The Beauty of
Trust: Dance Workshop 11.0
Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Li's Wushu Academy
10268 Bandley Dr, Ste 107-B,
Cupertino, CA 95014
"To be a good human being is to have a kind of
openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own
control, that can lead you to be shattered in very extreme circumstances for
which you were not to blame. That says something very important about the
condition of the ethical life: that it is based on a trust in the uncertain and
on a willingness to be exposed; it's based on being more like a plant than like
a jewel, something rather fragile, but whose very particular beauty is
inseparable from that fragility." -- Martha Nussbaum
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Dance movement is a therapeutic form of exercise which is
great not only for physical, but also for mental and emotional health. Music
itself can be very powerful. It can affect our moods and our state of
well-being by triggering memories and other emotional experiences. When dance
or any movement is set to music, it can create a stress relieving, joyful and
sometimes healing moment for those involved, as well as increasing/releasing
endorphins in the brain.
Please join us for the dance movement therapy workshop in
Cupertino, where we will explore different attributes of the emotional and
physical well-being through set of the creative and fun exercises, mixed with
the intervals, filled with free-form dancing.
Main benefits you may expect:
- Getting a good ability to express suppressed emotions
- Establishing a positive and rejuvenating connection
with your body
- Improving general physical fitness and gross motor
skills development
- Processing internal negative beliefs, improving
confidence and self-esteem
- Encourages creativity and imagination
- Connecting others people on emotional level
- Creating a positive life outlook, addressing stressful
life events and depressive episodes
Every workshop is different, and the facilitator will
follow the flow, adjusting the list of the exercises and free-form dance
activities to the created team spirit and atmosphere.
Important notes:
- No partner or previous dancing experience necessary.
- All ages and physical capabilities are welcome. You
choose you own level of participation and involvement.
- Please try to be on time, as it is easier to “catch a
waive” if you are present from the class beginning.
- Clothing: anything that would let you move freely.
- Shoes: dancing bare-feet is the best, but you can also
use soft flat shoes. Please no outdoor shoes on the floor.
- There is plenty of parking near the studio. Follow the
GPS guidance, however as soon as you turn to the parking lot from Bandley
Drive, you need to drive around the building to find the Li's Wushu Academy
Entrance at the back. There are no entrances from the front or sides of the
building.
Workshop Facilitator: Tanya Pekker, LMFT, Lic.# 51651
Cost: Recommended donation $15 (cash, at the door).
Burners by The Bay
Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 9 PM - 1 AM
Sausalito Seahorse
305 Harbor Dr,
Sausalito, California 94965
Live Feed From The Playa~ Watch the Burn Live while
hearing the Beats of Past Burning Man Legendary DJ's + Additional DJ's from
Burning Man ~ Performance Art ~ VJ Presentation Live Music + Photographer
+Surprises + More!
If you are not attending Burning Man this Year for one
Reason or Another join us and our Virtual Community along the Bay in the Spirit
of Burning Man Art & Music. * Details to follow over the coming Months
Artist, Surprise Guest & More!*
Last Year we were at Capacity!
Dance Elementals:
Ecstatic Dance Journey
Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 8pm to 11pm
Center for Creative Living
1460 Koll Cir # C,
San Jose, CA 95112
New Location!
Dance through the elements of Air, Fire, Water, Earth and
back to your Center. Feel the music. Become the dance. Embody your divine
nature. Dance Elemental is a unique expression of ecstatic dance culture,
inspired by nature-centered spiritual traditions.
Learn and grow from each element and work with its
unique, palpable energy. Celebrate together and allow your inner light to be
revealed!
Near the 4th Street
Bowl. Nearest cross streets are 4th St and Koll Circle. Come into the parking
lot and proceed around to the back of the building. It is well lit and there is
plenty of parking. Enter through the back door.
Cost: $15
The Front Porch
Music Festival @ Wente Vineyards
Saturday, September 3, 2016 from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM
(PDT)
Wente Vineyards Estate Tasting Room
5565 Tesla Road,
Livermore, CA 94550
Enjoy a full day of renowned independent music and fine
wine, hosted by Fifth Generation Winemaker, Karl Wente. In true festival form,
there will be two different venues on property for the concurrent performances,
one on the front lawn, where guests will be able to enjoy the afternoon with
chairs and blankets, and another in the barrel room with acoustic performances.
Outdoor stage: Hot
Buttered Rum, Wolf Hamlin & The Front Porch Drifters, David Luning, Elliott
Randall & The Deadmen, Night Harvest and Garage Band Academy
Barrel Room stage (acoustic performaces): Kingsborough, Peter Case, Matt EL, Danny
Click, Jules
Cost: $38
2016 Sausalito Art
Festival
September 3 - 5, 2016 (Saturday – Monday)
Marinship Park,
Sausalito, CA
The Sausalito Art Festival is the top-rated event of its
kind and the perfect way to celebrate your Labor Day Weekend. Meet over 260
artists, and have the opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind paintings,
drawings, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry and more.
Enjoy non-stop musical entertainment from top headliners
on three stages, gourmet delights, and fine wines and champagne.
The festival is located along the beautiful Sausalito
Waterfront.
There’s a lot to enjoy at the Sausalito Art Festival, but
one of the most anticipated features are the artists on the two performance
stages at the festival. We have had the
pleasure of hosting legend after legend on the Stella Artois main stage and
this year is no different.
Lineup:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD
Main Stage
12:00-1:00pm: Charlie
Musselwhite (blues)
1:30-2:30pm: Blind
Boys of Alabama (gospel)
3:00-4:30pm: Squirrel Nut Zippers (jazz/swing)
5:00-6:00pm:
Monophonics (r&b/soul)
Artist Stage
11:00-12:30pm: Vardo Gypsy Jazz (flamenco/jazz)
1:00-3:00pm:
Marie-Louise and The Humdingers (jazz/blues)
3:30-5:30pm: One
Grass Two Grass (bluegrass)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH
Main Stage
12:00-1:00pm:
Super Diamond (Neil Diamond tribute)
1:30-2:30pm:
Zepparella (All female Led Zeppelin tribute)
3:00-4:00pm:
Unauthorized Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones tribute)
4:30-6:00pm:
Stayin' Alive - A Bee Gee's Tribute (Bee Gee’s tribute)
Artist Stage
11:00-12:30pm: Romanza (classical)
1:00-3:00pm:
Deborah Winters Group (jazz/standards)
3:30-5:30pm:
Beyond Standard Jazz (jazz)
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH
Main Stage
12:00-1:15pm:
Edgar Winter (blues/rock)
2:00-3:15pm: Todd
Rundgren (rock/pop)
3:45-5:00pm: The
Zombies (rock)
Artist Stage
11:00-12:30pm: Bob
Culbertson (jazz/world)
1:00-2:30pm: Carbe
and Durand (jazz/flamenco)
Cost: $28/day
5th Annual Hiero
Day 2016
Monday, September 5, 2016 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM (PDT)
Intersection of 3rd and Chestnut Streets
Oakland, CA
HIERO DAY is a one day event, combining an outdoor
festival, concert, food, and block party where thousands come to celebrate all that
is good about Oakland September 5, 2016. This community event brings together
all ages and backgrounds. The event hosts a children’s area, multiple stages to
host local and internationally renowned artists and DJs providing continuous
entertainment from Hip-Hop, Jazz, Electronic, Alternative and R&B.
Cost: $22 - $54
Divine Yoga Puja
with Monique Darling, Matt Sturm, and Peter Petersen
Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Guava
4210 Holden Street,
Emeryville, CA
Ready to try something completely new? Come have fun with
three extremely playful, sensual educators whose skill sets include Yoga
Instructor/Puja Facilitator/Authenticity and Vulnerability coach and movement
and wellness coach, whose great joy is taking people on a journey with Tantra,
movement & Yoga.
Theme: Offering Devotion
*Qigong
* Energy attunement
* Aligning with the Energy of Divine Love
* Sweet, safe and consensual touch
* Honoring the Divine Masculine & Feminine in each of
us
* Partner Yoga (All levels, no experience necessary!)
* Working with the 5 senses, 7 chakras and the 5
elements.
* Sensual feeding, reverent eye gazing, exotic anointing
with a delicious synergy of sacred attars of the purest quality
These are the ingredients for a mind, body and heart
blowing experience leaving you floating on your own bliss bubble of connection,
expansion, pleasure, and joy.
The Energetics of Presence: Enrich your life with the
energy of presence
Interested in having more exciting puja and life
experiences?
Simply bringing your attention to the present moment can
be one of the most transformative things we can do to create change in our
world. Explore and play in this interactive workshop where you will learn
valuable tools to use, not only in pujas, but in your life. Learn to be more
sensitive energetically, develop etiquette for pujas, touch with absolute presence,
and take your vibration to a whole new level.
Cost: $35/person; $60 per couple
Energy Therapy
Training
Friday, September 9, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM (PDT)
220 Oak Meadow Drive,
Los Gatos, CA 95032
Learn high frequency energy therapy that works deeply
with the Chakra system and organs of the body. No energy experience is needed
prior to class.
* This is a great training that works with the Angels and
the Chakra system.
* Receive and Angel Attunement
* Learn an Angelic Heart Link Meditation to connect to
your Angels
* Learn a powerful healing technique to use for yourself
and others
* Learn wonderful grounding techniques
* Learn a wonderful energy therapy that compliments other
healing modalities including Reiki and massage.
* Learn a powerful technique to strengthen your mind to
rid yourself of blockages and bring in
positive affirmation to attract your goals Fast!
* Receive a manual that outlines all that you learned in
your training.
Cost: $200
35th Annual Santa
Cruz Greek Festival
September 9 - 11, 2016 (Friday – Sunday)
223 Church St
Between Cedar and Center Street,
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Voted BEST STREET FESTIVAL in Santa Cruz County for many
years, the Santa Cruz Greek Festival is one of the most eagerly anticipated
community events. Come and enjoy this showcase of authentic Greek food, pastries,
spirits, Greek music, folk dancing and more! The festival is located between
Cedar and Center Streets, downtown Santa Cruz. Dance to live Greek music
performed by The Spartans, a well-known Greek band throughout the three-day
event.
The Greek taverna features imported Greek spirits, wine,
and beer, as well as local selections. Greek dancers will be dressed in
traditional costumes and performing a variety of folk dances that have been
handed down for generations. Bring the family and come live and eat like a
Greek for a weekend!
Cost: Free
Goddess Festival
September 9-11, 2016 (Friday – Sunday)
La Honda, CA
Join us for a blissful weekend filled with magic,
sisterhood, and deep connection to the rhythms of the Earth!
Once again, we gather together in the coastal redwoods of
California among the enchanted energies of Mother Nature to honor the Goddess,
ourselves, and one another. For three days we live together in this sacred
setting, partaking of powerful workshops, rituals, singing, drumming, dancing,
and the dynamic vitality of female-focused intentional community.
Guided by world renowned Priestesses and leaders, you can
learn to identify and use herbs, hone your skills in the ancient Amazon art of
archery, contribute your voice as we pass the rattle, develop ritual skills,
empower yourself through the sacred archetypes of women, and much, much more.
Each day we offer a variety of workshops and
opportunities for learning. Choose to
attend as few or as many as you like, or simply relax, swim in the pool, hike
through the woods, listen to the music, enter into deep discussion, shop with
our hand-selected vendors, or just sit quietly and meditate in this sacred
space.
Evenings are reserved for us to come together in the Gaia
Bowl, our sacred ritual space of "Fire & Light." It is here that we call to the Goddess and
weave our magic; honor and invoke our Foremothers; hold Initiation and
Ordination rituals; and drum, dance, and sing our prayers for ourselves and the
Earth!
All of nature is just a step outside your cabin door. All
meals are prepared for us. There is no work duty, no food to cook, no dishes to
do. Your only responsibility is to come with an open heart and open mind, find
connection through Sisterhood, and share your energies in this movement for
social change.
Come and meet us Between the Worlds, outside of mundane
space and time, to find rejuvenation and renewed purpose!
Cost: $500
Sex as Meditation:
Embracing the Spark of Our Desire
Saturday, September 10, 2016 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
(PDT)
2269 Market Street,
San Francisco, CA 94114
What really turns you on and how do you communicate that
with a partner? For most of us, sharing what really gets us hot is vulnerable -
and therefor inherently scary. Does that keep you from sharing what you really
desire with your partner? Do you even know what turns you on? Are you ashamed
of your desires? Just like being devoted to our own truth and allowing the love
and connection we want into our lives, it is important for us to really know,
understand and accept our sexual desires... no matter how scary they might
seem. Monsters under the bed seem really huge, until you shine the flashlight
of truth upon them. When we can accept and claim our sexuality and our desires,
we accept and embrace a core piece of ourselves that is the spark of our
passion for life.
We invite you to join us for this 4-hour Sex as
Meditation workshop where we will dive into our inner worlds and build healthy
relationships with our sexual desires and fantasies. We will bring mindful
awareness to what turns us on and excites us and find ways to be able to talk
about these desires with our partners. This process will open a more accepting
and compassionate relationship with the sexual animal that lives within us all
and give us an opportunity to make friends with this powerful part of ourselves
and what it has to teach us.
This workshop does not include any nudity or explicit
sexuality. All genders and sexual orientations welcome.
Cost: $55
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sex-as-meditation-embracing-the-spark-of-our-desire-tickets-20241518928
Costumed All
Gender Play Party Bliss with Monique Darling & Peter Petersen
Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 7:30 PM - 12:00 AM (PDT)
Woodside, CA
This is an experiential play party for the sensually
adventurous. This special evening welcomes ALL and is very gender friendly.
This is an invitation to dive deeply into yourself and each other in ways you
may have been afraid to do in the past. This is the play party you want to come
to even if you've never been to a play party before. We create an expansive,
feeling-full environment charged with electricity, yet warmly grounded and
earthy. A safe and sacred container for exploring kisses and hugs in a relaxed,
sex-positive space. This play party encourages your curiosity about taking your
own sensual play space to the next level. The evening is a celebration of
imagination and curiosity, so you may experience as many flavors as you dare.
Come dressed in something that makes you feel sacred and sexy!
Wear your favorite costume and leave expectations at the
door, we open to the possibilities...
First let Peter open you up through movement practice
called qigong, getting you out of your minds and into your hearts.
Next let us led you through a series of conscious
connective touch as we begin to take a room full of strangers on an intimate
exploration of themselves through one another.
Then let us lead you through a welcome circle where a
room of strangers slowly opens up and winds up on the same page, having the
opportunity to be seen, heard, and understood in ways maybe you have never even
imagined!
What is Play with a capital "P"?
Play with a capital "P" is whatever it means to
you. You are invited to co-create whatever feeds your soul. Participation (also
with a capital "P") can mean many things and voyeurs are as warmly
welcomed as the most actively engaged. It's a sensual space where participants
are encouraged to explore themselves and others in ways that are stimulating,
nurturing, exciting, safe and FUN!
This is the Play party you want to come to if you've
never been AND this is the Play party you want to come to if you want to
experience how to take generating safe play space for you and your loved ones
to the next level.
Cost: $35 - $45
Unleash Your
Seductive Nature
Saturday, September 10, 2016 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
(PDT)
The Women's Building
3543 18th Street #8,,
San Francisco, CA 94110
Do you feel an enormous pressure to be ‘sexy,’ yet don't
connect with truly feeling ‘sexy’ in your body?
You are not alone and we want to help you change your
relationship to sexy.
Daily, women are bombarded with mixed messages about what
sexy 'is', and these messages actually put distances between us and our fully
connected erotically selves.
Join Keeley Rankin and Elizabeth McGrath in this sensual
and fun 3-hour workshop where you'll connect with your unique sexy that will
keep your lovers begging for more!
Designed for folks who identify as female. This workshop
does not include any nudity.
Cost: $60
Sound Oasis with
Loriel Starr
Saturday, September 10, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
(PDT)
The Center SF
548 Fillmore Street,
San Francisco, CA 94117
Sound Oasis is a sound immersion meditation that is
deeply restorative and healing. Your
sound meditation journey will immerses you in the vibrant overtones, healing
frequencies and dynamic soundscapes of Tibetan and crystal singing bowls,
Planetary Gongs and an assortment of sound meditation instruments.
Experience deep relaxation, connect with well-being and
feel greater self-attunement as you bath in sound vibrations that bring
clearing, balancing and harmonization to body, mind and spirit. Sound meditation is a very accessible form of
meditation and a wonderful addition to any wellness regimen.
WHAT TO BRING: Please bring a yoga mat and blanket. A pillow, eye covering and water bottle are
also items that can support your comfort.
Cost: $33
31st Annual Ohlone
Day Celebration
Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 10 AM - 4 PM
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Felton, California 95018
California State Parks and Mountain Parks Foundation
invite you to celebrate the dances, stories, games, foods and traditions of
California’s native Ohlone People.
Help build a tule boat as the Ohlone people share
traditional songs, stories, dances, tools, musical instruments, useful native
plants, language and history. Learn an atlatl, a tule craft, Native American
games, fire making and a pump drill. Shop for nature themed gifts and delicious
food at the event! Also, get Native American jewelry and other handmade items
at the Ohlone booths!
Cost: Free (Day-use parking fee is $10)
Annual Beach
Bonfire Season Kick-Off Party
Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 12 PM - 9:30 PM
Club Urban Diversion
1329 Columbus Ave, Ste B,
San Francisco, California 94133
Our annual beach bonfire kickoff party is wilder than
ever for 2017! It’s a FULL day of crazy party games- including tug-of-war
(played on a slip and slide), beach Twister and a HUGE onsite beer relay topped
off with snacks, s’mores & our biggest beach bonfire yet!
Our bonfires are MEMBERS & guests only and always are
super popular- register early and feel free to bring a friend!
American Roots
Music Festival
Saturday, September 10, 2016 from 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM
(PDT)
Bodega Base Camp
16951 Bodega Hwy
Bodega, CA 94922
The American Roots Music Festival is a family friendly
acoustic music festival, open to the public on September 10, 2016, 2PM - 9PM in
the historic town of Bodega, CA.
Live music from upbeat bands, incredible food, and tons
of family fun - that's what this thing is about. Hay bales, an epic kids area with bounce
house, field games, beer and wine, evening campfire with S'mores, our screaming
deal 'Chinese Auction', local artists and much more.
*Bring a lawn chair or blanket - leave food, beverages
and animals at home!!
Cost: $27
Ecstatic Heart
Puja – Ritual
Thursday, September 15, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
(PDT)
Guava Temple
4210 Holden Street,
Emeryville, CA 94608
A Puja is a Tantric Ritual to share connection, celebrate
life, and tap into our own divine life-force energy. At this Ecstatic Heart
Puja, we will be diving into our juicy sensuality and sublime presence,
celebrating love and opening our hearts through a series of partnered
experiences. You'll swoon in ecstasy to sacred poetry as we guide you through
movement and breath, eye gazing and healing touch, to connect with the divine
essence of those around you.
This is a fully clothed event. You are welcome to
participate at exactly the level that feels right for you.
Open to singles, couples, triads, etc... and people of
all genders.
Cost: $25
Nudestock Music
Festival
September 15 – 18, 2016 (Thursday – Sunday)
Laguna del Sol
8683 Rawhide Lane,
Wilton, CA 95693
Famous music festival in in Laguna Del Sol – Clothing
optional resort.
Nudestock 2016 Band Lineup:
Friday Night, September 16th- Rock Monsterz
http://www.rockmonsterz.com/
Saturday Morning, September 17th - Superlicious
http://www.superliciousband.com/
Saturday Evening, September 17th - Islands of Black &
White
http://www.islandofblackandwhite.com/
Sunday Morning, September 18th -Jackson Stone Band
http://www.jacksonstoneband.com/
Sunday Evening, September 18th - Petty theft
Cost: TBD
Sierra Rejuvenate
Retreat
September 16 – 18, 2016 (Friday – Sunday)
Sierra Hot Springs
521 Campbell Hot Springs Rd,
Sierraville, California 96126
Celebrate the last full moon of Summer in the mountains
this September with Alok and Anjuli. Take this opportunity to enjoy beautiful
Sierra Hot Springs with classes focusing on therapeutic touch, somatic
listening, elemental awareness, and connection. Just 4 hours from the Bay Area,
it is located at the cusp of an enchanted forest and a beautiful alpine valley,
where peace seeps into your being.
Sierra Hot Springs is truly an inspiring place where it’s
easy to surrender to the overwhelming sense of tranquility. The sacred healing
waters soothe away tension, while immersion in the crisp alpine air nourishes
the soul. This retreat offers a perfect balance of focused morning yoga
classes, free time to soak in the natural springs, and creative afternoon
therapeutic classes.
What is included?
*Camping among the pine trees or camping indoors in the
cozy practice space
*2 delicious catered organic brunches on Saturday, and
Sunday
*Full use of Hot Springs and sauna 24 hours/day
*Morning meditation and yoga
*Afternoon Zen Thai Flow classes
*Cacao ceremony and Dance Journey evening programs
*Guided hiking on local trails
*Sound Healing
*Full Moon Campfire Ceremony Friday night!
Cost: $375
Festival of
Compassionate Communication
Saturday, September 17, 2016 from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Peace United
900 High St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Join us for a day to explore compassionate communication
with family members, friends, co-workers, community members---and with
yourself.
In the morning, we will demonstrate Compassionate
Communication with Conflict Improv, where the teachers act out suggestions from
the audience. Then we will have workshops on topics such as:
ü
The Basics of NVC
ü
Translating Inner and Outer Critics
ü
Compassionate Communication and Dating
ü
Communication at Work: Working with Difficult
Clients and Customers
ü
Parents: Making Requests and Setting Limits
ü
Relationship as Path for Self-Discovery
ü
NVC for Men -- and the Women Who Want to
Understand Them
ü
NVC for Helping Professionals
Schedule:
9:30: Meet and Greet; Registration, Snacks, and
Coffee/Tea
10:00: Opening Circle with Games and Conflict Improv
11:15-12:30 Workshop #1 (choice of 3 workshops)
12:30 – 1:30: Lunch, Please bring your own or we can tell
you about local restaurants
1:45-3:00: Workshop #2 (choice of 3 workshops)
3:15-4:30: Workshop #3 (choice of 3 workshops)
4:30-5:00: Closing
Circle
Cost: $25 - $75 (sliding scale)
Peace in the Park
2016
Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 11:00 AM (PDT)
Spreckels Temple of Music
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr
San Francisco, CA 94118
Peace in the Park festival brings together the diverse
San Francisco and surrounding communities to unplug and explore activities of
peace and happiness in a fun, inspiring and healthy atmosphere. The festival
was created in response to the growing concern - we are an overly stimulated,
ADD-afflicted and tech-saturated culture.
On September 17th, the 4th annual festival will feature
world music and visual artists; tai chi, hatha yoga; life-changer seminars,
arts, crafts, exhibits by local non-profits and meditation experience. At the
majestic Bandshell of Golden Gate Park, this event will demonstrate how to
nurture peace and happiness even while living in a fast-paced urban
environment. You'll be among some of the best artists, scientists, peace makers
and policy makers in the Bay Area at this event. The festival is offered free
of charge by a coalition including Brahma Kumaris, SF Parks Alliance, Institute
of Noetic Sciences, United Religions Initiative, Creative Canopy, Interfaith
Center at the Presidio and SF Vegetarian Society.
Cost: Free (Donations accepted)
Love Made Simple:
A weekend workshop for premarital and long-term couples
September 17 –18, 2016 (Saturday – Sunday)
The Lodge At Tiburon
1651 Tiburon Blvd,
Tiburon, California 94920
Rediscover your love with the secrets to more passion,
intimacy, and playfulness!
Everyone knows it, but no one’s saying it: relationships
are hard work. That means you’re not alone. And it’s not your fault.
Relationships take maintenance, and no one’s given you the manual. Until now.
Love Made Simple: for Premarital or Long-Term Couples
You won't want to miss this essential couples weekend,
where Gal and Liron will lovingly teach you and your partner skills to build
(and maintain) a love that lasts. Whether you've been together for a few months
or a few years, you'll get specialized, concrete tools that address your unique
needs.
Here’s the good news: with the right skills and tools,
you can have a relationship filled with passion, intimacy, spontaneity, and
support. It’s absolutely possible for you to build a love that lasts—and we’re
here to help!
In Love Made Simple you’ll receive a map for creating a
successful relationship, especially how to bring passion, intimacy, and ease to
your love life. This is a hands-on workshop in which you’ll do practical
exercises with your partner that are both fun and educational. Our approach is
unique in that it brings the latest tools and methods in an experiential,
enlivening, and engaging way. The workshop has two tracks - for couples who
have been together for a while and for premarital couples.
Cost: $597-$697
3rd Annual
Berkeley Shakedown Street Festival – FREE entrance
September 17 - 18, 2016 at 9:00 PM (Saturday – Sunday)
Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center
2180 Milvia Street,
Berkeley, CA 94704
The 3nd Annual Berkeley Shakedown Street Festival Sept
17th and 18th in Downtown Berkeley, California! On September 17th and 18th,
2016 we honor The Grateful Dead and the 50+ years of music that has inspired
generations. Berkeley Shakedown Street Festival welcomes fellow Deadheads far
and wide to come down, find a spot in the grass, dance a little and enjoy two
full days of Grateful music.
In addition to the music, our friendly volunteers will be
serving Lagunitas Brewery on tap ($2.50 of every beer goes to SEVA!!). A select
variety of food vendors will have non-alcoholic beverages available along with
veg and non-veg options. Our Grateful Arts & Crafts Village will have
handmade arts, apparel, glass art, jewelry, healing arts, antiques, patches,
pins, batik, tie dyes and much, much more! More than 30+ vendors are
expected!!!
Shakedown Street Festival is in the heart of Berkeley,
surrounded by a vibrant community of artists and freethinkers. A short walk
from the beautiful UC Berkeley Campus, Downtown Berkeley BART, Telegraph Avenue
and The Gourmet Ghetto - The Berkeley Shakedown Street Festival is a weekend
destination and an experience not to be missed!
Cost: Free
Find Your Mojo
(And Maybe Your G-Spot)
Sunday, September 18, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
(PDT)
Rhythmix Cultural Works
2513 Blanding Avenue,
Alameda, CA 94501
What are you doing on Sunday, September 18? Does it
include mimosas and brunch bites, a live DJ, belly dancing, prizes, and a sex
workshop for women? It could.
Get your mojo back at this fun, empowering workshop about
women's sex and sexuality.
Start the morning off with mimosas and a belly dancing
performance and learn a few moves of your own. Then join our experts to learn
more about your body, sexuality, as well as tips and tools to enhance your
experience in a safe, supportive environment with other women. Wrap up your
experience with brunch bites from a great female chef, listen to our live,
female DJ, win some great prizes, and meet other amazing women like yourself!
Did we pique your interest? If so, get your ticket and
get psyched to learn in a fun, relaxed environment with awesome, like-minded
women. We'll meet you there.
Women only!
Cost: $75 - $90
Full Day Spa
Meditation Retreat
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
(PDT)
Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary
209 Bohemian Highway,
Freestone, CA 95472
This rejuvenating day combines the best elements of spa
and meditation. Participants will pause and sit down on this bountiful earth in
the peacefulness of the Osmosis meditation garden, cultivating presence and
awareness of body heart and mind. This meditation retreat is a well crafted day
weaving meditation, spa experiences, connection and quite time in nature in the
sanctuary of our 6-acres of secluded creekside meditation gardens.
The program includes sitting and walking meditation, a
dharma talk, a cedar enzyme foot-bath, a customized 75-minute massage, lunch,
time for quiet reflection and conversation around how to continue practice in
our daily lives.
Chris Fortin is a Soto Zen teacher and a licensed MFT
psychotherapist and Spiritual Counselor. She began practicing Buddhism in 1976
while living at the San Francisco Zen Center. After many years of practice she
received Dharma Transmission from Zoketsu Norman Fischer of Everyday Zen, in
the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. She began her private counseling practice
in 1985, integrating psychotherapy and spirituality.
Cost: $200
Psychodrama-
activation of your soul, experience and techniques
Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 8 PM to 11 PM
Sunnyvale, California
Register for the Psychodrama Training and Personal
Development Program "The Way Home" that starts in September, 2016 (English,
Hebrew, Russian).
The course will consist of 10 weekly sessions (3 hours
each) of theory, experience and techniques. Final dates and times will be
scheduled at the open session on 9\22\2016.
Psychodrama is for everyone and anyone who would like to
experience the spontaneity and "magic" of working with action
methods. Whether your focus is personal, professional, therapy or training, if
you're interested in the creative exploration of yourself, your relationships
and your life using action as well as words, then you might value and enjoy the
psychodramatic method and the personal liberations, self-expression and
insights that it elicits.
Psychodrama is a mode of communication, one which is
powerful and effective. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is the
value of a motion picture reenactment of what happened? It engages individuals
and groups on multiple levels through a combination of channels: visual,
auditory, kinesthetic, intuitive, intellectual, emotional, relational,
actional/behavioral, etc. It warms up your imagination, spontaneity, creativity
and helps you to be present and active in the "here and now".
The Psychodramatic approach enables the individual and
group to explore events, concerns, or issues, both problematic and fulfilling,
in the past, present, or future. The focus may include
interpersonal events or intrapersonal ones such as
dreams, goals, or internal conflicts. It can function to provide education,
support, insight, a test of reality or as a spur to creativity or personal
growth. It can play an important role in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and
relapse prevention. In a way unique from other approaches it addresses the
importance of warming up to an issue or action, setting the scene, choosing
roles, and being flexible and creative.
Ultimately the activities in any workshop will depend on
the desires and needs of the group. The training is open to persons with both
personal and professional interests in learning the method.
Cost: 350$ for 10 sessions or 45$ for each one.
Symbiosis
Gathering 2016
September 22 - 25, 2016 (Thursday – Sunday)
Woodward Reservoir Regional Park,
Oakdale, California, United States
When it comes to the alternative-reality, anything-goes
festival circuit, Burning Man tends to get all the attention. But Symbiosis,
which was “born from Burner culture,” positions itself as a purer, more curated
version of the bohemia-fest.
Different Every
Year
Founded in 2005 with its first event, taking place in
Santa Cruz, California, the gathering has changed locations several times in
its decade-long history, though it took a two-year hiatus from 2010 to 2011
with a year off in 2014 as well. Through this process, it’s embraced its
migratory nature, having moved from its origin in the Santa Cruz mountains to
Angels Camp, then to Yosemite National Park, after that to Pyramid Lake and
finally to its current location at Woodward Reservoir. The festival has also
been held during different months of the year, giving it even more variety.
While each installation is connected in spirit and ethos, each year always has
its own distinct identity.
For fest-goers who want to have an eco-conscious
experience and meet like-minded people rooted in a sustainable ethos, Symbiosis
is an ideal hub. In addition to art, performance, creativity, and music, there’s
a heavy emphasis on earth-consciousness. While other festivals may have a green
aspect as an afterthought or sideshow, the organizers of Symbiosis describe
their mission as seeking to “provide a space for the fusion of aesthetics,
sound, and natural living, in an atmosphere of interactive co-creation.”
The environmental consciousness goes way beyond just food
(which of course is all organic) and recycling—attendees can get involved in
many eco-initiatives, and organizers invite Native American people who live
nearby to make sure that traditions and ecological heritage are respected.
Not Just another
Burning Man
So how is Symbiosis different from Burning Man? Well,
while Burning Man is the ultimate destination at which to try all the things
society might shun—radical exuberance, substances, unfettered creativity,
youthfulness, and just plain weirdness—Symbiosis, though it also embraces those
things, aims to create an atmosphere that weeds out some of the riffraff that a
festival the scale of Burning Man inevitably attracts. With just several
thousand attendees as opposed to Burning Man’s tens of thousands, Symbiosis is
far more intimate and mindful. But similar to Burning Man, there are no
sponsorships, for-profit commerce, or brands in sight, which means attendees
can take a rare break from capitalism. Instead, there's an alternative
marketplace where sharing, cooperation, and collaboration are key and people of
all stripes feel welcome.
A Quirkier Lineup
The latest installation of Symbiosis (its 10-year
reunion) was held at the same location as its 2013 event. It featured more than
200 acts on four main stages, with musical genres veering away from mainstream
EDM, instead favoring more experimental, alternative acts including Nicholas
Jaar, Shpongle, Emancipator Ensemble, and Griz. Add in the Fungineers , the Vau
de Vire Society , and Bubble Gutter
foran even quicker, entertaining time.
Without any major, big-name acts, the ticket price
(around $300) can feel steep for the five-day festival. However, in addition to
the music, there are many workshops, art projects, lectures, yoga classes, and
alternative performances and experiences. And the Woodward Reservoir itself
presents a popular activity—take a fresh dip in the lake between sets and
activities to take in nature’s beauty.
While there are a few complaints about
less-than-efficient organization, veteran attendees most frequently rave about
the stages at Symbiosis Gathering, which, in addition to serving as the
performances' backdrop, are art installations in and of themselves. With music
going into the night, there’s nothing better than dancing until the sun comes
up amid stunning manmade and natural scenery. This is a truly a place to let
your spirit run free.
Cost: $245 (early bird pricing)
Website: http://symbiosisgathering.com/
Yin Yoga &
Sound Healing
Friday, September 23, 2016 at 7 pm to 9 pm
Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 4 pm to 6 pm
Embodiment Arts Collective
3490 20th Street 3rd Floor,
San Francisco, CA 94110
Join us for a slow-paced practice of deep opening and
surrender.
Allow the waves of sound to wash over you, harmonizing
your body, mind and spirit.
Yin yoga calms the mind and nervous system, gently
stretches the joints and connective tissues. The practice enables you to turn
inward, focusing on the breath and stillness within.
Sound can soothe you, raise your consciousness, and carry
you into other realms of experience.
This two-hour workshop includes practices of:
• Intention setting for individual and
collective healing
• Chanting to inspire joy and devotion
• 90 minute yin yoga practice to open the
body and quiet the mind
• Sound healing with Tibetan and crystal
singing bowls, drums, rattles, and chimes
• Deep relaxation with aromatherapy and
hands-on energy medicine
Cost: $30 in advance, $35 at the door.
Healing Arts
Festival in Sacramento
September 24 - 25, 2016 at 5:00 PM (Saturday – Sunday)
6151 H Street,
Sacramento, CA 95819
The Healing Arts Festival is Sacramento’s Premier
Metaphysical and Holistic Expo offering a place for healing of body, mind and
soul.
There are presentations all day that are included in the
$5.00 admission price, over 55 exhibitors, and ticketed special events and
workshops.
Keynote presentation:
* Saturday at 2pm- Finland singer Anita De Coteau will be
performing some Healing Singing.
* Sunday 2pm join Keynote Jennifer Montero will be
discussing the Ascension Process and raising your vibrations.
* Saturday at 2pm join Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. in workshop
about his new book “Mastery of Self.”
* Sunday starting at 2pm, join Master Clairvoyant Dr.
Christian Toren Von Lahr in “ Soujourn of the Numinous” and see angels, nature
spirits, guides, and crossed over friends and family live.
Each evening ends with a special performance. Saturday
from 5:30p,-7pm, join Journey to Awaken in singing/chanting spiritual songs
from many different traditions including Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Folk, and
Jewish. Sunday 4:oo pm, catch a performance of Street Team doing a belly
dancing performance.
Cost: $5
Black Sapphire
Puja
Friday, September 30, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM (PDT)
Redwood Heights, Oakland Hills ~ Exact Address Given Upon
Registration
Oakland, CA 94619
Join Caroline Carrington & Charlie Glickman for their
Black Sapphire Puja to sample the sweet, savory & spicy delights that the
fusion of Tantra and Kink has to offer.
This evening will tantalize your senses, show you new ways to embrace
the heart, expand your intimacy and connection skills, all while getting high
on energy itself.
Caroline & Charlie will guide you through an evening
exploring your heart, energy, sensations, desires, and a deeper connection with
yourself and others. We combine the
energy & breathwork of Tantra with the dance of power & surrender in
Kink/BDSM.
The Black Sapphire Puja is an interactive experience
where you will have the opportunity to enjoy guided exercises including breath
work, energy play, and conscious touch with a a variety of partners through the
evening.
You’re invited to explore this modern version of an
ancient Tantric ritual as a couple or join as a single to enjoy this Tantric
version of speed dating.
You do not need a partner to attend!
Cost: $50-$70
The Story of the
Lover: An Evening of Exploring the Myth with Alchemy, Medicine Stories, and
Facilitated Workshop
Friday, September 30, 2016 at 7 PM - 10 PM
Ashtanga Yoga Berkeley
933 Parker St,
Berkeley, California 94710
Join us for an exploration of the mythology of the
archetype of The Lover.
This event is for men and women and explores the myths
about love that have been holding us hostage.
Through story, song, and dance~ this alchemical
experience uses myth as the catalyst for exploring our collective relationship
to love and how is it expressed in relationship to our beloveds...and also in
our communities, and greater society.
One might call it a performance, another would call it a
workshop, another would call it a ritual. We will call it a commitment to
transforming old myths that no longer serve our emerging culture.
Cost: $25
