Upcoming Events: Workshops, Author Talks, Library Presentations
- At August 22, 2013
- By rrosenthal
- In Blog, Continuing Education, Events, Press, Wellness
- 0
WORKSHOPS:
SEVA ACUPRESSURE FOR SELF-CARE: Seva Stress Release Part 1 (3 hours) Saturday, October 12, 2013, 9 AM – 12 Noon, Holmdel, NJ
Fee: $60 Registration Required: 908-902-0770
This workshop will help you to manage stress and promote general relaxation, well-being, and Self-healing. You will learn the Seva program through demonstration and hands-on practice, and take home six valuable Self-care tools: use of an awareness journal, acupressure, meditation, breath practices, mindfulness, and body-mind movement (Chakra Tai Chi). This class is a pre-requisite for Seva Part 2 below. Wear comfortable clothing.
3 CEUs: massage therapists, social workers, nurses
SEVA ACUPRESSURE WITH OTHERS: Part 2 (3 hours) Saturday, October 12, 2013, 1-4 PM, Holmdel NJ
Fee: $60 Registration Required: 908-902-0770
In this workshop you will learn how to use the Seva program with others through review, demonstration, and practicing the Seva program with class participants, seated in chairs and lying fully clothed on massage tables. You will also deepen Self-awareness through meditation, breath practices, journaling, acupressure, and Chakra Tai Chi. Wear comfortable clothing.
3 CEUs: massage therapists, social workers, nurses
SEVA ACUPRESSURE FOR SELF-CARE, Part 1: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 9 AM – 12 Noon, Holmdel, NJ (See above)
SEVA ACUPRESSURE FOR SELF-CARE, Part 2: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 1-4 PM, Holmdel, NJ (See above)
AUTHOR TALKS:
- Barnes & Noble, Holmdel, NJ: September 21, 2013, 4-8 PM
- Barnes & Noble, Freehold, NJ: September 26, 2013, 7-9 PM
- Barnes & Noble, Cherry Hill, NJ: October 8, 2013, 7-8 PM
LIBRARY PRESENTATIONS:
- Little Silver Public Library, September 16 2013, 7-8 PM
- Tinton Falls Public Library, September 20, 2013, 10:30-11:30 AM
- Red Bank Public Library, September 25, 2013, 7-8:30 PM
- Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library, October 2, 2013, 7-8 PM
- Atlantic Highlands Public Library, October 3 2013, 7-8:30 PM
- Middletown Township Public Library, October 9, 2013, 7-8:30 PM
- Ocean Township Library, October 21, 2013, 6:30-7:30 PM
- Monmouth County Library, Eastern Branch, December 9, 2013, 7-8:30 PM
- Monmouth County Library, Hazlet Township Branch, January 25, 2014, 2-3 PM
Summer Lessons, Gifts, and Blessings
- At August 22, 2013
- By rrosenthal
- In Blog, Wellness
- 0
I am lucky to live in Monmouth County, New Jersey, where parks and nature are abundant, reminding me of the lessons, gifts, and sacred blessings Mother Earth brings us each day. In Chinese medicine we are considered the bridge between heaven and earth. Trees that inhabit the environment around me demonstrate this — they are deeply rooted in earth while they reach up through their long, tall bodies for light from the sun above. My lesson this summer is a recurrent theme: make time to go outside and “be” in nature, reconnecting with my heart and my human nature.
The other day I passed a farm where sunflowers were growing. I stopped and remembered my intention to “be” in nature and receive her gifts. The sunflowers, like the tall trees, were rooted and reaching toward the sun, their height, strong stems, and beauty a true feat of nature. These tall blossoming wonders reflected Mother Nature’s harvest. Their bright yellow blossoms and seed-studded centers give us delicious sunflower seeds, rich in selenium, magnesium, and vitamin E, and provide food for the huge variety of birds that inhabit our environment.
The sunflowers’ strong stems reminded me of what keeps me spiritually strong, grounded, and connected — meditation, mindfulness, movement and dance, music, nourishing whole foods, drinking lots of water, family, heart-and-soul friends, play, laughter, and giving and receiving love, service, kindness, and compassionate presence. Self-care practices are the sunshine, water, and tending that keep me strong, nourished, and in alignment between heaven and Earth. They help me to consciously walk the mystical path with practical feet. My lesson and challenge is to use and “be” with these practices to remember, when I forget, who and what I really am.
What lessons and insights have you become aware of this summer? What Self-care practices do you use to nourish and tend your heart and soul?