Crazy Wisdom Salons Spring 2012
7 pm in the Tea Room • Free
February 2
Occupy Wall Street (and Ann Arbor) A Conversation about its Local and National Meaning
Alan Haber and Odile Hugonot HaberPhoto by Janice Luft
Occupy Wall Street burst upon our consciousness, and now it's an election year. We've invited Alan Haber and Odile Hugonot Haber to help us deconstruct all that has been happening. Alan is a cabinet maker, Odile a nurse. In the 1960's, he was an initiator of SDS, and she was a participant in the May 1968 uprisings in Paris. Both have been involved in "Occupy Ann Arbor" from its beginning, and will come with other participants in this unfolding political action. An evening of lively discussion is intended.
March 15th
Food as a Path to Health and Healing
This Salon explores the relationship between food, health and healing from the perspective of an integrative family physician, a chef and social entrepreneur, and an environmental activist. This discussion will explore the evolving healthy food revolution that is transforming the ways in which we view food and nutrition from the dinner table, to hospital and school cafeterias, to the Farm Bill.
Facilitator: Lucinda Kurtz, M.A., Healing Science Practitioner and Outreach and Communications Director, Fair Food Network; Alicia Cohen, MD, Integrative Medicine Fellow, Clinical Lecturer, Dept. of Family Medicine, U of M; Hillary M. Bisnett, Healthy Food in Health Care Program Director, Ecology Center; Dena Jaffee, Culinary Coordinator, WholeHeart Group, Ann Arbor’s new social enterprise centered on healthy, prepared food and services.
April 26
Kids Pick Up on EVERYTHING: How Parental Stress Is Toxic to Kids
& What Parents Can Do About It
We fool ourselves if we think our children don’t pick up on our stress. David Code, author of the book, Kids Pick Up on EVERYTHING, says, “Stressed parents create stressed children.” His research and that of others is beginning to show that parental stress is the real toxin affecting children’s health. Research suggests that, when parents relax more, children begin to learn better and show less anger or fear and have fewer physical and emotional problems. Code appeals to parents to relax and socialize more!
Facilitator: Carole Kirby, LMSW. Carole is an Imago therapist and workshop presenter who specializes in working with couples. Panelists -- To Be Announced.
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Thursday, March 18th. Crazy Wisdom Salon Series -- Who (or What) Are You, Really? Most of us think of ourselves as some sort of combination of ego, psyche, personality, character, roles and image. Is this all we actually are, or is this a fiction? What do the wisdom traditions say about who or what we truly are? Come join us for a conversation, plus experiments/exercises, in discovering our true nature. Facilitator: Sandy Wiener, former board chair for Deep Spring Center and the Rudolph Steiner School. Guest Speakers: Richard Mann is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Studies in Religion at the University of Michigan. His most recent book was a study of the teachings of the founder of Siddha Yoga, Swami Muktananda. His courses have been on psychology and spiritual development, and on consciousness. George SanFacon served as Director of the Housing Facilities Department at the University of Michigan, where he pioneered implementing a council-of-equals approach to organizational governance. He now works as a part-time caretaker and host at a private retreat center in the Irish Hills, and is active in the environmental movement. He is a deep student of consciousness.
The Last Lecture Series 2009
If you have only a few months to live, what wisdom would you want to impart to the world if you know it is your last chance? What has really mattered to you? What thoughts and feelings and insights do you most want to express?
Taking a page from the best-selling book, The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch, we have asked three thoughtful and provocative Ann Arborites to “consider their demise and ruminate on what matters most to them.”
This video is from the February 19th lecture and features Max Heirich, U-M Sociology Professor Emeritus and the father of Ann Arbor’s holistic health care movement.