Korneel Bouman LMT

At once analytical, intuitive and compassionate, Korneel uses a mix of modalities to customize his clients’ treatments based on their physical and emotional needs. They have observed time and time again how people have become disconnected from their body, whether through trauma, overwork, or stress, and helps their clients restore balance to their mind-body through therapeutic touch and the resulting down-regulation of their sympathetic nervous system. They care deeply for their clients, which shines through in the calm, comforting, and restful container they creates while working with clients, which in turn allows the clients to release and relax. Born and raised in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Korneel now calls the Catskills his home, drawn in by the mountains, skies, and nature. They gladly work with everybody that needs their services, and have special affinity for those that have previously experienced trauma, and the LGBTQIA+ population.

https://woodstockmassageworks.com

Alexandria B. Gianakos, LMT

Bio:
My approach is to connect with your body’s inherent wisdom through bodywork. With a clinical approach to myofascial release, cupping, abdominal, and neuromuscular modalities, I aim to support your natural dynamic state and reduce pain, discomfort, and restriction. As a native of the Midwest, I moved to the Hudson Valley to live and work in Buddhist retreat. Several years of studying Tibetan Buddhism and Taoism led me to pursue my massage therapy license at the state and national levels. My background of yoga instruction in community clinics and jail settings informs my belief that bodywork is a core component of personal and community health.

abgbodywork.com
a.b.gianakos@gmail.com

Florencia Fridman — Cacao Ceremony with Cacao Lab

ExplO+re Class: Cacao Ceremony

Join us for a Cacao ceremony with Cacao Laboratory where we will explore the history and benefits of Theobroma Cacao followed by a guided sound meditation with Florencia Fridman.

Florencia is the co-Founder of Cacao Lab, a Ceremonial Cacao brand. She is a self-empowerment artist working with heart opening therapies involving Ceremonial Grade Cacao, yoga, sound journeys, and breath as instruments for transformation. She was born in Argentina and is passionate about supporting the voices of indigenous nations, wisdom keepers, and guardians of the sacred lands of central and south America. She has worked with Mayan elders from Guatemala and the Sapara Nation of Ecuador for many years. Florencia travels internationally, sharing her passion for Theobroma Cacao. Florencia opened for Deepak Chopra and facilitated ceremonies for the corporate world at Spotify. She was a ceremony guide resident at The Assemblage, NYC.

www.cacaolaboratory.com

sona + Fruition Chocolate — RegeneratiO+n Space

ExplO+re Class: RegeneratiO+n Space | Sound . Choclate . Chill

Take time out to regenerate in the serene courtyard space behind Pinkwater Gallery. Experience the nurturing combination of music as medicine from sona music app and award-winning small batch bean to bar chocolate from Fruition… along with room to get comfortable and relax. Stay as long or as short as you like.

sona is the no. 1 restorative music app for anxiety relief, offering science-backed music made by grammy-winning producers. It’s been shown to relieve anxiety in minutes by increasing alpha brain waves, and lowering stress hormones. Fruition Chocolate Works creates small batch bean to bar chocolate, beginning by selecting ethically sourced and flavorful cocoa beans. Using traditional and modern techniques, they handcraft their award-winning line of bean to bar chocolate and confections with an eye to detail.

Repair Café

A Repair Café is a free community event. You bring your broken but beloved item and together with volunteer repair coaches we fix It! Categories of Repair include: electric & mechanical (think lamps, vacuums, etc.), wooden, ceramic, china or glass items, clothes for sewing, zipper repair, computers, jewelry. We will also have a clean energy coach who will be doing 1:1 talks on EVs, solar, green banking, etc! Most items get fixed, but even when they don’t our coaches are able to diagnose your item, you can decided to order the part it needs and come back to a future Repair Café to continue the work! Find our calendar of cafes at http://www.repaircafehv.org/

The Repair Café idea was born in Amsterdam in 2009 and was brought to New Paltz by volunteer and organizer John Wackman in 2013. His dedication, enthusiasm and success inspired others to launch Repair Café events in their communities. Hudson Valley Repair Café’s are fiscally sponsored by Sustainable Hudson Valley.

Melissa Iachetta took over facilitating the Kingston Repair Café in 2018. She aims to host bi-monthly Cafes and has had Cafes at both Clinton Avenue United Methodist Church as well as more recently the Redeemer Lutheran Church. Kingston Repair Cafes are sponsored by the Climate Smart Kingston Commission, Kingston Transition and Bike Friendly Kingston.

Melissa’s fulltime job is Program Manager at New Yorkers for Clean Power, a non profit statewide campaign helping New Yorkers transition to a clean energy economy. NYCP’s storefront is based in Kingston! Melissa is also in her second term on the Climate Smart Kingston Commission.

http://www.repaircafehv.org/kingston

Pedro Crotty — Using Astrology as a Guide

ExplO+re Class: Using Astrology as a Guide to understand oneself and others

I will show the class
– Resources on how to do their chart
– How astrology works and an understanding of why astrology is useful for personal growth
– How to interpret and understand the signs/planets and houses
– A deep understanding of oneself and others -Which people you naturally connect with
– The magic and rewards of understanding astrological alchemy

Pete “Pedro” Crotty is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist specializing in music therapy and has been studying/counseling tarot and astrology for 30 years and has worked with and counseled Psychiatric adults, children/teens with behavior disorders and people with various disabilities for 27 years.Through years of studying people’s charts Pedro has been able to fully grasp astrological alchemy and apply it to helping many people to understand themselves, and others. Pedro just wrote his first book called “Create Your Own Horoscope- A SImple Guide to Astrology” and has been using it as a guideline to provide workshops through the Hudson Valley and on Zoom. Pedro also has been volunteering for the Holistic Health Community for over a year and this is his 2nd year of volunteering at O+. Pedro also plays for the bands WHOAH! and NCM

111AstroTarot.com

Maggie Carpenter — The Box | Reinventing how we care for ourselves

ExplO+re Class: The Box | Reinventing how we care for ourselves

Workshop to discuss alternatives to our patriarchal health care system, particularly concerning reproductive health. It is time for people to engage in their own health and we will discuss ways of doing so.

A family doctor with over 20 years of experience and many interests, Maggie got her BA in Russian Studies from Brown University before graduating summa cum laude from SUNY-Downstate Medical School. She completed her family practice residency at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. Before settling in the Hudson Valley, Dr. Carpenter lived and worked in Lawrence, Kansas, Wairoa, New Zealand and Brooklyn, New York. Maggie specializes in reproductive health as well as palliative care. Her passion for global health led her to start Go Doc Go in 2013, a not for profit focused on preventing cervical cancer around the world. Together with other volunteer doctors, Go Doc Go has established programs in Senegal, Ethiopia, Haiti and The Gambia.

GoDocGo.org

Community Compost Company — Compost: Reduce Waste & Feed the Soil + Composting for Kids

ExplO+re Classes – Compost: Reduce Waste & Feed the Soil + Composting for Kids

Curious about composting, but not sure how to get started? Learn the what, why and how of composting from Community Compost Company! We will explain the importance of composting, how to reduce waste and save food scraps in your kitchen, the basics of processing and some local options for composting. We will discuss how to apply finished compost, its positive impact on restoring soil health and how that intersects with plant and human health. Healthy soil is alive and teeming with microorganisms and you will get a chance to see these microbes in action under our microscope!

Community Compost Company is a local, women-owned business that provides food scrap collection services and soil products through our brand Hudson Soil Co.

www.communitycompostco.com

Carl Welden – WO+rd

Voice Actor and performance artist Carl Welden has been delivering theatrically charged spoken-word since 1995, utilizing a dynamic blend of character voices, humor and insight. In addition to his acclaimed one-man show and, Carl toured for 17 years with Arm Of The Sea Theater (mask & puppet troupe), spent years announcing on-air at WGHQ Kingston and has also served the master of ceremonies for countless local festivals and events. He is currently works throughout the tristate area as a production sound mixer for film and television, as well as occasionally lecturing on sound, voice and the performing arts.
The rest of the while, he lives with his family in Rosendale, NY