Join us for a self-paced series of comprehensive, physician-designed health intensives that will transform the way you eat, move, manage stress and participate in your well-being. During the Five Stones Winter Intensive, you will:
- Define your personal health goals and develop a plan to meet them.
- Find new ways to increase strength and flexibility through customized balanced movement.
- Learn the benefits of fresh, seasonal eating to optimize your body’s metabolism and well-being.
- Apply strategies to increase mindfulness to help deal with stress.
In the Virtual Mindful Way you will delve into the Five Stones philosophy and learn balanced movement, cooking / nutrition, and mindfulness techniques that will create the basis for lasting change and a more optimized life.
Example Curriculum
Live in Harmony With Nature
Through the Mindful Way course you will not only learn mindfulness techniques for daily living, but you will also learn to live more in tune with the rhythms of nature. Each season has its own energy and by aligning ourselves with that energy we can live more fully.
Other Seasons of The Mindful Way
Complete a year of mindfulness with each season!
Dr Martha Calihan
A practicing physician for over 25 years, Dr.Calihan also shares her passion for teaching the balanced care of body, mind and spirit through the Five Stones institute. It is through this not-for-profit component of the Five Stones Center that Dr. Calihan leads retreats and trainings on Mindfulness, bringing and restoring balance to the body and spirit to help people heal and regain their health.
Dr. Martha Calihan has practiced family medicine for more than 25 years, during which time her interests and her practice have evolved into a holistic, integrative functional approach to medicine. She is licensed to practice acupuncture and is trained in Mind-Body Medicine. In 2013, she was certified to practice Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine, as a member of the first class of practitioners to be certified nationally.
Turi Turkel-Nevin
Today yoga truly is a way of living for Turi: Day-in, day-out conscious living, nourishing the body from the inside out with movement and stillness. Experiencing a deep focus on balance, Yin yoga has become a big part of stability that Turi loves to share. She brings to yoga the idea of mindfully deepening the connection between the body, mind, soul while expanding our vision to the world around us. Along with a strong dose of intention and attention, breath and movement, stillness and peace, her approach to wellbeing is offered one class at a time.
Lara Lattman
Lara is a Certified Nutrition Specialist and Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist. Lara’s passion is to bring people to optimal health. Using food as medicine, she considers supplements exactly that, a supplement to a great diet. She recognizes that every person is different and may need different things from their diet. Her training has exposed her to many dietary programs both conventional and traditional. Lara guides her clients toward a more balanced way of living, incorporating movement and rest, which along with good nutrition are the building blocks of a healthy lifestyle