Neurosurgery is a field of passion, dedication, commitment, risk, reward and failure. For many, it’s a calling and privilege to care for others at their most vulnerable moments and it’s hard. While giving our best to care for our clients we often suffer mental and physical stressors of our own. In fact, up to 51% of neurosurgeons experience burnout, decreased enjoyment and energy at work. Many also experience symptoms such as fatigue, sleeplessness, irritability, poor diet and pain. We cannot get rid of the realities of our day to day but we can learn to manage them better, with simple, consistent health and wellness practices and a commitment to the fact that better does exist, and that better really matters for us all.
CNS Wellness Retreat
Friday, September 27-Sunday, September 29 | Post Oak Hotel
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Price: $1050 Per Person | $750 Residents, Fellows and Medical Students
Join us for the inaugural CNS Wellness Retreat, an immersive 1.5 day event designed to reduce stress, neck, low back and foot pain, improve work-life balance, and address common areas for improvement such as healthy eating hacks in the OR and managing admin. This event is open to all. Led by former lululemon Studio Ambassador and renowned health & wellness expert Pilin Anice, and CNS Wellness Committee Chair, Dr. Theresa Williamson. Commit to your wellbeing and start living better today at the CNS Wellness Retreat. Attendees will learn valuable tools to immediately incorporate into their daily lives. The program begins with a reception on Friday evening, early morning sessions on Saturday, free time to enjoy the spa Saturday afternoon and will conclude by 11:00 am on Sunday allowing attendees the opportunity to attend an afternoon Symposium and get checked in at an official CNS hotel to begin their annual meeting experience. Space is extremely limited for this intimate offering—early registration is recommended. Add this event when you register for the CNS Annual Meeting. Already registered? View instructions for adding ticketed sessions to an existing meeting registration.
CNS 5K
Saturday, September 28-Tuesday, October 1
Participate in the second annual CNS 5K at the 2024 CNS Annual Meeting! Organized group runs will be held on Monday, September 30 at 6:30 am and on Tuesday, October 1 at 5:00 pm, departing from the lobby at the Marriott Marquis Houston. Advance registration is required and includes a CNS 5K t-shirt. You may also run a 5K autonomously while you are in Houston and track your time in the Strava app.
Pop Up Classes in the Xperience Lounge
Monday, September 30-Tuesday, October 1
Join your peers for 15 minute Energetic Reset fitness classes led by former lululemon Studio Ambassador Pilin Anice in the Xperience Lounge during the Morning and Afternoon Beverage Breaks! Learn standing breath and movement practices to settle and calm the mind, energize the body after sitting, and support overall well being. Classes are complimentary. All levels welcome. No mat or sneakers required.
Meet Our Trainer: Pilin Anice
Pilin Anice, E-RYT 500, is a skilled guide who believes that the disciplines of Ayurveda, meditation and yoga, ritual, selfcare, nutrition, dance & drum, allow us to reconnect to ourselves; to evolve, heal and live authentically—while increasing our capacity to be with and hold that which is painful and challenging in our human existence. She is also an experienced health coach, artist, and commercial model. For well over a decade, she has guided students through her offerings to find their way back to the wisdom of their own bodies, and the joy that is the essence of their being. A graduate of Howard University and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, she is on faculty at Kripalu, Ailey Extension and a former MIRROR Trainer/global yoga ambassador at lululemon. She has been featured on GMA, The Today Show, The NY Times, Dance Spirit, FORBES, ESSENCE, MindBodyGreen and SELF as well as appearing in campaigns for Fortune 500 companies such as Disney, Visa, and Google. She holds partnerships at THE WELL, Omega Institute, 1440 Multiversity, Dubai Yoga Fest, and SoulFEST.
