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Weekly Seminars

About the seminars:

The weekly seminars meet Tuesday evenings from 7-8pm. The seminars are designed to help give you the information you need to make informed and correct choices and decisions on the numerous physical, mental and spiritual factors that affect your weight and fitness.

Without the right information, you can make many wrong choices. Even with the right information, you may still habitually have a tendency to make the wrong choices. Recognizing this, the seminars will deal with how to change negative habits into positive ones, how to overcome inner resistance to change, and related topics.

Seminar structure:

The weekly seminars are one hour long. Master Eric Sbarge will lead the seminars, with Dr. Yi-Jun Lin coming in once a month to speak specifically on nutrition.

The first ten minutes or so of each seminar will be dedicated to a Group Open Forum Discussion, where members can discuss personal challenges, ask questions, talk about accomplishments, share news items and so on. The next ten minutes will be for Buddy Meet-Up. In your "Buddy Groups" of four people you will compare progress, work on buddy challenges, and so on. The next 35 minutes will be for the week's topic presentation via lecture, videos, group activities, discussion and so on. The final five minutes will be for review and Q & A.

Weekly Seminar Topics:

Every person who enrolls in the Boot Camp does so via our Twelve-Month Introductory Trial Program. We hope you will choose to enjoy the arts we teach for many years to come, but at a minimum twelve months gives you enough time to learn about healthy lifestyle practices and to change negative lifestyle habits into positive ones. Because new members are continually joining the program, and because just as in our kung fu or tai chi classes we need repetition to reinforce and master the curriculum, the seminar topics repeat themselves approximately every six months. During a minimum twelve-month period, you will be able to cover each important topic at least twice.

2010 Seminar Topics

Note: This agenda is flexible—topics and the order in which they appear may be changed at any time.

Jan 5	Moderation beats extremism—the "Middle Path"
Jan 12	Detoxification and cleansing
Jan 19	Optimizing your workout and exercise schedule
Jan 26	Dr. Lin: Why diets don't work
Feb 2	Making the time and effort to cook at home
Feb 9	7 keys to mindful awareness for effective habit changes
Feb 16	Coping with non-supportive family members
Feb 23	Dr. Lin: Dietary labels and food guidelines
Mar 2	Chinese five-element theory for health and nutrition
Mar 9	Napoleon Hill's 17 principles for success
Mar 16	Vitamins and nutritional supplements
Mar 23	Effective meditation practice
Mar 30	Dr. Lin: Micronutrients and fluid needs
Apr 6	The benefits of fasting
Apr 13	How to set and meet realistic goals
Apr 20	Food is meant to nourish the body, not the mind
Apr 27	Dr. Lin: Sugar, digestion and food cravings
May 4	Time management to get everything done that you must
May 11	You're the sum total of the five people you spend the most time with
May 18	Sensible eating strategies for when you eat out
May 25	Dr. Lin: Hunger and fullness assessment
Jun 1	Tips to stay on track during travel or holidays
Jun 8	Become immune to criticism
Jun 15	Why are we "attached" to food?
Jun 22	How to afford and shop for natural and organic foods
Jun 29	Dr. Lin: Eastern practices according to season and constitution
Jul 6	Moderation beats extremism—the "Middle Path"
Jul 13	Detoxification and cleansing
Jul 20	Optimizing your workout and exercise schedule
Jul 27	Dr. Lin: Healthy Ingredients at a glance
Aug 3	Making the time and effort to cook at home
Aug 10	7 keys to mindful awareness for effective habit changes
Aug 17	Coping with non-supportive family members
Aug 24	Dr. Lin: Vegetrian diet can support your health
Aug 31	Chinese five-element theory for health and nutrition
Sep 7	Napoleon Hill's 17 principles for success
Sep 14	Vitamins and nutritional supplements
Sep 21	Effective meditation practice
Sep 28	Dr. Lin: Nutrition and sports
Oct 5	The benefits of fasting
Oct 12	How to set and meet realistic goals
Oct 19	Food is meant to nourish the body, not the mind
Oct 26	Dr. Lin: Cortisol's role in stress and inflammation
Nov 9	Time management to get everything done that you must
Nov 16	You're the sum total of the five people you spend the most time with
Nov 23	Sensible eating strategies for when you eat out
Nov 30	Dr. Lin: Tis the season for good digestive health
Dec 7	Tips to stay on track during travel or holidays
Dec 14	Become immune to criticism
Dec 21	Why are we "attached" to food?
Dec 28	Dr. Lin: Micronutrients & dietary supplements

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