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Event: | Macrobiotic Summer Conference, outside of Boston, USA |
| Date: | July 29th, 2008 (6 days) |
William Spear will give the opening keynote address from 9 - 10:15 am on Tuesday morning, July 29th: POWER OF NATURAL HEALING
and teach a class entitled "The Spirit of Macrobiotics: Healing Ourselves with Ancient Traditions and Common Sense" on Tuesday afternoon, July 29th from 3 - 4:45 pm.
This is the Kushi Institute's 30th anniversary and the 24th annual conference. During the Conference, 35 experts and authors will present 100 classes and events on different aspects of this year's theme: "The Power of Natural Healing."
Arrivals for the Conference begin July 28 and the Conference ends on August 3, 2008. Babson College is a 20-minute drive west of Boston.
For information and to register, contact:
Kushi Institute
Summer Conference
PO Box 7
Becket, MA 01223, USA
Tel: (800) 975-8744
Tel: (413) 623-5741 x150
Fax: (413) 623-8827
programs@kushiinstitute.org
whttp://www.thepowerofnaturalhealing.org/
THE POWER OF HEALING
As society focuses more on diets, treatment modalities and health insurance, are we losing contact with the essence of what it means to heal? The macrobiotic approach to health and healing is not a specifically defined diet. Since we are each unique, live in different environments, have diverse needs, and do different work, individual nutritional requirements vary. Macrobiotics is also used therapeutically by those already ill wishing to employ natural methods. Modern Western science has begun to acknowledge and research traditional dietary and medical practices. Simple, direct and elegant, successful macrobiotic approaches can be applied to both minor imbalances and major degenerate diseases. Macrobiotics with its natural healing techniques is a lifestyle choice based on ancient traditions, modern science and common sense.
THE SPIRIT OF MACROBIOTICS: HEALING OURSELVES WITH ANCIENT TRADITIONS AND COMMON SENSE
Granted that our daily food is key to our being - we must take into account the spirit and purpose behind dietary recommendations. Macrobiotics has represented "the healthy way of life," reflecting how a wise person could heal naturally and safely; however, for some, macrobiotics became a set of rules resulting in completely the opposite outcome. What happened?
As lifestyles include more holistic approaches, we need to be aware of the many choices within a wide range of possibilities. Modern science acknowledges and validates the basis of the macrobiotic dietary practice yet it is the spirit behind each individual's daily practice that might make the real difference the spirit of inclusion rather than exclusion, flexibility rather than rigidity and the joyful pursuit of our dreams.
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