Workshops for Ashland 2009

Masaru Emoto was born in Yokohama in July 1943. He is a graduate of the Yokohama Municipal University's department of humanities and sciences with a focus on International Relations. In 1986 he established the IHM Corporation in Tokyo. In October of 1992 he received certification from the Open International University as a Doctor of Alternative Medicine. Subsequently he was introduced to the concept of micro cluster water in the US and Magnetic Resonance Analysis technology. The quest thus began to discover the mystery of water.

He undertook extensive research of water around the planet not so much as a scientific researcher but more from the perspective of an original thinker. At length he realized that it was in the frozen crystal form that water showed us its true nature through. He has gained worldwide acclaim through his groundbreaking research and discovery that water is deeply connected to our individual and collective consciousness

He is the author of the best-selling books Messages from Water, The Hidden Messages in Water, and The True Power of Water. He is a long-time advocate for peace in relation to water. He is currently the head of the I.H.M.General Research Institute and President Emeritus of the International Water for Life Foundation, a Not for Profit Organization.

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Alex Grey stands next to his unfinished painting, "Net of Being," which is featured prominently in the album artwork for Tool's latest album. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)

We are honored to present Alex & Allyson Grey at this year’s Summer Mystic Garden
Party in Ashland, OR. Alex is considered to be the top visionary artist in the
world dedicated to the craft of, as he puts it, becoming a “transparent medium
through which a person is able to reconnect with his or her own deeper nature.”
Alex has studied the human body and spiritual experience at such length, that
he has developed a profound ability to depict the mystical relationship between
consciousness and the body with such detail that it has been known to evoke
a transcednetal experience in the viewer. In Ashland, Alex & Allyson will be giving a talk
about their life experience as well as displaying original artwork and selling
prints. Also for our Sponsors, VIPs and Special Guests only, we have planned
an intimate “Meet and Greet” party with Alex and Allyson Grey & some of our featured musicians & other presenters the day before the event, where you will have an opportunity to meet these amazing artists. They will be on the Main Stage painting live on Saturday from 9:00pm - 11:00pm, and again Late Night in the Electronica Temple from 12:00am - 4:00am. They will also be doing a talk on Sunday from 2:00pm - 3:45pm. You can preview Alex Grey’s amazing work at COSM.org.

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Agnes Pilgrim (International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers)
Global Water Blessing and Workshop on Water

Agnes Pilgram of the 13 grandmothers says "we have come from far and wide to speak the knowledge we hold inside. In many languages we have been told it is time to make the right changes for our families, for the lands we love. We can be the voice for the voiceless. We are at the threshold. We are going to see change. If we can create the vision in our heart, it will spread. As bringers of light, we have no choice but to join together. As women of wisdom we cannot be divided. When the condor meets the eagle—thunderbirds come home.

The oldest living member of her tribe, the Takelma Indians, originally from Southern Oregon. Agnes is a world renowned spiritual leader, member of the Historic Society and keeper of the Sacred Salmon Ceremony.

Agnes has been speaking about how "Water Hears" for over 30 years. She has spread the wisdom about us being "water babies" and echoing the same basic message of Dr. Emoto about the importance of how we speak to the water and ourselves and the benefits of expressing reverence, love & thanks to the water. Agnus will be participating in our special water ceremony.

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Julia Butterfly Hill brought international attention to the plight of the world’s last remaining ancient forests when she climbed 180 feet into the branches of a 1000 year-old redwood tree and refused to come down. Her historic protest to the environmental destruction caused by the clear-cutting of ancient redwoods culminated after 738 days with a negotiated agreement that provided permanent protection for the tree known as Luna and a 3 acre buffer-zone around it.

Julia Butterfly Hill is an activist, a writer and a poet. She is the author of the national best seller The Legacy of Luna and the co-author of One Makes The Difference, both published by HarperSanFrancisco. The audio release, Spiritual Activation, captures Julia’s vital message as it is given at standing-room-only appearances across the country. All of Julia’s books (and the packaging for the CD) have been published with 100% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based inks and chlorine-free processing, insisting on a standard of ecological sustainability in the publishing industry.

The recipient of numerous prestigious awards and distinctive honors, Julia Butterfly Hill is one of the most internationally recognizable figures in environmental activism. In 1999, she found the non-profit organization, Circle of Life, to promote the sustainability, restoration and preservation of life. She has also helped launch and continues to support The Engage Network, What’s Your Tree and the Women’s Earth Alliance.

Julia’s book, The Legacy of Luna, based on her personal account of the Luna tree-sit action, is slated to soon be made into a dramatic feature film. As would be expected, the project is committed to establishing a “green set” standard for the film industry.

Julia Butterfly Hill speaks regularly on university campuses, has addressed the United Nations, lobbied congress, and has continued to stand on the front lines of environmental and social justice issues all over the world. Her courage, conviction and profound clarity in articulating a message of hope, empowerment and love and respect for all life has inspired millions of people worldwide.

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Nicki Scully has been teaching healing and shamanic arts and the Egyptian Mysteries since 1983, when she began teaching “Egyptian Huna”, as initial taught to her by Nadia Eagles. For the next 20 years she developed, practiced, researched, and taught Alchemical Healing before publishing her findings as comprehensive healing from in 2003. Techniques from her Alchemical Healing form are used internationally by thousands of practitioners. Much of her story, and how she found her way from her hippie roots in the ‘60s psychedelic rock 'n' roll scene to Alchemist, tour guide, shamanic practitioner, author, and spiritual teacher can be found in her book, Alchemical Healing, A Guide to Spiritual, Physical, and Transformational Medicine. (Bear & Co., VT, 2003)

She is a lineage holder in the Hermetic Tradition of Thoth and maintains the Lyceum of Shamanic Egypt. She is ordained as a priestess of Hathor by Lady Olivia Robertson, co-founder of the Fellowship of Isis. During her first visit to Egypt with the Grateful Dead in 1978, Nicki experienced an epiphany on the top of the great pyramid, and soon realized that her purpose in this life is to bring forth the hidden alchemical and shamanic arts of Egypt. Drawing on the knowledge she has gained through decades of study and practice, she enlightens and uplifts all who study and travel with her. In the late '80s, Nicki founded Shamanic Journeys, Ltd., and has been guiding inner journeys and spiritual pilgrimages to Egypt, Peru, Greece, and other sacred sites.

Nicki’s most recently released work is a seven CD set called Becoming An Oracle, Connecting to the Divine Source for Information and Healing. Her published books also include The Anubis Oracle and Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt, both co-authored with Linda Star Wolf, Alchemical Healing, and Power Animal Meditations. She has also produced a number of articles, CDs and a DVD.

“Artist, philosopher, traveler, alchemist, and healer, Nicki Scully has healed herself and brought the light of healing to everyone around her,” states Alberto Villoldo, PhD., Author of Shaman, Healer, Sage.

Underlying her work is the pledge to help in the healing of Mother Earth through recognition and honoring of All Our Relations. Nicki strives to fulfill her commitment by assisting others to recognize their inherent wisdom and power.

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James Twyman is an internationally renowned, best-selling author, filmmaker and musician who has a reputation for traveling to some of the world's greatest areas of conflict, sharing his message of peace. He has been called "The Peace Troubadour" and has performed his peace concert in countries like Iraq, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Bosnia and Serbia, drawing millions of people together in prayer to influence events of world crisis.

James has written ten books including Emissary of Light, Emissary of Love, The Art of Spiritual Peacemaking and more recently The Moses Code. He has also produced or directed four films including the award winning Indigo, and the film version of The Moses Code. His CD's have inspired hundreds of thousands of people, and his performances at the United Nations, US Capitol and Pentagon, as well as grass roots projects like The Cloth of Many Colors, have made him one of the most influential spiritual peacemakers in the world.

James is also the president of The Beloved Community, an inter-religious organization that has ordained over 400 ministers of peace around the world, and the founder of The Seminary of Spiritual Peacemaking

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Chris "Shaumtoosa" Berry

Healing with African Dance

African inspired healing dance that opens the body and purifies the mind. Feel your body and spirit become one and move together. This workshop will be to live drumming and will be featuring spirit dances that Have been chanelled by Shaumtoosa using african rhythms. Move and pray all at the same time. Clean your temple.

Chris began his apprenticeship with master drummer and dancer Titos Sompa at age 14. At the age of 20 Chris left with Titos to the Congo to study with other masters of the drum and Mbira (a 27 keyed thumb piano sacred to the Shona people of Zimbabwe). (more info..)

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LOVEVOLUTION: An Interactive Playshop in Catalyzing New Consciousness with DreamingBear Baraka Kanaan

Join the Shakespeare of Quantum Physics & Dream Expert for a journey into the all at once time, or every-when in this activating spoken word concert. As a participant, you will Onironaut (body-less travel) to inter-dimensional doorways through which your soul becomes the nexus point for experiencing every possible version of reality; reactivate your dormant DNA into a state of internal technology, quantum leap into the explosive ecstasy of dance, play, fun, inspiration & learn how to use your dreams as vehicles for tapping into Source energy directly! DreamingBear is a vessel for transmissions from the wilderness, come hear what the trees, flowers, rivers & untamed things have been saying to our world in the tipping point.

DREAMINGBEAR BARAKA KANAAN is an internationally renowned spoken word artist, author, and peace advocate who elegantly blends quantum understandings of the universe with inner expressions of the heart. Through his playful and potent loves spells, DreamingBear boldly seeks to awaken that sleeping giant of greatness within us and ignite a "Lovevolution\" with the intention that our generation can rise into it's fullest potential.

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Raw/Live Choco-Maca Superfood Milkshakes and Spicy Tune-ah Rolls Live Professional Un-Cooking Demonstration

Raw Chef and Instructor Elaina Love will show you how to make an amazing superfood shake using raw chocolate and the powerful Peruvian super root Maca to make a malted milk shake that will make you high and healthy at the same time!

Following that Elaina dives into the healthy and savory by presenting you with a live demonstration on how to make a raw mock tuna nori roll with spicy mustard that give you the best nose blast ever! She will be serving these delicious treats at her booth during the festival and is taking this opportunity to share her expertise and love with you during her demonstration.

Elaina Love is a professional Chef and Instructor whose unique style of creating the best raw food and vegan cuisine ever has her highly sought after. She travels worldwide to bring delicious, wholesome foods to spas, exotic retreats and festivals. Elaina is the Owner & Director of PureJoyPlanet.com, which features certification courses, raw food recipe books, super foods and kitchen & health equipment. She is the author of 2 recipe books and 3 DVDs.

During this festival, Elaina will be serving a variety of light and hearty raw foods to satisfy all ranges of tastes. You will be delighted at how tasty the food is and how great you feel after eating it!

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Chinese Chakra Balancing, Sound Harmonics Soma Geometry, and Yoga Viceral/Therapy

Chinese chakra balancing is a system from CHINA over 10,000 years old. This workshop will teach special mudras and mantras that balance and strengthen and haramonize the electromagnetic field, the chakras and the physcial body and organ systems.

One will also learn to work with free form sound haramonics of all different ranges to open and clear
stagnant energy.

Sonja will also incorporate her Soma geometry and
yoga-viceral therapy as part of the 90 to 120 min workshop.This workshop will work with stimualting more spinal fluid to the disc space and opening the facia
around the muscles as well as massaging the kidney liver and stomach for viceral health. (more..)

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Nassim Haramein was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1962. As early as 9 years old, Nassim was already developing the basis for a unified hyperdimensional theory of matter and energy, which he eventually called the "Holofractographic Universe."

Nassim has spent most of his life researching the fundamental geometry of hyperspace, studying a variety of fields from theoretical physics, cosmology, quantum mechanics, biology and chemistry to anthropology and ancient civilizations. Combining this knowledge with a keen observation of the behavior of nature, he discovered a specific geometric array that he found to be fundamental to creation, and the foundation for his Unified Field Theory emerged. This unification theory, known as the Haramein-Rauscher metric, is a new solution to Einstein's Field Equations that incorporates torque and Coriolis effects. Laying down the foundation of what could be a fundamental change in our current understandings of physics and consciousness, this groundbreaking theory has now been delivered to the scientific community through peer-reviewed papers and presentations at international physics conferences.

Fluent in both French and English, Mr. Haramein has been giving lectures and seminars on his unification theory for over 10 years, mostly in the U.S. and Canada. His lectures are multimedia presentations that lead his audiences through the validity of his theories with observational and theoretical data. He has presented at such institutions as the Department of Physics at Georgia Tech, the Department of Physics at University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Fellows of the Department of Education at the University of Montreal, and his unification model has now been delivered to the American Physical Society.

In addition to his scientific papers, Mr. Haramein imparts this theory in a layman's paper, a 4 DVD set entitled "Crossing the Event Horizon: Rise to the Equation," and his international speaking tours.
In the past 20 years, Mr. Haramein has directed research teams of physicists, electrical engineers, mathematicians and other scientists. He has founded a non-profit organization, the Resonance Project Foundation, where, as the Director of Research, he continues exploring unification principles and their implications in our world today. The foundation is actively developing a research park on the island of Hawai'i where science, sustainability, green technology, and permaculture come together.

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Unified Field Theory

"Crossing The Event Horizon: Jamie Janover presents the Unified Field Theory of Nassim Haramien":

Learn about Nassim Haramein’s lifelong journey into the geometry of spacetime, which has lead to a coherent understanding of the fuIn this presentation, Jamie Janover will take you on a journey through humanity’s evolution, exposing the changes necessary to produce a Unified Physics.

Jamie Janover will take you on a journey through humanity’s evolution, exposing the changes necessary to produce a Unified Physics; a unification of not only the four forces of nature, but also evolution and the occurrence of consciousness. (more info..)

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Meeting the Wisdom Keepers of the
Sacred Feminine

Leslene della-Madre is a mother, priestess, shamanic voyager, “shemama” (shamanic spiritual midwife) author, TV host and holder of sacred feminine shamanic wisdom. She has taught the feminist shamanic healing arts for 30 years and has traveled the shamanic path for over 40 years beginning her journey with plant medicines and sacred hallucinogens during the Haight/Ashbury era, and living the peaceful r-evolution of the pioneering flower child on The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee for nearly 11 years. There she gave birth to her two daughters, Celena and Larissa who have become the dynamic sister duo of The Goddess Alchemy Project, D.J. Delphi and Dakini Star. As an initiated daughter of the Nepalese Goddess, Ajima, and an initiated pipe carrier iin the tradition of Grandmother Mahad’yuni, she carries cross-cultural wisdom of the feminine. Her groundbreaking book, Midwifing Death : Returning to the Arms of the Ancient Mother has inspired many people to revision death and dying from a more Sacred Feminine approach. She has recently appeared on the Elder’s Panels at Harmony in Sonoma County, Earthdance in Northern California and was on the Wisdom Panel at the Mystic Garden Party in Maui. Grandmother Agnes, chairwoman of the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, says about Leslene “she has an important message and many people need to hear it.”

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Oceanic Breathwork

OCEANIC BREATHWORK, based on Rebirthing, is a simple, powerful, life-enhancing breathing technique that originated over 35 years ago, right here on Turtle Island (North America). The actual method allows for release of emotional charges on old trauma, transformation of mental & emotional habit patterns, and always results in a more Centered, Empowered, Joyful experience of Being!  In my 30 years experience I have shifted focus from primarily therapeutic to fundamentally Self-Healing & Self-Empowerment.  The method is easily learned -- usually resulting in a person's independent use of the technique even after 1 session -- and may be used for personal Shamanic journeys or as a powerful adjunct to other Spiritual activities.  Thousands of Family have told me that using this Breath has changed their lives forever!!  I provide Safety, a Resonant Empathic field, and over 30 years expertise in sharing this Beautiful Way.  IF INTERESTED: Please Bring: a PAD, blanket, water, optional pillow, having eaten LIGHTLY, and Openness to Learn & Grow!!

Robin Houghton, long-time resident of Mt. Shasta, is a 30-year certified Rebirther, Sufi Dance Leader, Author, & Event Facilitator, among other things!  I am Honored to Share this incredible tool with any & all led by Spirit to participate!!

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Entheogenic Forum

Entheogens, or natural plants and substances that
"generate the experience of God within," have been used by spiritual practitioners since the dawn of time. Many contemporary thinkers feel that entheogens can play a critical role in helping to heal humanity's relationship to the earth, the divine, and to ourselves in the modern world.

Given that Southern Oregon is one of the primary epicenters of the modern entheogenic movement with the recent Santo Daime court case,
the Native American Church, and other entheogen-using spiritual groups, this is an ideal place and time to discuss the role of entheogens in spiritual practice.

In this workshop/presentation, Dr. Martin W. Ball, Ph.D., author and entheogenic researcher will present a profound paradigm for working with psychedelics for spiritual growth and awakening. This talk will focus both on ontological and epistemological questions of the entheogenic experience as well as practical concerns for productively incorporating psychedelics into spiritual practice. Dr. Ball will cover the historical uses of entheogens in religions as well as current legal status of entheogens and the latest scientific research concerning entheogens and mystical experience. The presentation will be followed by open discussion where the audience is invited to share their experiences and ask questions. If you've ever wondered what the "reality" of psychedelic experiences are and their relation to spirituality, you won't want to miss this
workshop. (more..)

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Kundalini Yoga and Shakti Dance

Shake your chakras
Awaken your kundalini
Swim in your heart space

through kundalini Yoga, tantric dance, pranayama, mudras and mantras, we will access our true essence-pure complete unstopable bliss

I usuallly work with a DJ and we really get peoples energies swirling, loosening inhibitions, meeting new people and opening ones-self

Ardas is a certified kundalini yoga teacher, having trained and taught at the internationally reknowned Golden Bridge yoga and Yoga West in Los Angeles. Ardas has brought her energetic, heart centered and powerful workshop to students all over the US, Hawaii and Mexico. Ardas loves the openess that festival participants bring to their practice. She has taught at The Raw Spirit Festival, New Living Expo, Harmony Festival, Joshua Tree Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Earthdance etc.

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Sound Healing 101

Sound visionary Alex Theory draws upon extensive training in psychology, integrative medicine, and psychoacoustic music production to innovate new styles of music and media. Part of the fresh scene of artists who push the musical envelope while simultaneously promoting a socially conscious lifestyle, he has done shows with Damien Marley, The Roots, Eryka Badhu, Elton John, India Arie, Ani DiFranco, STS9, Mickey Hart, Particle, DJ Logic, The Flaming Lips, String Cheese Incident, Stanley Jordan, Sheila Chandra, and many more. He is the founder of the 2008 Global Sound Conference and the 2007 Global OM project - a historic event that used the power of sound to unify participants across the world to a synchronized frequency. His work has received airplay in film, radio, and television commercials, and has appeared on releases by Interchill, System Recordings, and Sounds True. Alex's latest project, Discover Sound, is a non-profit foundation that merges key individuals from the Music, Film, and Television industries with pioneers in the areas of Wellness, Sound Healing, and Integrative Medicine to expand the horizons of health and media on our planet.

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Ecstatic Medicine Vocal CircleA Vocal Journey into the Medicine of Primal Song

Ecstatic Medicine Vocal Circle
A Vocal Journey into the Medicine of Primal Song
Facilitated by Wahkeena Sitka

Enter into the Sacred Portal of Yourself through your Voice. Ecstatic Medicine Vocal Circles are a beautiful opportunity to release energy, open up & clear your Throat Chakra, have fun, feel deliciously high, and practice spiritual self-cultivation - all through the most basic of our resources - Our Voices. We will be practicing basic tools of Vocal Qi Cultivation: mindfulness, breathwork, working the Microcosmic Orbit, Mulabandha, and QiGong movements - combined with vocal exercises. We move through building group resonance by toning - culminating in Primal Sounding Play and Tribal Polyrhythmic Song Circle. Towards culmination, we take turns giving and receiving loving healing touch & sound healing to each other. Wahkeena Sitka is a mystic, intuitive empath healer, vocalist & performer, vocal journey facilitator, bodyworker / energy worker, web & graphic designer, living in Ashland OR. (more..)

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Divine Intervention Playshop
Being the Change

Calling all Grace Engineers and Technicians of Ecstasy!
There is no question we are evolving!
We are transmuting density into freedom and light.
We are creating and living lives that are greater than imagined.
We are birthing a new world and a New Humanity!.........
And yet as a greater human family we are not quite “out of dodge”..

This interactive playshop asks you to put your Divine Self to work by taking a quantum leap into what brings you into joyous participation with the universe. Step into your magnificence and change the course of history by infusing your love, life and joy into the planet in a creshendo of our combined brilliance. Together let’s be the Change!

Ambe Ray is an Evolutionary Priestess of the Beauty Way devoted to the inner alchemy and evolution of the Divine Human. Her passion for personal and planetary awakening has lead her to over twenty years of facilitating Conscious Evolution and the Sacred Arts throughout the world. She is a Bio-Energetic Clairvoyant, Wholistic Life Path Consultant, Ordained Minister and guide for Dance Chalice and the Thirteen Moon Priestess Training. (more..)

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Dolphin Dance

Dolphin dancing is basically under water contact /yoga. For those of you who have been watsued or water danced, it's the next step where participants co-create the dance in the moment. Participants wear goggles and nose plugs so then can spin and twirl freely under water, coming back up for air. This creates a living vortex of playfulness, allowing people to do all the yoga postures without gravity and super oxygenate while having lots of fun with other dolphins.

Flow and Steve are lovers of life and the senses. They have been dancing on land for years and under water for about 4 years.They have taught this practice in Santa cruz, Carmel and at workshops at harbin for the past couple of years. (more info..)

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Sound Healing & the Phi Ratio

Priestess Heather Salmon is an ordained minister of the Essene lineage and is trained in and practices numerous healing modalities including hypnotherapy, reflexology, living foods, cleansing, aromatherapy, Reiki, Hawaiian Huna and Transpersonal Energy Healing. She offers a vocal sound healing workshop in which participants learn how to utilize their own voice and sound to release energies that are up for healing and transformation and to attunement to the phi ratio -- a transendental regenerative energy found in all of nature.
Heather is a resident of Harbin Hot Springs where she officiates monthly New Moon Sound and Energy Healing World Peace ceremonies in their Heart Consciousness Church Temple, as well as other special events through out the year.
Harbin is one of the world's most succesful "alternative/new age" communities. Sustained by its 200 residents who run the retreat center which hosts over 100,000 guest visits a year. Harbin has recently aquired 5000 additional acres and now rests on 7700 acres of sacred land upon which the Pomo people were known to once gather in ceremonial healing council in Northern California. One of Heather's goals is to help create a diverse multicultural Peace Embassy on this land, as a place where people of all cultures, ages and races can gather together in peace and engage in optimal/sustainable lifestyle practices and cocreate a model of New Paradigm living.

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Raw Food 101

Happy Heavenly Oasis is the Founder, and Chairwoman and CVO (Chief Visionary Officer) of Raw Spirit Festival, dedicated to spreading the bliss about living in healthy harmony.

Happy is powered by dreams. For her, "life is a ceaseless adventure" of exploring and serving while ceasing each moment by the forelock. At age 16, after hiking through the Wyoming's Wind River Mountains, Happy accepted a scholarship to study for a year at Hobart Matriculation College of Tasmania. Since then she has abided in dozens of countries.

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Yoga

Yoga means 'Union with God'. Yoga is the scientific art of mastering the physical body. A combination of asanas(physical postures), mudras(a gesture that affects the flow of life force), and pranayama (breathing exercises) purify the nadis (energy channels) to eliminate energy blockages and awaken and strengthen the chakras (psycho-energy centers). It strengthens the immune system and keeps the body free of functional disorders. Yoga massages the internal organs and glands and stabilizes the physical body. It is effective in the cure and prevention of many diseases and helps the body remain comfortable during meditation.

Beloved's been studying and practicing yoga for many years including Babaji's Kriya Hatha Yoga and Kundalini Yoga,and received her teaching certificate from the Sivananda Ashram.

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Kundalini Dance

Kundalini Dance is a contemporary form of ecstatic dance, developed and taught by Leyolah, where dance-movement therapy, rhythmic breath, tantric-healing, trance energy and shamanic healing-music are used to enter into the body/mind consciousness to gain insight and healing for body-mind and soul.

Leyolah Antara has been exploring the transformational path of ecstatic dance for 16 years. Kundalini Dance™ is the outcome of years of constant training, research and personal exploration with some extraordinary people in the fields of tantric shamanic energy work, dance-movement therapy and body-mind centered therapy. Since 1992 she has been facilitating trance - formational dance workshops, retreats and teacher training's internationally and has taken thousands of people into the remembrance of how to work with their innate inner energy ecstatically to facilitate personal transformation and awakening.

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Sound Healing

John intuitively chooses from a variety of healing instruments, which include his personally handcrafted flutes & didgeridoos, Tibetan singing bowls, bells, drums and more.

With these shamanic instruments guiding us, he tunes into the heartbeat of Pachamama (Mother Earth) as he travels her oceans,deserts, jungles, and skies awakening primordial essence.

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PujaFunk Dance Activation Ritual (Ecstatic Dance)

Time lay down the grid of Ascended Consciousness by opening the Dance Portal with Beats, Bliss and Divine Intention to take our festival experience to the next level.

“PujaFunk” fun, funky and sacred community dance ritual facilitated to activate our energy bodies and raise our vibrations though breath, movement, heart connections and prayer with some tasty whompy beats.

Let the music be our guide as we join in circle and play with tantric breath work, energy awareness exercises, soul gazing, manifestation affirmations, guided visualizations and free form ecstatic movement.

::Love is Ascension:: ::Dance is our Prayer::

Julie Avena, aka Miss Shakti Bliss, has been facilitating conscious dance rituals at festivals and gathering since the turn of the millennium. She integrates her life mission as a Shamanic Healing Practitioner, Performance Artist and Workshop Guide with delicious beats and divine love to assist in the awakening of the Planet. More info

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Music, Dance, and the Evolution of Consciousness

Recent scientific discoveries are increasing our understanding of music and dance as fundamental factors in the shaping of human life throughout the history of our species. This workshop will explore the power of rhythm, harmony, and movement to affect consciousness and community at their most profound levels. A theoretical overview and framework will be provided, as well as many specific examples and exercises designed to directly enhance participants' experience and understanding of why scientists are now saying that "it is music that makes us human."

David Ulansey received his Ph.D. in Religion from Princeton University, and has taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University, Princeton University, Boston University, the University of Vermont, Pacifica Graduate Institute, and the California Institute of Integral Studies. David is a historian of religion specializing in the relationship between religion, myth, and the evolution of consciousness. He is the author of The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries: Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World (Oxford University Press) and Mysteria: The Ancient Mysteries and the Evolution of Consciousness (forthcoming, North Atlantic Books), as well as numerous articles in publications ranging from Scientific American to the Journal of Biblical Literature. He has also been a frequent lecturer at the San Francisco C.G. Jung Institute.

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Ecstatic Dance

A Safe & Sacred Space to move and "just be" . . . featuring a delicious blend of world music, including Devotional & Chant, Middle Eastern, Trance, Reggae, R & B, Hip Hop, African and much more. No experience necessary!

In this place, there is nothing for you to do, no need to figure anything out, fix what is broken, or become enlightened. A place to be present with yourself and dive deep into the body, the experience, and the moment. You only need to listen and feel . . . and allow any "doing" (movement) to come out of this place of "being."

I started my "dancing path" at the age of 4 and danced professionally with the New Jersey Ballet Company - but the universe intervened, and after healing from an injury to my back, I trained to become an Exercise Instructor, Personal Trainer & Yoga Instructor. I taught in health clubs, on cruise ships and in Bermuda. My love of spirituality led me to live in community at Omega Institute, where I organized events for many great teachers. I then went on to coordinate events for the New York Open Center, Gabrielle Roth, Gary Zukav & James Twyman. I also organized for Ron Kurtz, originator of the Hakomi Method; a mindfulness based, body centered psychotherapy; and am trained & certified as a Hakomi Therapist and Teacher.

I feel really blessed to be able to bring my passion for music & dancing to the community of Ashland, where I've been leading Ecstatic Dance every Sunday morning for almost 6 years. I consider myself to be more of a "midwife" than a teacher; holding space for whatever healing, connection and fun want to happen. In an atmosphere of gentleness and nonviolence, my intention is to provide a space to help "birth" whatever wants to come into "being!"

Feel free to dress in whatever way honors the God/Goddess within, and bring your drum if you would like to play along with the music.

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Yoga

Rani offers a fun flow style class with emphasis on breath, alignment, awareness and enjoying being alive in the body.

She has been teaching for over 14 years and has been inspired by Anusara Yoga, Vinyasa, and her love of dance and bodywork. She teaches in the Bay Area, India, and other places in the world.

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Healing with Sacred Sound

Healing with Sacred Sound will present methods and techniques which will create a profound experiential and transformational journey in consciousness. This provides us with holistic healing in body, mind and spirit. This yoga is the yoga of "going straight to God".

Jeanne Fuller has spent the past thirty five years centering her energies on world peace and enlightenment as a teacher of meditation, and as a mediator. She is a gifted communicator, and has facilitated hundreds of workshops using Sacred Sound as a tool of healing for the planet and transforming consciousness.One of Jeanne's primary passions is sharing the power and transformational quality of the OM Circle. She recently returned with her husband from the Near East where they participated in an International Conference on World Peace with global religious and secular leaders. (more..)

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Sound and Energy Healing

Timothy has been facilitating sound and energy healing, and awakening within people since the age of 16, when he was awakened by a near-death experience. After this experience, he became aware of this innate ability to see, feel and shift the energy of the Source around and inside of him. He then began to realized that this awareness and ability to move energy could be used to help others, to awaken, to heal, and to become aware of their innate connection to the Source of all life.

So, his travels began to study with various medicine people and master healers, a fine tuning process so to speak. Over the years he was blessed enough to find many true masters and teachings that helped in the understanding of this awareness, and how to use it to help others, along the way being initiated into many lineages of ancient technique, healing modalities and shamanic studies etc. A few of such are: Reiki, Celtic Shamanism, Native American Shamanism, Crystal healing, Kabbalah, DNA Activation, Rising Star Healing, Ancient Alchemy, The Mechizedek teachings, etc, etc... All beautiful stepping stones in the path, although these days it is so simple, no specific lineage or technique, just going directly to the Source, to Divine Love, and allowing it to unfold, a process of surrender.

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Heart Circles and Regenerative Culture

Dominic Allamano is an evolutionary facilitator, inspired orator, aspiring permaculture designer and farmer, and transformational leader who has focused his life on empowering the birth of a healthy human culture in intimate and regenerative relationship to the Earth. Drawn to engage in equal measure the beauty of humanity and life's inherent potential as well as the daunting realities of our present circumstances, he has developed a capacity to see the elegant simple wisdom often lost in the complex and paradoxical nature of humanity's predicament.

For the past 2 years he has hosted and facilitated the weekly experiential ReGeneration Dialogue program, providing an empowering space for conscious young adults to explore the unique and profound dynamics of the era in which they are coming of age, the embodied of their awakening consciousness, and the regenerative actions they can take to root their consciousness in ecologically beneficial relationships.

For the past 5 years he has collaborated with master small group facilitator Tej Steiner in developing and sharing Heart Circles to create space for and facilitate the grounding of a connected, joyful and viable culture within our local communities. He is also the co-founder of Ashland's Village Farm and actively involved in relocalization efforts through Transition Town Ashland and other community groups, working to create a vital local food system and resilient local economy. This past year he began hosting World Cafe community dialogues in Ashland, including a series of sustainability dialogues with local comminity, civic leaders and elected officials.

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