The Vital Force Archive
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July 1998 (Conference Issue)
The July 1998 issue covers the 13th Annual Teachers’ Conference in Albuquerque. Rhonda St. Martin thanks the merchants, hotel staff and donors who supported it, naming the Sunday sunrise practice with Rob Janov’s music. Carmen Brocklehurst recounts Justin Stone’s Folsom Prison videotape and his “Chi=Prana=Vital Force” talk, and Hannah Hedrick describes her lunch discussion on TCC and addictive behaviors becoming mutual aid.
Rhonda St. Martin thanks the merchants, hotel staff, students and anonymous donors who buoyed the 1998 Albuquerque conference, and names the Sunday sunrise community practice with Rob Janov's music as her highlight.
Rhonda St. Martin
Twelve teachers send back their impressions of the 1998 Albuquerque conference, among them the Friday candle lighting ceremony, Justin Stone's Folsom Prison videotape, the Sunday open practice of 170 people, and Rhonda St. Martin's organizing vision.
Carmen Brocklehurst recounts the 13th Annual Teachers' Conference in Albuquerque, from the video of Justin's Folsom Prison lecture and his "Chi=Prana=Vital Force" talk to Ed's account of training James Hecker.
Hannah Hedrick thanks the Albuquerque conference organizers and Justin for the movement refinement sessions, and recounts how her lunch discussion group on TCC and addictive behaviors became a mutual aid session.
Hannah Hedrick
Chicago, IL
Linda Braga's rhyming thank-you to the Albuquerque hosts of the 13th Annual International Teachers' Conference, recalling the flowing, singing, candle-lighting days and closing with the Six Healing Sounds.
Linda Braga
Castro Valley, CA