JANUARY 10 - 19, 2009
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Guaria de Osa calls you to an adventure of self-discovery, wellness
and exploration of rainforest plant medicine traditions with
time-honored Maestros from the Ecuadorian Amazon, an intrepid
Ethnobotanist, an ardent Fire-Keeper, alongside mindful participants
— gathering in the heart of the Osa Peninsula also known as “The
Little Amazon by the Ocean” endorsed by National Geographic as “the
most biological intense place on Earth!”

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Full program for this Council Gathering is posted at:
www.guariadeosa.com or www.rainforestocean.com
Click on Calendar of Events and scroll down to
January 10 - 19.

The Secoya Maestros are extending their stay at Guaria a week
longer. Let Dahlia E. Miller know if you wish to do the same:
puravida@guariadeosa.com

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Sleep easy ... we do not sell, rent, trade, loan, or give your name
or e-mail address to no one.
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Intention of the Council Gathering
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• To experientially learn from ancient rainforest plant medicine
traditions stemming from time-tested, traditional healing and
well-ness practices of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon.

• To welcome an alchemic transformation, healing, and re-integration
of body, mind, heart and spirit.

• To receive insight and guidance from these ancient and profound
worldviews and thus strengthen one's essence and improve one's
health.

• To enjoy and be nurtured by the pristine Pacific Ocean and mighty
rainforest ecosystems on the Osa Peninsula and her natural wonders.

• A fund-raiser
* To continue facilitating the transmission of the Secoya People’s
core knowledge of medicinal plants by providing protection and
support to the community elders and their families as the Gardeners
of the Rainforest.

* To provide materials for fiber glass canoes for the Secoya school
children who travel on the river from home to school. This project
began two years ago .. with the intention of not cutting ancient
trees for their canoes.

* To reprint the first ethnobotanical bilingual education booklet on
the use of their medicinal plants written by Jonathon S.
Miller-Weisberger for the Secoya children.

* To provide health and wellness among the community elders – for
example dental and vision checkups and other necessities when they
arise … choosing alternative medicine practices when applicable.

The above projects raised with funds from this Council Gathering
will be coordinated by Rodrigo Yelpi who has been living among the
Secoyas for the past 15 years. Rodrigo will escort the Maestros from
the Ecuadorian Amazon to Guaria de Osa for the Council Gathering.

Ethnobotanist, Jonathon S. Miller-Weisberger, director of The
Council for Cultural & Biological Diversity (aka Grupo Osanimi) has
dedicated efforts since 1994 to cultural heritage rekindling
processes that includes participatory ethnobotanical and
ethnographical field documentation and publication of this material
in bilingual education booklets for local schools. It has also
included the preservation of medicinal plant knowledge via workshops
and educational council gatherings as well as the protection of the
plants themselves in ethnobotanical gardens, in situ.

Our work has always been in collaboration and support of traditional
healers and their healing methods. Among indigenous peoples
communities our approach is holistic and direct in nature aimed at
finding creative ways to bridging the gap among the generations in
order to collaborate in the efforts of safeguarding the rainforest
and the knowledge pertinent for continued sustainable living,
healing and well being.

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Themes to Explore
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• Experience the prehistoric origins of Plant Medicine Traditions
from the Ecuadorian Amazon as taught and lived by the Secoya elders.

• Welcome the past, present and future importance of Indigenous
Plant Medicines and its healers and gardeners.

• Appreciate the connection and relationship of plant medicines with
the ancient traditions of Tao.

• Connect the magnitude of these two Indigenous Spiritual Sciences
and aspects that nourish renewal and wellness in our personal life,
our community life, and the life of our environment, locally and
globally.

• Expand one’s guts and grace.

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