love for animals and herbs and
2008 Cheraskin
healing at the subtle energy level,
has lived an Ayurvedic lifestyle for Coleman explains that this may
many years.
Research Grant
place the body “in an optimal
Hoff is currently an educator self-healing or health promotion
Jane F. Coleman
at the University of New Mexico state.” While some research exists
where she serves as an educa-
Jane F. Coleman, a candi-
on the healing benefits of qigong,
tional grant-writer, and she is
date for the PhD in natural health
only one other study on the
co-creator of the Medical Stars
is the recipient of this award
benefits of Spring Forest qigong
program, which was designed to
for her study entitled, Spring
(and depression) has been done.
help recruit New Mexico’s rural
Forest Qigong and Chronic Pain.
Using a mixed-methods approach,
and underserved youth into the
Coleman proposes to investi-
subjects will receive training mate-
allied health sciences. Hoff plans
gate the effectiveness of Spring
rials on the gentle movements
to use the knowledge gained in
Forest qigong for the allevia-
and meditations specific to Spring
her PhD program to educate the
tion of chronic pain. With the
Forest qigong. Participants will
diverse cultures of New Mexico,
high incidence of chronic pain
use a self-rating scale to indicate
specifically the Native American
and the corresponding reli-
perceived pain at the pre-inter-
population, while working with
ance on pharmaceuticals, the
vention step, mid-point, and
the Center for Native American
use of energy methods such as
post-intervention.
Health.
acupuncture, neurofeedback,
We would like to express our
therapeutic massage, and qigong,
congratulations to Ms. Coleman,
may serve to provide less invasive
and are confident that she will
approaches for pain relief. Noting
make significant contributions to
that qigong may serve to release
the growth of the field of natural
blocked energy, allowing for
health.
Left to right: Emanuel Cheraskin, Jane Coleman, and Charmaine Ringwood
“I’ve always been a naturopath. I just didn’t know it
had a name.”
EMANUEL CHERASKIN, M.D., D.M.D.
1916 – 2001
CCNH dedicates the Cheraskin Research Grant to the memory and the legacy of our
beloved friend and colleague.
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