I Can’t Draw and You Can Too!
Presenter: Tom Birmingham
I Can’t Draw and You Can Too! I have a secret to tell you. Right now, you already have all the skills you need to make sketch a satisfying life-long…
Workshops Events
Week of Nov 16 - Nov 22 2019
Education, Mindfulness, Workshops
Retain/Re-claim a Clear, Creative, Vibrant Mind
Presenter: Leni Felton
Join Leni Felton, Clinical Nutritionist, for an engaging presentation as she elucidates how to live and age with sparkling Vitality & Clarity. Learn the root causes of cognitive decline, dementia…
STITCH ‘N BITCH
Presenter: Erin Lee Gafill
SLIDESHOW: Awaken the Artist Within Join us for a vibrant and inspirational slideshow/talk with Erin Lee Gafill. A museum-exhibited painter and textile artist, memoirist, and international teacher, Erin's slideshow weaves together…
Coming Home to Yourself
Presenter: Jeannie DuBose, M.S.
Knowing Your Story: Who are you and how do you want to live? Part of any journey towards wholeness includes an ongoing awareness of our true desires and then harnessing…
Art Exhibition of Tim Hinchliff
Presenter: Tim Hinchliff
Celebrating 30 years of Tim Hinchliff’s art at Rancho La Puerta. Thursday from 4:00PM to 6:00PM Located outside the Mercado on the patio Please join us for an art showing…
Week of Nov 23 - Nov 29 2019
Week of Nov 30 - Dec 6 2019
Visual Fitness 4 All: Engaging Creativity & Insight®
Presenter: Renee Sandell
Develop your visual fitness by exercising and building your creative muscles while greatly enhancing your observational skills. Enjoy unique interactive conversations and fun hands-on experiences that will engage you in SEEING…
Featured, Mindfulness, Workshops
Living Awake: Grief, Grace and Gratitude
Presenter: Lilli Ruth Rosenberg and Katheryn Trenshaw
Katheryn and Lilli have created presentations designed for: intentionally cultivating curiousity; connecting more deeply with your self; and experiencing the benefits of greater depth of presence. Embedded in these offerings…
Week of Dec 7 - Dec 13 2019
All-In Texas Hold’em Poker
Presenter: Lorraine and Johnny
All levels, come try your hand at Texas Hold’em Poker as Lorraine and Johnny teach the fundamentals of this popular game. Have fun and learn how to play confidently with…
Wild and Precious Life: Women Living With & Beyond Breast Cancer
Presenter: Katheryn Trenshaw and Dr Ulrike Schoeneck
Breast cancer matters for every woman because 1 out of every 8 women are affected during her lifetime. Breast cancer is the highest cause of death for women under 50.…
Education, Mindfulness, Workshops
Inner Fitness Program
Presenter: Emily Boorstein, CPCC
Emily Boorstein presents The Inner Fitness Program in five sessions: Love or Fear – It’s Your Choice Healthy Inner Dialogue – Discover Your Joyous Adult Emotional Fluency – Permission to…
Cooking Classes | Leslie McGuirk
Leslie McGuirk is a professional astrologer with over 30 years experience. She is a frequent presenter at Rancho La Puerta and Red Mountain Spa. Her popular talk on astrology as human…
Searching for Humanity: Stories from Historical Places around the World
Presenter: David Ono, Jeff MacIntyre, Shirley Ann Higuchi, Kathleen Saito Yuille
Program Overview: Emmy Award-winning producers David Ono, ABC 7 Eyewitness News anchor, and Jeff MacIntyre, Content Group Media owner and filmmaker, will share their experiences covering compelling stories around the…
Week of Dec 14 - Dec 20 2019
Education, Entertainment, Workshops
Mah Jongg
Presenter: Toby Salk
Lecture: Mah Jongg - A little history…a little culture Toby Salk will be speaking about how Mah Jongg came to the United States and its culture throughout the years. Beginners…
Art, Entertainment, Workshops, Writing
Telling True Stories
Presenter: Micaela Blei, Ph.D.
Join acclaimed storytelling expert Micaela Blei, PhD, for a lively workshop series to uncover your stories— and the confidence to tell them. Telling True Stories: Uncovering, Shaping, and Sharing the Stories…
The Mission Walker
Presenter: Edie Littlefield Sundby
The Mission Walker story: Under siege from relentless stage 4 cancer and after losing her right lung, Edie Littlefield Sundby became the first person in history to walk the entire 1,600-mile…
Featured, Holistic Healing, Mindfulness, Workshops
Inner Fitness: Healthy Deviance
Presenter: Pilar Gerasimo
Intro to Healthy Deviance: From Chronic Depletion to Empowered Flow The nature of the Unhealthy Default Reality (our real-life version of “The Matrix”); the vicious cycle it creates for health…
Art Exhibition of Jose Ignacio Castañeda
Presenter: Jose Ignacio Castañeda
Join us for a celebration of the work of Jose Ignacio Castañeda, Rancho La Puerta’s resident sculptor. Ignacio has been exhibiting his work and teaching sculpture classes at Rancho La Puerta since…
Week of Dec 21 - Dec 27 2019
Art, Education, Entertainment, Workshops
“Un-Mute” Your Heart, Your Soul: Your Voice
Presenter: Sharon Spinetti and Racquel Borromeo
“Un-Mute” Your Heart, Your Soul: Your Voice A series of about 8 sessions Many of us were discouraged from telling our stories along the way. Whether it was being dissuaded…
Education, Entertainment, Workshops
A Producer’s Vision / Stories of Human Connection
Presenter: Paula Mazur
Award-winning producer Paula Mazur will screen two of her films and share a behind-the-scenes look at producing projects about the human spirit. A Producer’s Vision – Stories of Human Connection…
The Mission Walker
Presenter: Edie Littlefield Sundby
The Mission Walker story: Under siege from relentless stage 4 cancer and after losing her right lung, Edie Littlefield Sundby became the first person in history to walk the entire 1,600-mile…
Exploring, Honoring, and Nurturing Your Inner World
Presenter: Lisa Lewtan
Viewing Life Upside Down – What’s missing and how are we filling the voids? Light or Tight – Trusting the wisdom of the body to tell us what it needs.…
The Franklin Method | Tom McCook
Feel and Move Better for LIfe! Your week of classes with Tom will introduce you to the Franklin Method.The Franklin Method teaches the practical elements of body design, emphasizing imagery…
Week of Dec 28 - Jan 3 2020
Out With The Old, In With The New
Presenter: Sarah Hernholm
Out With The Old, In With The New — an opportunity to clean house mentally and emotionally to make room for new ideas and new experiences Start Anew It’s never…
Inner Fitness Program
Presenter: Jeanine Mancusi
Live Your Great Story Love or Fear – The Big Shift! It’s Your Choice Healthy Inner Dialogue – Discover Your Joyous Adult Emotional Fluency – Permission to Feel Powerful You…