Dreamers, Electric Jesus, DJ Cheb i Sabbah, Spiritual Cinema and more…
)))))=Save the Date=(((((

=====February 2nd=====

Reality Sandwich presents Evolver: “Wake Up and Dream”
 

Hi Everyone,  Hope you’ll come to this party fellow former GDers Elke, Jon Margulies and myself are working on.  It’s all about living out your dreams in NYC.
Cheers,
Jonny

What happens when America’s most visionary city starts building a new world by living out its dreams?  Take an overnight journey into a realm of new possibilities with otherworldly music, performance, ideas, art and alchemy. Drift through a labyrinth of rooms full of enchanted activities, glowing and pulsing artwork, exotic performers, magical chill caves, futuristic playgrounds, and endless spontaneity.  Featuring the city’s finest lucid dreamers, including globe-spanning DJs and devotional dancers, hula hoopers and healers, performers and poets, musicians and meditation masters and that big bold playful dreamer — You!  Evolvitorium, 8:30p: “Asanas and Ayahuasca” In this talk Sharon Gannon (cofounder of Jivamukti Yoga) and Reality Sandwich’s Daniel Pinchbeck (author of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl) compare and contrast yoga and shamanism and how these ancient techniques might just save our world today.  This is the first in a series of freakishly fun experiments from Reality Sandwich. Their goal is to spread ideas, connect people and reinvigorate life with creativity and spirit.  As the seasons change, expect more invitations to participate in reality-changing events.   If we can build it here, we can build it anywhere.  So, let’s get together, New York, and start dreaming.

Saturday, Feb 2,( 8p (doors) to 5a, $20)
Jivamukti Yoga School
841 Broadway, 2nd Fl. (between 13th & 14th St. at Union Square)
$15 advance tickets, $20 door
Dreamy Costumes Highly Encouraged!
http://www.realitysandwich.com  

=====Thursday, January 10th=====

Machinelf’s 40th Birthday Party -
 
Come to Karma Lounge and congratulate this eponymous member of the urban psychedelic counterculture on his unexpected longevity. Stay for a 90s-style trance party.    DJ lineup:  Fumi (Japan) psy; Brandon Adams (USA) psy; Luis (Brazil); Pat Mindkiller (USA) industrial - spy; Machinelf (USA) eclectic

FREE, 21+ (ID a must, absolutely no exceptions)
at karma
downstairs lounge
51 1st avenue at 3rd street, New York, NY

smoking permitted
http://www.karmanyc.com/
http://www.tranceam.org

=====Friday, January 11th=====

=====Friday, January 11th=====

GlobeSonic Entertainment & Dawn Elder Management Presents The Sounds of South Asia

Middle East and North Africa Merge in New York City Special APAP performance features Cheb i Sabbah with Salar Nader & guests Hassan Hakmoun & The Universal Force, Bassam Saba & Ensemble, Riffat Sultana & Party.  On Friday, January 11th, GlobeSonic Entertainment and Dawn Elder Management will present an eclectic evening of Middle Eastern, North African and South Asian sounds featuring Moroccan gnawa master Hassan Hakmoun, Algerian DJ Cheb i Sabbah, world-renowned Lebanese composer Bassam Saba and Pakistani folk vocalist Riffat Sultana. With the showcase being held in the newly renovated Sullivan Hall (formerly the Lion’s Den), New York’s East Village will be culturally and sonically transformed by some of the most extraordinary global musicians around today. With a history of street performances in Marrakech starting at age four, Hassan Hakmoun has spent his life devoted to the music and spirituality of Morocco. From neighboring Algeria Cheb i Sabbah started spinning world music records in Paris in 1965 and never looked back. Riffat Sultana broke many boundaries by singing qawwali in a male-dominated Pakistani culture. Trained in oud, ney and violin, Lebanese native Bassam Saba has crafted an essential playlist in classical Arab music during his 30+ year career. Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan St (Bleecker-W 3rd St), 8 pm, $25 advance/$30 day of (free w/APAP badges).

Sullivan Hall
214 Sullivan St (Bleecker - West 3rd St), New York City
Tickets: $25 advance/$30 day of/Free with APAP badges
http://www.sullivanhall.com

=====Also on Friday===== 

Spiritual Cinema Meetup:  Let Your Imagination Set You Free - “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”

If you’d enjoy the true story of a man who took an adversity beyond all imagining and transformed it into a testament to the irrepressible human urge to love, create and dream - you’ve gotta come.   Why?  You’ll love it because it’s emotionally compelling, astonishingly lyrical, and profoundly moving.  Expected Attendees:  13 people — 13 Yes, 0 Maybe; There’s still room for 12 more.   The Diving Bell and the Butterfly looks fantastic. And it’s being hailed by critics as the Best Movie of the Year. This is an absolute must-see! Nominated for 3 Golden Globes including Best Picture, here’s just a few quotes from the reviews: “Emotionally compelling and visually sumptuous.”   Online tickets are finally available for the 11th.  We’ll meet in the lobby at 6:30pm and go to the theater to get seats no later than 6:45pm.After the film we’ll either grab some seats right there at the Angelika Cafe or go to a nearby spot to eat and drink and talk about the film. We had a really great time with “The Golden Compass” - so I look forward to watching and discussing this extraordinary film with you!  Below is a description of the film, but check out the website, too for the trailer and more! (www.thedivingbellandthebutterfly-themovie.com)  From one of the most emotionally exhilarating and luminous bestsellers ever written comes the true story of a man who took an adversity beyond all imagining and transformed it into a testament to the irrepressible human urge to love, create and dream. With his third film, director and artist Julian Schnabel (?Basquiat,? ?Before Night Falls?) forges a visually stunning, heart-stirring ode to what drives a man to go on when all truly seems lost. Through a mesmerizing blast of color, beauty and humor, and a rousing spirit of creativity, Schnabel tells the story of Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric, ?Munich?), AKA ?Jean-Do,? the high-flying editor of French Elle and father of two, who was renowned for his sense of humor and style, his joie de vivre and amorous energy, when, in an instant, his world was plunged into the depths of catastrophe.  Faced with a harrowing predicament, Jean-Do will use enormous courage and determination but, most of all, his soaring imagination to escape from his trap. Tapping into the limitlessness of his memories, fantasies, wit and wishes, he finds a way to race through experiences of wonder and grief, sex and love, fatherhood and childhood, faith and questioning, ecstasy and absurdity ? and touches the very essence of what it is to be human. Along the way he is buoyed by a quintet of remarkable women: Céline (Emmanuelle Seigner), the mother of his children who remains devoted to him despite his betrayal; Inés (Agathe de la Fontaine), the girlfriend who still haunts him; Henriette (Marie-Josée Croze) and Marie (Olatz Lopez Garamendia), who give Jean-Do the power to re-connect with the world and his loved ones; and Claude (Anne Consigny), who becomes his ravishing literary assistant. Legendary screen star and Oscar® nominee Max Von Sydow takes the moving role of Jean-Do?s father. The cast of leading French stars also includes Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, the late Jean-Pierre Cassel and Marina Hands.  ?The Diving Bell and the Butterfly? is directed by Julian Schnabel, who garnered the Director?s Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for the film, and is written by Academy Award® winner Ronald Harwood (?The Pianist?), based on the internationally acclaimed memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby. The producers are Kathleen Kennedy and Jon Kilik and the executive producers are Pierre Grunstein and Jim Lemley.  Shot entirely on location in France, Jean-Do?s extraordinary, dream-like world, a world seen literally through the blink of an eye, is brought to life by an artistic team that includes two-time Academy Award®-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (?Schindler?s List,? ?Saving Private Ryan,? ?Munich?), production designers Laurent Ott and Michel Eric, costume designer Olivier Beriot and composer Paul Cantelon, whose score is woven into a soundtrack compiled by Schnabel with tracks from artists including Tom Waits, U2, Lou Reed and Joe Strummer, as well as samples of classic movie scores.

We’ll meet in the lobby at 6:30p and go to the theater to get seats no later than 6:45p.
“From 6:30pm-6:45pm I’ll be in the lobby holding a sign that says, “Meetup.”" - Robert
Angelika Film Center
18 W. Houston Street
New York , NY 10012

=====Also on Friday=====

Derrick May

For the dance-music-minded in New York, underground, smaller-room affairs are often the norm. But on occasion, an epic night out is in order, and this most definitely fits the bill. Detroit techno innovator Derrick May takes to the decks at the ever-hedonistic Pacha, complete with heavy sound system (in capable hands) and amped-up crowd.  Derrick May is a friend of mine so of course I am biased. 

 (10pm) Where Pacha New York (618 W 46th St, 212.209.7500) Price FREE before midnight with RSVP http://www.flavorpill.net/send/mail.php?u=djboo&d=basicnyc_com&fe=EMAIL_AUTO_REPLACE&sub=derrick+may+rsvp (Flavorpill RSVP form)
 
=====Saturday January 12=====

New York Center for Kripalu Yoga & Health presents:  Stoking the Fire:  The Transcendental Power of Prana With popular senior Kripalu teacher Dean Hudson
 
Explore the body’s powerful and subtle energy beyond the brief pranayama excercises in most yoga classes.  Spiritual practitioners have long recognized the interdependence between the mind and prana, the vital life force of the body. The ancient yogis exploited this relationship by working directly with prana to cultivate deep meditative states.  In this workshop, we will explore this relationship by stoking the pranic fire in the body through an intense synthesis of asana, pranayama, kumbhaka (breath retention) and the bandhas (locks). Learn how this integrated practice can facilitate energetic attunement, raise the store of energy in the body, and lead to transcendent states. Please eat very lightly before class.  Dean Hudson, L.I.C.S.W., Director of Pathways to Wholeness, is a psychotherapist and professional-level Kripalu Yoga teacher and mentor. He is on the 500-hour Yoga Teacher Training staffs at both Kripalu Center and Pranakriya Yoga in North Augusta, SC headed by Yoganand Michael Carroll. He brings a deeply meditative and spiritual style of teaching to all his work and leads programs nationwide. He is the creator of the CDs Meditation and the Transformation of Consciousness and TheHealing Power of Relaxation.  Make check payable to NY Kripalu Yoga for $60.  Mail to:  Allen Neff, 10 Waterside Plaza, #28D, NY, NY 10010

(2-6p, $60)
The Breathing Project
15 West 26 St., 10 Fl
Btwn 6th Ave & Broadway
For more information:
212-591-1213
http://www.nykripalu.org
 
=====Saturday, January 12th=====

Reiki Level ONE Certification with Thomas Capshew, Ph.D

Become trained in the art of the ancient Japanese art of energy healing under the guidance of a Reiki Master. Level one is a prerequisite to advance to higher levels.  Participants will:  Learn the history of Reiki, understand the basics of the human energy field, including chakras, receive four Level 1 attunements, discover the importance of creating sacred space, develop the ability to focus intention, practice basic Reiki procedures on individuals and groups, learn important self care techniques, receive a Reiki Level 1 practitioner certificate.

(10p-6p, $175)
East West Books
 
=====Sunday, January 13th **highly recommended***=====

*****The Electric Jesus Workshop and Meditation with Jonathan Phillips*****

Uncover the mysteries of the universe through secret teachings of Jesus and how they relate to the cosmic force we call energy. Learn about lost sacred scrolls, hidden history, alchemical symbols, visionary science, and the human energy field. In this workshop, we will use ancient meditation techniques of the Gnostics to awaken our own divine spark, allowing each of us to experience a greater sense of health, happiness, and universal compassion while considering new possibilities for global transformation.   Jonathan Phillips is a Reiki Master Practitioner and the Founder of the NYC Gnostics. He is the News Editor of Reality Sandwich and Executive Editor of Souldish.com

New York Thesophical Society
242 E. 53rd St.
ph: 212-758-5521
(3p, $10 or $15 suggested donation)
http://www.theosophy-ny.org/

=====Saturday February 2nd=====

Reality Sandwich presents Evolver: “Wake Up and Dream”
 

Hi Everyone,  Hope you’ll come to this party fellow former GDers Elke, Jon Margulies and myself are working on.  It’s all about living out your dreams in NYC.
Cheers,
Jonny

What happens when America’s most visionary city starts building a new world by living out its dreams?  Take an overnight journey into a realm of new possibilities with otherworldly music, performance, ideas, art and alchemy. Drift through a labyrinth of rooms full of enchanted activities, glowing and pulsing artwork, exotic performers, magical chill caves, futuristic playgrounds, and endless spontaneity.  Featuring the city’s finest lucid dreamers, including globe-spanning DJs and devotional dancers, hula hoopers and healers, performers and poets, musicians and meditation masters and that big bold playful dreamer — You!  Evolvitorium, 8:30p: “Asanas and Ayahuasca” In this talk Sharon Gannon (cofounder of Jivamukti Yoga) and Reality Sandwich’s Daniel Pinchbeck (author of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl) compare and contrast yoga and shamanism and how these ancient techniques might just save our world today.  This is the first in a series of freakishly fun experiments from Reality Sandwich. Their goal is to spread ideas, connect people and reinvigorate life with creativity and spirit.  As the seasons change, expect more invitations to participate in reality-changing events.   If we can build it here, we can build it anywhere.  So, let’s get together, New York, and start dreaming.

Saturday, Feb 2,( 8p (doors) to 5a, $20)
Jivamukti Yoga School
841 Broadway, 2nd Fl. (between 13th & 14th St. at Union Square)
$15 advance tickets, $20 door
Dreamy Costumes Highly Encouraged!
http://www.realitysandwich.com  
=====Sunday, Jaunary 13th=====

Jivamukti Yoga Workshops
If you are looking to recharge after the holidays in a more gentile way, Certified Jivamukti instructor Shanna Lee has developed the Restorative Yoga and Mudras Workshops - allowing those battling ailments or those simply seeking a gentler practice to reap the benefits of yoga.  Those workshops will take place at Jivamukti Yoga School on Sunday, January 13th and 27th.  Peaceful, yet powerfully therapeutic, the Sunday January 13th and 27th Restorative Yoga Workshops center the mind and body to facilitate the healing of dis-ease caused by stress or injury.  Shanna Lee guides each practitioner through a series of supported asanas, with special emphasis on breathwork.  Each pose, some held for up to 15 minutes, supports proper bone alignment while releasing muscular tension.  Personalized adjustments by Shanna also help participants achieve maximum benefits. Throughout this rejuvenating session, the ancient practice of Mudras - hand gestures which help channel energy into the subtle states of our minds – are also explored.  Unique to the January 13th workshop is the addition of chakra cleansing, a powerful method to renew body, mind and spirit before the start of the New Year.  Tuition for Shanna Lee’s Restorative Yoga Workshop on January 13th from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm and the January 27th workshop is from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm are $45 in advance, $50 the day of. 

(1/13 6p-9p, $50; 1/27 6p-8:30p $50)
Jivamukti Yoga School
841 Broadway
2nd Floor (btwn 13th and 14th St) in Union Square, NYC and is easily accessible by subway (N, R, W, Q, L, 4, 5 and 6 to Union Square).
212-353-0214
http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com
 
=====Monday, January 14th=====

*Ditmas Park meeting of Church of Craft*

So many of you are in Flatbush/ Kensington/ Ditmas Park or some place southish of Prospect Park. Won’t you come to the Ditmas Park meeting of Church of Craft!?  I know you are in the neighborhood, connect with your crafty neighbors! Bring your own project, or come just hang out. You can bring folks, snacks, or drinks to share. There are a couple tables, many chairs, a sewing machine and Heat.  We’ll be meeting in Ditmas on the 2nd Monday of each month, you can mark your calendars!

(7p-9p, donation)
Lynn’s House:
200 e17th st, apt #3B
Ditmas Park Brooklyn

Directions: From the Q train
Get off at Beverly Road, Take a right out of the station, Walk one block to e17th st (pass e16th st), Take a left onto e17th, 200 e17th is about midway down the block, on the left.
Buzzer 3B if the “doorman” isn’t there.

=====Wednesday, January 16th=====

 NYC Community Action with Senator Schneiderman and Community Action Co-Directors Lindsay Stricke and Cassie Mey

The Integral Activism Team had a great meeting last week with Senator Schneiderman and community organizer Bill Lipton. Join us for this special evening where we present the vision of the IDP’s Community Action work and share our proposal for our first Community Action Project. Please also save the date of Saturday February 2nd, as this will be our first daylong practice of Community Action. This is truly exciting stuff. If you’d like to get involved in this work, or if there is an Activism issue that you would really like the committee to consider and discuss at the Jan 16th meeting, please email lindsay@theidproject.com with your suggestion or proposal.  Also, if you haven’t read Senator Schneiderman’s Integral Activism memo to our community, visit the website and download it now!

(7p - 9p, free)
Lila Center
302 Bowery
Houston St., middle buzzer,
F/V, D, 6, R/W trains all nearby

=====Also on Wednesday, January 16th=====

Ohashiatsu Open House 

It is a New Year!!! The perfect opportunity to learn Ohashiatsu, a touch modality based on energy-based techniques.  During this Open House, lead by Ohashi, you will be introduced to our internationally known modality of touch, Ohashiatsu.  Our courses cover meridian and five-element theory, hands-on training, exercise and meditations. By the end of the first course you will know how to give a relaxing full body session.  Ohashiatsu can:• Give you energy • Relieve fatigue • Soothe the nervous system • Relieve tension • Alleviate dance and sport injuries • Dissipate body pain • Improve body awareness • Help you to improve your health • Help you to live a serene life • Rejuvenate body, mind and spirit.  Attend this Open House and receive $150 discount towards Beginning I. Please be on time, the fun begins at 6:00pm.
 

 (6p - 8p, free open house)
Our Beginning I Class Starts:
January 30th-April 2nd Wednesday 6-9pm &
March 31st-April 4th 10-5pm Monday-Friday
 The Ohashi Institute
The Ohashi Institute
147 W. 25th St. 6th Fl.
Tel: 646 486 1187
Fax: 646 486 1409
http://www.ohashiatsu.org
registrar@ohashiatsu.org
info@ohashiatsu.org
 
)))))=Upcoming=(((((

=====Saturday February 2nd=====

Reality Sandwich presents Evolver: “Wake Up and Dream”
 

Hi Everyone,  Hope you’ll come to this party fellow former GDers Elke, Jon Margulies and myself are working on.  It’s all about living out your dreams in NYC.
Cheers,
Jonny

What happens when America’s most visionary city starts building a new world by living out its dreams?  Take an overnight journey into a realm of new possibilities with otherworldly music, performance, ideas, art and alchemy. Drift through a labyrinth of rooms full of enchanted activities, glowing and pulsing artwork, exotic performers, magical chill caves, futuristic playgrounds, and endless spontaneity.  Featuring the city’s finest lucid dreamers, including globe-spanning DJs and devotional dancers, hula hoopers and healers, performers and poets, musicians and meditation masters and that big bold playful dreamer — You!  Evolvitorium, 8:30p: “Asanas and Ayahuasca” In this talk Sharon Gannon (cofounder of Jivamukti Yoga) and Reality Sandwich’s Daniel Pinchbeck (author of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl) compare and contrast yoga and shamanism and how these ancient techniques might just save our world today.  This is the first in a series of freakishly fun experiments from Reality Sandwich. Their goal is to spread ideas, connect people and reinvigorate life with creativity and spirit.  As the seasons change, expect more invitations to participate in reality-changing events.   If we can build it here, we can build it anywhere.  So, let’s get together, New York, and start dreaming.

Saturday, Feb 2,( 8p (doors) to 5a, $20)
Jivamukti Yoga School
841 Broadway, 2nd Fl. (between 13th & 14th St. at Union Square)
$15 advance tickets, $20 door
Dreamy Costumes Highly Encouraged!
http://www.realitysandwich.com