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FALL INTO HARMONYJoin Us For An Intimate Retreat:
Community Singing, Vocal Improv & Contemplative Movement
held by TatiAnah Thunberg, Kath Weider, Carol Bardenstein, Beth Patterson & you!
@ Michigan Friends Center
1125 Long Lake Road, Chelsea, MI 48118
♥ At our biannual singing retreat, we will co-lead you through a full day of joining our voices together in harmony, following community singing into vocal improvisation, contemplative movement, song ceremony and community weaving.
♥ Theme: Belonging is the most fundamental need we share as humans. Belonging to ourselves, to each other, to the land, to our lineages and to the songs that unify us, not just as humans, but in our interdependence with all beings. Join us in song circle as we embolden our resilience and honor our vulnerability for whatever thresholds, known and unknown, we are crossing this fall.
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♥ THE FLOW
9:00: Arrive & Settle In
9:30-10:15: Opening Circle
10:15-11:30: Singing Our Hearts Open with Carol
11:30-12:00: Flocking: Sound in Motion with Tatianah
12:00-12:15: Morning Reflection
12:15-1:30: Catered Lunch & Open Space
1:30-2:45: Voice As Practice: Play & Pray With Kath
2:45-4:00: Improvise Revolution with Beth
4:15-5:15: Into-Me-You-Sing Ceremony with Kath & Tatianah
5:15-5:45: Afternoon Reflection
5:45-7:00: Catered Dinner & Open Space
7:00-7:30: Ecstatic Dance with TatiAnah
7:30-9:00: Community Yes/And Open Jam
9:00-9:30: Evening Reflection
9:30-10:00: Restore The Space
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♥ Fall Into Harmony is a retreat - we will take a one day sacred pause together to co-create a fully immersive community practice that will deepen throughout the day and into the evening. Unlike a workshop or a festival where folks pop in and out for a portion of the offering, if you are registering, please know that our expectation is that you are coming to co-create with us for the full flow.
♥ A delicious vegetarian lunch and dinner are catered by our very talented Bhakti brother, Ekanti Govinda Dasa, and are included in your registration fee.
♥ This is a small retreat with a precise budget, therefore once you purchase a ticket, to cover all of our costs, we are not offering refunds. However, if you can't make it, you can sell or gift your ticket to someone who would like to join us. We keep a waiting list once it's sold out to help folks who want to attend to match with up with the tickets of folks who are unexpectedly unable to attend. However we cannot guarantee a match.
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REGISTRATION DETAILS
♥ All levels welcome! No prior singing or vocal improv experience required.
♥ Adults: Adults of all ages, genders, ethnic, cultural, racial, faith & sexual identities are welcome. (We will not have childcare available on site).
♥ Advanced tickets are required.
♥ Registration is limited to 26 folks.
♥ Green Bottle Sliding Scale: $177 - $222
♥ Several partial scholarships = work exchange spots are available for folks in green bottle #4.
♥ Thank you for valuing the importance of sacred gathering and supporting the thriving of your song medicine people and organizers in a way that is both generous & affordable for you!
♥ Secure your spot by registering here:
https://www.spiritmoves.us/events-fall-into-harmony
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Community Health: This event is indoors. Come healthy. You are welcome to mask and distance to your own comfort level.
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ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:
🧡 TatiAnah Thunberg (queer/she/her) is an A2 local, and the founder of Spirit Moves LLC, where she blends contemporary somatic therapies and ancient wisdom traditions to anchor home in spacious present moment awareness where thriving resides. Singer, dancer, yogini, ceremonialist, psychotherapist, foodie, forest and plant lover, she is devoted to gathering in sacred circles to remember we belong to ourselves, each other, this planet and Source. Let’s play!
🧡 Kath Weider (she/her) is a singer, vocal coach, writer, filmmaker and devotee of the art of improvisation. A long-time meditator and inquiry student of the Diamond Approach Mystery School, she is most delighted in the shared threads between music, movement, improvisation and spiritual practice - to pray through singing, to deepen one’s attention to the inner body through sound, to feel alive through the joy of spontaneous music making. Kath trained in conservatory-style vocal technique, before branching off to study experimental music and improvisation with David Darling, Warren Senders, Rhiannon, Barry Green and Meredith Monk. She is a certified facilitator in the Music for People approach to improvisation. Kath is also the lead singer for the Spirit Singing Band.
🧡 Carol Bardenstein (she/her) is a beloved local song-catcher and song leader. She discovered heart-centered singing with others as a deep and transformative spirit portal nearly 15 years ago, and she’s been singing her heart out and in with others, and facilitating many different kinds of song circles ever since! Grief, joy and everything in between, and all that you are, are warmly invited into her song circles, for expression, connection and communion in heart and song.
🧡 Beth Patterson (she/her) is a mystic singer songwriter, improvisational vocalist, and clinical social worker. She has practiced improvisational circle singing in community since 2006 as a founding member of the Trybal Revival circle singing community in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Beth’s next album “Love Says” will be released in the late fall of 2024. Beth is also initiating production of a collection of community singing songs born out of improvs that focus on spiritual activism, connection and healing.
“Improvisational circle singing has been a foundational spiritual and community healing practice for me. I love connecting with people and helping them experience the joy of creation in the moment. It's magic.” She says: “I want to use this magic to help us to start imagining & creating change.” No special experience or knowledge is needed to participate.
🧡Ekanti Govinda Dasa, our caterer, is a member of the spiritual community called The Harmony Collective. He's been cooking and chanting in this community for over 9 years. Ekanti earned his culinary degree right out of high school and is passionate about making healthy delicious meals for others. Once he joined The Harmony Collective, his desire for cooking and serving others only intensified. He's now spent many years learning and studying about Ayurveda and the art of conscious cooking to help him in his mission to bring medicine to the people through healthy eating.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Michigan Friends Center, 1123 Long Lake Dr, Chelsea, MI 48118-9423, United States,Chelsea, Michigan
