SUMMER FESTIVAL ‘With a love for life, our education in the art of living, empowers individual and planetary health.’ End text of the teachers seminar in Valencia (November 2010)
Summer Festival 2013 is THE holiday format with an ideal balance between relaxation and activity. A balance you can create in sinc with your own wellbeing. This year the theme is: Live your life! Ecology, Health and Happiness. Grab this unique chance to improve your environment and yourself. There are lots of lectures and workshops, among others about social issues and the society at large. You get new inspiration for ‘old ideals’, you can expand your network and enjoy to be treated with meals from the natural, macrobiotic kitchen. On your own, with your partner, with friends or with the whole family. In short: a week that lasts you a year! Programme: registration for parts of the programme is also possible, scroll down to see prices Click to daily programme
Bill Tara , 2009
Jan Vervecken
Mark Hanna, Mieke and Jan Vervecken, Phiya Kushi and Suzanne Severijns
Lectures
The spiral of Life
Bob Carr
5-Transformations & emotions
Bob Carr
The 7 levels of Judgement
Bob Carr
Yin & Yang, play in the Universe
Mieke Vervecken
Are carbs bad fot our health?
Mieke Vervecken
Sense or (NON)sense of detoxing
Mieke Vervecken
Thinking, dreaming, breathing & activity
Jan Vervecken
How can we understand our Universe
Jan Vervec ken
Kyoko Onishi and Carine Vanhalst during their cooking class
Lunch of chef Mark Hanna, Yukiko’s dessert and Suzanne’s apple pie Czech style macro food
Vendula Carr
Flexibility in muscles and ligaments
Carine Vanhalst
Active detoxing
Carine Vanhalst
Exclusive salads and sauces
Anna Mackenzie
Traditional sushi’s for beginners
Anna Mackenzie
Make pizza in a true wood-pizza oven
Bakbarak – Willem Willems
Italian dishes in a pizza oven
Bakbarak –Willem Willems
Workshop: design sushi’s and frushi’s, advanced
Mieke Vervecken
Workshop: Party desserts and snacks
Mieke Vervecken
Workshops TAIKO, Japanese Drum with Grete Moortgat
Grete Moortgat, the teacher, and Diana Perry (in her seventies) on the Taiko drum!
Everyone can enjoy
OKIDO YOGA with Tomoko Mori - Stretching from within - Discover more in asana’s - Hara and softness - Integrated movement - The basis of correction exercises
Tomoko correction
EASTERN MEDICINE with Nadia Hannes - Basics of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Moxa, theory and praxis - Guasha and cupping, part 1 and part 2
OKIDO YOGA met Tomoko Mori - Strekking vanuit je innerlijk -Ontdek meer in asana’s -Hara en zachtheid – geïntegreerd bewegen -Basis van correctieoefeningen – innerlijk invoelen
Tomoko correctie
OOSTERSE GENEESKUNST met Nadia Hannes -Basisprincipes van TCM -Moxa, theorie en praktijk -Guasha en cupping deel 1 en deel 2
WORKSHOPS Voice-body energy Vibrational healing Emotional healing – transformational breathing Make your earth oven The Magic Touch - Shiatsu Music impressions Sotai Energypoints to strenghten immunity Clycles for women Find your true love
Mieke Vervecken Mieke Vervecken Sonja Jacobs Sonja Jacobs Jan Vervecken Andries Baele Frans Copers Bea Binst Vendula Carr Leen D’Hulster
Tango class with Wim Mestdag
Individual consultations - Consultations and food advice with Bob Carr and Mieke Vervecken - Shiatsu with Jan Vervecken a.o. Please contact the office to make an appointment Prices upon request
Kids programme
We are going to have a fantastic week: we discover nature (bring your bike if possible), we make a daily campfire, we cook, we roast tofu and other delicious stuff on the barbecue, we make our own drinks and also ice-cream with a real ice-cream machine. Lots of creative activities, singing and more…
Meals An experienced kitchen team provides organic-vegetarian meals à la macrobiotique', 3 times a day, freshly cooked, rich in variety, balanced and processed naturally. There are special dishes for little children. If you have questions concerning the meals, please make them known when you enrol.
The party
Taiko performance with Grete, Inge, Mieke, Sonja and Sabin, Japanese dance with Ellen Stiers
The bookshop Here you will find a great choice of books on subjects like Natural Lifestyle, Cooking, Shiatsu, Do-In, Feng Shui and Chinese medicine, in different languages.
The cook shop A special collection of useful tools for your macrobiotic kitchen and some hard to find biological products and ingredients, so that after a cooking class you can buy the ingredients to practise at home what you learned.
Summer school café and bar If you fancy a snack: the café offers a wide range of delicious organic cookies, pies, sweets, coffee and drinks. How about a good Belgian (Trappist) beer or a nice glass of wine in the evening? We offer a choice of the organic beers from Jessenhofke! The café is also the place to meet and greet and to just let your hair down. Holiday in Antwerp The residential ‘Rijkstehuis’, on the left bank of River Scheldt, offers space for some 100 people. The building is surrounded by green space and sports grounds with possibilities for outdoor activities. It is very close to a river beach and at 15 minutes walking distance from
the beautiful, old inner city of Antwerp. If you prefer hotel accommodation, you can book your own accommodation (www.visitantwerp.be).
Accommodation There are 6 person bedrooms, as well as a limited number of 2 and 1 person bedrooms. Families can book a room together (if still available).
ACTIVITIES DURING DAY Grete Moortgat
Grete Moortgat is de oprichter, voorzitster en drijvende kracht achter Feniks Taiko en daarnaast ook de aanvuurster van de lessen en workshops. Ze ontdekte Taiko tijdens de periode waarin ze in Japan heeft gewoond en werd er zo door geraakt dat ze besefte dat ze dit voor de rest van haar leven wou doen. Ze kreeg er ook haar Taiko-opleiding en werkte samen met verschillende Taikogrootmeesters. Voor Grete is Taiko in de eerste plaats levensvreugde en –kracht. Zowel bij het spelen als bij het beluisteren van Taiko worden heel wat emoties teweeggebracht en word je doorstroomd door een gevoel van sereniteit en door positieve energie. Grete beschrijft Taiko als de hartslag van het leven, enerzijds als een medium voor mensen om zichzelf te ontdekken en hun eigen kracht te vinden, anderzijds als een manier waarop ze kan bijdragen aan positieve energie en harmonie in onderlinge relaties tussen mensen. Vanuit die visie richtte Grete bij haar terugkomst in België de allereerste Taikoschool en –groep in ons land op en maakte het verspreiden van deze Japanse kunst in België en ver daarbuiten tot haar doel. Daarnaast speelt ze ook bij Wadokyo, een professionele Taikogroep in Duitsland, waarmee ze heel Europa rondreist voor allerlei optredens. Ze is ook zelf voortdurend bezig met het componeren van Taikostukken
Tomoki Mori
Tomoko (°1954) studied in Mishima Dojo under Masahiro Oki Sensei 1980-1984, and in 1984 started her life in the United Kingdom, working for Okido Yoga activities. Since then, she has been searching her teaching ways and gradually developing her subtle yet deeply-penetrating ways. She approaches to Okido Yoga practical philosophy using various physical exercises. Conversely, she stresses that the Okido Yoga practical philosophy, when put into practice, enhances effects of these physical exercises. Tomoko is the principal teacher of Okido Natural Health Education Trust Ltd, a UK-based charitable organization (www.okidoyoga.org.uk ). Before entering Okido Yoga, she studied geography and mathematics at Japanese universities. She lives in England and has raised four children..
Mieke Vervecken
Mieke is a mother of six with 40 years of experience in macrobiotic cooking. For ten years she ran a yoga centre in Antwerp where she also cared for people with various illnesses. Mieke studied the art of macrobiotic cooking in London, Antwerp and Boston and went on to refine her insight through intense training in Japan. From 1998 to 2010 she was head of the kitchen at the internationally renowned dance company ROSAS in Brussels, where macrobiotic lunch is served every day. She gives advice to individuals, companies and schools in Europe and the Middle East. In 1990 Mieke started “The School of Natural Cookery” (De Natuurlijke Kookschool) which strives to teach people how to prepare balanced, healthy meals. Ms. Vervecken is quite apt at connecting the dots between our eating habits and many diseases in the developed world without overcomplicating things. She is well respected for the enthusiasm in conveying the insights provided by years of experience.
Carine Vanhalst
Leerde Macrobiotiek kennen in 1972 door haar regelmatig bezoek aan een macrobiotisch eethuisje in Kortrijk. Sterk bekoord door de eenvoud en de natuurlijke zuiverheid en de onderliggende filosofie van wat daar geserveerd werd, bestudeerde ze jarenlang de relatie voeding-gezondheid in binnen- en buitenland , waarbij ze o.a. ook assisteerde in kooklessen van de grondleggers Lima Ohsawa en Aveline Kushi, Kyoko Ohnishi en vele andere. Ze studeerde met Michio Kushi, Marc Van Cauwenberghe en het kruim van de Europese macrobiotische leraars. Ze werkte 6 jaar mee aan het OWC Antwerpen, ging één en ander van nabij bekijken via een studiereis in Japan (1980), en bracht een erg belangrijk realistisch aspect in haar kennis door een natuurwinkel te runnen en 5 kinderen macrobiotisch op te voeden. Carine geeft sindsdien kooklessen in diverse shiatsuscholen, natuurwinkels en opleidingscentra. Het is haar permanente betrachting de relatie tussen voeding en gezondheid steeds beter te begrijpen, tegelijk is ze steeds sterk geïnteresseerd in antropologie, ze is een verwoed lezer van levensverhalen waarin de ware menselijke aard, ontdaan van de dagelijkse maskerades, beschreven wordt. Haar kooklessen worden dan ook gekruid met gedachten en observaties die het mensbeeld diverser en rijker tonen.
Sonja Jacobs
Sonja Jacobs (1965) has had a passion for fashion, beauty and creativity all her life. While following a training in shiatsu she enjoyed the macrobiotic meals. As 2 of her children have symptoms of ADHD, for which they needed medication, she was looking for a more natural approach. She finished the 3- year macrobiotic cooking training at “The Natural Cooking School, Belgium’ and has been assisting cooking classes for many years. Changing her diet has changed her life: she felt much fitter and had a clearer mind. She looked at problems in a different way: “ I have discovered that macrobiotics is not just a diet. Macrobiotics gives you a key to deal with yourself and with others in a different way; problems become interesting challenges that one/I no longer want to run away from.”
Jan Vervecken
Jan Vervecken (°1949) began to study shiatsu, macrobiotics and food in Antwerp (Belgium). Then he went to study in Boston with Michio Kushi. In 1983 he left for Japan to study with Masahito Oki for more than one year. He integrated all these different disciplines and together with his wife Mieke Pieters he ran the Okido Yoga dojo in Antwerp (1982- 1990) He is director of The International School of Shiatsu (ISS) and is often invited as a guest teacher in Switserland, Japan and Holland. He is known for his integrity, and touches one’s true soul in his lectures and treatments.( www.iss-shiatsu.eu)
Inneke Van Schaik
Ineke van Schaik is involved with macrobiotics for over 35years. She studied and stayed with Michio en Aveline Kushi, Herman en Cornelia Aihara, Noboru Muramoto en Masanobu Fukuoba in the United States and Japan. She attended a 5 month cooking training with the Japanese macrobiotic head-cook Hiroshi Hyashi, at the Seventh Inn macrobiotic Restaurant in Boston US. Formally trained as a social worker for businesses she combined natural food and natural psychology in her business training. She is the main teacher of macrobiotic philosophy at the Rotterdam Oost West Center and is editing member of the Genmai publishing company for macrobiotic books and writes and translates articles and books on the subject. She is supporting the art of natural education in the Rotterdam East West Centre for more than 20 years.
Anna Mackenzie
Following her career as a fashion and interior designer, with a passion for deep ecology, Anna became a student of Aveline and Michio Kushi and some of the finest teachers from the East & West, to take her training in Oriental philosophy, Feng Shui, yoga & Shiatsu, Macrobiotic cooking and nutrition, spiritual healing and diagnosis, at the Kushi Institutes of London and Switzerland. She taught at both throughout the 80's, and in many parts of the world for over 20 years. Her life long inspiration is Nature, the source of all systems, and what she reveals to us on our journey, through metaphor, internally and externally. Her experience working with individuals, families and groups, is that the energy of true food, exercise, dance and song revitalise and replenish our soul, every cell and thought, and we sustain our wholeness and freedom. Anna is a Strengthening Health Counsellor, Karen Kingston Space Clearing Practitioner, Interior Alignment Teacher and Macrobiotic Teacher.
Bob Carr
Nadia Hannes
Bob (⁰1945) has been teaching and spreading macrobiotics for over 40 years. He has been a frequent Kushi Institute guest lecturer in Becket ( USA), Amsterdam and Kobuchisawa (Japan) and was a director of the Kushi Institute of Germany from 1990-94. He founded the Cleveland Tofu Company (1980) and East West Center of Cleveland (USA). Although usually a guest lecturer at the French Meadows Macrobiotic Summer Camp, for two years he was the head camp chef. He organized summer camps in Austria (1990-1993) for the German speaking macrobiotic community. He studied with Michio and Aveline Kushi, Herman Cornelia Aihara, Masanobu Fukuoka, Madam Riviera, Jacque DeLangre, Noburo Muramoto and many guru/meditation sensei’s around the world. His lecture tours span the globe, where he likes to pick up new information and perspectives. Before macrobiotics, Bob played professional tennis and composed music for television; however, macrobiotics is the shoe that fits him best. Currently, he is teaching in the Czech Republic with aspirations to establish a macrobiotic agriculture and education center in the remote country side. Help Bob and his wife Wendy develop organic, biodynamic, permaculture, Fukuoka and Anastasia gardens as first steps in making a peaceful world.
Vendula Carr
Vendula finished her PhD studies in Food Hygiene at Brno University of Technology in 2012, which included two years field work at Lund University in Sweden. She decided not to pursue a career in this field. Instead she embarked on what really interested and motivated her: a macrobiotics path together with her husband Bob Carr. Her biggest interest is self-development, learning from Nature and life. This especially includes massage, dance and body movement, women’s cycles, as well as creating a beautiful home and education center on a recently purchased 10 hectare farm/homestead. Also, she enjoys cooking, playing piano, some guitar and singing ( Hallelujah!!! ) with Bob. Her main activity now is aimed at creating an environment for raising a family, with the goal of expanding into, sharing with and contributing to the existing community. She looks forward to eating ….getting real nourishment.. from fresh food grown in her own gardens.
Lea Streule
Andries Baele
Andries Baele 'Tarzandries', is an active violinist, composer and arranger from Belgium. He scrapes it up in bands like Someone Els, Les Yeux Bleus Live & The RoseRoomSwing. Also he enjoyed education on classical and jazzviolin at the conservatory of Ghent and Louvain. Currently he teaches a range of musical disciplines in several places in Flanders. Both his performances &his courses are imbued with joy, beauty & empathy towards his audience. His playing-style is called Mujungle. Together with is sweet violin he twitters fellowmusicians to greater heights.
Willem Willems
Willem Willems en Bart Vankrunkelsven zijn professionele partners in Den Toognagel, een ambachtelijk bouwbedrijf en de drijvende krachten achter verschillende sociale projecten. Met de Bakbarak komt hun meest creatieve kant naar boven. Van oude kastdeurtjes en andere gebruikte materialen timmerden ze een sfeervolle pizza-bakoven. Voor UPCYCLE festival rijden ze hun pizzawagen op de speelplaats van de oude jongensschool en bewijzen dat de enige culinaire bijdrage bijzonder hoog scoort op gebied van creativiteit, re-use en recycle. Dat hun 'baby' ook nog pizza's produceert, is een bijkomstigheidje. Maar wel eentje om van te genieten. Willem en Bart hebben in Westmalle onze prachtige tegelkachel gebouwd, maar ze kunnen veel meer....Leer gezonde pizza maken met Willem en Mieke Kijk ook op kun website, voor hun jaarlijks festival rond zigeunermuziek in september......... www.gitanekesfoor.be
Frans Copers
Since 1972 Frans Copers has been trained in Shiatsu, Macrobiotics, Seiki Soho, Aikido and other Japanese art forms and techniques by some of the finest masters in the field. Some of his teachers were: Michio and Aveline Kushi, Herman and Cornelia Aihara, Shizuko Yamamoto and Patrick McCarty, Wataru Ohashi, Susumu Kimura, Yuichi Kawada, Kojun Harada and lately Akinobu Kishi. He always tries to integrate the different approaches of every shiatsu-style shiatsu he studies, into a new, consistent and logical concept of his own, with great respect for the original ideas of all these different schools and for the Japanese origin of the technique. Ever since, he continues, together with his students, the study of Japanese and Oriental Medicine and the application of KI in daily life, in self-healing self and in treating patients. As well as director of the Kimura Shiatsu Institute, he is Secretary of the Belgian Shiatsu Federation and President of the European Shiatsu Federation.
Bea Binst
Beatrice Binst wil haar 20-jarige jarige kennis en ervaring over Bachbloesems en andere bloemenessences met jullie delen. Door de macrobiotische studie komt zij dichter bij haar intuïtie en de natuur. Mede door bloesemremedies kan zij deze beter in haar dagelijks leven tot uitdrukking uit brengen.
Carien Huijzer
Leen D’Hulster
Leen D'hulster is gespecialiseerd in energetisch lichaamswerk en relatietherapie. Al meer dan dertig jaar begeleidt ze in haar praktijk in Leuven groepen en individuen. Ze pakt samen met hen de knelpunten in hun leven aan, en helpt mensen opnieuw hun eigen kracht te ontdekken. Tijdens relatiesessies helpt ze partners om hun eigen voedingsbodem te ontdekken en ook de andere helemaal te laten zijn wie hij is.
PRICES FORMULA A Room, Board and Programme:
590,- (bed in a 6 persons dormitory)
Super discount if paid fully before 1st May: 495,Discount if paid fully before 1st June: 545,Double room + 60,- pp Single room: + 100,FORMULA B Without accommodation and breakfast breakf 495,- per person: lunch, dinner and all classes are included. This is for adults only. You have to organise your stay in a hotel or at a camping site. You can book your accommodation on www.visitantwerp.be Superdiscount perdiscount if paid fully before 1st May: 415,Discount if paid fully before 1st June: 455,FORMULA C Daily participation for visitors (9:00 – 21:30): classes, lunch and dinner are included. Bed is not. 110,- per person/per day. Booking in advance; limited amount of places! For two (or more) consecutive days: bed + breakfast costs: + 20,-
Kids programme from 9:00- 12:00 and from 14:00 – 18:00 Younger than 1 * When you are still breastfeeding: your kid can stay for free * Overnight stay and day care: care 150,- A cooking stove is available * Overnight stay and baby food: 220,-
1 – 14 years old 300,- including stay, food and kids programme 10% discount for your other children
Older than 14 We have a great work-study study programme for youngsters: info at the office
BOOKING Please fill out the subscription form and e-mail it to us. The form can also be printed, filled out by hand and then sent by post. Our address is ISS – Oude Baan 104 – 2390 Malle - Belgium. You can also ask for the form by phone, fill it out, sign it and send it back to us. Your application is only final when we have received your application form and down payment. Please send the (non-refundable) 80 Euros down payment per person to one of the two following bank accounts: - For applicants living in the Netherlands; Account number: 1434.57.144 (ISS, Oude Baan 104, B-2390 Belgium, mentioning Summer school 2012). - For applicants living in Belgium: Account number: 789-5227885-88 (ISS, Oude Baan 104, B-2390 Belgium, mentioning Summer School 2012). - Applicants living in other countries can pay using the Belgian account: ISS, Oude Baan 104, B-2390 Belgium, Account number: 789-5227885-88 IBAN: BE56 7895 2278 8588 BIC: GKCCBEBB
