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New title published by North Atlantic Press:
Rainforest Medicine: Preserving Indigenous Science & Biodiversity in the Upper Amazon by Jonathon Sparrow Miller Weisberger, ethnobotanist, founder and steward of Guaria de Osa, director of CCBD
(Council for Cultural & Biological Diversity)

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Council Gathering 1 June 19 - 29, 2013
Council Gathering 2 July 3 - 13, 2013
Rainforest Plant Medicine Council Gatherings
Since 2005
at Guaria de Osa EcoLodge & Ethnobotanical Gardens
on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica!!
To Experience Indigenous Science:
"Nature as Teacher,
Plant Medicine Traditions
and Timeless Wisdom
for Self, Community and Planetary Renewal"
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!"
Join us on an unforgettable adventure of self-discovery, wellness and exploration of rainforest plant medicine traditions with
- Time-honored Secoya traditional elders from the Ecuadorian Amazon, key healing facilitators of traditional renewals at Guaria since 2006
- Jonathon Sparrow Miller Weisberger, ethnobotanist, author, founder and steward of Guaria de Osa EcoLodge, director of Council for Cultural and Biological Diversity (CCBD)
- Deb Buck, Yoga Teacher & Clinical Herbalist from Colorado, enjoys fusing devotion, strength, integrity, and grace in order to inspire contagious enthusiasm in service to Mother Earth.
- Sarah Chase, acupuncturist, founder of The Brooklyn Acupuncture Project Clinic in Brooklyn New York, guest healer at Guaria since 2011
- Po-Hong Yu is a New York Licensed Acupuncturist and a Diplomat of NCCAOM. She specialized in musculoskeletal pain, GYN and digestive disorders, and scar work.
- Hope McDonnell, Acupuncturist, Herbalist, and Nutritional Consultant, awarded Best Health Practitioner by the California State Senate and the Outstanding Woman of Berkeley Award in 2011
Guest Teacher during Council 1, June 19 - 29
- Daniel Pinchbeck, author, activist, and advocate of shamanism; guest teacher at Guaria since 2011
- In synergy, since 2005, with considerate, mindful participants with intelligent hearts from the global community
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A fundraiser to preserve rainforest projects spearheaded by the Council for Cultural and Biological Diversity (CCBD) |
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10 nights / 11 days per council
Space available for 27 participants in each Council Gathering
Contact: Dahlia Miller
Tel: (510) 235-4313 (in California)
Email:

JULY 20 - 27, 2013
Soar into more happiness, success and fulfillment through this combination of transformational workshops and nature experiences! Hatha and Laughter Yoga, Full-Moon Drumming and Dance, Dolphin and Whale adventures, and more!
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| Life Coach, Valerie Sheppard |
Benefit from this opportunity for personal development and self-discovery in one place at one time designed to re-ground yourself in what is most important; re-connect with your inner joy and purpose; re-juvenate your vody, mind and spirit; re-fresh your vision, and re-charge your passion.
This retreat tithes your tuition to the marine turtle rescue project happening right now right on the beach at Guaria de Osa.
To sign up for this splendid retreat, please contact Valerie Sheppard at or ring her in California at Tel: 949-891-8491
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"Meet" Guaria de Osa EcoLodge at: www.guariadeosa.com
A Vacation with a Purpose
Retreat Leaders:
- Valerie Sheppard, Founder and CEO of Sherpa of Happiness of California, and a Life Coach sharing important skills for lifelong learning and inspired living.
- Sierra Goodman, Founder of Vida Marina on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, who will introduce us, face to face, with Dolphins playing in the Pacific
- Jonathon S. Miller W., a moxie ethnobotanist, rainforest guide, and steward of Guaria de Osa EcoLodge on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. You cannot miss a hike into the forest with Jonathon as he sees the visible and the invisible.
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See Video introducing Guaria de Osa EcoLodge at: happinesssabbatical.com
In the above link, you will read the itinerary, meet retreat leaders, and how to register.
Come bask in the sun and nature's splendor in Costa Rica.
Your Happiness Sabbatical at Guaria de Osa offers the perfect combination of rest, relaxation, renewal, lifelong learning and inspired living. Rediscover your wholeness.
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A Family Vacation
Listening to the Voice of the Earth
August 3 - 10, 2013
With joy and laughter, a family vacation is a direct experience, understanding, appreciating, conserving Rainforest Biodiversity and Us... in the emerald-green rainforest as your 'back yard' and the sapphire-blue sea as your 'front yard.'
All ages welcome to Orchid of the Osa / Guaria de Osa - a child friendly wilderness ecolodge.
With Ladna, tropical ecologist and Jonathon Miller Weisberger, ethnobotanist, (sister and brother team) who will guide you and your children
with arts & crafts activities gifted by Nature;
Marine Turtle Nesting experiences;
Whale and Dolphin viewing,
swimming, surfing, snorkeling,
massaging your bare-feet in the soft sand;
hammock napping,
taking a shower in the rain …
and yet coming home with a tan!
and so much more!
Come! to the "Little Amazon of Costa Rica"
where National Geographic says ' it's the most biologically diverse place on Earth –
meaning, a great number of species live in one concentrated area.
Come to Orchid of the Osa / Guaria de Osa
where Trip Advisor ranked us as #1 of 18 specialty lodging in Drake Bay
and has given us 5 stars!
Contact Person:
Ladna Miller
Tel:(510) 235-4313 (in California)
Email:
This retreat tithes your tuition to the marine turtle rescue project happening right now right on the beach at Guaria de Osa / Orchid of the Osa
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