Streetcar Routine
10 Extended: Dance Workshop (W29)
Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Li's Wushu Academy
10268 Bandley Dr, Ste 107-B,
Cupertino, CA 95014
There are
short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.
- Vicki Baum
Dance therapy is offering numerous benefits for physical,
mental, and emotional health. Music itself can be a very powerful tool. 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 episodes, 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 wave”
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
Cost: Recommended donation $15 (cash, at the door).
Shamanism Dance of
the Deer Ceremony
Friday, February 3, 2017 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Pacific Cultural Center
1307 Seabright Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Join world-renowned shaman and healer Brant Secunda for a
special evening of sacred celebration. Experience ancient ritual and dance your
prayers into the altar of Mother Earth during this traditional shamanic
ceremony.
This special community event is an opportunity to
participate in indigenous ceremony, listen to ancient song and chanting, drum
and rattle together, purify your mind and find vision for your life.
The Huichol Tribe
The Huichol (Wixaritari) are a small indigenous tribe of
approximately 35,000, living in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico. They are
considered one of the last cultures in North America to have maintained their
pre-Columbian traditions unto the modern day.
Origins of the Deer Dance Ceremony
According to Huichol cosmology, the origins of this
ceremony date back to the birth of the Sun. The dance is a reenactment of
creation itself and honors our sacred relationship to the light. Kauyumari (The
Magical Deer Spirit) is representative of our super-conscious mind and acts as
an intermediary between our hearts and the spiritual world of nature.
Facilitator: Brant Secunda
Cost: $15 - $20
Intro to
Self-Empowerment with Energy Healing
Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PST
Reiki Angel Intuitive Arts
259 Meridian Ave Ste 9
San Jose, CA 95126
Feel scattered and need to have a few tools to get
grounded and centered?
Want to have more physical vitality and mental clarity?
Have you been wanting to explore meditation and don't
know where to begin?
Aeriol Ascher, CMT is a Metaphysical Minister and Energy
Healing Master Teacher with decades of experience assisting clients to live
more comfortable lives by increasing their body awareness, helping them hone
their own intuition and offering gentle guidance.
In today's class Aeriol will lead you in a guided
meditation and introduce you to the chakra system. You will learn how to filter
and shield your energy body from negative energies. You will come away with
healing tools you can apply to your daily energy practice immediately whether
you are a practitioner or lay person.
Cost: $15
Meet Your Valentine Dance
Saturday,
February 4, 2017 at 8:00 PM – 11:30 PM PST
Aloft
Cupertino
10165
North De Anza Boulevard
Cupertino,
CA 95014
Meet
someone special in time for Valentine’s Day, dancing to your favorite hits,
with DJ Mike. We recommend you wear something red for the occasion (optional).
Adults
of all ages welcome. FUN Matchmaking Game, with prizes, makes it EASY to meet
people!
Free
parking underneath hotel or on street.
Cost:
$15/advance (by Feb 3) or $20/door
The Art of
Seduction and Communication - A Valentine's Workshop for Women
Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
The Yoni Temple
6536 Telegraph Avenue
B204
Oakland, CA 94609
In time for Valentine's Day, join a small group of women
to explore the art of seduction and communication. Learn how to inspire your
lover, and create a sensual space for a sexy invitation. The art of
communication is a powerful tool for letting your lover know what you really
like. Not sure? We will use exercises to uncover our preferences and then learn
simple techniques for expressing them. A woman who knows what she wants is
sexy. Seduction begins with your relationship with your pleasure. Come explore
in a safe and intimate group of women. There is no nudity in this workshop.
Workshop led by Ashley Apple, sexuality educator, yogini,
alchemist, herbalist and pleasure seeker. For over 18 years she has studied
human sexuality and traveled around the world studying different techniques for
creating conscious sexual experiences. Her journey began in 1998 when she
discovered the power of herbal aphrodisiacs and fell in love with holistic
nutrition and superfood, herbal remedies. She created a line of herbal elixirs
and began recording chocolate aphrodisiac recipes for her cookbook, The Kama
Sutra Kitchen. She created the Juicy Living Course, an online video series that
shares practical, secretive and technical information that help women get
juicy, sexy and satisfied in their sex life. She teaches retreats and workshops
all over the world with the intention of initiating women in the feminine arts
and unlocking their sexual power.
Cost: $49
SF Cuddles - Cuddle Party!
Sunday,
February 5, 2017 at 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM PST
San
Francisco, CA 94121
What is a Cuddle Party?
Cuddle
Party is a 3-hour workshop experience where participants engage in
communication exercises, explore touch in a non-sexual space, experience
personal exploration and intimacy, and have fun with like-minded people.
What do we do at a Cuddle Party?
We
do two main things at Cuddle Parties:
1.
Enjoy each other's touch. You can come and enjoy giving and receiving caring
touch from other people who want to give and receive it.
2.
Practice Consent. A major part of Cuddle Parties is learning how to ask for
what you want and how to answer requests. Worried? Confused? Don't fret - we
will teach, guide and help you practice how to do it.
Why is Cuddling important?
Nurturing
and consensual loving touch is good for maintaining a healthy life, a strong
nervous system and a balanced emotional state. One’s ability to connect with
and develop greater trust in others is emphasized during the group exchanges
during Cuddle Parties. Self-care is a cornerstone of the Cuddle Party
experience.
Cost:
$35/single; $60/couple
Will Meditation
Make Me Boring?
Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 10 AM - 1 PM
East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th St,
Oakland, California 94612
Does strong equanimity make us boring and apathetic?
Excitement, speed, and intense emotions and opinions can be highly pleasurable.
So why did the Buddha teach the importance of Equanimity as the foundation for
wise loving kindness, compassion, and empathetic joy? We'll explore dwelling in
upekkha (equanimity) close and up front in this half day retreat for committed
practitioners. Meditation, Dharma talks, and community dialogue. A ͞ committed
practitioner͟ is one who does not need instructions in sitting or
walking/movement meditation, but who already has an established practice of any
kind of meditation that can be done in silence and, during the sitting
meditation periods, in stillness.
Facilitator: Mushim Ikeda
Cost: Free (Donations encouraged)
Free SF Psychic Fair
Sunday,
February 5 at 12-5PM
The
Center SF
548
Fillmore St, San Francisco, California 94117
Join
us and enter the portal to the otherworld- a variety of readers, a tea house
and the magical space of The Center SF, all to help you find your own
connection to wisdom from within and around.
Free
admission // Hot Teas // Free Mini-Workshops // Great People
Cost:
Free
Love Yourself Day
Monday,
February 6, 2017 at 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST
Mindseed
Soundstage
926
85th Ave
Stage
A
Oakland,
CA 94621
West
Wind Artists & WuDang West Presents...
a
day dedicated to loving yourself!
Love
Yourself Day is Inspired by our ancestors. After a WuDang West Tai Ji class,
the idea sparked that the answer is always love. We chose to honor Bob Marley,
since this love day manifested to fall on his birthday and he promoted love
across the world.
What
the world needs now is love, sweet love, so West Wind Artists, WuDang West
& friends have joined forces! We are offering a day of massage, qi gong,
Chinese medicine, consultations, kung fu photo shoot, prizes, and a live Bob
Marley birthday tribute by local Bay Area artists Shami Bey & The Charm!
Djing by Dj Oracle Selassie. Veggie sushi by Roots Lounge; sake, tea &
great eats on the menu. Limited capacity for an intimate gathering.
Flow
2pm-
5pm Health Specialists
Self-love
qi gong, intimacy games, and partner massage by David Wei, WuDang West.
Chinese
medicine: Ear acupuncture/NADA (Addiction, PTSD), herbal, food and
nutraceutical consult, antioxidant screen, and BCA (Body Composition Analysis)
by Najia Wei, CMT, LAc.
Chair
massage by NHI Extern.
Hand
Reflexology and more, by Melanic Vibrational Healing, a wellness consultant
center specializing in Melanic, Emotional and Spiritual concerns. They also
deliver medicinal cannabis and infused products to patients in Oakland and the
East Bay.
Zodiac
Love Readings
Thai
Massage
5pm
Love Mix, by Dj Oracle Selassie
6pm
LIVE Music: Bob Marley Tribute, by Shami Bey & The Charm
Cost:
$20
Magic Mirrors:
Dance Workshop (W30)
Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Li's Wushu Academy
10268 Bandley Dr, Ste 107-B,
Cupertino, CA 95014
Mirror, mirror,
on the wall,
Who in this land
is fairest of all?
- Brothers Grimm
Dance therapy is offering numerous benefits for physical,
mental, and emotional health. Music itself can be a very powerful tool. 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 episodes, 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
wave” 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
Cost: Recommended donation $15 (cash, at the door).
Mantra and Self:
An Evening of Chant, Trance and Transformation
Friday, February 10, 2017 at 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST
California Institute of Integral Studies
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
A musical offering devoted to experiencing the liberating
qualities of sacred sound through the vitality of Sanskrit Mantra and Medicine
Melodies.
"That by which one ponders secretly or contemplates
inwardly, by which one becomes aware of not being different from the
Supreme-That is Mantra" Abhinava Gupta
Shivananda Thomas Amelio is a founding member of Kripalu,
and the president of the New York Open Center. He practiced and studied yogic
disciplines and philosophy in India. While there, he edited the book Yoga: The
Ultimate Spiritual Path, by Swami Rajarshi Muni. He teaches meditation and
chanting in New York City. His latest meditation CD is Mantra Darshan.
Silvia Nakkach, MA, MMT, is a Grammy-nominated musician
and a renowned vocal artist. She is the creator and leads the curriculum
development of CIIS' Sound, Voice, and Music in the Healing Arts certificate
program. A leading voice in the field of music in consciousness and shamanic
practices. She is the director and founder of the international Vox Mundi
School of the Voice, and the author of Free Your Voice.
Cost: $10
Your Relationship
Renaissance Retreat - Connect with Tango
February 10-12, 2017 (Friday – Sunday)
Tannery Art Center
1010-1070 River Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Tango will inspire us to use our minds and bodies
differently, exploring how you lead and follow, dynamics of connection and the
challenge of learning new skills together. Tango is an energy-centered dance in
which we can learn about subtle shifts and points of contact and expression.
Work with non-verbal communication and physical closeness. Breath together,
move together, and laugh.
No dance experience required.
Facilitators: Melissa Fritchle, Luis Garza & Devi
Pride
Cost: $600 / couple
Valentine's
Couples DISC Retreat
February 10 -12, 2017 (Friday – Sunday)
Monarch Cove Inn
620 El Salto Drive
Capitola, California, 95010, United States
DISCover your spouse's unique language using DISC
Behavior and Communication assessment and tools. Find your personal strengths,
then combine those strengths to form a solid union in your relationship. Build
common ground, remember what you love about your mate. Learn to appreciate each
other's differences as a compliment rather than conflict.
Agenda:
Friday
7p-9p Wine and Cheese Reception
Saturday
9a-noon Morning session - Individual Assessment and
Discovery
Lunch break - Historic Village and Beach just steps away
2p-5p Afternoon session - Couples Focused
Date night - Short drive to Santa Cruz or Pacific Grove
Sunday
Free time
Cost: $595 / couple
Dancing with
Difference
Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM PST
East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th St
Oakland, CA 94612
Dancing with Difference: Growth, Compassion, and Healing
in Intimate Multi-cultural Relationships
Open to self-identified people of color, including
biracial and multi-ethnic individuals of all gender identities, and sexual
orientations, whether currently in a relationship or not. Also open to those
whose parents (biologic or adoptive) were of a different race or ethnicity.
It is not our
differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept and
celebrate these differences. - Audre Lorde
Cradled in one
culture, sandwiched between two cultures, straddling all three . . . la mestiza
undergoes a struggle of flesh, a struggle of borders, an inner war. - Gloria
Anzaldua
How do we sustain loving in intimate partnerships across
racial and ethnic divisions? What gifts and opportunities, or wounds and
challenges arise in these relationships? Using embodied spiritual practices,
story-telling and movement, we will honor our differences, celebrate our
humanity, and explore the transformative power of love and compassion.
Facilitator: Arisika Razak
Cost: Donations
Riding the Ecstasy
- A Valentine's Workshop for Couples
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 7:15 PM – 9:30 PM PST
Aquarian Heart Center
4920 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
This is a fun date night, out of the box option for
Valentine's day! This class is packed with exercises and opportunities for you
and your lover to connect deeply away from your daily routine.
In this workshop you will learn simple tools that allow
you and your lover to slow down and create an easy ritual of connection that
opens the heart. After expanding into intimacy with your partner we will
explore moving our own sexual energy to experience different types of pleasure.
We will practice feeling our partners energy. Then we will journey into
conscious, intimate, pleasure producing states of love by riding the waves of
ecstasy. Learn the simple tools for slowing down and speeding up in sex to
create incredible pleasure that builds to epic orgasms.
There is no nudity during the class. Hopefully you get
naked later at home and practice ;)
Workshop led by Ashley Apple
Cost: $95 - $150
Embracing the
Beloved - Cacao Ceremony & Puja for Singles
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM PST
Oakland Hills
Oakland, CA 94605
Beloveds
This Valentine's Day, join us for for an evening of
conscious connection with our yummy community of Tantrikas, opening to the
Beloved residing in each of us. In this ceremony, we'll be calling Eros to work
through us, stirring our sensual energies and opening together into a field of
sacred loving. Using Tantrik practices to embody your sexuality while remaining
aligned with the heart, we're inviting awakened singles to come celebrate our
nature as sexual beings, initiating one another into a higher octave of
authentic expression. This evening promises to be a safe space for you to
connect and explore your own energies and desires, and a powerful opportunity
to cast a love spell into the universe, calling your own sacred Beloved into your
life.
Cacao
Our ceremonial medicine will be raw cacao, which opens
and activates the heart, inviting us into deeper intimacy. Cacao has been used
ceremonially by the Mayan, Aztec, and Olmec people for millennia, and today our
cacao is grown by their indigenous descendants in Southern Belize. Drinking
cacao directly into our heart space creates an alchemy for powerful intimacy to
emerge.
Puja
Puja is the Sanskrit word for Worship. Drawing on Tantrik
practice, we will enter into a Ritual of divine play between the masculine and
the feminine. Anointing each other and calling forth our highest selves, we
will embody Shiva and Shakti in their infinite dance of love and attraction.
Our Puja will guide you to open your heart to receive the Beloved in us all,
and to be witnessed in your heartfelt desire to call that precious being into
your life.
Snuggles
Following the Puja, we will have time for relaxation and
snuggles, ensuring everyone gets fully loved up this Valentines Day! This will
be a clothing-on event, with no direct sexual contact, but sexual energy is
more than welcome between enthusiastically consenting participants.
Is this for me?
Embracing the Beloved is a ceremony for singles (or a
poly couple) to invoke the sacred in intimate connection. We're co-creating a
safe container of like-minded souls for authentic union to blossom. This is a
space where you can embody your full sensual radiance. It's an invitation into
deeper intimacy.
Facilitators: Leslie Grace and Matt Sturm
Cost: $40
Valentine's Puja
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Oakland Hills, CA 94619
Celebrate Valentine's Day with the gift that keeps giving! Come as an individual and meet fun people to
connect with or joining in as a couple and take your intimacy and connection to
the next level.
Sample the juicy delights Tantra has to offer. Tantalize
your senses while getting high on energy itself exploring your heart, energy
and a deeper connection with yourself and others. This is the perfect place to
come and explore Tantra whether you're dipping your toes in for the first time
or a seasoned pro!
Caroline Carrington's legendary Pujas are an interactive
experience expanding connections, intimacy, and love. You are guided through a
series of fun and playful exercises including sound, breath, energy and
conscious touch and invited to choose a variety of partners through the
evening. Each Puja Caroline creates includes new exercises for a unique
experience every time. This event is LGBTQI positive and welcomes singles,
couples, and triads to join in the fun.
Please bring some finger food to share in the potluck.
Come dressed in something that makes you feel sacred and sexy
Cost:
$50 per person (Early Bird Super Saver)
$55 per person (Sexy Single)
$60 per person (Lucky Last Minute)
$65 per person at the door if tickets still available
PantheaCon: Pagans
of All Ages and Kinds
February 17 – 20, 2017 (Thursday – Sunday)
Doubletree Hotel
2050 Gateway Place, San Jose CA
Join our many and varied spiritual traditions – Pagan,
Wiccan, Norse, Druid, Egyptian, African
Diaspora, Ceremonial Magick, Reconstructionist,
Indigenous, shamanic, spiritual and magical groups
in education and celebration. Topics include tarot,
divination, goddesses and many others. Enjoy
musical performances, rituals, workshops, scholarly
papers, slide shows and more.
We fill the whole hotel with 14 function rooms for events
including 4 ballrooms with over 60
vendors of pagan, magical and earth oriented products
along with open house parties that host more
events.
Cost: $40 for a full day, $20 for an evening only
Ayahuasca Ceremony
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA
February 18 – 19, 2017 (Saturday – Sunday)
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
The main purpose of these ceremonies is to develop a
deeper and more conscious relationship with the divine spirit, and to look for
better and healthier ways to live and relate to self, family, and community.
Therefore, it’s essential that you bring your own purposeful intent. We'll
gather in small groups of 15 to 20 participants for each ceremony. Dates fill
quickly.
Follow up information will be emailed to you once you've
registered. Registration deposit is non-refundable.
Each participant will be asked to fill out a health form
as part of their registration. Major health conditions, may require special
attention. Certain drugs, herbs and medications have been found to be
incompatible with ayahuasca. We've found ayahuascasafety.org a helpful site to
review interaction safety guidelines. Give your system sufficient time to
remove any incompatible substances from your body, before attending ceremony.
If you've been on anti-depressants recently, you'll need
to have been off of them for at least 8 weeks before participating.
Anti-hypertensive medications must also be completely out of your system. If
you have a heart condition or chronic high-blood pressure, you cannot
participate in ceremony. But feel free to contact us by phone or email in this
regard. Our contact information is available at
www.aya.guide.
Preparation for ceremonies: In seeking help, guidance,
healing, and learning, establish a clear intention and purpose. It’s important
to be in the best possible disposition for the event. There are some basic
dietary restrictions to adhere to at least five days prior to the event.
Once you register, we'll send you materials on diet and
best practices for preparing for the ceremony. If you don't receive a
confirmation email immediately following registration, please contact us at
ceremoney@aya.guide. Plan on arriving at the site the day of the event between
7:00 and 8;00 PM, but no earlier than 6:30 PM.
Cost: $250
The 2nd Annual
Palo Alto Swing Dance
Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM PST
Terman Middle School Cafe
655 Arastradero Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94306
This is the 2nd Annual Palo Alto Swing Dance hosted by
the Gunn High School Band & Orchestra Boosters. The dance will have live
music for the entire event provided by the Gunn Jazz Bands. Anyone is welcome
to attend and all proceeds will go to the Gunn High School music program!
Multiple ticket options are available! Add-ons include
song dedications or even singing/performing with the jazz band! Each ticket
includes group swing dance lessons with Nick and Melissa Enge, light food, and
non-alcoholic drinks throughout the evening. Please print your ticket and bring
it to the event.
No dancing experience necessary! A perfect date night or
a night out to celebrate our wonderful community, students, and the arts
together.
Tickets may be sold at the door if we are not sold out
online.
Cost: $40
