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OSGGR
c/o Abby Stern
4 Sand Brook Road
Pittsford, NY 14534
OSGGR will be meeting in the Auditorium
at the Monroe Community Hospital
on East Henrietta Road on September 8th.
The next Tony Grana Night. . .
• • • will be on Wednesday, September 10th
4:30 - 6:30 P.M.
Bring a friend. Taste special dishes from Ornish Cookbooks. Try Ornish Desserts & Appetizers.
Sit with and meet other Ornish members.
Call for reservations at 467-4360
Located in the Rubino Plaza
1292 E. Ridge Rd., Irondequoit
OSGGR is a nonprofit organization based on Dr. Dean Ornish's book Reversing Heart Disease by diet, exercise, stress reduction and psychosocial methods. Please join us at the OSSGR meetings.
NEW SEASON!
Our first meeting at our new location will be on September 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Bob Klein will conduct a give and take meeting on communication, thoughts, feelings and their affect on our health.
Monroe Community Hospital. (Directions - From 390 go North on East Henrietta Road. Left to MCH. Right to Parking Lot #1. Enter through the "Hope Entrance Center for Lifetime Wellness." Walk straight to end of corridor. Right at end of corridor. Auditorium is on the right.
NEW LOCATION!!
NEW SUPPORT!!!
from the University of Rochester Medical Center which runs the Center for Lifetime Wellness at MCH. They have excellent facilities for our meetings and their goals of improving wellness throughout ones lifetime fits in well with the Ornish approach. We are in the process of conducting joint studies of all of the dozens of successes we have had in our group.
Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at Monroe Community Hospital.
Members - Free Guests -$3.00 For additional information, call Ed Ehlers at 336-9847,
or visit our web page at http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/2435/
Ed Ehlers' Corner
I would like to thank everyone for the encouragement, support, cards, and prayers I received for my recent bypass operation. It must have helped because everything went smoothly and I feel wonderful!
We have an excellent opportunity to build additional bridges with the Rochester area Vegetarian Society (RAVS). Several of our members, including myself, are members of both OSGGR and RAVS. On November 16, RAVS is having a special meeting for us where all the share-a-dish dinners will meet the Ornish guidelines. RAVS meets the 3rd Sunday of the month at the Brighton Town Park Lodge on Westfall Road at 5:30 P.M. where they normally share vegan dishes and then have a formal speaker at 7:30 P.M.. Vegan means no ingredients from animal products. The Ornish diet which allows skim milk and egg whites need not apply. Meanwhile the vegan diet which has no restriction on oil, margarine, nuts, seeds etc. does not cut it either for the Ornish diet. Therefore, on November 16 we will have Vegan-Ornish meals which is the Ornish diet without any animal products. To people not familiar with this type of cooking it may seem like you will be eating ugly. But, I assure you, from someone who has gone to several Vegetarian's meetings the food is delicious.
Put the date on your calender. Come and try it for yourself. The featured speaker at 7:30 P.M. will be myself and Allyson Prace and the subject will be the one week Ornish retreat that we both attended.
Attend RAVS
Vegan-Ornish
share-a-dish on November 16th.
Our Next Meeting...is on Monday, September 8th at our new location. It will be a great meeting! Is that a thought or a feeling? If you are not sure then you need to come. In fact, even if you are sure come anyway because Dr. Bob Klein will be reviewing Chapter 8 in Dean's book on Reversing Heart Disease and adding his own insights. Bob, who is the medical advisor on our steering committee, taught Psychosomatics at UR Medical School. It is impossible to read Chapter 8 and not believe that psychosomatics, or mind-body interaction is not a factor in heart disease and probably every other disease as well. Bob will invite volunteers from the audience to role play communication skills which will be fun and educational. To quote from Chapter 8, "Any action has the potential to lead us toward more intimacy or more isolation - at every moment of the day."
So bone up on Chapter 8 and we will see you on September 8 at our new location at Monroe Community Hospital.
CALENDAR
September 8 Dr. Bob Klein
Communications, feelings & thoughts
based on Chapter 8 - Reversing Heart Disease
September 10 Tony Grana
Get Together Dinner
1292 East Ridge Road
Call for reservations: 467-4360
October 13 Jeffrey Levenkron, PhD
Associate Professor of
Psychiatry (psychology) and Medicine,
UR Medical School
Director of Stress Clinic
October 15 Tony Grana
Get Together Dinner
November 10 ...................Dr. Ted and Carol Barnett,
Allyson Prace, Vegetarianism: history,
famous people, mad cow disease, etc.
November 12 Tony Grana
Get Together Dinner
November 16 Vegetarian Picnic
Share an Ornish-Vegan Dish
Brighton Town Park Lodge
Membership Applications
are available at the meeting
or call 336-9847.
OSGGR will meet in the auditorium
at Monroe Community Hospital
on the 2nd Monday of the month.
The OSGGR Library
Our library is growing. The following books are available at our monthly meetings for OSGGR members to borrow. In addition there are numerous audio tapes that members may borrow, including ones on stress-reduction and meditation and sets from three of Dr. Ornish's week-long seminars.
Beyond the Relaxation Response--Herbert Benson,MD
Timeless Healing--Herbert Benson, MD
The Vegetarian Gourmet--Florence & Mickey Bienenfield
55 Fat-Free Recipes--Sarah Schlesinger
Back to the Kitchen--Ruby Thomas-Cezette
Ruby's Unique Organic/Vegan Cookbook--Ruby Thomas-Cezette
Full Catastrophe Living--Jon Kabat Zinn, PhD
For your convenience, we also have available copies of Dr. Ornish's books and that of our own Gita Chandra that you may purchase at reduced prices:
Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease--Dean Ornish, MD $7
East More, Weigh Less--Dean Ornish, MD $13
Everyday Cooking with Dr. Dean Ornish--Dean Ornish, MD $13
Spicy Fat-Free Cooking--Gita Chandra $13
A Yoga Evening Class
We are excited to be offering an exclusive yoga class for OSGGR members. This long awaited evening class starts Monday, September 15th. The class will be held in the Life Time Fitness Center, at Monroe Community Hospital (MCH). There is plenty of safe convenient parking, along with easy front door access to the center. We have arranged to have the class on Monday evenings, with enough time for a light dinner before any OSGGR general monthly meetings. (General OSGGR meetings will be held on the second Monday of the month at MCH starting on September 8th.)
Class Session: September 15 through November 3
Class Day & Time: Mondays - 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM
Class Fee: $50.00 per person
Class Registration: Call Carrie Gaynor at 473-4048
Class size: Minimum of 8 people
Maximum of 15 people
Class Instructor: Carrie Gaynor RN
Recommended Reading: Dr. Dean Ornish's Program For Reversing Heart Disease - Chapters 3,5,7,& 9
What to expect during each class
Gentle stretching and strengthening postures, chosen especially for our group. These will be much easier than the yoga poses included in chapter 7.
Abdominal breathing and deep breathing techniques
Your breath serves as a bridge between the mind and body.
Progressive deep relaxation with directed visualization
Your body experiences deep healing rest. This is a true gift to yourself.
What to bring to class
• a light stomach
• 2 thick blankets
• wear loose comfortable clothing - changing rooms are provided.
Yoga Class in the LifeTime
Fitness Center at MCH.
OSGGR Steering Committee:
Ed Ehlers,
President
Robert F. Klein, M.D.,
Medical Advisor
Abby Stern,
Treasurer
David Stern, M.D.,
Website
Allyson Prace, RN/RD,
Nutrition Advisor
Melissa Cadregari,
Exercise Specialist
Dolly Dickson,
Advisor
Richard Ludgate,
Advocate
Mark B. Sandler,
Yoga Instructor
Carrie Gaynor, RN/BSN
Ass't Yoga Teacher
Sylvia Schwartzman,
Group Therapist/RN/MS
Barb Kozel,
Membership
Lucretia Davie,
Publicity
Dale Petschke,
Librarian
Gita Chandra,
Cooking Instructor
Florence Kaplow,
Newsletter
MISSION STATEMENT OF OSGGR
(Ornish Support Group of Greater Rochester)
We of the Ornish Support Group of Greater Rochester believe the results of the Ornish study are important and that heart disease can be reversed by following the four areas discussed in Dr. Ornish's book:
1. Diet 2. Exercise 3. Stress Reduction 4. Psychosocial Support
It is our intent to proactively share with members of the Greater Rochester Community who can benefit from the healing importance of the four areas, our success stories, our healthy programs, and our approaches to taking responsibility for our own health .
Membership in the Ornish Support Group is open to anyone who has an interest in improved health through diet, exercise, stress reduction and group interaction.
Membership in this nonprofit group includes a monthly newsletter and invitations to monthly meetings and group events.
Goal: To have 100 members by the end of 1996 and eventually have over 1,000 members. This force can initiate change in Rochester and create unlimited opportunities for improved health of our population.
Goal: To have 100 members by the end of 1996 and eventually have over 1,000 members. This force can initiate change in Rochester and create unlimited opportunities for improved health of our population.
Objectives:
1. Have a steering committee that includes the following professionals: Nutritionist, Physician, Exercise Specialist, Yoga Instructor, and Group Support Specialist
2. Have interesting monthly meetings with expert speakers in one or more of the four areas
3. Publish monthly newsletters
4. Obtain favorable publicity from the news media
5. Inform physicians and other health practitioners about our group and encourage them to refer their patients to our meetings
6. Document and publish the success stories in our group through both anecdotal and statistical data
7. Encourage medical insurance companies to support our efforts
8. Develop programs with restaurants to increase their selection of low fat vegetarian meals
9. Encourage smaller individual groups to form and follow the four basic guidelines
10. Work closely with the Vegetarian Society and other non-profit groups that have similar agendas
11. Encourage cooking classes and have reci- pes on low fat vegetarian cooking
12. Develop a library of related books and tapes to lend and sell to our membership at monthly meetings
13. Conduct lectures on our programs and our successes to other groups, such as, senior citizens, church groups, retirees, etc.