PARASHAKTI & GATEKEEPERS & JIVAMUKTI YOGA TEACHERS lead participants into the realms of DANCE of LIBERATION; a Jivamukti Yoga class leading into a Yogic TranceDance Dancers ride the wave of sacred rhythm guided by GLOBESONIC/ DJ Fabian Alsultany. By use of healing sounds, hypnotic percussive rhythms, Yogic transformational breathing techniques and the use of sensory deprivation through blindfolding while dancing, the ceremony takes the dancer into 'trance' state that promotes physical emotional release and spiritual awakening. Through this transformational fusion of exploring the essence of spirit, dance, breath work and contemporary shamanism, we can access ancient wisdom and healing. This communal ceremony allows dancers to journey with clear intent and liberate their inner light. The use of blindfolds help shed inhibitions and heightens awareness, allowing dancers to go on a "vision quest", moving them to deeper states of consciousness and closer to their soul's purpose. Participants are ritually purified, uniting their heart, mind and spirit. All committed to the spirit of love, unity, healing, spiritual awakening and celebration of life! Through ecstatic dance and enthralling rhythms, we are able to bypass the limitations of the ego mind and connect to the mind of our heart. We dance our power, unlock and liberate our dreams!
Fridays 8:30-10:30pm at:
JIVAMUKTI YOGA SCHOOL: 841 BROADWAY 2ND fl. (Union Square)
Tel: (212) 353-0214 (800) 295-6814 | SAT - SUNDAY 646 415 7553
March 21
April 18
May 23
June 13
July 11
Aug. 1
Sept. 12
Oct. 17
Nov. 14
Dec. 12
$18 in advance/$22 at the door
PARASHAKTi's LIBERATION DETOX & CLEANSING EVENING INTENSIVE
March. 16-21
April 13-18
May 18-23
June 8-13
July 6-11
Aug.: off
Sept. 7-12
Oct. 12-17
Nov. 9-14
Dec. 7-12
RETREATS
BALI March 5-12
balispiritfestival
Join us for Dance of Liberation this Spring at Bali Spirit Festival Retreat dates: March 5-12 2008
Festival dates: March 5-16 2008
Location: The magical island of Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Your hosts: Parashakti and Ellen Watson and many other talented teachers, healers and beautiful beings
Rumi and The Dance of Liberation: Cleansing, Fasting, Dancing & Shamanic Ritual with Parashakti and Ellen Watson
Dance of Liberation and MovingVentures School are honored to take part in the first annual Bali Spirit Festival of yoga, dance, sacred music, retreat, and ceremony, March 5-16, 2008, in Ubud, Bali's cultural heart.
In conjunction with this exciting event, Parashakti and Ellen Watson are offering an intensive weeklong retreat workshop in the beautiful, flowering jungles of Ubud. We invite you to join us for this magical experience!
We will take our journey inward with fasting and dancing and participate in the Bali Spirit New Year day of silence.
Activities include daily yoga, dancing intensives, cleansing workshops, meditation, soaking up the island sun, relaxing and healing services. $1800 per person. Space is limited. Room and board included.
About Bali Spirit Festival
BaliSpirit Festival is centered in the spectacular hill town of Ubud, Bali. With its lush tropical surroundings, deeply artistic & devotional culture, world-class food, shopping and retreat facilities, Bali is often described as "The Best Island in the World."
The Festival opens with the new moon of Nyepi, the Balinese New Year on March 7, 2008, when the island observes a day-long offering of total silence, fasting and prayer.
Participants enjoy yoga, dance, music, drumming & meditation workshops, as well as nightly concerts, kirtans, and gatherings. The festival concludes with a mass meditation and blessing ceremony in the inner sanctuary of Ubud's Sacred Monkey Forrest Temple. Festival-goers will participate in a profound ritual, led by local Balinese holy men & women.
A percentage of revenue will be donated to non-profit organizations in Bali and festival goers will have an option to visit nonprofits organizations and donate their time as well.
For more info on the festival: balispiritfestival
SPIRIT DANCE Sept. 21-28,2008
Patagonia, Arizona
www.Treeoflife.nu
"Mitakuye Oyasin" To All My Relations
"The Purpose of the One World Spirit Dance is to invoke the forces of the heavens and the Earth to create a synergy of World Peace and to bring upon ourselves the revelation of God's Light."- Yellow Horse (Rebbe Gabriel Cousens), One World Spirit Dance Chief
"Dancing as a vechicle of healing the seperation of all cultures, religions, races, traditions, and nations, with pure intention to Dance As One." - Parashakti
The One World Spirit Dance is a multicultural ceremony that incorporates many of the world's wisdom traditions, with participants who bring the richness of many different spiritual paths. The One World Spirit Dance is the fulfillment of Crazy Horse's vision of all peoples, colors, and nations dancing together for Peace under one tree. It is an opportunity to create Peace by Being Peace. The One World Spirit Dance, formerly the White Buffalo Spirit Dance, is an expression of the White Buffalo Medicine which is a high teaching of the Native American Way that belongs to all peoples, all of the Rainbow Nations upon the Earth. It is a path of holiness and purification involving vegetarianism, abstinence from drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, and an inward focused awareness so one may merge one's consciousness with Great Spirit. It is a path of truly becoming World Peace and actualizing spiritual Liberation.
The One World Spirit Dance is held in the National Forest behind the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center in Patagonia, Arizona. This fifth annual Spirit Dance is sponsored by the Essene Order of Light, a branch of the Tree of Life Foundation. It is facilitated by Yellow Horse (Rebbe Gabriel Cousens, M.D.). Yellow Horse is a four-year Sun Dancer, Spirit Dancer, Pipe Carrier, and head of the Horse Clan. Representing the presence of the Sacred Feminine, Parashakti, serves as Co-facilitator.
The One World Spirit Dance begins with three and one half Preparations Days that are a time of intensive purification for Dancers and Supporters, those who assist with the physical needs of the dance.
During the Prep Days:
Tree of Life Spirit Dance Inipi or Sweat Lodge
Daily Sunrise and Sunset inipis (sweat lodges)
Daily teachings with Yellow Horse and Parashakti
Daily Mikvah (spiritual purification bath)
Daily Yoga Class
Daily Meditation
Daily work-time to prepare the Dance Circle (Medicine Wheel)
One evening of DanceRitual with Parashakti
Simple organic, vegan, live-food meals provided
Non-smoking environment
In alignment with the White Buffalo Medicine, it is imperative to begin the purification process even before the Preparation Days. A 40-day period of purification and energy preparation before the Dance helps protect you from detoxing during the ceremony so that everyone's energy will be focused on merging with the Divine. In order to participate in the One World Spirit Dance you are asked to commit to observe the following practices:
For 40 Days before the Dance
1) Abstain from drug use including: alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, hallucinogenic plant medicine, narcotics, and highly caffeinated substances (i.e., coffee).’Ä®2) Minimize Sexual Activity: In order to preserve one's energy for the Dance in the traditional way, please limit sexual activity to that which occurs within a committed partnership. It is best to minimize sexual activity, especially ejaculation. Minimizing sexual activity, rather than refraining entirely, allows intimate relationships to remain healthy. For those who are not currently within a committed partnership, please observe celibacy. This practice is in no way inferring the sex is not sacred or pure; it is simply respecting the traditional practice of preserving energy for the Dance.’Ä®3) Maintain a %100 vegan diet (no flesh, eggs or dairy)’Ä®4) World Peace Meditation: Two times per week, at sunrise or sunset, practice 40 minutes of sitting meditation. At some point in the meditation create an intentional vision of World Peace's Light surrounding the planet, people living in harmony with one another and the planet, etc. This visualization may only last a few minutes. To greater support the group matrix, those residing in Patagonia have committed to meditating as a group in the Temple on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at sunset. We encourage all Spirit Dance participants to join the group energy at that time in meditation. If these times aren't possible for you, please meditate any two times per week at sunrise or sunset.
These practices of purification before the Dance prepare you to enter into Divine Union in a holy way during the Dance according to the teachings of the White Buffalo Medicine. If one decides not to do the 40-day Purification, we respectfully inform you that this is not the particular spiritual ceremony for you.
The Spirit Dance itself is a four-day Dance during which Dancers remain in the Dance Circle (Medicine Wheel) except for calls of Nature. The Dance is a deeply meditative process, stepping to the beat of the drum, becoming the heartbeat of the Earth. At all times there will be dancing, with dancers rotating to sleep. During these four days Dancers water fast. The Dance itself is beyond the process of purification. It is an invocation of Divine Union.
The One World Spirit Dance is a world healing ceremony sponsored by the Essene Order of Light. (It is not a Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center workshop or event.) Your participation in the Dance is for the healing of the planet. Of course when you participate in sacred ceremony there is potential for significant personal healing. Although there will be general support, please come with the understanding that the focus of the Dance is not one's personal emotional needs, and self sacrifice is called for.
We invite all of those who are strong and ready to commit to the purification practices to participate in the One World Spirit Dance energy. Usually people new to the One World Spirit Dance participate as Supporters for at least one year, those who support the physical needs of the Dance with plenty of time to witness the dancing and participate in the energy. Those who have not previously Spirit Danced but who have completed their Sun Dance commitment or other similar ceremony are welcome to Dance in their first year with permission from Yellow Horse. If you would like comprehensive information about the One World Spirit Dance, please email spiritdance@parashakti.org,
Mitakuye Oyasin’Ä®Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti’Ä®Shalom, Shalom, Shalom
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