Events, Activities, Healing:
Polaris Insight
Polaris Insight
The staff at Polaris Insight Center are dedicated to the ethical and compassionate clinical use of ketamine-assisted, and psychedelic-assisted, psychotherapy. We share a deep interest in, and a broad range of experience working with, the psychotherapeutic potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness and are committed to the integration of alternative and traditional methods psychotherapy.
Cult for Good Project
Cult for Good Project
Thank you to every one of you who have donated, shared, and supported – what started as just 30,000 bars of soap to pass out in hygiene packs to the homeless of Los Angeles, has now snowballed into a beautiful full nationwide relief program to bring necessities to the homeless across the United States, and our supplies list went from only soap & water, to a massive list of desperately needed necessities.
MusiCares
MusiCares
MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares’ services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly influence the health and welfare of the music community.
The International Extremity Project
A non-profit medical mission, IEP travels to Vietnam and Namibia to perform surgical correction for severe lower-extremity deformities to the underserved.
Previously known as Mission Peace, the International Extremity Project grew out of a 1998 medical mission to Vietnam. Our hearts went out to the dedicated and unselfish efforts of those reaching out to help those in need.
IEP provides support for humanitarian projects and supplies medical assistance to the people of Vietnam through medical missions to Can Tho. Our medical missions correct physical lower-extremity deformities to give a new chance at life to many needy Vietnamese.
San Francisco Birth Center
Midwifery care in a home-like setting
San Francisco Birth Center offers comprehensive midwifery care in a safe home-like environment. As midwives, we believe that birth is a normal physiologic process. We trust in the innate wisdom of the body and honor pregnancy and birth as a powerful time of transition in a woman’s life. SF Birth Center is a comfortable place to bring your baby into the world under the gentle hands of experienced midwives.
Nicole Bianchi Nutrition
a food re-education
By the time we get to adulthood, many of us have been through a lot of health challenges, and I get it. If you have been struggling with: Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Sugar Addiction, Symptoms from Perimenopause, Autoimmune Disease, Skin Issues, Anxiety and Depression, or Diabetes, proper nutrition can support you. That work is why I became a certified nutritionist, and I am here to help you find your way. The information that flows into us informs how we age and evolve, and food is our greatest environmental exposure, so let’s start there.
Optavia
At OPTAVIA, we help you realize Lifelong Transformation, One Healthy Habit at a TimeTM. Our approach to health is radically different. We believe Optimal Health and Wellbeing is about what’s added to your life, not what’s subtracted from the scale. These habits add to your quality of life by getting your mind and body working together to work for you.
For most, it starts with achieving a healthy weight. This is the catalyst for changes. When you achieve your healthy weight, you may increase your health, confidence, and vitality. You create space for the life you want.
It’s not about a smaller you. It’s about a healthier you, living your best life. The life you want is waiting. All you have to do is take the first step.
The Integrative Health Project
The Integrative Health Project (IHP) is a volunteer organization with the mission of providing access to integrative medicine in underserved areas both locally and internationally. IHP was established in 2011 by a group of practitioners who were passionate about Chinese medicine and who saw the potential for its making a great impact in the lives of many.
The main focus of our work has conducting medical missions and training programs and since it’s inception IHP has provided thousands of free treatments in Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition to these clinics, IHP has provided free training for over 60 local providers in auricular (ear) acupuncture and other types of basic Chinese medicine techniques and other treatment modalities including, yoga, meditation and different forms of body work.
Seniority Matters
Seniority Matters
Whether your parents need companion care, help with tasks such as bill paying, meal preparation or transportation solutions, the experienced professionals at Seniority Matters can assist you in making smart decisions. Since our launch in 2009, Seniority Matters has become South Florida’s most respected and innovative resource for family caregivers seeking unbiased advice and trustworthy service providers for their aging parents.
Forest Bathing Club
Forest Bathing Club
The Forest Bathing Club philosophy is a combination of design, mindfulness, meditation and getting wild.We imagine a world where everyone is able to tap into nature as the greatest source of energy and inspiration. We exist to enable people to reconnect to nature as a way to heal — themselves, their communities, and the planet. We are committed to inspiring people to heal themselves, their communities, and the planet through spending time in nature. A complete reverence for the Earth informs all that we do.
California Institute of Integral Studies
California Institute of Integral Studies
Integrative Health Studies
CIIS is celebrating 50 years of transformational education and an educational vision rooted in progressive values. Our hybrid online program’s holistic approach to scholarship combines academic rigor, consciousness, and spirituality to foster personal and professional growth.
On Pointe – Pilates | Private Training
On Pointe – Pilates | Private Training
Focus on passion, not pounds. Count courage, not calories. Spread positivity, not impossibility. Think “better off”, not before and after. Care for yourself, don’t compare yourself. Every body is a pilates body. Worry less about how you look and more about how you feel. You were born to be real, not perfect. Don’t beat yourself up, build yourself up.
Mindfulness Travels with Linda and Larry Cammarata
Mindfulness Travels with Linda and Larry Cammarata
Explore your world with awareness, acceptance, and joy. Mindfulness Travels provides educational retreats to inspiring places throughout the world with leaders in the field of mindfulness and mindful movement. Our retreats support you in cultivating present-centered awareness, kindness, compassion, and joy for yourself and for the greater good of others. Mindfulness Travels is a vehicle that can take you there.
Ellen Mossman: Craniosacral Therapy and Education
Ellen Mossman: Craniosacral Therapy and Education
Recognizing and understanding your body’s messages gives you the opportunity to respond healthfully.
Private sessions in craniosacral therapy and bodywork for individuals seeking relief from a variety of issues – from the stresses of everyday life, to complex or longstanding health conditions. Offered in the Berkeley, CA area. Classes, workshops, supervision and tutorials for body therapists of all levels desiring an immersive, experiential and enjoyable approach to learning craniosacral work, anatomy, and yoga.
Southern California University of Health Sciences Making a World of Difference!
Southern California University of Health Sciences Making a World of Difference!
SCU thrives on the notion that healthcare is essential to changing the world. We are deeply committed to our mission of developing students into caring, competent, and integrative practitioners who are making a world of difference as members of their communities and leaders in the future of integrative healthcare.
Our impact is not just here and now, nor is it bound to classrooms and clinics throughout greater Los Angeles. It extends across the world and well into the future as today’s students and alumni are prepared to lead the healthcare system of tomorrow.
Epiphany Dance Theater
Epiphany Dance Theater
Epiphany Dance Theater creates thought-provoking, accessible, dance performances and educational programs, building understanding across cultures and ages. On the stage and in the street, we illuminate the ordinary and the extraordinary, inspiring social change using art as a vehicle.
Its programs include an annual performance season; the highly acclaimed San Francisco Trolley Dances (SFTD), now in its 15th year, and community education and outreach activities for youth and adults in the Bay Area and around the world.
Mindfulness Care Center
Mindfulness Care Center
Bridging the gap from anxiety, unresolved trauma and stress to living a joyful grounded life.
The Mindfulness Care Center offers a unique approach that allows an individual to begin feeling whole & safe and more embodied. We see the need for healing unresolved wounding and grief that is based on new models of brain/body integrative regulation. The mind, heart and spirit is one life force not the separate pieces we may often feel and operate from in our life. Change can happen naturally. We welcome you to explore our website and participate in our programs.
Medical Clown Project
Medical Clown Project
The Medical Clown Project provides therapeutic medical clowning as an integrated component of care for adult and pediatric patients and their families. The medical clowns also benefit the community milieu by lightening the mood of healthcare providers and staff. Grand Circus Rounds will be a unique afternoon of extraordinary acrobatic feats and clown performances from top circus performers, live music, and tasty treats! The audience will also experience a rare close-up view of therapeutic medical clowning …
Krav Maga SF
Krav Maga SF
Learn Self Defense, Get Fit, Have Fun!
Krav Maga (pronounced ‘Krahv MaGAH”) means ‘Contact Combat’ in Hebrew. It is the official self-defense and fighting system used by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli Police and Security Services, and is the preferred training system for more than 350 U.S. law-enforcement agencies. This unique training method has been recognized as the most efficient self-defense system for real-life situations, emphasizing practical defenses against real violent attacks.
