Events
Coming this Winter to the Wellsprings:
Weekend Permaculture Design Course February 2nd -3rd 2012
Second in weekend in a series of 6 weekend workshops through the winter and spring of 2013 right here at the Jackson Wellsprings. Permaculture offers powerful tools for the design of regenerative, fair ways to provide food, energy, shelter and other needs while learning to live in harmony with nature. Drawing on ecology, whole systems design and indigenous knowledge, the PDC presents an array of solutions tools and strategies for moving into a low carbon way of living sustainably on the only planet we have. This is the primary permaculture course offered around the world with lots of local knowledge and applications. Participants learn to apply regenerative permaculture principals and patterns to design intergrated homesteads, energy and water systems, animals, gardens, appropriate technology, forestry and healthy communities. This PDC is offered at Jackson Wellsprings and students will be working on a permaculture design for the Wellsprings property during the course. Lead instructor is Tom Ward with co-teachers Melanie Mindlin and Karen Taylor. Tom has taught dozens of permaculture design courses and advanced permaculture courses in Southern Oregon and Northern California over the last 30 years. He is the author of Greenward Ho! Herbal Home Remedies: An Ecological Approach to Sustainable Health. Tom advises local farms and has a social forestry project in the Little Applegate Valley where he is demonstrating natural building, fuel hazard materials utilization, multiple products woods-crafting, wildlife enhancement and desert forest water management. There will be 6 workshops in the series, Feb 16th-17th, March 2-3, March 23-24, and April 6-7. The course price is $650. To Register or get more information please email sassetta@mind.net or call 541-482-7909
Singing for Power, 2 day Intensive with Mouna Wilson Feb 9th-10th 2013 9:30am-6pm
Mouna Wilson has evolved during her 50+ year sing career from professional performer to master teacher. Classically trained, Mouna's continual years of study and experience in many forms of bodywork allow her a wide range of approaches in her individual and group work. Through observing and exploring the singer's own experience, Mouna draws forth the singer's natural place of power and through active listening; all participants come to know the perfection of the process, and our deep connection to each other and all that is. Testimonial from a former student says that: "Mouna's singing class is continual surprising invitation to be fully present. I am always amazed at Mouna's ability to "be" with each person, tickling the into singing from within so that the song becomes an expression of the Self. I call that Grace". Mouna asks that participants please plan to attend both full days of the workshop and that participants bring a sack lunch on Saturday, there will be a Potluck Sunday. Cost: This workshop is offered within the "gift" economy. There is no fee to register for this event. Within the workshop is a gifting ceremony for Mouna, where each person is asked to give back what feels right for the gift they have received. The currant market value of this type of workshop in the Rogue Valley is $150. For more information or to Register please call 541-488-1469. To Register online go to: http://www.eventbrite.com/org/3127913190