Colorado State University Mind Body Fair Jan. 29

Colorado State University Wellness Cluster’s fourth-annual Mind Body Fair — featuring panel discussions, workshops, mind-body vendors and a keynote address on the mind-body connection – will be held on Jan. 29 at the Lory Student Center.

A mind-body panel discussion, scheduled from noon-12:50 p.m. in LSC room 228, will open the event. The panel will include four practitioners from various modalities, including a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, yoga practitioner, an medical doctor and a holistic health psychologist.  The topic of discussion will be "how do we use the mind-body connection to facilitate wellness?"

There will be a series of 15 mind-body workshops, including aromatherapy for the soul, energy psychology, meditation for your life, and the low-stress diet. All workshops will be offered between 3:30-6:30 p.m. in various locations throughout the student center.

The mind-body vendor fair will consist of over 30 CSU department representatives and Fort Collins businesses, all focusing to enhance participant’s awareness of complimentary and alternative wellness practices related to the mind body connection.  From these vendors, participants will be introduced to a multitude of holistic healing methods to cope with everyday stressors.  The vendor fair will be held from 4-6:45 p.m. in the LSC Main Ballroom.

Concluding the CSU Mind Body Fair will be a keynote address delivered by Brian Luke Seaward, a pioneer and renowned expert in the field of stress management, mind-body-spirit healing and health promotion. Seaward is an award-winning author, photographer, teacher, and film director/producer. Seaward’s address, titled "Walking In Balance: Reflections on Stress and Human Spirituality" will be 7-8:30 p.m. in the LSC North Ballroom.

The CSU Wellness Cluster is comprised of Campus Recreation, Hartshorn Health Center and the University Counseling Center. The Mind Body Fair is free to all CSU and Northern Colorado community members.  

For more information about the event, visit http://mindbodyfair.colostate.edu or call Tamar Cline at (970) 491-3319.

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