Releasing Pain

A hand-on session where we will learn to use touch to alleviate pain

Monday, September 20th, 2021 - 4pm-5pm PT

Cynthia Ribeiro -

Join Cynthia, the founder, National Holistic Institute Advanced Neuromuscular Therapy Program to learn how to unlock the bio-psycho-social contributors to pain and release them through touch, movement, and mindfulness. Cynthia is the founder, National Holistic Institute Advanced Neuromuscular Therapy Program to learn how to unlock the bio-psycho-social contributors to pain and release them through touch, movement, and mindfulness.   

Greening Sacred Spaces

Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 - 2pm-3pm PT

Tracey Whiteye - Oshkaabewis Kwe, which means a woman helper or messenger in Objibwe language. 

Honour mother earth and future generations with story-telling, songs and prayers. 

Share the water ceremony will honour the four directions around the sacred fire.

Engage the sacred bundles and other indigenous women who are Berry Fasters, will be present.

We will be streaming this live event from London, Ontario, Canada

Art for Wellness

Creative Expression for Healing and Transformation

Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 7:00pm-8:30pm PT

Guest Presenter: Ping Ho, Founder/Director, UCLArts&Healing

Host: Christina Wright - Arts, Media & Wellness Educator and Character & Leadership Development Facilitator

This workshop will highlight how creative play contributes to our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. Evidence based research shows that engagement in the arts relieves stress, encourages creative thinking and increases brain plasticity and individuals who spend 30 minutes or more each day on arts activities have lower reported rates of loneliness, depression and anxiety and greater life satisfaction.

Ping Ho, MA, MPH is Founder/Director of UCLArts & Healing, which offers training in the use of arts integrated with mental health practices for self-discovery, connection, and empowerment. This work represents the nexus of her graduate education in counseling psychology and public health with her lifelong experience in performing arts. Ping developed Beat the Odds®, an evidence-based drumming program for social-emotional skill building, a Certificate Program in Social Emotional Arts (SEA), and a sustainable SEA on a Shoestring program. She is co-author of The Innovative Parent: Raising Connected, Happy, Successful Kids through Art (2019, Ohio University/Swallow Press).

Mushroom Medicine

Traditional and modern uses of fungi for medicine.

Friday, September 24th, 2021 - 2pm-3pm PT

Dr. Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D., L.Ac., A.H.G. - herbalist, botanist and mycologist

Discover how mushrooms work to activate our immune responses. A thorough and succinct review of the science and use of turkey tails, shiitake, cordyceps, maitake, and chaga will be presented along with the health benefits of eating mushrooms regularly. Current experience in integrative oncology will be shared, with case reports, effective use, and expected outcomes.

Dr. Christopher Hobbs is a fourth-generation, internationally renowned herbalist, licensed acupuncturist, herbal clinician, research scientist, consultant to the dietary supplement industry, expert witness, botanist, mycologist with over 40 years of experience. He is highly esteemed in botanical medicine and education.

The author or co-author of over 20 books, including the new “Christopher Hobbs’s Medicinal Mushrooms, the Essential Guide.”

Christopher has lectured on herbal medicine world-wide. He earned his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley with research and publication in evolutionary biology, biogeography, phylogenetics, plant chemistry, and ethnobotany.