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"The community is the family, the town is the living room." - Jeff Spurrier

Manantial 32, colonia Allende, San Miguel de Allende, 415-114-8422

San Miguel Natural is a support group that promotes many simple, natural choices for healthier, more conscious living. Over WhatsApp and though in-person discussions our purpose is to become more aware of the of goals and obstacles surrounding treating ourselves better.

Also, encouraging holistic tourism, bedrooms and larger living spaces are available to accommodate out of town guests for short or extended visits. Rent space at San Miguel Natural and do your own thing, or rent and use any of our services, whenever you decide.

Location
Because there is source of water here (Manantial means "spring") our neighborhood is one of the original in the city. In fact, the Chichimeca Indians were already living on this land for centuries before the Spanish founded San Miguel. And, although it is only a short walk to el Centro (the city center), for centuries after the city's founding our neighborhood, Manantial, was its own hamlet, separated from the city proper by open country: parkland, goat pasture and orchards. The neighborhood has only been minimally discovered by extranjeros (foreigners), maintaining its distinctly Mexican feel.

Accommodations
Two private rooms are available on the first floor. The great room, including kitchen and living area, on some days is used for a few hours for community activities (Club Lokkal). The first floor front patio is a plant-filled outdoor space. The third-floor has multiple scenic and neighborhood views, including from the veranda. A fourth-floor azotea (roof-top deck) extends those views. The upstairs, third and fourth floors, is also available for rent.

Meals
Three meals a day are included. You are encouraged (but not required) to participate in (or just witness) meal preparation. It's a good way to deepen your relationship with healthy eating and develop new food habits which you can take home with you.

Tours
Hot springs, Tuesday market (extensive, diverse), Saturday farmers/artisans market, Botanical Garden, artist studios, galleries, Mercado Ignacio Ramiréz/artisans' alley, nature hikes, city center (el Centro), evening campfire, and more

Your principal host and guide, Dr. David, is founder/publisher/editor of San Miguel's comprehensive event calendar and weekly literary magazine, Lokkal.
To get ready for your visit please go to www.lokkal.com/sma/newsletter and sign up to receive our (two) weekly newsletters.
Get to know Dr. David by reading some of his weekly articles at www.lokkal.com/sma/magazine.

Club Lokkal
The premises are sometimes partially used as a dinner club/community center. Meet and get to know interesting people in a relaxed environment. Participate in programs.

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Holistic Health
Let your lifestyle be your medicine.
Discover small, enjoyable changes that make big, healthy differences.

Dr. David Fialkoff graduated from John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine and was licensed as a naturopathic doctor in 1983.

Yasna Navarro, an acclaimed whole-food chef (having cooked for Bill Gates), practices organ detoxification therapies.

Dr David and Yasna have been living and healing naturally for decades. They have a combined 26 years residing in and exploring San Miguel naturally

A different sense of time

The Greeks experienced time in two forms. One is chronos, the steady ticking of the clock, the march of minutes and hours, our schedule. The other is kairos, the singular moment that demands action and refuses to wait.

Experiencing our ordinary moments as singular and compelling, experiencing the mundane as beautiful and surprising is enlightenment. Transforming chronos into kairos requires three things: preparation, willingness to break routine, and the courage to learn.

Mexico has a lot to teach harried residents of modern societies. Instead of looking forward, planning for and worrying about the future, Mexican culture emphasizes living now, being present in the moment.

It may be that many Mexicans would do well to tighten up a bit. But it is undoubtable that those who are caught up in the pressures of capitalist culture would be much healthier and happier if they relaxed.

It's not (only) what you say, eat and do; it's how you say, eat and do it. Bringing consciousness to your daily activities transforms them and you.

Tantric yoga is about slowing down, savoring and not rushing through your experience.

Buddhist traditions emphasize bringing meditative awareness into ordinary daily activities, "washing the dishes to wash the dishes," not simply to finish the chore but to be completely present while doing it.

Chasidic teachings speak of "serving through the physical," in which ordinary acts become holy when performed with the proper intention.

In modern psychology, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, pays deliberate attention to everyday activities to cultivate calm and reduce stress.

Simple tasks simply done offer an ongoing opportunity for raising consciousness and the development of being.

The moments of your life are designed for your healing. When you adjust your expectations everything becomes a mystical theater of learning. When you look with new eyes, the solution is not far from you.

Counseling

Journaling
"The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates
Weave the tapestry of your life: past, present and future. Honor your voices.

Homeopathy
Classical constitutional

Organ detoxification

Diabetes Reversal

Plant medicines