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NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NYC Metro will be holding an education event on June 26, is “Mental Illness and the Mind-Body Connection”.

It is FREE and it will be at New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive NY, NY 10032.  It is from 1:00 to 5:00 PM and the registration will be from 12:30PM to 1PM.

They will be talking about alternative medicine interventions and techniques that compliment traditional treatments for psychiatric disorders.

Keynote speakers will be:

Dr. Richard Brown
Read about him here
&
Dr. Patricia L. Gerbarg
Read about her here

You will get a chance to experience COMPLIMENTARY alternative medicine techniques such as, yoga, aromatherapy, acupuncture, nutrition and healthy eating, fitness training and exercise, massage therapy, and stress management.

Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it?!

I hope I can learn something for my sister AND definitely for myself! I need it because being in the arts is no easy task. I need all the relaxation tools I can get!

If you are interested in attending please RSVP with Rene Malera at NAMI in these 2 ways:
1. Emailing intern@naminyc.org
2. Calling our Helpline at (212) 684-3264

Hope you will get a chance to attend this wonderful FREE event!

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