April Downtemple & Cacao w/ Sudakra- 'Fertile Soil'

Name: April Downtemple & Cacao w/ Sudakra- 'Fertile Soil'
Start: 2025-04-11T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-04-11T22:15:00-07:00
Location: Estrella Collective

Schedule

Fri Apr 11 2025 at 07:00 pm to 10:15 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Estrella Collective | Santa Cruz, CA

Movement - Expression- Connection- Reverence
This event, created by Chelsea Amber, is a ritual of connection, Cacao, guided movement, and free-form dance medicine in a downtempo-esque container. The pace is slower...like a steady burning flame, inviting us to drop deeper into presence with every delicious movement. Note: The music is not strictly downtempo... it is downtempo-esque. Inspired by a slower pace but does still follow a journey. BPM typically does not go above 90.
Save the date - April 11th!
I'm excited announce very special collaborations for this event! We have sound healing duo, Emily Lewis and Scott Liess providing live sound for after the dance and our DJ is Sudakra! Sudakra comes from a lineage of deep devotion. He's been producing and playing music for 15 years, and will be joining us as part of his California tour between Nevada City, Davis, and Oakland! Super stoked.
***Note: I have increased prices this month to $33 to help financially support all artists for this special collaboration. Thank you in advance for supporting their he-ARTS.

Please do your best to arrive on time.
Current Evening Schedule:
- 6:45 - 7 PM: Arrival Window
- 7 - 7:50 PM: Cacao and Circle w/ Chelsea
- 7:55 - 8:15 PM: Embodied Warm-Up
- 8:15 - 9:45 PM: Downtempo(ish) Dance with Sudakra
- 9:45 - 10:10 PM: Sound with Emily Lewis and Scott Liess

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/april-downtemple-and-cacao
(We will probably sell out! To ensure you get a spot, please buy your ticket ahead of time via venmo, paypal, or humanitix).
- $30: Pre-Sale (online humanitix or Venmo/Paypal)
- $33: Day-of tickets (online humanitix or Venmo/Paypal Chelsea, or cash at the door)
*** BILPOC, student, and teacher discount- inquire with me
**please be sure to Venmo/paypal the appropriate totals for the date you are purchasing

Vemmo: @Chelsea-biklen
Paypal: https://paypal.me/ChelseaBiklen?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US (@Chelsea-Biklen Nipomo, CA)
Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/april-downtemple-and-cacao

Artist Bio's:
Sudakra: https://www.facebook.com/flyingchakra
Emily Lewis: A singer/songwriter & producer living in Soquel, California south of the bay area. She writes evocative, melancholic, reflective indie dream folk & downtempo electronica. Emily Lewis’s voice is both smooth and dusty. Her music is dreamy, vocal-centric with rich layered harmonies. Her songs are cathartic expressions and hopefully they touch and impact others in positive healing ways. They are ultimately pointing towards the silent still space that is the foundation of our very existence. It is in the spaces in between the notes, the silence after the words have been sung, that contain the magic. The intention of her music is to let it envelop you and inspire you to dive deeper and explore your own dance between stillness and creativity. Her hope is that her music inspires others to feel deeper, remember your truth and live a more creatively expressed life.
Scott Liess: A passionate and skilled shamanic acoustic sound healer, dedicated to guiding individuals on a transformative journey through the power of sound. With a deep connection to ancient healing traditions and modern therapeutic practices, Scott creates immersive soundscapes that foster profound healing and personal growth. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of shamanic traditions and sound therapy, Scott utilizes a variety of instruments including Tibetan singing bowls, gongs, drums, and flutes.

More Info:
- Creator and Curator: Chelsea Amber
- Ages 18 and up generally (reach out to ask if you'd like to bring someone under 18)
- This is a recreational drug and alcohol-free space.
- All parts of you are welcome, come as you are!
- There will be no refunds or credits for this event, except in case of sickness or true emergency

About the Cacao:
Cacao is a delicious, heart-opening medicine with indigenous roots all over the world. Drinking cacao in ceremony where one is invited to connect with the spirit of cacao and invite it into the heart space can bring profound healing experiences, especially when combined with movement such as dance. Cacao is just one more way to infuse Love into your dance!
The cacao we will drink comes from Alta-Verapaz, Guatemala and was processed in Lago Atítlan, Guatemala by a collective of women indigenous to Lago Atítlan. This ceremonial-grade cacao, 'Ruk'u'xUlew', means 'heart of the earth' in Kaqchikel, one indigenous language of Lago Atítlan. We will collectively gather in ceremony to serve and bless the cacao before we drink! To learn more about Ruk'u'xUlew Cacao, visit https://www.rukuxulew.com.