The always lovely Vox Lumina (Brooke) shared some fantastic events with us. Check out some really cool stuff she has going on in and around Pittsburgh…
SOUND HEALING & MUSICAL MEDICINE:
In 1996 I received a vision to “heal bodies of water with sound”.
At the time I was just beginning to understand the power of vibration- movement, rhythm, thought, expression, intention- and the extent to which we are all always under the influence of these things. Over the years I’ve created a variety of different experiences to generate and elevate both the individual and collective vibrational field. Check it out!
The River Gypsy Medicine Show:
an evening of Sound Healing, Kirtan, and Musical Medicine Making
Saturday January 12
7:30- 9:30 pm
Saturday February 9
7:30- 9:30 pm
@ BYS YOGA Studio
1113 E. Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
$15 music only
For chakra yoga (see below) AND kirtan medicine show:
$20 in advance/$25 at the door/
to register for this event:
http://www.bys-yoga.com/workshops-events/
to view this event on FB:
https://www.facebook.com/events/325249697581354/
******This sublime experience begins with an OPTIONAL Chakra Yoga class from 6:30-7:30, activating and energizing each of the 7 chakra with Brooke’s delightful and powerful combination of static hatha asanas and dynamic kundalini kriyas.
Vox Lumina Music
Enjoy the rootsy and rhythmic, sweet and sophisticated soul music of Vox Lumina, featuring Erik Lawrence on flutes and saxes and other special musical guests:
Friday January 25
7-9 pm
@ Biddles Escape
401 Biddle Avenue, First Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Vox Lumina on FB: https://www.facebook.com/voxluminamusic?ref=hl
Vox Lumina website: http://www.voxlumina.com/index.html
The new album, Vox Lumina’s SONG OF LIGHT, musical creation story of the natural world and trance-chant album, Vox Lumina’s MUSIC IS MEDICINE, available here: http://www.voxlumina.com/page20/index.html
YOGA:
Chakra Immersion Yoga Workshops:
*The Energy Body/ Chakra Activation Yoga Workshop
Saturday January 19th
3-5 pm
@ Mookshi Wellness Center
401 Biddle Avenue, Second Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
This is the first part/pre-requisite to The Chakra Yoga Immersion Series, a “Chakras 101” in which participants are introduced to the vocabulary of the energy body, each of the chakras, and the yogic chakra model as a whole in an exploratory, experiential, enjoyable environment.
If you are relatively new to yoga and/or a basic knowledge of the chakra system and vocabulary, this is the workshop for you.
What is prana? What are nadis? What is a chakra?
How do we know/feel that we have chakras? energy?
What are their names and associations?
Where are they located?
Why are they important?
How do they work?
Students are guided through Brooke’s “Embodiment Sequence”- specific yoga techniques to activate each chakra.
Suitable for students and yoga teachers of all skill levels.
Prepares students for all of the Chakra Immersions in the 7 part Series. (Please note: students do not need to take all of the Chakra Immersions, although it is AMAZING and highly recommneded!)
$20 early bird if registered by Jan. 12th,
$25 after or at the door.
Please be advised that space is limited, early registration is recommended.
Call 412.407.7829 to Register!
For more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/445416902180992/
*EMBODY ALL YOU ARE:
The Root Chakra Yoga Immersion
This is the first Chakra Yoga Immersion in the 2013 Series. There are two options of times/ places to take this workshop because I want to get as many people on board the Chakra-Ship at the ground level (Root Chakra) before we blast off into exploring our infinite selves:
Sunday January 13
1:30- 4:30 pm
@ BYS YOGA Studio
1113 E. Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
$30 in advance per session
$35 at the door per session
For more info: http://www.bys-yoga.com/workshops-events/
To register: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/home.asp?studioid=27055
For more info via FB event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/391003990990050/
Saturday January 26
2-5 pm
@ Mookshi Wellness Center
401 Biddle Avenue, Second Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
$35 early bird if registered by Jan. 19th,
$40 after or at the door.
Please be advised that space is limited and early registration is recommended.
Call 412.407.7829 to register.
For more info via FB event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/207955465996328/
About the Root Chakra Immersion:
It sounds odd, but many people aren’t living in their bodies fully.
And when people aren’t fully embodied, they aren’t able to summon from the deep wellspring of energy and wisdom that being in a body has to offer.
Maybe it was a traumatic birth experience, an accident in your youth, an emotional trauma that left a deep scar on your psyche- all of these literally scare us out of our bodies and sometimes we never come back to ourselves, emotionally or physically, to revisit and heal those old wounds; we simply avoid them.
And then we wonder why we are feeling depleted and unable to manage our lives….
Well what the bleep is a Root Chakra and what does it do for me anyway?!
Your Root Chakra keeps you “grounded” and “settled”. It keeps you in and in touch with your body. It slows you down when life is going too fast and feels overwhelming. It is your sense of place, and the space around you- your HOME, physical, emotional, spiritual, your “home base”, the “place” that you return to- body, mind, and spirit- at the end of the day. It is that same place that you begin from, the physical definition- the bones, the heaviness- that you “push off” from to start the movements and journey of your life. In a physical sense, the Root Chakra consciousness “lives” in your legs, your feet, your tailbone, your large intestine, your adrenal gland, your skeletal system. Emotionally, it empowers you with a sense of trust- in the earth, in yourself, in a sense of safety and “okay-ness” with the world, the reliable and ABUNDANT “beingness” of the Earth beneath your feet, which allows you to relax, slow down, and let go.
Root Chakra Yoga is the right remedy for you at this time if you:
*have a sense of disconnect from your body and/or you can’t seem to slow down
*have a sense of disconnect from the Earth or people and feel as if you are “hovering ” above your life and your body
*have difficulty manifesting and materializing your life as you dream it to be
*have a chronic lack of financial or physical resources
*feel attacked, unsafe, or “on the run” in some way
*have “issues” with your bones, legs. knees, feet, or adrenal glands
*are constipated and have trouble “letting go”
In order to fulfill our potential and be our full spectrum selves it is essential to awaken our minds and EMBODY our physical selves.
It is important to claim your body as your home, your temple, your alchemical laboratory, the foundation for All-You-Are.
It is essential to claim ALL of yourself- the healed and the unhealed, the beautiful and the ugly, the advanced and the primitive- so that your foundation is that of self-knowledge and truth.
Then you can really begin your Unfolding and set about the joy of fully BEING in the present moment.
Welcome Home!
Relax and Settle In.
Come to my Root Chakra Yoga Immersion and gain the yoga “tools”- postures, breathing techniques, sounds, visualizations, meditations, affirmations- to nourish and strengthen this aspect of Who-You-Are.
*THE POWER OF 2:
A Sacral Chakra Yoga Immersion
Sunday February 10
1:30-4:30
@ BYS YOGA Studio
1113 E. Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
$30 in advance per session
$35 at the door per session
For more info: http://www.bys-yoga.com/workshops-events/
For more info via FB event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/460865000642097/?context=create
As the yoga story goes, we exist in a consciousness of contentment, i.e., the Root Chakra, accepting ourselves and everything as it is and trusting life’s Great Unfolding until… we encounter at some point an “other” that awakens within us an attraction and desire for something “else”, something that we don’t “have”, we can’t “have”, although we want very much to “have” and control them just like we have and control parts of ourselves.
This interaction with the “other” requires a radical shift in consciousness on our part; we must learn a radically different way of being in the world, (at least if you want to be sane and have healthy relationships with other autonomous, destiny-fulfilling beings like yourself).
Luckily for us on the journey of self-discovery and fulfillment of our potential as human beings, there are yogic tools to help us make this shift in consciousness easier and to strengthen and balance this aspect of Who We Are.
Come to the Sacral Chakra Yoga Workshop and gain the yogic “tools”- postures, breathing techniques, sounds, visualizations, meditations, affirmations- to nourish and strengthen this essential aspect of Who-You-Are…
This workshop is for you if:
*you are curious about the chakras and want to discover your FULL SPECTRUM SELF
*you easily feel overwhelmed or overpowered by others
*you have a desire for and are afraid of intimacy
*you try to manipulate others to do what you want them to do
*you have trouble saying “no” and asserting yourself
*you have a weak immune system
*you have difficulty staying balanced, both physically, mentally, and energetically
*you want to learn to “dance” with someone rather than fight with them
*you want to learn to be yourself and be with others at the same time
*you want to better understand what it means to “harmonize” with another