Monday Meditation free open space 12:30-1:00 PM every Monday at 3439 Magazine St.
Upcoming Events & Workshops:
Next Living Mindfully 4-week group begins January 17, 2012 RSVP by calling (504) 891-8808.
Mind-Body Medicine Skills for Relapse Prevention from Addictions group begins February 28th, 2012. This 9-week group is confidential and is offered for the first time in New Orleans. Any length of sobriety, and the willingness to practice and share are required. If you'd like to learn more about this group, please call (504) 891-8808. RSVP necessary.
Next Mind-Body Medicine Skills Group for Stress Reduction (an 8-week group) begins in March 2012. Exact dates to be announced. If you'd like to learn more about this group, please call (504) 891-8808.
News:
Dr.'s James Barbee and Dr. Calderon now offer the innovative and effective Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy (TMS) for depression. TMS is a non-pharmacologic effective way to treat depression using magnetic stimulation of brain areas that improve mood. For more information call the office and visit www.neurostartms.com
Early this year, Dr. Calderon was recognized by his peers as one of the Best Doctor's in New Orleans, in the New Orleans Magazine for second consecutive year.
Dr. Calderon is teaching the mindfulness course for the college of Mind-Body Medicine at Saybrook University in San Francisco. The prestigious Saybrook University is the home of humanistic psychology in and the first one in the word to offer masters and PhD programs in mind-body medicine. www.saybrook.edu
On August 28th, the New Orleans Healing Center had its grand and awaited opening. New Orleans Healing Center is unique among community centers, in that it was specially created to help, heal, and empower surrounding neighborhoods on a civic, social, economic, environmental, intellectual, and spiritual level.
At its core, it consists of a cooperative grocery, street university, yoga studio, green business incubator, healing arts collective, performance hall, interfaith center, and organic food restaurant. But more importantly, these and other carefully selected community-focused programs, services, and activities are designed to help revitalize and restore neighborhoods and bring them together. Dr. Calderon spoke of the role of spirituality in health during the opening of the center.
In November, Dr. Calderon presented on Integrative Medicine to the Executive Committee of the Patient-Centered Research Institute (PCORI). The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is the newly created Federal Institute assigned to conduct research to provide information about the best available evidence to help patients and their health care providers make more informed decisions. PCORI’s research is intended to give patients a better understanding of the prevention, treatment and care options available, and the science that supports those options. www.pcori.org Dr. Calderon was representing the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine. www.imconsortium.org
In December, Dr. Calderon is meeting with a academicians, educators, community leaders and business owners in Mexico as part of the efforts to reduce the psychological and medical impact that organized-crime related violence is having in that country. In collaboration with scholars form the Universidad Americana, the first population survey to study the effects of violence in Mexico was launched. The information will help develop strategies in healthcare to reduce the effects of traumatic exposure, with a particular emphasis in the use of mind-body medicine approaches. Mind-body medicine has been shown to be a very effective public health intervention to reduce the effects of violence and trauma in many parts of the world including Israel, Gaza, Kosovo, New Orleans, and Haiti. For more information see www.cmbm.org Healing the Wounds of War Program.
