Slow Healing presents: " Dance to Heal" with Carmen Robles Herrera

On March 1, 2014; Slow Healing presented the talents of Holistic Dancer and Psychotherapist: Carmen Robles Herrera MS Ed, MSW, R-LCSW. Carmen gave an incredible presentation on how dance can miraculously transform imbalances. Carmen demonstrated how dance has no age limit and she truly rock the 4th anniversary of the Old San Juan Market with her passion. Since she was a child growing up in Puerto Rico, Carmen has channeled her inner dancer to help herself navigate through challenges and to celebrate life. She believes dance is an organic expression of the spirit and soul that we all hold deep in our body. Carmen shares her love for Puerto Rico and she feels it is blessed with a culture abundant with music and dance. If we open our hearts and listen to the rhythm of the island, we can heal many of the issues we face on our daily encounters. Carmen, we thank you for connecting us to a simple, natural and basic way to heal the soul. We also want to give a special thanks to Laura Daen, Aurora Sastre, Javier Rivera, Cindy Golbert, all the Old San Juan market volunteers, and the staff of the Old San Juan museum.

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Speak your Mind forum...After Party!!

On Nov.10, 2013; Elizabeth Isea hosted a After Party for the Oct.26, Speak your Mind forum. Everyone was invited, sharing their amazing food and drinks with friends. During the party we danced, listen to flute music and healing sessions.The community came out to celebrate the spirit of friendship and harmony.

Healers helping Healers

 Slow Healing presents:  Healers helping Healers, is a opportunity for healers of different modalities (body/ energy work, farmers, singer, story tellers, chefs, dancers, sound therapy,etc.); come together and provide each other with a session of love & compassion. Basically, anyone who use their skills for the purpose of healing the soul of another being is welcome.

On Dec.15, 2013, Abadha Lila, Leslie Dominguez,  Abdiel Du' Collage and Bartus Allen hosted a Healers helping Healers event at Espacio Dinamico. Espacio Dinamico is located in the heart of Old San Juan and has the atmosphere of a soulful cathedral. Providing the community with martial arts, dance and meditation. These healers were able to start the major holiday season with a full battery, using the tools of expression dance movement, oracle readings, aromatherapy, bodywork, drawings, music, and laughter. This was a great opportunity for healers to receive energetic work from other compassionate healers .

This event also coincided with Terra Madre Day...a world wide day celebrating local foods. After the session, we'll had a small lunch together.  http://www.slowfood.com/terramadreday/

Slow Healing presents: Healing on the Mountain part II Nov. 24, 2013

On Nov.24,2013; the Slow Healing campaign celebrated the Giving Thanks holiday by honoring the organic farmers of Puerto Rico. Slow Healing and organic farmer, Edgardo Alvarado ( educator and founder of the Organization Boricua) had collaborated again with the purpose of assisting the organic agriculture community of Orocovis and other areas of the island. This special day of healing the body/mind/soul, brings together members of Slow Healing and the community. The farmers learned ancient healing techniques ( Ashi Points, Aromatherapy, Homeopathic & Acupressure First Aid and made Moxa rolls ), to relieve stress, body pain, and manage health care. 

Junior Barefoot Doctors

On November 10, 2013; Elizabeth Isea, Luis J. Corona, Elizama Montalvo, MD, Lillian ( Lalla) Ortiz, and Bartus Allen have collaborated on a project to assist young adults on the art of healing. The Junior Barefoot Doctors was designed to help young people embrace healing in a natural simple fashion. These (5) home school students ( Jean Gabriel Audinot, Genesis Veronica Colon, Carla Veronica Colon, Gerriane Ayala Sanchez, Geraldine Ayala Sanchez, Alondra Sanchez Figueroa )  learned how massage and shiatsu can greatly improve the health and well being of their family and friends.

What is a BareFoot Doctor?
 Barefoot Doctors is a term developed in China in the late 1940's. Basically farmers received minimal basic medical and paramedical training and worked in rural villages in the People's Republic of China. Their purpose was to bring health care to rural areas where urban-trained doctors would not settle. They promoted basic hygiene, preventive health care, and family planning and treated common illnesses. The name comes from southern farmers, who would often work barefoot in the rice paddies. This term was created in China, but many countries around the world have a similar approach to healing their community members.

Origin of Slow Healing

Early in 2013, Slow Food Boricua wanted to highlight the essential quantities of Health ( food, community, mindful living, awareness, etc.), and we approach Slow Food International, to see if they wanted to include a health campaign to their movement. Slow Food International loved the idea, but they had ask Puerto Rico to develop a campaign and if Slow Healing is successful they would expand the Slow Healing campaign into a international movement. You can read the actual email message below. Further information about Slow Healing, you can read on the Slow Healing weblog: http://slowhealing.blogspot.com/

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Andrea Amato <a.amato@slowfood.it>
Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:53 AM
Subject: About Slow Healing Campaign
To: Elizama Montalvo <mshomeodoc@gmail.com>, Bartus Allen
<bartustheartus@gmail.com>


Hello Elizama and Bartus,
as promised, i talked with Paolo di Croce about the Slow Healing
campaign. We agreed about the fact that this is an important issue for
Slow Food, but in the last years we haven't developed anything like
that. I checked in example with "Slowfood", our italian magazine, and
we haven't published any article on the issue in the past. I spoke
also with Silvia Ceriani, the head of our Communication Office. We all
agree that we should work on this thanks to your help, and i think we
can have two levels:

1) the local/regional level: in which SF Boricua can develop
autonomically this campaign (as you said organizing some activities at
the market and/or compromising others countries as Cuba as well). Of
course SF International will give visibility to these
events/activities through our websites.

2) the international level: we think that we cannot open a campaign
now (like GMO or LAND GRABBING) because we don't have so far too much
"background" on this, like articles, materials, other Convivia or TM
communities working on this issue. But, we can begin to give
visibility to this issue i.e. publishing some of the articles that
you'll write, giving visibility to your activities, trying to link you
with existing and future groups that will have the same focus. I think
that if we work on this issue together, we'll have material and a
network to start a new campaign within the next 12-24 months. What do
you think?

At the moment i shared the documents with Silvia, and she'll send them
to Andrea Pezzana, the nutritionist and teacher at University of
Gastronomic Sciences that normally collaborate with us in nutritional
issues, to have his feedback.

So, we still have to find a path to walk, but i think that step by
step we can work on Slow Healing.

I wait for your comments and thank you two for your work.

Best, Andrea

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Andrea Amato
Slow Food
Via della Mendicità Istruita, 14
12042, Bra (CN), Italy
Tel. +39 0172 419 723
Fax +39 0172 419 725
E-mail: a.amato@slowfood.it
Skype: andrea.amato.slow.food

Slow Healing presents: " Giving Thanks to You"

This Pre-Thanksgiving presentation, was held at the Old San Juan market on Nov. 23. 2013. The theme had echo, our appreciation with honoring the inner self, reflection and harvest.

 Elizama Montalvo, MD presented:THE ENERGY OF THE WINTER SOLSTICE AS A TIME OF REFLECTION , PRAYER, AND HEALING. The name solstice means ‘sun stands still’. The meaning of the winter solstice operates on a number of levels. At its core is the birth of the sun – both universally and personally.The inward nature of winter allows us to heal and be recharged for spring, as well as reassess our connection to our spirit and life purpose. This is the best time for humans to go within, as nature follows the the sun stillness.The winter solstice is a celebration of our spirit being reborn and transformed from inner darkness into light. Spiritually, it is symbolic of allowing the darker shadow side of our personality to come out, to be acknowledged and to be transformed as it heals. During the winter solstice the sun hugs closer to the horizon than at any other time during the year, yielding the least amount of daylight annually. On the bright side, the day after the winter solstice marks the beginning of lengthening days leading up to the summer solstice.

Abrazo a la Tierra....say no to Land Grabbing!!!!!

ABRAZO a la TIERRA

DOMINGO 29 de septiembre del 2013

desde las 8:30 AM hasta las 11 AM en CAYEY

Carr. 743 km. 1, barrio Las Vegas

Visítanos en FACEBOOK:

CAYEY para el MUNDO

o escríbenos: cayeyparaelmundo@gmail.com

Abrazada por los ríos Guavate y La Plata, hay una

hermosa finca con humedales, llanos, lomas, quebradas, estanques, un bosque nativo y

vasta diversidad de aves, anfibios, reptiles e insectos beneficiosos.

Hoy, este santuario agrícola está amenazado por el propuesto desarrollo de un centro

comercial tipo “outlets”, 4,370 estacionamientos y un hotel con casino.

CAYEY para el MUNDO te invita al ABRAZO

para unir nuestras manos y resistir el desarrollo propuesto.

Mediante este acto de resistencia demostraremos nuestro respeto y agradecimiento a

este espacio, simbólico de tantos tesoros naturales alrededor del mundo amenazados por

construcciones sin sentido.

Cantaremos a las aguas, a la tierra, a los seres vivientes del lugar.

Leeremos juntos un manifiesto honrando la naturaleza de este lugar y de nuestro planeta.

Celebraremos nuestra biodiversidad y nuestra fuerza, nuestra unidad.

Para aportar actos artísticos y exhibiciones llamar a María Benedetti: 738-4391.

"Longevity for the People" open forum February 23, 2014

On Feb. 23, 2014; Maria I. Suarez hosted a Slow Healing event called, " Longevity for the People". This open forum was a 3 month follow up to the Oct. 26 " Speak your Mind" forum. Elizama Montalvo was the moderator of the forum and some topics of discussion was focus on how to obtain continuity along our journey & navigational tools to live a blissful lifestyle. The event was attended by many artists, healers , educators and farmers. These free thinkers shared their views on what does it take to empower and fulfill balance in the mist of difficult circumstances. Some of the attendees were Abdiel Colberg, Angela Duque, Clemencia Gomez, Sitara Sylvia Maldonado, Alberto Tirado, Brenda Alejandro, Ingrid Sotelo, Bartus Allen, Aida Irene and Belen Cantelli. The environment was welcomed by the cozy and green earth energy of Maria's home, which bought a sense of serenity to the soul. Everyone shared their favorite vegetarian Slow Food meal, which was absolutely delicious. The event concluded with the development of a Slow Healing Bartering system and a Collective Whole Food Shopping network. I have to thank everyone who shared their thoughts, food and energy to make this forum successful. We'll keep you posted on the next Slow Healing event

Lugar : Casa de Maria I.Suarez ' s

Villa Sereno

Carr . 173 R 792 K - 1 - H

Sonadora , Solar 40

Aguas Buenas, 00703

   

Villa Sereno

Estamos a aproximadamente 15 minutos del Jardín Botánico de Caguas, a 15 minutos de Guaynabo City, a 15 minutos del cruce de La Muda en la carretera #1, y a 35 minutos o 16 millas de Santurce.
Cómo llegar a la gasolinera Total y al Bar Jagüeyes en Aguas Buenas.
Por la carretera #1 (la carretera vieja de Caguas). La primera luz después del cruce de La Muda (en dirección a Caguas) esta la intersección y el comienzo de la carretera 173. Hay que subir como unos 15 minutos para ver la gasolinera Total a mano izquierda y enfrente el Bar Jagüeyes.
Por la carretera de La Avon. Siga toda la carretera hasta el final que desemboca en la carretera 173. Al llegar a la 173 va a virar a la izquierda e inmediatamente ya a ver la gasolinera Total a mano izquierda y el Bar Jagüeyes a mano derecha.
Por el Expreso Martínez Nadal. Siga el expreso hasta el final que desemboca obligadamente en la carretera #1, la vieja de Caguas. Va a estar viajando en dirección a Caguas unos minutos cuando va a ver la primera luz y el rotulo de la intersección de la carretera 173. Allí va a virar a la derecha y subir la cuesta como unos 15 minutos hasta llegar a la gasolinera Total y al Bar Jagüeyes.
Por el pueblo de Aguas Buenas. Si viene del sur u otro punto de la Isla puede entrar por el pueblo de Aguas Buenas. Cuando le de la vuelta a la plaza del pueblo va a ver el rotulo de la carretera 173. Siga en esa dirección hasta ver la gasolinera Total a mano derecha y el Bar Jagüeyes a mano izquierda. Del pueblo a la gasolinera son como 5 minutos.
Desde la gasolinera Total y el Bar Jagüeyes a Villa Sereno
Cuando llegue a la gasolinera Total y al Bar Jagüeyes va a estar solamente a unos 3 - 5 minutos de Villa Sereno. La gasolinera Total queda al otro lado de la carretera del Bar Jagüeyes.  Al lado del Bar Jagüeyes había un letrero para la Carr. 793 que ya no esta. Entre por el bar a la derecha. De primera intención la carretera se ve bien estrecha. No se preocupe porque luego se vuelve a ensanchar. Guíe con cuidado es una carretera de dos vías.
Siga a todo momento el encintado blanco de la carretera. Manténgase siguiendo el encintado girando a la izquierda en una pequeña bajada. En un momento en la curva se desconecta el encintado de la carretera, pero si mira hacia delante va poder ver por donde empata el entintado y siga por allí. Va a ver un letrero de la barriada Ramón Ocasio, Hillside a su izquierda, no entre por ahí, siga el encintado a su derecha.
Va a ver casas grandes y casa pequeñas de madera. A mano derecha va a ver una casa de madera color rosa y al lado una casa grande blanca que está un poco abandonada y tiene una verja negra a mano va a doblar izquierda. Vaya despacio pues no hay rótulo, solamente una oportunidad de doblar izquierda cuando vea la casa blanca.
Después de virar izquierda la carretera sube y baja y sube. Va a llegar a una T en la carretera. En la T doble a la izquierda. Tan pronto comiencen a bajar la cuesta comience a frenar. Somos el primer portón a mano izquierda. Si no frena al bajar la cuesta lo más probable es que se va a pasar. No hay letrero y poca visibilidad para la propiedad pues hay muchos árboles al frente. Tendremos el portón abierto. Se puede estacionar en la grama afuera del portón.
Disfruten el viaje. Le esperamos. 

Elena Biamon and Elizama Montalvo's Cancer Prevention presentation.

   On August 24,2013; Elena Biamon & Elizama Montalvo gave a wonderful presentation on : Cancer Prevention and Whole Foods; to a group of medical practitioners. The audience were very appreciative and amazed on how simple foods can be medicinal and delicious simultaneously. Elena's style of hands on approach gave everyone a true sense of community, with a dash of intimacy. The purpose of this event was targeted for wellness and culinary reasons, but they were able to promote the organic markets and agriculture providers, La Chiwinha, FreshMart, Organization Boricua, etc. The medical group donated, $200.00 to Dalma's trip to Terra Madre in Italy next year; this gives us a grand total of $755.00.