Post-Conference Institutes

Toward a Global Shift: Seeding the Field of Collective Change

(PS1) Indigenous Wisdom and Contemporary Challenges: Curanderismo in the 21st Century—Elena Avila

Curanderismo, the traditional folk medicine of Mexico, is based on the belief that the body, soul, spirit, and emotions have equal importance and are intertwined in maintaining health. The key to this approach is the principle Corazon cura Corazon—Heart heals Heart. Integrating Curanderismo with Western medicine, Elena will demonstrate limpias, (spiritual cleansings), platicas, (heart to heart talks) and the use of soul retrieval for the treatment of Susto (fright). Please bring pictures of yourself when young, of ancestors that have passed, of parents, children, and other loved ones. Power objects, drums, and rattles are also welcome for this experiential session.

(PS2) Vision 2020: Laying the Groundwork for a Global Shift in the Years Ahead—Stephen Dinan

In this session Stephen will lay out an inspiring strategic roadmap for the next decade, showing how dozens of major initiatives can work together across thousands of local groups to accelerate our evolution as a species. Learn how changes in media, leadership, sustainability, peace, health, and economics can work in tandem with scientific and political changes to create the larger shift we've been intuiting. His presentation and discussion builds upon three years of dialogues with leading luminaries and harvests some of their best solutions. You'll have time to contribute your own ideas as well as spend time in groups exploring your unique contribution to a global shift.

(PS3) Native American Healing Meditation Workshop—Tony Redhouse

Dressed in full regalia, Tony Redhouse will facilitate a group meditation using ancient forms of expression in Native American culture: the voice, the drum, and the flute. He will guide you to a healing place deep within, where you soar to your highest dreams.

(PS4) Technologies for Inner Well-Being—Sadhguru

No other generation has been as comfortable as we are today, but we are still not any more joyful than those who have lived before us. It doesn't matter how much we fix the external aspects of our lives; the basic quality of human life—of being joyful or miserable—remains the same. The way we are within is the way we experience our life. Just as we have a science and technology for understanding and creating external situations through our desires and choices, an inner science and technology is available to us to create our inner situation as well—a technology to take charge of one's ultimate destiny. Join Sadhguru for a guided meditation and an entree into this ancient technology for spiritual evolution and healing

(PS5) On the Way to the Happiness Land...Long Before I Was Born: Rebuilding Our Humanity through Storytelling—Coumba Touré

Sparking imagination and strengthening citizenship in children, both locally and globally, is of critical importance in the 21st century. This challenge is linked to a broader effort that enables and encourages young adults around the world to contribute to decision-making and problem-solving in their respective societies. In this session, Coumba shares African wisdom stories and traditions based on the indigenous value system. You will come to understand how to encourage and inspire young people from any culture to create their own learning tools and social change projects and to use popular education as a means to inspire social and environmental justice.

(PS6) Coming to the Table: Healing from the Legacy of Slavery—Thomas Norman DeWolf

Martin Luther King had a dream that children of former slaves and slave owners would gather at "the table of brotherhood." Coming to the Table was birthed in a community of these descendants who are committed to establishing a national reconciliation process to help society heal from the trauma of the legacy of slavery and racism. Learn about trauma, cycles of victimhood and violence, and the tendency for these to be passed on unless conscious choices are made to break those cycles. Experience ways to face hidden history truthfully and without fear; listen to one another's stories; explore healing resources for individuals and communities.

The Institute of Noetic Sciences 13th International Conference

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