Original Medicine 4-Part Series - April 9, 2022

This program is a psycho-spiritual cross-cultural mindfulness approach to the teachings that weave together Indigenous Wisdom, Mindfulness, and Earth-based practices in order to integrate seasons and the transitions between the seasons as cross-cultural mindfulness tools. In Indigenous societies, there are long-standing practices of honoring the sacred, cultivating stillness, embracing silence, being in nature, and conducting rituals to acknowledge the coming changes in the world around them and within themselves.  

Prior participation in previous OM Sessions not required.

Carol Cano (Founder/Lead Teacher)

Imee Contreras (Mindfulness Teacher/Co-Teacher) 

Dona Tumacder-Esteban (Co-Teacher) 

This event registration is for the fourth part of the series on Saturday, April 9 from 4:00 - 6:30pm (Pacific Time).

A Zoom Link will be sent on Friday, April 8 prior to the Event.

Special Guest: Verlinda Montoya also known by her given Indian name, Mato Ta Pejuta Wakan Nawjin, (Mato Winyan), is an elder, medicine woman and spiritual leader from the Picuris pueblo of New Mexico. Her tribe is Northern Tiwa/Hopi and she comes from a maternal bloodline of Medicine People. Adopted by the Lakota-Sioux tribe, she has been facilitating Native American ceremony (Lakota and Hopi) for over 20 years, conducting traditional Lakota ceremonies under the guidance of Lakota medicine people. With a Master's Degree in Health Education and Health Service Administration, Mato Winyan founded Heart of Humanity, the first agency in Marin to practice integrative medicine, and has received numerous awards for her work, serving as president for non-profit organizations and other boards, committees and diversity panels, as well as two appointed terms as Commissioner for the Marin Women's Commission for the Novato District. She has also produced and hosted 20 TV productions and served as keynote speaker for over 40 organizations.