Cell 2 Soul: The Humane Health Care Blog

UPDATE: Cell 2 Soul Retreat: October 2009

Here is updated information on our Fall Program.  If you plan to come and don't live in the area, please be advised that this is peak foliage season so reserve early (local B&Bs at end of this page)

Dates:  Saturday Oct. 3 - Sunday Oct. 4

Mason Hill

Cheshire, Massachusetts

Walk, Work, Talk, Play

Emerson's words in the American Scholar inspire us:
“We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds."



On October 3 - 4, a small select group will gather to celebrate the harvest season and the amazing autumnal color show with walks in the woods, great local food, a campfire and a varied educational program.  The participants will exemplify Chaucer's  mot: "And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche."  John Muir's words also guide us: "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe."

The syllabus is taking shape nicely.  Registration is limited as the Mason Hill facility can accommodate only thirty individuals.

For more information and a tentative syllabus and fees, please email Jim Johnson or Dave Elpern.  

Mason Hill Conference Center is situated in the rural town of Cheshire, Massachusetts.  It is a peaceful setting in the ancient rolling Berkshire hills; a site of great beauty that has inspired its denizens for millenia.

  

 

Tentative Schedule

Updated: August 10, 2009

Program PDF: Download C2S 09 edt

Saturday, October 3, 2009: Happenings in Search of Vision
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Jim Johnson:  The Barn is the Cure:               
                         A Prostate Cancer Experience
Scott Herrick:
Susan Kaplan: On Experience and Growth
Brian Maurer:  Walking with Thoreau
Peggy Rambach: Others' Lives and Stories
Reuven Sobel:   Humanistic Education for Physicians
Discussion:      Songs of Innocence and Experience
5:00 pm         Slow Food Autumn Dinner
7:00p.m.        Campfire: Storytelling and Song 

Sunday, October 4   A Consideration of Loss and Grief
8a.m.        Breakfast on the deck
9a.m.        Jim Johnson... Introduction to loss and grief discussion
9:15a.m.    Bill Zeckhausen...
9:30a.m.    Deborah Alecson  (Lost Lullaby)
10:00a.m.   Two of David Elpern's patients
10:30a.m.   Michael Symons... (Social worker and Hospice Volunteer)
10:45a.m.   David Elpern...The poetry of Loss
11:30a.m.   Poetry Picnic at Reynold’s Rock
2:00p.m.    Return from Reynold’s Rock and free time at Mason Hill

To register, contact Jim Johnson: masonhill@verizon.net 
The fee will cover food and beverage, equipment rental, facility use. 
All participants will contribute equally. 

There are many places to stay in the area.  Two of the closest and nicest are:
Harbour House Inn in Cheshire
Berkshires-Shirakaba, A Japanese-American B&B in close-by Lanesboro

Cell 2 Soul 2008 Conference

Come kindred spirits!
Share Stories of Humane Moments in Medicine
at our Montreal Weekend Gathering

For further information:
contact Dave Elpern or see Program PDF: Download c2s_promo.pdf

This program will appeal to all Cell 2 Soul readers and contributors.  Students are encouraged to join us.  Scholarships are available for those still "in training."
 

In the Osler Temple

Cell 2 Soul & Dermanities
Joint Fall Conference
September 27 – 28, 2008

We are hosting a workshop at the Osler Library in Montreal over the last weekend in September, 2008.  The program will appeal to all who are interested in Humane Health Care.  This retreat will be limited to the first thirty registrants. Scholarships are available for students.  Email: Dave Elpern for full details

Tentative Syllabus

Saturday, September 27, 2008
The Osler Library at McGill

8:45 a.m.           Dave Elpern, Introduction: “This Hallowed Space”
9:00 – 10:00      Paul Rousseau:  “Too Close to Home:
A Healer’s Perspective on Communication, Empathy and Compassion”
10:00 – 10:30   William Kober: Mark Twain:  My Teacher, My Mentor
10:30 – 11:00    Break
11:00 – 12:00    Helen McNamara and Tom Hutchinson
"Teaching Physicians the Healer Role: the McGill Experience"
12:00 – 2:30      Lunch + Tour of Whole Person Care Facility
2:30 – 3:30       Chris Lyons – William Osler and the Osler Library
3:30 – 4:15       Bill Zeckhausen:  “Life Lessons from three wounded healers: psychologist, lawyer, physician”
4:15 – 5:00       Brian Maurer: “Brokenness and Healing”
7:00 – 9:00 Dinner (place to be determined)

Sunday, September 28, 2008
Montreal Botanical Gardens
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Tour and Walkabout

Sunday, September 28, 2008
The Montréal Botanical Garden and Insectarium

10:30 a.m. – 3:00 pm

Guided Tour, Picnic Lunch and Discussion

C2S Retreat- Sept 29 - 30, 2007

Cell 2 Soul Annual Retreat
This year's theme:
Healing Through Music, Story and Community

Mason Hill @ Mountain Hill Farm
Cheshire, Massachusetts

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Agenda

Writing Matters
Music and Medicine

Faculty

Anne Bewley — Therapeutic Harpist
Satya Ferrera — Ethnomusicologist
Brian Maurer — Physician Assistant, Writer
Peggy Rambach — Author and Writing Teacher
Bill Zeckhausen — Clinical Pastoral Educator

For Tentative Program Details go to:

Download C2Sept07.pdf   and Download Sept07_Bios.pdf

Printable Registration Form: Download 07C2SRegForm.pdf

Scholarships are available to allow interested and
motivated people to attend.  Please contact DJE

Sunday, September 30, 2007
C2S Picnic, Drum Circle and Ramble



We are working with Otha Day to set up a drum circle event for this day.  Otha has a masters degree in musicology and 25 years of experience as a music teacher.  He presently facilitates inspirational lively drum and rhythm circle events from the deep belief that rhythm has the power to build community, promote well-being and create joy.

PLEASE JOIN US!
For questions not answered here email:  David Elpern

Printable Registration Form: Download 07C2SRegForm.pdf