Body Wellness

Linda Alessandrois the founder of Body Wellness® Programs & Services, a company providing over 125 different onsite corporate wellness programs to government agencies, Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 organizations and Body Wellness® Fitness & Management a company providing over 75 health and fitness programs to gated communities, country clubs, hospitals and schools as well as individual personalized programs.

Linda has organized a team of nine health and wellness experts who facilitate these programs. Many of these individuals are considered experts in their chosen fields. Ms. Alessandro is a self taught specialist in the field of health and fitness. Her expertise has earned her a place within the President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports Program. In 1992 she was asked to address the United Nations Nutrition Committee on the mind/body connection in health.

She leads many of the stress management lectures offered at Body Wellness®.  In 1996 the Federal Aviation Administration implemented her stress management program, known today as SLOWO®: The Mental Interface® Technique, in addition to providing several other Body Wellness® programs in the New York Region. 

In 2001 she was to implement her Body Wellness® Triune Program for the entire FDNY and three days prior to program scheduling we witnessed the tragedy of 9/11.   

Linda has presented the  Body Wellness® programs at Citibank, Fleetbank, The US Postal Service, Cablevision, ADP, Avis, General Instrument, Standard Microsystems, Oxford Resources, Macy's, Nikon, Estee Lauder, Home Depot, Cybex, Symbol Technologies, Loral, and many other organizations. 

Daniel Alessandro, MBAis Vice President and CFO of Body Wellness® Programs & Services, a company providing over 125 different onsite corporate wellness programs to government agencies, Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 organizations. Daniel is Managing Partner of Body Wellness® Fitness & Management a company providing over 75 health and fitness programs to gated communities and country clubs, as well as individual personalized programs.

Together with his wife Linda, he has organized a team of health and wellness experts, who provide corporate wellness programs for a variety of prestigious companies, organizations and government agencies. Presently, the Body Wellness® formats are the only programs of their kind, offering proactive onsite wellness.

Daniel developed his creative management and work-life programs during his career with Pam American World Airways, as Manager of Operations, as Director of Operations with Hilti International and as Executive Vice President of Operations, and CFO with Gift Box Corporation of America.

During his business career, Daniel began Hospice work and for the last 15 years he has worked with Hackensack University Medical Center as their most popular Hospice Worker. As a Hospice volunteer, Daniel uses many of the stress management techniques he teaches in the corporate world, to those who require his Hospice services. These techniques have been so well received that Daniel is often asked to address graduating classes, teach nurses and other hospice workers his unique methods and approach. 

Daniel has presented the Body Wellness® programs at Cablevision, Home Depot, Miami Dade Fire Rescue, AutoNation, FAA, Estee Lauder, Parker Hannifin, SMCS and many other organizations.

Ellen Kamhi, RN, PhD. - The Director of Health Education at Body Wellness®, is also known as "The Natural Nurse". Dr. Ellen Kamhi brings the message of holistic medicine to millions of Americans through radio and television programs broadcast throughout the United States daily. She appeared on News 12 in her own segment on health for two years and is presently featured in numerous magazines, journals and newspapers including The New York Times, The New York Post and Marie Claire.

Dr. Kamhi creates and runs popular workshops on the use of local wild plants, herbal medicine, homeopathic remedies, organic natural foods and energy techniques used to improve the quality of ones health and life. Her programs at Body Wellness® are very popular, once she presents at a company she is invited back continuously as she is chock full of information, keeping  herself up to date on the latest research in holistic health and nutrition.

Ellen has been involved in the field of natural medicine for over 30 years. She attended Rutgers and Cornell Universities, sat on the panel of Traditional Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical School, and holds the position of Clinical Instructor at Stony Brooke Medical School College of Family Medicine.

Dr Kamhi is the author of Cycles of Life, Herbs and Energy Techniques for the Stages of a Woman's Life, The Natural Guide to Great Sex and co-author of The Natural Medicine Chest and Arthritis, The Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide.

Mort Malkin, DDS - The Director of Cardiovascular Fitness at Body Wellness®, he specializes in primary preventive medicine and has invested 25 years developing and fine tuning the biomechanics of the Malkin Technique of Aerobic Walking. He has taken the safest, most universal exercise and changed it from marginal to high grade and aerobic with his technique using the large muscle groups of the legs and mid-body for power. With Malkin Technique, aerobic walking becomes a powerful, weight bearing, cardiovascular exercise.

He personally leads many of the aerobic walking programs that Body Wellness®   presents on site at corporations, government agencies, and hospitals as well as programs provided to medical staff. He has developed walking clinics and certification programs enabling Body Wellness®   to bring his technique to a variety of organizations in every sector of society.

Dr. Malkin is the author of two books on the subject, Walking -The Pleasure Exercise and Aerobic Walking - The Weight Loss Exercise. He has had many articles and papers published in both lay periodicals and medical literature.  

He holds the rank of attending surgeon emeritus at Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York

Paul E. Mc Ghee, Ph.D. – Director of Humor at Body Wellness®, and is internationally known for his own research on humor and laughter. After earning his PhD in Developmental Psychology he spent 20 years as a researcher before becoming a professional speaker.

 

Paul has given talks on humor in 10 countries, and has published 11 books on humor, including his latest, “Health, Healing & The Amuse System: Humor as Survival Training.” Body Wellness® offers his “hands on” humor skills training program which is the only program of its kind in the country. Dr. Mc Ghee shows employees exactly what to do in order to use humor to cope with stress. Paul’s ability to help organizations build resistance and cope with change using humor is fast establishing him as a moving force in corporate stress management.

 

Paul's work has been featured in the New York Times, Newsweek, and numerous other American and European Publications. He is frequently interviewed by the mass media about humor. He was featured on The Learning Channel in 1997 and was featured in a PBS special called “A Laugh A Day” in 2001.

 

Geri Leon, JD, Ph.D. – Director of Stress Management at Body Wellness®, is an attorney, college lecturer, and stress management educator. As a former Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, NY, an attorney in private practice, a college lecturer, corporate stress management facilitator and mother of five children, she has had first hand experience with stress in the workplace. 

 

She is the creator/author of "Mentor-at-Work" a stress management training program which combines a holistic approach to mental and physical health. 

With a Master's Degree in Education, a Juris Doctorate in law, and a PH.D. in the Science of Energy Medicine she combines her education, experience and an integrative approach to teach workshop participants physical and mental techniques to relieve stress and improve their work performance.

The acronym MENTOR stands for Mindful, Energetic, Nutritional, Training, for Optimum Response (At-Work)  Body Wellness® touts her work as the cutting edge of corporate stress management. 

Nancy M. Powers - Director Success Coaching at Body Wellness®, is a captivating keynote speaker, writer and professional success coach.  Her business mastery and personal development programs inspire audiences to action.  Her seminars are content oriented, illuminating and highly entertaining.  Nancy exudes warmth and has a captivating style that keeps the audience spellbound from beginning to end. Through examples and practical methods she delivers common-sense strategies that translate into results.  

While working with Anthony Robbins, she successfully maintained the country’s number one franchise. Drawing on her 25 years of experience and dedication to research, she responds with training that produces solid, quantifiable, bottom-line results.

She has presented for  Allstate, Grumman, Citibank, Cushman & Wakefield,  American Express, Marchon Eyewear, Massachusetts Mutual, Metropolitan Life, New York Life, Paine Webber, Prudential Securities, Remax Realtors, The Long Island Association and the National Association For Sales and Marketing Executives, National Association For Women Business Owners, The Center For Professional Women, Verizon, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, The Masters Circle, National Chiropractic Council,  and Breakthrough Coaching.

 "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."  ~ Margaret Mead

 

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