Esalen Institute

Workshop

October 24-29, 2010

Big Sur, CA

 

 

 The Mind Body Code: How Cultural and Spiritual Beliefs Affect Health and Longevity

 

 Dr. Mario E. Martínez
(Founder of Biocognitive Theory)

Dr. Mario Martinez teaches how the mind and body communicate within a cultural context. In essential ways, our unique cultural and spiritual histories are part of what affects overall health. Based on research evidence in the fields of psychoneuroimmunology, biocultural anthropology, integrated neuroscience, and contemplative psychology, Dr. Martinez has developed what he calls the mind-body code—the means by which the symbolic self and the biological self communicate.
During this workshop, participants will learn a new vision of how health and illness are manifestations of the living consciousness we present to the immune system. Rather than a protector against pathogens, Dr. Martinez argues that the immune system confirms the contextual self we construct based on our cultural history. Over the course of the week, participants will learn practical didactic and experiential tools to understand:

   

     We are not victims of our genes

 The difference between the pathology of aging and the wellness of growing older

      How cultural and spiritual beliefs affect the immune system 

      How most illnesses are expressions of what we fear to assert

      How addictions, phobias, eating disorders, and other compulsions are distractions from confronting  our transcendental fears, rather than illnesses

      How psychospiritual conflicts can mimic psychiatric and autoimmune disorders

This workshop is open to all participants and does not require a background in the health or mental health sciences.

CE credit for nurses, psychologists and other health professions

For more informartion or to register go to Esalen Institute

 

The Esalen Institute

Big Sur, CA