| Global women's events Qigong healing Women's Drum Center benefit Grounding and Loving Spring expo New Master's program Children's mental health Global women's events MINNEAPOLIS -- Women of the Twin Cities are invited to join their sisters worldwide in taking the day off work to protest the de-valuation of women's work and oppression of women's lives during a global women's strike on March 8, which is International Women's Day. Speak Out Sisters! Is partnering with the YWCAs of Minneapolis to present a full schedule of activities. In addition, Women Rock! -- a benefit concert for Speak Out Sisters! -- will take place at 8 p.m. Friday, March 5, at the Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave. S., in Minneapolis. Events include: „ Community Breakfast from 8-9:30 a.m. with Matthea L. Smith, a womanist power authority, at the YWCA at North Commons Park Building, 1801 James Ave. N. „ Writer's Workshop from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Downtown YWCA, 1130 Nicollet Ave., Room 230, with Carol Bly and Cynthia Loveland on "How to Chuck Out Women's Psychological Captivity." „ Global Feminism Film Festival at the Downtown YWCA, in the Atrium, featuring: My Home, My Prison, by Erica Marcus and Susana Blaustein Muñoz, uplifting and informative documentary based on the autobiography of Palestinian peace activist and journalist, Raymonda Hawa Tawil; Children of the Crocodile by Marsha Emerman, a documentary on two young Timorese-Australian activists; and Four Women of Egypt by Tahani Rached, a documentary that explores opposing religious, social, and political views in modern-day Egypt. Other events include a workshop on self-defense (10:30 to Noon at Uptown YWCA, Studio C), workshop on personal safety (Noon to 12:30 p.m. at Uptown YWCA, Studio C), Women and War: a potluck dinner (5-6 p.m. at Midtown YWCA, 2121 E. Lake St.), and Women in Struggle for Humanity: International Women Speak Out on War (6-9 p.m. at Midtown YWCA, Room 165), sharing the experience of war on women, humanity and the planet. Women Rock! -- a benefit concert for Speak Out Sisters! -- will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 5, hosted by Leigh Combs of KFAI Radio's Fresh Fruit. It features MU Community Taiko Group, QuetzalCoatlique -- an Aztec dance circle , Karen HeaChung Lyu of Global Jazz, folksinger extraordinaire Lisa Kane, funky Mantra Truck, and Eufio -- girl-powered punk. Tickets $15 ($10 in advance) available at The Cedar Cultural Center (612-338-2674), Electric Fetus, Road Runner Records, the Podium, Root Cellar Records, Irish on Grand, and by calling (612) 722-5998. All proceeds will support Speak Out Sisters! For a full schedule of events, visit, www.speakoutsisters.org. E-mail speakoutsisters@earthlink.net Qigong healing ST. PAUL -- A live demonstration and lecture on an ancient and powerful form of Qigong called Kaishan will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 13, at the Kula Center for Yoga, 20-3 Howell St. N., in St. Paul by Mary Ida Adams of the Kaishan Institute of Natural Health. Traditionally kept secret in ancient China and passed down from teacher to student, one student at a time, Mary Ida Adams explains that the Kaishan Golden Shield activates the enormous potential of the human body, transforming the body, mind and spirit to enjoy profound energy, strength and awareness -- "super-normal" health. This robust system involves physical, mental and energetic training, enjoyed by young and old alike. Mary Ida has been with the Kaishan Institute for the past five years and currently instructs Kaishan classes in Iowa and has just started in Minneapolis. She has spent the last 30 years working with meditation and energy work. Classes begin in St. Paul and in St. Louis Park on March 14. For more information, contact Mary Ida Adams and the Kaishan Institute of Natural Health at (641) 919-3913. Women's Drum Center benefit MINNEAPOLIS -- On Saturday, March 20, a benefit concert and silent auction for the Women's Drum Center will take place at the Walker Community United Methodist Church, 3104 16th Ave. S., Minneapolis. Featured artists include Rebekka Fisher, Kate Bordeaux, Crystalline, and Drumheart. Doors open at 6 p.m. Rebekka Fisher has airplay on a variety of Twin Cities radio stations including Cities 97, KQRS, Zone 105, Radio K, KFAI, and Net Radio. The Rebekka Fisher Band has opened up for Jonny Lang, Missing Persons and AJ Croche and has also performed at such music venues as The Fine Line, Cedarfest, Taste of Minnesota, Cabooze, Famous Dave's, and The Quest. The Drumheart Ensemble brings a festival beat to many community events and concerts throughout the year. They have a strong interest in world percussion music and perform music with Brazilian, Caribbean, Jamaican and African roots. The mission of the Women's Drum Center is to provide opportunities for women and girls to learn, teach, and play percussion together. Kari Kjome is music director of the Women's Drum Center. She is a member of the St. Thomas African Music Ensemble, Hayor-Bibimma African Dance Company, and the Irish/Appalachian group, Broomfield Hill. Grounding and Loving CHANHASSEN, Minn. -- A two-day energy healing workshop on how to ground and how to love will be presented March 20-21 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum by Warren Grossman, Ph.D., a healer, psychologist, teacher of healers and author of To Be Healed By The Earth (Seven Stories Press). "As a psychologist and a healer," Dr. Grossman said, "it has been the results of the last 25 years of my career that proper grounding is almost impossible for Americans, as they wear shoes long before their feet have developed. They are left with underdeveloped and weak feet, forming an insubstantial foundation for all of their body functions, but particularly those that are healing or facilitating for others. I teach how to reverse this situation with specific foot developing exercises and attention. "The second thing that is utterly essential is an actual set of directions and experiential learning on how to open one's heart at will. It is only love that heals, and one must learn to use one's heart with facility, to be of optimal value to oneself and those in one's family and community. The event is the result of the sponsorhip of Dave Nelson, a gifted healer in your city." Tickets are $195. Send checks to ICOACH,LLC, 8140 Trillium Circle, Victoria, MN 55386, or call Dave at (952) 443-3063. Spring expo MINNEAPOLIS -- The fourth annual Body Mind Life ExpoȘ will return to the Minneapolis Convention Center on March 26-27, featuring hundreds of local and national exhibitors offering information, products and services for health, balance and success in all areas of life. It includes two free stages of speakers and seminars, plus live entertainment. For more information, visit www.101expos.com or call (612) 798-7256. New Master's program MINNEAPOLIS -- The College of St. Catherine, Minneapolis, will begin offering an innovative Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies in the 2004-2005 academic year, continuing its 20-year leadership in the holistic healthcare education field. The College created the Holistic Health Studies Program in 1984, eight years before the National Institutes of Health established an office to study complementary and alternative medicine. In 1996, the College of St. Catherine's Minneapolis campus entered a groundbreaking partnership with United Hospital to bring its certificate programs in Holistic Health to the hospital's health professionals. The Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies is a multidisciplinary co-ed program that focuses on health and healing based on an integrative health model. The program includes core curriculum with the choice of three concentrations: herbology, energy healing or a self-designed option. Not only for health care professionals, the Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies was created for students who have a variety of educational and professional backgrounds. Core coursework will help students make the shift from viewing disease as an external process to an understanding of illness as a complex interaction of multiple factors and examining the social factors contributing to disease. The program is geared toward working adults with evening classes offered on the College of St. Catherine's Minneapolis campus and can be completed in two and a half years. The College of St. Catherine is the largest and most comprehensive Catholic college for women in the country. Through a diversity of programs, the college offers the intimacy of a four-year liberal arts college and the opportunity to complete baccalaureate, associate and master's degrees in a variety of health-care specialties, liberal arts and professional programs. For more information, call (651) 690-7836 or e-mail holistic@stkate.edu or visit www.stkate.edu/holistic Children's mental health MINNETONKA, Minn. -- The West Community Team of the Hennepin Children's Mental Health Collaborative recently placed 12 copies of A Teacher's Guide to Children's Mental Health in local area libraries. This book is an excellent resource for families and others concerned with children's mental health. It contains specifics on fifteen children's mental health diagnoses in an easy to use format that includes general information, symptoms, educational strategies and accommodations, and local and national resources. The books will be housed at the Excelsior, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Maple Plain, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Ridgedale, St. Bonifacius, St. Louis Park, Wayzata, and Westonka libraries and can be checked out from any Hennepin County Library. The West Community Team of the Hennepin Children's Mental Health Collaborative is a group of community members including parents, mental health service providers, school staff, and county personnel working together on behalf of children with mental health needs and their families. The goals of the WCT are to increase community awareness of children's mental health and to provide support for families of children with mental health needs. The team generally meets the third Tuesday of the month at Eisenhower Community Center in Hopkins. All interested community members are invited to become involved. For more information, contact the WCT Chair, Wendy Berghorst, at (952) 933-4769. |
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