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Black History Month Chocolate Lover’s Month Heart Health Month Low Vision Awareness Month Prenatal Infection Prevention Month National Bird Feeding Month National Dental Health Month


WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 National Freedom Day


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Groundhog Day


FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3


Heart of Action Series: Embodied Wisdom – 9:30am-5pm. Do you sometimes feel your heart and mind are at odds? Do you dismiss your creative impulses? Workshop invites you to attune to your ‘inner knowing’ — the body’s intelligence and the richly mysterious inner language of feelings and sensations. $85; Aſter the 20th


: $105. Academy for


the Love of Learning, 133 Seton Village Road, Se- ton Village in Santa Fe. Register: Marissa Roybal: 505-995-1860.


Community Chant/Meditation — 6:30- 7pm. Sing HU to help bring solace, find inner harmony, and experience a direct connection with the universal life force and one’s true self. For people of all faiths/beliefs. First Friday of every month. Free. Eckankar Center, 2501 San Pedro NE, suite 113, Albuquerque. 505-265-7388.


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4


Contemplative Collage Workshop – 10am-1pm. Carl Jung delved into the mysteries of dream sym- bols via active imagination. Lewis Mehl Madrona brought symbols to life via the stories of narrative medicine. Come experience for yourself the mar- riage of these two modalities with Contemplative Collage. Dante Jericho. $45. Santa Fe Soul Health & Healing Center, 2905 Rodeo Park Dr. East, Bldg #3. 505-474-8555.


Sweetheart Auction – 5pm. Benefitting Cancer Foundation New Mexico (formerly NM Cancer Institute Foundation). Silent and live auctions. Raffles, trips, chance for dinner with Ali McGraw. Dinner buffet. $45. Santa Fe Convention Center. 505-955-7931.


SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5 Super Bowl Sunday


WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8


Alzheimer’s Disease Talk – 10-11am. Learn how to manage behaviors and communicate better with someone who has Alzheimer’s disease. St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 1601 South St Francis Drive (corner of San Mateo), Santa Fe. 505-473-1297.


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9


Osteoporosis Foundation’s Educational Presen- tation – 1:30-3pm. George Fraser will give Part I of his talk “Exercise Smart with Osteoporosis” $1 donation. Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Cen- ter, 501 Elizabeth St. SE, Albuquerque. Space is limited. Please RSVP to the Center: 505-275-8731.


FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10


Have a Healthy Heart – 12-1pm. Learn about healthy methods for maintaining a healthy heart. Erin Kaminker, Doctor of Oriental Medicine. Free. Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, 530 W. Cordova Rd, Santa Fe. 505-820-1517.


Issues of Death and Dying for the Professional, Part II – 5-9pm. Sat/Sun: 9:30am-5:30pm. Ba- sic tenets of care for the dying person, hospice philosophy and concepts, the nature and impact of different types of death, issues for survivors. Funeral practices and transition rituals are studied in a cross-cultural context. Janet Schreiber, Ph.D. $429 for 20 CECs. Southwestern College, 3960 San Felipe, Santa Fe. Register: 505-467-6809.


Filial Family Therapy – 6-9:30pm. Sat/Sun: 9am-6pm. Filial Family Therapy combines play therapy with family therapy. Parents are integral to the process and become co-therapists for the child’s emotional and behavioral issues. With Judith Lay, Ph.D. $429 for 20 CECs. Southwest- ern College, 3960 San Felipe, Santa Fe. Register: 505-467-6809.


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11


Heart & Health Event – 11:30am-12:30pm. Come and learn how to take care of your heart. Cardiologist Dr. Karen Sopko will speak about maintaining a healthy heart, followed by free blood pressure screenings, courtesy of the New Mexico Heart Institute. Free. Pharmaca Integra- tive Pharmacy 8910 Holly Avenue, Albuquerque. 505-796-8387.


Clarifying Meditative Work – A Fresh Look – 2-3:45. Follow up 3:45-5pm. For those from any meditation tradition or no tradition at all. Explore directly what meditative work is and how it sheds light on the concerns of our lives, not theoretically, but from a simple meditative listening that includes others and sheds light on oneself. Wat Center, 145 Madison NE, corner of Madison and Copper, east of Washington in Albuquerque. Reservations: 505-281-0684.


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Powerful and Feminine Women’s Night – 7-9:30pm. Join conscious and caring women for a fun night out that will help you increase your personal presence and feminine energy immedi- ately. No matter what age, shape or size you are, you will feel instantly more alive, radiant and at peace with who you are and with the challenges you face. Rachael Jayne Groover. $5. Santa Fe Soul Health & Healing Center, 2905 Rodeo Park Dr. East, Bldg #3. 505-474-8555.


SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12


Intro Workshop to BODY Yoga School – 1:45- 3:15pm. Tis introductory class offers an overview of the BODY Teacher Training program and an- swers any questions you might have. Awaken to the extraordinary cosmology of the human body through the ancient Yogic traditions of the chakra system, the bindus, and mantra. Free. BODY, 333 Cordova Rd, Santa Fe. 505-986-0362.


The Artist’s Way – 2-4pm. First Sunday of 12 weeks. Santa Fe resident and world renowned Author on creativity, Julia Cameron will facilitate this 12-week workshop that will inspire and liber- ate your creative self. Julia will share practical tools & techniques everyone can use. 12 Workshops: $480. Unity Santa Fe, 1212 Unity Way, Santa Fe. Pre-register required. 505-989-4433.


Rumi: Poet of the Heart – 5pm. 2nd Annual Val- entine’s movie. “Te gold of Rumi pours down through Coleman’s words.” (Jack Kornfield). Fea- tures Coleman Barks, Robert Bly, Deepak Chopra, Michael Meade, Huston Smith, Hamza El Din , Jai Uttal. A Sufi mystic, Rumi enchanted people of all faiths. Free. Sponsored by Nancy Blair Moon. Cen- ter for Spiritual Living, 505 Camino de Marquez, Santa Fe. 505-467-8632.


Two to Tangle: Valentine’s Day Yoga Partner Workshop – 5-7pm. The people we love are the ones who soften our experience. With a friend, date or family member, practice honoring the bonds of love that fulfill our humanity. Includes individual practice of breathing, movement and building heat. Enjoy getting tangled, moving into fun and creative partner-assisted hip and heart openers. $35 per couple. BODY, 333 Cordova Rd, Santa Fe. 505-986-0362.


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