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April 2010

Guest Chef Weekend with Charlie Cascio April 30-May 1
Charlie Cascio will be our featured chef for the month of April.
	Charlie has cooked throughout Europe, including Germany, France, Belgium, and Spain. He has worked as a personal private chef and has been head chef for numerous restaurants. Charlie has taught natural food cooking seminars to individuals, restaurants, and health professionals throughout Europe and the United States. He continues to cook for large conventions to develop natural health food products and recipes, and to teach courses on cooking, including cooking with raw foods.

Please visit our website's Dining page (click here) for more details.

April Specials

Narapoia is back!

Meditation with Tibetan Bowls

with Astrologist and Ritualist Jacqueline Lasahn

Meditation with Tibetan Bowls April 6 & 7 10:30 am May 10 & 11 10:30 am Tarot Consultation April 6 & 7 May 10 & 11

Yoga with Sarana Miller
and Chef Charlie Cascio

April 9-11

Couples Thrival Joyshop

April 16-18

What better place to join your loved one than by soaking in the exquisite waters of Wilbur and learning powerful tools to support your relationship? This JoyShop is truly an opportunity to learn leading edge concepts to add to the health and vitality of your relationship--concepts such as How my partner behaves or what he/she does or does not do has no power to dictate my value, lovability or well-being; no one has the power to "make" you feel, and nothing ever shows up in our relationship that we have not "invited" in. Join us for a life-changing opportunity!

Shannon Sheridan is a counselor with a thriving private practice working with couples, individuals and families. She has practiced for over 20 years and has conducted numerous workshops, team enhancement, and organizational support, and is leading edge among some of the most influential teachers of our time. Shannon's capacity to translate her own experience through loving acceptance, personal congruency and laughter is helpful to others on their path of personal discovery.

Testimonials from the latest Couples Thrival Joyshop:

"I appreciated the sage environment we had to share in ... Shannon's loving style."

"Shannon's knowledge and how she presented it in this interactive workshop was a great learning experience for my partner and I. We are eager to apply these principles in an effort to grow our love."

To register contact Cheryl Shinn at 530-345-7875/530-520-7875, or email cherylshinn@hughesnet.com. Room reservations are to be made directly through Wilbur Hot Springs by calling 530-473-2306.

Energy Yoga Retreat with Thomas Fortel

April 30-May 2

Complementary Alternative Medicine

Chiropractic, Massage
and Natural Geothermal Water

Dr. Shalamah Yahchove

There are no easy solutions to our current economic problems, being that change is inevitable. However, our body, mind and spiritual growth are optional. We can create many positive changes simply by combining chiropractic, massage, and Wilbur's mineral-laden geothermal water.

Combining massage and chiropractic after soaking in Wilbur's natural geothermal waters--hydrotherapy--is an ideal prescription for balanced health, enhanced relaxation, offsetting stress, or to simply luxuriate.

Additionally, pains of arthritis, sport and occupational injuries can be greatly reduced with this unique combination of treatments. Also, when combining this trio of remedies and the naturally occurring lithium in Wilbur's water, we not only feel a sense of calm and well-being, but also foster self-healing.

I gently encourage you to schedule your massage and chiropractic appointments when reserving your room, for we have a select number of spaces available.

Chiropractic fee is $50.00 if combining the chiropractic session with a massage session.

Notes From the Caretaker:

Dear Friends of Wilbur:

Thank you for the response to the Wilbur Ambassador program. Your letters were read carefully, by all of us, duly noted and much appreciated.

I began work when I was 13 years old as a freshman in high school and worked my way through college scraping dishes in a sorority house, selling texts in the bookstore and playing poker. In graduate school my first job was cleaning rat cages in the experimental psychology laboratory. These experiences shaped my views of the haves, the have nots and the have a little.

As a result of my early life experiences, your letters saying that the economic downturn has decreased, or even eliminated, your visits to Wilbur, pulled on my heart. I ask myself what can I do to make this healing place more available to these folks? After all, sharing Wilbur rather than keeping it for myself, family and friends, is my mission.

Some of you inquired about my reasoning in offering a larger reward to the new guests you bring and a lesser reward to you, the referring source.

During this initial time period, Wilbur will pay for half of your new guests' bill because as one friend said to me, "I would be uncomfortable bringing friends to Wilbur and getting a discount that they do not get."

For phase two of the Wilbur Ambassador Program, we will think about ways to give you, our loyal guests, the larger reward for participating in keeping us well-maintained and at your service. I will also give more thought to making Wilbur more available to those of you suffering from the economic debacle our country is in, which includes huge benefits and bail-outs for the very rich, and lost jobs and lost income for many of the rest.

And some of you asked: "How about a reward to us for sending newbies to Wilbur when we cannot join them?" Great idea! This too shall be addressed.

For those of you who asked "Why do you want new guests?" the answer is, given our carefully limited maximum occupancy of about 50 persons (one person for every 35 acres) a higher percentage of occupancy allows us to forstall, limit, or even avoid, increases in our rates. The higher Wilbur's occupancy, the less the need to raise rates to keep up with the ever-rising cost of doing business.

We welcome additional ideas on how we can reward you, our loyal and appreciated guests, for referring new people to Wilbur.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Richard

Richard Louis Miller, M.A., Ph.D.
Wilbur Caretaker since 1972

PS: The use and efficacy of transdermal patches has validated those of you who for many years have believed that Wilbur's minerals enter us, and do their medicinal healing, through our skin. Alas, we have therefore not been able to keep up with the demand for Wilbur Bath Crystals. The good news is that our new evaporation building is recently completed and we shall be evaporating and harvesting more medicinal minerals soon. Until then, we appreciate your patience.

Country Store Online

See our new online store for Larry Wagner's photo book and Wilbur's new bath crystals.