February Downtemple & Cacao - 'Love!'

Name: February Downtemple & Cacao - 'Love!'
Start: 2025-02-14T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-02-14T22:15:00-08:00
Location: Estrella Collective

Schedule

Fri Feb 14 2025 at 07:00 pm to 10:15 pm

UTC-08:00

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 - February 14th.. join us on Valentines Day! Our February theme is "Love!" <3
I'm excited announce a special collaboration with sound healing duo, The Lovebyrds, for this event- providing live sound for our ceremony and warm-up! Our warm-up is TBD, and our DJ will be Neshima (Guy Shechter) joining us from San Francisco!
In Guy's words - "Neshima means breath in Hebrew, the language of my childhood. DJ’ing to me is sonic photosynthesis. The space and crowd put out a vibe, I breathe that in and try my best to breathe it back out in sonic form"
Please do your best to arrive on time.
Current Evening Schedule:
- 6:45 - 7 PM: Arrival Window
- 7 - 7:45 PM: Cacao and Circle w/ Chelsea
- 7:45 - 8:15 PM: Warm-Up TBD
- 8:15 - 9:45 PM: Downtempo(ish) Set with Neshima
- 9:45 - 10:15 PM: Sound w/ The Lovebyrds

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/february-downtemple-and-cacao-love
(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)
- $35: 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/february-downtemple-and-cacao-love

Artist Bio's-
Neshima (Guy Shechter)- "Neshima means 'breath' in Hebrew, the language of my childhood. DJ'ing to me is sonic photosynthesis. The space and crowd put out a vibe, I do my best to breathe that in and breathe it back out in sonic form. With DJing I have found a way to channel my knowledge and passion for our ever-evolving music scene. It is with great pleasure that I present to you my findings.
Neshima's soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/qxwcXfruwqza6jUr9

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.