December 2019
Event Details
Date: December 31, 2019 - January 1, 2020; 7:30pm - 12:30am Sliding Scale: $75 - 250. Code TJ1S19. Description: Join us in community to ring in the new year! In this special
Event Details
Date: December 31, 2019 – January 1, 2020; 7:30pm – 12:30am
Sliding Scale: $75 – 250. Code TJ1S19.
Description:
Join us in community to ring in the new year!
In this special evening, we pause to honor and release the past, celebrate the gift of the present, and set intentions for the future. Reconnect, renew, and reawaken in community! This celebration brings together spiritual practices and rituals from the Theravada, Zen, Gullah, Qigong, Lakota and Hopi traditions.
Our time together will include periods of meditation, sound healing, mindful movement, musical performances, wisdom teachings, dance, reflections, and an end-of-the-year guided ritual.
Spirit Rock will provide snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. Dress up, dress down, come as you truly are! All are warmly welcome.
Please note, 5Rhythms will no longer be offered, as the teaching team was updated.
Schedule:
7:30 p.m. – Doors Open
8:00 p.m. – Opening – Setting Intentions for the New Year
8:30 p.m. – Teja Bell – Chanting, Songs, Sound Meditation, and Qigong
9:30 p.m. – Melanie DeMore – Gullah/Geechee Stick Pounding, Rhythmic, Interactive Singing
10:30 p.m.– Refreshments
11:00 p.m. – Verlinda Montoya – Drumming and Singing in the Lakota, and Hopi Traditions
12:00 a.m. – Ringing in the New Year with 108 Gongs
12:30 a.m. – Program Ends
General Information
Online registration for our programs is available until 12 noon of the last business day prior to the day of the event (e.g. online registration for a Monday program ends at 12 noon on the prior Friday). There is an additional $5 fee for registering at the door. If you can’t attend an event you registered for, please see our Cancellation Policy.
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Volunteer/Work Exchange opportunities, as well as full or partial Scholarships, may be available for this program. For more information, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at volunteering@spiritrock.org.
Even if you have been to Spirit Rock before, please review our Non-Residential Programs FAQ for useful information about what to wear, what to bring, how to get here, and more.
Teacher(s)
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Melanie DeMore
Melanie DeMore
Grammy Nominated artist Melanie DeMore: Vocal Activist - helping to preserve the African American Folk Tradition through song and Gullah stick pounding. She has a career spanning 30 years dedicated to teaching, lecturing, mentoring, conducting, directing and inspiring children and adults about the power of song as social and political change. She uses her voice as weapon of mass connection. Melanie is a sought after presenter, conductor and soloist at national and international choral and music festivals, including Festival 500 in New Foundland, Canada and Chorus America. She is sought after as a song/ prayer facilitator. She is adjunct faculty at the California Institute for Integral Studies, Master Teaching Artist for CalPerformances at UC Berkeley, a featured presenter for SpeakOut! the Institute for Social and Cultural Change and the former Artistic Conductor of The Oakland Children’s Community Choir with Living Jazz. She was a founding member of the Grammy nominated, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir. Melanie DeMore is a singer/songwriter, composer who believes in the power of voices raised together.
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Teja Bell
Teja Bell
View Teja's upcoming programs or profile.
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Verlinda Montoya
Verlinda Montoya
View Verlinda's profile.