Candace Pert, PhD in Pharmacology

Dr. Pert held a variety of research positions with the National Institutes of Health, and served as Chief of the Section on Brain Biochemistry of the Clinical Neuroscience Branch of the NIMH. She then founded and directed a private biotech laboratory.

Dr. Pert is an internationally recognized pharmacologist who has published over 250 scientific articles on peptides and their receptors and the role of these neuropeptides in the immune system. Her earliest work as a researcher involved the discovery of opiate receptors and the actions of receptors. She has an international reputation in the field of neuropeptide and receptor pharmacology, and chemical neuroanatomy. Dr. Pert has also lectured worldwide on emotions and mind-body communication. Her recent popular book, Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel expounds on her research and theories. She holds a number of patents for modified peptides in the treatment of psoriasis, Alzheimer’s disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, stroke and head trauma. One of these, peptide T, is currently undergoing research for the treatment of AIDS and neuroAIDS.

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Workshop:

Emotions are the key to unlocking our innate potential for self-healing, a vital element in developing more effective therapeutic approaches in healthcare. Candace explores the dynamic flow of information within our mind/body network – the foundation for our thoughts and emotions.

Your Body Is Your Subconscious Mind: Experiencing the New Physiology Paradigm

Recent scientific discoveries have demonstrated that the brain, glands, immune system, gastrointestinal tract, etc. form a “psychosomatic network” of flowing information molecules with surprising concordances with the ancient chakras. These molecules of emotion trigger altered states of consciousness — each with different behaviors, memories, body postures, pain tolerances, and appetites. You will learn to experience ourselves in the new physiology paradigm. Through gentle, pleasurable, and relaxing processes we will visit different body/mind states, and facilitate healing of old mental/physical traumas. This is an opportunity to personally see ourselves as holistic, spiritual beings – flickering flames rather than the “hunks of meat” of the old reductionist paradigm – and be healed, and transformed, by the joyous experience.