Macrobiotics America

David and Cynthia Briscoe
The Leader In Online Macrobiotic Education Since 1999
Steps to Health Intensive
Thurs (8am) – Sun (1pm)

Affordable • Convenient • Informative

NEW…SPECIAL SPRING-FALL 2012 PRICES!
MORE AFFORDABLE THAN EVER!

A partner or friends can register with you at a discount!


Learn the Essentials of Macrobiotics
with David & Cynthia Briscoe


A new Steps to Health Intensive is presented every other month.

The course includes the following:

Hands-On Macrobiotic Cooking Classes
Learn all the basics of selecting and cooking healthy macrobiotic foods, including whole grains, organic vegetables, miso soup, sea vegetables, condiments, pickles, and beverages. Hands-on cooking classes are a must if you really want to learn macrobiotic cooking.  Sitting and watching a teacher demonstrate cooking can never teach you how to DO macrobiotic cooking, so we have created cooking classes that get you in the kitchen along with the teacher.

Natural Desserts
Macrobiotic desserts are delicious! We’ll show you how to make desserts that are suitable for your current health.

What’s For Breakfast?
This frequently-asked question will be answered daily when you are served a simple but satisfying macrobiotic breakfast.
Printed Recipes & Handouts
You will receive printed recipes and menus for each cooking classes. There will also be handouts for all other classes.
Menu Planning
Learn creative and practical methods for making balanced and nutritious macrobiotic menus.
Morning and Afternoon Learning Sessions
Daily talks are full of important information for improving your macrobiotic understanding. You will receive numerous original handouts and readings for keeping in your own personalized and organized binder. There will be plenty of opportunity for asking questions and addressing your personal needs. Learning sessions will cover the following:
  • Acid-Alkaline for Improved Health and Vitality
  • How to Prepare and Use Helpful Home Remedies
  • Special Macrobiotic Foods and Their Unique Properties
  • Utensils and Cookbooks for the Macrobiotic Kitchen
  • Understanding the Macrobiotic Diet
  • The Big Balance and How to Maintain It: Consumption & Elimination
  • Basic Menu Planning
  • Understanding Your Personal Health Condition from a Macrobiotic View
  • What to Expect When Healing
  • How to Bring Macrobiotics into Your Own Schedule & Lifestyle
Mid-Day Do-In & Qigong
Saturday before lunch, we will walk to the local historical park to do light and revitalizing movements based on Do-In and Qigong. These exercises are suitable for all ages and levels of health. The easy exercises and movements will be chosen from the following:
  • Qigong Silken Exercises
  • Special Points & Meridian Tapping Techniques
  • “Gentle Rotation” for improved breathing
  • “Standing Home” and “Unlocking” for vital circulation
  • “The Turtle Exercise” for refreshing the nervous system

If weather doesn’t permit outdoor exercise, or if students’ conditions currently don’t allow for walking, we will do the exercises indoors.

Daily Meals
Enjoy three delicious macrobiotic meals Thursday-Saturday, lunch on Sunday, plus a few surprises now and then. Students eat most meals with the instructors, providing additional opportunity for discussion and questions. On Sunday we’ll give you travel food for your trip home.

Allergies and Sensitivities
We are respectful and understanding of each student’s personal needs. Please contact us prior to attending the course to discuss any allergies and/or sensitivities you may have. In consideration of others, students are asked not to wear perfumes or other fragrances during the course.

Thursday-Saturday Schedule (Sunday morning schedule below.)
8:00 am Breakfast (plus Registration Completion on Thursday only)
8:45 am Learning Session, Part 1
10:30 am Learning Session, Part 2
11:15 am Learning Session, Part 3
12:00 pm Lunch
12:45 pm Student break time for sightseeing, shopping, laundry, phone calls, relaxing, etc. Teacher preparation time for the cooking class.
2:30 pm Home Remedies – Thurs and Fri / Qigong & Other Macrobiotic Exercises – Sat
3:30 pm Hands-On Cooking Class
6:00 pm Dinner
After Dinner Free time for relaxing at your motel, self-guided touring of the Northern California countryside and/or practicing do-it-yourself home remedies
Sunday Schedule 8:00 am Breakfast
8:45 am Hands-On Cooking Class
11:45 am Lunch followed by “Certificates & Farewell”
1:00 pm Final Departure

The schedule is subject to minor changes and adjustments, but the Thursday beginning and Sunday ending times will remain the same.

The program begins at 8:00 am Thursday morning with Breakfast and ends (around 1pm) with “Certificates & Farewell” after Lunch on Sunday . We suggest that you plan on arriving at your motel by 9pm Wednesday.

Packaged food for your travel back home will be available at no extra charge.

Optional Private Consultation
For an additional fee, a Private Consultation with David Briscoe can be scheduled during your stay. For more information about the different consultation options, please see the Personal Health Consultations section of this web site.

Active Participation
The course requires active student participation for the best learning experience. You must be able to participate in all of the classes.

Childcare
For a child under twelve it will be necessary to bring your own childcare assistant who can attend to the child, away from the study house, while you are in class. Children under twelve are welcome to join parents at meals for an additional cost.

Children twelve and over are welcome to attend classes with you at the FRIEND price.

Early Departure Discouraged
Please plan your after-course travel schedule so that you do not have to leave before the end-of- course certificate and farewell celebration at Sunday’s lunch.

Travel
For maps showing Oroville’s location, click here.

By Air: Fly into the Sacramento International Airport, then take The North Valley Shuttle or the Blue Van Super Shuttle to Oroville. We suggest calling the North Valley Shuttle or Blue Van Super Shuttle BEFORE making your airline reservations in order to coordinate your flights with their pick up and return times.

North Valley Shuttle: (530) 891-1219.
www.northvalleyshuttle.com. This service will drop you off and pick you up at their announced location in Oroville. The motels listed below are within a few minutes walk of the drop-off location. Contact them for the current price.

Blue Van Super Shuttle: 1-800-258-3826. 
www.supershuttle.com. This airport service will drop you off and pick you up at your motel’s front door.

Yellow Cab Taxi Service in Oroville: (530) 532-3333

Motels in Oroville, CA
The motels listed below have been enjoyed by our students in the past. Comfort Inn and Motel 6 are both within a two block walk of our study house.  Holiday Inn is within a three minute drive.  It is the student’s responsibility to make all room arrangements with the motel prior to arriving for the course.

Comfort Inn: (530) 533-9673

Holiday Inn Express: (530) 534-5566

Motel 6: (530) 532-9400

Bed & Breakfast
A Riverside Cottage: (530) 533-1413

Please call the above for current prices.

Enterprise Rent-a-Car: (530) 534-8891

Hertz: (530) 534-8655

Camping & Sightseeing
There are many camping areas in the Oroville vacinity. For more information visit the following site: Oroville Camping.

In addition to the many beautiful natural settings within a short drive, the Oroville area is rich with Old West and Gold Rush history. If you’d like to know about the sightseeing possibilities before you arrive, please use the following link: Things To Do In Oroville

Steps to Health Intensive Remaining Dates 2012:

June 21-24
August 2-5
October 4-7
December 6-9


NEW SPRING -FALL 2012 REDUCED COST!  Save $200 when you register 30 days in advance. Cost (includes all lectures, cooking classes, meals, notebook, handouts and printed recipes): $595 per person if registered 30 days in advance; $795 after that date.
FRIEND / PARTNER COST: If a partner or friends register with you, they can come for $395. Accommodations are a separate fee. Students must arrange for accommodations at the nearby motel of their choosing. A list of nearby motels can be found above.

Please note: Tuition does not include a private consultation with David or Cynthia Briscoe. Please see the “Private Consultation” section above if you would like to schedule a consultation during the course.Registration: We accept a maximum of 6 students per course. If registration for a class is full, you may request a place on the waiting list. We suggest registering well in advance in order to get the date you want.

Deposit: a $250 non-refundable deposit will reserve your place in the course at the early registration price when received 30 days in advance. Balance due on arrival.

Refund: We will make a full refund of any amount paid minus the non-refundable deposit when notice of cancellation is received no later than 7 days prior to the first day of the course. After that time we cannot make a refund no matter what the reason for cancellation may be. However, credit will be given for attendance at a future Steps to Health™ Intensive that takes place within 6 months.

Accommodations: Room accommodations are a separate cost. Reservations are to be made by the student with a local motel. (See the above list of nearby motels.)

For more information or to register for Steps to Health™, contact us at the following:

530-282-3518 or
530-521-0236

New!  Steps to Health™ Intensives On The Road…
Join us as we take our popular course to various cities, with the exact same cost, schedule, topics and information as described above for our course at The Macrobiotics America Study House in Oroville, CA.

Steps to Health™ Intensive, Portland, Oregon
(for info call 503-577-5513) or ccarl@christophercenter.org

Steps to Health™ Intensive, Los Angeles
(530) 282-3518 info@macroamerica.com

Steps to Health™ Intensive, San Diego
(530) 282-3518 or info@macroamerica.com

Steps to Health™ Intensive, Seattle
(530) 282-3518 or info@macroamerica.com

Steps to Health™ Intensive, Austin, TX
(530) 282-3518 or info@macroamerica.com

Steps to Health™ Intensive, New York City
(530) 282-3518 or info@macroamerica.com

For information about the Steps to Health™ Intensive at the above cities, please contact the sponsors listed or contact us at (530) 282-3518 or info@macroamerica.com. If you’d like to sponsor a Steps to Health™ Intensive in your local community, please contact us.

What is the Macrobiotics America Study House?

In the early days of macrobiotics in the USA, students studied in small groups at the home or “study house” of experienced teachers. It was a strong, personal and friendly atmosphere for learning. Many respected teachers and some of longest-practicing macrobiotic people in America today, received their macrobiotic foundation from the study-house style of learning. When macrobiotic schools with large classes opened in the 1970′s, study houses unfortunately disappeared. Recently, David & Cynthia Briscoe opened their home in the study house tradition, once more affording students this unique opportunity. Students from around the world can now come here to benefit from this legendary way of learning and developing a macrobiotic practice.

The personal study-house way of learning is not presented in an institutional, medical, or other impersonal setting. It is in our personal, relaxed and welcoming home in a friendly, middle class neighborhood of Northern California. You will be in a small group of no more than 6 students with a full daily schedule, learning in down-to-earth, family-style surroundings with two personally attentive and experienced teachers who will be happy to share macrobiotics with you. This opportunity for learning, in such a small group and in such a personal way, with highly respected macrobiotic teachers who have taught all over the world for more than 30 years, is a rare and unique offering.

The Macrobiotics America Study House also hosts community gatherings, including monthly potlucks, “Ira Briscoe Memorial” Sponsored Classes for Young People, and it serves as a macrobiotic resource for the surrounding community.

NEW! Have Your Own PRIVATE and custom-designed course at The Macrobiotics America Study House tailored to your individual needs.

We’ll plan with you prior to your arrival to design a complete Thurs-Sun course that addresses your special needs such as cooking for children, teenagers, allergies, medicinal cooking, cooking on busy schedule, restaurant-style cooking, etc. We can design a private course to cover any personal need and interest. As our PRIVATE student, you will get all of our attention during the daily schedule. You may also send a person to us to be instructed the style of macrobiotic cooking that a counselor has recommended for you. A PRIVATE course can be arranged anytime during the year. Please call for more information. The private Thurs-Sun course tuition and meals: $1495; partner or friend comes for half price. Room accommodations are a separate cost and arranged by you with a local motel. See the list of motels above.