Liberation through Creativity: an Integral View
What does F.M. Dostoevsky’s famous expression “Beauty will save the world” mean and why is it said that “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder”? Why art in all its forms and genres is the best means of “soul-wandering” created by mankind. What are the evolutionary advantages of art as a way of self-improvement […]
Forgiveness Made Easy
Forgiveness is often misunderstood, sorely underused, yet is an essential integral life practice. Scientific studies confirm the multiple stress-reducing, wellbeing-enhancing benefits of forgiveness, but equally fascinating is our resistance to it and our reluctance to practice it. In this workshop, we’ll explore what forgiveness is, and arguably more importantly, what it isn’t. What are the […]
Ecstatic Dance – Gathering the Integral Tribe
ECSTATIC DANCE is an alcohol & drug free space to be who you are and dance yourself free. It is a free form movement space, guided by the music, your own body-mind-heart-spirit’s wisdom and those of your fellow dancers. For some, this is a spiritual practice. For others it is exercise or non-verbal socialization. For […]
Authentic Living
Through meditations, live music, silent connecting, sense-based exercises & intimate dialogues, James will guide you with gentle precision towards realising who you really, REALLY are, on the deepest level. From that ‘place’ of clarity and openness, you will begin to acknowledge the unconscious fear-based patterns, self-beliefs and physical clenches that block you from expressing fully, […]
Artist – Colour Alchemist
Martina Höss calls herself a ‘colour alchemist’. By using a multilayered oil painting technique, she places layers of colour upon each other to create an energetic resonance between them. Her paintings reveal the vibration of inner light, and its energetic transmission has the ability to touch you very deeply, right within your true essence. The artist’s mission is the integration of insights revealed through silent meditation into […]
Fullness, Emptiness, Erotic Abundance
#TigerLighteningHaikuPhotography – out of which these photos have been selected – is a decade-plus attempt to make fine, contemplative art with the simple lenses of smartphones, minimally processed and edited, if at all. The photos selected here highlight some of my favorite subjects and techniques: using under-lit subjects and movement to create patterns of light […]