Saturday, Dec 31st & Sunday, Jan 1st
New Year's Charity Yoga w/ Beaker Prince
Join Beaker Prince for mindful practice on New Year’s Eve and/or New Year’s Day.
5:15-6:30pm - Candlelit Vinyasa Flow focused on embodied presence.
7- 8:15pm - Candlelit Mindful Yoga & Meditation- A mindful blend of Hatha, slow-flow, pranayama and meditation
10:45am-12:00 - Mixed Level Yoga New Year’s Day practice, focused on releasing the old year and opening to the new.
Bring your yoga mat, a towel, a tie or strap and a block if you have one. Classes are by donation. All proceeds will go to organizations making positive change locally and/or globally: Doctors Without Borders, LifeCare Alliance (Meals on Wheels/Project Open Hand), and 350.org.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1273811682657356/
Sunday, Jan 8th, 11am-1pm
Queer Behavior Pot-Love
Start 2017 off right - by loving and supporting your fellow Cbus queers! After 2016, we're going to need some time to heal. Come hang out with us on Sunday, January 8th, and bring a dish to share.
11-Noon Enjoy breakfast/brunch food and drinks
Noon-1pm Get up to some gay agenda planning - what should we do in 2017?
Queer Behavior is a network dedicated to uniting Columbus’ queer community through interacting with and organizing within the queer community; promoting queer community events, issues, and news; and organizing events, education, and outreach for the community and Central Ohio. While all inclusive, Queer Behavior is, at its core, a network for self-identified queer peoples. All events created or sponsored by Queer Behavior are dedicated Safe(r) Spaces.
Saturday, Jan 14th
Jamison Williams
As a part of the Fuse Factory's ongoing music series, improvisational saxophonist will stop by ILLIO to preform on the eveing of Jan 14th.
Check back at http://thefusefactory.org/events/ or https://www.facebook.com/pg/thefusefactory/events/ for updates.
Check out http://jamisonwilliams.com/index.html for more info about Jamison.
Saturday, Jan 21st, 1-3:00pm
The Fuse Factory Workshop
Exploring Algorithmic Music with Sonic Pi (Part I)
This two-session workshop explores the creation and performance of computer-generated music utilizing the free music programming language, Sonic Pi. The workshop provides a very gentle introduction to both computer programming and digital music production. Sonic Pi is fun and easy to learn. Consequently, it is a great first step for anyone interested in computer-generated music.
The workshop will cover the following topics: Basic computer programming with Sonic Pi, Samples, Software Synthesizers, Audio Effects, Randomization, Algorithmic composition and improvisation using live coding.
More info at http://thefusefactory.org/events/
Sunday, Jan 22nd, 10am-12:00
Mud Lotus: Building Refuge
Many of us feel afraid when we consider the state of things to come. Politically, environmentally, or personally, it can feel like we are a small boat on a turbulent sea, liable to tip over at any moment and sink into the depth of the ocean.
In the face of an uncertain and life-denying future, it's all the more important to support one another by embodying non-fear and by creating places of refuge for ourselves and others. When we practice in such a way that the diversity of life can flourish around us we build this sanctuary.
As Brother Phap Dung, of the Plum Village Sangha, suggested in a recent interview, "The future is built with the present moment and how we take care of it. If you are fearful, the future will be fearful. If you are uncooperative, the future will be divisive. This is very important. / The future is not something that will come to us; the future is built by us, by how we speak and what we do in the present moment. / Community practice is crucial at this time. It’s crucial not to be alone in front of the computer, reading media. That makes the world dark for you. Find flesh. There are still wonderful things happening." < http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/11/ 22/13638374/ buddhist-monk-mindfulness >
For the two hours of our sangha (community) gathering on Sunday, Jan 29th, we will do our best to build such a place.
We'll sit for two 20-minute periods divided by walking meditation. Time will be made for everyone to discuss--sharing our strategies for creating safe places for ourselves and others or sharing whatever comes up for us as we struggle to do so.
Mud Lotus is anchored by Seth and Sara who believe sitting practice should be accessible to everyone, all bodies, body types, and abilities. Folks can stay 5 min. or the whole time and move in whatever way best supports their practice. We welcome folks of all religions, races, sexualities and gender identities. Please let us know if there is something we can do to support your practice.
Updates at https://www.facebook.com/events/1859284894354008/
Sunday, Jan 22nd, 2pm-3:45
Trance Studies: Purification
In this session, we will focus on a posture intended for the purification of guilt and misdeeds.Friday, Jan 27th, 7:30-11:00pm
As usual, we will open the door with the Singing Shaman posture. Then participants can take the opportunity cleanse their "impurities," however they understand that, with a posture based on the Aztec goddess Tlazolteotl. Associated with decay as well as fertility, Tlazolteotl represents healing through the consumption of our guilt and regrets, especially impurities of the heart. We "feed" her our regret or shame and she leaves us clean and renewed.
"[Tlazolteotl] was the Goddess of the black, fertile earth, the rotting earth, the fecund earth that gains its energy from death, and in turn feeds life. Associated with purification, expiation, and regeneration, She turns all garbage, physical and meta-physical, into rich life." (priestess, Dr. Anne Key.http://www.matrifocus.com/BEL09/key.htm)
Come vision together.and experiment in this trance. May we experience ourselves rising fresh and unencumbered.
For more than twenty years, Susan G. Josephson has lead workshops which take participants through ecstatic trance. Based on the work of her mother, the anthropologist and spiritual teacher, Felicitas D. Goodman, Susan has developed a syncretic technique for visionary experience.
(Learn more about Felicitas’s legacy in the US and Germany atcuyamungueinstitute.com and cuyamungue-institut.de )
*Instructions for participation: Please arrive on time, the door will be closed at 2:15 so that the session can begin without interruption. Fasting will enhance the experience but is not required. For best results, do not eat at least 30 minutes prior to the session. Avoid alcohol throughout the day. Wear loose-fitting clothing and avoid wearing metal that touches the body.
*Young adults and teens welcome.
*Susan does not collect payment; donations are accepted and will be put towards the maintenance of the studio space.
Alexander, Christopher Pierce, Mike Shiflet, Abgyhr
Song for the Owl is proud to present:
Alexander- C/Site recording artist playing acoustic American Primitive Guitar or maybe electric guitar. www.davidalexanderguitars.com
Christopher Pierce- solo folk set
Mike Shiflet- Noise, drone, ambient, acoustic, electric, expect anything.www.mikeshiflet.bandcamp.com
Abgyhr- Build it and they will improvise. Dreamy, spur of the moment guitars and effects.www.fireisfree.bandcamp.com
The show is free but please donate to the touring artist. BYOB. Doors at 7:30, music at 8:00. Invite friends!
Saturday, Jan 28th, 1-3:00pm
The Fuse Factory Workshop
Exploring Algorithmic Music with Sonic Pi (Part II)
This two-session workshop explores the creation and performance of computer-generated music utilizing the free music programming language, Sonic Pi. The workshop provides a very gentle introduction to both computer programming and digital music production. Sonic Pi is fun and easy to learn. Consequently, it is a great first step for anyone interested in computer-generated music.
The workshop will cover the following topics: Basic computer programming with Sonic Pi, Samples, Software Synthesizers, Audio Effects, Randomization, Algorithmic composition and improvisation using live coding.
More info at http://thefusefactory.org/events/
