Bio

Guru Rattana, Ph.D., trained with Yogi Bhajan from 1977. Following receipt of her Doctorate (Political Science – University of Geneva) she pursued an academic career at Dartmouth College, MIT, and New Hampshire College, moving in 1985 to the U.S. International University in San Diego.

She is author of three, now classic, Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Manuals – Transitions to a Heart-Centered World, Sexuality and Spirituality and Relax and Renew. Ground-breaking author and teacher, she has also written Your Life Is in Your Chakras and The Destiny of Women Is the Destiny of the World. She has established an influential Internet presence through her websites www.yogatech.com and www.kundaliniyoga.org, monthly newsletter New Millennium Being, Free on-line Kundalini Yoga classes and Guru Rattana On-Line streaming video classes.

She is the lead trainer of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Teacher Training courses in the USA, Russia and Turkey. Her newest book is The Inner Art of Love.

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Guru Rattana is leading two very powerful Kundalini workshops and a tantric healing circle as well as giving a talk called Wake up to Love. The Inner Art of Sacred Love requires a paradigm shift. We must embrace both our upper and lower chakras and complete our spiritual path with both the ascent into consciousness and the descent into humanness. So on the full moon day, dedicated to the Frontiers of Love, the session focuses on Kundalini Yoga and Meditation techniques for raising and grounding sexual energy making it possible (1) to transmute sexual energy to create healing, rejuvenation and a charismic, radiant presence, (2) to experience the magnetic power and pure joy that comes from the internal union of the two polarities of your soul, and (3) to attract and cultivate relationships that vibrate at higher frequencies of love, joy and peace.
Your internal relationship with the two universal energies prepares you to experience divine union with a partner – the merging of two souls able to integrate human and divine energies in pure heart-centered love.

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Following this class, there will be a Tantric Healing Circle and later on an enlightening talk called “Wake Up to Love”. In this talk Guru Rattana explains the extraordinary astrological configurations that indicate an expansion of consciousness and a profound shift in our planetary paradigm. Chiron entering Pisces for nine years is reactivating the love energies of the sixties. Chiron was last in Pisces from 1960-68! We are moving into the next phase!
Starting with an outline of the nature of the paradigm shift from the Piscean to the Aquarian Age and moving to an explanation of the energies that we are dealing with, Guru Rattana shares how we can use the current energies productively to make our contribution to creating a peaceful and sustainable world. What an extraordinary time to be alive and gather to talk about the significance of this time in history and this lifetime for each of us individually!

She states: “There will be very intense transformative energies at the end of August during the Boom Festival, which will play an important role in anchoring in the higher vibrations of love.”

The next day – Frontiers of Evolution – the class teaches you to ride the wave of love into the Aquarian Age by aligning your mind, body and emotions with the heart-centered frequencies that are infusing the Planet and learning how to serve as the grounding rods to anchor in these energies to heal Mother Earth. After a brief explanation of the astrological configurations that explain the intensity of transformational imperatives that we are experiencing individually and collectively, we do Kundalini Yoga and Meditation to align and prepare ourselves to be the vessels of the paradigm shift from fear to LOVE. Bring your own mat!

Dont miss these amazing opportunities for gaining a tool kit for the Aquarian Age!

Bio

VerDarLuz is a healing artist – an astrological counsellor, shamanic, breathwork and regression guide, composer, performer and multimedia artist. He has travelled extensively, visiting and studying in over 25 countries. He contributes regularly to RealitySandwich.com and is working on a multi-volume series of astrology manuals, entitled Codex of the Soul. Vol.1 was released in May 2010. He lives in Colorado and travels frequently to teach.

More at www.astralshaman.com

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The information overload, the feeling of time accelerating, the increasing number of natural disasters, and our enhanced, empathic intuition have all contributed to the feeling that the summer of 2010 is an evolutionary threshold––both an alpha and omega point of no return.

In this workshop, we use both movement and lecture to explore the astrological elements of this year 2010, not 2012 as the trigger-point for our collective evolution. We dance the powerful evolutionary forces in the sky including the Saturn-Uranus opposition, the Uranus-Pluto square, and the Saturn-Pluto square. We investigate how these planetary aspects effect us in our lives, through such topics as alternative energies, the astrological karma of the U.S., alien and artificial intelligence, synesthetic healing techniques, 3D film, and festival culture as fundamentally interwoven in the archetypal story emerging over the coming years…

Here is a chance to gain tools of perception and dance your individual role as an agent of the global consciousness shift…

Bio

Suzanne is an ecstatic vocalist and composer whose devotional music has been called a “groove-loving and seductive journey into Spirit” and whose music has been commissioned for film, theatre and DVD. Both as a performing and recording artist, as well as a facilitator of transformational workshops and intensives for many years, Suzanne has received critical acclaim. She has enjoyed mainstage billing at festivals such as Earthdance, Harmony, Burning Man, Joshua Tree Music Festival and The World Festival of Sacred Music (hosted by the Dalai Lama). Suzanne has also been a ritual designer and priestess for many years and has developed curriculums, teacher trainings and apprenticeship programs combining ritual and activism for numerous communities nationwide. She offers a unique blend of yoga, music, sacred ceremony and activism to conferences and festivals worldwide – most recently as featured artist at several Yoga Journal Conferences, Omega Institute, Esalen Institute, Institute of Noetic Sciences, The Global Sound Conference and Earthdance where she led the worlds largest Spiral Dance for 5000 people. Suzanne is also a co-creator, with Seane Corn and Hala Khouri, of Off the Mat, Into the World, a project offering nationwide training programs and humanitarian tours combining yoga and sustainable activism. Her latest album “Blue Fire Soul” is available through White Swan Records.

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Workshop 1- On the day dedicated to Frontiers of Behaviour Suzanne is your guide in “Finding and Embodying Your Purpose: Sacred Activism and Yoga”:

Each of us has a unique calling that needs only to be nurtured and cultivated so that it can grow and flourish. Our modern challenge is to know that we each can make a difference and that our life is purposeful and rich with meaning.

In this dynamic introductory workshop, we explore the connections between the yogic path and the way of divine service or Seva. We then journey through an embodied and soulful yoga practice that awakens the flow of intention. Each asana and each breath invites us to dive deep into the flames of our passion and expand our ability to turn that purpose into action.

Through asana and ritual, we awaken our greatest potential to inspire change and give back to the world – weaving our visions and voices and reconnecting with the joy of service from the heart. Bring your own mat!

Embody your purpose and live it now!

Make Change Happen!

Workshop 2- During Frontiers of the Body, Suzanne leads “Sing Yourself Awake: Yoga and Singing”:

Singing has been an integral part of many cultures for centuries but in the West we have lost touch with the permission to use our voices and subsequently with the incredible healing benefits of sound and singing. Each of us has a uniquely authentic voice and when we create the correct physiological and psychological foundations, that natural voice is freed up to move through us, bringing us into a very real experience of bliss. Bring your own mat!

This workshop is an invitation to explore the power of sound, singing and movement as transformational tools and as an important part of a complete spiritual practice. Singing, much like asana, requires the perfect union of will and surrender and can connect us almost instantly with both our limiting beliefs as well as our deepest connection with the Divine. Sound and singing can assist in taking the experience of our yoga practice to a profoundly subtle level. Sound, and in particular the use of the human voice can slow heart rates, release anxiety and stress and even bring us to certain states of consciousness.

In this workshop we explore a variety of modalities such as asana, ecstatic dance, vocal toning, circle song, drumming, and deep meditation. As we deepen the connection between sound and movement within ourselves, we discover the possibilities of connection with each other and our environment. We focus on freeing the natural voice, awakening and refining the subtle energy body, allowing our creativity to expand, and tapping into our sacred self and our connection with the Divine.

Discover the blissful connection between sound, singing and the Divine! There is absolutely no prior singing experience necessary for this workshop!

More info at www.suzannesterling.com

Bio

Kamalroop is a Warrior Sikh, and part of an institution created by the 10th Sikh Guru. The sacred robes of this lineage are blue like the sky and the water, protector and nurturer of all. Kamalroop is versed in martial arts, warrior yoga, music and mantras. The Warrior Sikhs believe that the Divine is also Feminine and seek balance between male and female energies. After travelling to India in 1997, Kamalroop felt so inspired that he joined the Warrior-Saints, later continuing his education in the UK and recently completing his PhD on the traditions and practices of the Warrior-Sikhs.

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Kamalroop is leading a workshop aimed at balancing the body and the mind. Each chakra is exercised with physical asanas, movements and mantras. An explanation of the masculine and feminine characteristics of each chakra and mental visualisations about the corresponding elements are given allowing for a connection with the energy centres in the body. Bring your own yoga mat!

Don’t miss Kamalroop and his army of Warrior Sikhs performing at the Sacred Fire stage too…

Bio

Solomoon is a yoga and meditation instructor, reiki healer, music producer, and dj. He has been studying yoga and meditation and the use of music to access deep states of consciousness since 1993. Since undergoing his yoga teacher training in Nasik, India in 2006, he has been researching and exploring the nature of the mind through practices of meditation and Yoga Nidra, a deeply powerful technique for re-conditioning the mind. He currently teach weekly yoga and meditation classes in Denver, CO USA.

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Solomoon addresses how thoughts do indeed create our reality as they define the lens through which we see our reality. Examining, in depth, the perceptual layers of experience and the role of memes in sculpting and determining what types of experiences we have. A step by step model is given beginning with “experience” and progressively moving all the way inward to the “I am” or “true Self” as defined by the Science of Yoga. Through this process we can begin to understand the subtle layers of mind creation, the power of conscious choice, and how to step into a place of empowerment by recognizing where conscious choice begins. Once we are aware of how the mind interacts with memes, and consciousness interacts with mind, we understand how the translation of our choices and actions can be much more effective in designing and creating in the world around us. This is an abstract merging of a science of thought (memetics) with the spirituality of Self as a potential model for bridging the gap between consciousness and manifestation.
Come and find out how memes, as the content of the mind, affect our interpretation and experience of reality and learn how to move beyond adopted behaviours and into your True Nature cultivating Self-empowerment through conscious choice.
www.metameme.org

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Tom is a live electronic performer and teacher from New Zealand. He began writing music in 2002 and has since found his passion for both teaching and playing. He is New Zealand’s only Ableton certified trainer, and runs an online website that teaches people how to write music with computers.

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The appreciation of music and sound is something that has fascinated humans for years. Why is it that we enjoy music so much? How can a combination of frequencies over time cause us to experience deep emotions, some of which we can’t even explain? How did the appreciation of rhythm, sound and melody power all the way through natural selection, to the point where grown civilized human beings will drop everything and dance?

The first half of the workshop explains some of the most fundamental aspects of sound and how it works on the human mind.

* What waveforms are and how they work
* The beauty of the inner/outer ear and why it is built that way
* How animals use sound to communicate, navigate and bring each other together
* Examples of how simple mathematical functions can produce extremely complex emotional states

The second half of the workshop focuses on the peculiar and highly unexplored world of audio illusions and mind manipulation.

* Creating the illusion of a tone that seems to climb upwards forever
* The power of repetition and why mantras work
* Utilising simple stereo sound (two speakers) to create noises that seemingly come from any direction and distance
* Harnessing wave form phase cancellation within the brain to quickly and artificially travel between the beta (alert), alpha, theta and delta (deep sleep) brain wave states

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Bio

Nicola has been a committed environmentalist for 10 years. Her passion has been the Amazon where she has dedicated her time and energy to helping the indigenous people and the environment. Focusing on Mycoremediation and the power of mushrooms as a way to tackle oil pollution, helping communities build rain catchment systems, she is also an independent film maker.

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Nicola will hold the space for a group talk focusing on individual passions, choice, ethical consumerism, awareness of the bigger picture, action, activism and joining together in the movement.
After hearing people voice both their despair and their hope regarding the state of the world, Nicola will move on to what we can do, then how are we going to do it.
The aim is to discover what each persons’ passion is, how they can help make a positive difference in the world, then empowering them to get on and do it!
www.eyesofgaia.com

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Born in 1981, music has always been a presence in Rodrik’s life. At the age of 6 years old, he attended piano classes at a classical music school having later on taught himself to play the guitar, percussion and a few years later didgeridoo.

It was while living in the multicultural and artistic city of Barcelona (Spain), that he established the first contact with the instrument which awoke a huge interest in him. Since the first moment he heard the sound of the didgeridoo and had the opportunity to try it, he felt a great connection with the instrument.

Since then, he joined the existing didgeridoo movement in Barcelona, and together with highly expert didgeridoo musicians, started playing didgeridoo in a most regular and disciplined way, participating in several meetings, jam sessions,festivals and concerts related to this theme.

He discovered in the Didgeridoo a very powerful way of expression, meditation and relaxation, exteriorizing through it all his inner musicality, and mixing it with several other musical styles.

During this period of research and discoveries he participated in workshops with the most referent and influent contemporaneous didgeridoo artists, from distinctive parts of the world, such as Lies Beijerinck “3ple-d” (Holland), Simon Mullumby ” Wild Marmalade” (Australia), Victor Carol “Minimal Acoustic Band” (Spain), Gauthier Aubé (France), Marc Miethe “Didges Brew” (Germany), Zalem “Wadhom” (France), Iban Nikolai “Samar” (Spain), Larrpan (U.S.A.), Marcos Andreu (Spain).

He also went travelling through Europe, having didgeridoo music as his main reference. He had the chance to perform in bar stages, clubs and festivals, always searching new musical fusions, playing together with various musicians, from country music, jazz, funk, etnic, tribal rhythms, african, south american, folk until electronic music. His current aim is to promote the Didgeridoo, all its potential and possibilities, spreading the word of the didgeridoo, and helping its practice grow all over the world.

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Rodrigo is leading an introductory workshop with the following aims:

Learn about the didgeridoo, its history and origin; The relation between the instrument and the human body; Warm up exercises and preparation for its practice; consciousness of posture and breathing; how to reproduce the “Drone” (basic sound of the didgeridoo); harmonic scales of the instrument; How to execute the circular breathing (exercises); Relaxation during its practice; Benefits and advantages of didge practice; the five engines of the didgeridoo playing: – Diaphragm; – Cheeks; – Tongue; – Voice; – Jaws and lips. The workshop will culminate with a mini performance of didgeridoo playing.

www.myspace.com/rodrikdidge

Bio

Deva Shamim was born in 1974 in Lisbon. She has walked through several paths along her life. She started with a degree in Communication Sciences and Public Relations. Meanwhile she fell in love with Oriental Dance and started to teach it in 2005. In this period Meditation came to her life and she started to organize, as an Injoy member, several therapists from all over the world to come to Portugal and share work based on Osho’s vision. Naturally she started to work with female energy, and the center of her work has been bringing women to their power, beauty, uniting as sisters. Also she has another project called Inamazonia where once a year she takes a group to the Peruvian Amazon to do a plant diet with a Shaman. Along this way she was initiated into the Andean Tradition, Sweat lodge ritual, Sacred Plants work, Ancient Healing Arts, Movement Medicine, Bioenergetics, as an Active Meditations leader, and much more. Currently, she works as a Bioenergetics therapist and Dance performer and teacher, creating Women Workshops and Shamanic Healing Practices.

More at www.inamazonia.com

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This is the time for an honest meeting between men and women! Understanding and acceptance are the intention. Deva Shamim will promote the encounter between genders, in a supported and safe way. Mutual recognition beyond prejudices, working through healing and forgiveness, recognizing and honouring the differences as well as the resemblances, assuming both poles inside ourselves and feeling that while inverted and strong they make complementarities and fusion easier. A space where women feel safer in the physical level and men safer in the emotional level.

This workshop acts as a bridge for the meeting and sharing between men and women, a contribution to making this world a better place. A tantric Movement Encounter of Feminine and Masculine energy!

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Vivian Dittmar is the initiator and founder of the Höllbachhof Foundation for Sustainable Living in Southern Germany, a project dedicated to the development of a sustainable human culture. Home of an intentional community, the Höllbachhof has also emerged as the hub of the Be the Change (Pachamamma Alliance) Initiative in Germany. As an author, speaker and teacher, Vivian has a deep commitment to support people in moving from their present state of isolation, self-destruction and systemic dependence to a new sense of connection, purpose and responsibility.

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Through dynamic group interactions, leading edge information, and inspiring multimedia, participants of this event are inspired to reconnect with their deep concern for our world, and are empowered to make a difference.

Designed with the collaboration of some of the finest scientific, indigenous and activist minds in the world, the Symposium explores the current state of our planet from a new perspective, and connects participants with a powerful global movement to reclaim our future.

It is an exploration of four questions:

Where Are We? – an examination of the state of environmental, social and personal well-being
How did We Get Here? – tracing the root causes that lead to our current imbalance
What’s Possible for the Future? – discovering new ways of relating with each other, with the Earth and looking at the emerging Movement for change
Where Do We Go from Here? – considering the stand we want to be in the world and our personal and collective impact

If you are ready to be disturbed, inspired and moved to action, and to be introduced to a thriving community of committed cohorts, then join us in exploring the most critical concerns of our times, and discover new opportunities to make a real difference in accelerating the emergence of an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just human presence on this planet!

We are thrilled to be hosting the Be The Change Symposium at Boom!

We will have a condensed version of the Be the Change Symposium, specially designed to fit this unique festival context: three hours jam packed with eye opening audio-visual material and discussions!

More info at:
www.hoellbachhof.net
www.be-the-change.de
www.awakeningthedreamer.org

Bio

Autumn Skye Morrison was born on the Parrsboro Shore in Nova Scotia, in June of 1983. As she grew up, her family gradually made their way West across Canada. Her father settled in the small town of Field in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, as well as Columbia Lake. Her mother and stepfather built their home “off the grid” between Powell River and Lund on the Sunshine coast. Spending her youth between the majesty of the mountains and the serenity of the ocean and lush forest, Autumn Skye developed a deep appreciation for natural beauty, and a sense of wonder at life and the world around her.

As soon as she was old enough to hold a pencil, she would spend countless hours playing with colours and figures.

She has travelled throughout North America, Mexico, South East Asia, and Hawaii, spellbound by unfamiliar landscapes and the cultures therein. Inspired, the impressions linger with her when she returns home to her studio.

Autumn Skye lives and paints in her home North of Powell River, overlooking a sweeping expanse of ocean, islands, mountains, and sky. She considers herself among the blessed of the blessed, and lives each day in gratitude and joy of being able to share her art and inspiration.

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Autumn Skye Morrison will be leading a workshop for painting on found objects: we move beyond 2D and 3D and start co-creating with the environment.

Students are asked to bring one or more objects to paint on in place of canvas, whether it is a rock, a shell, a shoe, a piece of wood, or whatever may inspire you. Working with the natural texture and form, and by looking and feeling, exploring highlight and shadow, we draw out the subtle yet potent muse…

Paint and brushes will be provided!

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Amala is a sexological body worker and tantra teacher, she explores sexuality in its many different aspects, with the intention to bring back the eros energy to its original sacred dimension.

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Amala will reveal how erotic energies naturally permeate all aspects of everyday life, exploring the different reactions to this reality and how these can be worked to reach a deeper level of awareness and understanding of the Goddess energy as the sacred fire of creation. Different exercises and techniques will be employed without direct sexual engagement to feel and share the erotic connections surrounding us, to discover how we can make love all together with our souls, consciously opening the gate for eros to flow freely.