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Call for Proposals

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Hello all you Imagery Lovers everywhere!!

Jann Fredrickson, LICSW

Our FOURTH annual conference :  “Imagery and the Soul“ takes place October 5-7, 2012 at Mercy Center in Burlingame, California USA.

If you would like to be one of our presenters, send your proposals to me, Jann Fredrickson by email to: Jann.Ruth7@gmail.com / JFredr7753@aol.com, OR mail to: PO Box 213, Newport, MN. 55055, OR fax to: 651-458-1633, by March 31, 2012.  I will start accepting conference proposals by January 31 and will let you know by April 17 if your proposal is accepted.

Proposal Requirements

1. All workshops are to be 90 minutes long.

2. Your name, address, and email address.

3. Brief biography (25-50 words) including expertise for presenting on your topic.

4. Title of the workshop and how it pertains to our theme.

5. Two objectives stated with one action verb per objective and in measurable behavior or outcome.

For example, say you are giving a workshop to teach folks how to use Emotional Freedom Therapy and Imagery. So your objectives would read:

a. At the end of the workshop, the participant will have a basic knowledge of what EFT is and HOW it can be used in combination with imagery.

b. At the end of the workshop, the participant will understand how effective the modalities of EFT and imagery are when used in conjunction with one another.

6. Course description (25-35 words).

7. Course outline.

8. What your audio/visual (AV) needs will be.

You can call me with any questions: 651-208-6458 during the hours of 12:30pm to about 3:30pm CST most days (this is walk time) or your can email me with questions.
  We had a terrific lineup last conference and I know that this year it will be even better!!
  Looking forward to hearing from YOU.

Proposals Due March 31.

See our conference page for more details.

May this be our best conference yet!!

Jann Fredrickson Ramus, LICSW
Conference Chair 2012
JFredr7753@aol.com
Jann.Ruth7@gmail.com

Have an Outstanding Presentation? Pitch Your Idea Now!

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Hello all you Imagery Lovers everywhere!!

Jann Fredrickson, LICSW

Yes, I am writing about the FOURTH annual Imagery International’s Conference:  “Imagery and the Soul.”  Our third annual was an even bigger success than our first two and I KNOW this one will be our best yet.

So, why am I writing, you might ask?  Because I am going to begin receiving proposals to speak for us on January the 31, 2012.  I will accept them until April 30th which gives YOU plenty of time.  Be thinking about what you might like to teach us, enlighten us about, or just plain entertain us with.  I want you also to know that last year we received a record number of proposals and so we chose the best ones.  I am sure this year will even be greater than last year!!  So, get yours in EARLY.

This year’s conference is October 5-7, 2012 at the beautiful Mercy Center retreat in Burlingame, California.   I am letting you know in plenty of time so that you can join us in October.  This has really turned out to be our great Imagery Reunion.

We don’t have specific data up yet on our website but you can always call me at: 651-208-6458 Eastern Standard Time.  I am TWO HOURS ahead of you wonderful California folks so be mindful of this when you call.   Actually, the job I recently took requires me to be on call 24/7…..isn’t employment lovely??

Love to all of you and I cannot wait to see you at our FOURTH annual
Imagery Conference!!

Jann Fredrickson Ramus
Conference Chair, 2012

P.S.  Click here to go to the annual conference page to find the latest updates.  You can send an email to our Registrar if you wish to receive email updates.

Free Guided Imagery healing toolkit

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Experience a new teaching tool where technology, science, nature and healing intersect! This is a sensorium and imagery visual palette for healing consciousness with the elements.  Said Osio, a featured speaker at Imagery International’s Third Annual Conference, offers a free deeper guided Imagery healing toolkit on LinkedIn.  His website is illuminated with images containing rich colors and complex patterning.

Said Osio

Experience where technology, science, nature and healing intersect! See a new kind of Powerpoint guided Imagery tool kit: Deeper Guided Imagery Centers and Liquid Light ( wait and read resource as well! ) /guided-imagery-resources/blog

With the ever evolving learning’s in neuro-biology, plasticity, mindfulness as well as an impressive array of creative energy expanding healing horizons in medicine, architecture and design technology the Guided Imagery Collective, exploring creating a deeper approach to healing energy and  spirit mind-body consciousness, has developed its first offering and is releasing a new guided imagery toolset for health care professionals ( Nurses ) practitioners, caregivers, and anyone seeking healing intelligence. This is a free toolset for enhancing learning as well as expanding the building blocks of a visual healing intelligence. A Storyboard Tool Kit: Centers of liquid light.

This tool teaches a process for visual learning, a new visual language for deepening spirit mindbody and healing intelligence, where one can see oneself embodied in union, a visual language of healing symbolism, a stripped visual language as a vocabulary, a pattern language, accessing and tuning into the sensorium of energy through nature’s elements of earth, air, fire and water (the water element is the first release and fire scheduled as the second), a manuscript of nature’s grammar, its elements and the blueprint of living systems from DNA to cells and organs. See resources for free PDF download. http://www.guidedimagerycollective.org/guided-imagery-resources/blog or go to slide share to view the PowerPoint http://slidesha.re/hcEwwj

 

Conference Starts this Friday

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Imagery International conference starts this Friday, September 30. Shhhhh the official deadline is past, but commuters will be welcome up to the start of the conference. See our conference page for more information.

Jann Fredrickson, LICSW

Jann Fredrickson-Ramus is our conference chair and MC. She is the most enthusiastic imagery practitioner I’ve ever met. That enthusiasm is unflagging and contagious. Coupled with her gift for teaching and leadership (she is a Past President of Imagery International and Imagery Person of the Year for 2005 and writes in ImagiNews under the byline ‘Imagery Here and There’) she has a knack for creating delicious, nurturing, enlightening and motivating gatherings. At her conferences not only do we learn about practical practice applications and intellectual stuff and earn CEUs for it, we enjoy playfulness and humor too. You are invited to sit back relax, enjoy and let your hair down.

If you are an energy psychologist, you will feel the energy of the room shift from contraction to expansion with grounding. There is something about our imagery conferences that goes on beneath the surface and carries a sense of well being beyond it. 

If you are interested in learning more, want to improve your skills, meet with like minded people or be in the healing energy of our professional healers, come to Mercy Center in Burlingame this Friday, September 30.

Friday evening we will hold our annual meeting.  The Imagery Person of the Year will be revealed. This year we will hold a silent auction.  The public is welcome to come and bid on some very interesting items.

Speakers and Topics

Robin Gayle, PhD, MDiv, MFT, “Metaphoric Dialogue: Bringing Hope Alive”
Carl Hendel, MD: “The Neurobiology of Hope”
Lea Houston, MA: “Move, Breathe, and Imagine: Activating the Triple Power Keys to Body mind Healing and
Transformation!”
Jenny Garrison, RN: “Expanding Open-Heartedness: Imagery as a Spiritual Practice”
Jose Said Osio: “Getting to a Newer, Richer Self by Accessing a Deeper Guided Imagery Pattern”
Jeanne M. Schul, PhD: “Dancing the Dream Image: Out of the Nightmare, Into the Light”
Susan Gold, MA: ”Using Imagery to Overcome Creative Blocks”

To find out more about our speakers, the program, or a look at their biographies visit the conference page.

Conference Countdown

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Registration for staying overnight at Mercy Center ends August 31.  Go here to register.  Commuters can register up to the day of the conference.

We have a fantastic line up of speakers.

Speakers and Topics

Robin Gayle, PhD, MDiv, MFT, “Metaphoric Dialogue: Bringing Hope Alive”

Carl Hendel, MD: “The Neurobiology of Hope”

Lea Houston, MA: “Move, Breathe, and Imagine: Activating the Triple Power Keys to Body mind Healing and
Transformation!”

Jenny Garrison, RN: “Expanding Open-Heartedness: Imagery as a Spiritual Practice”

Jose Said Osio: “Getting to a Newer, Richer Self by Accessing a Deeper Guided Imagery Pattern”

Jeanne M. Schul, PhD: “Dancing the Dream Image: Out of the Nightmare, Into the Light”

Susan Gold, MA: ”Using Imagery to Overcome Creative Blocks”

To find out more about our speakers look at their biographies.

Sept 30 – Oct 2 Conference Schedule

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

SCHEDULE FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL IMAGERY INTERNATIONAL’S CONFERENCE

Imagery International’s Third Conference
Co-Sponsored by Beyond Ordinary Nursing
Imagery: Hope and New Beginnings

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30:

3 – 5pm: Registration and check-in

5pm: Welcome and opening remarks by Juliet Rohde Brown, PhD, President of Imagery International

6pm: Dinner

7 – 9pm: Imagery International Membership Meeting and awarding of Imagery International’s Imagery Person of the Year. Non-conference registrants are invited to attend.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1:

8:00 – 8:30am: Breakfast

8:40 – 10:10am: Robin Gayle, PhD, MFT, “Metaphoric Dialogue: Bringing Hope Alive”

10:10am: Break

10:30 – 12:00am: Carl Hendel, MD: “The Neurobiology of Hope”

12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch

1:10 – 2:40pm: Lea Houston, MA: “Move, Breathe, and Imagine: Activating the Triple Power Keys to Body mind Healing and Transformation!”

2:40pm: Break

3:15 – 4:45pm: Jenny Garrison, RN: “Expanding Open-Heartedness: Imagery as a Spiritual Practice”

6:00pm: Dinner

7:00 – 9:00pm: Imagery Social Hour. Come drink wine, eat cheese, tell a few jokes and enjoy the company of your fellow “imagers.” Bid on Silent Auction items!! Kick back and have some fun. We may even have spontaneous joke telling and performance….who knows??

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2:

8 – 8:30am: Breakfast

8:40 – 10:10am: Jose Said Osio: “Getting to a Newer, Richer Self by Accessing a Deeper Guided Imagery Pattern”

10:10 – 10:25am: Break. Silent auction closes

10:30 – 12:00am: Jeanne M. Schul, PhD: “Dancing the Dream Image: Out of the Nightmare, Into the Light”

12:00 – 1:00pm: Lunch

1:10 -  2:40pm: Susan Gold, MA,”Using Imagery to Overcome Creative Blocks”

2:50 – 3:30pm: Closing Ceremonies

2011 Conference Space is Limited – Register Now

Friday, May 6th, 2011

Imagery International’s Third Conference
Co-Sponsored by
 Beyond Ordinary Nursing
Imagery: Hope and New Beginnings

Date: September 30 – October 2
Time: Fri. 5 – 9 PM, Sat. 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Sun. 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Place: Mercy Center in Burlingame, California, USA

Early Birds can register now on our conference page here. You can register either online and pay by credit card, or download the registration form, print it and mail in with a check to our Registrar, Sandra Bolyard. The downloadable form also shows the options and fees, for staying at Mercy Center or commuting.

Early Birds must have registrations in before August 25th. If you wish to stay at Mercy Center, you need to get your room reserved by August 25. Rooms are limited, so we recommend registering early.

Check our conference page for more details http://imageryinternational.com/annual-conference

We welcome all professionals interested in the practical application of guided imagery for healing and personal growth, including, but not limited to, nurses, doctors, psychotherapists, social workers, hypnotherapists, and somatic workers. Trained Guided Imagery practitioners will add to their techniques and strategies, and other professionals will gain an overview of how Guided Imagery may be used as a complementary practice in their work.  Continuing Education Units are included in the registration fee.

You are invited to join Imagery International to further your interest and exploration.

Our third annual conference continues to be an important vehicle for our association’s purpose as stated in the Articles of Association:

The purpose of this Association shall be to promote the general interests of the active members; to broaden the awareness of the benefits and diverse applications of Guided Imagery; to offer professional and educational support to students and practicing professionals; to strive for higher professional standards; to provide a forum for the exchange of information and ideas; and to stimulate a friendly and cooperative spirit among the members.

 

 


Call for Proposals Sept. 30 – Oct. 2

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Imagery International Conference date Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 - Conference Proposals due May 6, 2011

From Jann Fredrickson, Conference committee chair:

Jann Fredrickson

Hi fellow Imagery lovers!!

It’s that time again!! The third annual Imagery International Conference co-sponsored by Beyond Ordinary Nursing is happening September 30-October 2, 2011 at Mercy Center in Burlingame, California, USA. We are now calling for proposals for workshops. Our theme this year is: Imagery: Hope and New Beginnings.

If you would like to be one of our presenters, please email the following information to me, Jann Fredrickson -  Jann.Ruth7@gmail.com /   JFredr7753@aol.com, by May 6, 2011:

1. All workshops are to be 90 minutes long.

2. Your name, address, and email address.

3. Brief biography ( 25-50 words) including expertise for presenting on your topic.

4. Title of the workshop and how it pertains to our theme.

5. Two objectives stated with one action verb per objective and in measurable behavior or outcome.

For example, say you are giving a workshop to teach folks how to use Emotional Freedom Therapy and Imagery. So your objectives would read:

a. At the end of the workshop, the participant will have a basic knowledge of what EFT is and HOW it can be used in combination with imagery.

b. At the end of the workshop, the participant will understand how effective the modalities of EFT and imagery are when used in conjunction with one another.

6. Course description (25-35 words).

7. Course outline.

8. What your audio/visual (AV) needs will be.

You can call me with any questions: 651-208-6458 during the hours of 12:30pm to about 3:30pm CST most days (this is walk time) or your can email me with questions.

We had a terrific lineup last conference and I know that this year it will be even better!!

Looking forward to hearing from YOU.

Jann Fredrickson
Conference Chair
Jann.Ruth7@gmail.com
JFredr7753@aol.com
call (651) 208-6458 between 12:30 and 3:30 PM CST

PS Click here to keep abreast of conference activities. And II members get a discount on registration fee.

 

2010 Conference photos are posted

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Hi Everybody,

We are pleased to show you pictures of our second annual conference on our gallery page. Our next conference is September 31 to October 2, 2011.  We are currently asking for submission of proposals. For more information check our conference page.

Imagery trade in progress

 

We offered an experiential segment where participants could do an imagery trade.  Those who came to find out what Guided Imagery was all about had first hand experience with a practicing Imagery Guide.  Jann Fredrickson Ramus gave instructions and support. Following the experiential segment art materials were available so the image could be drawn or rendered in clay.

 

 

We laughed a lot. Laughter is good for your health. For those of us so used to being serious – which I suppose means we hope we are taken seriously – laughter felt goooood. It loosens tight chests, releases tension in neck and shoulders. Belly laughs encourage abdominal breathing.

Immensely enjoying ourselves

Past and future presidents

 

We were delighted that founder Carl Hendel and founding president Rich Barrett front left and middle came and joined the fun.  Back row left to right is Bev Hollander, outgoing president  Jann Fredrickson Ramus, past president, Juliet Rohde-Brown incoming president and far right Sandra Warnken, past president. Front row far right is Terry Reed, past president.

 

 

 

Line up of speakers

Our outstanding presenters take a curtain call here . Back row left to right are Jeanne Martin, Randy Kasper, Maureen Imperial, Jann Fredrickson Ramus, and Denise Huges.  Front row left to right, Leslie Davenport, Janine Tompson and Melissa Jones Cantekin.


 

 

 

Guided Imagery Conference – Call for Proposals

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Imagery International Conference date Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 - Conference Proposals due May 6, 2011

From Jann Fredrickson, Conference committee chair:

Jann Fredrickson

Hi fellow Imagery lovers!!

It’s that time again!! The third annual Imagery International Conference co-sponsored by Beyond Ordinary Nursing is happening September 30-October 2, 2011 at Mercy Center in Burlingame, California, USA. We are now calling for proposals for workshops. Our theme this year is: Imagery: Hope and New Beginnings.

If you would like to be one of our presenters, please email the following information to me, Jann Fredrickson – Jann.Ruth7@gmail.com /  JFredr7753@aol.com, by May 6, 2011:

1. All workshops are to be 90 minutes long.

2. Your name, address, and email address.

3. Brief biography ( 25-50 words) including expertise for presenting on your topic.

4. Title of the workshop and how it pertains to our theme.

5. Two objectives stated with one action verb per objective and in measurable behavior or outcome.

For example, say you are giving a workshop to teach folks how to use Emotional Freedom Therapy and Imagery. So your objectives would read:

a. At the end of the workshop, the participant will have a basic knowledge of what EFT is and HOW it can be used in combination with imagery.

b. At the end of the workshop, the participant will understand how effective the modalities of EFT and imagery are when used in conjunction with one another.

6. Course description (25-35 words).

7. Course outline.

8. What your audio/visual (AV) needs will be.

You can call me with any questions: 651-208-6458 during the hours of 12:30pm to about 3:30pm CST most days (this is walk time) or your can email me with questions.

We had a terrific lineup last conference and I know that this year it will be even better!!

Looking forward to hearing from YOU.

Jann Fredrickson
Conference Chair
Jann.Ruth7@gmail.com
JFredr7753@aol.com
call (651) 208-6458 between 12:30 and 3:30 PM CST

PS Click here to keep abreast of conference activities. And II members get a discount on registration fee.