In the age of COVID-19, our collective need for wisdom and deep self-care is unprecedented. Join us for a captivating 1-hour webcast dialogue between pioneering medical doctor Josefa Rangel MD, expert in ancient self-healing methods Cain Carroll, and renowned meditation teacher Jack Kornfield.
The webcast will live stream on Facebook and be recorded and made available on YouTube for those who cannot attend the live event.
Join us live on Wednesday, April 8 at 11 am Pacific Standard Time (1 hour presentation)
WE WILL EXPLORE
Innate resilience from a medical, yogic, and spiritual perspective
How ancient wisdom can inform medicine and your own care
Health and healing benefits of a daily self-care practice
How embracing wholeness and non-separation can lead to our collective healing and awakening
About the Presenters
Dr. Josefa Rangel, MD is a board-certified internist and fellowship-trained integrative medicine specialist. She received her medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine, completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, and undertook fellowships at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and also recently completed training in Medical Advocacy.
Dr. Rangel has practiced integrative medicine since 2005. Seeing patients struggle in the conventional and alternative medical systems and her own deep resonance with the body’s innate capacity to heal led her to establish the Innate Medicine Clinic in 2014 in Mill Valley, California and expand to San Francisco in 2019.
Cain Carroll is an American teacher and author who leads courses in radical self-healing and embodied spiritual practice. His work is informed by years of in-depth study and practice of Yoga, Qigong, Buddhism, Daoism, and Classical Chinese Medicine. Cain has been a student of ageless wisdom traditions since childhood. He began his formal training at age 13 and has studied under the guidance of master teachers in India, China, Thailand, Nepal, Ecuador, Colombia and USA.
In 2006, Cain was grandfathered in to the Yoga Alliance at the E-RYT 500 level. He is author of Partner Yoga: Making Contact for Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Growth; Mudras of India: A Comprehensive Guide to the Hand Gestures of Yoga and Indian Dance; The Four Dignities: The Spiritual Practice of Walking, Standing, Sitting and Lying Down, and creator of three instructional DVDs: Pain-Free Joints; Heal Neck & Shoulder Pain; and Digestive Power. He leads trainings and retreats globally and is sought after for his private coaching work with thought leaders, doctors, athletes, and renowned artists. He is married to the Classical Indian Dancer, Revital Carroll.
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. After graduating from Dartmouth College in Asian Studies in 1967 he joined the Peace Corps and worked on tropical medicine teams in the Mekong River valley. He met and studied as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. Returning to the United States, Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California.
His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies. They include, A Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology, A Path with Heart; After the Ecstasy, the Laundry; Teachings of the Buddha; Seeking the Heart of Wisdom; Living Dharma; A Still Forest Pool; Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart; Buddha’s Little Instruction Book; The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness and Peace, Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are, and his most recent book, No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy Right Where You Are.