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Menopause Demystified

Join US for A Roundtable Discussion with 4 leading experts in the field of integrative medicine, nutrition and acupuncture

• What exactly is Menopause?
• What happens at this time of your life-physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually
• What symptoms are related?
• How to make this “normal” transition while remaining sane, balanced and well prepared!

Date: May 16, 7-9pm
Where: Rhythms Center, 55 Pittsfield Rd, Lenox, MA 01240
Phone: 413-637-2727 and email address info@rhythmscenter to register.
Pre-Registrations needed by Friday May 11
Cost: $25

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Susan B. Lord, MD, is an integrative physician who specializes in complementary and alternative medicine using mind-body approaches, nutrition and lifestyle counseling. She currently is on staff at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health where she leads retreats and provides holistic consultations for guests. She has a private practice in Great Barrington, Ma. Formerly, Dr. Lord was a senior faculty member at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC, where she developed and taught in professional training programs in nutrition, mind-body medicine and trauma, both in the US and abroad in Kosovo.


Susan B. Lord, MD
The Granary
33 Rossetter St. Suite 2
Great Barrington, Ma. 01230
(Ph) 413-644-9600
(F) 413-644-9601

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Kathie Madonna Swift, MS RD LDN

Kathie Madonna Swift is a leading educator, innovator and practitioner in the field of integrative nutrition and founder of SwiftNutrition.com. She was recently named by Today’s Dietitian as one of the top Registered Dietitians in the country who are “making a difference”. Kathie was also featured in the ebook, Top 10 Nutrition Pros Share Their Secrets because of her significant accomplishments in holistic nutrition.

Kathie has been the core curriculum consultant and co-designer of Food As Medicine since the programs founding in 2001. She is the Chief Nutrition Advisor for www.myfoodmyhealth.com, an online program that provides customized meal plans for individuals with various health conditions, and created www.myfoundationdiet.com, a gluten and dairy free food plan.

Kathie also shares her passion for the power of food as a teacher of Healthy Living Programs at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, MA. She is the Senior Nutrition Advisor for the Optimal Health and Prevention Research Foundation in San Diego, California.

Kathie spearheaded the pioneering functional medicine program at Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, where she served as Nutrition Director for more than a decade and created the “Nutritional Intelligence” dietary guidelines which were presented at the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. In 2005, Kathie joined Dr. Mark Hyman to help establish the UltraWellness Center, where she was the Nutrition Director for three years and continues to practice today, working with individuals with chronic, complex health problems.

Kathie is on the faculty at Saybrook University as an Instructor in the country’s first graduate program in Mind Body Medicine. She also teaches for the graduate program in Nutrition and Integrative Health at Tai Sophia Institute.

Kathie sits on the Scientific Advisory board for Free and Clear Mind Body Program for Corporate Wellness, the Advisory Board for the Integrative Healthcare Symposium, Martha Stewarts Whole Living Magazine and is an alumni of the Nutrition Advisory Board of the Institute for Functional Medicine. She served as the inaugural Chair of Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine (DIFM), a dietetic practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics representing dietitians in holistic, complementary and alternative medicine. Kathie has participated in Nutrition Roundtables at the Harvard School of Public Health and participated in medical school education programs at Georgetown University Medical School and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Kathie serves on the editorial board for Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal and has been a scientific reviewer for Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. Her articles and interviews have been published in Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Experience Life, Yoga Journal , Healing Lifestyles and Spas, Body + Soul, Alternative Medicine, USA Today, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, Epicurious, CNN, and others.

Kathie recently co-authored The Inside Tract: Your Good Gut Guide to Great Digestive Health with Gerard Mullin, MD, Rodale Press, 2011.

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Regina Serkin and Naomi Alson, Acupuncturists..

PCA: PITTSFIELD Community Acupuncture is two local, licensed acupuncturists with their own private practices; Naomi Alson and Regina Touhey Serkin. They come together at PCA to offer affordable, supportive group style acupuncture treatments for pain, stress, trauma, addiction and general well being to people in Berkshire County and beyond.

Naomi Alson is an acupuncturist and herbalist in Lee at Lee Family Practice, specializing in treatments for pain and stress, fertility, and care for the cancer patient. She has been working with herbal medicine since the 70's, teaching classes, making products and owning a community oriented herb shop.

Regina Touhey Serkin is an acupuncturist and herbalist licensed in Massachusetts and New York State. She has a private practice in Richmond, MA, specializing in emotional issues, pediatrics, woman’s health, pain, addictions, and cancer support. She is also an acupuncturist at Volunteers in Medicine in Great Barrington, MA.

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