“How to Rock” a Play Party

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM PDT

Mango Dome Community Center

30 Laskie Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Curious about going to your first play party? Have you been but felt unsure how to connect? Want to feel prepared to go with a partner?

Play parties are a provocative way to explore your sexuality and relationships while connecting with others who also question the status quo. Yet, they can feel scary and intense without the right preparation.

Join sexual empowerment coach & educator Dr. Alison Ash of TurnON.love and co-founder of The Organ House Kate Horowitz for How to Rock a Play Party, as we discuss:

·         Common anxieties, fears, and misconceptions and helpful reframes

·         Numerous tips and tricks for meeting new people and making yummy connections

·         Useful suggestions for how to attend solo, with friends, and with a lover/partner

·         How to navigate consent culture and play party etiquette so you feel empowered and safe

·         Challenges you might face and how to cope

Play parties can feel intimidating, but they can also be explorative, connective, and FUN! With these tips, anecdotes, and exercises, you'll be sure to rock it!

Cost: $30 - $40

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-rock-a-play-party-1025-tickets-38672213632

Free 2-Day Meditation Training Course for Married Couples

October 28 – 29, 2017 (Saturday – Sunday)

Ardenwood Blvd & Commerce Dr

Fremont, CA 94555

Do you ponder over the meaning of life?

Are you interested in discovering your higher potential and the means for achieving it?

Are you keen on growth and transformation?

Do you aspire to serve for universal/cosmic good?

This 2-day course provides a comprehensive overview of the system of Pranahuti Aided Meditation (PAM) to prospective students. The system is also called the Natural Path. It is a comprehensive self-contained spiritual discipline that aims to assist couples to evolve together into cosmic consciousness and obtain Self Realization. The system uses the process of Pranahuti (Yogic Transmission) by a competent trainer as the main aid to assist a person to grow and transform.

This course is suitable for married couples who want to undertake the journey of Self-Realization and achieve their highest potential. The system provides effective meditation methods and on-going support to enable couples to grow spiritually and attain higher levels of balance and happiness.

Class agenda (Saturday and Sunday):

·         Introduction to Natural Path

·         Daily meditation practices - methods and techniques

·         Role of Pranahuti (yogic transmission technique) as an active and continuous support for practitioners to achieve higher level of consciousness

·         Holistic way of living to be in tune with universal consciousness

·         Control of mind and concentration

·         Stages of Progress - A complete map of spiritual journey up to the highest level of consciousness

·         Four experiential guided meditation sessions (30 minutes each) during the two-day course

Cost: Free

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-2-day-meditation-training-course-for-married-couples-tickets-18231269217

Tantric Expansion Cacao Ceremony in Oakland

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM PDT

Skyhigh Odditorium

1255 26th St, #101

Oakland, CA 94607

Join transformational facilitator Nick Meador for a cacao ceremony weaving together holistic (mind/body/spirit) therapeutic practices to break through what’s limiting your true potential and start maximizing your life purpose and fulfillment.

This will be a "white tantra" experience focused on soul healing and life force expansion. We'll de-armor the body and clarifying the mind so that we can create more productive life patterns. This opens up the path to more bliss and connection with the divine, whether within ourselves, with a partner, or with a whole community.

*This is not specifically a couple's workshop. Individuals and pairs are all welcome.*

We’ll have an opening circle to support each other with intention for the ceremony. Nick will serve the indigenous plant medicine cacao, grown organically in eastern Guatemala at a family farm that he visited personally. Pure cacao opens the heart, deepens meditative experiences, and fosters inner/outer connection.

Then Nick will lead you through an embodied practice such as an OSHO active meditation or a bioenergetics exercise. These shake things up on the cellular level, so we can reset the nervous system and re-write the muscle memory to literally feel more free and energized.

Afterwards we'll have an interpersonal exercise that still involves the body but adds in a communication element. This could range from re-patterning unhelpful social conditioning, to guidance around safe touch and intimacy. Then Nick will lead an integration circle to close the journey.

Cost: $20 advance, $30 day of event

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tantric-expansion-cacao-ceremony-oakland-1024-tickets-37358167284

Free Tao Wellness Miracle Evening

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Love Peace Harmony Center

1549 California Street,

San Francisco, CA

I have the power to heal myself. You have the power to heal yourself. Together, we have the power to heal the world" ~ Master Zhi Gang Sha

Experience the power of Tao Healing to heal, prevent illness, rejuvenate, prolong life, and transform all aspects of life including business, finances, and relationships.

- Transform physical pain: back ache, knee pain, neck pain and more

- Transform emotional pain: anger, depression, worry, grief, fear, and more

- Transform life conditions: stress, relationship issues

- Heal your soul, heart, mind and body

Facilitator: Rena C. Ayeras

Cost: Free

https://www.meetup.com/bay-area-metaphysics/events/244407339

Halloween Haunted Dance Party

Saturday, October 28, 2017 at 6 PM - 11:59 PM

Foster City, California

Dare to enter a Halloween dance party, unlike anything you've seen, filled with ghosts, ghouls and other-worldly creatures brought to life with special video and lighting effects, props, and animatronics!

Put on your scariest, sexiest or unusual costume and join us for a special FLOW! Halloween Dance Party!

6 PM - 8 PM: Potluck & Party! (Please bring a potluck item to share)

8 PM - 10 PM: FLOW! Conscious Dance with Halloween theme and effects.

(While there is no talking on the dance floor, there is a separate area for talking, eating and community time. Feel free to move back and forth as desired.)

Please RSVP by selecting “Going”

FLOW! is a conscious movement practice and exploration that encourages you to express yourself freely and completely in each moment - where you, the dance, and other dancers merge into one constantly-evolving connected creative flow. There are no steps to learn; you can’t get it wrong. Your whole being is welcomed and honored. You are free to focus inward and have your own experience or consciously engage with others. All of this is part of the FLOW!

Facilitator: David Gurwit

Cost: $10

https://www.facebook.com/events/1335987296527509

Laguna Del Sol: 2 Halloween Parties in a single Weekend!

October 27 – 28, 2017 (Friday – Saturday)

Laguna del Sol Resort

8683 Rawhide Ln,

Wilton, California 95693

Two Halloween Parties In One Weekend!

October 27th & 28th

Friday, October 27th

Classic Horror Movie Theme Dance

Saturday, October 28th

The Halloween Ball

Come Dressed to Win a Prize!

Laguna del Sol is one of the premier clothing-optional resorts in the United States. Located on 250 acres near Sacramento, it’s close to the city and yet a world away. Everyone’s idea of the perfect, relaxing getaway is different. Laguna del Sol aims to provide a full range of active and leisure activities to be enjoyed with the luxury of not having to dress. Deluxe, modern facilities blend smoothly into the lush, green lawns that cover much of the grounds. Nudity feels incredibly natural in this beautiful environment.

Cost: Free with paid entrance

https://www.facebook.com/events/144088679538340

Embodied Conscious Communication (NVC)

Monday, October 23, 2017 at 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM PDT

Mountain View, CA

Non-Violent Communication meets Embodied Awareness for an evening of going deep into our bodies' wisdom and using the NVC principles to communicate and empathize from that place.

Your guides will be:

James Prieto- an NVC trainer and group facilitator

Kailani Shakti- somatic awareness and Tantra teacher and Intimacy Coach.

Cost: $30

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/embodied-conscious-communication-nvc-tickets-38592003722

Urban Yoga Retreat in San Francisco

Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 11:00am - 1:30pm

Holy Innocents Episcopal Church

455 Fair Oaks St,

San Francisco, CA

We will hold space as a community to pause and move mindfully in the beautiful Holy Innocents Episcopal Church.

It will be non-denominational and open to all who seek sanctuary from the urban cacophony and to reconnect with deep inner presence. We will cover the aisles and even the altar area with yoga mats and follow a gentle Hatha Yoga flow.

Colored light from stained-glass windows and deep silence of the place will make your experience very unique.

The holy place, good vibes and deep silence of the place bring your yoga practice on to a new level.

Candlelight, essential oils, meditation music will support the aura of your inner journey.

The class will be led by Alexandra Muz, a certified Yoga master with 20 years’ experience teaching Yoga over the world.

Cost: $20

http://sauchasf.com/workshops.html

Free Clarion Alley Mural Project Block Party

Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 12pm to 10pm

Clarion Alley at Mission St.,

San Francisco, CA

Since 1998 Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) has been hosting an annual Block Party. Organized without corporate sponsorship, the event features live music, street performance, film and video projections, children’s activities and surprises to benefit the neighborhood-based, all volunteer-run project. The party attracts over a thousand people each year to our tiny little alley and has been acclaimed the party of the year by many in attendance.

This year’s band line up:

Shellshag, 50 Million, Pins of Light, Badr Vogu, Equipto & Old Soul Kollective, CCR Headcleaner, Alia Sharrief, Future Twin feat. Thea Matthews, Younger Lovers, Moria Scar, Bitter Fruit, Remnants, Nobby Styles, Goop, Grosero, Libby Schaaf’s Guillotine, Ripe Species, and Stranger Than Fact – plus Txutxo Perez DJing between sets!

Clarion Alley Mural Project (clarionalleymuralproject.org) mission is to support, produce, and curate socially engaging and aesthetically diverse art as a grassroots community based, artist run organization. Throughout its history, CAMP has used public art as a force for those who are marginalized and a place where culture and dignity speak louder than the rules of private property or a lifestyle that puts profit before compassion, respect, and social justice. Clarion Alley runs one block in San Francisco’s Mission District between 17th and 18th and Mission and Valencia Streets.

Cost: Free

http://clarionalleymuralproject.org/block-party-2017/

Yoga for Healthy Digestion

Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 6 pm - 9 pm

19400 Sorenson Ave,

Cupertino, CA 95014

Good digestion is central to health and deeply connected to the nervous system, lifestyle, and the mind and emotions. 

When we are digesting well, we support our energy, attention, immune system, and overall well-being.

This workshop teaches yoga practices for everyday digestive health, as well as common conditions, such as poor digestion, constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), allergies, gastritis, diabetes, excess weight, menstrual difficulties, excess weight, frequent cold/coughs, irritated skin, acne, migraines, and other general stress related conditions.

* Hatha Yoga practice - Asana & Pranayama to help improve the flow of prana/energy into the inner organs
* Nauli - massage technique for all inner organs
* Kapalabhati - cleansing Fire Breathe using diaphragm & root lock
* Shank Prakshalana - washing of all digestive tract (20 min info/lecture)
* Moon Salutation, Shavasana - practice for good sleeping & deep relaxation.
* Chanting round OM to close the circle.

Please consult with a physician or health care practitioner before beginning this or any other yoga or exercise practice. 

We provide herbal tea, essential oils, safety place, my knowledge & experience.
You bring your yoga mat, props (if you use some), comfortable clothes and open mind.
Some of practices are planned to be outside on grass field, so dress with layers.

Facilitator: Alexandra Muz

Cost: $45

http://sauchasf.com/workshops.html