The Last Ecstatic Days

Join us on Thursday May 23 at 7 pm to watch the inspiring film, The Last Ecstatic Days.

What to expect: In the comfort of your own home, you will log on with the link provided in your email from the purchase of your ticket and watch the film on your own TV or laptop. After the viewing is complete, stay on for a discussion with Michael and Wendy.

Your Hosts:

Michael Arbuckle has been active in the arena of holistic health for over 4 decades. With a Masters Degree from Tulane University in Public Health Administration, he early on made a pivot from the conventional model of health care delivery, to advocating for a more conscious, whole-person approach to health and wellness. He founded, along with his wife, the Macrobiotic Center of Louisiana in the mid 1980’s; Nova Institute, an international school and retreat for the healing arts, in Estes park in the 1990’s; and, for the past 30+ years, the Pilates Center of Austin, which has, just this past year, been handed over to their amazing staff to steward for the next 25 years. Michael is also an avid woodworker, sculptor, and toymaker, artist and designer, life coach and mentor.

“It has been my privilege to be a founding Board member, and an ardent supporter of the CCLD and this deeply moving film, re-imagining a new narrative, one that vibrantly embraces the intertwined journey of life and death, and seeks to create an upswell of community-minded, heart-centered support, engagement and stewardship.”

Wendy LeBlanc-Arbuckle is an international leader in embodied/somatic movement, Wendy is more passionate than ever, as she enters the 5th decade of her life's work with holistic health, yoga, pilates, and the somatic arts and sciences. She began this journey, in the early 1980's, as a Macrobiotic Teacher, going on to co-founding, along with her husband, Michael, the Nova Institute, an international holistic school and retreat center in Estes Park, CO. In the mid-1990's, she co-founded, with her husband, the Pilates Center of Austin, a yoga, Pilates and somatic movement center, now in its 31st year, and still going strong. She continues to coach clients and mentor teachers nationally and internationally.

Handspring Publishing will be debuting her new book, "Moving Beyond Core: A Somatic Explorer's Guide through Whole Body Relationships", in the Spring of 2025.

“I am privileged to be a supporter of TLED, and the CCLD. I am so inspired by this film's message,and the CCLD's mission to create a vibrant community committed to deep-hearted inner exploration and growth, service and community-supported end-of-life care.”