Wisdom Keeper Week
March 1-8, 2025

Healing Stories and Practices

During Wisdom Keeper Week we celebrate my father’s birthday by exploring one of his core teachings. To enliven and enrich our week-long community, I am honored to invite presenters who embody these teachings.

My father‘s life was anchored in ancient wisdom traditions, and he found ways to connect these teachings to everyday life.  He often taught through stories and believed that our connection to nature was essential to a healthy, happy life.  This week we flow from Apache to Ayurveda, a great circle of wisdom teachings to help us be discerning in what we harvest, how to care for the land and our bodies, how to embody a spiritual life that gives us purpose and peace.  Indigenous elders will share their traditions and stories with us.  We will forage together and learn how to take only what we need.  We will create beauty and thank the mountain for her protection.  We will sing our sorrow and our joy and live in the paradox of celebrating life in the midst of grief and uncertainty.

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Join Us for A Week Of Healing Stories and Practices:

Sarah Livia Brightwood Szekely, President of Rancho La Puerta
Maggie Wheeler, Singer, Songwriter, Teacher
Arnaé Batson, Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and culture carrier
Sylvia Boorstein, Writer and Spiritual Leader
Twila Cassadore, Advocate for Indigenous Food Sovereignty
Joel Ben Izzy, Storyteller
Rosa Tupina Yaotonalcuahtli, Native Healer and Ceremonial Leader
Laura Plumb, Ayurvedic Practitioner
Theo Stephan, Chef
Nancy Wang Gaeden, Certified Yoga Therapist
Joanna Morrison, Cellist