Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
The Heartbeat Collective
3630 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA
Winter is here.
Every season, every cycle, every transition, every year
what is no longer true, dies
Like flowers withering after its blossom, leaves falling
from a tree so that the tree can survive in winter and grow new leaves in the
spring, a caterpillar shrinking, shredding and dissolving within its cocoon
eventually emerging as a butterfly, full of color and vibrancy.
We too as human beings constantly transform, change
shape, release what no longer serves to make space for our new form.
Together, we find the nourishment in the mystery of the
unknown by unraveling and exploring the depths of the down, the dark, the
gritty, the tender, the grief, the despair, the disgust, the unloveable bits,
the emptiness, the liminal space in between thoughts.
Come explore what it feels like to go into the dark abyss
of your deepest dungeons. Perhaps you may discover your dauntless dragon, your
wolf howl, your snail crawl, or a shrill manical laughter come about. Observe
where you feel and hold these sensations in your body and learn how to embrace
the full range of emotion with full blown permission to let it all out.
Explore what it takes to break down the masks, break down
the illusions, the armor of separation and unfold into a wider acceptance of
our instinctual embodied truth.
Play with your creative ability to dig into the felt
sense of decomposing and the natural phase of dying and experience the
expansive rebirthing that comes after.
Ask yourself: What are you ready to let go of and
release? How can you feel present with the down without dissociating or fearing
it? What is your natural sound and your natural embodied movement as you sink
and allow yourself to wither and change form without judgement or control?
Curious?
Come play!
Facilitators: Tiffany Lin and Patience Anaya
Cost: $22 - $30
