Chi! Ka! Go! April Foolz, 2014

*´¨) Life Forces Strategies of the Soul ¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Chi! Ka! Go! Sunday, April 13, 2014 --SECOND SUNDAYS-- Spirit, Dance & Art Celebration Only $10 at the door // All Ages Yoga Now, 742 N Lasalle 8-12 midnight CKG FULL VIDEO - http://youtu.be/7tbCiY6xtrA GODDESS LOVE VIDEO - http://youtu.be/e2ycDWkvuYU ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: AN ANGELYNX / BRILLIANTLYMAD EVENT with CARLA STARLA :: Thank You CommUnity, for coming and creating this love container, breaking through the frozen grounds into new waves of opportunities in March! We launched right into the night, celebrating the Birthday of Yoga Now Chicago's Founder, Amy Beth Treciokas as she shared Kirtan with the Ananda Bliss Tribe. Last minute addition DJZ stepped into the night with a powerful Jungle Set and AliHoopMoma set off the performances with her hooping skills. The Jane Justice League held down the poetry circle, starting in the pitch black with light-up gloves, and what a beautiful sharing circle it was… with improv leading the force. Live Artwork was created by Jesy Grose & Justina Radzeviciute. Healings were given by Ty Zabel and Rosemary Jam Curth. Sharyl Noday was channeling the Siria Family and John Sacelli flowed through AngeLynx. Carla Starla closed the night soulfully. We look forward to sharing the videos and pictures soon =) --------------------------------------- Check out out past ChiKaGo videos on Utube (( We just posted over 160 new videos up! )) www.youtube.com/user/BrilliantlyMadCrew --------------------------------------- ABOUT THE POETRY/PERFORMANCE CIRCLE: We've been running over the last couple months, so we're gonna have to be meanies for awhile and really enforce the 3/4 minute limit. So, time your performance ahead, and don't talk about what you're going to do - just do it. Your own new material please! If you would like to perform something other than original work, or if you know you're going to go over 4 minutes, talk to us ahead of time and we'll get you in IF TIME IS AVAILABLE. Or possibly discuss having you as a Feature Poet or Feature Act in future. -----=APRIL'S FEATURED GUESTS=----- ॐ CARLA CAMPOPIANO & YUYO VERDE (Tango Band) (www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsO5K7pYF9U) Yuyo Verde is a Tango-based band born in Chicago formed by Argentinian and American musicians. The group plays a varied repertoire, from the traditional tango, such as Julio De Caro, to new tango, including Astor Piazzolla. The band combines different sounds originated in Latin-American Folk music as well as Jazz trying to retain the spontaneity and surprise of the music. ॐ DJ ZEEK (Featured DJ) With 30+ years of djing experience via mobile/clubs/radio/raves/house parties/ etc... Ezekiel Dominguez, professionally known as "DJ ZEEK", has become a popular house dj and mentor in the Midwest. This talented, but modest house jock, is a true professional who has enjoyed success other's will never know. Raised in the NWI-Chicagoland area, this south-sider grew up with the famous Chicago House sound and is no stranger to the electronic music scene. (www.soundcloud.com/zeek-dominguez) ॐ ORGANIC MONKS (Featured Poets) Organic Monk is an improv movement. An improv movement of all things. Music, comedy ,drawing, dancing, sillyness, and consciousness. (www.facebook.com/OrganicMonk) ॐ ALLEN (ALLENTIC) LARSON (Live Digital Painting) Local Chicago resident and community artist and street dancer, you've probably seen Allen over the years screen printing clothing live at events or loving the dance floor. In 2013 Allentic started developing his digital painting skills. This allowed him to expand outside of traditional vector based graphic design design for clothing, which has opened a whole new world for his creative visions to take place in. (www.Altarscape.com/) (www.Galactic-Clothing.com) ॐ TRISHA JANE (Healings) Trisha Jane (a.k.a. Ivy) has been channeling her inner artist in various ways for most of her travels around the sun. She loves to use her visions and sacred geometric, psychedelic and abstract ideas, as well as conscious use of color and words on the canvas (whatever it may be). She considers her artwork to be another form of flow, in addition to dance, music, healing and the movement of the universe. ॐ BRIAN ALLEMANA (Soulrise Astrology) Every life is animated by a core consciousness, or soul, that reincarnates through many lives, driven by powerful desires to evolve. Soulrise Astrology readings aim to reveal your soul's evolutionary desires and strategies so you can chart a clearer course towards the transcendence of your limitations and bring greater joy and purpose into your life. (http://soulriseastrology.com) ॐ TAPASYA (Shiatsu Bodywork) Tapasya offers herself in service to help you understand the multidimensionality of the subtle balance within and to facilitate transformation into a fuller, more radiant expression of your highest potential. Through various services such as Shiatsu bodywork, Transformational Consultations and Laughter Therapy she offers support and safe space and an all-embracing presence to discover the Truth and freedom together. Learn more at (www.livingheartcentered.com) ॐ CARLA STARLA (Soulful Live Performance) Get ready to move your body to the beats flowing through this melodic goddess as she sings her light through the room. Carla's goal is to help awaken the true essence of the energy spirit and help each individual produce a stable, grounded spiritual and positive lifestyle. (www.carlastarla.com) ॐ JOHN SACELLI (AngeLynx Readings) John is the author of The AngeLynx Oracle and the Angelish Dictionary, and conducts a regular cycle of Shamanic Dream Circles. His readings in Angelish examine the words (spellings) through which we shape our fates, while at the same time linking us back to the Mother-Center which allows old forms and spells (sometimes called karma) to be dissolved and replaced with fresh energy and new creations. (www.angelynx.com) ॐ DAVID ZIEMBA (Doc-U-Mentoring) In 1998 he founded BrilliantlyMad and has been documenting inspiring communities ever since. Traveling from the Midwest to the East and West coasts, he’s captured moments in a variety of intense places like Burning Man. With boxes of old footage stacked up he has quite a collection that he continues to sort through. (www.facebook.com/david.ziemba) -------------------- If you would like to be featured at a future ChiKaGo please let us know at chikago(at)brilliantlymad.com ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ☆*•.¸(*•.¸MISSION¸.•*´)¸.•*☆ CHI is the Life-Force, the Ki (Key), Mana, or dynamic vital energy which pervades all of life. The KA is the Spirit-Soul, our gathering of that CHI force into the uniqueness of our own being. And GO, the Oriental Game of Strategies, expresses the choices we make to share that uniqueness with our community. The CHI! KA! GO! community coalesces every Second Sundays at Yoga Now through dancing, loving, healing, singing and celebrating until the midnight hour. We offer this opportunity to join our community together with a variety of new modalities through the arts while sharing our hearts and souls with one another. You are welcome to release your barriers, set your intentions and open to our wide-ranging spectrum of creativity. CHI - the life force KA - Egyptian for Spirit-Soul Go - Chinese-Japanese game of strategies. ☆*•.¸(*•.¸INTENTIONS¸.•*´)¸.•*☆ * Ask First, Protect the Community & Leave No Trace * Maintain a Sober Atmosphere of High Vibrations * Participate Through Infinite Love & Gratitude * Reveal Love, Honor All Paths, Celebrate Life ☆*•.¸(*•.¸GUIDELINES¸.•*´)¸.•*☆ 1. Wear comfortable clothing, pay at the front desk and remove your shoes before entering the yoga room. 2. Respect the space. Deposit all trash and recyclables in appropriate containers. Leave No Trace. 3. Respect the performers. Please keep conversation and other activities to a minimum when our friends are sharing their talents with us. 3. Healers and Readers work on an offering basis with the "Suggested Donation of $10". Please ask your Healer or Reader prior to receiving services if you wish to make some other arrangement. 4. If you are not assisting in clean up at the end of the event, please clear the space in a timely fashion so we can make Yoga Now cleaner than we found it. 5. In consideration of time restraints, we have had to put some guidelines in place. There will be a sign-up sheet; only the first to sign in will be able to share in the circle, with these provisions: *Featured Poet will read first and last, along with directing the circle. *Poets will read or present at the center of the circle. *Preference given to those reading or singing their own original material. Reading the work of another poet only if there is time. *Read only new work or something you have not presented at previous CKG's. *Nothing longer than 3 minutes. If your work is longer, please see one of the organizers about future status as Featured Poet. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ☆*•.¸(*•.¸DOC-U-MENTORING¸.•*´)¸.•*☆ Video Playlist 3/9/14: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQRhFNUYqa2nvibstcIdzNs631N-F6iVA Video Playlist 2/9/14: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQRhFNUYqa2ksw-HdfuU2Gei77IEDPVRV Pics Jan-Feb 2014: www.facebook.com/brilliantlymad/media_set?set=a.10152273812295148.1073741847.661380147 Video Playlist 12/8/13: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQRhFNUYqa2kqEA_czVgx1u6-MgWCQcHz Pics December 8, 2013: www.facebook.com/brilliantlymad/media_set?set=a.10152273587120148.1073741846.661380147& Video Playlist 11/10/13: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQRhFNUYqa2nCmW8ELSDowZczkm_krlBl Pics August 11, 2013: www.facebook.com/brilliantlymad/media_set?set=a.10152272977175148.1073741845.661380147 Video Playlist 7/14/13: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQRhFNUYqa2kx7vo5PshknF7po_2gB3vr ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ☆*•.¸(*•.¸LOCATION¸.•*´)¸.•*☆ Yoga Now: 742 N. LaSalle, Chicago www.yoganowchicago.com Free Parking on the street north of Chicago $10 parking lot behind building (meters just went up in price) ☆*•.¸Join our Chi! Ka! Go! Group¸.•*☆ www.facebook.com/groups/chikago ☆*•.¸(*•.¸Supporting Pages¸.•*´)¸.•*☆ www.facebook.com/BrilliantlyMadMagazine www.facebook.com/ClubDivine www.BrilliantlyMad.com www.AngeLynx.com www.CarlaStarla.com ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ☆*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*☆ :Upcoming Events: Sun, Apr 6: Shamanic Dream Circle in Humboldt Park. <[email protected]> or 773-761-0252 Fri, Apr 11: Shamanic Dream Circle in Rogers Park <[email protected]> or 773-761-0252 Tues, April 15: Opportunity Yoga www.brilliantlymad.com May 16-18: Shakti Fest - Joshua Tree, CA http://bhaktifest.com May 24-26: Movement – Detroit http://movement.us June 19-22: Lakes of Fire – Rothbury MI www.lakesoffire.org June 20-22: Bhakti Fest Midwest - WI www.facebook.com/events/220283531488206