Indigenous traditions of mindfulness, sacred relationship, and working with breath and energy are precious gifts from our Ancestors. In this talk, Brenda Salgado will share about the Time of the Sixth Sun, and Toltec teachings and calendar to help us better understand and navigate the turbulence and change we now are experiencing as a human family. She will introduce participants to Toltec breath and energy practices for healing, power, presence, flourishing on our path, and for cultivating the appropriate energy and relationship to support ourselves in these times of great change.

This workshop is part of a two session series taught by Brenda Salgado. Attendees are encouraged to register for one or both sessions in the series.
The second session is on Oct. 31 and titled,
"Healing with the Ancestors – Toltec Practices for Intergenerational Flourishing with Brenda Salgado"

Brenda Salgado, MS, is the founder of Nepantla Consulting and Program Director of the Racial Healing Initiative. She is a mindfulness author, speaker, wisdom keeper, Toltec energy healer, trainer, and organizational consultant. She holds degrees in Biology, Developmental Psychology, and Animal Behavior. In the past, she has served as the Director of the East Bay Meditation Center, as Associate Director at Wisdom & Money, and as a Senior Fellow at the Movement Strategy Center, and is the author/editor of Real World Mindfulness for Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice at a Time.

In addition to her seasoned nonprofit and consulting experience, Brenda has received training from elders in traditional medicine and healing ceremony in Purepecha, Xochimilco, Toltec and other indigenous lineages, Brenda draws on the healing powers of the natural world to guide her work. Her current projects are focused on mindfulness practices that draw from multiple traditions, ceremony for ancestral healing and collective transformation, and the weaving of mindfulness and indigenous teachings/prophecy for understanding the times we are in as a human family. She is committed to co-creating a society filled with wholeness and beauty. 

CBD 2023: Mindfulness, Indigenous Prophecy, and the Time of the Sixth Sun with Brenda Salgado  is part of the free Contemplation by Design Summit, Oct. 24- Nov. 2, 2023.

The full Summit schedule is posted at: http://contemplation.stanford.edu/summit. All events are FREE and online.

Registration opens September 12, 2023