CONSCIOUS CREATIVE COMMUNITY & REGENERATIVE CULTURE
“Ours is a complicated era, and so we need every resource and example of heart and resilience we can find. It is both comforting and challenging to realize that no one person can wrestle from the Earth the song of how we can survive together, and no one voice can sing that chorus.” Mark Nepo from More Together Than Alone
COMMUNITY HEART CIRCLES
At a time when our differences are emphasized everywhere we look, we offer our community a simple ritual of connection. Monthly Heart Circles at the Songhouse Sanctuary foster our sense of belonging by creating space for simple heart-felt sharing and listening. Early arrivers join together with a simple heartbeat drum rhythm to help us let go of the day, and enter a quiet heart space together. We introduce the circle format, and begin again in silence. Without use of a talking stick, we develop a different sense of deep listening for the moment it is our time to share. There are no time -limits to our sharing, but we do uphold the awareness that all present are being invited to participate within the two hours of circle.
Songs, poems, dreams, even dances are brought to the circle as ways to express the deeper current of our human experience. Most commonly there is a personal heart story that wants to be heard and held in the circle. Our guidelines come from the Ojai lineage of Council... Speak from the Heart, Listen from the Heart, Speak to the Essence, and Be Spontaneous. There is no cross talk or processing. Each person is honored with collective breath, and silent space between shares. As our listening deepens, a sense of the "group field" emerges.
as if our individual hearts have begun to beat together.
SPRING & SUMMER 2024 DATES TBA
We meet outside around a fire at the Songhouse Sanctuary whenever possible. Please bring outdoor seating if you have special needs. Log benches and a few chairs will be available. Layer up, and bring water. If you have a drum you are welcome to bring that too.
We begin promptly at 7pm and you are encouraged to come at 6:30pm or at least 15 minutes before to settle in.
This is event is offered as a gift to our community at no charge.
Donations are always welcome to help support the development of the
Songhouse Sanctuary as a place-based resource for fostering our community.
We welcome all community members to join the circle. Please Contact Mia directly for location address and questions
Songs, poems, dreams, even dances are brought to the circle as ways to express the deeper current of our human experience. Most commonly there is a personal heart story that wants to be heard and held in the circle. Our guidelines come from the Ojai lineage of Council... Speak from the Heart, Listen from the Heart, Speak to the Essence, and Be Spontaneous. There is no cross talk or processing. Each person is honored with collective breath, and silent space between shares. As our listening deepens, a sense of the "group field" emerges.
as if our individual hearts have begun to beat together.
SPRING & SUMMER 2024 DATES TBA
We meet outside around a fire at the Songhouse Sanctuary whenever possible. Please bring outdoor seating if you have special needs. Log benches and a few chairs will be available. Layer up, and bring water. If you have a drum you are welcome to bring that too.
We begin promptly at 7pm and you are encouraged to come at 6:30pm or at least 15 minutes before to settle in.
This is event is offered as a gift to our community at no charge.
Donations are always welcome to help support the development of the
Songhouse Sanctuary as a place-based resource for fostering our community.
We welcome all community members to join the circle. Please Contact Mia directly for location address and questions
HEART OF THE DANCE WEEKENDS
Heart of the Dance 2024 Dates to be announced SOON!
We are excited to bring the whimsical joy of outdoor dances back to the Songhouse Sanctuary!!
We seek to cultivate a community of conscious creative culture through projects building a sense of place and belonging, playing, dancing and singing together, and grounding in ceremony and council practices. Each weekend we will have work parties, host a Fusion Dance, a Contact Improvisation Dance, a Heart Circle, and Ecstatic Dance.
We invite you to join us with your communitarian and creative passion!
Although your work and participation is invaluable to this dream, and we are all grateful... we will incur expenses and ask our community to consider what you can donate financially or otherwise to offset costs in building this community resource. This is a not-for-profit endeavor and all donations above expenses will be invested in The Fusion Inclusion Dance Project for future events and development.
CHECK BACK HERE - REGISTRATION AND MORE DETAILS COMING SOON!
We are excited to bring the whimsical joy of outdoor dances back to the Songhouse Sanctuary!!
We seek to cultivate a community of conscious creative culture through projects building a sense of place and belonging, playing, dancing and singing together, and grounding in ceremony and council practices. Each weekend we will have work parties, host a Fusion Dance, a Contact Improvisation Dance, a Heart Circle, and Ecstatic Dance.
We invite you to join us with your communitarian and creative passion!
Although your work and participation is invaluable to this dream, and we are all grateful... we will incur expenses and ask our community to consider what you can donate financially or otherwise to offset costs in building this community resource. This is a not-for-profit endeavor and all donations above expenses will be invested in The Fusion Inclusion Dance Project for future events and development.
CHECK BACK HERE - REGISTRATION AND MORE DETAILS COMING SOON!
"THE ENCOUNTER ENSEMBLE"
An Invitation Into Immersive Community Ritual and Performing Arts Experiences...
An Invitation Into Immersive Community Ritual and Performing Arts Experiences...
ENSEMBLE THEATRE * MOVEMENT * SINGING * COUNCIL * IMPROVISATION
SUNDAY April 28 2 - 7pm ENSEMBLE EXPLORATION
WEDNESDAY May 1st 4 - 9pm ENSEMBLE EXPLORATION
Each day can stand alone as an inspiring way to experience community creativity, and it may lead to an
invitation to join one of two week-long immersive ensemble experiences this summer.
The play will be rigorous so do come prepared to move and be moved.
THE ENCOUNTER ENSEMBLES IMMERSIONS
(by invitation only, applications available upon request)
IMMERSIVE ENSEMBLE SESSION 1: JUNE 10 - 17th
IMMERSIVE ENSEMBLE SESSION 2: AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 1st
We will use an innovative weave of community building and intersectional performing arts approaches
that explore evocative themes moving us in the world today.
Each week-long session will culminate in an ensemble devised, interactive, community event.
More Information coming soon...
COUNCIL AND THE EMBODIED ETHOS SALON
Join our monthly circle that combines Council Practice and Somatic-style inquiries specifically investigating philosophies of conscious culture creation, and embodied ethics. We will source from our individual and collective wisdom, reading materials and podcasts, and experiential explorations to generate a working model for post-post modern ethical development.
Circles begin again October 2024. Contact Mia for more information.
Circles begin again October 2024. Contact Mia for more information.
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