About this Event

GETOPEN SESSIONS, SUNDAY DINNER & ATLWKNDR present: RECOVERY Monday, September 4, 2023 • 1PM-8PM WESTSIDE MOTOR LOUNGE- 725 Echo St. NW Atlanta, GA FREE for kids under 12. $5 for kids 12-18. *Must be accompanied by parent. MORE INFO: GetOpen Sessions & Urban Sanctuary along with Sunday Dinner ATL present the official ATLWKNDR 2023 closing event. RECOVERY. DETAILS: FREE ENTRY FOR ATLWKNDR BADGE & EVENT TICKET HOLDERS. For all others there is a cover at the door. Cultivating wellness and community through holistic disciplines, art, movement and music, GetOpen Sessions and Urban Sanctuary along with Sunday Dinner ATL present the ATLANTA WEEKENDER closing event, RECOVERY! Come with the entire family and Revive, Replenish, Restore, HEAL & RELEASE in the traditions of Sunday Dinner ATL and reconnect after your weekender adventure. Our House music & wellness festival features 2 stages to get open to the soundls of DJs from across the country as well as the immersive HEAL & RELEASE mini–retreat filled with a fusion of yoga and breathwork, music, freestyle movement, sexy, sensual energy, pilates, reiki and healing sound. Recovery: Heal & Release is the final event of the Atlanta Weekender, intended to extend the exuberance of the weekend and restore. The Recovery, Heal & Release mini-retreat is a culmination of revitalization, and reclamation of community. This is a wonderful opportunity for joy and connection before acclimating back into our daily lives. Participants will come together to share stories, experiences, dance, breathe, stretch, rest and perhaps find stillness before concluding their ATLWKNDR / House in the Park experience. Your Heal & Release mini-retreat experience will be a complete one for your mind, soul & body. Here's what's in store. Cherie Carter – Urban Santuary – Welcome Circle Kenyan Tea Ceremony Marsha Shackelford – Restorative yoga and Breathwork - Rawr Yoga Madam CJ – Womb wellness movement / discussion Cadrian Massey – Granola Girl Yoga – Deep House yoga Dr. Gina Gonzalez Johnson - Smart Pilates Cortney LaFloy - LaFloy Flow Yoga - Extend & Release Flow Soul Divine Empress: Hula Healing Dance workshop Amamansa Vargas-Whitten - Haitian dance workshop Kamari & Harry - Healing Touch Massage Punkin From Pluto - Readings Akinade - Readings & made to order jewelry Tonya Coleman – It’s in the details – Tablescapes Make Men Kings Stones & Crystals from Genuine Crystals Bon Henna designs by Sit 4 Henna w Salah Esscents of Julia shea products by Ashely Boyd Rasekhi_Arts_Temple + MORE Vendors, games, face painting, henna, merchandise + more FACILITATORS & CURATORS H E A L Cher Carter-Hyppolite is a certified Yoga instructor, Reiki Master, birth doula and advocate for women’s health and wellness. She founded Urban Sanctuary to share her love for wellness disciplines with individuals and communities in an open, family-friendly, and socially conscious atmosphere. With Yoki, Cher integrates energy healing know how with mindful, innovative ways to re-connect to one’s self. Cher has created an immersive program with an emphasis on curative communing. You will be compassionately guided on a journey to self-discovery and profound intuition through mindful meditation, restorative movement, breathwork and reiki. IG: @YokiSessionswithCher Marsha Shackelford believes yoga is for everybody and everybody and created Rawr Yoga to help make the healing arts accessible and relatable to all humans, with an emphasis on BIPOC. Yoga is more than asana or hatha yoga, the physical postures most often associated with the practice of yoga. Yoga also includes pranayama breathing and meditation, practical mind/body recipes that when practiced help calm our often-overactive nervous systems. As a yoga practitioner, educator and healing guide she shares meditation, pranayama and intuitive practices designed to empower her clients with practical tools to release tension in their mind and body in order to connect with their authentic power and find their own unique flow. Marsha Shackelford is a yoga teacher (EYT), pranayama, meditation and healing guide. She resides in Atlanta, GA with her 2 energetic young sons. madam cj TraxSource.com Chart Topping Singer/ Songwriter Movement Artist+Certified Sensual Dance Fitness Instructor at Vertical Joes, the Home of PValley Certified Strategic Self Care Ambassador w/Sister Care Alliance and The Self Care Agency Certified Yoni Steam Therapist and Juice Chef Author of,"Passing Fibroids Naturally" Creator of Divine Clementine Bath&Body, LLC and Hattie Evelyn's Movement Apothecary,LLC Madam CJ is a Certified Holistic Womb Wellness and Sensual Movement Dance Fitness+Juice Coach. Sacral Shake Junt Sessions w/madam cj is a Sacral Chakra and pelvic movement based program that is designed to help Black women&femmes release trauma,create better pelvic, hip mobility and find your authentic voice. madam cj also has expertise and experience with natural pain free menstrual cycle and fibroid elimination. Cardrian Massey is a Radiant Live Yoga 200hr certified yoga instructor and founder of Granola Girl Yoga. The mission of Granola Girl Yoga is simple: to help as many people as possible, enjoy the wonderful benefits of yoga, and make it fun and accessible for everyone. Classes are created with mindfulness, curiosity, playfulness and a dose of strength building. For Cardrian, her love for House music and yoga are a bond that strengthens with every breath. Contact Cardrian at www.granolagirlyoga.com or 404.604.4430 for more information Dr. Gina Gonzalez Johnson has been practicing holistic family medicine in Atlanta for over 13 years and is a certified Mat Power Pilates instructor. She is the CEO of South Atlanta Integrative Medicine, our partner medical practice. She has been a dancer, Olympic ambassador and hopeful for the U.S. Virgin Islands and an All American hurdler and long jumper. She combines her holistic medical knowledge and athletic expertise in the service she provides each client. Pilates is Dr. Gonzalez Johnson’s love and passion. It is easy on the joints, strengthens the core, creates long lean muscle tone, and can be practiced by anyone. Dr. Gonzalez Johnson has been doing Pilates for over 12 years and is certain that the core strengthening exercises of Power Pilates has kept her abdominal muscles toned, her posture strong and functional ability maintained even after 3 children. www.smartpilatesatl.com/, www.saimdrs.com Cortney LaFloy is a House Artist and certified Yoga instructor. Cortney’s first single -- “Dance 4 You” -- was produced by Chi-Profess and remixed by the great, Terry Hunter. The single garnered worldwide attention and respect. Since then, Cortney has released tracks on Tambor Music, Nervous Records, POJI Records, and Funkhut Records. She enjoyed the recognition and respect of her peers and the House Music community when several of her tracks made the ranks of Top 10 Charts on Traxsource. For the greater part of 10 years, she's practiced another artform, Yoga. She's recently completed her 200 hr yoga teacher training. With her Extend & Release Flow Yoga workshop, she's excited to see how her two loves can unite to enrich the lives of others. IG: dancinhousehead IG: lafloyflowyoga Harry Brewster, also known in the Ifa tradition as, Ifabysayo Sangowamiri Osunwamiri, is the owner and creator of One Sacred Touch ATL. He is a father, martial artist, personal trainer and licensed massage therapist. The mission of One Sacred Touch ATL is to be of service to the community by responding to the call to holistically help people heal themselves physically, spiritually, and mentally. It is the firm belief of One Sacred Touch that all of us have a calling in life in some way, shape or form and we are here to express that calling in the most positive way, with balance, integrity, and character. onesacredtouchatl.com R E L E A S E TUSK, NINA SOL & MORE SURPRISES! HOSTS The Atlanta Weekender (ATLWKNDR) is curated by Salah Ananse, DJ Kemit, Kai Alce & Ramon Rawsoul - the DJs for the annual event House In The Park, which has an attendance of 10,000+ each year. The festival was designed to provide a full weekend of events for the thousands of people who fly in each year for this event. The Atlanta Weekender has grown from a festival of 12 DJs in its first year to over 40 DJs in 2018. SUNDAY DINNER ATL, Keeping Soulful House Music Alive - Dance, Eat, Drink, Fellowship with Your Family & Friends! Born from the traditions of old school house parties, lazy Sunday afternoons, enjoying the easy fellowship with family, and celebrating the best damn music period. HEAL Urban Sanctuary was founded to bring healing & wellness disciplines to individuals and communities in an open, family-friendly and socially conscious atmosphere. RELEASE GetOpen Sessions is a free form facilitator of dance, music and community building events seeded in Brooklyn but rooted in global soul. The GetOpen Sessions Park Tour's mission is the realization of the GetOpen Sessions vision in a community friendly and family oriented outdoor environment by teaming with local events, community groups and holistic service providers. HEAL & RELEASE ATL is a collaborative initiative. Hosted by the Atlanta Weekender, Sunday Dinner ATL, GetOpen Sessions & Urban Sanctuary. Healing program is sponsored by Urban Sanctuary (New Jersey) & Sunday Dinner ATL (Atlanta) Release program is sponsored by GetOpen Sessions (New York), the Atlanta Weekender and Sunday Dinner ATL #ThingsToDoInATL #ATLWKNDR2022 #AtlantaWeekender #RecoveryHealandRelease #Atlanta #GetOpenSessionsParkTour #GOParkTour #SundayDinnerATL #VillageDance #HEALandRELEASEATL #HEALandRELEASE #HnRATL #HouseMusicFestival #Namaste #Yoga #HouseDance #Holistic #Health #Wellness #Communal #Tribe #Family #SaturdayInThePark #YogaOutdoors #YokiWithCher #Yoki #YokiSessionsWithCher #ATLWKNDR #iwifreshfarmoasis #iwifreshfarmoasis #AtlantaWeekender

Dance Styles

Salsa (100%)

Pricing

ATLWKNDR badge & event ticket holders:$0.00
Kids under 12:$0.00
Kids 12-18:$5.00

Organizer

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Justin DeepJust Aquabeat

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Sunday Dinner Atl

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The Atlanta Weekender

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Sunday Dinner ATL

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Salah Ananse

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Theresa McGhee

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Nina Ananse