My friend Noa is visiting my home from Asheville, NC, and she regularly attends embodiment focused gatherings including songs and heart sharing around the fire. She has songs to lead from Ahlay Blakey, Lyndsey Scott, Max Ribner and Shireen Amini. We will open it up with breathwork, and there will be time for sharing. It will be unique based on this land, and the people gathered here, but it will form a connection to the wisdom of those who gather regularly in NC through the way Noa has learned from her experiences there.

In my role, as a doctor who wants to study and pursue holistic health, these gatherings are a representation of the project I am starting to call the Creative Healing Institute. And we are going to have our first session on Saturday night with Noa, and it will include a potluck dinner with an outdoor ritual around the fire including songs, breathwork and personal sharing.

It reminds me of the Permaculture Party that I went to yesterday, which started with planting in the garden, but led to many conversations lounged out on the lawn. They had a potluck, played music and were planning for a bonfire in the evening. Where are the bonfires happening these days? What conversations are happening around the fire, or what song circles are alive? 

Come to the Creative Healing Institute (3261 Quail Ave N) on Saturday night from 5-10pm. We’ll start with a potluck and then move into the Ritual around the fire in the back starting at 7pm. We ask that you arrive before 7pm so we can maintain a stable container for the event.

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