Beyond Wellness: Embracing Your Wholeness

 

IAW Foundation in Collaboration with Temple of Unity

Presents

Beyond Wellness: Embracing Your Wholeness

 
Join us for a transformative healing retreat at the peaceful Montalvo Arts Center, where you'll reconnect with your highest self and find balance in body, mind, and spirit. 
This retreat invites you to embrace your wholeness in a nurturing, supportive community.

 

Northern California Chapter

Sunday, October 27, 2024

 

Registration 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Program: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

 

The Montalvo Arts Center 

15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, CA 95070

Complimentary Parking

   

Tickets: $200 

Including all sessions, lunch & snacks

Limited number of tickets available



Morning Sessions

The Art of Listening Within: Mastering Intuitive Awareness - Shirin Hedayat

Have you ever sensed an unexplainable knowing, a whisper from within, only to have it silenced by the distraction of external expectations and rational thought? We will explore the heart center as the mystical gateway through which intuitive perception flows, offering access to insights beyond the reach of the intellect. By examining how societal roles and facades create a veil over our innate sensitivity, this talk guides you in uncovering the authentic essence that lies beneath. This is an invitation to embark on an inner journey, where clarity, alignment, and the profound mysteries of the self and the universe converge.

Sound Healing & Sonic Vibration - Shirin Hedayat & Sepideh Homami

You are invited to experience the transformative power of sonic meditation, where sound frequencies guide you into a state of deep stillness and connection. As the vibrations move through you, they clear stagnant energy and align your body’s energy centers, awakening your inner harmony. This practice offers a space to reconnect with your true essence, bringing balance and resonance to your entire being. Step into this sacred journey and feel your energy flow with the rhythms of the universe.

Mindfulness - Farnaz Khadiv

We will explore mindfulness by cultivating awareness of our thoughts, senses, and surroundings. By connecting with the present moment, we can improve our well-being, foster deeper connections, and respond to challenges with greater clarity and calm. This practice invites us to live with intention and peace, moment by moment.

Afternoon Sessions

Beyond Wellness: Embracing Your Wholeness - Dr. Haleh Kashani, Dr. Nooshin Darvish, Nasrin Naaseh, Nazli Nadem (Moderator)

Beyond Wellness: Embracing Your Wholeness brings together three experts to explore the connection between body, mind, and spirit. Dr. Nooshin Darvish will focus on the power of joy to elevate our vibrational state, while highlighting the role of feminine intuition in fostering holistic healing and balance. Dr. Haleh Kashani will dive into resilience, sharing practical strategies to navigate life’s challenges with grace and build lasting inner strength. Lastly, Nasrin Naaseh will help participants confront deep-seated fears and break free from old patterns, using introspection as a path to spiritual growth. Together, they offer a comprehensive approach to integrating joy, resilience, and spiritual alignment for complete well-being.

Tending the Inner Garden: Flowing in Life's Sacred River of Change - Sima Hashemifar

In the vast landscape of our inner being, self-compassion and self-love are the gentle hands that tend the garden of our soul. They are the tender voices inviting us to embrace the journey with twists, turns, and unexpected storms. This session will explore the sacred art of self-compassion—how it softens our rough edges, healing the wounds of self-criticism and self-doubt. We will delve into self-love as both a birthright and a practice, planting seeds of kindness in the soil of our hearts so they may bloom even amidst life’s upheavals.

We will touch on the wisdom of impermanence, recognizing that, like seasons, all things in our lives are transient. In this awareness, we find a quiet resilience, an ability to bend and sway like trees in the wind, rooted in the understanding that life’s curveballs are not disruptions but invitations to grow. Together, we will embrace the beauty of our shared human experience, finding strength in our vulnerability and grace in our ever-unfolding transformation.

Join me in this journey to reconnect with the sacred essence of self-love and cultivate the courage to face life’s changes and challenges.

Movement Meditation & Qigong - Dr. Haleh Kashani

Qigong is an ancient traditional Chinese practice involving breathing exercises and movement that aims to optimize energy within the body, mind, and spirit in order to maintain health and well-being.

Beginners first learn how to coordinate physical movements with breath through the repeated practice of exercises. Once they achieve proper form, students work on turning those exercises into moving meditation, or finding the change in energy within the postures, movements, breathing patterns, and transitions.

The slow, gentle movements are believed to warm up your tendons, ligaments, and muscles; mobilize the joints; and promote the circulation of body fluids (like blood, synovial, and lymph). Meanwhile, deep breathing, which plays a central role in qigong, calms the sympathetic (fight-or-flight) nervous system and activates the parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) side of your autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system regulates involuntary processes like breathing, heartbeat, and digestion. By tapping into the parasympathetic nervous system, qigong can help reduce stress and anxiety, which has many implications for health. “Qigong offers the beautiful gift of working to quiet the mind, settle the emotions, and relax into the body,”

Dance Your Limitless Self - Armineh Turgeon (Astanbous)

Dance Your Limitless Self is a dynamic meditation. It is created based on our Energy System and Contemporary Dance. It is not a Dance Class but more like Healing with Dance Movements. Join us not only improve your mobility and detox your body but also ground to the present time in a Fun Way.

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