{"id":1557,"date":"2015-09-27T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2015-09-27T08:58:24","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T12:58:24","slug":"you-can-heal-you-virginia-m-harper-digestive-wellness-workshop-the-kushi-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=1557","title":{"rendered":"You Can Heal You: Virginia M. Harper-Digestive Wellness Workshop @ the Kushi Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The first of this beautiful season of Autumn took its place amongst us this week.\u00a0 Here in the Berkshires, MA I had the pleasure of finding myself celebrating it with those at the Kushi Institute<\/a>, the leading\u00a0center\u00a0in the world for\u00a0macrobiotics founded by Micho Kushi.\u00a0 Located in Beckett, MA a short distance from my home I traveled up the roads through the trees and crisp air to find myself plateaued over looking beautiful majestic hills and valleys.<\/p>\n

There nestled between the trees I had the pleasure of being welcomed into the season with through the personal staff of the Kushi Institute.\u00a0\u00a0Sitting to the\u00a0family style table of delicious meals shared with\u00a0the community of participants who\u00a0attended the workshop we all gathered\u00a0enjoying the bounty of health and wellness the center has to offer.<\/p>\n

I went to the Kushi Institute as an assistant to Ms. Virginia M. Harper founder of You Can Heal You<\/strong><\/a>, a\u00a0healing program for Crohns and Colitis.\u00a0\u00a0She led a workshop September 20th-26th\u00a0entitled Controlling Crohn\u2019s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis thru<\/em> Diet!<\/a>\u00a0 The workshop consisted of informative lectures\u00a0along with macrobiotic cooking demonstrations supported by the Kushi Institute.<\/p>\n

We welcomed participants to share of their stories reflecting on health and healing while they\u00a0gained hands-on techniques and practices that support digestive wellness and\u00a0been effective for over 35 years in allowing Virginia M. Harper to be\u00a0Crohns\u00a0free.\u00a0 I was invited by Ms. Virginia M. Harper\u00a0to assist in her facilitation of the workshop\u00a0having supported clients in her Private Residential Intensive Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a former participant in her program\u00a0I was able to share of my own experiences with Ulcerative Colitis and my life since having attended You Can Heal You<\/span>.\u00a0 Along with the healing cooking and food choice practices that I have adopted into my life from learning about macrobiotics through Virginia M. Harper, I reflected on how I have approached healing.<\/p>\n

Healing as a life-long commitment to remaining aware of myself is the\u00a0choice that I have embraced as part of my desire to be happy.\u00a0 Living in self-awareness and appreciation has been a guiding thread I\u00a0keep weaving in and out of the\u00a0tapestry that is created day by day by how I treat myself and\u00a0relate to the world around me.<\/p>\n

This was how I began the first of the Autumn season, amongst those who like myself have\u00a0sought\u00a0a way through their discomforts to gain a better understanding of themselves of their condition and understand their own pathway of healing.\u00a0 Autumn is a season that opens the way for us to look within.<\/p>\n

I invite you in this season of Autumn to take a\u00a0moment of reflection on what your approach to healing has been and\u00a0how you have approached yourself\u00a0in adopting\u00a0healthy practices into your life.\u00a0\u00a0Perhaps there are openings into yourself\u00a0and how you bring wellness into your daily life you would like to\u00a0visit.<\/p>\n

Next blog will focus on Digestive Wellness for Autumn: Seasonal Cooking and Digestive Tips<\/p>\n

In health,<\/p>\n

Safara<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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