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COST:
$ 485.00 USD
LANGUAGE: English
WHEN: Summer 2012 (dates TBD)
LOCATION: Otavalo,
Ecuador
GROUP SIZE:
Limited to 10 people
WHAT IS INCLUDED: lodging, meals,
and local transportation.
Our two-days experiential
tour is designed to give visitors a high quality learning experience on
the nature of traditional Quichua healing of the Andes.
Professor Mario
Incayawar, a Quichua physician and expert in traditional healing and transcultural
psychiatry, will lead the tour. Professor Incayawar is the former
Henry R. Luce Professor in Brain, Mind and Medicine - Cross-Cultural
Perspectives at the Claremont Colleges in California and the William F. Quillian
International Professor at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia,
USA. He is currently conducting research funded by the
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation on the psychiatric
diagnostic skills of yachactaita (Quichua healers). Please
see Dr. Incayawar's recent book, published by Wiley, UK.
During the
educational tour you will explore (1) the common roots and equivalent efficacy of Quichua healing
interventions and Western psychotherapy; (2) the underlying neurobiological
mechanism of Quichua healing interventions; and (3) some elements of
Quichua herbal medicine. The tour
includes a visit to a local healer, two lectures offered by Professor
Incayawar; fieldtrips to an open market of medicinal herbs, along with readings, and class discussions.
Take advantage of
this unique opportunity and learn first hand from the world's leading
experts on traditional healing and the Quichua people themselves.
You will enjoy learning from a "within" perspective and becoming
acquainted with the local Quichua culture, as much as the spectacular mountainous surroundings,
lakes and wonderful valleys.
Each participant
will receive a certificate of attendance
For more information please
contact Runajambi by email 
or by telephone (434)
594-3549
The
tour is limited in size. Please secure confirmation of
registration before purchasing airline tickets, etc.
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