"It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters. "
- Mother Teresa
MABUHAY
Welcome to the blogsite which I maintain regarding continuing Wellness advocacy and training activites within and outside the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute's Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM) formerly known as the Center for Indigenous Medicine ; it also served as a blog of my three-year activities as Chair of CIM, from May 2006 - May 2009, and will continue to informally and unofficially report on the expansion activities of CIM under the new leadership through this blogsite as well as through the special Livejournal websites devoted to various CIM programs listed below. The Official Homepage of the CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE can be reached through this link. This blog also serves as a record of the evolving Wellness Program of the HRD of DLS-HSI.
What CIM is: CIM is an education, training, research and complementary and alternative health care service unit under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research of the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute.
Brief History: The CIM was established in the mid-nineties alongside the Clinical Epidemiology Unit , the Basic Research Unit, the Tuberculosis Research Unit, and the Bioavailability Unit, with the original aim of promoting effective and safe methods and approaches of traditional medicine.
CIM's establishment was in response to a challenge by then DOH Secretary Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan for any university willing to establish an academic center on traditional and alternative health care which will be assisted with seed money from the DOH. The late Bro. Andrew Gonzalez took up the challenge, and as De La Salle University system president encouraged CIM's establishment, with additional seed capital raised by Bro. Gonzalez.
Since then, it has funded and supported research projects in herbal medicine, established a herbal medicine garden, maintaining an acupuncture clinic and had given training on the basic principles and practice of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine. It has also sponsored lectures on Eastern schools of relaxation and exercise therapeutics. Through the years, it has built a library of books and videos on complementary and alternative medicine. Since its establishment, it has had three previous unit heads, namely Dr. Ces Acuin and Dr. Josephine Alayon, (including myself) who were then both faculty members of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, and myself (from the Department of Physiology). The Center maintains a rudimentary electronic database of the 80+ medicinal plants in the CIM Herbal Medicine Garden (established in the mid-nineties) inside the campus.
I took over as Chair ,( Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr. as a faculty member of the Department of Physiology, College of Medicine) last May 15, 2006 and ended my three-year stint as CIM chair last May 30, 2009. For the past three years, with limited funds, I focused on the development of hatha yoga and therapeutic massage techniques as tools for stress management, and organizing introductory workshops and yoga classes inside and outside the campus, to expand the array of services and modalities available at CIM. These are low-cost complementary preventive health care modalities widely popular in many integrative medicine centers overseas which have also incorporated gentle yoga training for patients.
I will now devote my time on the work of CIM's Mind-Body Studies Section, with the Yoga Program as the lead project. The Yoga program encompasses mindful nutrition, as well as mindful exercises which are both relaxing as well as supportive of cardiovascular and respiratory fitness, while increasing muscle strength, bone density, flexibilility and increasing range of motion, and raising the immune response in the long run. Mindful nutrition and exercises in yoga training can also provide the gateway for mindful living. Its immediate effect is stress reduction. The past three years gave me the opportunity to deepen my study of stress and relaxation physiology, with the hope of launching new research initiatives in this area with the remaining years of my academic life.
Dr. Rita Alvero (Director for Research Support and Extension of the Research Division), has invited Dr. Susan Balingit to be the next head of CIM. The new, incoming fulltime CIM chair is a clinician of integrative medicine, who is now entrusted with the challenge of "fully exploring and developing the multitude of alternative treatment modalities and wellness programs" in the coming three years (2009 - 2011) as the development of the field of complementary and integrative medicine becomes a pressing need to address the integrated health needs of the people.
The Center is currently understaffed and underfunded, and is in need of more faculty members and external consultants who would like to volunteer their efforts towards the study and safe practice of effective complementary and alternative healing modalities.
Visiting and Local Consultants: Dr. Joan Javellana-Ottao has rejoined CIM in 2008 to head the Acupuncture Clinic as Visiting Consultant/ Medical Acupuncturist. Dr. Frederick Hipol also treats his orthopaedic patients for symptomatic pain management. Dr. Deo Panganiban of the Department of Pharmacology assists CIM in its herbal medicine program, together with the faculty and Residents of the Department of Family and Community Medicine with some of their research projects. Dr. Estrellita Gonzaga who has assisted CIM projects in the past, is also the contact person in charge of Alternative Nutrition. Dr. Arsenio Mondala-Basoc also joined the acupuncture clinic last year. Dr. Rita Alvero, the current CIM chair from June 2009 is also currently involved in Macrobiotics, helping start the GREEN OPTIONS restaurant project at the 2nd floor of the Angelo King Medical Research Center. I (Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr.) am now personally in charge of the Mind-Body Studies Section, a program formally started in 2004 under Dr. Alayon.
Organizational chart: Under the revised organizational chart of the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute, the Research Division is under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research headed by Dr. Melchor Frias IV. The CIM Chair immediately falls under a newly formed position, the Director for Research Support and Extension, currently Dr. Rita Alvero, who reports directly to the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Research Council.
In Peace,
DANTE G. SIMBULAN, JR., PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine
DE LA SALLE HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTE
Certified Yoga Teacher, and Officer-in-Charge of Mind-Body Studies Section of CIM
former CIM Chair (May 15, 2006 - May 31, 2009)
See: My 3 Year Annual Reports of the CIM Chair, May 2006 - May 2009
The Annual Reports are basically a synopsis of all the records in this website when I was CIM chair.
BELOW IS AN OUTLINE OF THE BROAD FIELD OF COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE around the world and the existing projects of CIM.
For more information on different target areas of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practices and research, go to the following links from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health :
1. Mind-Body Medicine (download pdf file, click here)
2. Energy Medicine (download pdf file, click here)
3. Manipulative and Body-Based Practices (download pdf file, click here)
4. Biologically-Based Practices (download pdf file, click here)
5. Whole Healing Systems (download pdf file, click here)
For general information on CIM activities, you can email our Staff Assistant Ms. Emie Guimary at cimresearch@yahoo.com, or call 046-416-0226 local 181 (CIM) or local 191 (Research Division secretariat).
For specific information on the Mind-Body Studies Program (Yoga training project), you can email me (Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr.) at dantejr@gmail.com or call 046-416-0226 local 185 (Physiology Department).
Kaginhawahan LiveJournal has also links to CIM's LiveJournals in the following areas:
1. Mind/Body Fitness
2. Medicinal Plants Garden
3. Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (under construction)
4. Massage Therapy (under construction)
5. Program on Healthy Living and Integrative Nutrition (under construction)
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In my public communications, I wrote the following, with a call for bringing in new personnel into CIM to expand its range of modalities.The Annual Reports of the CIM Chair from May 2006 to May 2009 are also posted here (click link), to help the future administrations of CIM in expanding its work.
March 8, 2009 letter to representatives of the Research and Academic Services::
I just finished my participation in a Yin Yoga workshop with Sarah and Ty Powers, and her team at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, from May 22 - 25. The experience gained has further inspired me to continue my efforts to integrate Yin yoga practices in my regular traditional hatha yoga and Kripalu yoga training classes at the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute and elsewhere. It also encourages me to further develop the contemplative practices of yoga training in my personal practice and in my administrative work and advocacy activities on wellness, to really genuinely train the mind and the body.
Sarah and Ty Powers, and their daughter (picture from http://www.sarahpowers.com ). For a brief background, I have posted a description on their work below:
"Sarah Powers began teaching in 1987. She interweaves the insights and practices of Yoga and Buddhism into an integral practice to enliven the body, heart and mind. Her yoga style blends both a Yin sequence of long held poses to enhance the meridian and organ systems, combined with a flow or Yang practice, influenced by Viniyoga, Ashtanga, and Iyengar teachings. Sarah feels that enlivening the physical and pranic bodies, as well as learning to open to our emotional difficulties is paramount for preparing one to deepen and nourish insights into one's essential nature--a natural state of awareness. She draws from her studies in Transpersonal Psychology, as well as her in-depth training in the Vipassana, Tantric and Dzogchen practices of Buddhism. She is co-founder of Metta Journeys, a service oriented organization that offers yoga retreats internationally to help women and children in developing countries. She also teaches trainings and silent retreats with her husband Ty. They live with their teen-age daughter Imani-Jade in Marin, California. She is author of the upcoming book Insight Yoga: Integrating Yin/Yang Yoga and Buddhist Meditation.
Ty Powers has been a yoga practitioner since 1987, facilitating and leading yoga and meditation retreats throughout the world, with his wife, international yoga and mindfulness teacher, Sarah Powers. Ty has been practicing Buddhism for many years, the last 10 under the guidance of Dzogchen teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche, as well as many of the Spirit Rock teachers, most notably, Ajahn Amaro, having completed Spirit Rock's 2 1/2 year Community Dharma Leader training program in 2003. Ty has taught daylongs at Spirit Rock on issues concerning cultural diversity. Ty is also a mentor and Life Coach to several men and women around the globe." ( from : http://www.sarahpowers.com )
The College of Physical Therapy organized the "Introductory Lecture on Complementary and Integrative Medicne and Yoga Workshop" for its graduating students on February 17, Tuesday, from 8 - 12 a.m. at the Villarosa Hall, Angelo King Medical Research Center, in cooperation with the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine of the Research Services. The coordinator for the event was Ms. Natalizia Guieb, faculty member and Chair of Professional Education of the DLS-HSI's College of Physical Therapy. The CIM Chair, D.G. Simbulan, Jr., gave a broad survey of the evolving field of complementary and integrative medicine, and facilitated a chair yoga routine as well as an introductory mat yoga workshop. Dr. Simbulan uses a Kripalu Yoga approach in sharing traditional hatha yoga with his audiences, which emphasizes safety and modifications, and proper warm-ups, as most of us today live generally sedentary lives, highly dependent on machines and automation, and our bodies' general health condition largely influenced by synthetic chemicals, envionmental pollution, and fast-food chains.
CHAIR YOGA ROUTINES BREATH-AWARENESS EXERCISE
WARM-UP EXERCISES in Kripalu Yoga fashion(above)
A Vinyasa Flow Sequence of Postures (above and below)
CHILD POSE ( a relaxation interval )
Many medical centers outside the Philippines, especially in North America, have incorporated yoga training for patients as part of preventive health care education. The flow sequence shown above are generally meant for physically fit individuals. Special, gentle restorative yoga routines are taught to patients in other countries. DLSHSI's CIM still teaches yoga for general stress management, flexibility and strength buildup for relatively physically fit individuals.
Long-term benefits of hatha yoga training are included below:
For more details on medical applicaitons of hatha yoga training, see MIND-BODY STUDIES AND FITNESS PAGE.
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As planned, the 2nd WELLNESS WORKSHOP for COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS, co-organized with the Cavite Green Coalition ngo network in Silang, Cavite (Crest Farms), was held on Jan. 13, 2009, from 8 - 12 nn at the Crest FARMS of the Institute for Developing Ecological Alternative Systems (IDEAS), in Silang, Cavite. Around 13 members of the steering council of the Cavite Green Coalition were able to participate in the workshop. The CIM Chair was invited to be the resource person for the workshop. The last time CGC had its yoga workshop was in January 16, 2007.
Also, from Jan. 14 - 17, 2009 , Chair Yoga workshops for employees were held in the afternoon at the CIM Mind Body Studies Section Training room at the Angelo King Medical Research Center of the DLS-HSI. Chair Yoga is a simple routine to synchronize the breathing with yoga poses while sitting on a chair, doing forward and backbends, and twists to make some muscles of the body contract, while stretching other muscles and connective tissues. The first Office Yoga for Employees during Lasallian week was held last year from Jan 14 - 18, 2008. Chair yoga is not just used by tired office workers, but also used by patients recovering from illness, as well as by senior citizens. It can also be an entry point for anybody interested in studing the basics of yoga exercise routines, serving as warm-up exercises for mat yoga.
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D.G.Simbulan (left) Jr presenting his topic" Explorations in Preventive Medicine through Mindfulness Practices and Movement Modalities in Hatha Yoga" at the Pan Pacific Manila hotel on Nov 20 during the 5th Annual Convention of the DOH - Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care. Dr. Sia, together with Dr. Romule de Villa and PITAHC Director GENERAL Dr. Juvencio F. Ordona (right).
The potentials of Yoga training as a low-cost preventive health care practice and tool for rehabilitation was presented by Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr. on November 20, 2008 during the 3- day annual celebration of TRADITIONAL MEDICINE WEEK organized by the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) of the Philippine Government's Department of Health. Yoga training, its efficacies and limitations, is being documented by more than a thousand articles which have come out in many peer-reviewed medical and science journals in the past several years.
The event was held at Pan Pacific Manila in Metromanila from Nov. 19 - 21, 2008. As a Yoga practitioner and certified yoga teacher as well as research scholar and medical professor, Dr. Simbulan presented alongside many academic and lay experts and practitioners in the field of herbal medicine, nutritional therapies, and other movement and wellness modalities.
Below was the program of the DOH-PITAHC event :
NOV. 19, 2008
| 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Registration |
| Session Title: Advancement of Alternative Medicine in the Moderator: Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 AM | Government Islands of Wellness … The Tourism Haven Asec. Cynthia L. Carrion |
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM | Academe Academic Breakthrough in Asian Health Practices Dr. Teresa L. Yap |
| 9:30 – 10:00 AM | Open Forum |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | BREAK |
| 10:30 – 11:45 AM | Raw Food Preparation Raw Food Diet: Prescription for Wellness Chef Felix Schoener |
| 11:15 – 12:00 NN | Open Forum |
| 12:00 – 1:00PM | LUNCH BREAK |
| Session Title: The World of Wellness Moderator: Dr. Jaime C. Montoya | |
| 1:00 – 1:30 PM | Alternative Exercise: Dance Your Way to Health Ms. Estelle Niña W. Gulfin |
| 1:30 – 2:00 PM | Private Natural Medicine: The Alternative Cancer Therapy Dr. Edna S. Lao |
| 2:00 – 2:30 PM | Health and Welllness The Beauty of Wellness Ms. Cory Quirino |
| 2:30 – 3:00 PM | Open Forum |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | BREAK |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Closing Program Closing Remarks Dr. Angel C. Alcala |
NOV. 20, 2008
| 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Registration |
| Session Title: Herbal Remedies for Health Moderator: Dr. Vivencio R. Mamaril | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 AM | Herbal Medicine Research and Development Screening of Medicinal Plants for Dengue Dr. Filipinas F. Natividad |
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM | Herbal Medicine Research and Development Drug Development from Natural Sources Dr. Isidro C. Sia |
| 9:30-10:00 AM | Open Forum |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | BREAK |
| 10:30 – 12:00 NN | Product Launching |
| 12:00 – 1:00PM | LUNCH BREAK |
| Session Title: The Way to Natural Health Moderator: Dr. Duvia D. Tabugo | |
| 1:00 – 1:30 PM | Tai Chi / Qi Gong Ms. Nena Tan |
| 1:30 – 2:00 PM | Nutritional Oncology Your Food … Your Medicine Dr. Romulo Jacinto S. de Villa |
| 2:00 – 2:30 PM | Yoga Explorations on Preventive Medicine Through Mindfulness Practices and Movement Modalities in Hatha Yoga Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr. |
| 2:30 – 3:00 PM | Open Forum |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | BREAK |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Homeopathy Homeopathic Medicine: Potion for Health Dr. Rey D. Acis |
NOV. 21, 2008
| 8:00 – 9:00 AM | Registration |
| 9:00 AM | Opening of Exhibits Ribbon Cutting Hon. Juan M. Flavier, Sec. Francisco T. Duque III, Usec. Jade F. del Mundo, Ms. Cory Quirino and Dr. Juvencio F. Ordoña |
| 9:15 – 10:00 AM | Viewing of Exhibits |
| 10:00 – 10:15 AM | BREAK |
| 10:15 – 12:00 NN | Opening Program Invocation and National Anthem Philippine Tourism Chorale Opening Remarks Dr. Juvencio F. Ordoña Inspirational Message Sec. Francisco T. Duque III Keynote Speaker Hon. Manuel B. Villar, Jr. Intermission Number Philippine Tourism Chorale Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Othello V. Enoveso |
| 12:00 – 1:00PM | LUNCH BREAK |
| Session Title: Traditional and Alternative Medicine in Modern Practice Moderator: Dr. Isidro C. Sia | |
| 1:00 – 1:30 PM | Acupuncture Acupuncture for Neurological Disorders Dr. Tan Cho Chiong |
| 1:30 – 2:00 PM | Medical Anthropology Anthroposophical Concept of Filipino Traditional Healing Dr. Michael L. Tan |
| 2:00 – 2:30 PM | Open Forum |
| 2:30 – 3:00 PM | BREAK |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Spiritual Healing Enrich Your Soul: The Key to Total Wellness Fr. Momoy Borromeo |
| 3:30 – 3:45 PM | Open Forum |
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For more information on Yoga's health potential, see MIND-BODY FITNESS PAGE.
On Nov. 28, the Research Division - Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (formerly Center for Indigenous Medicine), in commemoration of Traditional and Alternative Health Care Month, organized a symposium on complementary and alternative medicine, followed by an introductory relaxation meditative massage workshop in the afternoon. Pictures above and below show the Introductory Massage workshop facilitated by Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr., who is himself a DOH-certified massage therapist. Dr. Simbulan encouraged the participants to do self-study of massage with a lot of available training resources in massage books, video, internet information, and opportunities for home practice, before they embark on full-blown massage courses. CIM extends its gratitude to the HRD for extending its assistance in recruiting participants to the workshop. In the future, full-blown certification massage courses will be conducted by CIM for allied health professionals and high school graduates who wish to embark on a career in the Wellness industry.
On the morning of Nov 28, a 3 hour symposium on "Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the Masses: Issues and Challenges" was held, sponsored by the CIM- Research Division/ Office of the Director for Research Support and Extension Services. The guest speaker was Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan, former DOH Secretary and UP Professor of the Dept of Family and Community Medicine. of UP Manila.
Left, Invocation; Right, Dr. Rita Alvero, Director for Research Support and
Extension Services gives the Opening Remarks.
Vice Chancellor for Research Dr. Melchor Frias IV giving the closing remarks.
(Villarosa Hall, 4th Flr, Angelo King Medical Research Center, DLS-HSI)
Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan (center, in red) during the book launching of his latest edition of
his book " Medicinal Fruits and Vegetables" at Fully Booked Store,
Bonifacio High Street last September, 2008. With him is Dr. Jun Simbulan and Dr. Jeane Peracullo.
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Workshop, 1 - 4:30 P.M.
An Introductory Workshop on Relaxation Meditative Massage
CIM Chair
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LINKS to CIM's THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE Home Page
Other Links to Evolution of CIM's Massage Program (from latest to older news links):
1. DANTE G. SIMBULAN, JR.'s PHOTOJOURNAL REPORT on the KRIPALU TRAINING ON KRIPALU MEDITATIVE RELAXATION MASSAGE
2. CIM MASSAGE THERAPY TRAINING PROGRAM GETS A BIG BOOST WITH ACQUISITION OF A DOH LICENSE
3. DEVELOPING MASSAGE AS A COMMON HOUSEHOLD SKILL FOR FAMILY-BASED HEALTH CARE
4. GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR THE SEPT. 165-HR COURSE ON TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE, INFANT & CHILD MASSAGE
5. UPDATES OF MASSAGE TRAINING AT WAT PO TRADITIONAL MEDICINE SCHOOL- CHETAWAN HEALTH SCHOOL CAMPUS
6. THAI MASSAGE TRAINING AT WAT PO SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
7. A GUIDE TO TRADITIONAL MASSAGE THERAPIES OF ASIAN MEDICINE
8. CIM sends HSC staff for Training in Tuina Chinese Massage at PITAHC (Sept 18 - 20, 2006)
(Left) Ms. Lala Beltran-Reyes, ManPower Section head of HRD; (Right) Dr. Rita Alvero, Director of Research Support and Extension Services
overseas. Dr. Simbulan also facilitated the yoga workshop later in the morning, starting with Chair Yoga exercise routines followed by yoga routines on the mat. Yoga routines, as explained by the resource person, are simply exercises to bring one's awareness into the present moment, which is what is also called as "mindfulness". Mindfulness approaches go beyond the yoga mat, and can be brought into daily life, which is the bigger Yoga off the mat.
(Left) Dr. Dante G. Simbulan Jr., the CIM Chair; (Right) Introduction to Breath Awareness (Dirgha Pranayama - 3- parts full breath)
(Above) Chair Yoga Exercise Routines; (Below) Yoga on the Mat, starting with Centering/ Breath awareness and Positive Affirmations, followed by "Pratapana" in the Kripalu tradition or warm-up exercises.
(Below) Participants do two versions of the Sun Salutation flow series, ending with a deep relaxation pose (savasana) in Yoga Nidra (last two pictures).
Savasana in yoga nidra, known in western stress management circles as "progressive muscle relaxation technique", is a very important part of a yoga session to induce deep relaxation at the end of a "meditation-in-motion" yoga workout .
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Ms. Evangeline Ruga, head of the Guidance and Counseling Office of De La Salle University -Dasmarinas opens the Counselors' Faculty Development and Wellness Workshop with the Theme
"Yoga as a Preventive Health Practice" at the DLSU-D Alumni Hall last Sept. 18. The CIM Chair, D.G. Simbulan, Jr., was the resource person and workshop facilitator.
Left photo: The CIM Chair, Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr. presents a review of the health applications of mindfulness based practices, which includes yoga training, in the field of mainstream health care in various university medical centers in the
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Dr. Joan Javellana-Ottao Dr. Sen Mondala-Basoc
Dr. Joan Ottao is now a Visiting Consultant/ Medical Acupuncturist of the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, She is a graduate of the DLS-HSC College of Medicine, and was one of the staff acupuncturists and research staff of the Center in the late 1990s. Dr. Ottao has training in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture under ATRC, now known as INAM. Dr. Frederick "Joy" Hipol of Department of Orthopedics also uses acupuncture for complementary pain management for some of his orthopedic patients, and those suffering from muscle pains. Our former CIM director and medical acupuncturist Dr. Josephin "Pin-Pin" Alayon is currently in Australia.
Dr. Sen Mondala-Basoc, M.D., MPH, is also the newest Visiting Consultant/ Medical Acupuncturist of CIM, having been a graduate of the Acupuncture and Therapeutics and Research Center.
Regular clinic hours of Dr. Joan : Wednesday, 10 am - 3 pm
Regular clinic hours of Dr. Sen : Monday, 10 am - 5 pm; Fridays, 10 am - 5 pm.
Call first for an appointment or drop by at the office (ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC, CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, RESEARCH DIVISION, ANGELO KING MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER BUILDING (3RD FLOOR) , DE LA SALLE HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTE, DASMARINAS, CAVITE.
For more details, contact Emie at 046-416-0226 local 181, or local 191.
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CIM YOGA TRAINING ROOM (MEETING ROOM 1, 3rd floor, AKMRC building)
Classes are held at the Yoga Training Room at Meeting Room 1, 3rd floor, Angelo King Medical Research Center.
Future massage training courses are also currently under planning and development, with focus on Meditative Relaxation massage, using the Kripalu approach.
Both the yoga and massage therapy training programs are directly under the lead-supervision of Dr. Simbulan, the current CIM chair. Dr. Simbulan is a certified Yoga Teacher from 3 institutions, the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health (Mass., USA), the Yoga Vidya Gurukul (Maharashtra, India) and the International Yoga Institute - Philippines. He is also a DOH-licensed Massage therapist, and certified in massage therapy by various schools, including the Handspring Institute of Massage and Shiatsu, the Wat Po School of Traditional Medicine - Chetawan School of Massage in Thailand, and the Kripalu School of Massage (Kripalu Center, Mass., USA), completing 425 hours of formal course work .
For more details, contact D.G. Simbulan, Jr. at dantejr@gmail.com
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The following is a brief description of the GREEN OPTIONS project.:
"In our effort to make the De la Salle Research Services Division a leading center of wellness in the country, we launched a restaurant with the ambiance of an old provincial mansion that serves nutritious, healthy and good tasting food.
Indigenous materials organically grown are preferentially used with emphasis on freshness and nutrient value. Meat is sourced from Bicol farms where animals are free to roam, shrimps and crabs from fishponds in Pampanga where water remains pristine, and vegetables from Cavite and Laguna where the soil is rich and fertile Corn oil is used for frying, soya based patis and toyo to enhance flavor and rock salt to taste. No MSG is used."
July 25, 2008
The 200 hour Kripalu Yoga Teachers Training course of June 29 - July 25, 2008 concluded with a final graduation rite held in the morning of July 25 at the Shadowbrooks Hall of Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Mass., USA.
July 9, 2008
DGS Jr reporting from Kripalu Center, Massachusetts, USA: " The Kripalu School of Yoga 200-hour Yoga Teachers' Training started last June 29 and is now on its second week. There are 58 students in our class, coming from all walks of life, some are elementary and high school teachers and college professors, social workers, dancers, fitness instructors, a bank manager, a medical student, fulltime mothers, development workers, college students, psychotherapists and nursing professionals, massage therapists, writers, theater artists, scientists, and yoga teachers on continuing education like myself, all of whom share a common interest in yoga as a preventive health care practice and motivated to share these with the bigger communities in which we are located. I have posted some pictures below, and an outline of a typical daily schedule:"
Typical daily schedule
(based on kripalu.org)
6:30–8:00 am
Sadhana
Morning yoga practice is an opportunity to go within and have a personal experience while observing the teaching styles and approaches of a variety of experienced teachers.
9:00–11:30 am
Program Session
Sessions include techniques for postures and pranayama; teaching methodology for leading a Kripalu Yoga class and assisting students in postures; exposure to yogic philosophy; anatomy and physiology; and practice to support participants' emerging and evolving skills as a teacher.
1:30–4:00 pm
Program Session (INCLUDES POSTURE CLINICS)
4:15–6:00 pm
Yoga Practice
Afternoon yoga practice is designed to reinforce posture alignment details and teaching methodology and provide opportunities to assist as well as deepen your own practice.
7:00–9:00 pm
Evening Session (as scheduled)
"We have excellent faculty for our batch led by veteran yoga practitioners and teachers Sudha Carolyn Lundeen and PremShakti Mary Stout., and assisted by a large pool of resident yoga teachers of Kripalu."
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DANTE G. SIMBULAN, JR.'s PHOTOJOURNAL REPORT on the KRIPALU TRAINING ON KRIPALU MEDITATIVE RELAXATION MASSAGE:
[Regular photo news updates on the 200-hour Kripalu Yoga Teachers' Training June 29 - July 25 will also be posted ).
See related website: http://mykempodance.livejournal.com which documents my evovling efforts to develop Kempo dance as an aerobic wellness activity, alonside yoga and bodyworks.
June 2, 2008:
" After a 20 hour plane trip to Washington, Dc, and a 14 hour bus trip to the Berkshires, I started my training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, thanks to the Kripalu Center and the DLSU-M Science Foundation, Inc. The first course is 170 hours on the Essentials of Kripalu Bodyworks, followed by the second course, a 200 hour Kripalu Yoga Teachers' Training intensive."
June 14, 2008:
"This is what I have to say, after halfway through the foundation course in Kripalu Bodyworks --- Kripalu Center is a community of people advocating living an authentic life. Bodyworks and yoga are but means to support expression of authenticity at every moment of our lives." Yoga teacher training starts on June 29, 2008, two days after the end of the Kripalu bodyworks foundation course.."
June 27, 2008:
GRADUATION PICTURE BELOW (KRIPALU SCHOOL OF MASSAGE):
"DGSJr. : We use a basic textbook in Professional Training programs at Kripalu Center, "Nonviolent Communication : A Language of Life.". Mahatma Gandhi's picture, with a quote from him : "Service is not possible unless it is rooted in love and nonviolence. One has to lose oneself in the service of others to find oneself.". A picture of Mother Teresa also hangs in the corridors with the quote: "We can do no great things, but only small things with great love. Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person."
Main building of Kripalu Center in sprawling 170 acre grounds; St. Francis of Assisi statue in front of Kripalu main building in North America's biggest yoga and complementary healing education center.
A Side Entrance to Kripalu; surrounding area of the Kripalu Center
(Pictures above) My dormitory bed at the Kripalu Center. Pictures of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Mother Teresa, Albert Einstein adorn the walls of the Kripalu center along with the picture of Swami Kripalu who inspired the establishment of North America's largest yoga training and complementary healing cener. Kripalu Yoga practice reminds people of social responsibility, and not just a physical fitness routine and lifestyle.
(Above) Faculty introduction on first day of class at the Kripalu School of Massage. Massage lecture. Lecture room in anatomy and physiology. Cafeteria offers largely plant-based meals, with some organic chicken and fish in the menu for the general public.
Discussions with a Tibetan monk (left) ; Bodyworks therapy classmates with some teachers at Kripalu School of Massage (right); among the students-- a pediatrician, a medical student, a student of naturopathy, a medical professor, and others with backgrounds in the social sciences and natural healing, with many sharing a common interest and practice in yoga, dance and music.
The training program is under the expert supervision of Kripalu School of Massage faculty members and assistant instructors, (namely Meg Agnew, LMT, Ken Nelson, PhD, LMT, Michael Sitzer, BA, LMT, CYT, assisted by Adams, Michael P., Sasha and Cat.)
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Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr. has been awarded a Kripalu scholarship grant to undergo a two-month training at the, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts, USA from June 1, 2008. His trip was also subsidized by the Science Foundation, Inc. of De la Salle University to cover part of the training costs. De La Salle Health Sciences Institute is deeply grateful for the generosity of the Kripalu Center and the Science Foundation for their continuing support for the program of the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine of the Research Services.
Below is the Mission statement of Kripalu Center:
Kripalu's Mission
To teach the art and science of yoga to produce thriving and health in individuals and society.
Kripalu was formed in 1966 to promote yoga and uplift the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of individuals. For more than 40 years, Kripalu has remained a place where people come together to deeply inquire into the core issues of life, explore new and healthier ways of being, and put inspiration into practice.
Kripalu’s vision is to build a new kind of educational institution, one dedicated to the inquiry of what creates a fulfilled human life. From our point of view, human fulfillment is the critical challenge of our time and the answer to many of our societal problems. The only way we can address the complexity of our personal lives and society as a whole is for more of us to explore, understand, and experience what it means to live an integrated life in which we feel fully alive, connected to others, and committed to fostering the welfare of the whole. We call this exploring the yoga of life.
Kripalu’s mission remains teaching the art and science of yoga, an approach consistently proven to uplift individuals and benefit society. The techniques of yoga integrate body, mind, and spirit, helping both individuals and groups flourish and perform at peak levels. The only way in which this new kind of institution can be built is for its leaders, members, and patrons to embody the discipline of yoga by acting skillfully, being authentic, and confronting our biases and fears as we work together in pursuit of truth.
While grounded in yoga, it is important to understand that Kripalu does not espouse a narrow or sectarian mindset. According to the Kripalu tradition, yoga is an honest and unfettered inquiry into all practices, philosophies, techniques, and approaches that produce thriving for individuals, families, communities, societies, and the planet. This "nondenominational yoga" includes perennial wisdom gleaned from all the world’s religions and spiritual traditions, together with the amazing knowledge gained from science, psychology, and contemporary researchers. It also includes healing techniques drawn from traditional, allopathic, and complementary/alternative medicine that help individuals heal and return to high levels of functioning.
As an institution, Kripalu is dedicated to yoga as a rigorous, nondogmatic, and nonsectarian inquiry into the core issues of life. This kind of truth-based inquiry inevitably frees us from fears, fantasies, and distortions and produces positive ways of being that generate beneficial results. To support rigorous inquiry and dialogue, Kripalu operates in accord with a set of core values that includes: a commitment to authenticity, radical self-trust, the courage to fully express one’s self, and unconditional positive regard for others. Embracing these and other values is a proven way to move toward the state of integrated functioning where what you think, feel, say, and do are aligned.
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ALERT Committee Launched its First Community Immersion in Barangay Maymangga, Amadeo, Cavite and Introduced Yoga as a Disease Prevention Method and Self-care Tool
On May 13-15, 2008, the ALERT Committee, headed by incoming 2nd year students Jamie Adriano & Docile Anico, (under the Office of the Vice President for Advocacy and Social Transformation of the College of Medicine Student Council), and through the efforts of Lesley Pascual, their president, launched its first community outreach activity as part of their adopt-a-community project. ALERT stands for Advocate, Lead, Empower, Research, and Transform. In light of this, the committee’s ultimate aim is to reach out to the people in a selected community, get to know them, educate them, and inspire them, so that they could become better, informed, and empowered citizens. Ms. Jamie and Docile have been studying and practicing hatha yoga with other DLS-HSI and DLSU-Dasmarinas students and staff under a program of the CIM-Research Services for the past school year.
Organizers initially planned to include yoga in their list of activities as a way of introducing themselves and to interact and get to know the people in the community. Eventually, they realized they could also share with them yoga’s potential benefits in healthcare—relaxation, muscle tone development, joint flexibility training, and even cardiovascular and respiratory endurance when practiced over a long period of time.
Participants included both male and female, coming from varying age groups. There were three sessions: two morning chair yoga exercises for the older participants, and one afternoon yoga session for the younger participants which includes the sun salutation flow series. For more news in pictures see the photo blogsites of Jamie Adriano (1 , 2 ).
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Hatha Yoga as meditation-in-motion: synchronized breathing exercises with flowing movements from one pose to another gives the well known benefits of physiological relaxation, flexibility and muscle strength development and increasing bone density, alongside its contribution to cardiorespiratory endurance in the long run, when regularly practiced. Social workers, and members of YATA, along with some ward interns of Casa Esperanza warming up during an introductory yoga session in Dumaguete City last May 5, 2008.
While on summer vacation leave with his wife, on May 5 in the morning, Dr. Simbulan was able to share the preventive health care potential of hatha yoga through an introductory session for social workers, community volunteers and interns of the Casa Esperanza in Dumaguete City. Casa Esperanza is a child welfare project of the local government's social work and community development unit. The activity was arranged by Ms. Dessa Quesada-Palm who is the adviser of the Youth Advocacy through Arts (YATA), and one of the lead organizers of a women's network against violence in the locality.
Participants in Savasana during Yoga Nidra (also known in psychotherapeutic circles as progressive muscle relaxation technique). Participants are guided through relaxation with focused awareness of the breath, from toe to head.
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The DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-MANILA through the Emergent Program on Worldviews and Beliefs of the College of Liberal Arts held a National Conference with the theme “Theories and Practices of Interfaith Dialogue in the Philippines ” , from April 24 - 26, 2008. There were 146 delegates, with 25 paper presenters, including 4 plenary speakers. DLS-Philippines System President Bro. Armin Luistro delivered the Welcome Address.
The CIM chair, Dr. Jun Simbulan, presented a paper with the title, "Mind-Body Practices in Interfaith Dialogue : Hatha Yoga's Modern Applications".
For more pictures, see http://interfaithphilippines.wordpress.c
The Goals of this Conference were:
1. to bring together local/national practitioners and theoreticians dealing with Interfaith Dialogue;
2. to identify, analyze, and indicate possible links/convergences of emerging field practices of and theoretical/academic approaches to Interfaith/Religious Dialogue;
3. to encourage conversational exchanges among practitioners in order to document the diversity of practices both in the field and academic settings;
4. to fortify relations among practitioners across regional, linguistic and religious boundaries.
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Accelerate your Yoga Studies through MetroManila's Yoga Organizations
In addition to the regular Basic Hatha Yoga classes at DLS-HSI (CIM-Research Services) , accelerate your studies through home practice, and cross-training opportunities with devoted yoga organizations in MetroManila with their highly experienced teachers.
YOGA MANILA Click Here for Class Locations, Schedules, Rates.
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IYENGAR YOGA CENTER MANILA
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ANANDA MARGA YOGA CENTERS
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BIKRAM YOGA MANILA
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PULSE YOGA
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VINYASA YOGA CENTER
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Others:
INTERNATIONAL YOGA INSTITUTE - Philippines
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YOGA PHILIPPINES NATURE SANCTUARY (SAMAR)
This is the YOGA RETREAT CENTER of Bela Lipat in Samar. Also, see Bela Lipat's website at http://www.yoga-bela.com/.
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FLOW YOGA QC
(The Yoga Community in Diliman, Quezon City)
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Free summer yoga classes for Lasallian students and employees start March 27, 2008, every Thursday, from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.. for both regular and walk-in students.
A separate yoga training program for community development workers in Cavite and for other Lasallian units in the Lasallian Justice and Peace network is being arranged.
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