Announcement of Body-Mind Self-Care Program

February 9, 2011

Body–Mind, Self-Care Program:

Everything you do – eat, drink, sleep, move, sit, stand, think, feel, interact – adds up to how you feel and function. In a body-mind program, as with one for diet or exercise, by changing your daily practices, you will get a different result.

Headache Coach Jan Mundo will guide you to wellness and help you overcome your pain. Lessons, accompanied by handouts, individualized coaching, and assessments, include: tracking your triggers, headache-healthy diet, stress relief, and harnessing the power of your body and mind for healing.

The New York Headache Center, located at 30 East 76th Street, New York, NY generously offered its space for this program to be held weekly from March 8 until April 12, 2011, at 6 – 8:15 pm.

For more information see Jan Mundo’s site

Written by

Alexander Mauskop, MD

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