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 BARDIC CIRCLES
Join our monthly Bardic Circle, a social & ritual container that combines Poetry, Myth & Storytelling, Song, Council, and Embodied Practices, brought forward by participants, and gently facilitated by Mia Kelley & Guest Hosts. We lean in to trust of the emergent field of heart & wisdom... listening for the medicine of the moment that feeds our collective sense of belonging and wholeness. You are invited to bring a song, poem, dream, story, myth that is moving your heart and soul... or just come and weave with us in presence.
Meeting at The Songhouse Sanctuary, from 6:30 - 8:30pm
We will meet outdoors in Sept & October unless weather does not permit.
Please bring layers, water, and any seating that helps you stay comfortable.
Come as early as 6pm to settle in, and we will start right at 6:30pm.
RSVP at movinggrace@gmail.com requested, but not required.
Contribution to the Moving Grace Arts Fellowship $10-20
Autumn 2024 Dates!
September 4th
October 2nd
November 6th
December 4th
READING PARTIES
We share quiet space to read together, and then share in a council style with the intention to weave the wisdoms from each source... philosophies of conscious culture creation, and embodied ethics, personal and collective healing... Fiction or Non-Fiction. This has been such a rich experience of wisdom and community building!
3rd Wednesdays 6:30 - 8:30pm Reading Party Dates
October 16th
November 20th
December 18th
(Locations may change...Contact Mia for more information)
3rd Wednesdays 6:30 - 8:30pm Reading Party Dates
October 16th
November 20th
December 18th
(Locations may change...Contact Mia for more information)
Invitation Only Event!
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...
STAY TUNED: THE ENCOUNTER ENSEMBLES IMMERSIONS
(by invitation only, applications available upon request)
ENSEMBLE THEATRE * MOVEMENT * SINGING * COUNCIL * IMPROVISATION
An inspiring way to experience community creativity, and may lead to an
invitation to join one of two week-long immersive ensemble experiences next summer.
The play will be rigorous so do come prepared to move and be moved.
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...
HEART CIRCLES (we are currently prioritizing Bardic Council, but stay tuned for Heart Circle Announcements)
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.
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
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.
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 Coming again in Summer 2025!
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!
