The 1st Annual Walk For Wellness has chosen a fantastic group of speakers who will be sharing their expertise on several different wellness topics! Please see below for the schedule of speakers and their bios!
Speaker Schedule
8:20am-ORIZON
Walk For Wellness Warm-up presented by Micaela
Move and be moved in this 15-20 minute Warm-up of total dance (Bhangra, Caribbean, Hip/Hop & Latino: Samba, Salsa, Reggaeton, Merengue and etc.) with guided stretching while listening to the hottest Global music of 2008. Come get your feet moving, hips swiveling and heart pumping to this Internationally recognized Orizon Soul class introduction. What a better way to get you energized in the morning before the 4.4 mile walk!
11:00am-Dr. Dar Griffeth
From the Ground Up
A closer look at the variable postures that people exhibit most frequently that can accelerate break down in normal biomechanics of the body and cause secondary structural degeneration.
12:00pm-Lululemon
Yoga Demonstration
An interactive yoga demonstration which introduces the basics!
12:30pm-Dr. Sharla Robertson
The Truth About Who Gets Sick And Who Stays Well
The truth about who gets sick and who stays well is determined by lifestyle choices. You don't get sick or stay well by accident! It is a conscious decision you make everyday. You will come away with a new appreciation and understanding of why chiropractic is the single GREATEST choice you can make for your entire family to Get Well & Stay Well for life!
1:oopm-Dr. Rachael Lomonaco
Running From Invisible Tigers
Topics to be discussed will include the influences of stress on the wellness of both parent and child, with an emphasis on recent, cutting-edge research on the uniqueness of the female stress response. Various aspects of stress will be addressed including our thoughts and how they impact our brain structure and chemistry and what that means for our lives.
1:30pm-Dr. Cindy Russell
Bio-Feedback
Are you constantly tired, never able to recover from a cold, or feel that your body is constantly under attack? Come find out how one machine can determine which organs in your body are the most stressed and how it can bring you back to your optimum health.
2:00pm-Dr. David Erb
How to Find the Hero in You
Speaker Bios
Ms. Micaela Brigida
The Creator and Founder of ORIZON Ms. Micaela Brigida is both nationally and internationally recognized for her choreography (Production/Individual - dance & fitness), Professional Dancer, Spokes Model, T.V./Print Model, Fitness & Entertainment- Project Manager and also an active Motivational/Mentor speaker and writer. She has recently been acknowledged by a 2008 Prestigious Award through The United States Air Force of Yokota (Tokyo, Japan) for her Professionalism, Devotion, Initiative, Creativity, and Outstanding contributions to the PACAF Base Dance and Fitness programs that influenced positive change from Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, South Korea & Japan (Tokyo, Misawa & Okinawa) through the power of movement with the knowledge and compassion of Global unity through music. Latina Magazine published Ms. Micaela Gutierrez-Brigida in 2006 as being one of the Future Innovator Latinas of today in believing and having faith in oneself regardless of ones obstacles and exudes her happiness for Life through Orizon. The Chicago Tribune published and NBC-5/Telemundo televised "Orizon- Many Cultures... One Style" as being the newest way of working out and having fun while burning a minimum of 600 calories! Ms. Brigida credits also includes:NBA-Chicago Bulls Professional Dancer, FOX Sports- Spokes Model (Chicago), La Maquina Musical (Miami/Chicago), ESPN- Fitness America Pageant Nationals/Universe (Redondo Beach, CA), Ms. Fitness Nationals/World (Las Vegas, NV.), Joel Hall & Gus Giordano, Save The Last Dance, Walter Payton Golf Classic, Chicago Bears Decade of Dominance (Dick Butkus, Mike Singletary, Brian Urlacher), MLB All Star Game- Chicago,Les Miserables (Victoria, Tam. Mexico) and etc.
Dr. Dar Griffeth
Dr. Griffeth received his undergraduate degrees in December of 2000 from University of Texas at Dallas, with honors in Biology and Anatomical Sciences. He then attended Parker College of Chiropractic and graduated Magna Cum Laude and valedictorian with a Doctorate of Chiropractic in 2005. Dr. Griffeth's post-graduate studies emphasize extremities and common patterns associated with global postural distortions. He is currently a guest lecturer/instructor for the Charrette Chiropractic Extremity Protocols. Dr. Griffeth was formerly a Hospital Corpsman for the United States Navy. He served as a field medic and has specialized training as an Orthopedic Technologist and is certified as a Surgical First Assist. Dr. Griffeth is also a former member of the Navy and Armed Forces International Volleyball team. Dr. Griffeth is married and has 3 boys. He enjoys working with patients to advance their health through interactive treatments and lifestyle changing goals.
Lululemon
lululemon athletica makes technical clothing for yoga, dancing, running, and most other sweaty pursuits. They create components for people to live longer, healthier, more fun lives. Founded in Vancouver BC in 1998, the first lululemon shared its retail space with a yoga studio. They have been growing ever since, and our yoga clothes and apparel are now available at over 80 stores across Canada, the United States and Australia. Authentic to its West Coast roots, lululemon continues to focus on a healthy, balanced fun-filled way of life.
Dr. Sharla Robertson
Dr. Sharla Robertson has a family wellness chiropractic practice called Clearview Chiropractic Life Center in Granbury, TX. She lives in Granbury with her husband, Justin. Dr. Sharla graduated from Parker College of Chiropractic in 2005, where she was awarded the prestigious James W. Parker Chiropractic Philosophy Award for her outstanding compassion to serve in the practice of Chiropractic. Dr. Sharla is the 10th Doctor of Chiropractic in her family and carries that legacy as she strives to educate and adjust as many families as possible toward optimal health.
Dr. Rachael Lomonaco
Dr. Rachael Lomonaco has a family practice with her husband Dr. Darrell Lomonaco in Highland Village, Texas. Lomonaco Family Chiropractic has been serving patients since 1997 with various therapeutic techniques including Omni Therapeutic Technique, Applied Kinesiology, Total Body Modification, EFT, TAT, Logan Basic, acupressure, Webster Technique and Cranial Sacral Technique. Dr. Lomonaco is a second generation Chiropractor. Her father is a world renowned Doctor of Chiropractic who has developed many successful Chiropractic techniques. After retiring from a very successful practice, he now teaches these techniques in the United States and Canada. Dr. Lomonaco loves treating children and does so exclusively. She is a member of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association and the International Chiropractic Associations Council on Chiropractic Pediatrics. Dr. Lomonaco has a Fellowship with the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. She is active with Pediatric Conferences throughout the year in various areas of the country. She has completed courses in Cranial Sacral Therapy and certifications in Applied Kinesiology, Webster Technique, and Omni Therapeutic Technique.
Dr. Cindy Russell
Dr. Cindy Russell was born and raised in Wellington, Kansas. She graduated with a biology degree from Bartlesville Wesleyan College, a nutrition degree from Park College, a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine from SCNM, and a Doctor of Chiropractic from Parker Chiropractic College. Dr. Russell developed an interest in Chiropractic at a very young age. After having multiple ear infections doctors recommended putting tubes in her ears. Her parents decided to take her to a chiropractor before proceeding with the surgery. A few adjustments improved her health to the point where she never had another ear infection. This was the starting point for her pursuit of natural alternatives. Dr. Russell uses nutrition, chiropractic, bio-feedback and other alternative treatments in her practice. The SCIO machine uses bio-feedback to detect weaknesses such as viruses, nutritional deficiencies, abnormalities and food sensitivities by calculating the biological reactivity and resonance in your body. This is more than just an analysis tool. After measuring the body’s frequencies the SCIO feeds back its own frequencies to redress or neutralize destructive wave patterns.
Dr. David Erb
Dr. David Erb is a founder of Erb Family Wellness Center. His commitment to saving lives through chiropractic and holistic care began during college at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. It was there that he worked for 3 years at a very busy emergency room and began to see the need for an alternative to the current healthcare system of medication and surgeries.A popular expert on wellness & health centered lifestyles; Dr. Erb has been a regular contributor to WFAA-TV’s Good Morning Texas, is regularly featured on Doctor to Doctor, an international television show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network and was the host of a weekly health centered radio show in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth area. His expertise in current health trends and effective alternative approaches to healthcare has also made Dr. Erb one of the most sought after speakers in North Texas. He has recently spoken at FDIC in Dallas, Celanese Corporation, Bell Helicopter Corporation, Cimarron Park Recreation center, Borders Books, The Ranch Health Club, Orthopedic Nurses Association, Vasquez Family Chiropractic, Loranger Chiropractic Center, Sam’s Club, Coppell S.W.A.T./police dept., Metro crest Social Services, and Parker College Of Chiropractic, Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, Sandy Lake Road Baptist Church, Christ our Savior Lutheran Church, Grace Community Church, Celebration Ministries Church of Harare, Zimbabwe, Crème Dela Crème Day school, A Child’s Garden Montessori, Peirce Private Day School, Carrolton, Texas public school system.
In addition to his practice he also coaches other doctors of chiropractic all over the U.S. in how to get sick people well and how teach successful life changing tools to as many as possible. He is certified by the American Red Cross in Ergonomics and Back injury Prevention, in Biochemical Individualism also known as Individual-specific Body Typing and Nutrition, Whiplash and traumatology, and Chiropractic Clinical Neurology. Along with his wife, Dr. Kimberly Erb, Dr. Erb established the Erb Family Wellness Center in North Irving in 1998, one of the largest practices in North America. As a Maximized Living Healthcare Center their approach to helping their patients achieve a balanced, healthy and fulfilled life has been the key to their extraordinary success.
Jenna Hardin-Event MC
