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Friday February 17th (the first!) SANCTUARY Spiritual Renewal!!! We are pleased to present our NEW meditative gathering... Meditative, restorative, spiritual. Meditative experiential highlights include: * * 60'+ of meditative music "Shamanic Walkabout" (Preston Klik + Kyle Servais + Nick Florino: didges, crystal bowls, loops, N.A. flutes, melodica, hand drums, ocean drum) * * Doors @8pm, live music-meditation @9, sub-events @10:30, complete @ 1am * Includes healing = Emily's CranioSacral Therapy DURING the live musical meditation * (optional) Potluck =friends share their culinary passions! * Elektrolyte +bottled water +hot tea +iced lemon water and a few simple snacks served * BYO limited to wine & consciousness-raising enhancements (no hard alcohol, no hard drugs) * Onederland, Eden, Emily's Chill Room, & Zen Den +more will be open * Synphoria Sanctuary will be *committed-RSVP* only, limited to 40 attendees or less * $15/person with a pot-luck dish, $20/person without Here's the framework for our Sanctuary "spiritual renewing" gathering: 8 pm =doors open 9 pm = Intro "Everybody Wants To Love & Be Loved" Chosen Family Opening Blessing Sanctuary Intention Food For The Soul: "Gratitude video" Bindi Your Neighbor Blessing Synvocation Prayer Box Blessing Our Thoughts Are Prayers Devotional Dance ===(15' BREAK)=== Inspirational quote Card Handout Get Together Guided Meditation Musical Journey + Craniosacral therapy by Emily The Hero Returns + Burning Bowl Release Welcome Newbies Community Share (birthday/anniversary/blessing) Chosen Family Blessing Wonderful World Outro What If God Was One Of Us Artri Ritual Body Temple Dance Session 1am Close NOTE ABOUT BOTH EVENTS: Sanctuary and Synphoria are NOT public gatherings. If you are not on our RSVP list, you will be turned away. With all due respect, and no offense meant, we are very protective of the energy of our celebration, our space, our home, our community. We implement these guidelines for the safety of our community: Ask first, Protect the community, Leave no trace. No "meat-market"/sexual energy, no political energy. No hard liquor, no beer, no hard substances. (1) SYNPHORIA is edgy without being cruel. It's electric, not acoustic - both literally AND metaphorically. It's not about turning the volume down, it's about turning the volume UP! It's true open-heartedness with a rock'n'roll heart. It's not about pulling in, it's about radiating out. It's not about Source-as-stillness, it's about God-as-activity, for Life is the activity of God. (2) Synphoria is a heart-centered love-fest. Grace descends even as love ascends, and both palpably envelop and enfold the community. The lesson is : Bliss is a state we co-create. Synphoria is a taste of a permanent stage. Once you have tasted the temporary state, you know the permanent stage is available to you. The more you immerse yourself in your bliss-body (via a variety of spiritual practices) the more able you are to bring the Light and clarity of this extraordinary state to the relationships in your ordinary life. (3) As we say before each Synphoria : "You will see many amazing things tonight, you will talk and share with many amazing people. Synphoria is a celebration, and a gathering of big-hearted humans. It is creative spirituality in action. Consider that Synphoria is fundamentally a Possibility! A Possibility unique to you, and who you might become. Synphoria is a RARE opportunity for you to grow and to nurture and to free yourself from your old stories in a most Loving way. Preston and I are the Pillars of Syn: we hold the Tent of Intention we gather under. Tonight, we have an opportunity to inspire each-other, and to heal ourselves. You are powerful, you co-created this community of beauty and wonder. Give, generously, of your heart. Your supply of Love is endless, for you always have access to your Source. The law of Karma says: The more Love you give, the more you will receive. (4) "Synphoria is a sacred gathering. It touches our bodies/minds/hearts and souls. Some of you will be transformed by the sacred fire of Syn as it begins to burn away anything not essential to your Divinity. Others of you will be transformed by the generous blessing of full-immersion baptism in the deep waters of community Love. In any case, like life, Syn is both an individual experience, and a group experience. Some personal boundaries are there for your safety and must be respected, while other personal boundaries are meant to be explored, shifted, and re-evaluated. Discern the difference for yourself. And INVITE, but do not PUSH, anyone else to stretch beyond their boundaries. Flower petals open only when the light shines. Be that Light for each-other." (5) THE SYNPHORIA INTENTION "Recognizing the divinity of all creation, I honor the sacred within each person. There is much in life that is hallowed and treasured. Even as I take part in the practice of this sacred rite of celebration, I remember what is truly sacred: the presence of God, my inner divine nature, and the divine nature of all others surrounding me, joining me. All of us are expressions of God's presence - as are the billions of people not joining us tonight. Recognizing the divinity of all creation, I honor the sacred nature of the cultural practices that help people bond in Spirit. I participate in Synphoria and honor all that is sacred within me and those around me. - Namaste'" |
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Saturday February 18th...
SYNPHORIA Conscious Celebration!!
Synphoria performance highlights so far...
**will be updated as we confirm performances!!
• Doors open 9:00 pm, HEALING in Karma Lounge starts at 9:30 pm.
• Intentions start 10ish pm Energy elevation 11ish :)
• "Glowing Featherfan Dance" by Amourena Tsokatos
• PALM TORCHES BY Gerry Sheahan **Come say "Happy Birthday!" and "BYE" to Gerry before he transplants to FL
• "Blue Lagoon Vocal-Dance Performance Art" by Meg Anderson +Jeremy
• "Exotic Bellydance" by CC Zheng
• Multi-artist "Chicago LOVE Show" curated by Anna Todaro
• Free form Drum Circle in Zen Den
• "Disco Love Set" by DJ Johnny Iannantuoni in Eden
• DJ Prestonanda Klik in Onederland (be moved by music)
• Fungus Humongous!!! Art Installation by Yva Neal in Zen Den!
• Tumble down The Rabbit Hole (go a little deeper ~10pm)
• Groovy Garden of Eden (global dance floor)
• White Glove Dance! (reach up w/your glowing hands!)
• Emily's Sacred Healing "Katnip Korner" (get your chill on)
• 2am Breakfast!! French toast and scrambled eggs!! (YUM!)
• "The Karma Lounge" 02/18*** (included as part of Synphoria!)
• Healing and intuition 4-6 healers and intuitives will be sharing their gifts with us from 9:30 pm - 1ish am
• 1:00am Shamanic Power Animal Workshop (by Simon+Kro+Neale, late night in Karma Lounge) ... will teach you how shamans from all over the world share this common spiritual ritual. Find your spirit guide, your power animal. Communicate with your totem for healing & intuition.
***Effective for all Saturday Synphoria celebrations, we rent the BEAUTIFUL 1200 sq ft dance studio in our building for hosting 3+ hours of healing and intuitive bliss, and late night performances such as kirtans, performance art, workshops (yoga, tai chi, dance, etc), gong concerts by Preston, live concerts, and more.
See performance listing above for KARMA LOUNGE line up!!
NOTE: Free form drum jam starts at 9:00 pm in our Zen Den. Opening intentions (10:00 pm-ish in Eden) are OPTIONAL to attend. Drummers may choose to stay in the Zen Den throughout their Synful experience. :) Bring YOUR drum, rattle or noise maker! Or use one of OUR hand drums (we have a dozen or so!)
Friday is meditative, Saturday is higher energy.
Choose your Synful preference... and Klik this link for the official invite :)
Synful Krew: Bob, Chris, Emily, Jonathan, Preston, Taylor, Thistle
Synphoria is consciously sponsored by our amazing sister communities:
Give Peace a Dance
BrilliantlyMad
Positive Focus
Synphoria photos by Kelsey
WHAT IS SYNPHORIA?
Synphoria (verb) : when a stimulus applied to any one Chakra activates Expansive Love and Affinity in the Heart Chakra.
Synphoria and Sanctuary are small, private monthly creative/spiritual gatherings, 18+, by RSVP/invite only, held in Edgewater. It's an open-hearted celebrating community, gathered around the sharing of creativity within the context of spiritual intention. Synphoria is a 7 hr full-body-mind-heart mini-community immersion into Creative Love, Healing, and Passion. Spirit expresses in many ways : bellydance, performance art, kirtan, didjeridoo, creative dance, live music, DJs, silk-flag spinning, story-telling... We bring out the best and brightest Light in each person present. In essence, Synphoria becomes a (non-sexual) Love-fest and a living-breathing permission-granting environment to grow one's own Higher Self, and nurture another's.
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**This photo by Michelle
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**This photo by Michelle
