About this Event

Sold out β€” if you bought a ticket - you got an email with address. If you need help **text** 732-910-1760 If you wanted a gorgeous space and loving community to pause and make time to return to inner silence, reflect, heal and then....dance....this retreat is for you. Urban Awakening presents a one day silent Soul Healing Retreat nestled in an intentional community that rests on 22 acres of Redwood Trees with stunning views of the entire Bay Area. Soul Healing Retreat will combine many of our favorite and potent elements that bring together community, healing and spirit. Bring your swimming gear for a swim in our pool! (1) Silent Meditation...did we mention overlooking stunning Bay Area views? :) (2) Healing Journey: Releasing the old and making room for the new (3) Movement Meditation through the Redwoods (4) Soul Healing Guided Journey inside the Cathedral on our land 🎼🎹🎻 (5) Ecstatic Dance in an acoustically-tuned Boom Room πŸ’₯ This will be a special day to flow together in spaces of silence, healing, movement and sound. "The whole universe is Love's endless dance," said Kabir. Essentially, as a community, we come together and create space of deep healing and joy. We hold it all together and that is evident in the tears of sadness and joy shared throughout the day. **Participants will be asked to observe sacred silence until we get to the Community Sharing Circle, which is at the end.** You are welcome to stay past 9pm and hang until 11pm. Address will be disclosed upon purchase of ticket. PLEASE BRING: BACKJACK (if you have one), cushion, blanket, layers of clothing, sunscreen, sunglasses, swimming gear and a vegetarian dish to share. Please bring a real dish and not chips, snacks or appetizers. SCHEDULE 12pm - Enter and settle in 1pm - **Doors Close** 1-1:30pm - Guided Meditation 1:30pm-2pm - Silent Meditation 2pm-2:15pm - Walking Meditation 2:15pm-2:45pm - Journal & Break 2:45pm-3:15pm- Guided Meditation 3:15pm-4:00pm - Healing Journey 4:00 - 4:30 - Sound Healing 4:30 - 6pm - Silent Potluck, Veggie Dinner and Break (swimming if you want) 6:00pm - 7pm - Song and Sound Healing Circle 7-9pm - Ecstatic Dance with πŸ’₯Alexis Fllow, Craig Wenaweser and Nate Levin 9:00-10pm - Community Sharing Circle πŸ”΄ 10pm - End!πŸ’ƒπŸ½πŸ’ƒπŸ½ 10-11pm - Welcome to Stay and Hang Out! πŸ”† YOUR FACILITATORS Urban Awakening, lead by Craig Wenaweser and Gigi Azmy, have been bringing the awakening journey to community for 4 and a half years in the Bay Area. They have facilitated workshops on the topics of the path to awakening, healing trauma and conscious relationships. Craig and Gigi will be leading the meditation and healing journey. Joana Ayala, sound healing graduate from CIIS, will be taking us on an ethereal sound healing journey to help integrate our reflections and healing work. Alexis Fllow Leiva has got that sacred bass, tribal EDM and spiritual hip-hop on lock. He gets the entire crowd jumping up and down. Just sayin. We are excited to be with you and the exhilarating flow of activities that will take us through communal silence, to rebirth, to joy. It has to be experienced. BIOS Craig Wenaweser, M.A., MFT, is a spiritual teacher and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has been studying and practicing various forms of eastern spirituality, western psychology and meditation for over 15 years. Through an integration of meditation, spiritual inquiry and a focus on self-acceptance, self-compassion and self-love, Craig guides students and clients to a direct experience of the peace, joy, balance and wholeness of their true nature. He is co-founder of Urban Awakening, an organization that holds classes and workshops on meditation and awakened living in San Francisco and Oakland and has a private therapy and healing practice in San Francisco. http://www.awakenedtherapy.com/ Gigi Azmy, MBA has the superpower of shifting people immediately from their personal blocks. What most don't know about Gigi has been a Business & Tech Consultant in Silicon Valley for Fortune 500 Companies for the past 8 years. Today she is a transformative mentor & coach, whose gift is unlocking the next stage of growth in an individual. www.gigiazmy.com Alexis Fllow is an inspired DJ, Vocalist and Producer from San Francisco, CA. He stirs up a psychedelic smoothie of Spiritual Hip Hop, Sacred Bass and Tribal EDM. "My intention with music is to Activate the Higher Self and Elevate Unity Consciousness through embodied, community dance." Music/Videos: https://spiritquestprograms.com/fllow Joana Ayala is a vocalist and certified sound practitioner, having studied at The California Institute of Integral Studies, she weaves harmonic improvisation in ceremonial and healing settings, that create an atmosphere of deep relaxation and transcendence, and loves to guide others to connect to their own vocal expression. Nate Levin has performed professionally on (or near) seven continents in rock clubs, private parties, cruise ships, concert halls, and places of worship. Nate has shared the stage with various rock, pop, funk, blues, R&B, jazz and classical ensembles, notably with soul singer, Clem Curtis of The Foundations ("Build Me Up, Buttercup"), Broadway star, Lorna Luft (daughter of Judy Garland), and pop rock duo, Journey South (UK X-Factor). http://www.natelevin.com/bassist3

Dance Styles

Ecstatic Dance (100%)

Organizer

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Craig Wenaweser

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Alexis Fllow Leiva

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Urban Awakening

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Joana Ayala

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Gigi Azmy