Abriendo Caminos

Restorative Retreat for Community Service Workers 

within the Latino Community

"Our Health is a Community Resource"

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Read in Spanish here

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Our health is strengthened by connection: with ourselves, each other, our families, nourishing food, with nature, and with our culture.

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Come and experience the medicine of nature and connection. Relax in the beautiful Commonweal Garden, enjoy nourishing foods, and explore the healing that is possible with caring connection in community. 

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We will explore:

• How stress affects the body, and relaxation practices

• The use of food as medicine, with a special emphasis on flavors, herbs and spices in Latin American cuisine.

• Connecting with culture and recognition of the harmful effects the dominant culture in the United States has on our health. 

• Medicinal plants, sharing wisdom our ancestors passed on to use, and which plants we can grown here in West Marin 

• Ways in which connecting with nature makes us healthier

• How growing our own vegetables and medicinal plants supports our health, the health of our families and our communities.

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Saturday, April 9, 2022

9 a.m. a 5 p.m. 

Lunch provided.

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Enseñado por la Dra. Anna O'Malley y Socorro Romo, en español y ingles.

Para registrarse, llame a Socorro Romo en el West Marin Community Services, al 415-663-8361.

 

This retreat is made possible through grant support from West Marin Fund and in collaboration between West Marin Community Services, Coastal Health Alliance, and Natura.