The Annual Ruth Stricker Mind-Body Lecture

About the Ruth Stricker Mind-Body Lecture
Each year the Center brings a world-renowned leader in mind-body medicine to the Twin Cities metro to talk about topics at the forefront in integrative health and wellness.  Usually held in April, these well-attended and inspiring programs are made possible through a generous gift from Ruth Stricker.  The Annual Ruth Stricker Mind-Body Lecture is produced by the Center for Spirituality & Healing and co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s Henry L. Taylor Professorship in Exercise Science and Health Enhancement and the School of Kinesiology in the College of Education and Human Development.

About Ruth Stricker
As founder and executive director of  The Marsh, A Center for Balance and Fitness, Ruth Stricker is a pioneer and international spokesperson for the mind-body connection. With a global viewpoint, Ruth fully integrates Eastern and Western philosophies into her professional and personal life, her theme being “the resiliency of the human spirit.” She believes that each of us is personally responsible for our own health. Ruth has been a master of mind-body balance for more than 40 years. “The mind is the teacher of the soul,” she says, “but the body is its book.” She champions the conviction that “perseverance is not a long race but many short races, one after another.” Ruth is a mentor to many who share her philosophy, as well as those who aspire to achieve it.

• 2011: Stuart Brown, MD "The Neuroscience of Play"
• 2010: Jacqueline Olds "Exploring the Importance of Human Connections to Our Health and Wellness"
• 2009: Peter Whitehouse "Positive Aging Across the Lifespan: Myths About Alzheimer's Disease and How to Create Healthier Intergenerational Stories of Brain Aging"
• 2008: Matthieu Ricard "Train Your Mind change Your Brain: Cultivating the Inner Conditions for Genuine Happiness" click here to view his lecture or to read an interview on Cultivating Inner Conditions for Genuine Happiness
  
• 2007: Dr. James Lynch "The Mind is the Teacher of the Soul but the Body is its Book" click here to read an interview on the Health Consequences of Loneliness .
  
• 2006: Dr. Mimi Guarneri "Integrative Approaches to Cardiovascular Disease" click here to view her lecture or to read an interview on Integrative Approaches to Cardiovascular Disease.
  
• 2005: Richard Leider "Mindful Aging:Claiming Your Place at the Fire"
  
• 2004: Martin Seligman "Positive Psychology, Health and Well-Being"
  
• 2003: Dr. Michael Lerner " Why Personal & Environment Health are Inseparable in the 21st Century"
  
• 2002: Jean Achterberg "Frontiers in Mind-Body Healing"
  
• 2001: Mihaly Csikszentmihaly "The Creative Person and the Creative Process"
  
• 2000: Jon Kabat-Zinn "Mindfulness, Meditation and Healing in 21st Century Medicine"
  
• 1999: Kenneth R. Pelletier "Sound Mind, Sound Body: A New Model for Lifelong Health"

• 1998    Herbert Benson, MD
  
• 1997    Erica S. Froelicher, PhD, RN
• 1996    Patricia M. Dubbert, PhD
• 1995    Bonnie G. Berger, Ed.D.
• 1994    Diane Wiese-Bjorrnstal, PhD
• 1993    William P. Morgan, PhD
• 1992    Ruth A. Stricker