In December
December 2nd 12:30-6:00
Navigating Pet Death: Soul care practices for animals and people
A workshop with Sarah Kerr, PhD
The Centre for Sacred Deathcare
An invitation for pet owners, death doulas, grief counselors, animal communicators, vets and vet techs, dog walkers, groomers, therapists, and anyone who supports pets or the people who love them.
Learn soul care practices and ritual skills to support yourself, your pet, or your clients through the journey of pet loss.
This is an afternoon of filming for an online class (you won’t be visible the final video).
No charge to attend, but pre-registration is required
More information and registration here
Fri, Dec 2, 2022, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm OR Fri, Dec 9, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Prayers of Gratitude to Gather Medicine with Sherry Morgan, Eco-Spirituality Guide
An Ojibwa elder woman taught me a form of prayer that is very accessible and highly transformational. I now call this form “Prayers of Gratitude.” She said that this is how her people gather medicine for their lives. And, importantly, gratitude is the core basis of relationship in prayer. Choose from one of the dates shown below and explore prayers of gratitude experientially with me.
Connecting in Love brings healing, joy, & access to guidance. Fri, Dec 2, 2022, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm OR Fri, Dec 9, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Church of Truth, Quiet Room
$20 To Register, please email Sherry Morgan, sherry@loveisround.net, or call 250 483-5273, or connect through www.loveisround.net.
Friday, December 23/22, 6 pm.
WINTERLIGHT a Solstice Celebrationwith DANCING WOLF & SISTR DJPotluck, Solstice Carol Sing-a-long, Fiddle Performance by Q Brooke & ECSTATIC DANCE!
a One Heart & Collective Joy Dance SOLSTICE CELEBRATION$20 Early Bird Tickets until Wednesday Dec. 21st$25 after Dec 21st & at the Door
TIMING:
6pm- POTLUCK (bring food to share and your own plate, bowl, cup, & cutlery)
7pm- SOLSTICE SING-A-LONG
7:30pm- FIDDLE PERFORMANCE by Q
8pm- DANCE! to Global Fusion, Eclectic, & House Music. w Mary & Dancing Wol
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Two DJs, one fiddler, a sing-along & potluck, in a stunning location, with a lovely community of dancers
Dancing Wolf & SISTR DJ:
For those of you who enjoyed the ONE HEART DANCES in Victoria & the Gulf Islands for over twenty years, Dancing Wolf needs no introduction. For the rest of you, you are in for a sonic treat! Mary and Wolfy compliment each other’s style with their love of global fusion, their eclectic musical tastes, and a shared passion for community-building– she, finding gems for her weekly Ecstatic Dances & monthly Full Moon Dances on the beach and he drawing from a vast collection of music new & old for his weekly poetry & song programs Gaia Grooves & Muse’s Garden on CKTZ Cortes Public Radio.
Q Brooke:
Nonbinary westcoast artist, Q, is a consummate performer who is clearly at ease on stage and is known for their powerful fiddle & vocals. Q’s contagious energy and love of Folk and Celtic music is always at the forefront as they captivate audiences with energetic and spirited performances showcasing their propensities for fiddling, song, & story-sharing. Formerly a teen fiddle star, in recent years Q has blossomed & grown into their nonbinary identity and life’s purpose & is singing rebel ballads and obscure folk covers (self-accompanied & acapella) interspersed with rip-roaring fiddle tunes to help heal the masses. Their sets will equally inspire as they will bring you to tears or have you clapping along (& stomping your feet!)
We will offer options for dancing indoors and out. There will be great SPEAKERS indoors, as well as silent disco headsets available for an immersive indoor-outdoor dance experience where you can control your own volume.
Reserve on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/silent-dj-victoria-31599471691
or by e-transfer to: info@silentdjvictoria.com (please put Dec. 23rd & your contact info in your e-transfer message in case of last-minute reminders & updates:)
Facebook link: https://fb.me/e/2iYtIP645
December 25th 2022 ~ Christmas Potluck following Sunday Service.
Sign-up via email : cotweekly2018@gmail.com
Please let us know what dish you will bring, and if you would like to help with setting up, or cleaning up.
If we have any volunteers who would like to prepare the organic turkey gifted by Church of Truth, please reply to the e-mail above.
Michelle will play some light piano music, so feel free to reach out if you would like to musically collaborate!
Wednesday December 28th 2022 – 6:30-9:30pm
“Contact and Beyond: Dance Improvisation Practice Space”
A chance for those with or without dance experience to immerse themselves in a practice of silent dance improvisation. With gentle guidance from facilitator and experienced dance educator Kristen Lewis, dancers of all ages (you are never too old to learn to dance your freedom!), dancers are supported in learning to trust the supportive embrace of silence to bring us into the deep simplicity of communion with self, other, and space. This is a place for free expression, for profound kindness towards self and other, and for reverence for the humble mysteries of the body as sacred vessel.
For more about the facilitator Kristen Lewis, see: www.gullcrydance.com
Fee: $15-25, sliding scale.
In November
Friday, November, 4, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
C. G. Jung Society Victoria presents Joel Kroeker: Crisis as Alchemical Vessel
A Jungian perspective for difficult times like these.
In this presentation, Joel Kroeker will explore how the disorientation and confusion resulting from the demands of our current phase of humanity can contribute to the necessary confrontation with the greater personality and its drive toward actualized wholeness.
Member: $20, Non-member: $30, Student with ID: Free.
For more information, please contact Michele at 236-508-1306 or by email at mturnerca@hotmail.com
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Wednesday evenings: Sept 7 – Nov 2, 2022, 6:30-9:30pm
“Contact Improvisational Dance Classes
$225 Series etransfer to stulipss@gmail.com ($25/session)
$30 drop in
6 class bulk card $156 ($26/session)
5 class bulk card $135 ($27/session)
4 class bulk card $112 ($28/session)
Stulips.org
This 9 class intensive is designed to hone one’s ability to focus & heal through relationship process
The design is carried out in the physical through intuitively attuned guided movement structures
We will deal with a different personally applicable theme weekly
Stuart Phillips has been diligently teaching, performing & studying Improvisational Contact Dance worldwide for over 40 years
CI is a serious psychic analogy for life’s modems”
www.stulips.org 510-999-6166
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Mondays, September 19 – November 7, 7 – 8:15 pm
Victoria Men’s Yoga with Loren Crawford, Yoga Teacher
Gay men and male allies are welcome to join this yoga class series.
For 8 weeks we will journey together exploring both the physical and metaphysical aspects of yoga.
Each class will include
- An opening discussion on the class’s theme, for example, using yoga to build vitality;
- An all-levels physical practice that embodies the theme including yoga poses and other techniques;
- A final relaxation;
- Breathwork; and
- Concluding meditation
Yes, we will cover all of that in 75 minutes!
What you need
- Bring a yoga mat and ideally a yoga block and a strap or belt
- Bring a small towel (especially if you are a sweater)
- Bring a bottle of water
- Wear comfortable, stretchy clothes
- Complete the yoga waiver for 1st class (available when you register)
If you have any physical limitations contact me before registering.
Information/Registration: Web site and/or email address and/or telephone # (contact information is required for your listing to be posted)
www.lorencrawfordyoga.com/victoria-mens-yoga https://www.facebook.com/groups/victoriamensyoga
Contact Loren with any questions
In October
Fri. Oct. 28th, 7:30-10pm
ONE HEART HOWL Hallowe’en Dance w. Dancing Wolf & Sistr Dj
DJs spinning Global Fusion, Eclectic, & House music, *costumes optional.”
Early Bird Tics $15 until Wed. Oct. 26th; ; then Regular Price $20
Options to dance Indoors with speaker sound system or outdoors with silent disco headsets.
Prize of 3 Free Dances for coolest costume and carved pumpkin.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/445063064607
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Fridays, October 28 and November 11, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Prayers of Gratitude With Sherry Morgan, Eco-Spirituality Guide
A minimum exchange for a gift is ‘thank you’. Most of us have a great debt of gratitude to the many aspects of nature that give us life and who can and will give us guidance for our lives. Gratitude is the core basis of relationship in prayer. We will explore gratefulness to aspects of nature and experience what that produces in our lives. In part two, we will work to deepen our effectiveness with prayer. I will also lead a companion prayer where you will receive guidance directly to help you in your life.
Love Is Round describes a core design of our world and our universe. Love Is Round also describes the experience of connection with aspects of nature. Connecting in Love brings
healing, joy, & access to guidance.
Part 1: Fri, Oct 28, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Part 2: Fri, Nov 11, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Church of Truth, Yellow Room
Sliding scale available: $60 – $30
To Register, please email Sherry Morgan, sherry@loveisround.net, or call 250 483-5273, or connect through www.loveisround.net.
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Wednesday evenings: Sept 7 – Nov 2, 2022, 6:30-9:30pm
“Contact Improvisational Dance Classes
$225 Series etransfer to stulipss@gmail.com ($25/session)
$30 drop in
6 class bulk card $156 ($26/session)
5 class bulk card $135 ($27/session)
4 class bulk card $112 ($28/session)
Stulips.org
This 9 class intensive is designed to hone one’s ability to focus & heal through relationship process
The design is carried out in the physical through intuitively attuned guided movement structures
We will deal with a different personally applicable theme weekly
Stuart Phillips has been diligently teaching, performing & studying Improvisational Contact Dance worldwide for over 40 years
CI is a serious psychic analogy for life’s modems”
www.stulips.org 510-999-6166
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Mondays, September 19 – November 7, 7 – 8:15 pm
Victoria Men’s Yoga with Loren Crawford, Yoga Teacher
Gay men and male allies are welcome to join this yoga class series.
For 8 weeks we will journey together exploring both the physical and metaphysical aspects of yoga.
Each class will include
- An opening discussion on the class’s theme, for example, using yoga to build vitality;
- An all-levels physical practice that embodies the theme including yoga poses and other techniques;
- A final relaxation;
- Breathwork; and
- Concluding meditation
Yes, we will cover all of that in 75 minutes!
What you need
- Bring a yoga mat and ideally a yoga block and a strap or belt
- Bring a small towel (especially if you are a sweater)
- Bring a bottle of water
- Wear comfortable, stretchy clothes
- Complete the yoga waiver for 1st class (available when you register)
If you have any physical limitations contact me before registering.
Information/Registration: Web site and/or email address and/or telephone # (contact information is required for your listing to be posted)
www.lorencrawfordyoga.com/victoria-mens-yoga https://www.facebook.com/groups/victoriamensyoga
Contact Loren with any questions