An Evening with Unconventional Lions & Friends

An Evening with Unconventional Lions & Friends!

Love Story Yoga / 473 Valencia Street / San Francisco

12/16 ~ 5 - 7:30pm

Come join me, my husband David, and our dear friends Nkechi Njaka, Sará King, Orlando Villarraga, and Cory Tauwoo for an event with live music, movement and mindfulness. David and I are both Garrison Institute Fellows and all of the friends joining for this event came through our connection with Garrison Institute. Together we will create an immersive live music experience at the nexus of contemplative practice, movement and creative expression. The music will take you on a journey through guided meditation, rejuvenating movement, playing percussion instruments, and sound healing. It will include opportunities to be in community, to move your body and to rest. This synthesis of music, movement and mindfulness will leave you feeling joyful, connected, relaxed and nourished - a perfect antidote to any holiday stress and a great chance to get down and boogie!

We will take you on a journey through:

guided meditation

rejuvenating movement

playing percussion instruments

Deep rest

sound healing

This is a donation-based offering and all of the proceeds will benefit Love Story Yoga in recognition of the amazing teaching that takes place there, and their generosity in hosting this event.

This offering is open to anyone (bring your friends and family) - all you have to do is show up and donate what you can!

We will be bringing yummy snacks, and need a head count to know how much to bring, SO PLEASE CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW AND RSVP. We really hope to see you there!

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Learn more about us and all our incredible friends below!

About Nichol

Nichol Chase, ERYT-500, YACEP, TSM, BM, is a teacher, musician, and yogi for whom singing and movement is integral to life.

Nichol’s yoga practice is informed by a vast and eclectic set of influences that blend invigorating flow with precise and insightful instruction and extensive study with a variety of innovative teachers. She is a Garrison Institute Fellow and a faculty member and teacher trainer for The Mazé Method. Nichol’s artistic experience includes more than a decade of Royal Academy ballet training and specialization as an operatic Coloratura Soprano, earning the Bachelor of Music degree with a major in Vocal Performance from the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music. Nichol’s study of yoga piqued an interest in Kirtan and Indian Classical music resulting in the addition of the harmonium to her repertoire for accompaniment. She continues to study Northern Indian Classical Music, Bhajan, and Kirtan along with a vast array of Western musical styles.

About David

David Mills Chase is a higher education professional and musician who specializes in arts education and is currently the Vice President for Educational Programs at the WASC Senior College & University Commission. He served as the first Vice Dean, Academic Affairs of the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles, California, and in a number of roles at University of the Pacific including Senior Associate Director of Institutional Effectiveness in the Office of the Provost, and Assistant Dean of Pacific’s Conservatory of Music where he taught courses in the Music Management program, the core seminars of Pacific’s General Education program, and was Academic Advisor to the Brubeck Institute. He earned Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts in Music degrees from Pacific’s Conservatory and the Doctor of Education degree from Pacific’s Benerd College. David has published and presented extensively on learning and teaching in higher education arts disciplines and educational effectiveness in higher education and co-authored Assessment in Creative Disciplines: Quantifying and Qualifying the Aesthetic. David is also a Fellow in the second cohort of the Garrison Institute Fellowship Program, a contemplative-based leadership training program grounded in awareness-based contemplative wisdom, the science of interconnection, generative action, and collective healing.

About Nkechi

Nkechi Deanna Njaka (she/her) is a practiced-based creative researcher, a neuroscientist, choreography artist, and mindfulness meditation guide. She is the founder of The Compass, NDN lifestyle studio and co-founder of the sleep app DreamWell. Her work intersects wellness, science, art and social practice. Through her work, research, practice and study, she discovered that mindfulness and creativity are crucial for sustaining individual and global wellbeing. She is a co-host of the Dating White Podcast and 1/2 of the music and mindfulness project RESONANCE.

About Sará

Dr. Sará King is a neuroscientist, political and learning scientist, education philosopher, entrepreneur, public speaker, and certified yoga and mindfulness meditation instructor. She is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Public Health at the T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion in Human Health and Social Justice at UCSD.

About Orlando

Orlando Villarraga loves to express himself as a poet, musician, and sound artist. Orlando often finds himself living “in-between” worlds and draws inspiration from that complex and nuanced space. His approach for his work has come at an intersection of studying under the Teyuna indigenous cultures of Colombia, and undertaking mentorship in contemporary sound meditation practices. His work intends to hold a mirror to our own meaningfulness and connection to nature, which is fertile soil for catalyzing connection within, and with each other. Recent collaborations include MoMA and Wisdome.LA

https://orlandovillarraga.bandcamp.com/releases

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