SF Refresh 2011: Free Massage, Compost Class & Mural Painting | Hayes Valley Farm

Submitted by the Event Organizer

SF Refresh’s goal is to create six daylong citywide events that enable San Franciscans to receive free whole body care in community garden settings in 2011.

Activities include: gardening classes, yoga, life coaching, meditation, trauma care, nutrition classes, massage, acupuncture, tea and coffee cuppings, movement classes, preventative health care information and more.

For the first SF Refresh, there’s also tons going on at the Free Farm in the Western Addition, at Growing Homes Community Garden on Octavia and at Hayes Valley Farm.

Health & Wellness Events (Hayes Valley Farm):

10am – 11am | Stretching & Movement with Jaime Tjahaja
10am – 5pm | We Forgive you Papers
10am – 5pm | Affirmation/Forgiveness Trees
11am – 12pm | Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 101 with Megan Dowdell
11am -12pm | Reiki session with Diana Wheeler
11:30 am – 2pm | Chair massages with Amy Hintze
2pm – 3 pm | Mindfulness, Meditation and Somatic Experiencing Class – Rik Center of the Mindfulness Care Center
2pm – 3pm | Zen Meditation with Shannon Stewart
3pm – 5pm | Chair massages with Amy Hintze
4pm – 5pm | Meditation/Mindfulness with Anne Mascovich

Crafts & Skills Share Events (Hayes Valley Farm):

10am – 5pm | Mural painting with Jessica Kraft
11am – 12pm | Be Red Cross Ready (Disaster Preparedness): Key actions to prepare you and your loved ones for all types of disasters, such as earthquakes and fires. Learn how to make a disaster plan, assemble disaster supplies, and how to stay safe when disaster strikes.
11am – 12pm | Composting Skill Share with Sam McMullen
11am – 12pm | Fence Yarn Pocket Art with the Revel Art Collective: Living pockets in yarn, fabric, and repurposed materials.
1pm – 2 pm | Composting Skill Share with Jaime Tjahaja
2pm – 3pm | Building Succulant Fence Pockets
3pm – 5pm | See and Learn about Goats – City Grazing
3pm – 4pm | Herbs & Wellness Skill Share with Sam McMullen
4pm – 5pm | Creative Writing Workshop
4pm – 5pm | Mindful Weeding with Sam McMullen

Entertainment & Extras (Hayes Valley Farm):

9:45am – 5pm | (Last Fifteen Minutes of Every Hour) Parachute Play: Have fun like you’re a kid again. Play with our parachute.
10 am – 5 pm | Meet the Artist: Mother Earth Exhibit
10am – 5pm | Imagination Station
12pm – 1 pm | Lunch
1pm – 2pm | Live Acoustic Music with David Douglas
2pm – 5pm | Vespertine Orchestra
3pm – 4pm | Bicycle Powered Smoothies

The next Sf Refresh days come on these Saturdays: April 16, May 21, July 24, August 20, September 25 and October 15.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.