Macrobiotics: An Ecology of Mind and Body During this two-day workshop with Bill Tara, we will see how this ecological way of thinking can be used to empower us in the development of a healthy mind, body, and spirit.
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Toltec Movements
Human beings are relational creatures. Wherever and whoever we are, we are always in relationship with others - friends, colleagues, family, partners... In this online series, we will practice powerful Toltec movements to explore what it means to have integrity in our...
Arriving at the Totality of Oneself
In the Nahuatl language, the indigenous language still spoken by a great number of peoples in central Mexico, we find several important words that form the epistemological basis for the sorcerer’s world as introduced to Carlos Castaneda by Don Juan Matus. He was a...
Land of the Gods
A pilgrimage into the heart of Japan’s mythical consciousness and the ancient wisdom that awaits us there. By Greg Johnson. After a two-day trek along the Nakahechi pilgrimage trail in the mountains of Wakayama, twenty pilgrims arrive at one of the most revered and...
Zen Macrobiotics and the Doorway to Infinity
We all have come from infinity, we all live within infinity, we all shall return to infinity, and we are all manifestation of one infinity. – Michio Kushi With these words, Michio Kushi has distilled the essence of a unifying cosmology that was founded on the idea of...
Brown Rice: The Untold Story
We often tend to refer to whole rice as brown rice, but in fact there are many varieties of this rice that are different colours - red, black, purple, burgundy. Even within the brown coloured category there are variations - some are golden, some slightly brown and...
Haramaki – Kidney Care
In this video, Maria talks about the importance of caring for your kidneys during winter. A kidney warmer called, "Haramaki" is one of the ways to protect our kidneys from the cold. Maria also shows us a few simple kidney massage exercises that we can practice at home...
Strengthening the kidneys and lower back
Maria shows us the pressure point in our foot and demonstrates the technique to activate it. Massaging this pressure point does not only strengthen the kidneys and lower back, but it also helps in relieving sore throat, toothaches, and period pains.
Michio Kushi – Honouring Our Lineage
This past year a group of 20 people affiliated with Concord Institute completed a 12-day pilgrimage to Japan, highlighted by a trek through the Kumano mountains of Wakayama prefecture over several days, paying our respects to three ancient Shinto shrines. The main...
On my relationship to cooking
Today, I cook for the well-being of those I ‘feed’, including myself, and for the deep sensory pleasure it gives me. Sometimes it shows up as a chore, but as I start cooking I am taken by the opportunity for creativity and making a gift of deliciousness and...