Natural Home and Family
These were last year's speakers. This info will be updated as we approach the 2005 event.

10am
Create Your Own Wellness with Chinese Secrets
Sylvie Morin, AP

3pm
Feng Shui for Life
Dr. Kathryn Mickle 

10 am

In this presentation, Sylvie Morin, Acupuncture Physician, will present the 5 criteria for true health. You will learn how to interpret your symptoms in order to find the origin of your illness. Sylvie will then share with you a well-kept Chinese secret: How to treat what ails you using the color and flavor of food. This workshop will conclude with an acupuncture demonstration, free to the attendees who volunteer. You will leave this workshop feeling empowered!

Sylvie Morin, D.O.M., A.P., is a graduate of the Florida College of Integrative Medicine in Orlando, Florida where she obtained a Master Degree in Oriental Medicine. She is Board Certified by the National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).

Sylvie's interest in natural health care began in the late 1980s and intensified when her daughter was healed with homeopathic medicine. As a member of the Florida State Oriental Medical Association, the Florida Homeopathic Medical Society and the National Center for Homeopathy, she is a frequent speaker at community events and an active participant within groups that promote holistic health and education to the public.

In the summer of 2002, Sylvie opened a wellness clinic, Health For Life, in Melbourne, Florida where she helps individuals reclaim their health with Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs and Homeopathic Medicine. Health for Life is located at 2202 S. Babcock St in Melbourne. 321-768-2600

11 am

Healthy Living Through "Green" Homebuilding
Eric Martin 

Discover how your home can impact your health and what you can do to create a healthier environment for your family. "Green" homes are designed to be affordable to operate and maintain, minimize their impact on the environment, and provide a healthy living environment for their occupants. Eric Martin will detail how research conducted by the US Department of Energy's Building America Program can be implemented to provide cost effective solutions for "green" homebuilding. The research has led to a green home standard for Florida, acting as one of many tools available to help achieve healthy living goals.

Eric Martin is a Research Engineer in the Buildings Research Division at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, both from the Florida Institute of Technology. He currently is a member of the Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership, sponsored by the US Department of Energy, where he conducts research and provides technical assistance to the home building industry to improve the environmental performance of homes. Eric serves as secretary of the Board of Directors for the Florida Green Building Coalition, and acts as the Coalition's Home Standard Committee Chair. He has been active in the creation of green building guides and standards for residential buildings, commercial buildings and municipalities.

12 noon

The Holistic Pet: Tips on Natural Pet Care
& Animal Communication
Dr. Karen Kelley

Explore the partnership between people and pets. Learn how our animals pick up on our emotions and often mirror our physical pain and health conditions. Dr. Kelley will provide general healthy pet tips including communicating with and calming your pet as well as maintaining a healthy environment.

Dr. Karen Kelley is a Chiropractor, a Naturopathic and Homeopathic Physician, licensed Clinical Nutritionist and Psychotherapist. She is the Director of the Holistic Healing Arts Center in Foley, AL and is a certified Animal Chiropractor through the American Veterinary Association where she has taught Small Animal Nutrition and applied and Clinical Kinesiology for their Diplomat Program. She teaches workshops in Natural Pet Care throughout the country, the proceeds of which are donated to animal rescue and rehabilitation efforts. For workshops or private consultations call 251-943-8883.

1 pm

Vegetarian Diet & LifeStyle
Christopher Timms 

Looking for Vibrant Health? Is a vegetarian diet really best? What about sprouting & juicing? Live/Raw foods? Cooked Foods? Do you know what nature's perfect foods for vegetarians really are? You may be surprised!! Join Christopher Timms as he shares his insight and personal experience on nutrition, exercise and other components of vibrant health. It's easier than you think!

Born March 8, 1958 and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, Christopher Tims broke the mould at an early age. When most boys were going to scouts, he was learning yoga. His spiritual quest started equally as early. Never contented with the status quo he seemed to always ask the questions no one really wanted to answer. With a zest for life and an insatiable curiosity and taste for adventure, it was not long before this young man would pursue his own path, leaving behind a family construction business.

Christopher has studied and taught Martial Arts, Yoga, Mysticism and the Healing Arts for over 20 years. He is a cross-country cyclist and natural body builder, advocating a vegetarian and live foods diet. Being a 22-year vegetarian who trained at the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida as a health educator, he has an admirable background in health and fitness.
His healing background is equally well-rounded and includes exploring many realms of non-traditional healing arts including being a Reiki Master, proficient in Mary-El, Polarity, Therapeutic Touch, Ka Healing and Tibetan Chanting and Sounding. In 1987, Christopher had developed his own unique healing modality originally called Light and Sound Healing™ now know as Sound Energy Dynamics SM which uses tuning forks over and around the body to promote health and well being.
Christopher has studied many spiritual traditions from around the world such as Christanity, Zen, Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sufism. Embracing many of these mystical traditions, he has refined his teachings through in-depth experience with the Tibetan teachings of Dzogchen, as well as having lived and traveled with spiritual masters including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Swami Vishnu Devananda.

Inspiring thousands of people each year to empower themselves and transform their lives, he shares that spirituality is caught, not taught. Through his own demonstration he inspires those around him to actually enter into a state of experiencing the Oneness of all life, not just seeing it as an abstract concept. Christopher has a unique quality of teaching, as he shares stories and parables directly from his own experiences, never from concepts or beliefs out of books, but from the pages of his own life.

2 pm

Vital Journey:
Holistic Wellness for the Next Generation
Shawn R Frost 

Join Shawn Frost as he combines information and fun to show how to incorporate holistic wellness into our children's lives. Shawn will challenge you to help children recover from generations of poor lifestyle and eating habits. He will present clear, no-nonsense methods for preventing and controlling the numerous pediatric conditions facing our children. Be sure to bring the kids because the presentation will culminate with Shawn's trademarked "Adventurecise" movement and exercise system for children.

Shawn Frost owns Solid Body Investments, a private fitness studio in Vero Beach, Florida. Shawn is an exercise physiologist, nutrition and lifestyle coach, wellness consultant, author, lecturer, and television show host. He has published a new book for kids titled "Vital Journey Series: Book one, The Organic Farm". As a father and health professional Shawn is dedicated to providing information for raising healthy kids. For more information contact Shawn at 772-567-6556, email Solidbodyinv@cs.com or visit him on the web at www.SolidBodyInvestments.com.

3 pm

Feng Shui for Life
Dr. Kathryn Mickle 

Come and learn how you can have more prosperity, better health, better relationships and a more harmonious and healthier work environment. Learn about Feng Shui, an ancient Chinese are that reveals the impact of the environment on our lives. Understanding qi, the essential energy which infuses all life, is the key to finding balance in your life.

Dr. Kathryn Mickle is a multifaceted psychologist who blends the best of Eastern and Western disciplines in ways that are uplifting to audiences of all backgrounds. As a seminar leader, university professor, hypnotist and family mediator, she has helped thousands of people internationally to reduce stress, build self-confidence, and overcome self-defeating habits. She is certified in advanced studies with Chinese maters Grandmaster Yap Cheng Ilai, Master Raymond Lo and Master Mantak Chia. Kathryn is author of Journey to Mastery: Feng Shui for Life and Feng Sui Guidance Cards and creator or videos Unlimiting Yourself, Find Balance & Harmony: A Feng Shui Tour and Daily QiGong Practices for Health and Vitality.

4 pm

Green Solutions for Your Home
Kevin Lynn

Solar Energy: Making a Difference for our Planet
Kevin Lynn

Is your home making the most of our natural resources? Find out how you can make small changes in your home that can have a positive impact on our planet and your wallet. Discover practical approaches to improving your home's energy consumption by considering energy efficient systems including solar hot water systems. You will leave with an understanding of how our homes affect our environment and sensible ways to improve your home.

Kevin Lynn has an easygoing style that can take the technical world of Solar Energy and show us how it can work for us in our homes. His five years experience as a Senior Research Engineer at the Florida Solar Energy Center has contributed to his extensive knowledge of how to utilize the sun's energy. Kevin has specialized in testing these systems including developing standards as well as monitoring and reporting on these systems in the field. He has developed training programs for hotel managers, code officials, installers and contractors. Kevin Lynn has received a bachelor's degree in chemistry and masters' degrees in mathematics and materials science.

5 pm

Healing Power of Food
Susan Rizzo 

Are you interested in making healthier eating choices? Find out how choices in your daily diet can lead to improved overall health and wellness. Our food choices affect not just our health but also the health of the earth. Discover some simple guidelines for eating better and feeling good. This presentation will include a food demonstration and samples.

Susan Rizzo was the manager of the Harvest Café in Melbourne, Florida for 20 years. In 1994, she wrote and published the cookbook From the Heart of The Harvest Café. In 1996, Vegetarian Times named the café one of the top ten vegetarian restaurants in the country. Susan is sought after as a speaker and for classes and seminars at hospitals, local colleges, schools and libraries. She has appeared on several local radio shows as well as a cooking show on local cable TV. In 1998 Susan participated in a panel of health care practitioners who discussed different health care issues on live cable TV. Over the years Susan has witnessed the significant value of a healthy lifestyle and has seen improvement in the health of many through her teaching and practical demonstrations. She is a passionate advocate of a non-toxic lifestyle and strives to help people improve the quality of their diets and the health of the planet.