:30pm

Session 6 Saturday

5:00 - 6:00pm

Session 7 Sunday

YogaTapas ~ A New Kind of Full-Body Workout ~ With Robyn Ellingson.

YogaTapas is 20 minutes of cardio, 20 minutes of core and strength and 20 minutes of stretching. YogaTapas came out of Robyn’s private yoga clients’ needs. They wanted more intensity, but they didn’t yet have the flexibility or advanced asana skills to do that safely. It’s a fun, intense workout using the principles of asana, along with Kundalini-inspired cardio, pilates core and functional strength training - all to fabulous music. YogaTapas will challenge all bodies. Come and try it for yourself!

Deepen Your Practice of Yoga ~ Principles of Breath & Movement ~ With Margaret Huff.

Breath is the origin of all movement. Empower, create safety and deepen the effects of movements by exploring simple dynamic and static postures, experiencing the link between breath and body. Breath is the origin of all movement. Em-

power, create safety and deepen the effects of movements by exploring simple dynamic and static postures, experiencing the link between breath and body.

Primal Yoga Flow ~ A Seamless Blend of Taiji, Kung-Fu & Yoga Asana ~ With Danielle Bertoia.

Primal Yoga® FLOW is a fluid and thoughtfully sequenced class that combines movement and breath to cultivate the flow of Qi and pranic energy throughout the body. We seamlessly blend yoga with slow flowing movements inspired by Taiji, Qi Gong and Kung Fu into a harmonious dance to create balance, strength and synergy in our physical and emotional bodies. With an emphasis on breath, fluidity and intelligent alignment-based sequencing,

Yoga Dance ~ An Amazing Chakra Fusion ~ With Susy Dubeau.

A joy-filled power dance combining yoga, the breath, and user-friendly dance with fabulous music from all around the world.

It is a funky, sacred, inspirational dance of the multi-dimensional self, bringing tons of fun and healing to body, mind, spirit.

Let Your Yoga Dance® is for every single body and wonderful for all ages. Grace in Motion happens; a chakra dance explosion happens. Seven energy centres provide the foundation for this dance of yoga.

Yin Yoga ~ Slow & Meditative with Long Holds ~ With Warren Lewis.

A slower more meditative practice that focuses on increasing flexibility, detoxing the internal organs and is also very beneficial

10:00 - 11:00am to the soft tissues such as tendons, ligaments and fascia. There is an extensive use of props in Yin Yoga, and when one is

Session 8 Sunday

properly supported with props, the practitioner can relax into the pose allowing gravity to do the work.

Happy Hips ~ Open and Expand, Discover and Explore ~ With Meaghan Atchison.

Happy Hips invites openness and strength into your hips with an emphasis on alignment. We will encourage the body to let go of common compensatory movement patterns and build stronger neuro pathways to help improve length and strength of 11:30 - 12:30pm muscles. Resulting in a decrease of pain and enhanced function. I invite you to try this class, a welcoming space that you can let your guard down and simply just be. Suitable for all levels.

Session 9 Sunday 1:30 - 2:30pm

Session 10 Sunday 3:00 - 4:00pm

Yoga ~ Flow & Surrender ~ With Reanna Costa.

You will be guided, through simple Yoga poses, into being aware of your breath. Once aware you will use your breath deliberately to deepen or heighten the benefits of the poses.You will be able to discover, that less effort can result in deeper openings, if you allow the breath to guide your movements from the inside out.Suitable for absolute beginners and serious yoga students alike. This is the beauty of yoga: the benefits reveal themselves right from your first yogic breath experience.

Creative Yoga Playshop ~ Laugh & Connect with Others: A Creative, Non-Traditional Approach

to Yoga & Play ~ With Kirsten Joy Liv Jensen. Students are invited to come to class prepared to laugh, breathe, stretch, chill, cooperate, communicate and connect with others in this collaborative approach to yoga & play! Classes include individual, partner and group or “mandala” yoga, creative dance, expressive arts, yoga, breath and meditation games.

Workshop Room: Salon B

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Women’s Workshops Session 1 Saturday

Inner Peace and Outer Abundance ~ For Women ~ With Sri Madhuji

Session 2 Saturday

A Hakomi Taster ~ Nourish Your Heart, Expand Your Awareness ~ With Angela Davis.

9:00 - 10:00am

Do you want to learn how to Relax your Body, Mind and Spirit? A touch of Eastern culture, into your Western lifestyle may be the perfect answer. In our crazy, busy and stressful lives, one thing we never seem to have time for is, ourselves. Come and unwind your body mind and spirit. This workshop will give you tools for a happier, healthier and better quality life.

We'll slow things down to find out a little about our habits - how we are organized. We will practice opening to the nourishment

10:30 - 11:30am available in the present moment. You will get a little taste of how Hakomi is taught worldwide (in groups and experientially).

Session 3 Saturday

12:00 - 1:00pm

Session 4 Saturday 2:00 - 3:00pm

Session 5 Saturday 3:30 - 4:30pm

Session 6 Saturday 5:00 - 6:00pm

Session 7 Sunday

And learn about creating more spacious communication and lower burnout in your life.

Tribal Fusion Bellydance ~ Connect With Your Body, Build Confidence ~

WithTammy Morrison.

In this workshop, you will be guided through the full-body, fundamental movements of Tribal Fusion bellydance while moving to the sounds of World Fusion and Ethnoelectronica music. Emphasis will be put on having fun and connecting with your body while discovering new ways to move.

Labelled Incurable? ~ The answer is in the word...IN-CURE ~ With Lori Putoto.

Women are being diagnosed with auto-immune diseases more than men...why? Because we are attacking ourselves internally.

We cannot heal what we do not acknowledge! This workshop will give you one very simple, powerful tool that has the potential to completely recalibrate your life! Lori Putoto will share her personal experiences after she was diagnosed with an incurable cancer in '08. She has experienced the cure was always within.

Building your Inner and Outer Armour Through Strength Training ~ With Kelly Eberts.

Learn about the mental and physical benefits of weight training for women.

Who am I? ~ Speaking Your Truth ~ With Robyn Ellingson.

If you have ever felt like you are not being heard or have been unable to speak your truth, it may be that your present situation is no longer in sync with WHO you are. As our situations change and we take on roles and responsibilities as mother, wife, co-worker and adult child, we often bury those parts of us that once made us feel alive, confident, appreciated and capable. Those parts are still within us. This presentation posits that uncovering them will help remind us about who we really are and facilitate self-discovery.

High Fives and Misses ~ What do We Really Want in a Relationship? ~ With Tammie Oram.

What women think men want causes women to have resentment and anger toward men, and what men think women want

10:00 - 11:00am causes them much of the same feelings. What this all amounts to is a whole lot of frustration and disappointment!

Session 8 Sunday

Time to set things straight.

Stress and Your Health ~ Exploring the Mind-Body Connection ~ With Leanne Oaten.

Are you feeling chronically tired, drained, depressed, anxious & unwell? Are you experiencing PMS or other hormone imbalance symptoms? Your stress could be making you sick! An informative, eye-opening presentation on stress & how it can 11:30 - 12:30pm create illness within the body, and what you can do about it to regain your health, vitality, balance, good mood, and energy.

Session 9 Sunday 1:30 - 2:30pm

Ayurveda: Elementally You ~ Discover Your Unique Blend of Magic ~ With Danielle Bertoia.

Ayurveda, known as the Science of Life, is the ancient healing tradition of India. Within it lies the key to your health and wellbeing, by recognizing that you are are a unique blend of the elements Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Ether. When we first see ourselves as special and individual, we can then seek to treat ourselves from this place as well. No more cookie-cutter, one size fits all paradigms. This workshop will illuminate your inherent gifts and qualities and teach how to both work with them and the seasons to ensure vibrant health and wild freedom! Discover your Cosmic Constitution and unlock the door to your bliss!

Depression Management Naturally ~ Beat the Blues with EFT & Supplementation ~ Session 10 With Victoria Willard. Nutrient deficiency, hormones, and stress can be the root cause of depression. Join us and learn Sunday some of the tools that can be used to beat the Blues.Victoria will guide you through the steps of Emotional Freedom Tapping, 3:00 - 4:00pm

look into the root cause of depression and supplementation that works without side effects, so you can leave depression behind and "Transform your Health'. Healing without reliving the experience.

Workshop Room: Columbia

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Vitality Workshops

Session 1 Saturday

9:00 - 10:00am

Session 2 Saturday

Oil Your Life! ~ The Everyday uses of Essential Oils ~ With Audrey Cranston

Young Living essential oils has introduced a starter kit to allow the most basic user access to wonderful essential oils. This kit takes the guessing out of essential oil use and is made up of 11 of the most versatile and popular essential oils like lavender, peppermint and Frankincense. In this workshop you will be introduced to each of the 11 oils and get to try them for yourself. You will learn 2-3 uses for each of the 11 oils and come away with a broader knowledge of the power of nature and hopefully a strong desire to learn more.

Emotional Freedom Tapping ~ Neutralize Blocks Causing Pain ~ With Victoria Willard.

Tapping on meridian end points neutralizes triggers that cause pain, fears, depression, etc. You will learn the reason EFT works, some examples of other EFT Instructors and how to use this phenomenal tool to bring balance to your life. With step 10:30 - 11:30am by step instruction you will release physical, emotional and mental pain from your bodies. EFT is quick and easy to learn, but the best part is there is no talk therapy, and it works quickly to resolve many issues that cause pain in our lives.

Session 3 Saturday

12:00 - 1:00pm

Session 4 Saturday 2:00 - 3:00pm

Session 5 Saturday 3:30 - 4:30pm

Session 6 Saturday 5:00 - 6:00pm

Session 7 Sunday

Optimal Nutrtion ~ Nature’s Fare Holistic Nutrition ~ Details coming soon

ABC's of Healthy Aging ~ Wellness & Vitality Nutritional Techniques ~ With Kathy Deane.

Natural Medicine’s basic premise is that ill health is fundamentally a functional imbalance, or disequilibrium within the body.

Disease is a plethora of symptoms produced by the body’s attempt to re-establish homeostatic balance. Statistics state in 2012 Cancer affected 14 million with 8.2 million deaths. Dementia/Alzheimer 44 million, 1 in 4 not diagnosed. Diabetes 1.6 million new cases each year. Don't become a statistic!

Find Inner Calm ~ Quick, Easy Stress Reduction and Relaxation ~ With Kris Rae.

Come discover how to relax and de-stress the quick and easy way! Most busy people don’t have hours to meditate and having a need or expectation to “relax” can often add pressure and more stress. Stress affects the health of the mind and body. This workshop will help you learn to relax and calm the mind and body in the time and space that you have, no matter how limited! ...And have fun too!

Barre 101 ~ An introduction to the Barre Workout Method ~ With Geralyn Alain.

Barre workouts are design to tighten and define muscles you didn't even know you had. Taking the best elements of the grace of ballet, strength of pilates and stretch of yoga, BARRE Kamloops will help you achieve your fitness goals in an atmosphere that is welcoming and fun.Not a dancer? No problem! Absolutely no dance experience is needed for the class. As long as you love music and want to get your burn on, we would LOVE to see you at the barre! (Be ready to move in this class!)

Health Beyond Disease ~ Disabilities, Super Foods, WELLNESS ~ With Kathy Deane.

Aging Naturally utilizing the ABC's of Super Food Nutrition. Includes wellness for elderly by understanding 'natural medicine,

10:00 - 11:00am which then activates vitality, energy and health wellness.

Session 8 Sunday

Discover Your Energy ~ Create A Life Worth Celebrating! ~ With Marianne Fergusun.

This workshop is an introduction to the Energy Medicine teachings of the famous healer Donna Eden. We will explore Donna's Daily Energy Medicine Routine. Through presentation and demonstration you will be introduced to some of the energy flows 11:30 - 12:30pm in your body and how you can effectively work with those energies to make a difference in your health. The Daily Routine is designed to help you keep your energies balanced and humming!

Session 9 Sunday 1:30 - 2:30pm

Session 10 Sunday 3:00 - 4:00pm

Adapt and Thrive! ~ Discover new techniques to thrive with! ~ With Suki Fox.

Learn some fast, effective tools to help you remain balanced and confident during and after challenging experiences.

By clearing stress from your nervous system, you can adapt and thrive consistently!

Finding Freedom Through Strength Training ~ for Healthy Aging ~ With Kelly Eberts.

Learn about the mental and physical benefits of weight training for healthy aging.

Workshop Room: Salon B

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Spirit Workshops Session 1 Saturday

Attunement Circle ~ Spiritual Healing Art ~ With Marilyn Manderson.

Guided sharing of energy process using the endocrine system as the starting point for this spiritual practice.

9:00 - 10:00am Encourages deep relaxation and connection with Source.

Session 2 Messages from Heaven ~ What Your Angels, Spirit Guides & Loved Ones Want You to Know. ~ Saturday With Michelle Morrison. Share an hour with Spirit, what your angels, spirit guides and loved ones want you most to know.

10:30 - 11:30am Hear from your own angels and loved ones so that you can directly be in tune with more meaning, purpose, love and joy in

your life. Michelle will offer free readings in the audience during this incredible workshop.

Session 3 Saturday

The Path to Wealth ~ The Seven Spiritual Steps for Financial Abundance ~ With Reverend Joy-Anne.

In this workshop, you will learn how to "create and activate" your Financial Advisory Team! This is based on Universal Spiritual Principles that are available to create a true partnership with the All-Knowing Power! By your very nature you possess 12:00 - 1:00pm something to offer the world that is unique and remarkable. You can receive all you want easily and joyfully. You deserve to have these good things and that is what you will learn in this workshop. A magnificent journey into a more abundant life!

Session 4 Saturday 2:00 - 3:00pm

Session 5 Saturday 3:30 - 4:30pm

Session 6 Saturday 5:00 - 6:00pm

Session 7 Sunday

Who Are You Really? ~ Science - Non-duality - and Shamanism ~ With Katina O’Neil.

Evolving consciousness: Physics, neuroscience, psychology and cosmology are all studying how consciousness arises and how consciousness determines how we live our lives and shape the world in which we live. Shamanism has been around for hundreds of thousands of years and offers concrete ways to move beyond our limited understanding of ourselves so we can proactively create a world of balance where all aspects of life can reach its potential.

Meditation and Mandalas ~ Creating Sacred Art ~ With Shannon Byrnes.

In this art therapy workshop you are welcomed to ignite your creativity through a meditation practice followed by exploring the sacred art form of mandalas. No previous art or meditation experience required! This workshop will help you to let go of judgment, awaken your inner artist and engage in a sacred, universal art form. Art therapy is an accessible way to explore imagery, thoughts and feelings without any previous art experience required.

Inner Peace and Outer Abundance ~ With Master Sri Madhuji.

Do you want to learn how to Relax your Body, Mind and Spirit? A touch of Eastern culture, into your Western lifestyle may be the perfect answer. In our crazy, busy and stressful lives, one thing we never seem to have time for is, ourselves. Come and unwind your body mind and spirit. This workshop will give you tools for a happier, healthier and better quality life.

The Spirit Cafe ~ Spiritual Readings ~ With Eric McCooey and company.

In the Spirit Cafe you will see how live readings are done by a group of dedicated spiritual reading practitioners. Volunteers who they don’t know will be given a ‘reading”, a destiny word, a dream interpretation and more. You’ll see what the spiri10:00 - 11:00am tual readers do, how they do it & why they do it. Come away with a deeper connection to the messages available to you.

Session 8 Sunday

Attunement Circle ~ Spiritual Healing Art ~ With Marilyn Manderson.

Guided sharing of energy process using the endocrine system as the starting point for this spiritual practice.

11:30 - 12:30pm Encourages deep relaxation and connection with Source.

Session 9 Sunday 1:30 - 2:30pm

Creating Authentic Power ~ 3 Ways to change your life ~ With Stephanie Banks.

Stephanie Banks, award winning author and speaker candidly reveals the extraordinary events that transpired in 2012. A mountain biking accident that nearly took her life, catapulted Stephanie into a heightened state of awareness as she experienced her life and the universe from another perspective. Travel with Stephanie on her journey as she shares insights that she received from the non-physical realm. What Stephanie shares will allow you to bring depth and clarity into your own life in such a way that you will be inspired to rediscover your authentic power. Learn universal truths that will change your life.

Life Hacks ~ Efficient Strategies to Lift Your Spirit ~ With Shay Curle. Life hacks are techniques Session 10 adopted to manage one's time and daily activities in a more efficient way; learn life hacks that will improve your Sunday mood and help your spirit soar! This workshop is a mash-up of fun and fresh life hacks geared towards helping 3:00 - 4:00pm

you feel better when life throws you a curve ball. Full of fresh ideas, humour, and interesting life tid bits, this workshop will surely leave you feeling inspired to take on any day (no matter what comes your way!)

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