Hafiz's poem "A New World" with alegrias/rumba flamenco guitar by Grant Ruiz and Body Poetry by Yahya Suzanna Nadler from Wine & Psyche, Sept. 18, 2011.

Derek Walcott's poem "Love after Love" with tango flamenco guitar by Grant Ruiz, and Body Poetry by Yahya Suzanna Nadler from our Wine & Psyche event, Sept. 18, 2011.

Rumi's poem, "The Steambath," with improvised zambra flamenco guitar by Grant Ruiz, Body Poetry by Yahya Suzanna Nadler from Wine & Psyche, Sept. 18, 2011. 

Find out how bad grapes turn good; commentary on the tempranillo. The symbology of harvesting and crushing the grapes, the importance of mindfulness, coming out of isolation and joining into the greater whole.

Wine & Psyche events celebrate the mystery of the human psyche and its long interrelationship with wine by pairing fine wines with delicious food, psychological understanding, body poetry and music. A celebration of community and creative expression!

Stay tuned for: “The grapes of our lives!” Grapes as symbols of the moments of richness and fullness.

Wine & Psyche events celebrate the mystery of the human psyche and its long interrelationship with wine by pairing fine wines with delicious food, psychological understanding, body poetry and music. A celebration of community and creative expression! 

Stay tuned for: “The grapes of our lives!” Grapes as symbols of the moments of richness and fullness.

Wine & Psyche events celebrate the mystery of the human psyche and its long interrelationship with wine by pairing fine wines with delicious food, psychological understanding, body poetry and music. A celebration of community and creative expression!

In the September 2011 Celestina Vineyard event our focus is on the care, cultivation and transformation from the grape to wine and the movement from civilized to wild. Rod Birney MD offers symbolic commentary, Yahya Suzanna Nadler MEd body poetry, Grant Ruiz flamenco guitar and vineyard owner John Pratt discusses wine and vinaculture! 

Hear about the importance of symbols, their objective and subjective fields; the symbol of the grapevine and its care as a metaphor for our lives.

Wine & Psyche events celebrate the mystery of the human psyche and its long interrelationship with wine by pairing fine wines with delicious food, psychological understanding, body poetry and music. A celebration of community and creative expression!

Wine & Psyche events celebrate the mystery of the human psyche and its long interrelationship with wine by pairing fine wines with delicious food, psychological understanding, body poetry and music. A celebration of community and creative expression!

Begin the journey of the senses.  This first installment introduces the night, the importance of symbolic thinking and the psychological energies of Dionysius and Apollo.

This visual presentation of our first course in Qualities of Being, The 5 Elements, is broken into 5 video clips. The first clip is an introduction to the theme of the 5 Elements with a dance led by guide Yahya Suzanna Nadler. This is followed by a Zikar meditation led by guide Rod Birney. After meditation, Rod leads a lecture about the 5 Elements which takes the group into a Wazifa Sufi Chant (in video 4).  Our spiritual guides end the session in video 5 with a poem and a group inquiry exercise.