Class "Nesting & Resting" by Shannon Sahaja + LIVE MUSIC JAM w/ Liyanna - Wed 9/17

***CLASS 7:15-8:15pm***
***JAM (w/ live music) 8:15-9:30pm***

-- START TIME --
Class starts promptly at 7:15pm, so please arrive by 7pm to allow time for check-in.

-- LOCATION --
Soft Medicine: 186 N Main St. Sebastopol, CA 95472 (upstairs)

-- ENTRANCE FEE --
$20 for the whole night, whether you go to the class and/or jam.

-- FINANCIAL ACCESSIBILITY --
A discount of 50% is available for marginalized peoples, such as BIPOC and LGTBQIA+ folx and those who are experiencing financial hardship..... or pay what you can; NOTAFLOF.

-- CLASS DESCRIPTION --
Nesting and Resting: The Art of Togetherness

An environment for rest and recalibration in a co-regulatory ecosystem of attuned humans.

Slow-sustained-Wise. Reverence-respect-kindness

A safe container for healing your nervous system from over-stimulation

Slowing down to receive ourselves in the company of others.

A safe and structured environment for practicing and experiencing safe platonic intimacy.


-- CLASS FACILITATOR --
Shannon Sahaja is an embodiment alchemist who feels most at home in the woods, on a dance floor, in warm water or engaged in silly shenanigans. She holds a BFA in Dance from S.U.N.Y Purchase, and has 2 decades of experience as a movement facilitator. She is well known for her loving approach to yoga that was developed during her 8 years of living and teaching at Harbin Hot Springs and through her mentorship with Angela Farmer. Shannon enjoyed being the manager and sacred space holder for Ecstatic Dance Oakland from 2017-2024. She has studied extensively with many of the early pioneers of Contact Improvisation and loves articulating the mechanics of weight sharing for those unfamiliar with the form. She brings delight to the space with her unique ability to create safety while spicing things up with humor and spontaneity. Shannon has a presence that guides those in her field to come home to their essential self through play, attunement and depth.
https://www.shannonsahaja.com/

-- LIVE MUSICIAN BIO --
Liyanna Sadowsky || Improv Harpist

Let’s journey together through a landscape of sound! Liyanna brings 25 years of harp experience to create a tapestry of feeling and texture of in collaboration with your dance! Weaving together sounds and rhythms from Celtic, Classical, Contemporary and World Music backgrounds, Liyanna invites dancers into a wide range of expressive movement and connection to self, other, and earth.

Her style is informed by years of playing with eyes-closed, developing a deeply instinctive and emotive relationship to the instrument and the creative process. In conversation with contact dancers, Liyanna is elated to find partners in creating scores that can never be replicated. You will be delighted by the depth, whimsy, drama, subtlety, spaciousness, and freedom that these harp soundscapes evoke!

www.liyannasadowskyharp.com

-- CLOTHING REQUEST --
* Bring 1 or 2 changes of clothes, if you are prone to sweating while dancing.
* Wear clothing that will keep your butt, genitals and nipples covered while moving in non-linear and unpredictable ways. Actually, more skin coverage is better for C.I movements.
* Don't wear strong fragrances.
* Please remove jewelry.

-- SPACE ACCESSIBILITY --
The movement space is on the 2nd floor, accessible by the stairs or via an elevator in the back of the building.
Anyone under age 18 is asked to attend with a guardian, and/or email us first to discuss.

-- STAY IN TOUCH --
Email list: bit.ly/SebastopolContactImprov
Facebook: Sebastopol Contact Improv (page, with event updates)
And, help us spread the word - invite your friends!

-- CONTACT US --
Email: U2ViYXN0b3BvbENvbnRhY3RJbXByb3YgfCBnbWFpbCAhIGNvbQ==
See you on the dance floor,
Eric, João, Kandace, and Rose

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