3:30 - 5:00pm
Humble Harmonium:
Chanting sacred sounds for peace & love
with Richard Matusow
Bring a dish to share
7:00 onward
Music Jam
5:30 - 6:45am
Respiration Yoga
with Zander Hathaway
Respiration Yoga involves a powerful breathing exercise derived from Tibetan Tummo, which has been practiced in extremely cold temperatures by monks for several thousand years and recently made popular by Wim Hof, a.k.a. “the Iceman”. This method is designed to influence the autonomic nervous system, endocrine system, and immune system, in order to bring balance to virtually all functions of the body, regulate its core temperature, and generate greater health and happiness. We will begin the practice at the top of the waterfall and then move into the water to experience it in a colder environment.
7:00 - 7:45am
PanEuRhythmy
with Elena Ross
As humans it's important to connect to some form of ritual; dance, song, art form, storytelling, sport, allowing us to transition from one phase of life into another, from one expression of consciousness into another. What rituals move your, mind, heart, and soul and allow you to transition, release, and renew?
"PanEuRhythmy is a sacred Bulgarian dance of peace and harmony.The gentle moves fired by solar energy align and heal our systems: cellular,organic, mental and psychic. To our Earth, stars and planets your energies will be balanced and harmonized as your intentions and movements bring you into alignment with the implicate order of the Universe". Mark Anspach
9:30 - 11:30am
De-Constructing Upsets:
The anatomy of Argghhh
with Russ Giles and Sheri Cooke
An experiential inquiry and practice in discovering those things that keep most people stuck in recurring behaviors, careers and relationships that exacerbate sadness, anger, guilt and retribution.
Russ Giles and Sheri Cooke will facilitate this two-hour inquiry and practice. In short: how to take apart and examine an upset to reveal the key components that result in such universally debilitating situations in all relationships—marriages, partnerships, business endeavors, national/international politics; and most significantly the relationship an individual has to him/herself.
By the end of two hours, participants will have a very simple practice they can choose to follow to diffuse and recover from their upsets and perhaps not repeat quite so often in the future.
As always, the facilitators are committed to a more experiential workshop rather than a conceptual lecture forum. Russ a master practitioner in NLP with an academic background in philosophy, has led a number of provocative and funny workshops at DC.
Sheri's work (as a Messenger of One) embodies her experience of as an international ACIM Teacher, a master EFT practitioner, facilitator of Holotropic Breathwork, The Work of Byron Katie, Hypnotherapy, and Quantum Touch. She has led several workshops around Perez Zeledon, and offers private sessions for individuals.
Both these characters have lived in San Isidro for the past sever years. And yes, they are both pretty lousy at Spanish.
1:00 - 2:30pm
Regenerative Business: Creating Upward Spirals of Personal, Community, and Ecological Regeneration
with Eric Baudry
The current global economy is based on imbalanced values and agreements that are corrosive to personal health, our communities, and the environment. A variety of factors indicate the old economy is in its final stages of decline, failing to serve the majority of the people using it, and devastating communities and nature as unsustainable resource consumption precipitates large systemic, societal, and environmental changes.
By developing regenerative sharing economies to replace the old one and sharing our models and knowledge with others, we contribute to one of the most important and effective solution possible towards creating a regenerative society and restoring balance with nature.
Join Eric Baudry, Sustainability Strategist and Co-founder of Upward Spirals, to explore how we’re designing the future of our economy; the core challenges, the biggest opportunities for growth, and the tools we’re using to build the regenerative world our hearts know is possible.
3:00 - 4:30pm
Unbound:
How boundaries create More Love, Wealth and Abundance
with Liv Kissper
Boundaries help us reclaiming our personal dignity and alignment with our values. However, we often focus on being a nice person, hoping that it will bring us love and abundance. We were not taught how to listen to the Divine sensitivity of our bodies that marks our limits, so we betray ourselves by looking nice and avoiding discomfort in interactions.
In this interactive workshop we will reclaim our connection to our boundaries by exploring:
- How any breakdown in our life begins by not honoring our own boundary
- Why being nice and not honoring our boundaries leads to disrespect from others
- Why love, compassion and abundance can ONLY exist within badass boundaries
Make 2018 the best year ever with this transformational workshop!
5:00 - 5:30pm
What Makes Food Sustainable?
with Eric Baudry
Organic is great, but how can we ensure our food is truly sustainable? Tonight we’ll explore how to tell the difference between sustainable and unsustainable options, and we’ll discuss a simple framework which makes our food choices as healthful as possible for ourselves, our communities, and all the others forms of life relying on humans to learn to choose well.
6:00pm
Community Stew
Bring veggies for the big pot and we'll cook together
7:30 to the New Year
Music Jam 'NYE' Celebration
7:30 – 8:15am
PanEuRhythmy
with Elena Ross
As humans it's important to connect to some form of ritual; dance, song, art form, storytelling, sport, allowing us to transition from one phase of life into another, from one expression of consciousness into another. What rituals move your, mind, heart, and soul and allow you to transition, release, and renew?
"PanEuRhythmy is a sacred Bulgarian dance of peace and harmony.The gentle moves fired by solar energy align and heal our systems: cellular,organic, mental and psychic. To our Earth, stars and planets your energies will be balanced and harmonized as your intentions and movements bring you into alignment with the implicate order of the Universe". Mark Anspach
10:00 - 11:30am
The Power of Presence
with Naomi Colb
"The Power of Presence", frees people from pretense and competition and allows them to practice eyes open meditation and co-creation during their days, relating with more ease and grace.
It is an active learning experience.