Akesia Whole Health Forum - Nature as Healer
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
William Wordsworth
Come learn about a range of topics on the power of nature to heal at the Akesia 'Nature as Healer' Forum in Santa Fe. What better place to learn about the power of reconnecting with nature than against the backdrop of New Mexico, known the world over for its stunning beauty.
Nature deficit disorder, a phrase coined by Richard Louv in his 2005 book Last Child in the Woods embraces the notion that human beings, especially children, are spending less time outdoors resulting in a wide range of behavioral problems. Nature Deficit Disorder is not a medical condition though its affects can often lead to undesireable cognitive, emotional and behavioral symptoms — it describes our lack of a relationship to the environment and the human costs of alienation from the natural world. It can be harmful to our children, our families, our communities, and our environment. Luckily, the cure starts in our own backyards and in this series, you will learn ways to integrate some practices into your everyday life. And hopefully, with the experience of a deeper re-connection with nature we will strengthen environmental values and forge a path toward a passion to conserve it.
Research shows that for the first time in history, the majority of the more than 7 billion people on Earth live in urban areas, with the trend toward exodus from rural to urban showing no signs of slowing. The Akesia 'Nature as Healer' Forum is meant to help reassess how we live our lives in light of what scientists are telling us about the unhealthy physical and psychological effects of our disconnection from intimacy with nature. Join us in various locations, both indoors and outdoors, to learn more about the perils of Nature Deficit Disorder and explore ways in which to find a healthy balance between our built and natural environments.
Nature deficit disorder, a phrase coined by Richard Louv in his 2005 book Last Child in the Woods embraces the notion that human beings, especially children, are spending less time outdoors resulting in a wide range of behavioral problems. Nature Deficit Disorder is not a medical condition though its affects can often lead to undesireable cognitive, emotional and behavioral symptoms — it describes our lack of a relationship to the environment and the human costs of alienation from the natural world. It can be harmful to our children, our families, our communities, and our environment. Luckily, the cure starts in our own backyards and in this series, you will learn ways to integrate some practices into your everyday life. And hopefully, with the experience of a deeper re-connection with nature we will strengthen environmental values and forge a path toward a passion to conserve it.
Research shows that for the first time in history, the majority of the more than 7 billion people on Earth live in urban areas, with the trend toward exodus from rural to urban showing no signs of slowing. The Akesia 'Nature as Healer' Forum is meant to help reassess how we live our lives in light of what scientists are telling us about the unhealthy physical and psychological effects of our disconnection from intimacy with nature. Join us in various locations, both indoors and outdoors, to learn more about the perils of Nature Deficit Disorder and explore ways in which to find a healthy balance between our built and natural environments.
Akesia Whole Health Forum - Holistic Health
Come learn about a range of holistic healing modalities at the Akesia Whole Health Forum in Tulsa. Through this series of monthly live and televised (from India) sessions, films, demonstrations and discussions, you will learn more about the many tools available to you toward encouraging your bodies' own ability to fight disease and promote health from the inside out. There is a growing body of evidence to support the fact that our state of 'whole' health - body, mind and spirit - is influenced not only by the choices we make around nutrition and movement but also how we govern our state of mind, quality of breath, and connection with nature and the senses. Please join us. Take the most important journey inward and become empowered to get on your own path toward whole health.
Akesia Whole Health Forum - Healing Through the Feet
Discover these powerful techniques to help alleviate pain and improve functional mobility. Learn to use your feet as effective tools to detect and correct imbalances in posture, blockages of energy to vital organs, and inflammation which can lead to more serious health conditions.
In this session you will learn about a system of techniques that will help reverse, prevent, and alleviate conditions which cause low back pain, neck and shoulder pain, elbow pain, knee pain, and various types of headaches. We will approach disease through an exploration of our whole selves – mental, spiritual, psychological, emotional, and physical – employing a range of modalities including Traditional Chinese Medicine, Reflexology, Accupressure, Massage – starting with the feet.
A Brief Overview of Naturopathy
Health involves regularly re-examining our lives on a physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual basis, reviewing our experiences and deciding what we need and want. In this review we determine what we wish to experience and how we might facilitate changes that bring about the desired results. Most of us have never done this on a conscious and/or regular basis. In Naturopathy, (the practice of natural healing) we help you to examine and discover what is occurring in all aspects of your life that may have an influence on your health. We help you discover and determine what your goals and priorities are, and empower you through education, treatment, and self-management.
In this session you will learn about a system of techniques that will help reverse, prevent, and alleviate conditions which cause low back pain, neck and shoulder pain, elbow pain, knee pain, and various types of headaches. We will approach disease through an exploration of our whole selves – mental, spiritual, psychological, emotional, and physical – employing a range of modalities including Traditional Chinese Medicine, Reflexology, Accupressure, Massage – starting with the feet.
A Brief Overview of Naturopathy
Health involves regularly re-examining our lives on a physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual basis, reviewing our experiences and deciding what we need and want. In this review we determine what we wish to experience and how we might facilitate changes that bring about the desired results. Most of us have never done this on a conscious and/or regular basis. In Naturopathy, (the practice of natural healing) we help you to examine and discover what is occurring in all aspects of your life that may have an influence on your health. We help you discover and determine what your goals and priorities are, and empower you through education, treatment, and self-management.
Akesia Whole Health Forum - Art as Therapy
Art is a powerful tool for making complex ideas simple and facilitating easy, non-verbal communication around abstract ideas. Art, and the process of making it, must be preserved as a communication tool essential to healthy child development. Recognizing art as a valid communication tool for adults can help galvanize meaningful discussion about the ideas and values that shape our lives.
Akesia Whole Health Forum - Zhong Yuan Qigong
This Friday night session is open to those who want to learn more about this ancient Chinese art of healing and spiritual development, steeped in Shamanic, Taoist, and Buddhist traditions. This meditation-based energy practice combines gentle movement, breath, and mindful awareness to activate, store and focus energy. It teaches us to stimulate creativity, develop intuition, and understand our place in and connection to the Universe. At higher levels, it teaches a method of dialogue with the information and energy of the surrounding Universe.
Info session Friday night: Suggested Donation $10 - if the course has space available, workshop continues Sat the 7th from 10am-6pm, Sun the 8th from 10am-5pm at same location. Cost: $200 per workshop. If the workshop is sold out there is a possibility of holding another program over the Thanksgiving weekend.
We are indeed fortunate to have these practitioners here in this part of the country to teach this ancient form. Zhong Yuan (ZY) Qigong originated in China over 7,000 years ago. Using simple, gradually evolving movements, breathing and meditation, ZY Qigong brings people into a profound state of release by changing patterns in the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual being spontaneously. ZY Qigong is uniquely suited to relieve stress, to boost the immune, respiratory and cardiovascular systems, and to increase the body's innate healing abilities.
About the Teachers
Claire GuYu Johnson grew up in Beijing and in the US in a family of tai chi, herbal medicine, acupuncture and qigong practitioners. Through her parent's Qigong Association of America she met and studied with a number of masters including ZY Qigong Grandmaster Xu Mingtang. In 1999 she traveled and studied with Xu Mintang as he taught and practiced healing worldwide. She has practiced solitary meditations without food and water in Chinese and Tibetan caves. In 2000 she established America's first ZY Qigong School and Healing Center in Seattle.
Jerigtu Borjigin, Mongolian healer, hails from the land where Shamanism originated and comes from a family of well-known Shamans, healers and Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoches. He is the sole successor of a rare Taoist lineage of Yi Jin Jing. Jerigtu has apprenticed with Taoist healers and studied with ZY Qigong Grandmaster Xu Mingtang. He is also an accomplished musician, and a virtuoso on the Mongolian Horsehair Fiddle.
Claire and Jerigtu met in Inner Mongolia, and married in 2010. They teach and heal internationally. They will be offering healing sessions for the duration of their stay.
Info session Friday night: Suggested Donation $10 - if the course has space available, workshop continues Sat the 7th from 10am-6pm, Sun the 8th from 10am-5pm at same location. Cost: $200 per workshop. If the workshop is sold out there is a possibility of holding another program over the Thanksgiving weekend.
We are indeed fortunate to have these practitioners here in this part of the country to teach this ancient form. Zhong Yuan (ZY) Qigong originated in China over 7,000 years ago. Using simple, gradually evolving movements, breathing and meditation, ZY Qigong brings people into a profound state of release by changing patterns in the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual being spontaneously. ZY Qigong is uniquely suited to relieve stress, to boost the immune, respiratory and cardiovascular systems, and to increase the body's innate healing abilities.
About the Teachers
Claire GuYu Johnson grew up in Beijing and in the US in a family of tai chi, herbal medicine, acupuncture and qigong practitioners. Through her parent's Qigong Association of America she met and studied with a number of masters including ZY Qigong Grandmaster Xu Mingtang. In 1999 she traveled and studied with Xu Mintang as he taught and practiced healing worldwide. She has practiced solitary meditations without food and water in Chinese and Tibetan caves. In 2000 she established America's first ZY Qigong School and Healing Center in Seattle.
Jerigtu Borjigin, Mongolian healer, hails from the land where Shamanism originated and comes from a family of well-known Shamans, healers and Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoches. He is the sole successor of a rare Taoist lineage of Yi Jin Jing. Jerigtu has apprenticed with Taoist healers and studied with ZY Qigong Grandmaster Xu Mingtang. He is also an accomplished musician, and a virtuoso on the Mongolian Horsehair Fiddle.
Claire and Jerigtu met in Inner Mongolia, and married in 2010. They teach and heal internationally. They will be offering healing sessions for the duration of their stay.
Akesia Whole Health Forum - Yamuna Body Rolling
If you are looking for a workout that will develop balance and control in your core, provide the release and relaxation of a massage, and enhance mindfulness and mind/body connection like meditation, then Yamuna Body Rolling is for you. Please come join us for a new and unique method of body work brought to you by Donna Shafer of Get on the Ball Fitness and Massage. This is the workout we have all been hungry for ~ a massage, chiropractic and yoga/pilates session combined into an hour-long session. In our work with a series of varied sized balls, we will work the body to create space and new life in areas such as the spine, rib cage, chest, pelvis, hip and knee joints, ankles and toes, re-awakening these areas and resulting in the release of old holding patterns and limited motion.
Benefits of Yamuna
Stimulates bone to renew its vitality - Strengthens the bones’ relationship to the muscles - Achieves greater mind-body connection - Creates space and restores life to your spinal column - Increases metabolism and improves circulation - Breaks up scar tissue - Balances endocrine system - Stimulates nerve root - Improves digestion
About the Presenter
Donna Aquino recognized the vast benefits of Yamuna and pursued her certification to teach, attending workshops in both Costa Rica and New York City to become the first certified Yamuna practitioner in Oklahoma. Donna truly loves helping people discover body sustainability through Yamuna body rolling at www.yamunaokc.com. In this work with a series of varied-sized balls, the body is gently massaged to create space and new life in areas resulting in the release of old holding patterns and limited motion.
Benefits of Yamuna
Stimulates bone to renew its vitality - Strengthens the bones’ relationship to the muscles - Achieves greater mind-body connection - Creates space and restores life to your spinal column - Increases metabolism and improves circulation - Breaks up scar tissue - Balances endocrine system - Stimulates nerve root - Improves digestion
About the Presenter
Donna Aquino recognized the vast benefits of Yamuna and pursued her certification to teach, attending workshops in both Costa Rica and New York City to become the first certified Yamuna practitioner in Oklahoma. Donna truly loves helping people discover body sustainability through Yamuna body rolling at www.yamunaokc.com. In this work with a series of varied-sized balls, the body is gently massaged to create space and new life in areas resulting in the release of old holding patterns and limited motion.
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If one steps out on a starry night and observes one's
inner state, one asks if one could hate or be overwhelmed
by envy or resentment. ... Is it not true that no man or
woman has ever committed a crime while in a state of wonder? Jacob Needleman
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PeopleLearn about the professional practitioners in the Bay Area and from other parts of the world who have volunteered their time to share their wisdom and expertise. Thank you.
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TopicsThis series will provide information about the many ways that we can begin our own path of reconnecting with nature - toward healing ourselves, our communities, and the environment.
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VenuesThis series of workshops will take place once a month over the next year, rotating locations between 4 venues who have graciously donated their space. Thank you.
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