Philly Wellness Guide's Spring Event

The Philly Wellness Guide held it's "Annual Spring Event" on Saturday April 3rd 2010 at the Jefferson Bluemle Life Sciences Building on the campus of Jefferson Hospital.It was sponsored by the Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine.

Marge Ridall greeted the attendees and introduced Jack Gillette and Ted Swan, who centered the group with a Healing Crystal Bowl Meditation.

Dr. Bernardo Merizalde, a Board Member and Certified Psychiatrist and Neurologist, was our speaker for the afternoon. His topic of "Do we still Grow when we're Grown Up", was fascinating and well received.It was followed with a spirited question and answer period. The presentation was video taped for future use.

Bob Butera addressed the group in closing and invited all attendees to stand and introduce themselves, their practice specialty and the practice location. This led into a lively networking session as practitioners greeted one another and exchanged information and cards.

The weather was perfect and a good time was had by all.
Look for News on the Fall event coming soon

Philadelphia Philly Wellness Guide is the largest network of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners in the Philadelphia Region. Philly Wellness Guide is a virtual guidebook of practitioners that is free to all members and currently includes 550 members from the following categories:

Acupuncture | Massage | Other Bodywork types | Chiropractic | Holistic Dentistry
Energy Modalities| Holistic Vision/Eye Care | Functional Medicine | Herbal Therapies Homeopathy | Nutrition | Podiatry | Psychology | Veterinary Medicine | Women’s Health

This guide is open to all members of the network and provides details of each member’s practice type, educational background, experience, preferred types of clients and other practice information. In the near future, the guide will become accessible to the public and become a valuable tool to connect patients to the right practitioners.

Philly Wellness Council is a not for profit corporation that supports the Philly Wellness Guide and hosts events for practitioners in the Guide and throughout the Philadelphia Region. Recent events at Thomas Jefferson University were attended by hundreds of CAM practitioners.

All interested practitioners are encouraged to join the network. It is simple, free, and will put you into direct contact with hundreds of colleagues in the Philadelphia region.

Welcome to the Philly Wellness Guide. This Guide is designed to give quick access to Holistic practitioners throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area. Our intention for the site is to create the opportunity for easy inter-practitioner referral, quick information about practitioners, and as a forum to share ideas and interests to generate new possibilities for Health in our region. While the website will be viewable by the general public, the listings are limited to practitioners. If you are a Holistic practitioner within approximately 20 miles of center city Philadelphia, you can JOIN THE NETWORK by Clicking on the "Join In" button to the upper right of the site. You will need the following information to complete the profile:

• Practice location and contact information
• Brief Training History
• Current Field of Practice
• Licensure type and status
• Years in practice
• Insurance Companies you accept
• Brief description of your practice, the events that led you to that practice, and
which patients benefit the most from your services
• Picture file of yourself is optional (jpeg, tiff)

This community is being created by Integrative Medicine Practitioners for each other. So please invite other practitioners you know. Every member has unique knowledge and experience that collectively will form an incredibly valuable resource for all.

Be a part of Greater Philadelphia becoming a model for what is possible in Health and Wellness! Together we can do great things!!