VAGUS VACATION Winter Solstice Calm: dance, sound, acupuncture

Name: VAGUS VACATION Winter Solstice Calm: dance, sound, acupuncture
Start: 2024-12-21T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-12-21T21:45:00-08:00
Location: 111 Superior St, Victoria, BC V8V 1T2, Canada

Schedule

Sat Dec 21 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:45 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

111 Superior St, Victoria, BC V8V 1T2, Canada | Victoria, BC

Dance in the still-point, on the longest night of the year, in community. You are warmly invited to join us on Sat. Dec. 21, 7-9:45pm. We'll gather in circle, chat about the meaning & the gifts of this winter solstice time across cultures, practice vagus nerve toning & parasympathetic nervous system strategies, then share a healing & releasing ecstatic dance wave, ending in an hour-long sound bath with acupuncture.
You can listen on the indoor speaker system or wear our silent disco headsets and control your own volume (with the added option of dancing indoors in the sanctuary & outdoors at Fisherman's Wharf!)
Limited to 30 spots. These nervous system reset events usually sell out, so we recommend you reserve early.
ENERGY EXCHANGE:
$40- Early Bird Ticket, until Sat. Dec. 14th, 11:59 pm
$45-Advance Ticket, until Sat. Dec 21, 5pm
$50- At the Door
RESERVE A SPOT:
-by e-transfer to [email protected](write "CALM" and a way to contact you, in your e-transfer message)
-on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/silent-dj-victoria-31599471691
BRING:
Lots of water, mug for rooibos chai w oat milk, warm layers, yoga mat, BLANKET, pillows. There are a few available at the venue.
FLOW OF EVENING:
7:00- ambient arrival music for warmup & check-in
7:15- circle & spiral dance
7:30- ecstatic dance wave
8:30-one hour sound-bath with acupuncture
9:30-closing
(There is a separate Winter Solstice Yoga class with Maria Marquez right before this event that you may wish to join as well.. all levels, a gentle restorative Hatha class. $15 early bird, $18 in advance, $20 at the door. More info & registration here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/silent-dj-victoria-31599471691
MARY LLOYD (circle, ecstatic dance)
ALYRIA KENDALL (sound-bath)
KATHERINE MURPHY (acupuncture)
MARY (she/her)- Mary is the founder of Collective Joy Dance & Events @silentdjvictoria and is a passionate dance facilitator, community builder, connector, & mindfulness teacher. Using her collective skills and training, she creates events that foster freedom, magic, joy, healing, connection, and space for authentic expression through movement. Mary trained as a certified Dance Your Abilities instructor, Dance as Medicine facilitator, and MMTCP-certified mindfulness meditation teacher, studying with Jack Kornfield & Tara Brach. She has a B.A. in Psychology, Kinesiology, & Contemporary Dance and is a lifelong dancer with a background in Cecchetti ballet, contemporary dance, Authentic Movement, ecstatic dance, and 5Rhythms® movement meditation. Mary finds refuge in ecstatic dance, mindfulness meditation, circling with others, and time in the wild.
ALYRIA (she/they)- Alyria, founder of Rainbow Vibrations Canada, is an intuitive, energy worker, Reiki master, and certified sound therapist. They founded Rainbow Vibrations Canada and recently started Rainbow Tones, a business selling crystal sound bowls. Alyria believes in life-long learning and recently studied soul singing. They delight in merging sound & song with other modalities to craft bespoke healing experiences. Each session resembles a spa retreat for the soul offering inner peace, balance, pain management, stress relief, and more.
KATHERINE Katherine Murphy
Katherine was inspired to study Chinese Medicine while working reception for an acupuncturist friend. Seeing the impact it had for so many made her curious enough to start reading textbooks on her lunch break. It sparked a passion that is only growing the more she learns. She graduated with a Diploma of Acupuncture from Pacific Rim College, and is continuing her education with Neijing Nature Based Medicine through the Apricot Grove. She works as a community acupuncturist at Hemma and is passionate about the impact and accessibility of community acupuncture.
She has been a dancer since the age of 3, studying everything from highland dance to Brazilian folk dances and even a little ballet. These days most of her dancing happens in the kitchen with her animals, but she is thrilled to be merging her love of acupuncture and dance with this event.