FIVE FLAVORS TALKS: Sweetness & the Earth Element
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The Bitter Flavor & the Fire Element
Imparting the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, this is the second in a FREE series of talks that will teach you how herbs and spices can support your internal organs, your energetic balance and your overall health, literally spicing up your life!
Wed., April 6th
6-7pm
Savory Spice Shop
2041 Broadway St., Ste. 1
Boulder, CO 80302
This week’s talk will focus on the Fire Element and the Bitter Flavor. Learn how the Fire Element expresses itself in your body, mind, and spirit and some signs and symptoms that your Fire energies may be out of balance, such as disturbed sleep, trouble speaking, high or low blood pressure, getting easily chilled or overheated. Learn some distinguishing features between exaggerated Fire and depleted Fire, which will tell you when to avoid Bitter flavors for better internal balance or when to start incorporating more of them into your diet to support your health.
Then an expert at the Savory Spice Shop will go into detail about some bitter herbs and spices and how to incorporate them into various recipes so that you can bring your body into balance by spicing up your life!
These talks will be led by Jessica Van Antwerp, an AOBTA nationally Certified Shiatsu Practitioner and Certified Instructor of HeartMind Shiatsu. She has been studying Traditional Chinese Medicine since 2009 and strives to live in harmony with Nature using the Elements as her guide. Her passion for her work comes across through her teaching style, infused with case studies and personal stories, as well as humor and light-heartedness.
The Sour Flavor & Wood Element
We begin the first of our Five Flavors talks next Wednesday, March 23rd, with the SOUR flavor and its associations with the WOOD Element.
Do you have hip issues? Trouble sleeping 11pm-3am? Feel the need for a cleanse? Deal with anger issues? Have addictive tendencies or behaviors?
Ever had gall stones? Or trouble making decisions?
Be introduced to how these (and many more) symptoms could be signaling an imbalance within your Wood Element energies. Then learn about the spices associated with the Sour Flavor and how incorporating these into your diet may help bring these energies back into balance.
BONUS: Learn how incorporating more sour foods into your diet may help curb your sugar cravings!
Disclaimer: the information in these talks is not intended as a diagnosis, nor as medically sanctioned treatment for ailments or diseases. Please consult your physician before making any adjustments to your health regimen.
Dates set for Five Flavors Talks
We are excited to announce that the dates for our upcoming Five Flavors Talks, in partnership with Savory Spice Shop, have been set.
Jessica Van Antwerp, a Boulder-based Certified HeartMind Shiatsu Instructor, will highlight one Element per talk, expounding on its associations within the body and mind, how it shows up in our lives by expressing itself physically or through personality. Then one of the spice experts at Savory will showcase the spices associated with the Flavor of the Element, all in the effort to expand your mind around how using spices can help these Elemental Energies come into balance within your body.
This is a FREE series of talks, every other Wednesday, 6-7pm, starting March 23rd. The talks will be held at Savory Spice Shop at 2041 Broadway Ste. 1, Boulder, CO 80302
- March 23rd – WOOD and the Sour Flavor
- April 6th – FIRE and Bitterness
- April 20th – EARTH and Sweetness
- May 4th – METAL and Spiciness
- May 18th – WATER and Salt
Hope to see you there!
*Please note: the information in these talks is not intended as a diagnosis, nor as medically sanctioned treatment for ailments or diseases. Please consult your physician before making any adjustments to your health regimen.
Jessica Van Antwerp is an AOBTA nationally Certified Shiatsu Practitioner and a Certified Instructor of HeartMind Shiatsu, an avid qigong practitioner and believer in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Her passion for this work is infused into every moment of her daily life, as she strives to live her life following the wisdom of Nature and its expression through the human body. Her enthusiasm is contagious.
HeartMind partners with Savory Spice Shop
We are excited to announce a creative partnership with Savory Spice Shop in downtown Boulder.
We have partnered up to bring you a series of talks about the Five Flavors associated with each of the Five Elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine. We will focus on one element at a time, exposing you to how they may show up in your life. The physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual issues that we all deal with can be clues as to the inner state of balance between each of the Five Elements. Vertigo? Think Water Element. Diabetes? Earth Element. Hip problems? Wood Element.
After a brief intro to these common issues, we’ll discuss the Flavor associated with the Element and some spices that will help support those energetics within your body. The magic of Traditional Chinese Medicine comes in its associations, the interrelatedness of everything in your system. Looking at your body as a whole, you can start to draw your own conclusions as to your particular imbalances and how you might be able to incorporate these spices and certain flavors into your diet to help bring your body back into balance.
*Please note: the information in these talks is not intended as a diagnosis, nor as medically sanctioned treatment for ailments or diseases. Please consult your physician before making any adjustments to your health regimen.
Basic Training 2016: Enrollment opens Oct. 12th
We will begin accepting applications for our 2016 Basic Training in Boulder, CO next Mon., Oct. 12th.
We are incredibly excited to run the program again next year, having evolved and refined our presentation, incorporating student feedback from this year’s program. Newly graduated Certified HeartMind Instructors Becky Whitmer, Dave Goetz, and Jessica Van Antwerp will teach the first three levels of next year’s Basic Training, and our lead instructor Matthew Sweigart will fly in from California to teach the final level.
Prepare for a deep dive into Traditional Chinese Medicine and all of its mystery. Learn how the Five Elements express themselves within Nature and within human beings to gain a better understanding of people in your life. Learn techniques to balance your own energy so that you may be healthier and livelier in your own life. And learn how to balance the energy in other people’s bodies so that they may be relieved of common aches and pains and feel their own vitality radiating out of every pore.
Stay tuned for application details…
Grand Opening Celebration Jan. 31st
Come celebrate the grand opening of HeartMind Bodywork’s new home in Boulder, CO at Bodywork Bistro Living Arts Center.
Tuesday January 31st, 7-10pm.
- Catered by Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place ~
- Free Chair Massage ~
- Music by DJ Deva ~
In our beautiful training studio overlooking Boulder’s infamous Flatirons, we will also have ongoing qigong and yoga classes, community documentary nights, and workshops. Visit bodyworkbistro.com for all of the details.
New Website Launched
We are so excited to welcome you to our brand new website. As we gear up for our 2011-2012 HeartMind Shiatsu™ trainings, we have developed our new site and registration system with you in mind.
Learn all about HeartMind Shiatsu™ and who we are under “About.” Check out our full training descriptions and course overviews under “Training.” See training dates and registration info under “Calendar.” We also offer you the ability to view the training dates in Calendar Mode.
We have partnered with Mindbody online for ease of registering students to our classes and trainings. They also host our products, and you can get there by clicking on “Shop.” Our HeartMind Shiatsu™ DVD will soon be available there. For a nice freebie, be sure to join our mailing list. You will receive our FREE HeartMind Qigong podcast that you can practice with. We will keep you updated with HeartMind Bodywork news and events.
Also, be sure to check out our blog regularly as we will be posting articles, bodywork tips, and other happenings often. We’d love to hear from you, so leave us a comment and connect!