Sing & Flow to the Moon
with Bradford Smith & Rhonda Mills

May 18, 2019
6:00-9:30pm

at Peace Tree Spirituality Center,
5718 N Hwy 67, Florissant, MO 63034
directions here: https://bit.ly/2Ute3i0

6:30pm Gentle Flow Yoga & Movement with Rhonda
7:30pm Gayatri Mantra: Learn/Practice with Rhonda
8:00pm Kirtan with Bradford
9:00pm Labyrinth Walk with Bradford on Tibetan Bowls & Native American flute

Join us to sing and flow to the moon on the labyrinth at Peace Tree Spirituality Center to reconnect with yourself, each other, and our shared experience of time's passage.

In ancient cultures, people gathered together to commemorate special events and rites of passage, life cycles, and seasons. Anthropologists recognize that singing and moving together in community connected people to each other, and to the flow of life. Today many of us have lost this sense of connection with the earth, with the flow of life through us, and with each other.

What to Expect:

You will be guided in a simple yoga practice, including a lovely flow as well as restorative postures, open to all.

You will learn and practice an ancient prayer, the Gayatri Mantra, an energy of surrender: softening fear-based efforting and “small-mind” to love, light, and expansiveness.

You will be met in a joyful circle as we sing together in a Kirtan, songs of inspiration and devotion, which connect our consciousness together as we rise to inspired states.

The evening will culminate with a meditative walk on the Labyrinth accompanied by Tibetan Bowls and Native American flute.

Note - the Gayatri Mantra, and other mantras in the Kirtan practice are from the yogic tradition, and can co-exist with any religion or personal spiritual practice.

What to Bring:

Layers to wear
- Water to drink
- Your Yoga mat, plus extra padding (such as a 2nd yoga mat, and 1-2 blankets under your mat as we will practice on the stone labyrinth)
- 2 Yoga Blocks and 1 Strap (if you have these supplies)
- Pillow or Bolster for the Kirtan, if needed. (Or, you might sit on your folded up yoga mat and blankets)

Registration & Fees:

To reserve your place, Please RSVP to let us know you’re coming, and either make your donation in advance or upon arrival. We suggest a range for donation as follows:

- $30 standard
- $20 budget
- $50 supportive

No one will be turned away due to lack of funds, nor will your donation be supervised. Please come if you are inspired, regardless of what you can donate, and contribute whatever you can that's in integrity for you.

Full Moon Dance: A Community Movement
Sense ... the presence within your physical body.
Feel... the connection with your heart of compassion.
Awaken.... with the subtle circuitry of consciousness.

Facilitation: by Rhonda Mills
Music: by Bradford Smith

May 19, 2019
Sunday (day after) May's full moon in Scorpio

Presence, Connect, Play: 7 -- 7:30pm
Dance: 7:30 – 8:30pm
Complete: 8:30 -- 8:45pm (ish)

Location: Big Bend Yoga Center, 88 N. Gore, Webster Groves

Registration: Drop-in

Fee - Donation, self-selected based on your resources:

$10 Budget; $20 Sustaining; $30+++ Supportive
Proceeds Support the Facilitators and the Yoga Center
At the door: Cash / Check; Paypal button on website.

Description:

Dancing in community is an ancient practice, and people throughout time have moved their bodies to connect with themselves and each other, to celebrate, grieve, discover and create.

Our bodies are the sacred anchor for consciousness and life energy which dances through us with every breath. We can intentionally connect with our physical sensations, feelings and subtle awareness, which we put in motion through improvisational dance, attuning with compassion, and expressing in a friendly way.

The lunar cycle reflects a birth, death, and rebirth process through which life continually renews itself. Through tuning into this cycle, we can know ourselves more deeply as intimately connected with nature. The full moon is like a flower in full-bloom, a culmination of energy within us. This is a wonderful time to dance in community, to connect, to collaborate with our energies and movements, and to embrace the polarities and opposites in our lives, cultivating self-acceptance, expression and a sense of freedom.

You are invited to join the dance -- dancing your aliveness, your life and the turning of the wheel; dancing to honor your rhythm and the rhythm of the season. Join us to participate in this community event – open to all who would like to connect and move.

Rhonda Mills will facilitate the presence-connect-playshop at the beginning and lightly guide the improvisational movement.

Bradford Smith will DJ the dance set, including some live music and vocals.