Tues. April 20 Leslie Salmon Jones – Dinner Speaker Event at Prana
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Tues March 16 — Brenda Cobb at Dinner Speaker Series
Buy tickets online for $15 for you and your friends by clicking here
Bring a raw organic, unprocessed, ready to serve dish for 8 with labeled utensils or pay an extra $10 at the door or here on line:
All donations will go to the school gardens and “Optimum Health for Kids” program at the Martin Luther King Jr Public School in Dorchester. This exciting program includes:
* Training teachers at Martin Luther King Jr Public School in Dorchester in the natural living food lifestyle, including preparation of healthy nutritious foods, exercise, and support — with teachers getting professional development credits
* Students growing sprouts and preparing and enjoying healthy foods and green smoothies in their classrooms
* Energy medicine training for teachers and students – expanded to the whole school! – already resulting in improved energy, focus, and learning for students!
We are extremely grateful to Brenda’s donating her time & expenses to benefit “Optimum Health for Kids” by speaking on:
“Raw & Living Foods:
Reverse Aging & Heal”
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
5:30 – 9 pm
International Raw & Living Foods
Author and Teacher
Brenda Cobb
founder of Living Foods Institute in Atlanta, GA
www.LivinFoodsInstitute.com
Hear Author Brenda Cobb’s Inspiring Story of Transformation and Healing Following a Living Foods and Natural Lifestyle!
U Mass Waltham Center
240 Beaver Steet, Waltham,MA 02453
Directions: http://www.optimumhealthsolution.org/directions.htm

So after this AMAZING teaching of wild edibles, and really so much more, I forgot my digestive enzymes at home. I am having heartburn from eating too much yummy food at the potluck, then Tommy takes out pieces of calamus root and passes it around for everyone to try. After chewing it to my surprise, my heartburn is gone! My body becomes very warm and I had never tasted something with so much depth. I have been eating high raw for almost a year, but this is what my body has been waiting for all of this time, something that I know has so much more to heal my body than many of the helpful supplements that I have at home. This is from the earth, it is completely natural, grown right from the ground, not sprayed or processed with anything. Now I am excited to try wild edibles from my yard. I believe they will have so much more nutrition in them, than anything I could buy from at the store.
I will defintely say that Tommy Priester truly is a Master Herbalist. Once you hear him speak, and better yet experiencce his work, you will be convinced. He is gifted with an amazing amount of wisdom on healing through plants, and his Heart Mind Integration method.
Some of my personal highlights from this evening:
You do not have to go into the woods to get your wild edibles, just look in your yard, but be sure you know what you are putting in your mouth! Tommy says that we produce an energy that radiates up to 75 feet around us, so all of the plants that we really need will grow in a few seasons in that space. Most of us don’t realize the weeds that we are killing are actually there for a reason. Do you notice how they keep growing back? I believe that they are trying to make us aware, so that we can use them to heal our ailments. This spring, I will tell my husband NOT to kill those dandelions and plantains in our backyard. It’s most important, not to harvest where the land has been sprayed. The spray stays in the ground for a long time. Those sprays are a toxic estrogen and they are a carcinogenic.
I believe it, what do you think? Have you been trying to pull out dandelion in your back yard? It is the ailment for liver disorders. It treats anemia, aids digestion, purifies the blood and creates a balance of electrolytes. It can be used as an astringent, and the bitter leaves can be eaten raw in a salad or it can be ground up and used as a coffee substitute.
Or how about plantain? An amazing astringent. Make a poultice out of it and cure a spider bite, or a wound. You can go into your backyard instead of to the Dr. (And save a lot of money) It has been proven to be an anti-inflammatory, it helps asthma, the bladder, IBS, cystitis, bronchitis and a wide range of other problems.
Tommy tells of an ancient teaching, “For every illness that we create as humans, the plants will create a cure. We are supposed to use them, but honor them, pray and ask that they come back 10 fold for nutrition and make sure they hear you.”
OK so this is what I did…I have 4 aloe plants in my bay window at home….They have not been doing great, and have not been growing. I absolutely love these plants, but they have just been sitting in the window since the first frost. I was so inspired by what Tommy had taught us, that the very next day my two children and I sang songs to the plants, and sent them a lot of love and wishes to grow healthy and strong….TWO days later, they are a lighter green and have grown a noticeable amount…amazing!!!
It is true! Whatever your intention for the plant is what will happen, including when you put them into your body.
I could write for days on the information I learned in just one hour. It has already tremendously improved my way of life. I highly recommend that if you are on a health kick, want to learn about herbs, wild edibles, shamanism or you have anything physical or emotional that needs to be healed, then go see Tommy…you will not be disappointed.
Thank you for all of your teachings Tommy!
Carla Finn
Tommy Priester’s Information:
http://www.bearmedicineherbs.com
e-mail: tpriester@herbalpriest.net
phone: 339-223-0647
Individual Herbal and Flower Essence consultations
Heart Mind Integration Sessions
Shamanic Plant Journey Classes
Tong Ren distance healings.
Officiant of weddings and Native based ceremonies
Teas, tinctures, flower essences, oils, salves
http://www.bostonherbalstudies.com/home.shtml

Test 2 Second Cardiovascular Screening checks your stress level by your heart rate variability checking the resilience and health of your heart

Wayne Silva, featured in Hippocrates Magazine, overcame Diabetes 2, morbid obesity(430 lbs to 170 1lbs) high blood pressure and colon/prostate cancer.
Depression, severe osteo-arthritis and a breast cancer diagnosis.
Tom Lindsley with his children -Jane & Ray -Successful business man of 25 years and Health Consultant using detoxification techniques and raw food to overcome challenges with super hypersensitivities and allergies to all chemicals.

Betsy Bragg-Executive Director of Optimum Health Solution challenged with crippling arthritis from multiple injuries, ADHD and compulsive overeating and drinking.

Bring your family and friends. Children under 18 are free-just bring a dish of food as their contribution.
| Tues. Jan 19 – “Herbs & Wild Edibles Nourish and Heal” Tommy Priester | |
The Optimum Health Solution/Raw New England Community Dinner Speaker Series is delighted to feature
Tommy Priester
speaking on
Herbs & Wild Edibles
Nourish and Heal
When: Tuesday, January 19
You will learn to use herbs to heal all sorts of accute injuries, viruses, colds flu’s, sprains, cuts, bruises, histeria, shock and all kinds of traumas, with simple plants, herbs and homeopathics remedies.
Tommy Priester is a Clinical Herbalist Wellness Counselor and Bear Medicine Herbs Founder and Herbalist www.bearmedicineherbs.com. Tommy, a practicing herbalist since 1998, combines extensive knowledge of Western Herbalism, nutrition and diet with ancient wisdom traditions from Native American and other cultures. You will love his wisdom and his open, compassionate understanding and gentle, peaceful energy.
Save $5 by buying here:
Where: U MA Waltham Center, 240 Beaver St., Waltham
(directions below)
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Or pay $20 at the door.
Bring raw organic, unprocessed, ready to serve dish for 8 with labeled utensils or pay an extra $10. You can pay at the door or pay online here:
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| Preserving the Harvest with Sharon A. Kane – Tues. Nov. 17th Dinner Speaker | |
Optimum Health Solution~Raw New England Community Dinner Speaker Series presents
Preserving the Harvest with Lacto-Fermentation Discussion, Demonstration & Samples by
Sharon A. Kane, Instructor, Food As Medicine Discussion will include a bit of history, a bit of science and a bit about why lacto-fermented foods are so beneficial to us.Demonstration will involve going through all the steps to create a delicious and probiotic-rich jar of sauerkraut.
Where: UMass Waltham Center, 240 Beaver St, Waltham, MA 02452
Donation: Save $5.00 by RSVP through website www.optimumhealthsolution.org/blog
When: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 5:30 – 9:30 pm |
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$20 at door. Bring an organic, unprocessed, raw/vegan/non-animal based dish for 8 people or pay $10 to eat.
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Questions, call Betsy Bragg 781-899-6664 or cell 617-835-2913 or email betsy@optimumhealthsolution.org. Donations go to benefit OHS non-profit dedicated to “feeding children a healthy future”. Sharon A. Kane, offers hands-on classes in Lacto-fermented vegetables, Kombucha Tea and Vegan Kefir. She can be reached at Sharon@food-medicine.com, www.food-medicine.com, 508-881-5678 |
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| Tues. Oct 20 Dinner Speaker features Dorit | |
WINTER IN NEW ENGLAND AS A VEGAN LIVING FOODS ENTHUSIAST This presentation is geared to the curious, the health seeker and all seasoned vegans and living foods enthusiasts.
Dorit is known for her very heart centered, unique style and approach to eating as a sacred art.
Participants will be surprised by the range and depth of ready to use information that will be given during this presentation.
This is not a regular how to living foods or vegan talk. The wealth of information and the ambiance created will last long after the evening is over, and sustain you into the coming chilly New England winter evenings.
This presentation will benefit anyone: vegan living foods enthusiast or average American eater who wishes to throw off the shackles of old conditioning and forge a new path into health and wellness from one’s own unique perspective based on individual needs, likes and dislikes.
For further information please see Dorit’s websites:
http://www.serenityspaces.org http://www.greenlifestylefilmfestival.com Video for a Vegan Living Foods Holiday Meal with Dorit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX0iqZMwo8Q Donation ticket $15 on line by clicking here or $20 at the door.
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Bring a raw vegan, organic, unprocessed dish for 8 people with the recipe and serving utensils marked with your name. For ideas of what to bring, click on the recipe section on the website, www.optimumhealthsolution.org. If you are unable to bring a dish, click here to purchase your dinner for $10 and I will prepare extra food.
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Location: U MA Waltham Center, 240 Beaver St.,
Schedule:
4:30 pm Set -up
5:30 Registration and socialization
6:00 – 6:15 Stuart Reiter, Chef of the newly opened raw Prana Cafe will present “The Delicious Prana Torte in his food demo and will give you the recipe and a sample.![]() 6:15 -7:15 Gourmet Buffet of “Living Organic Plant-Based Foods”
7:15 – 8:45 Dorit will speak followed by Q & A and book and DVD signing
Private consultations with Dorit will explore any of the following:
1) clearing old thoughts, emotions, and belief patterns that prevent us from pursuing or maintaining a vegan living food diet during the winter months. 2) how to successfully make the transition to a plant based living foods diet 3) plant based, live foods diet as a joyful expression of SELF! FEE: $50 (1/2 hour) |
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$85 (one hour)
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$125 (1 1/2 hours)
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Location:
126 Myrtle Street, Waltham, MA 02453
By appointment: Call Betsy Bragg 617-835-2913
Dorit will also be speaking on Cape Cod Thursday, Oct 22 in the Hyannis area with a potluck 6 – 7 pm followed by Dorit.
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