Susan Waxman, educational director of The Strengthening Health Institute

Amid the chaos around us, it is important to take care of ourselves on many levels, including cooking, eating, and living in a balanced way. Learn new calming dishes that will help you restore your balance and peaceful mind.

Virginia Harper, transformational leader in natural healing

Virginia will identify causes triggering deficiencies in female health and offer you simple and clear guidance how to treat various women’s health issues, including safe-and-easy home remedies.

Manjari Agarwala, yoga therapist and macrobiotic teacher from India

Using gentle movements, breath, and sound, you will experience yoga in its simplest, most authentic form. The sessions will help unwind, release stress, and bring a greater sense of ease and balance.

Moderated by Donna Clifford and Mark Leonas

Tom Monte, leader of programs on natural and emotional healing

Tom will talk about the source of healing waves, or frequencies that exist within us at deeper strata of consciousness, and how every one of us can access that state multiple times throughout the day

Amber Maisano, former chef cook at the Kushi Institute

This delicious, quick-and-easy macrobiotic entrée comes in handy, especially when our schedules become too busy. It is easy to pack for picnics and trips or to serve simply as a quick meal at home. Watch Sheri prepare her most popular and creative sandwich ideas: Tempeh Reuben, Fried Tofu with Kimchee, and Pesto Portobello.

Danka Jack, new enthusiastic macrobiotic teacher

Understand the simple yin and yang qualities of water and discover why and how fish swim upstream. You will also learn the best water for drinking, cooking, and bathing and possible solutions to the worldwide water crisis.

Manjari Agarwala, yoga therapist and macrobiotic teac

Using gentle movements, breath, and sound, you will experience yoga in its simplest, most authentic form. The sessions will help unwind, release stress, and bring a greater sense of ease and balance.

Moderated by Donna Clifford and Mark Leonas

Alex Jack, president of Planetary Health and former director of Kushi Institute in Becket

Explore the yin and yang of architecture from the Great Pyramid, Stonehenge, and Taj Mahal to the Chrysler Building, Guggenheim Museum, and Burj Khalifa. Learn why traditional cultures featured spiral and circular designs while modern societies build in squares and rectangles. After this class, you will never look at a house, church, or office building the same way again.

Moderated by Donna Clifford and Mark Leonas

Honza Jicha, a Czech teacher, author, translator, and singer-songwriter

Using his detailed knowledge of literature and command of sixteen languages, Honza Jicha has penetrated to the heart of many literary works. In this lecture, he briefly introduces the history of literature through the lens of yin and yang, and apply this "macrobiotic" key to understanding Becket´s Waiting for Godot, one of the most enigmatic masterpieces of the 20th century.

Christina Pirello, macrobiotic educator and Emmy-Award winning host of Christina Cooks!

What we choose to eat determines how we move through the world. Are you comfortable as the weather changes? Do you dread the cold days ahead? Or do you accept the change with comfort, grace, and gratitude for all that Mother Nature provides—heat or cold? Let’s cook to stay cozy, even as our planet warms (and discover how to tread lightly on our fragile planet in the process).

Alice Fava, director of Macrobiotic Centre of Toronto

Find out how to get rid of niggling problems such as joint pain, hearing loss, and eye and skin problems and accelerate your healing journey using simple DIY methods.

Manjari Agarwala, yoga therapist and macrobiotic teacher from India

Using gentle movements, breath, and sound, you will experience yoga in its simplest, most authentic form. The sessions will help unwind, release stress, and bring a greater sense of ease and balance.

Bettina Zumdick, founder and president of the Culinary Medicine School

Bettina will answer prior questions sent to her by email ([email protected]) while focusing on how we can change ourselves and our world with love, live our life from truth, and think with freedom while re-connecting the heart and mind and inner-standing with clarity from our shining core essence.

Bill Tara, co-founder of the Kushi Institute with Michio and Aveline Kushi and macrobiotic activist

How do we blend with the natural environment, integrate our emotional and cultural life, and unify our physical well-being and personal vision? Strengthening our gut biome will enable us to adapt to the changes around us.

Moderated by Donna Clifford and Mark Leonas

Learn what macrobiotic counselors and teachers think and advise on various health issues.

by Honza Jícha, a Czech macrobiotic author, translator and sing-song writer

Hilarious macrobiotic parody of Romeo and Juliet

With Bettina Zumdick, Alex and Danka Jack