Raising a Healthy Generation with Bella and Jake Tan Adult Health begins in Childhood October 22-23, 2011 ISIP Center, Makati City Meet the pioneers of Steiner early childhood education in the Philippines, Bella and Jake Tan, in this one-and-a-half day workshop. They will talk about the stages of the child’s development from the anthroposophic perspective. Understand the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of the child, and how the quality of nutrition, the type of education, medical interventions, the nature of habits, family issues, and other factors directly impact the health of the child, which in turn influence the health of the adult. Practical tips and suggestions will also be given to address current health and lifestyle issues. Who should attend Parents, educators, health care practitioners, and anyone with a personal interest in their own health and healing! Workshop fee: P3,650, workshop only Family discount! Bring your spouse, co-parent, or one other person significant in your child’s upbringing and you get 50% off!
Institutional rates for groups of 3 or more! For information on institutional rates, accommodations, and full schedule, contact ISIP Center at Phone: +63 2 899 4675. Mobile: +63 947 448 5119 Email: ISIP.Philippines@gmail.com Facebook: Look up ‘ISIP’ Manila Schedule Day One, Oct 22, Saturday Morning
9:00 Lecture: Childhood & Development Phases 10:30 Break 11:00 Lecture: The Incarnation Process 12:00 Lunch Afternoon
2:00 Lecture: Reforming the Inherited Body (Fevering, Childhood Illnesses) 3:30 Break
4:00 Lecture: Nutrition & Health (Weaning Process, Food, Sleep, Forming Good Habits)
5:00 End of Day One Day Two, Oct 23, Sundat Morning
9:00 Lecture: Dreamy Consciousness of the Child (Play & Toys, Imagination & Phantasy) 10:30 Break 11:00 Role of the Adult in Nurturing the Child 12:00 End of Workshop
Realizing Community with Gabriele Niemann
Managing and Resolving Conflicts in a Group Setting
October 28-30, 2011 Prado Farms, Lubao, Pampanga DON'T MISS this 3-day workshop facilitated by Gabriele Niemann, a mix of practical exercises, observations, conversations and lectures that explore how individuals react, operate and achieve their goals in group settings. Dynamic Exercises with Body Movement, Speech and Art explore areas where conflicts arise, and how they are resolved. Gabriele Niemann is a consultant mainly for Steiner schools and for other organizations. She works for the consulting group Akademie für Entwicklungsbegleitung, which organizes an annual symposium on leadership and conflict management in educational establishments. One of her main emphases is to work with colleagues on questions such as how a healthy social life can be destroyed, or developed, with questions and answers on conflict solution.
Gabriele’s conflict solution work focuses on coaching in mobbing situations, burnouts, mediation and conflicts in personnel development, mainly in educational institutes. She also does conflict moderations, and trains groups who are responsible for personnel matters.
Who should attend HR practitioners, group therapy and workshop facilitators, corporate and institutional leaders/managers, school and healthcare administrators, community organizers, NGO executives and staff. Workshop fee: P7,750 (meals not included) Institutional rates for groups of 3 or more! For information on institutional rates, accommodations, and full schedule, contact ISIP Center at Phone: +63 2 899 4675; Mobile: +63 947 448 5119 Email: ISIP.Philippines@gmail.com Facebook: Look up ‘ISIP’ Manila
The Celebration continues!
This October 2011, join us as we honor the legacy of Rudolf Steiner on his 150th birth anniversary. We invite you to participate in a series of workshops acknowledging Steiner's insights and contribution, and his call to bring inner consciousness to outer work.
Events are either at Prado Farms, a living bio-dynamic farm north of Metro Manila, Philippines or at ISIP Center, Makati City. Immerse yourself for a day, a week, two weeks, as you choose your event:
(Rates in Pesos for Philippine residents, other promos apply for overseas participants)
October 11
Pictures of the Transformation of Humanity
A Three-hour Lecture with Van James
Fee: Php 500
For teachers and students: Php 300
ISIP Center, Makati City
Join Hawaii-based art educator and artist Van James for an evening lecture as he takes you on a visual journey of the evolution of human consciousness as shown through Art.
October 13
Practical Abundance:
A Hands-on Training on Bio-dynamic Agriculture with Greg Kitma
Fee: Php 2250 including meals
Super Saver rate: Php 1,800 workshop only
Institutional rates also available for groups of 3 or more! Prado Farms, Lubao, Pampanga
Join Greg Kitma, practicing bio-dynamic farmer, lecturer, and expert on natural and organic farming. for a hands-on day at the Farm. In the morning, you will learn why bio-dynamic farming is one of the most earth-friendly and ecologically sound agricultural methods, resulting in produce bursting with vitality and living nutrients. In the afternoon, you will visit an actual, viable bio-dynamic farm and get training on bio-dynamic compost preparation, stirring and spraying .
Oct 14-19
The Transformative Power of Art
Drawing the Evolution of Consciousness with Van James
Fee:
For all 5.5 days: Php10,500* includes workshop fee and art supplies;
For weekend only (Fri-Sat): Php 6,250 for Fri-Sat-Sun includes workshop fee and art supplies;
Meals and accommodations separate
Package rate: Php 18,500* includes meals and accommodations
(based on triple-sharing or dorm-style)
Ask about our Institutional rates for NGOs, non-profit organizations and schools!
Prado Farms, Lubao, Pampanga
* Includes one seat to an evening lecture by Van James, Pictures of the Transformation of Humanity, on October 11 at ISIP Center, Makati City. See above for details.
In this Visual Arts retreat-workshop, renowned teaching artist Van James, author of Spirit and Art: Pictures of the Transformation of Consciousness, and The Secret Language of Form, will lead you through an exploration of some of the historical developments in art from the point of view of the evolution of consciousness and an anthroposophical understanding of the human being.
Amidst the rustic abundance and lush foliage that mark Prado Farms, in Lubao, Pampanga, the retreat-workshop is an immersion for the soul, even as it expresses itself through Art.
BONUS! Get one seat free to Pictures of the Transformation of Humanity, an evening lecture by Van James on Oct 11 at ISIP Center, Makati.
Oct 22-23
Raising a Healthy Generation
Adult Health begins in Childhood with Bella and Jake Tan
Fee: Php 3,650 workshop only
Family discount! Bring your spouse, co-parent, or one other person significant in your child’s upbringing and you get 50% off!
Institutional rates also available for groups of 3 or more! ISIP Center, Makati City
Right after the retreat-workshop, you have the opportunity to meet the pioneers of Steiner early childhood education in the Philippines, Bella and Jake Tan of Rudolf Steiner Education in the Philippines (RStEP). In this one-and-a-half day workshop, Bella and Jake will talk about the stages of the child’s development from the anthroposophic perspective. They will discuss the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of the child, and how the quality of nutrition, the type of education, medical interventions, the nature of habits, family issues, and other factors directly impact the health of the child, which in turn influence the health of the adult. Practical tips and suggestions will also be given to address current health and lifestyle issues.
Bella Tan is an early childhood educator, teacher/trainer and mentor for RStEP. She is a pioneer of Steiner/Waldorf education in the country, having introduced it in the Philippines in 1992. Trained in Australia, Bella initiated the Parent-Toddlers Program in 1997. She also writes children’s books.
Joaquin (Jake) Tan is a natural health practitioner and teacher/trainer for RStEP. He is the author of Healing Ourselves: A Guide to Creative, Responsive, and Self-Reliant Medicine, and of the newly published Healing Ourselves from Medicine: How Anthroposophy can Save Your Life.
Oct 28-30
Realizing Community
Managing and Resolving Conflicts in a Group Setting with Gabriele Niemann
Fee: Php 10,400 including meals
Super Saver rate: Php 7,750 workshop only
Institutional rates also available for groups of 3 or more!
ISIP Center, Makati City
Stay on a little longer and DON'T MISS the opportunity to join Gabriele Niemann, coach, Waldorf school consultant, and expert on conflict solution. This three-day workshop is a mix of practical exercises, observations, conversations and lectures that show how individuals react, operate and achieve their goals in group settings. Dynamic Exercises with Body Movement, Speech and Art explore areas where conflicts arise, and how they are resolved. Participants who will benefit are those in the field of HR work, group therapy and workshop facilitators, corporate and institutional leaders/managers, school and healthcare administrators, community organizers, NGO executives and staff.
Gabriele Niemann is a consultant mainly for Waldorf schools and other organizations. She works for the consulting group Akademie für Entwicklungsbegleitung, which organizes an annual symposium on leadership and conflict management in educational establishments. One of her main emphases is to work with colleagues on questions such as how a healthy social life can be destroyed, or developed, with questions and answers on conflict solution.
Gabriele’s conflict solution work focuses on coaching in mobbing situations, burnouts, mediation and conflicts in personnel development, mainly in educational institutes. She also does conflict moderation, and trains groups who are responsible for personnel matters.
Attend all workshops above. and attendance to Practical Abundance is FREE!
For inquiries on full schedule, and different package rates for meals and accommodations at Prado Farms, email ISIP.Philippines@gmail.com,
call +63 2 899 4675, text +63 947 448 5119
Schedule of Activities Oct 11 Lecture: Pictures of the Transformation of Humanity 5:30pm-8:30pm Van James ISIP Center, Makati City Fee: P500 Oct 13 Hands-on workshop: Practical Abundance: An Introduction to Bio-Dynamic Farming 9:00am-5:00pm Greg Kitma Prado Farms, Lubao, Pampanga Fee: P2,250 with meals; Super saver: 1,800 workshop only FREE if you attend all workshops!
Oct 14-19 Retreat-workshop: Transformative Power of Art: Drawing the Evolution of Consciousness Van James Prado Farms, Lubao, Pampanga (starts evening of Oct 14, ends noontime Oct 19) Fee: P10,500 workshop only; Week-end rate of P6,250 for Fri-Sat-Sun only package rate of P18,500 for workshop, meals and accommodations (based on triple sharing). Also includes attendance to Pictures of the Transformation of Humanity lecture
Oct 23-24 Workshop: Raising a Healthy Generation: Adult Health begins in Childhood Bella and Jake Tan ISIP Center, Makati City Workshop fee: P3,650 workshop only Oct 28-30 Workshop: Realizing Community: Managing and Resolving Conflicts in Group Settings Gabriele Niemann ISIP Center, Makati City Workshop fee: P10,400 with meals; Super saver: P7,750 workshop only Separate accommodation rates available for Kera Kera Eco Lodge at Prado Farms Institutional and group discount rates apply! Attend all workshops and Practical Abundance is FREE!
The Transformative Power of Art
Drawing the Evolution of Consciousness
A retreat-workshop with Van James
October 14-19, 2011
Prado Farms, Lubao Pampanga
For artists, teachers, art therapists, and creative people of all kinds.
Join renowned teaching artist Van James, author of Spirit and Art: Pictures of the Transformation of Consciousness, and The Secret Language of Form, on a visual arts retreat workshop as he leads you through an exploration of some of the historical developments in art from the point of view of the evolution of consciousness and an anthroposophical understanding of the human being.
Over a period of five-and-a-half days, the course will be approached by way of practical studio sessions complemented by illustrated lecture-demonstrations. All art work will be done in pastels on paper.
Topics include:
- The Origins of Art and Humanity
- Images from the Cave
- The Secret Language of Form
- Mandala: The Universal Self
- Graeco-Roman Aesthetic and the Renaissance
- Impressionism and Expressionism
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Anthroposophical Art
Eurythmy and singing are interspersed through the days, with music and poetry at night. Amidst the rustic abundance and lush foliage that mark Prado Farms, in Lubao, Pampanga, the retreat-workshop is an immersion for the soul, even as it expresses itself through Art.
For information on fees, meals and accommodations, and full schedule, contact ISIP Center and provide your email address and cell number:
Phone: +63 2 899 4675
Mobile: +63 947 448 5119; +63 917 557 7427
Email: ISIP.Philippines@gmail.com
FB: ISIP Manila
The Transformative Power of Art is the first of a series of modules leading to a certificate in the Anthroposophical Visual Arts Training in Painting and Drawing course.
This course will take place over four years and will serve as a practical introduction into the breadth of anthroposophical research into the arts of painting and drawing. These short term, full-time workshops can be taken individually or as a group and may give rise to further, in-depth trainings in specific artistic disciplines. Course work will be assigned to participants for completion between annual workshops. A certificate of completion will be given when all work assignments are finished.
About Van James
Van James is a teaching artist at the Honolulu Waldorf School and chairman of the Anthroposophical Society in Hawai'i. He is an art instructor at the Kula Makua Waldorf Teacher Training program in Honolulu and is a guest teacher at Rudolf Steiner College in California, Taruna College in New Zealand, and the Chengdu Teacher Training in China. He is the editor of Pacifica Journal and author of several books on culture and the arts, including: Spirit and Art and The Secret Language of Form.
Practical Abundance with Greg Kitma An Introduction to Bio-dynamic Farming 9am-5pm October 13, 2011 Prado Farms, Lubao, Pampanga Join Greg Kitma, practicing bio-dynamic farmer, lecturer, and expert on organic and natural farming, for a hands-on day at the Farm! In the morning, he will give an introductory talk on Rudolf Steiner’s ideas and contribution to the field of New Ecology. You will learn why bio-dynamic farming is one of the most earth-friendly and ecologically sound agricultural methods, resulting in vegetables bursting with vitality and living nutrients. Learn how this holistic method works in partnership with the invisible life-forces embedded in plants and animals. In the afternoon, you will work the earth so the earth works for all of us! Visit an actual, viable bio-dynamic farm, and get touchy-feely literally as Greg Kitma shows how to enliven the forces of life through bio-dynamic methods. Get training on compost-making, and stirring and preparing the sprays for field and garden applications. Bring hats, wear cool comfortable clothes. Who should attend Farmers, farm owners, gardeners, agriculture students, agriculturists, and anyone interested in understanding food and farming in harmony with the cosmos! Workshop fee: P2,250 (includes handouts, snacks, farm tour, and a sumptuous Harvest Lunch!) Super saver rate: P1,800 workshop only Institutional rates for groups of 3 or more! For information on institutional rates, accommodations, and full schedule, contact ISIP Center at Phone: +63 2 899 4675. Mobile: +63 947 448 5119 Email: ISIP.Philippines@gmail.com Facebook: Look up ‘ISIP’ Manila
“Education is an art, and art is an essential means of educating both children and adults.”
“What we express through art often touches the deeper levels of our understanding.”
“Art educates and education can be a lively art.”
Lecture fee - P400
About the speaker:
Van James is a teaching-artist at the Honolulu Waldorf School and the Kula Makua Teacher Training program in Hawai’i. He is a regular, visiting instructor at Rudolf Steiner College in California, Taruna College in New Zealand and the Chengdu Teacher Training in China. He is chair of the Anthroposophical Society in Hawai’i, and a member of the Asia-Pacific Anthroposophical Initiative Group. He is the editor of Pacifica Journal and author of several books on art and archaeology including Spirit and Art: Pictures of the Transformation of Consciousness and The Secret Language of Form: Visual Meaning in Art and Nature. He holds a BFA degree in drawing and painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, and is a graduate of Emerson College, England, and the Goetheanum School of Painting in Switzerland. He lives in Honolulu with his wife, has four grown children and four grandchildren.
Teachings and Meditation with Kadampa Buddhist Nun, Gen Kelsang Yangdak
We are pleased to announce the return of Kelsang Yangdak from Malaysia for her next of teachings. This time she will be focusing on teachings from “The Joyful Path of Good Fortune”, one of the most precious books from the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT).
All teachings will be at ISIP Center, 6241 Palma cor Mañalac Sts., Makati City (near Rockwell and Power Plant). Teachings will be held over 3 days.
In this series of meditation classes, Gen Yangdak will explain Buddha's most basic and profound teachings for a peaceful and happy mind. These teachings help to solve our daily problems and bring happiness to both ourselves and others.
Friday, 1 0ctober
7 pm - 9 pm
Precious Human Life
Saturday, 2 0ctober
10 am - 12 noon
Death & Impermanence
230 pm - 430 pm
Refuge Practice
Sunday, 3 October
10 am - 12 noon
Cause and Effect
Teacher:
Gen Kelsang Yangdak is the Resident Teacher at Compassion Buddhist Meditation Society in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, A disciple of Venerable Geshe-la, Gen Yangdak has been studying and practicing Kadampa Buddhism for many years. Her joyful approach to Buddha’s teachings provides an inspiring example to many. Her teachings are practical and accessible to everyone.
Venue:
ISIP Center, 6241 Palma cor Mañalac Sts., Makati City (near Rockwell and Power Plant).
RSVP/inquiry:
Mobile: 09178464729
Email: blissnbaguio@yahoo.com
http://blissnbaguio.multiply.com/
Fee:
Donation for teaching is very welcome
Meals:
Packed vegetarian lunch at P150. Reservations required.
Bliss Cafe has been assisting NKT Buddhism in cooperation with Gen Kelsang Tonglam the Asian Spiritual Director of NKT since 2007. Books, CDs and videos from the tradition are available at the cafe.
Want to learn more about NKT? Visit www.kadampa.org
On Sept. 4, Prado Farms will host a hands-on training on biodynamic agriculture called Practical Abundance, will discuss the basics of biodynamic agriculture and how it keeps nature in balance. Participants will receive training on actual biodynamic compost preparation, stirring and spraying from one of the country’s experts, Gregory Kitma. Kitma, president of the Philippine Bio-dynamic Agriculture Research Foundation, Inc. (PhilBio), says biodynamic agriculture revitalizes the life forces of the soil, stimulating root growth, microorganism production, and humus formation. The method makes use of sprays and soil starter preparations derived from cow manure, herbs and mineral substances that will be applied to soil and plants. Biodynamic soils absorb and hold back large amounts of water, and assist in lessening the severity of floods. PhilBio is a non-government organization that aims to promote biodynamic agriculture in the country. Together with a small group of vegetable farmers in the province Benguet and Mt Province, Kitma also serves as a consultant for organic and bio-dynamic agriculture to various NGOs and individuals in the country. The training is open to farm owners who wish to introduce biodynamic agricultural process in their lands or know more about the benefits of the system, farmers who want to learn about implementation of the bio-dynamic process, agricultural students, professors, NGO professionals, and other individulas who wish to learn more about biodynamic farming and are interested in the practical application of Rudolf Steiner’s Ideas on anthroposophy. Training will be held in Prado Farms in Prado Siongco, Lubao, Pampanga. For inquiries and reservations, contact (02) 899-4675, text 0920-9831329 or email ISIP.Philippines@gmail.com.
Farming in Harmony with the Cosmos: Introduction to Bio-dynamic Agriculture
Thursday, September 2, 2010, 6:00pm-8:30pm
ISIP Center, 6241 Palma cor Mañalac St., Makati City (near Rockwell)
FEE: P600 including handouts and light snack
The Institute for Steiner’s Ideas in Practice (ISIP) Philippines presents a lecture by Gregory Kitma, one of the country’s leading experts on Bio-dynamic Farming. The evening introductory lecture aims to provide the participants with the basic philosophy, principles, and methods of Bio-dynamic agriculture.
Bio-dynamic farmers take the organic concept further. The approach is holistic, recognizing that there are invisible life forces embedded in plants and animals that work in partnership. There is a recognition that the whole earth is a living organism in harmony with the vast cosmos, and each farm is unique. The result is food within nature’s organization bursting with health and vitality.
Fee: P600, inclusive of handouts and light snacks
Schedule:
5:30pm Registration and snacks
6:00pm-8:30pm Lecture
For reservations and inquiries Call (02) 899 46 75, text 0920 983 1329 or email ISIP.Philippines@gmail.com
Dr. Marian Alonzo is a graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, and did her internship at the Philippine General Hospital. Her field is Natural Medicine specializing in Behavioral Biochemistry (Switzerland) and she received post-graduate training in Biography Work and Art Therapy (a three-year course under Hibernia College in England) and Anthroposophic Medicine. She has worked as travelling consultant doctor internationally (France, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, HK, Taiwan, Singapore) and locally (Davao, General Santos, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Baguio etc.). She was a consultant physician for CHI-Med Asia, and Medical Chief from 2005 to 2008 at The Farm at San Benito, a health resort in Lipa, Batangas internationally recognized for its healing programs and healthy cuisine. She also has her own private practice.
Dr Paulita V Baclig is a graduate of the UP College of Medicine, Class 1980. She completed her residency training in Family Medicine, at the UP-PGH in 1985. In 1988, she received her Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Hawaii.
Her passion for disease prevention and health promotion led her to Integrative Family Medicine. Thus, she pursued trainings in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nutritional Medicine, and Anthroposophic Medicine in Japan, USA, Switzerland and Australia.
Dr. Baclig is committed to the practice of scientifically-based, safe and effective Integrative Medicine. Her dream is to establish an Integrative Teaching Hospital where “caring for the carers” is given special attention. In this hospital, integrative medicine is carefully researched, competently practiced and holistically taught to doctors and medical students. In 1995, she developed the module for doctors and medical students entitled “ And How Am I Going to Take Care of Myself, as a Doctor?” which she taught to the medical students of Ateneo de Cagayan de Oro, College of Medicine and later to the UP Medicine students doing their electives.
Dr. Baclig is a Fellow of the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians and a Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Family Medicine, UP-PGH. She is a member of PAAHPI and its immediate past president.
Dr. Baclig is a Certified Medical Acupuncturist (PITAHC, Manila), a Certified Anthroposophic Physician (Switzerland), and an Art and Biography Therapist certified by Hibernia, England. She is the Founder and President of Clinica Blumea: Center for Integrative Medicine located in Makati and Quezon City. Dr. Ferdinand S. Brawner is a graduate of the UP College of Medicine, Class 2004. He is also a registered Physical Therapist and an International Coach in General Body Conditioning. As a member of the Medical Commission of the Philippine Olympic Committee, Dr. Brawner provides the valuable medical care our best athletes need during their competitions abroad. He is also the Assistant Coach for the National Archery Association of the Philippines. Dr. Brawner received his training in General Body Conditioning at the Institute of Coaching and Sports Education, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. From 2006-2008, Dr. Brawner was in the Medical Team of the famous Hippocrates Health Resort of Asia, or more popularly known as The Farm in San Benito, Batangas. Dr. Brawner is a member of the Philippine Association of Anthroposophic Health Practitioners, Inc. He is a candidate for Certification as an Art and Biography Therapist (Hibernia, England) and as a Curative Movement Therapist (Dornach, Switzerland). Presently, Dr. Brawner oversees the Pain and Posture Management Specialty Services of Clinica Blumea. In Clinica Blumea, aside from taking care of patients in pain, several of our local athletes consult him regularly for their general body conditioning. Damarisa B. Ceriales is a registered nurse and has practiced as the Rhythmical Massage Therapist and Senior Anthroposophic Nurse at Clinica Blumea since 1995, soon after graduating from nursing school. Ms. Ceriales trained in Rhythmical Massage at the Margarethe Hauschka Schule in Boll Germany, under the mentorship of the world renowned therapist, the late Irmgard Marbach who was then in her late 70s. She trained in Anthroposophic Nursing at the Taruna College, New Zealand and underwent clinical perceptorship at Ita Wegman Klinik, in Switzerland. Ms. Ceriales completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the Western Mindanao State University, Zamboanga City. Ms. Ceriales is a Certified Acupuncturist (PITAHC, Manila) and a Candidate for Certification in Anthroposophic Nursing (Switzerland). She is a Member of the Board of Directors of Clinica Blumea. Dr Cricket Chen is a board-certified Pediatrician. She is a graduate of the UP College of Medicine (class’95) and took her residency training program in Pediatrics at the Makati Medical Center where she also served as Chief Resident. She then apprenticed under Dr. Luis Rivera (pedia pulmo) and Dr. Luis Mabilangan (pedia cardio). Her interest, however, was in the field of health and salutogenesis so she took up further studies in Anthroposophic Medicine (the Goetheanum, Switzerland), a five-year year international post-graduate training course. Her current practice is a combination of conventional and natural medicine with great emphasis on the promotion of health, something so essential to an incarnating child. She is affiliated with Makati Medical Center and the new St.Luke’s Global in the Fort. Reimon Gutierrez - to follow Dr Jennifer S. Madamba is a Development Worker, Physician-Acupuncturist, a Certified Family Physician by the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians and received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of the Philippines, Manila and her Pre-Med, magna cum laude from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Currently the Advocacy, Networking, Research and Training (ART) Program Coordinator for Integrative Medicine for Alternative Health Care Systems (INAM) Philippines, Dr Madamba uses an integrative approach, having studied Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anthroposophic Medicine, Energy Medicine, and Philippine Integrative Medicine. She has also been the NGO consultant for the Philippine Institute for Traditional and Alternative Medicine (PITAHC), Department of Health for the development of competency standards for Tui Na massage and Acupuncture for non-medical practitioners, as well as NGO consultant for the development of courses on traditional and alternative health care in the health sciences curricula. She is a trainer and regular resource person for training on acupuncture and massage therapy for various community groups. Maria Lourdes R. Medrano, DMD graduated Doctor of Dental Medicine from University of the East, Ramon Magsaysay College of Dentistry (UERM) in 1991. She completed 2 years of Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Delaware and Harry S. Truman College in Chicago, Illinois. She also completed the one-year residency training in Pediatric Dentistry at the Pediatric Dentistry Center, Dr. Fe Del Mundo Hospital, Quezon City. She has passed both the Philippine National Dental Board Examination and the American National Board Examination. She has attended seminars in Pediatric Dentistry conducted both in the United States and the Philippines.
Dr Medrano is a Pediatric dentist and General practitioner in Quezon City and Associate Dentist to Dr. Margaret Ascalon-Valdes in Makati City. She is currently a Parent-Child program main teacher at Mikael Playgarden, a Steiner-inspired daycare in Makati City, and has also completed five blocks of Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher Training conducted by Rudolf Steiner Education in the Philippines Foundation (RSTEP). She is a member of the Philippine Pediatric Dental Society, the Philippine Dental Association, and the Kolisko Waldorf School, Inc. Monica Reonisto obtained her BSND (Nutrition Dietetics) from St. Scholastica's College. She was a board placer and experienced work as a nutritionist in a fitness center and nutrition officer the Department of Agriculture. It was in the latter where doors opened to reveal a more meaningful approach to Nutrition. Following a course on bio-dynamic farming, she set up a small garden and ended up overproducing vegetables and herbs. This prompted her to join an organic market to sell the surplus. This in turn led her to supply salad requirements of some restaurants in Manila. Today she chooses to focus on parenting and do some pretend work on the side. Her current endeavour is to produce a snack item (or food line) featuring healthy and locally-sourced ingredients that are safe to eat especially for children who are allergic to wheat and dairy.
Dr Lolet Tan graduated Pre-Med and Medicine at the University of Santo Tomas. She was Specialty Board-certified in OB GYN by the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. She completed the Education Course from the UP Open University and obtained her Education License in 2007. Currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Manila Waldorf School and also its School Doctor since 2004, she initiated the first MWS Upper School along with four other parents in 2004, and has taught all the Life Sciences subjects from then until the present. She has two daughters, the elder being one of the pioneer graduates of MWS Upper School; the younger one is a Class 7 student at MWS Timberland Heights.
SALUTOGENESIS Health and Illness as a way to understand Self and Destiny Aug 19-21, 2010 Conference Program (as of August 10, 2010. Subject to change as conference date approaches) Day 1, Thursday, August 19, 2010 9:00-9:10 - Welcome by Reimon Gutierrez, Founder, ISIP Philippines 9:10-10:30 - Dr Marian I. Alonzo, PAAHPI Well-Being: Generating Optimal Health
The session is designed as an experiential lecture, nourishing the senses in the process and introducing healing modalities like art therapy and healing thru movement. Participants will be acquainted with the universal Principles of Well-Being and learn that choosing a Healthy Lifestyle need not be equated to an experience of limited choices or a life of constraints; nor does it have to be a life of powerlessness over chronic diseases, heavy metals, noise/air pollution and other disease agents. Behind this activity is the carrying thought: Well-Being as a Way of Life, leaving participants inspired and “in love with life” of abundance and vitality. Integral to this would be an introduction to existing systems to ground daydreams to reality and anchoring the language to the world of medicine and biochemistry such the ideas are still connected to the accepted mainstream language of science. 10:30-11:00 - AM Break 11:00-12:00 - Dr Marian I. Alonzo, PAAHPI
With Monica Reonisto Nourishing the Body and Soul: Science and Art of Food Preparation
“Let food be thy medicine!” Hippocrates declared. This session enlivens that statement by showing how food preparation affects the quality of food and its nutritional value, and presenting the latest researches on the body of knowledge on nutrients. This will be tied up with other healing modalities like aromatherapy, herbal medicine etc., connecting biochemical nutritional science with healing traditions like Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. There will be actual food preparation by nutritionist Monica Reonisto who will emphasize the value of eating fresh foods, especially from locally- or regionally-sourced ingredients, with Dr Alonzo providing commentary on the nutritional and biochemical science behind the process. 12:00-1:30 - LUNCH 1:30-3:00 - Dr Jenny Madamba, PAAHPI Hypertension: Your role, An Integrative Approach
Hypertension is multifaceted and multi-related, requiring an integrative approach. This lecture offers:
• a deeper understanding of hypertension
• new insights to desire taking charge of one’s own health
• an enhancement of our ability to cope and recover from hypertension Discussion includes the following aspects:
• The Body in Health; The Body in Disease
• Integrative Approaches
• Disease and Mental Thought Patterns
• Mobilizing Natural Resources of Body and Spirit 3:30-5:00 - Reimon Gutierrez, Founder, ISIP Philippines Healing spaces Day 2, Friday, August 20, 2010 9:00-10:30 - To be confirmed 10:30-11:00 - Dr. Malou Medrano Dental Health as Indispensable Factor in the Healing Equation Teeth are not only for chewing but also act as an indicator of the child’s growth and development, and readiness for school. Science shows that the health of your child’s mouth and teeth affects his entire body, including the heart and the immune system. In my experience, most of us dentists are preoccupied with ‘crisis dental care’ where almost everything we do is repair work. Prevention is the key to good dental health. In this talk, we will learn the importance of diet and proper nutrition and the vital role of breastfeeding in dental development; become familiar with herbs, flower remedies, and homeopathic remedies that can ease dental problems, how you can help your child have a positive attitude about dental visits, plus other practical recommendations to help you engineer your child’s dental future. 11:00-11:15 - AM Break 11:15-12:30 - Dr Cricket Chen, PAAHPI Understanding your Child’s Illness and Simple Measures you can do at Home The concept of Salutogenesis vs. pathogenesis The concept of the four-fold man and how a child incarnates What is the meaning of illness and how it transforms a child What are the factors that generate health and how to restore a healthy state The difference between chemical-based medicines, herbal medicines, homeopathic remedies and anthroposophic remedies: when to use and how to combine Some simple external treatments you can do at home 12:30-2:00 - LUNCH 2:00-3:30 - Dr. Lolet Tan, PAAHPI Illness with No Name: what our organs are telling us You find yourself feeling that there is something not right with you and yet you’ve been told by your doctor that there is nothing wrong with you. All the diagnostics and laboratory results, which have cost you an arm and a leg, have come back negative. The well-meaning loving Doctor sends you home, reassuring you that all will be fine. Yet, you feel something is still not right. These signs may not necessarily point to a particular illness, but they are there for a reason. Find out how your organs make themselves felt by sending us subtle messages. You may not be ill, but you are not entirely in perfect health. 3:45-5:00 - Dr. Lolet Tan, PAAHPI Menopause and dealing with other life transitions Day 3, Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:00-12:00 - Anthroposophia Wellness Foundatin, Inc. (AWFI)
with Lormie Lazo, Susan Quimpo, ]Susana Calalay-Yniguez, Tina Tioseco Change of HeArt, Hands-On: Art for Healing and Self-Learning
This workshop will give participants a taste of how the innovative use of art therapy combined with a close study of one’s personal biography can be a potent tool for healing. Therapeutic art as a means of expression, and therefore emotional release, may now be administered in workshops much like “psychological first aid.” Whereas several sessions of combined biography work and art therapy, done with close coordination with medical doctors, provide a non-threatening approach to psychological counseling. Through time and the artistic process, a patient is able to confront psychological and emotional baggage which often is the cause of illness. 12:00-2:00 - LUNCH 2:00-5:00 - Clinica Blumea with Dr. Paulita V. Baclig, Dr. Ferdinand S. Brawner, and Damarisa B. Ceriales, RN Integrative Mind Health
Clinica Blumea will discuss successful integrative programs it has developed in collaboration with psychiatrists, developmental pediatricians, and psychologists for the management of anxiety, depression, mental illness, early dementia, memory loss, learning and behavior problems in children. Practical suggestions we can do everyday to maintain mind health will also be shared. As of 10 August 2010. The program as presented above is tentative dependent on speaker availability. Subject to change as conference approaches.
Salutogenesis
Health and Illness as a way to understand Self & Destiny
9am to 5pm, Aug 19-21, 2010
ISIP Center, 6241 Palma cor Mañalac Sts., Makati City (near Rockwell) Salutogenesis, from the Latin salus (health) and Greek genesis (origin) focuses on factors that support health and well-being rather than factors that cause disease. The 3-day conference features some of the country’s best medical and health care experts who will run workshops and seminars suggesting health and illness as less dependent on biological factors and more influenced by mental and spiritual conditions. Learn about different modalities that support capacity for self-healing, how life choices today affect quality of life in the future, and how natural resources can be mobilized to recover from illness and stress. For parents, caregivers, medical and health care practitioners, educators, counselors, and anyone who has decided to view their health challenges differently and look at the true nature of illness. Day 1, Aug 19 Salutogenesis and principles of well-being
Basics of anthroposophic medicine
Nutrition and healing foods
Treating hypertension and other common diseases
Healing spaces Day 2, Aug 20 Integrative Dentistry
Understanding the child's health and illness
Organs and their relationship to illness
Easing into Change of Life and Transitions Day 3, Aug 21 Art as a means to wellness and healing facilitated by AWFI
Integrative programs for mind health facilitated by Clinica Blumea Conference fee:
Php 1000 per half-day; P2500 for whole day incl nutritious lunch with bio-dynamically-grown vegetables! Sign up for all 3 days and get P500 worth of goods from The ISIP Store! Organized by: Institute for Steiner’s Ideas in Practice (ISIP) Philippines
Philippine Association of Anthroposophic Health Practitioners Inc (PAAHPI)
Anthroposophia Wellness Foundation, Inc (AWFI)
Clinica Blumea For reservations, inquiries, and payment details: Call 899 4675, Text 0917 5577 427, 0920 983 1329,
Email ISIP.Philippines@gmail.com, Visit isipphilippines.multiply.com Register early. Only full payment guarantees a seat. Walk-ins will be considered on a first-come first-served basis.
SALUTOGENESIS is organized by ISIP Philippines, in cooperation with the Philippine Association of Anthroposophic Health Practitioners, Inc (PAAHPI) and Anthroposophia Wellness Foundation, Inc (AWFI). The Institute for Steiner’s Ideas in Practice (ISIP) Philippines provides a space for the concepts of Rudolf Steiner, Austrian social thinker and philosopher, to flourish as forums for discussion and as applied efforts. ISIP produces events that aim to increase the depth and breadth of understanding of Steiner’s work. Steiner is best known in the Philippines as the founder of the field of study known as anthroposophy, the philosophical basis of the Waldorf schools, bio-dynamic farming, and anthroposophic medicine. The ISIP Center, located in Makati City, also houses The ISIP Store. Bio-dynamically grown rice, vegetables and herbs are available, as well as organic food products, plant-based, chemical-free household cleaning agents, organic soaps, baby products, and other personal care items.
Philippine Association of Anthroposophic Health Practitioners (PAAHPI) is a group of doctors trained in Anthroposophic Medicine under the leadership of the Medical Section of the School of Spiritual Science of the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. It aims to promote the Anthroposophical framework in the integration of alternative medicine with the conventional sciences as applied in health care services, academe and regulating bodies.
Anthroposophia Wellness Foundation, Inc. was organized by professionals from the medical, artistic, and health-related fields to transform the consciousness of individuals and communities towards wellness and healing through an understanding of the human being, and developing Anthroposophic medical health care models responsive to the needs of Philippine communities. AWFI’s mission envisions spiritually-conscious, healthy and free individuals living their life with dignity in a transformed society. The AWFI vision is committed to actively participate in the realization of wellness and being through Anthroposophic initiatives.
6 July, MAKATI CITY – It is not often that physicians recommend a review of the day’s happenings as a significant factor in healing physical ailments. What usually happens is that a visit to the doctor entails a quick examination, a discussion of the patient’s history of illness, and either a prescription for medication, a recommendation for further tests, or outright surgery. Rarely are the patient’s emotions discussed, and almost never past traumas, milestones, or personal conflicts. Dr. Jenny Madamba, a physician who uses acupuncture and different healing methods in her practice, believes that the mind-body connection must be understood by the patient to create the optimum conditions for health and wellness. “Our bodies & minds become susceptible to disease when our needs are not met or if the challenges are too great,” she explains. “The key to preventing health problems, increasing the ability to cope with life’s demands, and recovering from illness lies in mobilizing the natural resources of the body and the mind/spirit.” Illness is not to be looked at in isolation, she says, but as part of an expression of person’s personal, and not only medical history. Dr. Madamba, a Certified Family Physician who specializes in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Anthroposophic Medicine, will explain this further at a seminar enitled HOLISTIC HEALTH: A Breakthrough with the Spirit! to be held on July 13 at the ISIP Center in Makati City. Part 1 of the seminar, to be held in the morning, shows the body-mind connection to health and illness, and presents techniques such as the Backward Review of the Day, a meditative review of experiences at the end of each day. This sets the groundwork for Part 2 which is Biography Work, to be held in the afternoon. Dr. Madamba will also introduce the Emotional Freedom Technique, claimed to reduce the emotional impact of memories and incidents that trigger emotional distress. Healing is promoted once the distress is reduced or removed. Dr Madamba has been a Consultant to the Department of Health's Philippine Institute for Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) to set competency standards for the practice of acupuncture and Tui Na massage, and is now on its Accreditation Committee. She is also the Advocacy, Networking, Research and Training Coordinator for the Integrative Medicine for Alternative Health Care Systems (INAM). The two-part course is for those intent on taking charge of their own health and understanding the true nature of illness. Parents, health care practitioners, caregivers, and those dealing with health challenges will gain a new understanding of wellness. Fee is P800 per part. A nutritious lunch with bio-dynamically grown vegetables will be available for those enrolling in both parts. The seminar is organized by the Institute for Steiner’s Ideas in Practice (ISIP). Through the years, ISIP has produced seminars and workshops that deepen the understanding of the work of Austrian philosopher and social thinker Rudolf Steiner. In the Philippines, Steiner is best known as the founder of a field of study known as anthroposophy that is the philosophical basis of the Waldorf schools, bio-dynamic farming, and anthroposophic medicine. The event serves as the springboard of a health and wellness festival that will be held in August 2010. The seminar will be held at the ISIP Center, 6241 Palma cor. Mañalac Sts., Makati City, near Rockwell. Call 899 4675, text 0917 557 7427, or email ISIP.Philippines@gmail.com for inquiries and registration.
A One-Day Seminar with Dr. Jenny Madamba
July 13, 2010
ISIP Center, 6241 Palma cor Mañalac Sts., Makati City
The two-part course is for those intent on taking charge of their own health and understanding the true nature of illness.
Our bodies & minds become susceptible to disease when our needs are not met or if the challenges are too great.
The key to preventing health problems, increasing the ability to cope with life’s demands, and recovering from illness lies in mobilizing the natural resources of the body and the mind/spirit.
Part 1:
The Mind-Body Connection
9:00am to 12:30nn
PART 1 enables us to understand the body-mind connection to health and illness. It also presents the Backward Review of the Day, a meditative review of our experiences at the end of each day.
Part 2: Intro to Biography Work and Emotional Freedom Technique
1:30pm to 5:00pm
PART 2 introduces Biography Work to help us understand our own health/illness. It acquaints us with the Emotional Freedom Technique to help bring about emotional releases which often result in profound physical healing.
**P1,500 FOR PART 1 AND PART 2, inclusive of nutritious lunch with
bio-dynamic vegetables (P800 only for attendance to either morning or afternoon session)**
Facilitated by Jennifer S. Madamba, M.D., CFP
Traditional Chinese Acupuncture; Anthroposophical Medicine
For reservations and inquiries: Call 899 4675, text 0917 557 7427 or email ISIP.Philippines@gmail.com. Visit isipphilippines.multiply.com.
You’ll find more stimulating workshops and seminars like this at ISIP’s Health and Wellness Conference, August 19 to 21!
HOW TO GET TO ISIP CENTER
6241 Palma cor. Mañalac Streets, Poblacion, Makati City
(near Rockwell and Ateneo Professional Schools)
FROM CUBAO:
By Bus:
1. From EDSA, get off at Estrella St.
2. Take Rockwell Shuttle (White Multicab, P5.00). Shuttle is available from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday and 7am to 5pm on Sundays. Frequency: every 5 minutes.
3. Get off at that corner just across Ateneo or before shuttle turns right again to Power Plant Mall. Walk towards Rockwell Drive.
4. Turn right when you see Banco de Oro, that’s Palma St.
5. At first corner or Mañalac St. you will see a multi-storey blue building on your left. That is ISIP Center.
6. Enter through Mañalac St.
By MRT:
1. Get off at Guadalupe Station.
2. Walk towards J.P. Rizal St. under the EDSA Bridge.
3. Take any jeep with sign board Taft, San Andres, City Hall (Pasig River will be on your right). Get off at Villena St.
4. From Villena, first left is Palma St. Walk up Palma till you hit the corner of Mañalac. At the corner of Palma and Mañalac is a multi-storey blue building. That is ISIP Center.
5. Enter through Mañalac St.
By Taxi or private vehicle:
1. Turn right on Estrella from EDSA.
2. Turn left on Rockwell Drive.
3. Turn right when you see Banco de Oro, that is Palma St. It’s the second street after Ateneo Professional Schools or after Residential Drive.
4. At first corner or Mañalac St. you will see a multi-storey blue building on your left. That is ISIP Center.
5. Enter through Mañalac St.
6. You may park on the street, or opt to park in Power Plant Mall and take the short walk to ISIP.
By Taxi or private vehicle from Mandaluyong-Makati Bridge:
1. From the bridge or Makati Avenue corner J.P Rizal, turn left on J.P. Rizal St. towards Rockwell.
2. You’ll pass by the old Makati Munisipyo, now the Museum. Turn right at Villena St., then immediate left at Palma St.
3. Go up Palma till you hit the corner of Mañalac. At the corner of Palma and Mañalac is a multi-storey blue building. That is ISIP Center.
4. Enter through Mañalac St.
5. You may park on the street, or opt to park in Power Plant Mall and take the short walk to ISIP.
FROM THE SOUTH:
By Bus:
1. Get off near the overpass of Estrella at EDSA. Take the pedestrian overpass, cross and walk towards the corner at Colegio de Sta. Rosa. That is Estrella St..
2. Take Rockwell Shuttle (White Multicab, P5.00). Shuttle is available from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday and 7am to 5pm on Sundays. Frequency: every 5 minutes.
3. Get off at that corner just across Ateneo or before shuttle turns right again to Power Plant Mall. Walk towards Rockwell Drive.
4. Turn right when you see Banco de Oro, that’s Palma St.
5. At first corner or Mañalac St. you will see a multi-storey blue building on your left. That is ISIP Center.
6. Enter through Mañalac St.
By Taxi or Private Vehicle:
1. Take EDSA. After Buendia, take Rockwell flyover that leads to Estrella St.
2. Turn left at Rockwell Drive.
3. Turn right when you see Banco de Oro, that is Palma St. It’s the second street after Ateneo Professional Schools or after Residential Drive.
4. At first corner or Mañalac St. you will see a multi-storey blue building on your left. That is ISIP Center.
5. Enter through Mañalac St.
6. You may park on the street, or opt to park in Power Plant Mall and take the short walk to ISIP.
Dates: March 12, 13, 19, 20 for a total of 4 days (two Fridays and two Saturdays)
Course fee: P5000 not including meals
**Pay only P4000 if fully paid and registered by February 26, 2010!!**
ISIP Center
6241 Palma cor Mañalac Sts., Bgy. Poblacion
Makati City
Facilitators: Bella and Jake Tan
What is the meaning of human existence? Are we just naked apes responding a little more “intelligently” to given stimuli? What is it that is evolving in us; and towards what? Are we in control of this evolutionary process? What does our external/material civilization say about our state of being? Why is self development essential? How can we make self development more conscious and truly fulfill our intentions?
These are some of the existential questions this seminar wishes to address through a path known as "Anthroposophy", meaning the "wisdom of the human being".
Rarely is this course given in the Philippines, facilitated by two of the pioneers of anthroposophic practice in the Philippines, Bella and Jake Tan. In this Introduction to Foundation Studies, presented by the Institute for Steiner's Ideas in Practice (ISIP) Philippines and the Rudolf Steiner Eduction in the Philippines (RStEP), the principles of Anthroposophy are presented in a direct, understandable way.
An overview of the introductory books written by Rudolf Steiner are offered, as well as how the arts, sciences, education, agriculture, medicine, architecture have been permeated and transformed by the impulse of Anthroposophy.
Anthroposophy shows a way to bring together the spiritual and practical in your life, and gives a deeper understanding of the nature of the human being. It provides answers to some of the most challenging riddles of human existence. and a way to nourish your inner life, open up creative impulses, and be of service to the world in a manner that truly serves it.
**This course also serves as a pre-requisite to the Early Childhood Studies to be held in April 2010 at ISIP Center.**
For more details call 899 4675; text 0917 557 7427 (please include your name); or email ISIP.Philippines@yahoo.com
The first Official Eurythmy Training in the Philippines is HERE!
If you are interested to take the full 7 modules wiith Tanja Baumgartner right here in the Philippines, now is your chance!
On Feb 19 to 20, a "compressed" version of Module 1 will be conducted (the full Module 1 was conducted last year). This is the "catch-up" course.
This qualifies you to proceed to Module 2 which will be held from Feb 21 to 25. A total of 7 Modules comprise a Basics Course in Eurythmy, with a Certification awarded by the Swiss Association of Eurythmy.
This is your last chance to join! Fee is only Php4600, lunch and a snack inclusive.
Dates of catch-up course: Feb 19-20
Venue: ISIP Center, 6241 Palma cor Manalac Sts., Makati City, near Rockwell and Ateneo Professional Schools
Fee: Php4,600 inclusive of lunch and snack
Contact: Joy Romualdez Kawpeng at joyromk@yahoo.com or mobile 0917 857 4960
Learn the basics of Bio-dynamic Agriculture!
MANAGING ABUNDANCE
A Forum on the Living Ideas of
Bio-dynamic Agriculture
February 26, 9:00am to 5:30pm
ISIP Center, 6241 Palma cor Mañalac Sts., Makati City
Fee: Php1,000 incl lunch
Bio-dynamic Agriculture revitalizes the life forces of the soil, stimulating root growth, microorganism production, and humus formation. Fundamental to the method are the activating sprays and soil starter preparations derived from cow manure, herbs and mineral substances applied to soil and plants. BD soils absorb and hold back large amounts of water, and assist in lessening the severity of floods. Learn how BD practices keep Nature in balance, and get practical suggestions and tips from farmers themselves on keeping farms sustainable.
Topics Include
• What Bio-dynamic farming is and how it heals the earth
• Beyond Organic: Farms transitioning from traditional to bio-dynamic
• Case studies and panel discussions from farmers on what works and what doesn’t
• Positive impact of BD practices on the community and environment
• Thinking Locally: How to make Bio-dynamic Preparations for Philippine farms
The Forum is for:
• Farm or lot owners who wish to introduce the bio-dynamic agricultural process in their lands or know more about the benefits of the system
• Farmers who want to learn about implementation of the bio-dynamic process
• Agricultural students, professors, and NGO professionals that wish to learn more about bio-dynamic farming
• Anyone that wants to know more about this earth-friendly alternative of food production
Forum fee: Php 1,000, includes lunch
For reservations, inquiries and full forum program:
Call 899 4675, text 0920 983 1329 or email ISIP.philippines@yahoo.com
Web site: isipphilippines.multiply.com
Facebook: Look up ‘ISIP Manila’
Pass on this email to your contacts! Farm owners, agricultural colleges, farming associations and cooperatives, and relevant e-groups ... Thank you!
Apply the Living Ideas of Bio-dynamic Farming!
The Institute for Steiner's Ideas in Practice (ISIP) Philippines
in cooperation with
The Philippine Bio-dynamic Agriculture Research Foundation, Inc (PhilBio)
presents
PRACTICAL ABUNDANCE!
February 27, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Prado Farms, Lubao, Pampanga
Fee: Php1,000 incl lunch, transportation exclusive
Bio-dynamic Agriculture revitalizes the life forces of the soil, stimulating root growth, microorganism production, and humus formation. Fundamental to the method are the activating sprays and soil starter preparations derived from cow manure, herbs and mineral substances applied to soil and plants. BD soils absorb and hold back large amounts of water, and assist in lessening the severity of floods. Learn how BD practices keep Nature in balance, and get practical suggestions and tips from farmers themselves on keeping farms sustainable. At Prado Farms, you will
• Tour the farm and see bio-dynamic principles at work
• Learn the Bio-dynamic preparations and the Sowing Calendar
• Have demos on sheet and Bio-dynamic composting; and integrating Natural and Bio-dynamic farming in swine management
• Stir and spray the Bio-dynamic preparations The Field Trip is for: • Farm or lot owners who wish to introduce the bio-dynamic agricultural process in their lands or know more about the benefits of the system• Farmers who want to learn about implementation of the bio-dynamic process• Agricultural students, professors, and NGO professionals that wish to learn more about bio-dynamic farming • Anyone that wants to know more about this earth-friendly alternative of food production For reservations, inquiries and payment details: Call 899 4675, text 0920 983 1329 or email ISIP.philippines@yahoo.com Web site: isipphilippines.multiply.comFacebook: Look up ‘ISIP Manila’ Pass on this email to your contacts! Farm owners, agricultural colleges, farming associations and cooperatives, and relevant e-groups ... Thank you!
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