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Our Best Years Ever Reimagined

Our Best Years Ever Reimagined: Aging Courageously in Every Season of Life
Taken from Dr. Ken’s best-selling book, Courageous Aging, participants will take the Courageous Aging Self-Audit, and learn to break free of self-limiting myths, biases, stereotypes, and misconceptions they have about getting older, summon newfound strength, courage, peace, purpose, love and joy for whatever season of life they’re in and create a Master Plan for their best possible future.

 

Healing The Losses of Our Lives
Dr. Druck’s work in Grief Literacy and best-selling book, The Real Rules of Life: Balancing Life’s Terms with Your Own, have changed the ways we build resilience and respond to losses of every kind. This program on how to go on after a loss has assisted countless thousands of families, including those who lost loved ones in some of our nation’s greatest strategies including 9-11, Sandy Hook, Katrina, Columbine, Las Vegas and COVID-19.

 

Life-Altering Guidelines for Families in the Second Half of Life
Taken from Dr. Druck’s most recent best-selling book, Raising an Aging Parent: Guidelines for Families in the Second Half of Life, this class will deepen our understanding and give us the tools to effectively deal with the most critical issues that arise between adult children, siblings and aging parents. Participants will learn a variety of approaches for nurturing, healing and strengthening their family relationships.

 

Cultivating the Practice of Self-Care and Self-Compassion
Upgrade your capacity for self-care and self-compassion — and significantly improve the overall quality of your life in this program. Participants will take the Handbook of Self-Care Audit, learn concrete steps for taking better care of ourselves and cultivate self-care as a daily practice. Dr. Ken’s mantra to “Take your foot off your throat and place your hand on your heart” shows us how to use the voice of self-compassion, kindness, patience, encouragement, and humility.

 

 

 

Dr. Ken Druck is an internationally known thought leader and recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Contribution to Psychology award. Having guided audiences, clients and the general public on the issues of aging, healing after loss, parenting, male psychology and self-care over the past 45 years, his programs, articles, classes and best-selling books, Courageous Aging, The Real Rules of Life, The Self-Care Handbook, Healing Your Life After the Loss of a Loved One, and Raising an Aging Parent have been featured regularly on CNN, Oprah, Larry King, PBS specials. His work on transforming adversity into opportunity appears in the world’s top newspapers and social media sites. His company, Druck Enterprises Inc., is an international coaching/consulting, publishing, and speaking organization based in Del Mar, California. www.kendruck.com

Creating a Purpose-Driven + Liberated Life

Every one of us craves meaning, joy, connection and freedom. More than ever. So how can we feel liberated and stay focused when our day to day is full of uncertainty and distractions?

We step fully into our power and confidence. We let go of limiting beliefs and behaviors that limit us from realizing our highest potential. We claim our authenticity and own our superpowers. We get crystal clear on our life purpose. We learn to communicate with intention to connect deeply and get the results we want.

If you are ready for more clarity, confidence and joy, join me to create a purpose-driven + freedom-filled life! In just five days at the Ranch, you’ll feel more empowered and inspired to make your unique mark on the world.

 

Lesson #1 – Power + Confidence
To realize our full potential, it’s imperative to step fully into our power. Yet, many people are conflicted with the idea of power. In Lesson #1, we will discuss what power is and isn’t, so you feel comfortable embracing your own innate power and brilliance.

Lesson #2 – Debunking Limiting Beliefs for Greater Freedom
Most of us have lived our entire lives by familial and societal rules ingrained since early childhood. We’ve learned that to be loved, we need to act a certain way. In Lesson #2, we will look at beliefs that are holding you back and create new ones that empower and uplift you.

Lesson #3 – Creating Your Authentic Brand
This will be a fun dive into who you are and what sets you apart from others! In Lesson #3, you will get in touch with your natural strengths, your top skills, your core values and passions You’ll also claim your superpowers! After going through this process, you will feel more grounded and confident in your own skin. 

Lesson #4 – How to Find Your Purpose
Purpose is a hot topic these days yet finding it can feel intimidating. In Lesson #4, I’ll take you through a simple process to uncover yours. We are all born with a purpose, think of it as your raison d’etre, a deeper desire to serve or contribute. Since we all have one, it’s our job to recognize it and claim it for ourselves!        

Lesson #5 – Communicating for Synergistic Outcomes
What’s the #1 skill in life? Communication. Yet, it’s often an issue in any relationship, whether it be at work or in your personal life. The truth is, people communicate differently. In Lesson #5, you will learn to communicate with intention to increase your influence and connection in every conversation.

 

 

Amy Matthews is an executive coach, leadership consultant and career advisor. Her expertise lies in empowering high performing individuals, leaders and teams to reach their highest potential of success. Amy offers career transition workshops and two signature leadership programs including Leadership Skills for Rising Stars and Authenticity, Purpose + Impact. She has an uncanny ability to cut through the noise and guides people to find their authentic style of leadership, communicate with confidence and conviction and stay focused in the new normal.

To learn more about Amy or to read her practical and inspirational blogs, go to: https://url.avanan.click/v2/___www.womanunruled.com___.YXAzOnJhbmNob2xhcHVlcnRhOmE6bzo2NGE5MjliZjIwYTM1NTg0ZjM1YTgzMjllNTU0ODhjYzo2OmFjOTM6ZTNkOTJlMmNmN2ZlZGQ2ZjU4NWQ2MzkxZGM4MGU2NGUzM2QwNjYxNDBhYzk1ZjQ0ZDZjNTRiZDcxZDM5OTU3Njp0OlQ.

 

Inhabit Your Joy

Fall in Love With Your Life
Move out of survival mode to step boldly into your very best life.
Transformation happens when we realize that there is more to this life than just getting by, one check-list at a time. In this session, you’ll explore how to move out of survival mode to step boldly into the spotlight of your life with more awareness, more possibility, and more joy.

Get Rooted
What if there was more to life than logic or certainty? If we’ve learned anything over the last few years, it is that we need to build our capacity to navigate the ups and downs of life. In this session, you’ll learn 3 ways to be more grounded, present, and focused on what matters most so that you can create a strong inner foundation.

Prioritize THIS. Not That
Focus on what matters. Set strong boundaries. You hear this all the time. But, how do you know what to prioritize? The secret is that you need to know what actually matters to you. In this session, you’ll explore how to align to and embody your core values – the traits that make you uniquely YOU. .

Get Curious
When was the last time you weren’t trying to change something about yourself? What if you could move out of fixing mode, not-enoughness, and past or future thinking and be guided by curiosity and compassion? In this session you’ll explore the practice of identifying, naming, and investigating the stories you tell yourself. You’ll make room for a new narrative grounded in your own inner wisdom and love.

Say YES to Your Aliveness
Release the past and future to create space for living your ideal life. Get out of your head and step boldly into your heart. Embrace your inner storyteller to visualize and manifest what feels most delicious in your heart. Create your own personal roadmap, guided by your inner strength and wisdom, to write the next chapter in your life.

 

 

Elena Sonnino is a life coach, yin yoga teacher, and author. But what most people say about Elena is that she brings delightful sparks of energy to everything she does.

Elena is on a mission to help you transform the walls of survival mode into doors of possibility so that you can step into the spotlight of your life as your most rooted and nourished self. Her work helps you get out of your head and into your body as your source of wisdom, and moves you from beyond shoulds and into delight, one day at a time.

At home, Elena enjoys watching the sunrise, tending to her many plants, riding her Peloton bike, and impromptu kitchen dance parties.

Learn more about Elena at www.elenasonnino.com or by reading her new book, Inhabit Your Joy: A Book of Nudges.

 

 

The Mind Gym: Strengthen Your Inner Game for Greater Happiness

Attitude Awareness Tune-Up
Sometimes we can go on auto-pilot and feel like life is happening to us. Our mind tricks us into believing we have limited or no choice in a matter which is overwhelming. What if you could tap into more choices and feel more at ease? Join us to learn a simple yet powerful practical framework for feeling more empowered.

Slay Your Inner Critic
Our brains can be our best friends or our worst enemies. And since our brain has a natural negative bias (out of survival needs) our negative voices can be very draining and keep us from living the life we want. Join us to learn how to mitigate the impact of your inner critic and quickly recover back to your true authentic self.

Create a More Powerful Version of You
We don’t always like to admit it, but the truth is our happiness is our responsibility. Especially during these turbulent times, it is easy to blame other people or circumstances for our unhappiness. This session will teach you a simple formula to help you consciously stand in your personal power and authority.

Drop the Drama and Create Better Relationships
All good stories have three types of characters: victim, villain and hero. This dynamic makes for great entertainment, but we are often unaware that we are playing these roles in our personal lives. While it can provide short-term payoffs (like being “right”), the costs of maintaining unhealthy relationships are far greater.  Join us in learning a fun, easy process that will help you know when you are in the drama triangle and how to get out!

(Re)Claim Your Authentic Self
We operate in a rapid-fire world; skimming, sprinting, and stuffing as much as we can into each day – and then we wonder why our gas tank is empty at the end. In this final session, you will learn a simple process that can bring you greater energy and clarity so you can lead a more purposeful life.

 

 

As a leadership coach, Julie Fotos works with individuals, co-leaders, and teams to expand their range so they can access their full potential and reap all the benefits that come from it. Much like a trainer at a gym, Julie works with clients to strengthen muscles they did not realize they had, while giving over-developed muscles a rest. Julie believes people can achieve greater success by recognizing and “unlearning” their own self-imposed beliefs – which frees them up to realize their growth edge. Julie has extensive experience in designing and conducting programs on cultural/team development, communication effectiveness, leadership development, and managing through change. Recent clients include Business Wire, Grey Advertising, Hearst Corporation and Oliver Wyman. Julie lives in New York City, but maintains her sanity at her little Catskills lake house. http://juliecoaches.com/about-julie/

 

Inner Fitness: Authentic Alignment

Empower Yourself to Live a life of Purpose, Value and Vision
So often we give our power away to other people, places and things thinking that they will make our lives meaningful and fulfilling. The truth is you are the only one who can empower yourself to live a life that you find personally purposeful, valuable and full of vision for your optimal future by following the inner guidance of your truest deepest highest self.   

Get Clear About Your Life Purpose
Your Life Purpose is what deeply fulfills you 24/7 no matter where you are, who you are with and what you are going through. When you are clear about your Life Purpose and you let it guide you, every day can be positive, purposeful and fulfilling for you.

Living in Alignment with Your Core Values
Your Core Values are your guiding principles, personal golden rules and sacred laws. No one can tell you what they are. They come from within you and have been guiding you your entire life. When you live in alignment with your Core Values you will always feel like you are on the right path and will cultivate love and appreciation for yourself.

Your Message is Your Magic
All day long we send ourselves messages, but it is usually happening on a subconscious level and is oftentimes flowing from limiting beliefs. When you get clear about the message you know is aligned with your higher potential and consciously cultivate it everyday, you will not only tap into daily personal inspiration, but you will uplift and support others as well.

Your Big Vision is Calling You:
How can you create a life that you love if you do not have a clear vision of what you actually want? Even if you have clarity about what you actually want, if it is not aligned with who you truly are, then it will not be healthy for you and sustainable amidst life’s many changes. Gaining clarity about and knowing what you truly want in all areas of your life is the foundation for actually creating a life of true fulfillment.

 

Anne Van de Water is an Associate Certified Life Coach (ACC) by the International Coaches Federation, a Health and Wellness Teacher and a Spiritual Guide. She is the founder and creator of True Self Mastery Coaching and Wellness. She supports huge hearted change makers clear subconscious limiting patterns, heal your connection with your truest deepest highest Self and raise the vibration of your beliefs, thoughts, emotions, words, actions and relationships so you match the energy of the life you vision for yourself and magnetically manifest it. This transformation will help you to authentically, healthfully and sustainably live fully, love deeply, lead powerfully and thrive in all ways.
Visit Anne at annevandewater.com

Creativity and Writing

Workshops: Creativity and Writing
New York Times bestselling author Ellen Sussman will present ways in which you can tap into your creative energy through writing. We’ll explore new forms of expression that will engage your imagination and enrich your life. These workshops will work for those of you who are experienced writers as well as those of you who have always dreamed of writing but never dared to try it. Ellen brings energy and humor to her classes – you’ll discover the fun of writing as well as learning a few new tricks of the trade.

Creativity, Passion and a Writer’s Life
Ellen Sussman decided to become a writer at age 6 but didn’t have real success until she was 49. Now she’s published 6 books (including a New York Times bestseller) with a new novel underway. As we age, we can choose to become more creative and we can bring deeper passion to our work. Ellen will share the stories about her own career, with an examination of the fine line between truth and fiction. How do we shape our own stories into fiction and memoir? Let’s talk about the creative process! (and how she met her husband at the Ranch!).

 

Ellen Sussman is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels, A Wedding in Provence, The Paradise Guest House, French Lessons, and On a Night Like This. She is the editor of two critically acclaimed anthologies, Bad Girls: 26 Writers Misbehave and Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex. She teaches through Stanford Continuing Studies and in private classes and she is the co-founder and co-director of Sonoma County Writers Camp. www.ellensussman.com

 

Get Ready To Look 5 Years Younger

Day 1
Jump-Start Your Skin Rejuvenation at the Ranch and Look Younger Today!
Why You Need a Facial
Organic Skincare Products at the Ranch – Effective Products can be Clean & Safe!
Botox & Fillers – Look Lovely, Not Overdone!

 

Day 2
Teitsa’s Favorite Techniques for Smoother, Younger Skin
Exfoliate Like You Mean It!
Acids & Retinols – Potent Anti-Aging Products for Great Results
Organic Sun Protection Is a Must – Don’t Leave Home Without It!

 

Day 3
Teitsa’s Skin Cocktail Recipe for Radiant Skin – Everyday!
Try Teitsa’s Eye Cocktail Recipe to Rejuvenate Your Eye Skin
Tinted Sun Protection – Set your SPF to Last for Hours
Try Soft Bronzing Powders for Blush:  You Never Looked So Fresh!

 

 

Teitsa Mann’s passion for skincare products and treatments developed early, when she realized how easily her own skin scarred. Certain that she could never have surgery, she proceeded to become an Aesthetician, mainly to ensure that her own skin would age well. She was licensed in California over 40 years ago, and she performed Facial Treatments in her salon in San Francisco. Later, she worked for Chanel Beauty, La Prairie, Erno Laszlo, and Lancôme, to name a few. Teitsa loves sharing her product and treatment favorites with women all over the country, and her all-day, skincare masterclass, Get Ready to Look 5 Years Younger, has benefited charities and private groups. This year, Teitsa released the 6th edition of her book of the same name, and it features all her best skincare product, facial treatment, and makeup recommendations.

 

Get Ready To Look 5 Years Younger

Day 1
Jump-Start Your Skin Rejuvenation at the Ranch and Look Younger Today!
Why You Need a Facial
Organic Skincare Products at the Ranch – Effective Products can be Clean & Safe!
Botox & Fillers – Look Lovely, Not Overdone!

 

Day 2
Teitsa’s Favorite Techniques for Smoother, Younger Skin
Exfoliate Like You Mean It!
Acids & Retinols – Potent Anti-Aging Products for Great Results
Organic Sun Protection Is a Must – Don’t Leave Home Without It!

 

Day 3
Teitsa’s Skin Cocktail Recipe for Radiant Skin – Everyday!
Try Teitsa’s Eye Cocktail Recipe to Rejuvenate Your Eye Skin
Tinted Sun Protection – Set your SPF to Last for Hours
Try Soft Bronzing Powders for Blush:  You Never Looked So Fresh!

 

 

Teitsa Mann’s passion for skincare products and treatments developed early, when she realized how easily her own skin scarred. Certain that she could never have surgery, she proceeded to become an Aesthetician, mainly to ensure that her own skin would age well. She was licensed in California over 40 years ago, and she performed Facial Treatments in her salon in San Francisco. Later, she worked for Chanel Beauty, La Prairie, Erno Laszlo, and Lancôme, to name a few. Teitsa loves sharing her product and treatment favorites with women all over the country, and her all-day, skincare masterclass, Get Ready to Look 5 Years Younger, has benefited charities and private groups. This year, Teitsa released the 6th edition of her book of the same name, and it features all her best skincare product, facial treatment, and makeup recommendations.

 

Get Ready To Look 5 Years Younger

Day 1
Jump-Start Your Skin Rejuvenation at the Ranch and Look Younger Today!
Why You Need a Facial
Organic Skincare Products at the Ranch – Effective Products can be Clean & Safe!
Botox & Fillers – Look Lovely, Not Overdone!

 

Day 2
Teitsa’s Favorite Techniques for Smoother, Younger Skin
Exfoliate Like You Mean It!
Acids & Retinols – Potent Anti-Aging Products for Great Results
Organic Sun Protection Is a Must – Don’t Leave Home Without It!

 

Day 3
Teitsa’s Skin Cocktail Recipe for Radiant Skin – Everyday!
Try Teitsa’s Eye Cocktail Recipe to Rejuvenate Your Eye Skin
Tinted Sun Protection – Set your SPF to Last for Hours
Try Soft Bronzing Powders for Blush:  You Never Looked So Fresh!

 

 

Teitsa Mann’s passion for skincare products and treatments developed early, when she realized how easily her own skin scarred. Certain that she could never have surgery, she proceeded to become an Aesthetician, mainly to ensure that her own skin would age well. She was licensed in California over 40 years ago, and she performed Facial Treatments in her salon in San Francisco. Later, she worked for Chanel Beauty, La Prairie, Erno Laszlo, and Lancôme, to name a few. Teitsa loves sharing her product and treatment favorites with women all over the country, and her all-day, skincare masterclass, Get Ready to Look 5 Years Younger, has benefited charities and private groups. This year, Teitsa released the 6th edition of her book of the same name, and it features all her best skincare product, facial treatment, and makeup recommendations.

 

Meditation with Sylvia Boorstein

Lecture: Healing the Division in Ourselves, Our Families, Our Communities and the World

Meditation – Sunday through Friday

 

Sylvia Boorstein has been teaching Dharma and mindfulness meditation since 1985. She is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, a psychotherapist, wife, mother, and grandmother. She is particularly interested in emphasizing daily life as mindfulness practice and including informed citizenship and social activism as integral to spiritual maturation. Her books include: It’s Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness (1997); Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There: A Mindfulness Retreat (1996); That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist (1998); Pay Attention for Goodness’s Sake: The Buddhist Path of Kindness (2003), and Happiness is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life (2008).  She has visited and taught at Rancho La Puerta since 1972.

 

Meditation with Sylvia Boorstein

Lecture: Healing the Division in Ourselves, Our Families, Our Communities and the World

Meditation – Sunday through Friday

 

Sylvia Boorstein has been teaching Dharma and mindfulness meditation since 1985. She is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, a psychotherapist, wife, mother, and grandmother. She is particularly interested in emphasizing daily life as mindfulness practice and including informed citizenship and social activism as integral to spiritual maturation. Her books include: It’s Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness (1997); Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There: A Mindfulness Retreat (1996); That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist (1998); Pay Attention for Goodness’s Sake: The Buddhist Path of Kindness (2003), and Happiness is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life (2008).  She has visited and taught at Rancho La Puerta since 1972.

 

Pearls from the Practice of Life

A family physician’s guide to help you struggle less and thrive more in your one wild and precious life.

First Things First
A review of the ground rules for the game of life and a checklist of the essential items to pack for the journey.  Topics include genetics, choice, the pursuit of happiness, friends, generous listening, strategy, overcoming self-consciousness and decision paralysis, balancing making money and doing good, showing up and following through, flexibility, creativity, calendars and checklists, and a description of everyone’s favorite teammate.

Breaking Away from the Thundering Herd
Will you use your days and years to languish in the ordinary and pedestrian, or work with others to change the arc of history? Topics include values inventories, mission statements, lofty goals, greatness redefined, finding your lane, flow, and a physician’s inside scoop on end-of-life satisfaction and regret.

From the Ashe Rises the Phoenix
The bad news is that brokenness, isolation, and feelings of despair are widespread.  The good news is that we are forged into our best selves through our struggles.  Topics include multiple simultaneous conflicting imperatives (MSCI), kintsugi, foxhole mantras, the music of Dave Matthews, and the wisdom of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Richard Rohr, and John Gardner.

From Values to Vows
An action plan for your metamorphosis into a new and improved version of you. Dr. Chuck reviews the six habits that promote resilience, joy, and meaning (values congruent living, imitating resilient others, nurturing social networks, mindfulness, movement, and eating for both health and pleasure) and the SMART model for behavior change that transforms good intentions into sustained changes in thoughts and behaviors.

 

John Chuck, M.D., draws on over thirty years of patient care, teaching, and leadership experience to help people find solutions to complex problems related to wellness, joy, and meaning.  He does this by being a generous listener, providing informed perspectives, and offering evidence-based hope and encouragement. He was the Chief of Health Promotion for Kaiser Permanente and the Regional Chair of Physician Health and Wellness for The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) and is currently a Professor of Family Medicine at California Northstate University. John’s work has been recognized with the Sidney Garfield Exceptional Contribution Award from TPMG and the UC Davis Alumni Association’s Outstanding Alumnus Award.

Gyrokinesis with Roseann Baker

Sunday – Friday, 11AM, 75 minutes

 

Roseann Baker has been training in the GYROTONIC® & GYROKINESIS® methodologies for over 20 years. She is a certified trainer in both the GYROTONIC® & GYROKINESIS® systems as well as a GYROKINESIS® Pre-Trainer. She teaches at San Francisco GYROTONIC®, LINES Ballet BFA at Dominican University, & the LINES Ballet Training and Summer Programs. Additionally, Roseann is a dancer and movement educator holding her BFA in Dance from the State University of New York at Purchase College. She has danced with Nelly van Bommel’s NØA Dance, Garrett+Moulton Productions, LEVYdance, and Bellwether Dance Project to name a few. She also creates her own work with her project Rose Moves. Roseann is a believer in the inherent benefits of the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® and looks forward to sharing the experience of movement freedom, connectedness and the powerful feelings that inspire this beautiful system. 

Yam Beat Concert

Yam Beat is a duet from the bicultural city of Tijuana bordering with San Diego.  Yamel Kuri, soprano, and Erich Otero, pianist, have a culturally varied repertoire.  For this occasion they have prepared a set of beloved songs from American Jazz and other classics in the bossanova style with a Baja sound.

 

 

Violin and Cello Concert

Pei-Chun Tsai, from Tainan, Taiwan, is two-time first-prize winner of the Taiwan National Violin Competition. She has performed in Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and the National Concert Hall in Taiwan. Pei-Chun has participated in many music festivals in the United States and Europe. After receiving Bachelor and Master’s degrees in violin performance from The Juilliard School, she completed her Doctorate in Musical Arts from the City University of New York. Pei-Chun is the founder and director of the Campanile Music Festival at San Diego State University where she curates innovative residencies of visiting artists from across the country. Recent guests include the Formosa Quartet and Brooklyn Rider. Pei-Chun has been a member of the San Diego Symphony since 2006. As a violin lecturer at San Diego State University, Pei-Chun performs with the San Diego State University Chamber orchestra regularly. She has recently released her solo violin album “Chaconnes” which you can find on Apple Music or Spotify.

 

Abe Liebhaber, from Santa Barbara, California, has performed frequently with the San Diego Symphony, the Santa Barbara Symphony, Camarada San Diego, as well as in chamber settings domestic and abroad. He holds a tenured position in the Arizona Opera and has performed for nine seasons with the Sarasota Opera in Florida. He received his degrees in music performance from University of California Los Angeles, and California State University Sacramento.

Abe is a trained violin bowmaker and restorer of fine bows, and enjoys teaching the craft at his workshop on Adams Avenue “Antiques Row” in San Diego.

 

Interior Design

 7 Steps to Get the High Performance, High Style Home You’ve Always Dreamed of
The pandemic has changed the ways in which we think about and use our homes. People are asking more out of their homes as we spend more time there. Tonight’s presentation will offer a step by step tool box to help navigate the process complete with insider tips and take-home resources. We’ll give you the ways and means to help define your style and give you the confidence to tackle your next project.

 

Focus on Color
Join us for an informal discussion on the ways to incorporate color into your interiors from experimenting with small accents to embracing the bold. We’ll look at examples of interiors that embrace color and discuss why they are successful. You’ll walk away with an understanding of where to look for inspiration, ways to get started and tools for creating a cohesive color palette. Take home a handout featuring Rachel’s tried and true favorite paint colors to get you started.

 

 

Rachel Reider Interiors was born out of a love of the creative design process, and since opening their doors in 2006, bold palettes and patterns have become the firm’s signature touch.   With projects ranging from residential to commercial and beachfront to mountainside, Rachel started her business based on the simple idea that the best interiors reflect their inhabitants.  But sometimes people need a little guidance along the way, and that’s where Rachel Reider Interiors shines.

Throughout Rachel’s years at the helm, she’s racked up some notable accolades – Best of Boston Home, New England Home’s “5 under 40”, Modern Luxury Interiors Design Star and Coastal Living’s Top 10 Coastal Design Trendsetters. Additionally, her work has been published in three books. Most importantly, she’s developed long-term relationships with her clients based on her enthusiasm for mixing styles, colors and textures that really speak to their lifestyle.   They know her as much for her calm demeanor, creative approach and keen eye for unexpected detail as they do for her signature splashes of color and fresh, inviting interiors.

www.rachelreider.com

Light: A 6-Day Feldenkrais Series

Celebrate the Season with Light: A 6-day Feldenkrais Series.

 

Light brings together a week of six gentle, yet vibrant Feldenkrais lessons designed to free your neck, shoulders, eyes, hips, spine, and mind. As your freedom of movement expands each day, you will begin to uncover what you want to light (or kindle) and what you want to lighten (or leave behind) for the new year ahead.

 

The Feldenkrais Method is all about creating easeful movement and expanding the ways you can move, knowing that the body and brain are intimately connected. Feldenkrais can create awareness and openings for new movement patterns, even when things may have felt long-stuck. In our guided lessons together, you will discover that you can relax the upper back, neck, and traps; release hips and low back; lengthen hamstrings to rock your spin class or hike up Mt. Kuchama; free your shoulders to ace your down dog in yoga, and quiet your nervous system for a sweet night’s sleep.

 

Light, a movement-rich discovery and celebration of the season, will be one of the best ways to bring the Ranch home with you. You’ll love this joyful, proactive approach to elegant movement habits and feeling wonderful in your skin.

 

 

 

 

Carolyn Garfinkel, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® with an active practice, knows that fluid movement and a long lean carriage keep you feeling young and fit. She is based in Studio City, California. For the past twenty years, Carolyn has enjoyed bringing the benefits of Feldenkrais to a wider audience, including Rancho La Puerta Spa, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Disney Cancer Center at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Burbank, CA and the Los Angeles Cedar Sinai Hospital’s Feldenkrais Expo. She’s a devoted student of yoga and a certified teacher of the Sounder Sleep System®.

 

Carolyn’s grateful for the year-round opportunities for movement and getting outdoors that Southern California offers, and loves attending live performance, especially opera, symphony, and dance.

 

 

Building Your Personal Brand

Do you struggle with authentically building your personal brand? This workshop will help you zero in on what makes you unique and provide actionable next steps in developing your own personal brand and communicating it to your network and beyond. Through pointed questions and interactive peer interviewing, participants will leave with a personal framework and practical templates for writing bios, networking emails and social profiles that uniquely and succinctly capture their personal brand essence.

 

 

For over 15 years, Abbey Reider has been a noteworthy marketing thought leader with a customer-first mindset and a passion for problem-solving. She has a proven track record building brands at companies including Domio, Shake Shack and Starwood, and is currently consulting as Acting Head of Marketing + Brand for a new hospitality startup, Lanyard where she currently wears multiple hats from branding to customer experience and go to market strategy. While at Domio, as VP of Marketing, Abbey was responsible for leading customer growth and engagement strategy as well as brand development and partnerships. During her tenure at Shake Shack as Head of Digital and Guest Experience she was responsible for all things guest – from utilizing insights and data to grow Shake Shack’s online community and increase guest lifetime value, to developing new and enhanced digital ordering experiences that delivered on Shake Shack’s legendary hospitality. Prior to Shake Shack, Abbey was at Starwood Hotels where she led engagement marketing strategies across Starwood’s 10 hotel brands and loyalty program.

Advances in Health, Vitality and Longevity

Laughter (and Chocolate) Is the Best Medicine!
The importance of humor and laughter in daily life has been underestimated. The health consequences of humor can now be measured, and the true value recognized. While humor and laughter can be of great benefit to the one enjoying it, it can be a double-edged sword and also cause pain and suffering if the humor is at the expense of another. Particularly in a community, workplace, or family, the encouragement and use of humor requires sensitivity and guidance. This program offers insight into optimizing the benefits of humor and laughter, and as a tasteful bonus, the health benefits and joy of chocolate.

Food for Thought: Fasting vs. Fasting Mimicking (To Fast or Not to Fast)
This talk discusses the wide variety of time restricted and popular feeding and fasting programs, ranging from mild that are tolerable and acceptable, to extremes that have risks and should be avoided.

Gut Feelings:  Genes, Microbes & Brain
Prepare to be astounded by the revolutionary advances in the life sciences. New scientific discoveries have brought what had been considered science fiction to today’s reality. Our brain, gut, microbiome (the microbes that live in and on our body), diet, and genes are all intimately intertwined. They influence each other with profound effects on mood, energy, mental health, and overall wellness. The gut is a ‘second brain’ and has a vital role in our physical and mental health. This program will open your eyes to the dawning of a new era in medicine and health.

Joe Weiss wrote an article about the health benefits of gratitude. Read it here.

 

Joseph B. Weiss, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF is Clinical Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at the University of California, San Diego. He graduated from the Wayne State University School of Medicine, completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California at Irvine, and did his  clinical and research fellowship in Gastroenterology at the University of California, San Diego. He is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. Under the auspices of the World Health Organization and others he has pursued interests in Tropical and International Medicine and Public Health with stays in Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. Dr. Weiss is also an accomplished humorist, professional speaker and the author of many acclaimed books on the topics of health, wellness, digestion and nutrition ( To Air is Human; Got Guts: A Guide to Prevent and Beat Colon Cancer;  Artsy Fartsy; A Digest on Digestion; The Scoop on Poop;  and more at www.smartaskbooks.com) . He has presented at international conferences, universities, medical centers, Fortune 500 companies, YPO/WPO, Bohemian Grove, Esalen, Aspen Brain Forum and international spas and resorts. He has co-hosted a popular health radio talk show, “Health News and Views” and truly enjoys educating and entertaining his audiences!

 

The Brain, Cerebrospinal Fluid and the Vagus Nerve Unmasked

Dr. Chan will share innovative strategies to maintain mental clarity, enhance your intuition and increase ingenuity as we age.

 

Diet and Nutraceuticals
Learn powerful evidence-based ways to reduce anxiety and depression by 50% in a matter of weeks!

 

The Ultimate Sleep Reset
Learn the key ingredients to proper sleep hygiene..

 

Soothe Your Mind
Learn ways to release anxiety, overwhelm and depression with botanicals, diet and technology

 

Neuro-regenerative Practices to Build New Neural Pathways
Practice a specific meditation for balancing the limbic system of the brain to down shift allowing for a more balanced stress response.  Leave relaxed, connected and smarter!

 

 

Dr. Jacqueline Chan, D.O. graduated from Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in the top 10 of her class in 1997 and is board certified in Integrative Medicine. Dr. Chan uncovers root causes of illness by using cutting edge lab work, medicinal herbal tinctures, HBOT therapy, nutraceuticals, bio-identical hormones, osteopathic craniosacral therapy to optimize the body’s inherent healing forces. She completed a medical missionary project with Mayan Indians in Belize Central America, Amerihealth television show, presenter for Dr. Oz as a panelist, Professor at Energy Medicine University, Faculty Member at the Academy of Intuition Medicine. Her honors include: Phi Kappa Phi and Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare.  She practices at Marin Natural Medicine Clinic in Larkspur, California, and as a medical director at Advanced Hyperbaric Recovery of Marin in San Rafael, California. She is the author of Regenerate Your Brain: A Breakthrough Plan to Regain Your Brilliance. To learn more visit: www.drjacqueline.com

 

Art in Its Moment

Art in Its Moment, Part 1
Using art, literature, and music as its vehicle, the first chapter of ART IN ITS MOMENT (AIIM) is a fun romp through five eras of history: The Classical, The Romantic, The Modern, Mid-20th Century, and the 21st Century. Weaving together literature, art and music, AIIM brings alive the different textures of each historical period to suggest how the art created in each epoch grows from the experience of being alive at that moment.

 

Art in Its Moment, Part 2
The second chapter of AIIM will focus on a 21st century composition—THE UNIMAGINED: PREPARATIONS FOR THE UNKNOWN– a composition which was inspired by walking the labyrinth at Rancho. Levick will relate how the labyrinth inspired him, and more specifically, how inspiration was translated into music. You will be encouraged to share how the music made you feel, what you liked and didn’t like, how you would describe in words what you just heard, etc.

 

 

 

 

Hugh Levick’s music has been described by LA Times critic, Mark Swed, as ‘outstanding’ and by critic Rodney Punt as “channeling Bach’s mental energies and Hindemith’s angularities.”  In 2013 Signature Records, the dynamic and eclectic label sponsored by Radio France Musique, released the Diotima String Quartet recording of Levick’s three string quartets. In June 2018 Signature Records/Radio France released Levick’s second CD, which once again features the Diotima. A third Signature CD of Levick’s music, featuring the Diotima and the French ensemble, TM+, is planned for 2023. In 2011 Levick created HEAR NOW, a festival of new music by contemporary LA composers. In its eleventh season HEAR NOW 2022 will take place between April 24th and May 1st in Los Angeles. He has performed in  Los Angeles, Paris, NYC, Switzerland, Germany, and Spain, among other places.

Clips from a Hollywood Career

Join Michael Elias for:

  • Clips from a Hollywood Career, starring Steve Martin, Johnny Cash, Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Dick Van Dyke, Bill Cosby, Forrest Whitaker, Jeff Goldblum, and Me

 

  • The Making of Lush Life  (Film will be shown Saturday evening; discussion follows on Wednesday.)

 

  • Is It Too Late to Be a Writer?  Of Course Not, But Then What?

 

 

 

Michael Elias is an award-winning writer, actor and director who has written film, television, theatre and fiction.

His new novel, You Can Go Home Now, is a timely and addictive psychological thriller featuring a female cop on the hunt for a killer while battling violent secrets of her own.  The book was recently published by HarperCollins in the U.S. and was released by Editions du Masque in France in February 2021.  He is also the author of The Last Conquistador, published by Open Road Media. 

Michael Elias was born and raised in upstate New York, moving to New York City after graduating from St. John’s College in Annapolis to pursue a career in acting. He was a member of the Living Theatre (The Brig) and acted at The Judson Poets Theatre, La MaMa, and Caffé Chino. Elias transitioned to Hollywood and with Frank Shaw wrote the screenplay for The Frisco Kid starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford, then Envoyez les Violons with Eve Babitz and began a long partnership with Rich Eustis. Together, they wrote the screenplays for Serial, Young Doctors in Love and created Head of the Class a television series for ABC, partially based on Elias’ experience as a high school teacher in New York City. Elias also worked with Steve Martin, a collaboration that included material for Martin’s comedy albums, network TV specials, and the screenplay for The Jerk.

Elias wrote and directed Showtime’s Lush Life with Forrest Whitaker and Jeff Goldblum. He was nominated for best Director at The Cable Ace Awards that year, and the TV movie has become a jazz film classic. His semi-autobiographical play about a small hotel in upstate New York was directed by Paul Mazursky, ran for four months in Los Angeles, with the LA Weekly naming The Catskill Sonata one of the best ten plays of the year.

Rising Time of the Feminine

Since 1993, we have been in the time of the Feminine ~ after centuries of patriarchal domination. What positive things does that bring for women, as well as men?

 

 

Brooke Medicine Eagle is a legendary indigenous Earthkeeper, wisdom teacher, healer, visionary, singer/songwriter, shamanic practitioner, sacred ecologist, catalyst for wholeness and leader of ceremonial empowerment. She is the best-selling author of the American native literary classic, Buffalo Woman Comes Singing, and of The Last Ghost Dance. Over the last 45 years, her many music recordings, teachings, writings, conference appearances, and wilderness spiritual retreats have touched the hearts and minds of people all over the world.Instagram: medicineeagle

Golden Hour Photo Walks

Are you interested in improving the quality of your portraits, landscapes, or family snapshots? Amateur or “aficionado,” digital or film, iPhone, “throw-away,” “point and shoot,” or pro camera, come join Melba Levick on two afternoon photo walks in the glorious Rancho La Puerta gardens for some tips on how to improve your photos.

 

 

Photographer Melba Levick has published over 60 photography books on travel, design, architecture and gardens, in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Her work has been exhibited internationally and appears frequently in magazines worldwide.  Among her recent books are Ranches: Home on the Range in California, (2018, Rizzoli International, NYC), and The California Missions, 2019, which had its first signing at Rancho La Puerta! The Spanish Style House, from Andalusia to California, also Rizzoli, came out last Spring 2021, along with Mission San Miguel Archangel from Nazraeli Press. She is currently working on a book about Santa Fe, called From Earth to Sky, Santa Fe Style and Design to be published by Rizzoli in Spring 2023. Visit her website: www.Melbalevickphotos.com