Embodying Love: A 5Rhythms Workshop with Rachel Jordana

Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 12:30 – 6:30pm

The 418 Project

418 Front St,

Santa Cruz, California 95060

This is a workshop based on the notion that YOU are inherently loveable. We will use the 5Rhythms movement practice to get this experience to land in your body, so that it can permeate into your daily life. No dancing experience is necessary; all bodies are welcome.

To register please contact brynne@moveintuit.com

About the Facilitator:

Rachel Jordana Horodezky is a certified 5Rhythms teacher and a licensed clinical psychologist in Santa Cruz, CA. Helping people become the most awesome version of themselves is what truly lights her up. Rachel was afraid to dance for most of her adult life and upon discovering 5Rhythms, has found freedom. Her mission on the planet is to share this feeling with you.

Cost: $60 - $90 sliding scale

http://the418project.com/embodying-love/

More November 2016 events:

http://mindfulwatch.blogspot.com/2016/10/november-2016-Bay-Area-Events.html

Falling in Love with Meditation: A Daylong Workshop with Sally Kempton

Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Harmonia

2200 Marinship Way

Sausalito, CA 94965

For many of us, meditation is a duty—something we do because we know it's good for us.

In this class, you'll explore what it means to fall in love with your meditation—led by an expert in the meditation practices that awaken love. This meditation course will take you directly into the Shakti—the subtle energy—within your own mind and nervous system, and show you how to make life itself a meditative experience.

You will learn the following in this course:

* The 5 secrets of enjoying your meditation practice.

* What it really takes to open the heart—and practices for doing it.

* How to maintain heart-centered awareness throughout the day.

* Meditations on Awareness

* Bringing together the paths of knowledge and love in meditation

* The true empowerments of mantra

* How to recognize the subtle meditative doorways within your inner body

* Thoughts are not a problem - How to forge a loving relationship with your own mind

* Meditation with a Partner: The gift of shared meditative consciousness

* How to empower your capacity for ecstasy.

Cost: $75 - $85

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/falling-in-love-with-meditation-a-daylong-workshop-with-sally-kempton-tickets-25415067150

18th Annual San Francisco International Hip Hop Dancefest

November 11-13, 2016 (Friday - Sunday)

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

3301 Lyon St,

San Francisco, CA 94123

Hip Hop dancers around the globe leap at the chance to attend the San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest in San Francisco, California. The event attracts some of the best dance companies in the world, who demonstrate the artistry and diversity of their craft in front of massive crowds. Performances often integrate other dance styles into the hip hop idiom, resulting in inspiring displays of physical dexterity and expression. Attendees also have an opportunity to attend a master class facilitated by some of the top poppers, lockers, movers and shakers in the genre.

Cost: Varies

http://sfhiphopdancefest.com/

Timeless Loving: An Introduction to SkyDancing Tantra

November 11-13, 2016 (Friday – Sunday)

Kaya Kalpa Wellness Center

445 Summit Road

Watsonville, CA 95076-9781

In Timeless Loving, we explore concepts of Tantra that can be easily integrated into your lovemaking and daily life. Expand your perspective of spirituality, sexuality, love and intimacy to give your love life a whole new dimension. Discover that Tantra is about so much more than “just sex”!

It's a gift to feel our body and our senses in each moment. We can quieten our mind with the bliss of pleasure, and merge our spirit into timelessness. This opens the door to true intimacy within ourselves, our beloved and those close to us, and we discover our orgasmic potential in the valleys and on the peaks, leaving conventional sexual goals behind.

Timeless Loving (the precursor to Tantric Intimacy: SkyDancing into Bliss) emerged from Steve & Lokita Carter's many years of Tantric exploration, practice, learning and teaching. This seminar is a reflection of their personal approach, understanding and experience of Tantra, sexuality and spirituality, and the inspiration we received from our study and practice, as well as thousands of seminar participants from all walks of life.

Timeless Loving seminars are open to couples and individuals. You don’t have to be in a relationship to learn about Tantra! Read about the benefits for both couples and individuals here. You might even find a Tantric partner in one of our seminars for the purpose of taking the more advanced (Tantric Intimacy and Love & Ecstasy Training) seminars together.

·         Do you wonder how to take sex to a higher level?

·         Would you like to improve your lovemaking?

·         Is self-acceptance an issue for you?

·         Do you wish there was more love in your life?

·         Are you ready to integrate Tantra into your lifestyle?

·         Could your communication skills be improved?

·         Could there be more romance in your relationship?

·         Would you like to be an even better lover?

You have probably answered YES to most of the questions, and if so, then this seminar is for you. By opening your heart and energy channels you discover new ways to enjoy unconditional love and connection in a safe and loving environment. We explore:

·         the weaving of spirituality, love and intimacy

·         unveiling the God & Goddess in us all

·         enhancing intimate communication skills

·         Tantric Rituals

·         the gentle power of sacred space

·         moving sexual energy to the heart

From the Timeless Loving seminar, you'll take home with you the ways to access your source of ecstatic energy, and share it in a conscious way in your intimate relationships and your everyday life.

This popular seminar is a fun and safe way to begin your Tantric journey. While we consider Tantra to be a continuing and spiritual practice, you'll learn many things that can be put to play immediately after the seminar, then again and again.

Cost: $420 - $560 / couple

http://www.ecstaticliving.com/events/timeless-loving-11-11-2016

Healing your Physical and Mental Pain

November 11-12, 2016 (Friday – Saturday)

Tibetan Nyingma Institute

1815 Highland Place

Berkeley, CA 94709

Whoever we are and whatever we do, we experience physical and mental pain. In this retreat, Santosh Philip will take us through four key exercises that are tools for alleviating pain.

In the first exercise, creative imagination is utilized to shift our relationship to pain. The second helps us bypass the entangling stories that tie inner sensations to suffering. The final two exercises connect us with a fundamental vitality that underlies enjoyment and pain. The retreat will include discussion on how to apply the exercises in dealing with both acute and chronic pain.

The teachings and practices are based on Tarthang Tulku’s Dynamics of Time and Space.

All levels of students are welcome at this retreat.

Cost:  $95 (includes vegetarian lunch, no accommodation).

https://event.nyingmainstitute.com/events/healing-pain/

More November 2016 events:

http://mindfulwatch.blogspot.com/2016/10/november-2016-Bay-Area-Events.html

Grace & Gratitude Retreat 2016 with Allie Rae

November 10-13, 2016 (Thursday – Sunday)

Mayacamas Ranch,

3975 Mountain Home Ranch Rd,

Calistoga, CA

It’s that time of the year – time to give thanks for all of the abundance and gifts that have been harvested in 2016. And what better way than spending 3 nights and 4 days immersing yourself in the practices of grace and gratitude while surrounded by breathtaking views in Northern California's Napa Valley wine country.

Weekend Offerings include: 

*luxury accommodations with organic bedding

*twice daily yoga~ fire & nectar practices

*meditation, mantra & pranayama practices

*delicious organic locally sourced meals from onsite garden

*access to hiking trails & spring-fed lake

*access to heated pool & hot tub with panoramic views

*bonfire

*Special workshop

Cost: $800

http://www.allieraeleja.com/spirit-of-gratitude-retreat/

Mindfulness in Relationships: A Workshop for Men with Steve Smith

Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

The Enlightened Mind

1925 Winchester Blvd, Suite 106,

Campbell, CA

This workshop is for men who are interested in becoming their best selves in relationships. We will explore the practice and application of mindfulness and how this can benefit our relationships to others, including partners, children, parents, friends, co-workers, etc. Some of these benefits are:

* The ability to give the gift of Presence ·

* A deeper connection to self and others

* Improved communication and listening skills

* The capacity to love another as they are

Cost: $50 (please register by November 5th)

http://www.theenlightenedmind.net/workshops-and-events/

More November 2016 events:

http://mindfulwatch.blogspot.com/2016/10/november-2016-Bay-Area-Events.html

Movement Medicine Full Moon Dance

Friday, November 11, 2016 at 8 PM - 10 PM

Menlo Pilates & Yoga

1011 El Camino Real,

Menlo Park, California 94025

Come explore your moving body in a safe space (i.e. no drugs, no alcohol, no talking and no unwanted groping :-P). Just groovy tunes, barefoot boogie like you used to do in your room as a kid.

We use this space to explore our inner Artist/creative one in relation to

* our adult selves (yes, we will be bringing out the art supplies again!),

* others...

* and the Moon Cycle

So whether you are happy and you know it - or not...come as you are, in this moment...and this one. All forms of expression welcomed.

Let's Give Thanks for this November Full Moon Theme: Frost Moon.

Moon in Tauras - celebrating all things EARHTY, sensual...and ABUNDANCE as in the cornicopia! "The Roman Goddess of Abun*dance and Opportunity - Copia - invites you to drink deeply from her overflowing horn of plenty."

What seeds did plant back in the Spring? What have these seeds produced? What ABUN*DANCE are you thankful for that you can bring to the dance floor?

Cost: $15 -$20

https://www.facebook.com/events/1259692747436275/

Sound Mandala Experience with Loriel Starr

Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 8:00pm - 9:30pm PST

St. John's Episcopal Church

1661 15th St.

San Francisco, CA 94103

A Sound Mandala is a journey into the power of sound for healing, well-being and rejuvenation.  Sound baths are an easy and effective form of meditation for experiencing deeply restorative states.  Waves of sound will encircle you in healing frequencies that bring balance and harmonization to the body, mind and spirit as you rest comfortably, either lying down or seated. 

BENEFITS:

* Calm your body’s stress cycle

* Boost your natural opiates

* Rest and restore your nervous system

* Connect with a deep sense of inner peace and well-being

* Enjoy an internal journey that is visionary and expansive

* Feel greater self-attunement and more “tuned in” to life

* Experience a blissful trance-like state equivalent to a good night’s sleep

The Sound Mandala Experience will immerse you in an intriguing array of sounds from an extraordinary ensemble of sound meditation instruments:

* Over 50 singing bowls - Including a rare and beautifully resonate set of over 30 antique Tibetan singing bowls and the ethereal sounds of over 20 crystal singing bowls 

* Five Gongs (including three Planetary Healing Gongs) that offer a rich blend of overtones and harmonic layers of sound

* An assortment of soundscapes and ancestral sound healing instruments, including Peruvian Whistling Vessels, chimes, flutes and more

Cost: $30

https://tickets.brightstarevents.com/event/SoundMandalaExperience

More November 2016 events:

http://mindfulwatch.blogspot.com/2016/10/november-2016-Bay-Area-Events.html

We All Are Just Kids: Dance Workshop (W21)

Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 7:30 PM - 9 PM

Li's Wushu Academy

10268 Bandley Dr, Ste 107-B,

Cupertino, CA 95014

"In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play".  

- Friedrich Nietzsche

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).

https://www.facebook.com/events/319652455083246/

https://www.meetup.com/Cupertino-Dance-Therapy/events/235369040/