Conferences and Keynote Presentations in the Healthcare Sector
Matthew speaks to all levels of caregivers — including doctors, nurses, rehabilitation professionals, students, assisted-care providers, and support staff. He offers both a powerful patient story and a mind-body approach to healing, recovery, and optimal long-term outcomes.

Sample Topics
Healing Mind and Body
For Patients, Families and Personal Caregivers
Participants will hear a real-life story that explores the nature of disability, the meaning of healing other than to cure, and the impact that a more integrated mind-body approach can have on recovery, outcomes, and quality of life. Participants will explore the mind-body nature of disability, what it means to maximize healing throughout one's lifetime, and what integrated healthcare might look like in the future. This talk explores some basic postural and breathing techniques.

A Mind-Body Approach to Rehabilitation and Long-Term Recovery
For Doctors, Nurses, Rehabilitation Professionals and Support Staff
Matthew shares his personal patient experience to demonstrate the impact that a more integrated mind-body approach can have on outcomes, recovery, and overall quality of life — for patients and staff. Participants gain insight into the nature of disability through his remarkable story which illustrates how outcomes are indeed affected by the words we use and the stories we tell. Attendees will also discover how self-awareness and mind-body behavior in the caregiver are both integral to teaching such skills to patients.

Adapting Yoga for People with Disabilities
For People Living With Disabilities, Rehabilitation Professionals, and Yoga Teachers
The principles of yoga do not discriminate. This interactive session explores how yoga can travel through ANY body. Participants will gain tips for not only beginning their own practice, but will also learn how yoga can complement — even add to — their healing and recovery process. This presentation is recommended in conjunction with one of the keynotes above.

Clients include:
American Physical Therapy Association • Sharp's Hospital-San Diego • International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals • North Carolina Rehab Professionals • Courage Center • Gunderson Hospital • Nat Polinsky Rehabilitation Center • Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Center-San Diego • Michigan Assisted Living Association • State of MN Disability Services