Events

Fourth Saturday of Each Month | 11:30 am 12:30 pm

June 22, July 27, Aug 24, Sept 28, Oct 26, Nov 23, Dec 21

Location: Hermitage Farm Center for Healing

6415 W. River Road, NW Rochester, MN 55901  

Detox for Health Learning Session

Class size is limited to 8 people.

This learning experience is led by Dr. Dawn Jacobson, MD, an integrative medicine physician and detoxification specialist. Each month has a unique theme with time for questions and a delicious Detox Smoothie of the Month! The class is held in the Hermitage Farm kitchen where you learn how detox foods, lifestyle activities, and natural supplements can increase your body’s ability to clear toxins. She also shares easy ways to create a toxin-free environment at home and work to reduce your daily toxin exposure.

What to expect: a comfortable table where we gather, a 5 minute meditation and breath practice, 30 minutes of interactive learning, 15 minutes in the kitchen preparing and sharing the Detox Smoothie of the Month.

What to bring: a glass or stainless beverage container, a journal to take notes, healing crystals, spiritual items that are meaningful to you

Not currently being offered: Introduction to Functional Medicine

Functional Medicine is a holistic healing system that is quickly becoming a standalone medical specialty in the U.S. Functional Medicine providers see the body as a set of inter-weaving cellular functions that can be optimized through food and lifestyle solutions for metabolic efficiency, disease prevention, and healthy aging.

Your cellular functions are as unique as your fingerprint. Discover how Functional Medicine uses advanced diagnostic testing and personalized lifestyle plans to balance the functions in your body so you can heal and stay well.

Not currently being offered: Introduction to Ayurvedic Medicine

Ayurveda is a holistic healing system that assesses health potential and physiologic imbalances using a body-mind-spirit diagnostic framework. Treatment plans emphasize regular routines that include diet, lifestyle, and spiritual activities that support circadian alignment, efficient cellular activity, and balanced emotions/mental processing. Herbs, yoga, and specialized massage techniques are also used.

Learn how to optimize your health using mind-body-spirit nutrition, natural herbs, and other healing techniques based on Ayurvedic healing.

Not currently being offered.

Healing Yoga for Cancer Program

The 8-week program starts with a 2-hour workshop to learn the poses and breath practices that will be used throughout the program. We then meet weekly for a 1-hour yoga class for the remaining 7 weeks. In between classes, participants are encouraged to do the practices at-home to develop a personal yoga practice as well.

This gentle yoga class series includes simple and effective yoga poses that reduce common side effects for people living with cancer such as pain, fatigue, lymphedema, neuropathy, anxiety, and insomnia. This evidence-based approach was created by Cheryl Fenner-Brown and includes a combination of intention setting, movement, breathing, sound, and guided visualization to create a positive connection with the body and soothe the mind and spirit. 

This class is open to those in treatment for cancer, cancer survivors, and caregivers. It focuses on ways to incorporate yoga and self-care practices into your healing journey and build community in the process.

Fourth Saturday of Each Month | 10:00 am - 11:00 am

June 22, July 27, Aug 24, Sept 28, Oct 26, Nov 23, Dec 21

Location: Hermitage Farm Center for Healing

6415 W. River Road NW, Rochester, MN

Session Description

This uplifting and transformative experience is led by Dr. Dawn Marie Jacobson, MD, who is a musician,  integrative medicine physician, and yoga teacher. She intentionally selects a playlist of music that will enliven your body, clear your mind, expand your heart, and bring joy to your spirit.

What to expect: an open room with space to move around freely, an overview of the uplifting theme used during the session, a 5-10 minute guided meditation,  30-40 minutes of spontaneous/ free movement, and a few minutes of silent meditation at the end of class

To prepare: go to the Dawn of Joy YouTube channel. There you will find videos that teach a few hand movements used during the session. Set an intention to manifest the highest good for yourself and others who attend the session.

What to bring:  a yoga mat or other non-slip mat, small handheld instruments to play along with the music, singing bowls, crystals, scarves, spiritual items that are meaningful to you

What to wear: comfortable clothing that allows for ease of movement

Not currently being offered.

Abundant Living Yoga Class Description

This stress-reducing and uplifting hatha yoga class offers conscious, mindful movement linked with breath to rejuvenate the body, mind, and soul. This class also includes sacred readings, hand mudras, guided visualizations, and healing affirmations for you to see and experience the abundance in your life.  What you think about is what you create. This class emphasizes joy, inner peace, contentment, and gratitude as spiritual practices for a long, healthy, vibrant life.

This class is followed by a 15 minute healing sound circle.

Not currently being offered.

1-Day Retreat $150

2-Day/Weekend Retreat $300

Abundant Living Retreat Description

Abundant Living Retreats offer time away from our busy lives of over-doing and over-talking to discover a way of being that optimizes health and wellness. We create a series of daily activities where you discover the healing power of fresh food, mindful movement, and regular self-care practices of body, mind, and spirit.  The retreats are held in sacred spaces close to nature to immerse you in the biorhythms of nature and your own inner capacity for balance, restoration, and harmony.