Chapel Underbelly With Live Music

Underbelly is back for a “one night only reunion” at one of its beloved pre-pandemic locations…the UUSF Chapel!

Underbelly is a non-verbal somatic practice (embodied meditation) where we reclaim our slow in a fast and overwhelming world. Our dominant culture survives on speed, which keeps problematic and oppressive structures in place at the devastating cost of our well-being and planetary health. Underbelly is a somatic response to the loss of slowness in an increasingly urgent world drowning in climate collapse, AI threat, technological addiction, diseased capitalism and polarization, as well as historical nervous system trauma from continuing racism, colonialism, and patriarchy. It's time to acknowledge that we are standing at a terrifying precipice. Instead of pushing through injury or confusion, we cultivate a willingness to know things as they stand. It's time to surrender the rush and instead, show up with our heartbreak to encounter what is becoming. It's time to dismantle the hurry and have a conversation with the present moment.

Read more about Underbelly here

When: Friday, Dec 13th, 2024 - from 7:30 pm - 10 pm

We ask that you arrive between 7:30 pm - 7:45 so we can begin at 8 pm.

This event is a "closed container." We will close the door around 7:45. If you're running late, please let Geo or Amy know ahead of time.

Where: First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center (1187 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94109)

Please note: The floor is NOT a wooden dance floor; it is stone. Expect it to be a little harder and colder. Wear some layers or bring a blanket/pillow if you need

Rental Coverage and Facilitator Support 💰

The San Francisco Community Nights events are not commercial events; this is not a business. The events are community service; the intention is to foster friendships and emotional and relational skills.

No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please reach out to Geo or Amy for discounted tickets.

The San Francisco Community Nights events are not commercial; this is not a business.

About Amy Rogg

Amy Rogg (she/her) is an activator and nurturer of the human spirit. She is also the conduit, creator, and facilitator of Underbelly: The Art of Slowing Down.

Amy draws people out of modernity's urgent, consumptive, and transactional ways of living and into greater communion and relationship by stoking pathways of intimate awareness, attunement, and subtle energy. She gently anchors people back into their emotional interior and bodily wisdom by slowing down, listening, and embodying what is alive and honest. Amy’s approach isn't to fix, control or push, but to heart-fully tend to the ever-changing human condition as we relate to each other & the planet. Her medicine is in the creation of atmosphere, being led by the moment, sensing group energy fields, conversing with the nervous system, and cultivating intentional space for life’s vital intelligence to do the work it already knows how to do.

Amy is half Taiwanese/half white of Jewish descent, born in Denver, Colorado, has a B.A. in television/film production, and was an actor and improviser in Los Angeles. She has led yoga (E-RYT 500) and meditation for over a decade and has been facilitating/engaging in somatic and relational movement practices since 2012.

Website: AmyRogg

Instagram AmyRogg

About David Decker

David, a multi-instrumentalist & composer, spent 12 years writing music for film, TV, and video games. He now performs nightly pro-bono concerts for his cat. She sleeps through all of them.

About Destiny Grace Rhinehart

Music has always been a healer in my life. It’s held me when a body couldn’t; it’s given me the power to alchemize my grief into something beautiful and way less scary or intimidating. For me, creating songs is like choosing specific emotions or memories and building them altars of remembrance that I can return to whenever I need to. Writing & playing music acts as a tool to articulate the vast range of my emotions into something less abstract and more concrete; something not only I can find catharsis in, but when shared, can also build a bridge to others who have shared experiences.

And here is a picture of us 3!

Host or Publisher San Francisco Community Nights