Canadian visitor to the faculty

The Faculty is looking forward, this week, to welcoming Dr Amandah Hoogbruin from Canada.

Amandah Hoogbruin, RN, PhD has been using complementary and alternate therapies (CATs) such as, reiki and qi gong for more than 27 years.  As a clinician, educator, and researcher, she addresses how spirituality and traditional/indigenous healing practices including yoga and other CATs contribute to clinical evidence about healing and health. Scholarly pursuits include working with indigenous populations and/or other relevant stakeholders to promote an integral approach to health & healing in a sustainable world vis-à-vis promoting optimal healing environments; and the essential contribution of technology and informatics to create an equitable, more humane society.

Dr Hoogbruin will deliver a seminar on12 June 2013

Menopause & Hot Flashes:  Yoga to the Rescue

Nearly 60% of menopausal women seek medical attention for debilitating symptoms (i.e., fatigue, sleep impairment, emotional instability, headaches and musculoskeletal pain), and hot flashes are  the most common, and distressing symptom among post-menopausal women.  Yoga has been reported to reduce vasomotor and other menopausal symptoms, and decrease indices (i.e., sympathetic activation and obesity) and other factors that contribute to such symptoms.  The purpose of this seminar is to present current theory and evidence to substantiate the promise of yoga to rescue women who suffer from menopausal symptoms.