health – The Convergence

Posture for Permaculturists

Convergence Program — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 03:59:38 +0000

Learn how to use your body effectively when working for a lifetime of pain-free Permaculture activism.

If we want to be doing this for life, we need to use our bodies wisely! Come learn to sit, stand, bend, dig, and craft in natural alignment. Based on the Gokhale Method, aka Primal Posture, this workshop may change your life! It’s not sustainable if you’re in pain.

Presented By: Judy Abeja Hummel

Yoga for the Inner Landscape

Convergence Program — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 23:28:20 +0000

This yoga experience incorporates somatic awareness practices and invites you to connect with your inner ecosystem with breath, mindfulness and movement.

Through breath, awareness, and movement, this yoga class invites you to connect with your internal landscape and integrate all that you are exposed to and engaged in at the Convergence. Please bring a yoga mat if you have one.

Presented By: Maggie Self

Ecological Vitality

Joshua Angelo Silva — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 20:41:23 +0000

This workshop will teach participants how to craft the best diet for their being. We will look at constitutions, lifestyles, medical issues, geographical locations, and belief systems to help each individual learn what will support them at this stage of their life. Also covered some of the basic of how to grow and prepare some of the most important foods.

This workshop will teach participant how to craft the best diet for their being, and grow and prepare the most important foods.

Friday Oct 6| 11am| Mediterranean Garden

Presented By: Adrian Carroll

Mantra Sound Healing

Joshua Angelo Silva — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:40:47 +0000

Mantras are sonic formulas chanted that allow us to purify the mind, protect from negativity, and generate energy for healing. This workshop will introduce the lay person to simple Tibetan Mantra and give more advanced practitioners a deepening experience into the application of mantra for fulfilling one’s highest purpose in this life. Madhu will lead several mantra practices to benefit all sentient beings and use modern looping technology to enhance the mantras by creating live soundscapes.

Joining our voices in community by intoning sounds that purify our minds and remove obstacles is essential for building a resilient community. Through the ancient practice of chanting we come together with the common intention to liberate ourselves and all beings from the root causes of suffering, promoting unity consciousness. Tibetan mantra practice is useful for all communities at this time by helping maintain a culture that recognizes everything is alive and everything is in a state of vibration, from the spiraling Milky Way to the water and cells in our bodies. By intoning sounds that are pure vibration and activate healing responses int the body, we can take responsibility for our own healing process and ensure a more balanced way of being in community.

Saturday Oct 7| 2pm| Mediterranean Garden

Presented By: Madhu Anziani

Madhu Anziani

Joshua Angelo Silva — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:37:16 +0000

Madhu Anziani is a sound healer extraordinaire who learned from the first-hand experience of being paralyzed as a quadriplegic and used sound and energy healing to completely recover. He has also studied Jazz and World Music and went on to be certified in Sound, Voice, and Music Healing at CIIS. In his sessions he offers energy healing on an amethyst Crystal Biomat, using tuning forks tuned to sacred number ratios, as well as offering techniques and guidance for opening the healing power of the voice.

2017 Workshop:Mantra Sound Healing

My Biome and Me: Healing Fermented Foods?

Joshua Angelo Silva — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 06:30:27 +0000

The human gut biome is home to a diverse ecology of viruses, bacteria, yeasts, fungi, etc. If balanced, the mind/body is vital and healthy, with glowing skin, abundant energy and a generally positive outlook on life . When some of the more parasitic species dominate, food cravings, fatigue, depression, insomnia are some of the possible side effects. We will look at the effects of modern food production, pollution, modern medicine and other factors that influence our biome. We will also look at ways to positively impact our guts including debunking some current myths and hypes around fermented foods flooding the market. There will be a demo on making Raw Kefir and Kefir cheese at the conclusion of the talk.

We will look at the human biome as expressed in harmony and when under stress. We will also look at best practices to promote healthy gut flora.

I think of the gut as each individuals parcel of earth. Like soil in an ecosystem it helps fight infections, breaks down and recycles dead matter, regulates temp, move fluids, etc. It is like a personal permaculture system helping the body and mind run smoother. I am planning on having a demo at the end. There are a variety of fermented foods I can demo, some are very basic, some more complex. I’m happy to talk more about what is possible

Presented By: Doug Miller-Fleig

Doug Miller-Fleig

Joshua Angelo Silva — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 06:23:46 +0000

Doug Miller-Fleig has been making fermented foods for over a decade with a passion for education. He has taught workshops and cooking classes covering a wide range of techniques all with a focus on real whole foods that promote health for body and planet. He is also the Chapter Leader of the Weston A. Price Foundation for San Francisco.