Special Events
Open House at Heartwood
April 12, 2008
July 12, 2008
October 11, 2008
The Heartwood Open House events are one day from 9:00 - 5:30.
Open House is free of charge and includes lunch. Registration is required. Call today toll free at 877 936 9663.
We invite you to experience the best of Heartwood Institute in this special introduction. This is a unique opportunity to learn more about our programs for professional training and personal growth, and meet the Heartwood faculty, students, staff and Enrollment Counselors.
Enjoy the beauty of our wilderness campus in a nurturing atmosphere with people who care for and respect each other. Renew yourself with our delicious, organic vegetarian cuisine.
Open House is free of charge and includes lunch. Registration is required.
Overnight stay, including meals: $50 to camp; $65 for a room.
At Heartwood’s Open House, you will:
• Learn about our Massage Therapist, Holistic Health Practitioner, Asian Healing
Arts and Intensive Programs
• Meet current students, staff and faculty
• Enjoy organic whole-foods vegetarian meals
• Meet Enrollment Counselors to explore options for
your study of healing arts
• Tour Heartwood’s beautiful campus
• Get hands-on experience in bodywork
We encourage you to extend your Heartwood Open House experience by staying
with us overnight Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday for an extra fee of
$65 per night for a bed in a shared room, or $50 to camp outdoors or in our classrooms.
Meals and use of all our facilities are included. Staying overnight
with us provides you extra time to mingle with our community, utilize
Heartwood's lovely Meditation Temple, and further explore the campus
and beautiful surrounding land!
Arriving and getting settled in on Friday afternoon is strongly encouraged,
given our remote location.
Sunday Morning Option: Receive free student bodywork session. Registration
required, and depends on demand.
For more information or to register, call us TOLL FREE at 877 936 9663.
Health Building Cleansing Diet
with Bruce Burger, M.A., R.P.P., C.P.E.
June 28 - July 6, 2008
The body is a temple of the spirit. Our lifestyle choices have a profound
effect on the quality of our health and our personal experience of Spirit.
Join Bruce Burger, Heartwood's founder, for a week of health building
and spiritual renewal. We will cultivate purity in a quest for healing
and vision.
One of the foundations of our health building regime will be a Sattvic cleansing diet. East Indian philosophy classifies food according to the level of consciousness it promotes. A Sattvic diet quiets the mind, brings peace to the heart, and heals bodily ills. A profound clarity emerges as we experience the healing presence of the Soul.
Our supportive healing circle will meet in the garden gazebo, communing with the serenity of Island Mountain. We will begin the day with chanting, prayer and healing movement. We will chant ancient mantras that cleanse the heart and purify the mind. Himalayan wisdom avers that the universe is sung into Being and that our bodies are musical instruments played by Spiritius the breath of life. Conscious sound is a key to healing and well-being.
We will spend time practicing easy stretching postures to dissolve stress and tension, mobilize joints, and facilitate a healing attunement to the forces of Nature and the Cosmos. Loving touch will be shared in Sattvic energy balancing bodywork sessions. Bruce will share his personal realizations of the sacredness and unity of all life in talks on Advaita, the East Indian philosophy of Oneness. The key to healing is Self-Realization. All of our practices will promote Yoga, the experience of union with our Divine Self.
You will leave the retreat with simple yet powerful practices for Soul Communion that you can integrate into your everyday life to promote health and well-being.
Total cost for 10 days: $1,400 for private room, $1,150 per person for two persons sharing a room, $900 for camping.
