Casa BESU

CASA BESU is proud to support a new project!!

We are so grateful for the support which has enabled the establishment of a consistent therapeutic presence in Portobelo, Panama through visiting therapists but most recently through native therapists who are being trained through the generosity of your donations. For some time we have dreamed of taking the Casa BESU concept elsewhere - now we have that opportunity.

One of the key visiting therapists in Portobelo was Miranda Warburton. She is co-director of the Six Harmonies Healing Center in Los Gatos, California. She was also for many years an anthropologist working for the Navajo Nation. She and her business partner Jennifer Minor had the dream of taking alternative medicine to the disadvantaged people of the Navajo Nation. Now that dream is becoming a reality.

When Miranda told us of this project, we knew that this was the golden opportunity to support a Casa BESU type project within the continental United States. Thus we are pleased and proud to be co-sponsors of the Six Harmonies Navajo Healthcare Project. You will find more details on the page named NAVAJO PROJECT, but here is a summary of some key points.

Welcome to all those who offer their support to this worthy project. 

Sponsorship of the Project:

Six Harmonies will be responsible for supplying the volunteer therapists and the structure for the therapy sessions.

Richard Begay of the Navajo Nation will be responsible for identifying and scheduling patients.

Casa BESU Inc.  a 501c3 not for profit corporation, will offer financial support the project as well as provide a vehicle for tax deductible contributions for the funding of the Navajo Project.

Project Site: Crystal, New Mexico

Crystal, NM is located in the heart of the Navajo Nation approximately 30 miles northeast of Window Rock, AZ, the Navajo Nation capital.  

With this first pilot project we are hoping to bring comprehensive, alternative, holistic methods of treatment to the community, on private property.  This concept is more similar to traditional Navajo healing ceremonies which are generally hosted by a family rather than an impersonal clinic setting which is antithetical to Navajo cultural beliefs.  The Begay family, a large, locally well-known, extended family, has hosted many traditional ceremonies, and has kindly offered to host this pilot project as well. 

We hope not only to bring more culturally compatible medicine to the community of Crystal, NM, but we also hope that there is a spark of interest on the part of some local residents in learning CranioSacral Therapy or Traditional Chinese Medicine. Six Harmonies would support these individuals in taking classes through the Six Harmonies Traditional Chinese Medicine Apprenticeship Program or other related CranioSacral classes.  Ultimately, we envision that there will be local practitioners of these modalities with the combined effect of both having residents treated within their own community, and also providing the trained native therapists with a way of making a living (either on or off the Reservation).   

Program Detail:

    •       We are planning a four day program in October, 2010.  We will go to Crystal and treat, for free, anyone in the community who is in need of care, with a combination of our modalities, primarily TCM and CST.

    •       We intend to conduct our treatments in a culturally appropriate way. 

    •       We hope to get some members of the local community interested so that they might want to pursue a career in CranioSacral Therapy or Traditional Chinese Medicine to improve the overall health of the community.

    •       We will be hosted by the Begay family who will provide food and lodging; we would like to pay the Begay family for these or any other expenses they incur on behalf of the project.  Our budgetary considerations include travel and supplies such as basic first aid and acupuncture supplies (patent formulas, acupuncture needles, miscellaneous equipment).

How to Support the Program:

Of course, first and foremost, we need money.  Use the NAVAJO PROJECT DONATIONS button on the sidebar of this page to make a tax deductible donation

Beyond that we welcome necessary supplies, such as basic first aid and acupuncture supplies (patent formulas, acupuncture needles, etc.).  Please contact us at www.6Harmonies.com with questions, suggestions and concerns. 

Please mention this project to your friends and others who might be interested in supporting this venture to bring complementary healthcare to Navajo people of limited economic resources.