WORKSHOP NAME:     Pathway to Success
Pathway to Success is designed to be a 12-step program toward success.  The purpose of this workshop will be to offer an opportunity for participants to quiet the noise in their minds and really focus on their success. Facilitator: Charly McCracken 
ASK No Limits Wellness Retreat Mistress of Ceremonies,  Charly McCracken is the Chief Executive Officer and Corporate Trainer of Motivational Pearls Enterprises, LLC.  She has been a mentor and instructor for over 10 years.  Charly began her training career as a contractor at BellSouth in 1995. She continued developing and administering training programs while a student at the Atlanta Bible College.  During this time, she developed and administered teen and young adult workshops of varying topics from career training days to homebuyer’s workshops.   Charly continues to mentor women, individually and in groups on teamwork, self-esteem and career development.  Charly has achieved her Advanced Communication Bronze Award from Toastmasters International and has held a club officer role for the past five years. Charly continually strives to empower people with wisdom and skills.  Charly is also a Certified Project Manager (PMP). www.motivationalpearls.com

WORKSHOP NAMES:   Intro to Reiki, Reiki I, Training Reiki Share
These workshops are designed to introduce participants to Reiki energy as well as provide the basic training to those interested in having the ability for self-healing and healing others.
Intro to Reiki:               The History of Reiki, What is Reiki? How does it work?
Reiki I Training:            Learn to be a Reiki Healer. Self Healing and Healing Others (Includes Reiki I Attunement)
Reiki Share:                  Participants attuned in the Reiki I Training share Reiki with those who would like to experience a Reiki session Facilitator: Sheri Monack
Sheri Monack, a Reiki Master/Teacher, received her training from Francena Marie Hancock and Diane Stein, and has been a Reiki practitioner since 1992. "I was first introduced to Reiki after a traumatic back injury 20 years ago. I was misdiagnosed and untreated for almost a year before they figured out I had several bulging discs and disc herniations that required surgical repair. During that time, the only thing that kept my pain down enough to function at all was Reiki. I wasn't familiar with it when it was first offered to me, but I was willing to try anything to help with the pain. I've used Reiki for self-healing, as well as healing and teaching others, in the years since." Sheri is also an art director and a potter. She designs and creates Reiki attuned necklaces and other clay pieces, sold in several galleries around Atlanta. Atlanta Reiki Center provides Reiki healing and training, conveniently located near Spaghetti Junction. Training Workshops or Healing Sessions can also be arranged to take place at your home or office. 678-429-2550. www.atlantareikicenter.com

WORKSHOP NAME:     Savvy Financial Strategies for Women
Workshop provides participants with the basics to take control of their finances. In this workshop, participants will learn:
        * How to get started on the road to building wealth 
        * How to stop being your own worst enemy when it comes to achieving wealth

        * Five “debtly” behaviors that can stop you in your tracks

        * Why it is important to learn to manage your manager even if it’s your husband

        * Secrets to building a portfolio that works for you

Facilitator: Patricia Stallworth
Patricia Stallworth is the president and CEO of PS Worth, a company dedicated to revolutionizing the way people think and learn about money though the use of planning, seminars and private coaching in a strictly educational setting. PS Worth does not sell or manage investments.
Patricia is a certified financial planner, a certified divorce financial analyst, the author of Minding Your Money, and the creator of the Minding Your Money Seminar Series that highlights her quick and easy strategies to take charge and take control of your financial life.
She is also the host of WCLK’s Monday Money Minute and she serves as an instructor in the certified financial planner program. Over the past 14 years, she has established herself as an expert in the financial planning industry and she is often the go-to person when it comes to financial education. Her wise, witty, and practical approach to teaching money subjects has earned her accolades from both students and her peers.
Prior to establishing PS Worth, Patricia worked in a management or advisory capacity for several firms including American Express Financial Advisors, AXA Financial Advisors, and Deloitte & Touche. Patricia is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Kentucky. www.MindingYourMoney.net

WORKSHOP NAME: The Energy Field:  All that Is
We cannot be switched on or off; plugged in or unplugged.  Neither are we little bits of alternating energy currents; we are dynamic, powerful, pulsating energy fields connected in a steady stream to the heartbeat of the Universe that is the Source of all things. We simply ARE! 
Explore the electromagnetic field that is uniquely you!  Learn how to use a tool of the ancients to measure your own modern everyday energy field.  Discover how your thoughts and feelings of your goals impact the energy field. This workshop combines both a presentation and small groups to help you identify your unique energy field and to provide support in obtaining your goals. Facilitator: Dr. Andrew James Giordano

WORKSHOP NAME: The Six Essentials of Life
Decisions.  Every moment of your life is filled with decision making whether it is the mundane or the monumental.  Some decisions are reflexive while others require you to be proactive, to perform your due diligence and to follow-up.  Some decisions have life-altering consequences while the consequences of others are almost negligible. 
Regardless of your life style, dreams or desires, there are six areas in each of our lives that affect our health and the body’s state of balance and well-being. Each of the six decision areas is so important that I call the group “the six essentials of life.”  The consequences of decisions in the six essentials of life affect how you feel and how healthy you are.  When the decisions you make in all six areas keep your body functioning at its best, you are healthy and you feel vibrant.  If you consistently make essential decisions that keep your body in crisis, you are - or will be - sick.
Making wise decisions in the six essentials of life will assist you in maintaining a balance of the mind, body and spirit. In this workshop you will learn what the six essentials are and how to integrate them into your daily lives. Facilitator: Dr. Andrew James Giordano

WORKSHOP NAME: Why Should I Care if a Food is Organic?
We all eat. But do you know what is in your food, what the risks are to your health or to society in general. Do you take for granted that healthy and ample food will simply appear, like magic, in the grocery store?  Organic and conventional food is required to meet the same quality and safety standards set by the Food & Drug Administration.  Most people consider the farmers, grocers and FDA to be the experts and, not surprisingly, most of us believe them when they tell us what is the best way to grow, package, and purchase food!  You may know that eating organic foods is better than eating conventional foods but it is simply not enough to know it intellectually. To really love and care for your body, you must know which foods are good for you! Did you know that there’s a way to tell which foods are good for your body in a way that you can literally see with your own eyes?  Are you puzzled about the difference between cage free and free-range chickens and why the eggs of one type may be better for you than the other?  Do you know the difference between labels that say “certified organic” and those that say “natural?” Did you know that there is a type of chocolate that is actually good for your health?  What do you know about salt?  Learn all this and more!  You’ll walk away from this workshop with a head full of knowledge and a tummy hungry for food that is right for your optimal health! Facilitator: Dr. Andrew James Giordano
Committed to living, teaching, and practicing a holistic lifestyle, Dr. Giordano’s clients benefit from his enthusiastic and on-going pursuit of his education.  Dr. Giordano began his career in the healing arts as a Licensed Massage Therapist in Florida. His unquenchable inner drive to know about the human body and to serve his fellow man next compelled him to pursue his Doctor of Chiropractic degree at Life University in Marietta, Georgia.  Since then, he has earned many certifications and trainings including his Elite Master status in Bio Energetic Synchronization Technique (B.E.S.T.), a state-of-the-art energy balancing procedure that reestablishes the full healing potential of the body.  Dr. Giordano continues to broaden his education in nutrition, Applied Kinesiology and other health-related arenas through a variety of workshops, seminars, and mentor affiliations.
Dr. Giordano’s community and international outreach include mission trips to Peru and working with the homeless in Atlanta.  He is passionate about assisting clients who take a proactive role in their health and well-being at his current practice in Atlanta where he blends a wide variety of modalities that he customizes to the needs of each individual.  Centered in the mind-body-spirit connection, Dr. Giordano’s other interests include organic gardening, hiking, yoga, martial arts, and traveling. www.perimeterchiro.com

 WORKSHOP NAME:     Tending Our Spiritual Gardens
The workshop is designed to create with the workshop participants a sacred space in which to re-examine WHAT we are growing in the garden of our lives...paths to making different choices about what we choose to grow....why....and how....the effectiveness of the tools we use to maintain our gardens and most importantly....harvesting the abundant life of health, wealth and wisdom while keeping the weeds from growing rampant. Facilitator: Sangoma Oludoye

 WORKSHOP NAME:      Inside the Wise Woman’s Medicine Bag
This hands on Healing exploration on carries the participants through the empowerment of truly universal Health care when we know how to access the Energy in our inner core. Core energy is the still point of our very existence, the Hub around which the wheels of Light known as the chakras revolve. Participants will experience an introductory level of Energy Medicine...Some of our Grandmothers called it the Laying on of Hands....or the gift....Wholistic Nurse practitioners and many midwives depend upon the Chakra balancing and alignment techniques in addressing many health challenges. Women in the KNOW know that there are many healing remedies passed down from the wisdom of the ages to support our wellness. Facilitator: Sangoma Oludoye

WORKSHOP NAME:     Trilogy to Health & Wellness
Do you have stress, feel overwhelmed and out of balance, food cravings or stored stubborn fat that doesn’t ever want to go away?  Learn how structure indeed produces function, nutrition is the binding force and emotion balance are keys to a centered lifestyle.  Learn how to overcome life stressors through natural approaches and techniques.  Dr. Anna Just-Buddy and Dr. Rhett Bergeron will teach complex scientific information in easy to understand terms.  You will come away with a different prospective to life challenges and apply the tools that you will learn.  WARNING—this workshop is interactive be prepared to have fun! Facilitators:  Dr. Anna Just-Buddy and Rhett Bergeron, MD
“The body is like an exquisite symphony.  When one instrument is out of tune it affects the whole; however, when all are attuned and aligned there is harmony.”
Goal:  My goal is to bring the body into balance structurally, nutritionally and emotionally allowing the body to naturally heal.
Dr. Anna Just-Buddy has vast experience in the allopathic and wholistic health fields.   While she was working for a major medical company as an operating room surgical specialist, she decided to commit her life to Alternative Healthcare.   Over the past 12 years she has studied Herbology, Homeopathy and Chiropractic.  For eight years Dr. Anna has been certified in Homeopathy and, in 2002, received a Doctorate in chiropractic from Life University.  As a research fellow, she served on the ADD/ADHD and Autistic children studies.  Specializing in Chiropractic Kinesiology and Brimhall Technique, she has conducted numerous health lectures and has been heard on the radio talk show called Jump Start Your Health.  Dr. Anna is the first African American woman in the country certified in the Brimhall Wellness Technique.  She is the founder and president of the first integrated medical center south of Atlanta called Trilogy Health & Wellness Center located in Tyrone, Georgia. 

WORKSHOP NAME:     Bodywork for Everyone
This workshop will teach everyday people the benefits of bodywork—massages aromatherapy, and reflexology— and how you can apply it in your everyday life. Participants will get a short history on massage and the benefits thereof and how to apply simple massage techniques that you can practice on yourselves and other people. Also, you will get a brief history of the two modalities, Reflexology and Aromatherapy and how you can apply the techniques to yourself and others. Facilitator:  Elizabeth Church
Elizabeth Church was born in Upstate New York, and moved down to Georgia with her family ten years ago. She attended Atlanta School of Massage after a lifetime of being the one her family went to for a shoulder rub. Elizabeth is a licensed Massage Therapist who is certified in Neuromuscular Therapy, Seated Massage, Spa Therapies, Aromatherapy, and Reflexology. She is also a certified Brimhall Chiropractic Assistant. Elizabeth is working with Dr. Anna Just-Buddy and a few other associates to open an Integrated Wellness Clinic in Tyrone, Ga. They will be open in the end of April.

 WORKSHOP NAME:     Medical Intuition
This workshop teaches participants about medical intuition. 
You will discover: 1) What happens during a medical intuitive reading, 2) The difference between reading body organs and reading the energy system of the body, 3) How clearing ego blocks can help you access your intuitive guidance, 4) A simple technique to access intuitive information, and 5) How to read your own body. Facilitator: Catherine Carrigan  Catherine Carrigan, president of Total Fitness, is an expert in the fine art of personal transformation. She calls on years of experience in three main areas of expertise: fitness, nutrition and healing. Her training and healing includes the following:

• Specialized Kinesiology, through Sue Maes of London, Ontario, Canada.

•  Self Empowerment Technology Practitioner.

• Brain Gym, Vision Circles and Brain Organization instructor through the Educational Kinesiology Foundation.

• Certified Touch for Health practitioner.

• Thai Yoga Body Therapy.
• Reiki Master, Usui tradition.
• Life Coaching through Sue Maes' Mastering Your Knowledge Mentorship Program and Peak Potentials.
• Medical Intuitive Readings and Quantum Healing

She is also a health and fitness columnist, playwright of 12 plays, 3 produced in New York City, past Spokesperson, the Depression Wellness Network, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University, former national spokesperson for Johnson & Johnson and owner and co-host, Total Fitness Radio Show. www.totalfitness.net

WORKSHOP NAME:    Achieve Inner Balance with Tai Chi and Qi Gong
Learn how to increase energy, stimulate creativity and reduce stress with this meditative form of Tai Chi which focuses on the Five Elements: fire, water, wood, metal and earth.  Understand the ways these movements may be used for personal health and healing.  Realize the benefits of Qi Gong breathing and stretching exercises as a movement meditation to quite and focus your mind and improve your concentration. Facilitator: Cheryl Johnson
Cheryl Johnson has 25 years of intuitive training; 14 of which have been with instructor Sifu Nemo Armstrong of Tai Chi Health Society. As a student of martial arts her training has been in the energy systems of Tai Chi, Kung Fu and Qi Gong  (chi kung), certification in energy /acupointing massage as well as remote healing.  She also works intuitively with the energies of crystals, symbols (readings), chakras and intuitive conversational support.  She is certified in DNA as an Energy Interference Programmer and also certified by the School for Gentle Hands, a Japanese energy touch system and the 5 element theory.  The instruction was based upon touch, approach and sensitivity concerning emotions and where they are stored in the body physical creating dis-ease.   

WORKSHOP NAME:    Organize Your Life
This workshop will focus on creating harmony, tranquility and balance through creative techniques to wisely utilize your space.  Participants will be provided in depth information that will allow them to de-clutter and effectively organize their lives to promote health and happiness. Facilitator: Naomi Taylor
Naomi Taylor is a leader in her field and has broad experience as a Professional Organizer. The owner of Taylor’d Spaces; Naomi provides customized solutions for homes, lives and businesses to operate more effectively by implementing innovative techniques to promote tranquility, harmony and balance. Her management, technical and analytical experience, coupled with interior decorating and storage design talents, provides the foundation for her work as a Professional Organizer. Naomi’s diversified talents have made her a popular figure among the organizing industry. In addition to hands-on organizing, Naomi disperses valuable organizing information to the public   via published articles as well as training through workshops and seminars. www.taylordspaces.com

WORKSHOP NAME: Why Classical Feng Shui ?
Classical Feng Shui deals with invisible energy patterns that have a definite impact on our health, wealth, relationships, overall well-being, productivity and mental clarity.  Unlike "Western" Feng Shui Classical Feng Shui is a “do it and forget it” type of Feng Shui. It does not require one to speak affirmations or place objects such as three legged frogs or Chinese coins on a string. Classical Feng Shui is based in physics, cause and affect. Facilitator: Rochel Parker
Rochel Parker is the founder of Feng Shui Technology. A Classical Feng Shui expert, she began her studies of Feng Shui in 1996 and has studied with seven of the world’s most renowned masters. Classical Feng Shui is a natural fit with Rochel’s education and experience as an environmental engineer since both are based in physics and study the impact of the environment on humans. She has performed hundreds of audits for both residential and commercial clients throughout the United States and Canada. She teaches classes at colleges and universities, conducts “Lunch & Learns” for corporations, offers C.E. courses for Realtors® in Georgia, appears on TV and radio and frequently lectures on the subject of Classical Feng Shui.
The emphasis of Rochel’s practice is Classical Feng Shui, the form practiced in Hong Kong and throughout the Orient. It is a more pragmatic approach than the Western style, since the results are more consistent and profound.
As a graduate of Old Dominion Univ., Rochel has combined her traditional education and practical experience in environmental engineering with her training in Classical Feng Shui to bring a no nonsense, straightforward approach to her audits.                   
Rochel has been fortunate to have studied Classical Feng Shui with Dr. Jes T.Y. Lim, Grand Master Yap Cheng Hai, Master Raymond Lo, Master June, Master Lai, and Master  Leung. She has also studied Four Pillars of Destiny and the I-Ching. Her efforts to obtain the best opportunities to study with these great Masters required her to travel not only across the United States, but to Malaysia, Singapore, Europe and Canada. 

 
Relax, Reflect, Rejuvunate Spa/Boutique

Sally-Bruce Larsen Skin Care Specialist
Sally-Bruce Larsen is a self-confessed life-long “product girl”. Having always been drawn to the newest fragrances, colors, and textures of every new lotion, soap, and cosmetic she came across, her curiosity and passion finally got the better of her a few years ago. She decided to make these luscious products herself, and a boutique business was born.
Sally began by dreaming up new recipes from all the new ingredients available, and was learning about what worked best for skin while being in charge of products for a dermatologist. During this time she also began to undergo her own health revolution. She learned that some foods can cause inflammation in the body and some, especially organic, foods can heal the body and calm inflammation. Just as food consumed can dramatically impact the health of the body, chemicals applied to the skin via skin care products can have an equally strong impact on health.

Tashia “Tee” Bates - Iridologist
Tashia will offer mini Iridology sessions which entails the analysis of the intestinal area and any other immediate obvious problems. She will discuss the constitutional structure of the body and advise healing methods per analysis. The process is usually 10-15 minutes depending upon the client's inquiries.
Tee Bates, Atlanta Native has been in the Natural Healthcare Profession for 19 years. Her passion to assist those in need of healing began at an early age and has since then progressed to a wide range of holistic awareness and understanding. Her quest to heal began as a Chiropractic Assistant and evolved to a profound Iridologist. She wrote as a Holistic writer for three years and from many emails received by readers throughout the United States, she developed a strong sense of what people need verses their wants. This has transformed into her proficient expertise within the Holistic world. Also, having owned several Herb Shops activated her passion to further serve those seeking optimum health.
Teaching and living a natural life has strengthen her faith spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. Through Iridology, Tee specializes in cleansing, detoxification and the building of organs. She has had much success with the art of natural healing through her career and has seen the reversal of cancer, kidney disorder, bronchial and lung disorder, drug addiction, migraines, fibroids, nerve conditions etc.
Tee currently serves as an Iridologist at several facilities within the Atlanta area. In addition to Iridology and Natural Healthcare Consulting she administers Detoxification through Foot Bath, Infrared Sauna and Infrared Acupressure. Her collaboration with The Holistic Center has been one of the most positive aspects of her career. She also expands her skills with Workshops and Seminars, thus spreading and sharing the knowledge of nearly two decades. Having healed herself of ailments, there is no doubt that Tee practices what she preaches. Life is meant to be disorder and disease free, living with joy eternally. This is whom Tee constantly helps others to be.

Sonia White - Spa Esthetician
Sonia will be using the Skin Analyzer & Magnifyer Machine (S.A.M.) to perform skin analysis and offer preventive & corrective information for the varying skin concerns.  I can also tell just by looking at the skin what the concerns might be. She will also use other information regarding skin health and skin beauty to provide an informative assessment.

Julie Frye - Massage Therapist
Julie Frye has been a massage therapist for nine years. She received her training at the Florida College of Natural Health, where learned the basic principals of massage and advanced techniques. During her advanced training, she interned at the University of Miami working with their athletes, where she performed techniques such as neuromuscular therapy, deep tissue, & pre/post sports massage. She has also attended many other community events such as races, wheelchair basketball and more. Through the years she has continued her education and she plans to keep on doing so. She has a real passion and belief in massage, but most of all she loves being a part of achieving an overall health.