Laguna Bacalar Institute

International Holistic Symposium

Bacalar, Mexico

Southern Yucatan Peninsula

January 8 - 10, 2010

Agenda

Thursday, January 7

  6:30 pm,   Reception - Social

     Los Aluxes Club Nautico (on the Costera)

Friday, January 8

Club de Vela (on the Lake by the square)

8:45am - 9:00amMorning Gratitude

9:00am - 9:15amMaya Curandero (Shaman) Ritual (TBA)

9:15am - 9:30amWelcome, Denise Keenan, Organizer

          Announcements, Polly Gropen (Administrative Director)

  9:30am - 10:00am     Mallanalli,  Lomi Lomi, Flying Hawaiian Bodywork

10:00am - 10:30am     Barbara Neebel Meier, Crafting a Powerful Prayer

10:30am - 10:45am     Beverage Break

10:45am - 11:15am     Dotty Bacon, Nia Movement

11:15am - 11:45am     Louise Keenan, Holistic Laughing Yoga

11:45am - 12:15pm     Peggy Kaune, Aromatherapy- Body Magic

12:15pm - 12:45pm    Christianne Hall, Spirit Light - Healing Sound

Lunch

Workshop Concurrent Session I*

  2:00pm - 4:00pmMallanalli:  Lomi Lomi, Flying Hawaiian Bodywork (Gaia)

  4:00pm - 6:00pmChristianne Hall: Spirit Light - Healing Sound (Gaia)

  6:00pm - 7:30pmLouise Keenan: Holistic Laughing Yoga (Gaia)

Workshop Concurrent Session II*

  2:00pm - 4:00pmBarbara Neebel Meier: Crafting a Powerful Prayer (Casita Carolina)

  4:00pm - 6:00pmDotty Bacon: Nia Movement (Casita Carolina)

  6:00pm - 7:30pmPeggy Kaune: Aromatherapy- Body Magic (Casita Carolina)

*Participants will be able to choose any three workshops on Friday

Saturday, January 9

Club de Vela (on the Lake by the square)

  9:00am -   9:30amDenise Keenan, Hypno-Breathing

  9:30am - 10:45amDeva Avishta, Meditative Dance

10:45am - 10:00amRiver Kaaster, Earth Essence

       10:00am - 10:30am       Diana Guarneros, Spirit of Art

10:30am - 10:45amBeverage Break

10:45am - 11:15amLisa Tracy, Liquid Light Temple Ritual

11:15am - 11:45amEllen Pinnell, Awareness Through Movement

11:45am - 12:15amCuauhtémoc Hernández Maya, Integrative Medicine

Lunch

Workshop Concurrent Session I**

2:00pm - 4:00pmCuauhtémoc Hernández Maya: Integrative Medicine (Gaia)

4:00pm - 6:00pmDenise Keenan: Hypno-Breathing (Gaia)

Workshop Concurrent Session II**

  2:00pm - 4:00pmEllen Pinnell: Awareness Through Movement (Casita Carolina)

  4:00pm - 6:00pmDeva Avishta: Meditative Dance (Casita Carolina)

Note: Diana Guarneros will present a workshop, "Spirit of Art"; time to be determined

**Participants will be able to choose any three workshops on Friday

Trance Dance 7:30pm (Casita Carolina)

Sunday, January 10

Boat Trip/Breakfast

9:00 - 11:00 Breakfast Cruise on Laguna Bacalar (departing from Club de Vela)

Workshop Sessions

1:00pm - 3:00pm Lisa Tracy: Liquid Light Temple Ritual (in-water at Quinta Mai)

3:00pm - 5:00pm River Kaster: Earth Essence (Quinta Mai)

Be in touch...

Mallanalli

You are the water...

The interface is a moment of transition, the blending of one thought into another, until an action blisters from it.

Certification for completion

Integrative Holistic Practitioner

Two days of presentations and five workshops.

Sign-up at symposium.

Certification included with registration.

For CE credit details for Massage Therapists

contact Barbara Neebel Meier

at Windemere Institute of Healing Arts

Certification

(CE credits available)

Self-sustainability

  7th Essence: Earth Scent

  7th Anima Mundo: Conexión

Earth Scent and Conexión, River Kaaster

Hypno-Breathing, Denise Keenan

Field Trips (fee required) Sign-up will be available at the symposium.

OLaguna Bacalar Breakfast Cruise (Club de Vela) $35

      with visit at a local artifact collector (small donation) .

      8:00 am departure

OChacchoben Maya Ruins -- Three hour tour in English from Bacalar, $40 with transportation/$10 per                                  person, meet at site (30 minutes from Bacalar) and two hours touring at the site (Four-dollar entrance                            fee included). Tour at the site starts at 9:30 (six persons minimum). Meeting place for those without

                       transportation: Outside Bacalar’s Fort at 8:45am.

ORio Chaac Float Trip. We will pontoon/ponga up the "Rapids" and float down the Rio Chaac (Maya Rain  

                     god). This is a relaxing float amongst the giant stromatolites and an experience to be had nowhere else                        in the world.   $20 (est)

     OMany other trips can be arranged, e.g., zip line through the jungle canopy, bicycles in the

                      jungle, hiking the jungle, birding, etc.

7th Essence: Earth Scent

Lomi Lomi, Flying Hawaiian Bodywork, Mallanalli*

Awareness Through Movement, Ellen Pinnell

Movement Through Awareness

**Meals are not included with the registration fee and can be paid at the time of service.  All prices in U.S. dollars.

Spirit Light - Healing Sound, Christianne Hall

Meditative Dance, Deva Avishta*

Move Like Wind

Workshops are variable in length, but generally about 2 hours.

*Some workshops may require a small fee to cover venue costs and other expenses.

Individual private sessions can be arranged directly with practitioners.

Time is not digital...

...anymore than space is digital.

There is no instant snapshot...

...there is no now.      

       Anima Mundo

TBA

Nia Movement , Dotty Bacon

movement-healing for the body and soul

Can you smell the beauty?

Holistic Laughter Yoga, Louise Keenan

Aromatherapy: Body Magic, Peggy Kaune

Phytoessence

Crafting a Powerful Prayer, Barbara Neebel Meier

Windemere

Integrative Medicine, Cuauhtémoc Hernández Maya*

Tao of Healing

Hypnosis

Laughter Healing

Liquid Light Temple Ritual (in-water), Lisa Tracy

Diana Guarneros, Spirit of Art

Art for Mind and BodyHealing