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Solstice Center February 2010 Newsletter
Greetings from the Solstice Center! We have a lot going on this month..below is a list of workshops and events; click on anything that interests you, or scroll down. As a reminder, our website is www.302pearl.com and you can leave messags about space rental by calling 303-939-8463 or emailing: solsticecenter@mac.com
Feb 14: World Sound Healing event with Jonathan Goldman (NO COST!)
Great Freedom Open Meetings
Tuesdays: Tai Chi with Cynthia Ghiron,
Feldenkrais with Erin Ferguson
Wednesdays: Kimberly Jonas, BodyMantra classes
Tween2Queen: For teens and their mothers
Self-Love - Drink from the well within, with Patrice Bacal
Full Moon Gathering open to all women, with Patrice Bacal
Second Sunday Snuggle!
DH Schedule
Rent an office
Gyrokinesis
Feb 19 Puja with Miwa Linehan
Study Ayurveda with Varadaan
Colorama Ayurveda meeting -
Coming in March: Gurdjieff Movements Workshop
Also in March: Dancing with the Dragon, a workshop with Alex Stark, March 19-21 - see poster below
***** World Sound Healing Day Event : 302 Pearl St. 5-6PM 7th Annual World Sound Healing Day Sunday: Feb. 14, 2010 5:00 – 6:00 PM at Solstice Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder. Join Jonathan and Andi Goldman for an hour of sound and ritual as we send a sonic valentine to Mother Earth for planetary peace. NO COST Just drop in. (303) 443-8181
Click here to see a YouTube video of last year's event!
WWW.HEALINGSOUNDS.COM/SOUNDS/ top
***** Great Freedom Open Meetings - Fridays, 7:00-8:00, Big Room An introductory talk showing a short video with opportunity for questions and answers. Open to all. Great Freedom is a world wide grassroots movement offering instructions and support for discovering complete mental and emotional stability, unending clarity, stress-free living and tremendous energy for beneficial activities. Free media and books, schedules for teachings around the world, and more information can be found at www.greatfreedom.org Contact: AdamBorcherdt@greatfreedom.org top
***** Cynthia Ghiron, T'ai Chi Beginning and Continuing T'ai Chi – Boulder (Level 1 to 5) Contact Cynthia 303-440-4004 February 2 - March 23rd, 2010 (Fifth Circle and Form Practice) Tuesdays, 5:45- 6:45 PM, 8 weeks - $160*2nd location all classes January 26th - March 16th, 2010 (New! Second Circle) Tuesdays, 7:15--8:15 PM, 8 weeks-$130*2nd location top
Through the use of music, meditation, and movement, Tai Chi creates relaxation and rejuvenation in your life. By
practicing Tai Chi, you learn to move in a fluid, natural and easy way that brings healing Chi throughout your body.
It is a way of coming back to your self and the wisdom of your own body, mind and spirit, calming the clatter of your life.
Tai Chi benefits include
reducing blood pressure • increasing balance • relieving daily stresses
***** Feldenkrais Tuesday, 11:30am: Moving from the Center: The Pelvis Takes Over The pelvis is the center of your gravity and the center of your movement.
When you learn to let this unique and vital bone move as it is designed to, in all three dimensions of space, your ankle, knee, and hip joints become freer and the back more flexible. Dates: Six weeks February 23 - March 30 Time: 11:30am-12:30pm Location: Solstice Center, 302 Pearl Street, enter on 3rd. Cost: $78; try your first class at no charge. To register: call 720.284.4306 or email Erin@boulderfeldenkrais.com top Tuesday, 6:00pm: Freeing the Spine Would you like your spine to be free and flexible so you can get back to skiing, yoga, or hiking? Come learn how movement through the spine allows coordinated organization around the central axis. Dates: Six weeks February 23 - March 30 Time: 6:00-7:00pm Location: Solstice Center, 302 Pearl Street, enter on 3rd. Cost: $78, try your first class at no charge. To register: call 720.284.4306 or email Erin@boulderfeldenkrais.comtop top
***** BodyMantra, with Kimberly Jonas: Wednesdays 6:00-7:30p http://www.kimberlyjonas.com info@kimberlyjonas.com BodyMantra blends barefoot movement, stillness, guided meditation, and world music as a practice and pathway leading to greater self-awareness and understanding. BodyMantra guides us to unlock the intricate stories rooted in our bodies, so that we are able to connect to ourselves more consciously. Through movement, participants are encouraged to attune to their bodies, with the intention of cultivating a sharper sense of what the body needs at any given moment. As we develop this relationship to the physical body and its nuances, we inherently develop the same with all aspects of ourselves. This is where the practice really begins; as we listen for the deep, inner voice of the True Self that speaks through the body, we cultivate discernment, equanimity, groundedness, and compassion that can serve us on our life path. BodyMantra explorations are led by Kimberly Jonas, founder of BodyMantra. There are very few rules binding this practice, as participants are encouraged to discover their own, authentic movement expression; Kimberly provides guides and tools during each experience that are intended to enrich and strengthen the practice. Be prepared to laugh, cry, groove, spin wildly, sit in silence, witness others, meet new friends, and welcome the unexpected. This is the journey of BodyMantra—moving the body to go beyond the body. top
***** Tween2Queen: For teens and their mothers contact: nicole@restorationfitness.net Magnificent, Beautiful, Wonderful, Gorgeous…that’s what you are. Don’t believe me? Then you have to come to the Tween2Queen class starting in February 2010. We spend 4 weeks together for an hour and a half each session doing fun things like playing crazy games, kick-boxing, partner yoga, and belly dancing while getting real about how we can love our bodies without judgement or negativity. This class hits home, too, because you get to create lots of artsy stuff to keep you head and heart in a loving mode even when the class is over. Better yet, it might even give you and your mom a chance to connect and build each other up instead of always fighting about what you eat, what you wear, and how you look! Please join us!! Classes start February 24th from 6:45-8:15pm at the Solstice Center (west end of Pearl in Boulder). The cost for classes is $149 per mother/daughter pair (includes materials and instructor fees). Sign up before January 31st and get a free $15 iTunes gift card! top
***** Self-Love: Drink from the well within, with Patrice Bacal An off-the-grid spa ritual, Saturday Feb. 14, 2010, 3-6 pm, Big room, Solstice Center. Join Tracey and Judy ~of Serpent and the Honey Bee~ and Patrice Shakti Bacal Our time together includes::: Warm womb-stone meditation, sacred movement practice (Journeying to the Collective Womb), women's council, earth-based healing, and a delicious self-massage with Serpent and the Honey Bee body products! Our mini-retreat schedule::: 3 Pm-3:15 Arrive, find your place in the Womb Room. 3:15 Pm-4:15 Womb-stone meditation and sacred movement practice. 4:15 Pm-4:45 Self massage, luscious product samples. 4:45 Pm-5:45 Women's council and healing practices. 5:45 Pm-6 Closing circle. Please RSVP ~ www.shaktiwoman.org shakti.bacal@gmail.com 720.837.0156 top
***** Full Moon Gathering open to all women. Saturday February 27, 7:00-9:30 Skylight room **needs to be updated, please call Patrice! www.shaktiwoman.org shakti.bacal@gmail.com 720.837.0156 top
***** Second Sunday Snuggle - February 14th at 6:30 On Valentine's day we will offer our first Second Sunday Snuggle. These cuddle parties are a great way to connect to other people, explore boundaries and communicate about touch. We will start with a welcome circle, including explaining the rules of the cuddle party. It is essential that you come on time as this is how we create a safe space for everyone. We will then have 90 minutes of 'free-style' cuddling and end with a closing circle. Please bring comfortable clothes (pyjamas work well) and your favorite pillow or blankie. Please contact benzi.kluger@gmail.com or 720 320 0734 if you have questions. top
***** DJ Schedule No updates at this time - please check www.dancehome.org in a few days for details. top
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top Office for rent - We are seeking a third Healing Arts practitioner to rent a beautifully remodeled office at the Solstice Center, 302 Pearl in our newly remodeled building, that is a 7-minute walk from the west end of Pearl St. Mall. Rent includes internet access and utilities. Office has private thermostat to radiant floor heat - WARM! The other practitioners are an Ayurvedic healer and a Somatic Therapist. This building was the original Rolf Institute in the day. Respond to this email to schedule an appointment. Price: $495/month, 140 sq. ft $475 month-to-month *****
Riitta Ojala continues her Gyrokinesis® classes
Feel More Aliveness and Pleasure In Your Body! COME AND TRY - FIND ALIVENESS - MOVE WITH THE BREATH GYROKINESIS® class 5.15 PM-6.15 PM. Wednesdays This is a class for you if you want to Strengthen the Body • Calm the Mind • Increase Flexibility No class February 24 and March 3 FIRST CLASS FREE Riitta Ojala, MA, LPC, ADTR For more information: email Riitta at riittao@yahoo.com or view her website:www.balanceworksboulder.com top
***** PUJA GROOVE! Friday, February 19, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm Location: Solstice Center, 302 Pearl Street in Boulder Description What does my erotic freedom look like? What happens if I let myself get free range, cage free, organic? How do I move this in my body? Join us for a night of ritual, movement and jamming this month as we explore the Free Range possibilites. And as always...safe, sane, clothed and fun! Love, Miwa & Victor for information contact miwalinehan@mac.com
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Study with VARADAAN! Learn the basics of Ayurveda, Medical Science of Vedic Culture, Sister science of yoga and Jyotish Next Class Offering is Ayurveda: Depth Fundamentals Module One This course is an introduction to Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India - with enough special "depth" material to interest students of any level. In addition to responding to student interest and creating a forum for exploration on any topic, Varadaan will share special understandings discovered during studies with Dr Lad and work as a Practitioner. Proposed Schedule is 10 Tuesday evenings 7-9:00pm, to start Mid April. Lotus Room, Solstice Center, 302 Pearl $210 registration paid before 1st class Recommended text is Dr. Lad's Fundamentals of Ayurveda, available at discount price, approx $30. Call Boulder Ayurveda 303.827.5823 for more information. top
***** Colorama (Colorado Ayurvedic Medical Association) will be meeting next on March 10th, 7pm Lotus Room. *****
Gurdjieff Movements Workshop
This workshop will provide an introduction to the body-centered meditation practice known as Gurdjieff Movements. The Movements are an integral part of the work of G.I. Gurdjieff (1866-1949), the enigmatic philosopher mystic who provided his students with a wide variety of practical methods of raising consciousness. The workshop will give participants an opportunity to learn several Movements under the guidance of two well qualified teachers, David Cacela and Shar Hester. The workshop will also include complementary exercises with the subtle functions of attention and body sensation, which are seen as important gateways to establishing a deeper sense of presence. The work will be supported by a live pianist. Some of the Movements involve complex sequences of gestures that require the limbs to adopt very precise, well defined forms. Although the level of physical exertion involved is generally quite modest, the Movements are often experienced as highly demanding, so participants should expect to be challenged both physically and mentally. Movements practice itself should not be confused with any kind of free form dance or dance as an artistic expression, but the practice could be of immense benefit for people who enjoy working in these ways. The practice will be helpful to anyone who has a desire to establish a deeper relationship with their bodies. It may be especially valuable to those who wish to improve understanding of attention, it’s limits and possibilities, and it’s crucial role in the quality of life. For more information, please see www.tadhanna.com/movements/ or phone Tad Hanna at 303.507.5809 Saturday/Sunday March 27 and 28, 2010, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Cost $160 ($130 if paid by March 1) Location The Solstice Center 302 Pearl Street • Boulder, Colorado 80302 To Register Call Tad Hanna at 303-507-5809 Questions / More Info 303-507-5809 FREE INTRO EVENING Friday, March 26, 7:00-9:00pm Location TBD top
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Dancing with the dragon: contact: Gaela Morrison Art ~ Feng Shui ~ Geomancy www.ForcesofNatureDesign.com 831-277-2805
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Greetings from the Solstice Center! We have a lot going on this month..below is a list of workshops and events; click on anything that interests you, or scroll down. As a reminder, our website is www.302pearl.com and you can leave messags about space rental by calling 303-939-8463 or emailing: solsticecenter@mac.com
Feb 14: World Sound Healing event with Jonathan Goldman (NO COST!)
Great Freedom Open Meetings
Tuesdays: Tai Chi with Cynthia Ghiron,
Feldenkrais with Erin Ferguson
Wednesdays: Kimberly Jonas, BodyMantra classes
Tween2Queen: For teens and their mothers
Self-Love - Drink from the well within, with Patrice Bacal
Full Moon Gathering open to all women, with Patrice Bacal
Second Sunday Snuggle!
DH Schedule
Rent an office
Gyrokinesis
Feb 19 Puja with Miwa Linehan
Study Ayurveda with Varadaan
Colorama Ayurveda meeting -
Coming in March: Gurdjieff Movements Workshop
Also in March: Dancing with the Dragon, a workshop with Alex Stark, March 19-21 - see poster below
***** World Sound Healing Day Event : 302 Pearl St. 5-6PM 7th Annual World Sound Healing Day Sunday: Feb. 14, 2010 5:00 – 6:00 PM at Solstice Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder. Join Jonathan and Andi Goldman for an hour of sound and ritual as we send a sonic valentine to Mother Earth for planetary peace. NO COST Just drop in. (303) 443-8181
Click here to see a YouTube video of last year's event!
WWW.HEALINGSOUNDS.COM/SOUNDS/ top
***** Great Freedom Open Meetings - Fridays, 7:00-8:00, Big Room An introductory talk showing a short video with opportunity for questions and answers. Open to all. Great Freedom is a world wide grassroots movement offering instructions and support for discovering complete mental and emotional stability, unending clarity, stress-free living and tremendous energy for beneficial activities. Free media and books, schedules for teachings around the world, and more information can be found at www.greatfreedom.org Contact: AdamBorcherdt@greatfreedom.org top
***** Cynthia Ghiron, T'ai Chi Beginning and Continuing T'ai Chi – Boulder (Level 1 to 5) Contact Cynthia 303-440-4004 February 2 - March 23rd, 2010 (Fifth Circle and Form Practice) Tuesdays, 5:45- 6:45 PM, 8 weeks - $160*2nd location all classes January 26th - March 16th, 2010 (New! Second Circle) Tuesdays, 7:15--8:15 PM, 8 weeks-$130*2nd location top
Through the use of music, meditation, and movement, Tai Chi creates relaxation and rejuvenation in your life. By
practicing Tai Chi, you learn to move in a fluid, natural and easy way that brings healing Chi throughout your body.
It is a way of coming back to your self and the wisdom of your own body, mind and spirit, calming the clatter of your life.
Tai Chi benefits include
reducing blood pressure • increasing balance • relieving daily stresses
***** Feldenkrais Tuesday, 11:30am: Moving from the Center: The Pelvis Takes Over The pelvis is the center of your gravity and the center of your movement.
When you learn to let this unique and vital bone move as it is designed to, in all three dimensions of space, your ankle, knee, and hip joints become freer and the back more flexible. Dates: Six weeks February 23 - March 30 Time: 11:30am-12:30pm Location: Solstice Center, 302 Pearl Street, enter on 3rd. Cost: $78; try your first class at no charge. To register: call 720.284.4306 or email Erin@boulderfeldenkrais.com top Tuesday, 6:00pm: Freeing the Spine Would you like your spine to be free and flexible so you can get back to skiing, yoga, or hiking? Come learn how movement through the spine allows coordinated organization around the central axis. Dates: Six weeks February 23 - March 30 Time: 6:00-7:00pm Location: Solstice Center, 302 Pearl Street, enter on 3rd. Cost: $78, try your first class at no charge. To register: call 720.284.4306 or email Erin@boulderfeldenkrais.comtop top
***** BodyMantra, with Kimberly Jonas: Wednesdays 6:00-7:30p http://www.kimberlyjonas.com info@kimberlyjonas.com BodyMantra blends barefoot movement, stillness, guided meditation, and world music as a practice and pathway leading to greater self-awareness and understanding. BodyMantra guides us to unlock the intricate stories rooted in our bodies, so that we are able to connect to ourselves more consciously. Through movement, participants are encouraged to attune to their bodies, with the intention of cultivating a sharper sense of what the body needs at any given moment. As we develop this relationship to the physical body and its nuances, we inherently develop the same with all aspects of ourselves. This is where the practice really begins; as we listen for the deep, inner voice of the True Self that speaks through the body, we cultivate discernment, equanimity, groundedness, and compassion that can serve us on our life path. BodyMantra explorations are led by Kimberly Jonas, founder of BodyMantra. There are very few rules binding this practice, as participants are encouraged to discover their own, authentic movement expression; Kimberly provides guides and tools during each experience that are intended to enrich and strengthen the practice. Be prepared to laugh, cry, groove, spin wildly, sit in silence, witness others, meet new friends, and welcome the unexpected. This is the journey of BodyMantra—moving the body to go beyond the body. top
***** Tween2Queen: For teens and their mothers contact: nicole@restorationfitness.net Magnificent, Beautiful, Wonderful, Gorgeous…that’s what you are. Don’t believe me? Then you have to come to the Tween2Queen class starting in February 2010. We spend 4 weeks together for an hour and a half each session doing fun things like playing crazy games, kick-boxing, partner yoga, and belly dancing while getting real about how we can love our bodies without judgement or negativity. This class hits home, too, because you get to create lots of artsy stuff to keep you head and heart in a loving mode even when the class is over. Better yet, it might even give you and your mom a chance to connect and build each other up instead of always fighting about what you eat, what you wear, and how you look! Please join us!! Classes start February 24th from 6:45-8:15pm at the Solstice Center (west end of Pearl in Boulder). The cost for classes is $149 per mother/daughter pair (includes materials and instructor fees). Sign up before January 31st and get a free $15 iTunes gift card! top
***** Self-Love: Drink from the well within, with Patrice Bacal An off-the-grid spa ritual, Saturday Feb. 14, 2010, 3-6 pm, Big room, Solstice Center. Join Tracey and Judy ~of Serpent and the Honey Bee~ and Patrice Shakti Bacal Our time together includes::: Warm womb-stone meditation, sacred movement practice (Journeying to the Collective Womb), women's council, earth-based healing, and a delicious self-massage with Serpent and the Honey Bee body products! Our mini-retreat schedule::: 3 Pm-3:15 Arrive, find your place in the Womb Room. 3:15 Pm-4:15 Womb-stone meditation and sacred movement practice. 4:15 Pm-4:45 Self massage, luscious product samples. 4:45 Pm-5:45 Women's council and healing practices. 5:45 Pm-6 Closing circle. Please RSVP ~ www.shaktiwoman.org shakti.bacal@gmail.com 720.837.0156 top
***** Full Moon Gathering open to all women. Saturday February 27, 7:00-9:30 Skylight room **needs to be updated, please call Patrice! www.shaktiwoman.org shakti.bacal@gmail.com 720.837.0156 top
***** Second Sunday Snuggle - February 14th at 6:30 On Valentine's day we will offer our first Second Sunday Snuggle. These cuddle parties are a great way to connect to other people, explore boundaries and communicate about touch. We will start with a welcome circle, including explaining the rules of the cuddle party. It is essential that you come on time as this is how we create a safe space for everyone. We will then have 90 minutes of 'free-style' cuddling and end with a closing circle. Please bring comfortable clothes (pyjamas work well) and your favorite pillow or blankie. Please contact benzi.kluger@gmail.com or 720 320 0734 if you have questions. top
***** DJ Schedule No updates at this time - please check www.dancehome.org in a few days for details. top
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top Office for rent - We are seeking a third Healing Arts practitioner to rent a beautifully remodeled office at the Solstice Center, 302 Pearl in our newly remodeled building, that is a 7-minute walk from the west end of Pearl St. Mall. Rent includes internet access and utilities. Office has private thermostat to radiant floor heat - WARM! The other practitioners are an Ayurvedic healer and a Somatic Therapist. This building was the original Rolf Institute in the day. Respond to this email to schedule an appointment. Price: $495/month, 140 sq. ft $475 month-to-month *****
Riitta Ojala continues her Gyrokinesis® classes
Feel More Aliveness and Pleasure In Your Body! COME AND TRY - FIND ALIVENESS - MOVE WITH THE BREATH GYROKINESIS® class 5.15 PM-6.15 PM. Wednesdays This is a class for you if you want to Strengthen the Body • Calm the Mind • Increase Flexibility No class February 24 and March 3 FIRST CLASS FREE Riitta Ojala, MA, LPC, ADTR For more information: email Riitta at riittao@yahoo.com or view her website:www.balanceworksboulder.com top
***** PUJA GROOVE! Friday, February 19, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm Location: Solstice Center, 302 Pearl Street in Boulder Description What does my erotic freedom look like? What happens if I let myself get free range, cage free, organic? How do I move this in my body? Join us for a night of ritual, movement and jamming this month as we explore the Free Range possibilites. And as always...safe, sane, clothed and fun! Love, Miwa & Victor for information contact miwalinehan@mac.com
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Study with VARADAAN! Learn the basics of Ayurveda, Medical Science of Vedic Culture, Sister science of yoga and Jyotish Next Class Offering is Ayurveda: Depth Fundamentals Module One This course is an introduction to Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India - with enough special "depth" material to interest students of any level. In addition to responding to student interest and creating a forum for exploration on any topic, Varadaan will share special understandings discovered during studies with Dr Lad and work as a Practitioner. Proposed Schedule is 10 Tuesday evenings 7-9:00pm, to start Mid April. Lotus Room, Solstice Center, 302 Pearl $210 registration paid before 1st class Recommended text is Dr. Lad's Fundamentals of Ayurveda, available at discount price, approx $30. Call Boulder Ayurveda 303.827.5823 for more information. top
***** Colorama (Colorado Ayurvedic Medical Association) will be meeting next on March 10th, 7pm Lotus Room. *****
Gurdjieff Movements Workshop
This workshop will provide an introduction to the body-centered meditation practice known as Gurdjieff Movements. The Movements are an integral part of the work of G.I. Gurdjieff (1866-1949), the enigmatic philosopher mystic who provided his students with a wide variety of practical methods of raising consciousness. The workshop will give participants an opportunity to learn several Movements under the guidance of two well qualified teachers, David Cacela and Shar Hester. The workshop will also include complementary exercises with the subtle functions of attention and body sensation, which are seen as important gateways to establishing a deeper sense of presence. The work will be supported by a live pianist. Some of the Movements involve complex sequences of gestures that require the limbs to adopt very precise, well defined forms. Although the level of physical exertion involved is generally quite modest, the Movements are often experienced as highly demanding, so participants should expect to be challenged both physically and mentally. Movements practice itself should not be confused with any kind of free form dance or dance as an artistic expression, but the practice could be of immense benefit for people who enjoy working in these ways. The practice will be helpful to anyone who has a desire to establish a deeper relationship with their bodies. It may be especially valuable to those who wish to improve understanding of attention, it’s limits and possibilities, and it’s crucial role in the quality of life. For more information, please see www.tadhanna.com/movements/ or phone Tad Hanna at 303.507.5809 Saturday/Sunday March 27 and 28, 2010, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Cost $160 ($130 if paid by March 1) Location The Solstice Center 302 Pearl Street • Boulder, Colorado 80302 To Register Call Tad Hanna at 303-507-5809 Questions / More Info 303-507-5809 FREE INTRO EVENING Friday, March 26, 7:00-9:00pm Location TBD top
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Dancing with the dragon: contact: Gaela Morrison Art ~ Feng Shui ~ Geomancy www.ForcesofNatureDesign.com 831-277-2805
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