Blue Monkey Dia de los Muertos Spa w Alma Omega & Viviana Druga

A conscious celebration of the dead and the living. Feel free to bring a photo or a souvenir of a loved one that died for our shared offerta. Or bring a flower for them. With: Juicy dance music: Alma ∞ Omega Chill out bardo tunes: Schieferstein/ Secret River Day of the Dead Ceremony: Viviana Druga Kundalini Yoga for the Subtle Body: Rabea Siri Amritdev Kaur Circling: Raffaella Bona Live Music: Anha Wong, Schieferstein “Remember the clear light, the pure clear white light from which everything in the universe comes, to which everything in the universe returns; the original nature of your own mind. The natural state of the universe unmanifest. Let go into the clear light, trust it, merge with it. It is your own true nature, it is home.” ---Tibetan Book of the Dead--- In Western culture death is a hidden thing. Most big cemeteries have been moved outside the cities centuries ago to protect the inhabitants from plagues and pestilences. The only dead bodies you see in your life are those of family members or very close friends. By contrast, in India you can see dead bodies on the street everyday. Some of them literally dying in front of you. Every child has seen bodies. In Japan death even as a certain aesthetics and many artists and designers work with that subject. But here it's still a dangerous topic. The occupation with death reminds us of our own mortality. And that can be a bit uncomfortable to think about. Rushing through the city, rushing through our lives, aren't we somehow pretending that we would not die? That it just will always go on like this. Which it won't. As death is probably the one thing in life that is certain. And then - is that all there is? Or is there an afterlife? Is this life maybe just one in myriads that our soul goes through to learn the lessons that it came here to learn, being born and dying and being reborn over and over again, changing bodies like a piece of cloth? Tibetan tantra teaches of a number of realms that the soul goes through after death. The bardos. In these bardos the dying person is tested and the next life will be determined on the base of the accumulated karma. Initiated tantrics practise advanced techniques to prevent rebirth. In Mexican tradition death is a natural part of life. On Dia de los Muertos, the day of the dead, friends and family come together to remember their loved ones that died. They decorate the cemeteries, bring their dead relatives their favourite foods, drink and dance. It is not a sad event but a vivid celebration in which the dead ones come to life and celebrate together with the living. Let's take this as an inspiration for our Blue Monkey Day of the Dead Spa! We come together and share our light in ceremony. Celebrating the dead and the living, we dance in ecstasy, let go in the sauna and plunge into the bardos through meditation and sound. Bring your grief. Bring your joy. Bring your light. MONKEY DRESS CODE Dia de los Muertos Monkey Come as a dead monkey. Or a very alive person. Or vice versa. Be creative. And remember, if you want to use the sauna, bring a towel and wear something that you can easily put off and on again... MONKEY PROGRAM First Part: 16:00 Doors open (Check in open: 16-17) 16:30 Kundalini Yoga & Meditation (90 min): Siri Amritdev 18:45 Circling: Raffaella Bona (30 min) Second Part (doors open again: 19:30) 20:00 Opening w/ Karolina Darshan 20:10 Songs of Death and of Life w/ @Anha Hsiu Wong 20:30 Salon: Ecstatic Dance w/Alma ∞ Omega 20:30 Nest: Bardo tunes/ space for integration, meditation and relaxation: Schieferstein 23:23 Day of the Dead Ceremony w/ Viviana Druga (closing) 0:00 End of Event