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Welcome, Cat Keen, to the Board of DirectorsNew board member Cat Keen, B.A., is a counselor at ECHO (Emergency Care Help Organization), assisting low-income families with the transition toward self-sufficiency. Cat has spent time in 11 countries studying anthropology, religion, and community. For the past 16 months, Cat served as the Volunteer Coordinator for Southern Springs. She is jubilant about deepening her commitment to Southern Springs on the board of directors!
Farewell to V.P. Henry HallSince the inception of Southern Springs, Henry Hall has been the Vice-President and a board member. In his gentle, stalwart way he has helped shape the vision of a dynamic holistic learning center into a reality. Henry has helped guide Southern Springs to respond to the needs and wishes of the community for opportunities to grow and learn individually and together. He has always put his heart and soul into his work with Southern Springs, whether clarifying policies and goals, organizing major events, or finding a glass of water for a parched lecturer. Henry has chosen to resign from the board to give added attention to his professional work and personal needs. Henry, we wish you well in your endeavors and will miss you very much. Thanks for everything. Our home will always be your home. |
Southern Springs finds new home at Full Flower Education CenterOn September 1, we began moving our office into the middle building on the Full Flower campus on Mahan Drive. With lovely views out every window, sweet working relationships with occupants of the other buildings on campus, and regular hours, this feels to me like a very good move. Things that have been stored in various friends' homes over the past three years are gradually finding their way to our new home. We now have a central location (aptly dubbed 'the Center') for our board meetings and work parties, a place for you to come by and pick up fliers, buy books and tapes, or check out a few items from our lending library. You can even just drop by for a visit. Thank you to Agnes McMurray and Tamara Weinstein for their generous donations of comfortable furniture, and to Carpetland for our pretty wall-to-wall carpet. The place could use a few more homey touches (a lamp or two, wall decorations, maybe some rugs and pillows), but we're grateful for what we have received so far. It's now easier than ever to plug in your energies if you've been interested in doing some volunteer work for us. I have a list of jobs, so please call us at 878-8643 if you'd like to help out. Susie Howell Center hours are |
Invitation to writersWe want to expand the scope or our newsletter to include more articles from the community. If you would like to submit an article for consideration by our editorial committee, please send it via e-mail to holisticed@SouthernSprings.org or to 2032 Wedgewood Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32317. Submitting an article does not ensure its publication. All articles chosen for publication will be edited in coordination with their authors. Notice of nonpublication of an article will be given only upon request.
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The Shuar natives of Ecuador believe that "the world is as you dream it." Through the encroachment of the modern world into their realm, they have come to realize that their contemporaries have been busy dreaming an environmental nightmare of conquering and controlling nature's resources. They asked their friend of three decades, John Perkins, to help birth a new vision for industrialized societies.
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The World Is As You Dream It...
Perkins initially used the inner knowledge that surfaced in his dreaming to help himself manage the stress of running a multimillion-dollar company. Based on these experiences, he wrote The Stress-free Habit: Powerful Techniques for Health and Longevity from the Andes, Yucatan, and Far East. Since then, he has conducted numerous workshops, written several more books, led groups into the rainforests and jungles to work with shamans, and founded Dream Change Coalition (DCC). This grass roots movement of people from many continents and cultures is dedicated to creating new values and ways of living. DCC's three primary goals are to inspire earth-honoring changes in consciousness, conserve forests, and apply indigenous wisdom in ways that foster environmental and social balance (www.dreamchange.org). Perkins is currently involved in establishing the World Dream Institute, an educational forum that stimulates young people to think, question, and re-examine the way they relate to themselves, others, the earth, and future generations. Perkins' teachings draw extensively from three decades as a consultant to the U.N., World Bank, and Fortune 500 companies; his experiences as president and CEO of Independent Power Systems International, Inc.*; and his training with African, Asian, Amazonian, Andean, and Middle Eastern shamans. In 1990, at the age of 45, he decided to devote himself and the money he had amassed through his businesses to "making the world a better place for my daughter's generation." The message John Perkins brings is not new. In fact, it is timeless. It is a message of intimate human connection to the earth, an acknowledgment of who we truly are as one species among many, and an affirmation of our ability to transform our lives, individually and culturally, to honor and sustain the earth -- and thereby ourselves. John Perkins' books include Pulitzer Prize nominated Spirit of the Shuar,Shapeshifting, The World Is As You Dream It, and Psychonavigation. His books and tapes are available at Southern Springs' new Center at 1816 Mahan Drive (Full Flower Campus). * IPS played a major role in changing the U.S. utility industry by introducing technologies that allow coal and, more importantly, a waste coal called "culm" to be burned without creating acid rain. IPS also pioneered the use of hydroponic greenhouses, which replace cooling towers and ponds and utilize "waste" heat for growing vegetables year-round in cold climates. |
As a boy, John Perkins had a deep interest in nature and Indian lore. He spent much time in the forests, rivers, and lakes of New Hampshire. During a Peace Corps tour in the Amazon and Andes from 1968 to 1971, and later as an international development consultant, he met and worked with many indigenous elders and shamans, including members of the head-hunting Shuar tribe. He began an intense study of shamanism, also opening his life to his individual dreams and to the possibility of shifting the destructive nature of existing cultural dreams.
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Improve And Save Your Sight NaturallyMarc Grossman Holistic Eye Care Would you like to improve your eyesight and become less dependent on glasses or contacts? In this workshop, optometrist, acupuncturist, and author Marc Grossman, M.D., offers simple therapeutic exercises to help mitigate or eliminate a variety of vision problems. Dr. Grossman's philosophy of eye care integrates the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of vision. In this invaluable workshop, he explains underlying physical and psychological bases of numerous vision problems. This workshop is for those who want to:
Dr. Grossman holds degrees in optometry and acupuncture and has been a behavioral optometrist for more than 20 years. He uses a full range of mind/body therapies combined with conventional approaches to ease conditions such as nearsightedness, presbyopia (the over-40 syndrome), macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, and more. Dr. Grossman is coauthor of the best selling Natural Eye Care: An Encyclopedia, Magic Eye: 3-D Guide and the new Greater Vision: A Pathway to Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Transformation. For more information visit www.visionworksusa.com. Lecture: Friday, Feb. 22, 7:00-9:00 pm, United Church in Talla., 1834 Mahan Dr., $10 * $8 members * $5 students/seniors Workshop: Sat.-Sunday, Feb. 23-24, Southern Springs Center (Bldg. C on the Full Flower campus, 1816 Mahan Drive) Cost: $150* (includes Friday lecture) *Room and meals not included in the cost of the workshop. For more information call 878-8643. (See The Eyes Have It for a personal account of Marc Grossman's previous visit.) |
The World Is As You Dream It -- Transforming Your LifeLecture with John Perkins John Perkins will share with us his experiences with indigenous shamans from the Amazon, Andes, Siberia, Guatemala, Himalayas, Southern Africa, and other cultures. He will describe how he has applied those experiences in his work with people and organizations around the world to create a new dream -- the foundation of a new reality -- of living in harmony with the earth and each other. Perkins will discuss how the shamans' teachings relate to medicine, education, business, social issues, and our individual lives. Most important, Perkins will illustrate how we can transform our lives and our world by transforming our dreams. John Perkins' books and tapes will be available for purchase at the lecture, and there will be a book signing during the evening. Please call 878-8643 if you have questions or want to purchase books and tapes prior to February 8. (See Feature for more about John Perkins.)
Barbara Dossey Coming
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Another Moving Center Movement WorkshopMarch 8-10, 2002 Southern Springs will once again host a movement workshop by Gabrielle Roth's Moving Center. Her son, Jonathon Horan, has led the workshop the past two years. The upcoming workshop will feature a new topic and leader, still to be determined. There will be a Sweat Your Prayers evening on Friday, March 8, with the workshop following on Saturday and Sunday. This should be a special weekend. I spent some time this summer with several of Gabrielle's teachers at one of her weekend workshops in New York. They were insightful, and connected well with other participants. They were a beauty to behold as they moved -- each with their own particular style of expressing their inner emotions -- performing the work of Gabrielle Roth's 5 Rhythms and inviting others to do the same. One of the beauties of this work is that when we reach down inside ourselves and allow our emotions to be expressed through movement, beauty unfolds, nothing else. If our bodies are the conduits through which our emotions move, how can the result be anything but beautiful? We need not be dancers to do this work. So, I invite you to put March 8-10, 2002, on your calendar and check the website www.ravenrecording.com for more information about the 5 Rhythms. Read one of Roth's books -- Maps to Ecstasy or Sweat Your Prayers -- or buy one of her CDs or videos and try the work for yourself. Gretchen Hein |
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1. PARTNER YOGA Kaity Power, P.T., certified yoga therapist (Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy) and instructor for more than two decades in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East, has studied a variety of styles, including Iyengar and ashtangha, with a circle of internationally renowned teachers and yogis. 2. JOURNAL WORKSHOP In this intensive journal workshop, gentle guidance techniques will be utilized to bring you to the deeper river within your own consciousness -- a consciousness that winds and joins with the archetypal consciousness that is the sea, the joining of all. And here might you gather freely of all the answers your life needs to move forward. So bring your pens, your curious minds, and your seeking hearts to a two-hour journey into the sea of yourselves and into the fabric of your life, warp and woof. Tamara Weinstein is a "HealAll" massage therapist who enjoys exploration into music, dance, the written word, and any other way she can utilize to immerse herself ever deeper in the sea of creativity, life, and love. Her ultimate goal is to have as much fun as possible and bring as many people along with her as she can. |
A Day of GiftsFROM SOUTHERN SPRINGS The board of directors and staff of Southern Springs want to thank the Tallahassee community for supporting us during our first three years of existence. Your interest in our events has been encouraging, and we will do our best to continue to offer lectures and workshops that inspire you, stretch your thinking, and encourage healthy living. As a token of our appreciation, We who are involved in running Southern Springs come from many different backgrounds and will offer skills in a number of areas. We welcome everyone to join us at our new home at 1816 Mahan Drive (Full Flower campus, next to United Church). Schedule of events: 9:30 a.m. / Orientation 10:00 a.m. - Noon / workshops 1 & 2 Noon - 2:00 p.m. / Lunch and percussion performance 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. / workshops 3 & 4 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. / Heart of the Earth There is no charge for this event, but we will be accepting membership fees and donations to our land acquisition fund. Workshop space is limited, please call to reserve a place. Once again, we thank you for your support, and hope to see you on Saturday, December 1. |
3. EMOTIONAL CLEANSING, THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TOWARD A CLEAR HEART Marty Klein is the president and a founder of Southern Springs. He has published two books, Emotional Cleansing and Blindsighted, his memoir. He has been a counselor for 24 years and has taught classes and led workshops for 20 years. 4. HEALING WITH REIKI Reiki is frequently done with the laying on of hands, which remain stationary, lightly touching the body. A Reiki treatment generally results in deep relaxation and a sense of being supported and nurtured by Spirit. In this state, energies of both the practitioner and the client tend to become more balanced, and natural healing is enhanced. Susie Howell began practicing Reiki in 1986. She was initiated as a Master in 1995 and is a member of The Reiki Alliance, a global community of Masters in the Usui System of Reiki. She honors the traditional form as it has been passed down through the spiritual lineage of Usui, Hayashi, Takata, and Furumoto. Susie is the administrative director for Southern Springs. |
EVOKING THE BEST IN RESPONSE TO THE WORST: WHAT WE CAN DO |
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In the days following September 11, we have been called "our beloved Americans" by people all over the globe. Many countries grieved with us and declared a day of mourning. Bishop Storey of South Africa wrote, "There is something deeply stirring about the capacity of the American people to mobilize for good." We have been consoled and counseled by many wise and thoughtful people. They approach us as global citizens. How will we respond to their love for us, and their faith in what is possible? Through speakers, video, and small group interaction, we will explore some of the questions arising from the September 11 tragedy, such as:
Knowing that we are each being called upon to do our very best, please join us as we explore these questions in order that we may act in more loving ways toward the earth and our fellow human beings. Heart of the Earth is a group of citizens committed to environmental stewardship in the Red Hills and Gulf Coastal Lowlands bioregions. Heart of the Earth believes not only that each one of us can make a difference in protecting earth's resources, but also that we are intimately bound to all of Earth's inhabitants as a part of the sacred web of life. |
"In the past year, we, as founders of Heart of the Earth, have seen many individuals give support to our belief that each of us can be leaders by putting the long-term interests of our global community at the forefront in making personal decisions. In this spirit, we offer a workshop to explore how each of us can respond to this crisis in a way that evokes the best of our community and the best of America." Heart of the Earth Council |
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Spouts of fresh water the size of my seven-year-old finger rose up from the shoreline and were swept into the sparkling turquoise. Our teacher, Mr. Porter, a British-educated Bahamian, had a beautifully melodic voice. Afternoons, class was split into two rooms. I would find myself distracted, straining toward his voice on the other side. I yearned to be in the sunny room with him, my ears filled with his music. Mr. Porter, as I later learned, was Mr. Sidney Poitier. Ten years later, living in Miami, I was barely passing senior English. I'd been distracted the entire semester by the slowly shifting Miami afternoon sun pouring through the classroom window, supporting the glinting, exquisitely spaced dust particles. (I was naturally, exquisitely spaced.) I graduated by an extra credit portrait of Medusa in all her gory glory. Uncurling the stiff poster board, my teacher gasped; the poster board re-curled and she gave me a quick, acknowledging nod and said, "Take your seat." I never saw that work again. One week more, and my parents had packed me off to Marianna, Florida -- land of blue holes, Indian caves, and Chipola Junior College -- the only junior college in the state (even now) with an all-girl dormitory. There I discovered a gentle river and deep woods, married a local boy, and bore a baby boy. I began to find my own voice while talking to my baby. I loved the land that was an extension of my own fertile body. In 1997, I was living in North Atlanta. My recurrent fantasy was a downriver trip on the Chattahoochee, through Lake Seminole, on down the Apalachicola to the Gulf of Mexico. So I did it. I made a pilgrimage, and the land of many rivers did claim me. I immersed myself in this low, rich estuary, where fresh and salt waters mingled. I composted, recomposed, and reclaimed. Thirty years of experiments and experience, stewardship and service. Forty years of holding my island vision, and near the little town of Sopchoppy, a 30-acre island of forest within a forest almost magically appears (not without its attendant initiations). The melodic voices now distracting me are the wind through the pine canopy, the tannin-rich water through the cypress knees, and the insistent glee of the pileated woodpecker. How this bounty will be shared is a mystery -- a wide-open, fern-filled, winding-woods mystery road. Every guest to these woods is a blessing. And the sacred ground we walk upon guesses, too, how she will best be used. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Natalie Provo has also lived in Miami, Atlanta, Tuscaloosa, Nashville, and now Tallahassee. Her interests have led her to work with birthing and dying, books and foods businesses, and fund raising and event coordination for metaphysical and holistic organizations. She enjoys people, the arts, music, and nature. |
The Eyes Have It!by Joan Dreyfus Last winter I heard that Holistic Eye Care, a Southern Springs weekend workshop, was scheduled for March. Dr. Marc Grossman from New York would conduct it. About a decade ago, troubled by well-developed cataracts and a diagnosis of low-pressure glaucoma, I had done some reading about holistic eye care. I had come away with a few good eating habits and the idea that cataract operations, although technically sound, would soon become less common. As competent eye specialists concerned themselves with the nonsurgical treatment of cataracts, fewer and fewer cataracts would develop. I turned 76 in December of 2000 and I knew my eyes were helping me less and less. They confused my feet, for instance, signaling four steps when there were five and other devilries. Mirrors had lost their significance. My reflection was flat and unfamiliar and sometimes frightening. I had not been driving for many years, but somehow I was content to live in the beautiful woods, going occasionally to an appointment where it was tacitly accepted that I was not interested in cataract surgery. I think I had grown accustomed to the idea that an acceptable nonsurgical solution would present itself. But when March came and spring was close, I thought about emerging from my passive state. After some vacillation, I got a ride with a good neighbor and went to the Holistic Eye Care workshop. Our day together began in a large tan living room lined with couches and chairs. Dr. Grossman introduced himself and his assistant, Carol Douglas. During the first day, with the whole group observing, Marc gave each person the opportunity to interact with him one-on-one. He and Carol watched carefully when each of us spoke of our eyes and how our relationship with them had evolved over the years. Throughout the workshop, Dr. Grossman employed his extensive knowledge of optometry, acupuncture, acupressure, Chinese Traditional Medicine, herbology, and modern nutrition studies to address many eye problems, including farsightedness, nearsightedness, astigmatism, cata-racts, glaucoma, and other eye dysfunctions. Marc and Carol managed to make time for anyone who wished to talk further about some of these conditions. I discussed with them my puzzling reluctance to undergo a cataract operation. We covered a lot of ground during the rest of the workshop. There was an interesting exercise involving mirrors, which I found to be very difficult. However, I especially liked "palming" which helped us to relax our eyes. We tried framing, figure eight, race track, and other focusing exercises. "If you learn to relax your body, it will help your eyes," said Marc. Carol, whose forte is Cranio-Sacral Therapy, led us in a series of body movement exercises. Perhaps it was the result of two full days of concentration on our eyes and how we should treat them, but by the end of the workshop I found myself thinking calmly about making an appointment with my opthalmologist to discuss the possibility of a cataract operation. This past May, I underwent a cataract extraction and had a new lens implanted in my left eye. I can see birds again and read all kinds of signs; I see my cheerful face in any mirror. The right eye is pending, still shrouded in its cataract, but it reads well for me every night if I hold the book close enough. I feel very lucky indeed to have gone to the Holistic Eye Care workshop where I began to feel better able to think positively about my ocular options. Joan Dreyfus lives happily in the mysterious swamp of the Miccosukee Land Co-op. She has always worked with words, beginning her career as an editorial assistant, and moving on to society editor at a small California daily newspaper. Later she taught English as a Second Language to adults in Chicago. She eventually worked with the Laubach Literacy Foundation and the Peace Corps in Ecuador and Columbia, preparing materials for adults who had never learned to read. She lived with her husband and two sons for six years in Costa Rica before moving to Tallahassee in 1979. |
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