The weekend came and went, but we’re still buzzing with all the energy powered by the 2012 Mega Conference at the  Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California! Thousands of Integrative Nutrition students, graduates, teachers, staff and guests came together to accelerate the movement of transforming the world into one of health and happiness.

We heard from international students, who made the trip from various parts of the world, as well as successful graduates who are turning their dreams into realities. We were inspired and empowered by a list of renowned speakers including David Wolfe, Geneen Roth, Mark Sission, Paul Pitchford, John Robbins, Julia Ross, Gary Taubes, Eric Barron, Seane Corn, Stacy Morgenstern, and Carey Peters.

As always, Integrative Nutrition Founder Joshua Rosenthal brought his gift for encouraging people to take action toward reaching their goals and changing the world.

The feedback we’ve received about the Mega Conference has been overwhelming! Our Facebook and Twitter pages are bursting with positive energy and our VIP Live Bloggers have been busy recapping their favorites moments and what they learned over the weekend. We’ll be sharing their updates later this week, so if you weren’t able to attend this conference, you’ll still be able to read their summaries and soak up all the nutrition knowledge you missed!

We connected with our community all weekend long (and into this week!) on Twitter using the hashtag #MegaIIN. At one point we even saw #MegaIIN trending! Take a look at all the amazing inspiration attendees were feeling throughout the conference.

Whether it was the speakers and teachers that made it a weekend full of enabling knowledge:

Jaime Cahalan (@RawGreenGoddess) 

Is it possible to have 3 days of Mega?! So much great information. Speakers are amazing!

Nicole Daedone (@NicoleDaedone)

Amen!! "Transformation happens in and through this body" -Geneen Roth at the #MegaIIN conference

 Julia Ford Alhadeff (@juliford)

#MegaIIN @JoshuaIIN @NutritionSchool Thanks for an amazing, inspiring conference! John Robbins was transformational!

Cara BuffalinoSilman (@OneBiteNYC)

“Get people out of the supermarkets and into the farmers markets." @JoshuaIIN @NutritionSchool #MegaIIN

Or the action-packed schedule that allowed people to restore their energy:

Melissa Somrack (@Msomrack)

Pablo is rocking the room with great music! #megaIIN. Love the lyrics!

Emily Levenson (@emilylevenson)

I definitely needed to hear and soak in the message from @Jerseycorn1. Thank you @NutritionSchool for putting her in my path. #MegaIIN

Thousands of Health Coaches were inspired to dig deeper, find a renewed sense of power, and transform the world: 

Meredith Patterson (@MerPatterson)

The wholeness, inspiration, and soul quenching that is happening here is palpable! Thank you @NutritionSchool #MegaIIN

Michelle MacLean (@MMHealthCoach)

Spending the weekend at #MegaIIN with 5000 health coaches made it so clear I have found my life's work.

Lachundra Brown (@MsChundra)

#MegaIIN conference has opened a whole new world for me. This journey as a health coach is transformation at it's best.

Richard Merrill (@RichardMerrill)

Just got home from the most #IINspirational weekend of my life with IIN Live Events @NutritionSchool #MegaIIN

We also brought some IIN Smilebooth fun to Long Beach, where you struck a pose and laughed with friends, showing us that Health Coaches really do have more fun!

To download your smile booth photo: View our photoset on Flickr and find your photo. Right click and by "View All Sizes" click "Original" - then "Download the original size of this photo."

Follow our IIN Live Events Page on Facebook and on Twitter using the hashtag #MegaIIN for more conference updates and recaps!

What were some of your favorite Mega Conference moments?