Previous Conferences
Joy: The Forgotten Vital Sign
Ottawa Ontario Canada, September 2003
A one-day conference dedicated to a better understanding of the evidence that feeling good is good for us. As pressures and demands in health care increase; joy, pleasure, satisfaction and fulfilment have slipped from being low priorities to being forgotten all together.
Practical Outrageousness
San Francisco Spring Fling, April 2002
Gesundheit! Institute (G!I) hosted a four-day series of events in San Francisco in April 2002. The events included a public performance by Patch Adams, a fundraising party for both G!I and Camp Winnarainbow (Wavy Gravy's performance arts camp for kids), a two-day conference, and a House Calls Day. Janet ("From Another Planet") Ryvlin organized the event with the super-duper events planners, Erika Pringsheim-Moore and Kristi Brakken. The conference offered 18 workshops that ranged in subject matter from Creative Approaches to Body Image Issues to Costume Therapy to The Transformational Power of Storytelling.
Lighten Up, Ottawa
Quebec conference, April 2001
The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group was pleased to present "Lighten Up!," a two-day conference featuring Patch Adams and speakers from The Gesundheit! Institute. The sold-out conference, held at and sponsored by the Royal Ottawa Hospital, enlightened, inspired, amused and educated all who attended.
