Health Expo

MEDITATION: STAYING SANE IN AN INSANE WORLD
Zelma Chamberlain
Educator, Fairfax, VA County Schools
Mid-Atlantic Coordinator, Science of Spirituality
Zelma Chamberlain, Science of Spirituality’s Outreach Coordinator for the Mid-Atlantic region will hold a seminar called “Staying Sane in an Insane World.” Chamberlain, who teaches at-risk youth in the Fairfax, Virginia County schools refers to meditation as a tool that has helped her deal with the difficult situations in her life. “I was born Baptist, raised Catholic, converted to Islam, and now I [meditate],” said Chamberlain, describing the spiritually transcending power of meditation. Her motto? “If you don’t go within, you go without.”

SPANISH LANGUAGE SEMINAR: MEDITATION: OUR INTERNAL PRESCRIPTION FOR PEACE
Robin Ghertner
Regional Hispanic Outreach Coordinator, Science of Spirituality
Science of Spirituality’s third speaker of the day is Robin Ghertner, the center’s Regional Hispanic Outreach Coordinator. Speaking in Spanish, Robin will lead a seminar he is calling “Meditation: Our Internal Prescription for Peace.” Ghertner will teach about accessing an “inner source” of healing power and is confident “people will come away with a very powerful, very simple meditative practice.”

LIFE COACHING: HEALTHY HEART: CAPTURING YOUR TRUE LOVE
Elizabeth Aloni
Founder, EJoy Coaching (www.ejoycoaching.com)
Elizabeth Aloni is the founder of EJoy Coaching, a love, career, family, and relationship coaching service based in Chicago. The Bayside native, who appeared on NBC’s Average Joe as a Life Coach and has coached internal employees and members of the Spark Network, which owns dating websites Jdate and American Singles, will lead a free group coaching session.
While traditional “therapy focuses a lot on the past, coaching focuses on what’s going on right now,” Aloni explained. “Too many people wait for the right time, or the right educational background, or the right circumstances. I help people go out and get it.”

EXTRA CARE AT NO EXTRA COST
Faiz Kareem
Touchstone Health Partnership
Faiz Kareem will lead a seminar titled “Extra Care at No Extra Cost,” providing visitors to the Health, Fitness & Wellness Expo with valuable information about the variety of services that Touchstone Health Partnership has to offer. Touchstone Health is a Medicare Advantage Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) “committed to offering comprehensive, affordable, and valuable healthcare to Medicare beneficiaries.”

YOGA “MASTER CLASS”
Daleep Paul
Yoga Instructor, Bally Total Fitness
Bally Total Fitness will be present at the Health, Fitness & Wellness Expo, offering free yoga instruction from one of Bally’s master yogis. Daleep Paul will lead a group session, providing Expo attendees with guidance and the opportunity to challenge their bodies and motivation. Bally Total Fitness offers classes tailored to meet all fitness levels.
Expo attendees are advised to bring their own yoga mat.

ALTERNATIVE, NON-SURGICAL TREATMENTS FOR CHRONIC NECK, ARM, LEG AND BACK PAIN
Dr. Ji Han
Director of Pain Medicine, Queens Medical Associates
Dr. Ji Han, who received his training in Anesthesiology at NYPH Weill Cornell Medical Center, is Board Certified in Anesthesiology and completed a tri-institution fellowship in Interventional Pain Management at NYPH Weill-Cornell, Hospital for Special Surgery and Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Dr. Han became devoted to pain management during his anesthesiology training, noticing an abundance of patients suffering from inappropriate treatment of chronic pain. He is now Director of Pain Medicine at Queens Medical Associates in Fresh Meadows, New York and focuses on Interventional Pain Management.

THE NEW MEDICINE: HEALTHY EATING
Dr. Jacqueline Duarte
Bienvenida Medical Care PC
Dr. Jacqueline Duarte, a health counselor with Bienvenida Medical Care PC will lead a seminar detailing the health promotion and disease prevention services that her company, located online at www.foodisthymedicine.com, provides. She and her associates have backgrounds in pediatrics and internal medicine and specialize only in nutrition.
Dr. Duarte will teach Expo attendees about how her organization can help people heal “from within by helping you find which food and lifestyle choices will work best.”

THE SEARCH FOR AN ANSWER TO LUPUS
Dr. Meggan Mackay
Jamaica Hospital
Learn from Dr. Meggan Mackay as she discusses the complexities of Lupus and the ongoing search for a cure.

PARKWAY HOSPITAL
In addition to the previously mentioned seminars, Health, Fitness & Wellness Expo attendees will have the opportunity to learn from top doctors from Parkway Hospital.

SKINCARE & WELLNESS
Lisa Miller
Independent Consultant, Area Manager
Arbonne International
Lisa Miller will teach consumers about the Swiss formulated, botanically-based skin care products, aromatherapy, and other health and wellness products that Arbonne International offers. Arbonne’s products are free of mineral oil, dyes, and fragrances.
Miller will also discuss employment opportunities with Arbonne International, which is seeking independent consultants.

CHINESE ADULTS DAY CARE PROGRAM
Lynn Lin
Marketing Associate
Parker Jewish Institute
Lynn Lin will speak about the Parker Jewish Institute’s Chinese Program, which “offers frail, elderly Chinese clients a bright, cheerful environment designed to meet their medical and cultural needs,” according to Lin. With over one hundred and forty-five clients, the elderly Chinese community has come to rely on the Chinese Program’s quality and caring service and strong community ties.
The Program provides door-to-door roundtrip transportation six days a week, as well as free lunch. Offering a variety of activities such as dancing, English classes, arts and crafts, as well as activities specific to Chinese culture and a roster of speakers in health-related fields, Lin hopes to introduce many new people at the Health Expo to Parker Jewish’s Chinese Program.

ARTHRITIS PREVENTION
Dr. Ajoy Sinha, MD
Interim Chairman,
Department of Orthopedics
Associate Chairman and Director
Joint Replacement Center
New York Hospital Queens
Dr. Sinha who received advanced training in Adult Arthritis and Reconstruction from Johns Hopkins University, will lead a seminar titled, “Arthritis Prevention, Management, and Treatment.” Dr. Sinha will discuss factors contributing to arthritis, how to prevent its onset, and how to determine the various stages of arthritis and their respective treatments.

DISCOVER THE HEALING POWER OF MEDITATION
Dr. Matthew Raider
University of Connecticut Medical School
Science of Spirituality
Dr. Raider, who has held a faculty position at UConn Medical School and has maintained a private practice in family medicine and geriatrics since 1982, considers meditation “one of our great untapped resources” and “the best active modality we can take as an antidote to stress.” A physician most interested in the esoteric aspects of meditation, Raider will lead a seminar titled “Discover the Healing Power of Meditation,” as he extols the practice for its ability to put someone in contact with his or her inner energy.