Diane Allmayer-Beck
Belfast Garden Club
Gardener
“Benefits of Gardening”
Gardening enhances wellbeing through the promotion of physical exercise and the nurturing of spirit through the connections to earth and nature. The local garden club also has a Pink Tulip Project, which creates community gardens to raise awareness and funds for women’s cancer research.

Jennifer Armstrong
Musical Storyteller
“In Celebration of Women”
A 45-minute concert to celebrate women. Armstrong is a musical storyteller with songs and stories for all ages. Her programs are interactive and weave together songs, tunes and tales from the folk tradition and her own life experience. A wide variety of instruments enliven her shows including bagpipe, fiddle and banjo. She draws listeners into a heart satisfying, participatory community event.

William Armstrong
William Armstrong, Sports and Orthopedic Massage
Nationally Certified Massage Therapist
“Posture: Structure for a Healthy Life”
The physical system and our total system of mind, body, spirit and emotions with posture as the core support for health. Specific topics include a discussion of osteoporosis and frozen shoulder prevention and treatment. Strategies and exercises for system health and functional posture.

Ann Barclay and Kirsten Webb
Searsport Counseling Associates
Counselors
“Aging Gracefully”
Behaviors, thoughts, and characteristics of women who mange to age with grace and joy. A panel discussion will be led by a mother-daughter team. Laugh, celebrate and ponder some of the pearls of wisdom expressed by women gathered who engage in their lives fully.

Dr. Eric Betz
Betz Family Chiropractics
Applied Kinesiology Chiropractor
“The Amazing You”
Helpful topics such as the healing ability we are all born with, the role of the spine and nervous system in ones health, how to restore the self-healing abilities of the body and the most important steps to health and wellbeing will be addressed.

Aja Brownell
Earth’s Institute for Conscious Living
Mystic
“Mid-Coast Women’s Dream Lab—Activate Your Imagination to Heal”
Learning dream work techniques from First People wisdom cultures such as the Hopi, Iroquois, Australian Aboriginal, Tibetan Dream Yoga, ancient Egyptian and Celtic societies can teach us to access innate gifts of healing and guidance that come to us from lucid dream states. Dreaming is available to everyone. It requires no special gear. It cost nothing, yet the rewards are great.

Linda Buckmaster
Women, Work and Community
Employment and Training Coordinator
“Building a Satisfying Career”
Are you right where you want to be on your career path? What are you short- and long-range goals for increasing your skills and developing your career? How does your work fit with your deepest values? In this experiential workshop, you will explore some of these questions and begin the first steps in building a personal plan for a satisfying career.

Deborah Lynne Carlton
Water Tiger Healing Arts
Holistic Healer
“Essential Oils: Ancient Secrets for the Modern World”
Essential oils have been used since 4500 BC for all manner of wellness including pregnancy, childbirth and childcare, fighting disease, infection and depression. Find out why these precious gifts of nature are even timelier today!

Brenda Colfer
Soundings
Sound Healer
“Sounding Tools: Explore the Transformative Power of Sound”
A brief introduction to some of the different sound tools used in complementary therapies. They include Tibetan bowls, crystal bowls, tuning forks, drums, a didgeridoo and voice. There will also be a short meditation to the crystal bowls.

Kathleen DeSilvey
Waldo County Home Health and Hospice
Spiritual Coordinator
“Grower Older with Grace: The Role of Women’s Wisdom Circles”
As we age, most of today’s women lack the intimacy of church circles, quilting bees, and neighborly “kaffee klaches.” In such gatherings women shared joys and concerns, often experiencing a deep level of listening and knowing in community, thereby enriching and shaping their lives. Wisdom Circles for women have developed in the last decade in an effort to reinstitute what had always been a natural component of women’s lives. This development will be discussed and then participants will be invited to experience an abbreviated session.

Dennis DeSilvey MD
Waldo Cardiovascular Medicine
Cardiologist
“Mars and Venus. Heart Disease in Women: What are the Differences?”
Heart disease in women is different than in men. Knowing those differences, including the most common heart attack symptoms, could save your life or the life of someone you love.

Gina Fry
In Good Hands
Licensed Massage Therapist
“Self-Massage for Self-Care”
Massaging oneself can be effective for stress management and pain control. Participants will learn techniques using their hands and everyday household items to massage face, hands and shoulders. Self-reflexology for feet will also be explored.

Jayne Crosby Giles/Kathryn Dobrowolski
Camden National Bank
Financial Planners
“Your Money Matters”
Learn to better manage your money. Topics include credit history, identity theft, loans, savings, investing for retirement and estate planning. This will be an interactive session with real world examples and plenty of time for questions.

Sandra Gould
Inside Out Wellness
Certified Biofeedback Specialist
“Stress & Biofeedback”
The body’s stress response. What is biofeedback? How does it help stress? Who does biofeedback benefit?

Tim Hagney N.D.
Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
“Natural Medicine and Women’s Health”
Overview of naturopathic medicine with examples of applications to women’s health concerns.

David Hurley
Tai Chi instructor
“Tai Chi for Health and Happiness in the 21st Century”
The practice of tai chi seems to slow down time right into the present moment and this leads practitioners into finding peace and balance in the here and now. Tai chi fosters a mind-body-spirit connection and scientific studies have demonstrated its effectiveness in helping to decrease stress, as well as having a positive impact on overall health. Its low-impact exercises make it an ideal practice for an aging population.

Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm
Percussion and Vocal Ensemble
“The Joy of African Music”
This workshop is limited to 12 participants and costs an additional $35. African drumming and vocal workshop with members of Inanna, Annegret Baier, Tori Morrrill and Anne-Marie D'Amico. These women will teach a traditional African song, incorporating all of the instruments from a traditional African ensemble including bass drums, djembes, small percussion. Drumming and singing together will create a unique experience that allows one to connect with oneself and to others musically and spiritually in a joyful way.

Charmaine Jensen D.O.
Maine Dermatology
Doctor of Osteopathy with Specialty in Dermatology
“Facial Rejuvenation”
Overview of the skin; external factors that damage the skin; skin protection; skin care products; the aging skin; and treating the aging skin with medical procedures will be discussed.

Deborah Keene-Jones
Inside Moves
Certified Yoga Teacher
“Yoga and Ayurveda”
Yoga and Ayurveda, sister science from India dating back 5,000 years, form a holistic approach to health and wellness tending to the whole person: body, mind and spirit. Topics to be covered are basic philosophy and principles, information to help participants sense their unique body-mind constitution, signs and symptoms of imbalances, and lifestyle practices to suit their specific needs.

Susan Barrett Merrill
Weaving a Life
Fiber Sculptor/Certified Life Coach
“Weaving a Life, Weaving Circles, and Their Impact on Well-Being”
Weaving circles are groups who gather to weave on the small portable Journey Loom, the seven Weaving a Life keyforms, elemental forms that lead us on a journey of discovery, learning to integrate what we love with what we do in the world. You don’t have to weave to get Weaving a Life.

Abi Morrison
Red Bird Acupuncture
Licensed Acupuncturist
“Staying in Balance with Acupuncture, Herbs, and Chi Kung”
The presentation will focus on the specific concerns of participants including problems associated with the menstrual cycle and menopause. Childbirth and fertility may also be addressed. Could also lead to a chi kung session.

Katherine O. Musgrave
University of Maine
Registered Dietitian, Professor
“Food for Fitness and Fun”
Description of principles that promote maintenance of a strong immune system; adequate nutrient density and energy balance for women. Suggestions for assessing myths about food that prevail in the media.

Karen Noel
Waldo County Healthcare Inc.
Reiki Master/Certified Yoga Therapist
“An Introduction to Reiki, an ancient healing art”
Reiki (pronounced Ray-key) is a gentle, hands-on modality which utilizes universal life energy for the purpose of wellness. Reiki helps align all the systems of the body to enhance healing and promote an overall sensation of peacefulness and wellbeing.

Holly Noonan
Mind Body Nutrition
Certified Holistic Health and Nutrition Counselor
“Sugar Blues”
Understanding the effect of sugar on your body. Learn why it’s addictive and how to break its grip on your life. Each person is unique, but eating some form of whole food that one’s ancestors would recognize often leads to significant changes. These changes affect cravings, taste perception, energy and mental clarity. Learn to listen to your body and challenge your palate.

Mary Orear
Mainely Girls
Founder and Director of Mainely Girls
“A Girl’s Point of View”
A Girl’s Point of View Book Club now involves more than 600 girls in 50 middle and high schools. Learn what it is, how it functions, why girls love it and why it’s important for girls’ health growth and development. Learn how the organization has generated excitement about reading and discussing issues girls face as they enter adolescence and womanhood.

Cathy Reynolds and Jan Laux
Bangor Savings Bank
Financial Planners
“Financial Health for Women: It’s All About Getting a Plan”
Getting ahead financially is all about having a plan. The workshop will focus on strategies that help you with cash flow, paying off debt, and saving so you can handle the unexpected expenses that may have gotten you into debt in the first place.

Pat Taylor
The Healing Path
Healer; BA in Communication Disorders and MS in Speech-Language Pathology
“Meditation for Health and Spiritual Development”
An introduction to meditation and its benefits. Taylor spent the past 20 years healing herself of a paralyzed right side due to cerebral palsy, a supposedly incurable neuro-muscular condition that develops during pregnancy or up to three years after birth.

Nancy Webb MD
Belfast Bay Radiology
MD, specializing in women’s imaging
“Breast Health in the 21st Century”
An interactive session where the facts and myths of breast health will be discussed, with a focus on risk, prevention and diagnosis of breast cancer.

Allie Willenbrink
Community Herbalist
BS in Ethnobotany
“Herbs to Create Breast Health”
Presentation will focus on the use of herbs to create breast health. Herbs that can prevent and counter breast cancer will be discussed as well as herbal medicine as an adjunct therapy to conventional breast cancer treatment.