Skip to main content

Touch Mother Earth 2018 at Mount Eden

The Touch Mother Earth Weekend is part festival and part learning center. Held from 5 p.m., June 1, through 8 p.m., June 3, on the peaceful grounds of Mount Eden Retreat, in Washington, it addresses the need to create an environment of sustainability, ensuring us a habitable home where we can all thrive.

Now in its third year, the event has grown to include an eclectic mix of 30 presenters of modern sustainability permaculture aligned with ancient healing ways. Attendees can explore transformative lectures and hands-on workshops on foraging, plant medicine, fermentation, distillation, beekeeping, gardening, glassblowing and more. They can also experience the life-enhancing benefits of reiki, aerial yoga and tai chi, in addition to expressing themselves through tribal belly dance, flow arts, hula hoop dance and nightly drum circles around the fire.

Seeking to ignite spirit through music, this year’s high-vibe lineup features VooDUDES, Answer the Muse, Dalien 13 Hands, David Young, Sharon Silverstein and the Peace Project, Solar Circuit, Gypsy Funk Squad, The Mystical Kirtan of Mirabai Moon, Way of the Sacred, Bright Hawk, Wild Moon, Tabitha Booth, Dominick Antonelli, Black Bear at the Oasis Belly Dance and Richie Olivera.

Sustainable and spiritual vendors, healthy organic food, camping, and Enrichment4Kidz complete this drug and alcohol-free, family-friendly weekend experience, and attendees are welcome to stay for one day or for the entire weekend.

Past participants have said that Touch Mother Earth events plant the “seeds for transformation, healing and sharing” while creating a “strong personal connection with Mother Earth away from the hustle and bustle of life.”

Kids under 16 can attend free. Interested readers should visit the event website for complete ticket information, as options vary from day passes for workshops and music to full-access weekend with camping. Volunteers and vendors are welcome.

“Whether you stay for one day or the entire weekend, leave feeling refreshed, informed and empowered during this amazing, three-day adventure of beautiful, communal energy,” invites Dave Miller, founder and coordinator.

Location: Mount Eden Retreat, 56 Mill Pond Rd., Washington. Facebook.com/groups/TouchMotherEarth.TouchMotherEarth.com. 

Community
BOOST YOUR MASCULINE POTENCY with VIP FOCUSED STRATEGY COACHING

•  Ignite Confidence

•  Feel Fulfilled

•  Deepen Intimacy

•  Performance Success

•  Satisfy her

PRE-SESSION CALL: To understand your goals and challenges.

2 HOUR ZOOM STRATEGY SESSION: Step-by-step implementation plan, resources, and strategies. 

FOLLOW-UP CALL

INVESTMENT: $297.00

For more information contact Olga at 

[email protected] 

or TEXT 862-251-2444.
Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

Upcoming Events Near You
Follow Us On Facebook