Seminars

Now in it's fourth year, camexpo London has established itself as the leading event for the CAM community. This year's event will once again be taking place over two days at the ExCeL exhibition centre in London, where visitors will be able to see over 200 exhibitors, supplying CAM products and related service, meet 5,000 practitioners and therapists and take part in our FREE extensive seminar programme, featuring over 75 top speakers, or experience one of our great value taster workshops.

Seminars sponsored by Nutri Centre
camexpo plays host to one of the country's most comprehensive FREE programmes. The two theatres provide the setting for two packed days of lecturers, essential to the continual development of any practitioner. The programmes cover a wide range of subjects, presented by 26 of the world's leading speakers, practitioners and authors. From practice development to profitability, new healing modalities, the latest research and advances in techniques to scientific regulation, this free drop in seminar programme has been designed to provide essential information to experienced practitioners, plus inspiration and advice for those new to the sector.

The speaker line up for this year's programme is exceptional. Keynotes include:
Michael Tierra (pictured), Professor Pfiefer, Antony Haynes, Dr Marilyn Glenville, Dr David Peters, Dr Alex Richardson, Denise Tiran, Paul Carbis, Zita West and many more.

Please note that seminars cannot be booked in advance. It is therefore advisable to get there early to get a good seat!

You can download the Seminar programme here (304K PDF file)

Workshops

Starting a new therapy requires investment in both time and money, and with any major career decision it is important to make the right choice. At the camexpo we make that choice a lot easier. You can join any of the 48 taster workshops that run over the two-day show and try out a whole series of therapies before you embark on your healing journey.

This year, leading practitioners such as Deepa Apte, Jennifer Longmore, Rachel Fairweather, Meghan Mari, Dympna O'Brien and John Wilkes are all hosting workshops. For just £15 + VAT you can join them in a small group workshop for a real hands-on experience. (All workshops are limited to 30 people).

Taster Workshops - Sunday 15th October 2006: Download the details here (44K PDF file) or see below

Taster Workshops - Monday 16th October 2006: Download the details here (44K PDF file) or see below

Zone 10
10.30-11.30 The Essential Oil Cocktail - Shaken not Stirred - Ian Smith
Essential oils are complex mixtures of natural chemicals and an awareness of the nature of these materials helps our understanding of both the therapeutic action of the oils and also any safety considerations that may be associated with their use. This workshop is designed to provide an overview of the subject and by making it accessible, encourage therapists to delve deeper.

11.55-13.25 Building your Practice with Chair Massage - Michael Zimmerman
The Chair Massage market continues to grow. This taster workshop introduces the skills required to create a successful business that will complement your existing practice. Learn some of the acupressure techniques that will enable you to use your body safely without effort or strain and how to transform the way your clients feel in as little as 15-minutes.

13.50-14.50 Relax your Mind - Donna Haughian
A workshop which demonstrates the positive relaxation benefits of Colour Breathing. Donna will share her experiences of using Breathing in her work as a stress consultant. This workshop is particularly beneficial for those Therapists, Counsellors or Practitioners who are looking for new relaxation techniques to use in their work or for those who are looking for ways of generating additional incomes.

15.15-16.45 Ayurveda for the Head and Face - Deepa Apte
During the workshop, Dr Deepa Apte will enumerate the different Marma points and their importance in treating different ailments. Other important treatments like Shirodhara (forehead oil flow treatment), Shirobhyanga (ayurvedic head massage), Akshitarpana (ayurvedic eye treatment) and Karanapurana (Ayurvedic Ear treatment) will also be explained.

Zone 11
10.30-11.30 An Introduction to the Trager Approach - Chris Halliday
Come and enjoy the nurturing touch and feel flowing movement that are part of the Trager Approach. In this workshop you will see and feel how Trager Practitioners can help their clients find freedom of movement without effort. Trager work is gentle and pleasurable yet the effects are deep and long lasting.

11.55-13.25 Increase your Profits with IMP - Feeling is Believing! - Jennifer Longmore
Offer something new - the IMP Signature Massage brings TRULY holistic massage to your work. Clients love the deep, flowing, nurturing techniques - marketed as the latest thing on your treatment menu! The wide range of approaches means unique products; offering benefits of several disciplines in one treatment session! Nuts-and-bolts body usage, posture, instruction, and unique forearms use combine to deliver FANTASTIC new massages, enriching your health AND your bank balance.

13.50-14.50 Effective Stretching - Jane Johnson
By the end of this workshop you will be able to perform passive stretches. Soft Tissue Release (STR) and proprioceptive Neuro-Muscular Facilitation (PNF) techniques on selected muscles and learn how to incorporate these methods into your treatments.

15.15-16.45 Myofascial Release Therapy UK and Ireland - Ruth Duncan
Myofascial Release UK and Ireland presents Integrated Myofascial Therapy (iMFT). Learn powerful and dynamic fascial techniques that will deepen your therapeutic effectiveness in restoring balance and creating structural change that is both measurable and functional.

Zone 12
10.30-11.30 Chakra Workout with Essential Oils - Revi Ratan
The Chakras are the core of the body's energy system and when in balance maintain the health of mind, body and spirit. Using the vebrational essence of essential oils, you'll discover how to keep the charka system resonating in harmony for total health.

11.55-13.25 Transform your Life (TFT & Self Healing) - Ann Schneider-Cullen
Thought Field Therapy is self-help. It's a breakthrough in bringing rapid relief to most common emotional problems. This taster workshop will create a safe and comfortable space where particip\nts can practice with confidence and with a professional therapist. Participants can learn the skills and techniques needed for effective TFT treatment.

13.50-14.50 intuits - Using the medicine of energy to help you to help your clients - Barbara Olive
21st century intuition guides you to the right essence choice for your clients, whatever your modality. Take the guesswork out of the equation. Experienced or not come and see how easy it is to know the cause of the clients symptoms and treat easily and accurately alongside your own treatment.

15.15-16.45 Thai Yoga Massage - Dympna O'Brien
This workshop focuses on techniques for back pain - taken from the ancient healing art of Thai Yoga Massage, which draws together acupressure massage and the therapeutic stretches of applied yoga.

Zone 13
10.30-11.30 The London School of Reflexology's introduction to Practical Reflexology - Louise Keet
Learn simple reflexology techniques to help improve health. Reflexology involves a pressure technique using the thumbs and fingers on the reflex areas found in the feet and hands. Reflexology is extremely effective, based on the principle that reflexes in the feet & hands correspond to each organ and structure in the body, linked by energy channels, zones or meridians.

11.55-13.25 Introduction to Tui Na - the ancient art of Chinese Massage - Andrew Croysdale
Tui Na uses ancient and very effective massage techniques to manipulate joints and soft tissues to move and improve the flow of qi. During the workshop you will be introduced to some of the main techniques of Tui Na. These will be combined into an excellent, short routine used to treate headache, neck and shoulder problems.

13.50-14.50 To be confirmed...

15.15-16.45 Shiatsu for Pregnancy - Suzanne Yates
Energy work in pregnancy is incredibly powerful and you don't have to be a shiatsu therapist to incorporate some meridian based techniques into your work. You will learn about the effects of the 2 central medidian channels and how to use them to work with back issues and incorporate into abdominal work and diaphragm/chest release work safely and effectively in all trimesters.

Zone 14
10.30-11.30 The Fundamentals of Advanced Holistic Medical Massage - Rachel Fairweather
This dynamic workshop explores effective, proven techniques for the advanced body worker. Learn how to incorporate: Myofascial Release, trigger point therapy, Eastern massage, sports techniques, deep tissue and advanced stretching into all your work. Fun and informative, walk away with information and skills that will change your work forever!

11.55-13.25 Trigger Point therapy for Sciatica and Low back pain - Rachel Fairweather
Low back pain is the leading cause of disability and pain in the UK. Your clients don't need to suffer from it! This enlightening hands-on workshop will teach proven techniques to treat low back pain, sciatic and piriformis syndrome. Feel confident in helping clients out of back pain and business will boom.

13.50-14.50 Energy Healing with Essential Oils - Anne Jones
A workshop to show how you can use the healing vibration of essential oils to magnify channeled energies. A simple process of anointing and healing that can be incorporated into many therapies.

15.15-16.45 Hot Stone Fusion for neck and shoulder pain - Meghan Mari
Stones can be sublime and supreme in treating neck and shoulder pain. Learn hot, cold and specific deep tissue work to reduce clients' recovery time, sometimes by half! Save your thumbs and fingers and let the pain melt away. See what all the buzz is about with this incredible workshop.

Zone 15
10.30-11.30 Allergy tap your way to wellness - Amanda Brooks
Health Kinesiology is a safe, gentle therapy that asks the body what it needs to be really healthy. It looks at the problems caused by emotional upsets, negative thinking, stress, allergic reactions, the electromagnetic affects of such devices as computers and televisions, old physical injuries, and blocks in the energy system.

11.55-13.25 Listening to the Inner Healer - The Biodynamic approach to Craniosacral Therapy - Paul Vick
The Biodynamic approach is based on the visionary research of Dr Sutherland, who developed a completely new range of diagnostic and treatment approaches. The practitioner works with the natural vitality and wisdom of the body, to bring balance and integration to the body-mind process. Listening to the body's inner story in this way requires a gentle form of palpation that embraces quietness and stillness. There will be a presentation and practical experience.

13.50-14.50 Neuroskeletal Re-Alignment Therapy - Revolutionising the treatment of back pain - Carole Preen
Neuroskeletal Re-Alignment Therapy: a non-manipulative technique that gently allows the body to regain natural balance. It works through muscles, nerves and lymph as well as energy meridians and charkas.

15.15-16.45 Understanding the Bowen Technique - John Wilks
Experience the dynamic power of the Bowen technique. This workshop will include an explanation of this light-touch therapy, its practical application for various conditions ranging from sciatica, frozen shoulder, respiratory and joint problems and a guided hands-on practical session.

Taster Workshops - Monday 16th October 2006

Zone 10
10.30-12.00 intuits - Using the medicine of energy to help you to help your clients - Barbara Olive
See above for more details.

12.25.13.25 The Use of Iris Analysis in Complementary Health Practice - Debbie Cotton
Iris Analysis or ‘Iridology’ is a tool that is used by naturopaths and other complementary health practitioners in clinical practice. How effective is it as a tool for complementary health modalities, and how can we work it into a consult without having to spend an hour just doing iridology? This lecture will introduce the complementary health practitioner to the science and art of Iridology, and help to brainstorm ways that it can be used as an effective tool for all types of practitioners.

13.50-15.20 Building your Practice with Chair Massage - Michael Zimmerman
See above for more details.

15.45-16.45 Relax your way to a Fitter Body - Wendy Friston
The concept of mind-body fitness is a hot topic in the world of exercise and fitness. By making the connection between the mind and the body, and developing the internal well being, overall fitness will improve. You will naturally work towards gaining a better body, without the need to spend hours at the gym. Wendy, in her capacity as Colour Breathing Regional Operations Manager for Central North region will be talking about the positive impact that Colour Breathing can have on overall fitness levels.

Zone 11
10.30-12.00 Myofascial Release Therapy UK and Ireland - Ruth Duncan
See above for more details.

12.25-13.25 The London School of Reflexology's introduction to Practical Reflexology - Louise Keet
See above for more details.

13.50-15-20 Introduction to Tui Na - the ancient art of Chinese Massage - Andrew Croysdale
See above for more details.

15.45-16.45 Effective Stretching - Jane Johnson
See above for more details.

Zone 12
10.30-12.00 Thai Yoga Massage - Dympna O'Brien
See above for more details.

12.25-13.25 The Essential Oil Cocktail - Shaken not Stirred - Ian Smith
See above for more details.

13.50-15.20 Ayurveda for the Head and Face - Deepa Apte
See above for more details.

15.45-16.45 Live Blood Microscopy - Caroline Barrow
Observing live blood under the microscope gives a unique view of our health and fascinating clues about how well our body is dealing with our life. Come and find out exactly what we see, what we don't and how this powerful tool can help motivate ourselves and our clients.

Zone 13
10.30-12.00 Holistic Stress Management - Ravi Ratan
Stress is the modern-day disease, and one we all suffer from, at some time or another. It is a situation or state resulting into certain amount of physical, mental or emotional pressure. The workshop offers an insight into our stressors and their effect on our health. It also offers simple holistic ways like Swar Yoga (Pranayam), Meditation, Yoga Nidra, Chakra work and Aromatherapy to overcome these stresses before they become a threat to our health and happiness.

12.25-13.25 Neuroskeletal Re-Alignment Therapy - Revolutionising the treatment of back pain - Carole Preen
See above for more details.

13.50-15.20 Increase your Profits with IPM - Feeling is Believing! - Jennifer Longmore
See above for more details.

15.45-16.45 Foot Reading! - Jane Sheehan
Learn the secrets that your feet reveal about your emotions and personality. Jane Sheehan, author of ‘Let's Read Our Feet!’ will be leading an interactive workshop where you'll be amazed at just how much you can tell about a person by looking at their feet. Hard skin, bunions, corns, verrucae, athletes foot - it all means something.

Zone 14
10.30-12.00 Listening to the Inner Healer - The Biodynamic approach to Craniosacral Therapy - Paul Vick
See above for more details.

12.25-13.25 Hot Stone Fusion: the true therapy - Meghan Mari
Experience the ultimate and most luxurious therapy in the world. Use stones as serious clinical tools to treat injury and pain, while letting your clients feel they have entered heaven's gate. An amazing revolution in therapy. Save your hands, ,ake your business soar and love every minute of it.

13.50-15.20 Advanced Massage for RSI's including Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Rachel Fairweather
Carpal Tunnel is one of the most misunderstood and chronically misdiagnosed conditions. This workshop will explain what muscles and body structures are really involved and how you can treat them. Learn simple techniques including trigger point and stretching to ease clients' pain and sometimes prevent unnecessary surgery.

15.45-16.45 The importance of Myofascial Release in treating pain - Meghan Mari
Explore myofascal release and the astounding results you can get working with the body's connective tissue (fascia) in this extraordinary hands on workshop. Discover new insights into back, neck and wrist pain. Gain a key to unlocking complex physical and emotional conditions such as fibromyalgia, ME and TMJ. Not to br missed!

Zone 15
10.30-12.00 Understanding the Bowen Technique - John Wilks
See above for more details.

12.25-13.25 Allergy tap your way to wellness - Amanda Brooks
See above for more details.

13.50-15.20 An Introduction to the Trager Approach - Chris Halliday
See above for more details.

15.45-16.45 Bi-Aura Energy Therapy and advanced system of Bio-Energy Therapy - Dan Kahn
Bi-Aura Energy Healing Diploma training is one of the few energy healing courses in the UK whick holds A Level status and may be used for University access. Watch us working through the chakra's. Learn to direct energy. With the new ISIS energy machine see the visual changes taking place in the human energy field.

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