Gentle Flow Yoga 8:00-9:00am

Wendy Faith Start your day activated with energy, intention and a clear connection of body, mind and soul. Wendy Faith (Yoga Tree teacher and founding member of the Shamanic Cheerleaders) will lead you through a gentle flow yoga practice that will leave you energized and balanced. This is an all-levels class, easily accessible to beginning yogi’s. Class will begin with pranayama (breathwork) to awaken and balance the body. Asanas (poses) and movements will focus on hip-openers (easier sitting in workshops), hamstrings (for all that walking amidst the booths), and shoulder/neck stretches (helpful when writing or at the computer). Use your breath and awareness to access your prana (vital life force), encouraging it to flow through your body all day long. For Wendy Faith’s bio and teaching schedule: www.wendyfaith.com

The Discipline of Authentic Movement: Non-duality through Movement 9:00-10:25am

Rita Venturini Authentic Movement creates a basic duality, mover and witness, that offers different options to access the experience of non-duality.

The mover allows him/herself to bring inner impulse into form as movement or dance, usually with eyes closed. The witness intends to empty him/herself of her own content to be present with the mover. From this perspective a dual aspect that can be transcended is the one of separation between oneself and others. Fully being with the mover clarifies the personal boundaries thus allowing the witness to recognize the “false”, projected or self imposed nature of the separation. This gives the witness access to the experience of being one with the mover's experience and they may have an intuition of the others inner landscape. The mover is encouraged to listen to their inner impulses and move. The consciousness of the witness allows the mover to deepen their ability to surrender to the point of just becoming a full expression of movement, without the conscious presence of the doer. In a group setting it is then possible to experience many movers clearly "moved" by the same energy. In the duality of the form, witnessing the expression of non-dual consciousness becomes possible.

In the brief experience we are offering, we will all have the possibility to touch on some of these moments in which separation becomes unity. Come ready to move - everyone welcome.

Rita Venturini, MD is a scientist of human experience. She started studying the human brain and she is now arrived to the whole individual. Bill McCully, MA has studied and taught Authentic Movement for 18 years. He is also a student of Yoga, Buddhism and dance.

TransDance® 10:35am-12:00pm

Heather Munro Pierce Come engage in an embodied exploration of the delightful and divine “Dancing Universe” through music, movement and mindfulness. A TransDance journey integrates elements of tribal motion, freeform expression, moving meditation and activated imagination into a potent, playful and prayer-full ecstatic dance experience. We will let the possibilities, probabilities and opportunities of physics deliver us to the Mystery.

Spaciously facilitated, all movement is at your own pace and interpretation. Heather has facilitated inspirational, transformative and healing movement for over 20 years. As well as producing her own workshops and retreats in Northern California, she leads events for many groups and organizations, including Esalen, Spirit Rock, and the Omega Institute.

Breema: The Art of Being Present 12:00pm-1:30pm

Yasmin Bardor, (The Breema Center) There is a reality that is higher than what our habitual mind and senses tell us. In this dimension, Consciousness is the authority, not our mind. To be receptive to a higher level of consciousness, we need to be present. The aim of Breema is to bring us to a tangible experience of presence that becomes our foundation for a new dimension of health, consciousness, and self-understanding. The philosophy and principles of Breema address the essential nature of life, the deeper meaning of health and how to actualize it, and the means of gaining practical, self-verified knowledge that can lead to an understanding of our unique potential as human beings. Breema establishes a true body-mind connection that makes it possible to live fully in each moment, with a sense of wholeness and aliveness that supports an openhearted and open-minded posture towards life. Breema invites our Being to participate, and guides us towards higher levels of consciousness in which we can wake up to our essential nature. In his book, Breema and the Nine Principles of Harmony, Jon Schreiber, Director of the Breema Center and Breema Clinic, writes: “Working with the Nine Principles and practicing Breema gives us the possibility to create a new relationship to life, one that doesn’t stem from our conditioning. Every moment we have of being present becomes the foundation of that relationship. Those moments organize you inside, and create an atmosphere that’s free from past and future, free from your conditioning. When you connect to that atmosphere, you find yourself having new thoughts, new feelings, and a new posture towards life.”

In this introductory workshop, we practice Breema partner work and Self-Breema exercises as we are introduced to Breema’s Nine Principles of Harmony. Breema is practiced on a padded floor with comfortable clothing and socks.