There is an educational component to all Gesundheit projects—the books, movies, lectures, clowning, global outreach, the model hospital project. In addition, Gesundheit hosts events focused on education—at the site of the future hospital and elsewhere—in the form of medical student electives, summer institutes, health care system design intensives, and conferences.
Desire and Design: Construct Your Humanism
July 21-27, 2024 | Hillsboro, WV
We invite you to a full week on the land in West Virginia to Construct Your Humanism. We’ll elicit from each other descriptions of the humanism we wish to see in the world. We’ll offer tools & strategize ways to put our humanism into practice.
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The Laughing Body: the Art of Care
August 18-25, 2024 | Hillsboro, WV
We invite you to spend a week dedicated to reflection, play, and rediscovering the joyful and creative potential of our body and of our inner Nature (our soul), while basking in the wonderful outdoors of the Gesundheit Institute in beautiful West Virginia.
Between Dreams
September 1st – 7th | Hillsboro, WV
Joyful Change and Colorful Connection with Jef Johnson at the beautiful site of Gesundheit Institute in Hillsboro, West Virginia. After the success of Fields of Play earlier this year, Jef Johnson is very excited to return to Gesundheit! Institute with a new group residency experience.
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