LIFE MUSIC GROUP is a community of artists and healers who are spreading high resonance through sound, movement, and consciousness
LIFE MUSIC GROUP is a community of artists and healers who are spreading high resonance through sound, movement, and consciousness
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www.interfusionfestival.com Interfusion is the largest indoor transformative festival in North America bringing together like-minded souls from across the US and beyond for four days of learning, healing, play and connection on more www.interfusionfestival.com Interfusion is the largest indoor transformative festival in North America bringing together like-minded souls from across the US and beyond for four days of learning, healing, play and connection on MLK weekend. FESTIVAL THEME FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE -Transformative workshops & activities FESTIVAL SCHEDULE www.interfusionfestival.com/schedule DAYTIME EXPERIENCE www.interfusionfestival.com/workshops NIGHTTIME EXPERIENCE www.interfusionfestival.com/parties FESTIVAL GUIDES www.interfusionfestival.com/artists FESTIVAL LOCATION www.interfusionfestival.com/plan OUR MISSION www.interfusionfestival.com/mission THE COMMUNITY 16 (Thursday) 4:00 pm – 20 (Monday) 2:00 pm Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Ecstatic dance is a free form, unstructured type of movement where we can explore ourselves: bodies, emotions, minds, and hearts. ECSTATIC DANCE DJs Atticus Mooney (Atticus Moon) Josh Ingram (Ursidae) more Ecstatic dance is a free form, unstructured type of movement where we can explore ourselves: bodies, emotions, minds, and hearts. ECSTATIC DANCE DJs “One of the most incredible, soul-shifting aspects of the global Ecstatic Dance community movement is its humbleness. It obliterates common walls of trepidation or judgement that we build up (and feel intimidated by) in art” ~ Atticus ABOUT ECSTATIC DANCE DC ABOUT INTERFUSION FESTIVAL THEME FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE -Transformative workshops & activities FESTIVAL SCHEDULE www.interfusionfestival.com/schedule DAYTIME EXPERIENCE www.interfusionfestival.com/workshops NIGHTTIME EXPERIENCE www.interfusionfestival.com/parties FESTIVAL GUIDES www.interfusionfestival.com/artists FESTIVAL LOCATION www.interfusionfestival.com/plan OUR MISSION www.interfusionfestival.com/mission THE COMMUNITY 17 (Friday) 9:00 pm – 20 (Monday) 2:00 am Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:30 – 6:30 pm Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 12:30 – 6:30 pm Facilitated by Zahava Griss (Z) Assisted by Alyssa Lynes Apply at: https://powergenderdancedc.eventbrite.com Come explore conscious power more Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:30 – 6:30 pm Facilitated by Zahava Griss (Z) Come explore conscious power play and gender through dance. Power dynamics are present all the time, this workshop is about making them exquisitely clear, creative, consensual, and passionate. Want to adventure into desires that are at the edge of your comfort with a compassionate and present companion? Curious about embodying your dominant energy or your submissive energy in the dance? This workshop invites us to contribute to each others’ erotic courage, vulnerability, and playful expression so we can create more meaningful intimacy in our lives. Our time together is designed to create a brave and playful space for you to: * Explore sensual dances with yourself and others You are welcome to come with a beloved with whom you desire to go deep or to come ready to make some new connections. Are you ready to play?! Please note this workshop builds a context and series of skills during our time together. Participants must be present for the full workshop. BRING: VIDEO ABOUT THE WORK: FAQ: WATCH THE Q&A: VENUE NOTE: This event is independently presented and NOT affiliated with Dance Exchange programs. Please direct questions to Zahava@EmbodyMoreLove.com. ABOUT THE FACILITATOR: Photo of Zahava Griss and Ashni Sunder 25 (Saturday) 12:30 pm – 26 (Sunday) 6:30 pm Dance Exchange 7117 Maple Ave 5 full days of Ecstatic Dance, Sacred Sound, Conscious Connection & Medicinal Movement in a Dance Temple surrounded by a Riverside Jungle landscape. Embodiment is a New-Paradigm festival designed to harmonize more 5 full days of Ecstatic Dance, Sacred Sound, Conscious Connection & Medicinal Movement in a Dance Temple surrounded by a Riverside Jungle landscape. Embodiment is a New-Paradigm festival designed to harmonize your body/mind & Spirit to Mother Earth, by revitalizing yourself and staying in a natural rhythm of action and restoration each day. Poranguí ~ SOOHAN ~ Mose ∞ ~ Maya Light ~ Yemanjo ~ Swahé ~ Mix Welll~ ~ NAOBA aka Tamara Montenegro ~ Dj Hazelgurner ~ Moondrop ~ RootFlute ~ Maya Lïona Rose and other World-renowned Producers, DJs, Live Musicians, and Facilitators will be guiding this deep journey into embodying your fullest expression of Spirit. Featuring varied styles of morning Yoga, daily Cacao, Contact & Partnered Dance classes, Thai Massage, Restorative Sound Healing, Vocal Expression & more, we will all share and learn together with one unified program throughout the Festival – building upon our collective knowledge and experience each day. CONTACT + CONSCIOUS DANCE LEADERS: YOGA + THAI MASSAGE SOUND HEALING Local, organic vegetarian food + elixirs at our Cafe on-site, as well as two other far-table restaurants less than 5 minutes walk from the Dance Temple. Shan-Tea Temple open during dances. No alcohol or smoking permitted on-site. Tier 1 ~ SOLD OUT ✦Only 333 tickets will be sold✦ Onsite Camping – $25 per person. Includes drinking water & showers. Plentiful hostels, hotels, and Airbnbs are in Tzununá and San Marcos to sleep comfortably and cheaply 10% of all profits directly go back to the Mayan children of Tzununá – who also will be joining us in Dance. Hosted at the Daya Eco-Village, a new Dance & Yoga Temple, Vegetarian Elixir Cafe, Riverside Sauna, Permaculture farm in the making. January 30 (Thursday) 2:00 pm – February 3 (Monday) 2:00 pm Daya Eco-Village Santa Cruz La Laguna, Lago Atitlán, Guatemala 01feb4:00 pm6:00 pmGlide Into a New You: Exploring the Myofascia W. Umair Soft hydrated fascia helps prevent injuries, speed up recovery, and increase flexibility. Learn, share and practice simple and effective self-myofascial release techniques to unwind tension and release deep trigger points. more Soft hydrated fascia helps prevent injuries, speed up recovery, and increase flexibility. Learn, share and practice simple and effective self-myofascial release techniques to unwind tension and release deep trigger points. Workshop includes a guided meditation, gentle and dynamic movement, guided self massage and time for reflection and sharing. Just bring yourself and a yoga mat. Massage balls and rollers will be provided for use. Sign up here: (Saturday) 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm There are only 40 spots for this very special and unique ceremony. If you have been to this event multiple times please allow others the opportunity! Secure your tickets early more There are only 40 spots for this very special and unique ceremony. If you have been to this event multiple times please allow others the opportunity! Secure your tickets early as we will sell out! Please make sure to invite only people you feel will provide a safe space for both women and men, for all humans. Participate as a couple, or as an individual with rotating partners every few minutes. Monique Darling and Peter Petersen invite you to the Art of Adoration Ceremony. A beautiful and sacred ancient ritual that has been practiced for thousands of years. It is a beautiful ceremony of honoring and adoring the Divine that dwells within each of us, and brings us into a profound space of connection and universal Love. This experience welcomes people of all ages (including children) and is LGBTQ friendly. View the image gallery under the Discussion tab to get an idea of what the experience is like. Step into a world of acceptance and sensation where all of you is welcome. Each person is invited into magical connections to expand your experience of giving and receiving. The ritual begins the moment you enter as you are celebrated, seen and adored for ALL you are. This evening’s ceremony is dedicated to all genders. In fact, participants will not know whether they will be in the giving or receiving role until they arrive. We will use movement, sound and the five elements, all given to us with ample instruction, enriching each experience throughout the ceremony. You may find yourself turning inwards and becoming aware of abundant love and innate beauty that is part of your being. In this adoration ceremony, participants in the giving role have the opportunity to express their unconditional love and adoration towards all people. This ceremony opens people’s hearts in a way that allows them to see the inner beauty and the Divine within us all. The participants in the giving role will be instructed in performing an ancient ritual, which is simple in form yet very powerful in practice. As the participants in the receiving role accept the offerings and adoration, they in turn connect with unconditional love and reflect that adoration back to the givers with their presence. Taking part in these rituals is a very powerful way to reconnect and relate with the feminine and masculine. It is through the practice of unconditional loving that we find that any emptiness or longing we feel within us can be filled with a simple act of giving. This ancient ritual is thousands of years old. It was brought to life by those who implemented the practice of breathing life and awareness through the five elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Ether) in offering to the divine within every living being. We will offer fire, incense, roses, water, chocolate and more in adoration and worship of our divine essence. We welcome you to reclaim your space and powerful place in the world as we unveil your deepest core. You will leave enchanted having fallen more deeply in love with YOU. This is a non-sexual experience, welcomes people of all ages (including children) and is LGBTQ friendly. Please register via Eventbrite as we always sell out. What others have said about This Ceremony: “Heart opening, will make you cry, have your energy flow through every pore, try it on” “Not knowing what to expect upon entering this illuminated room, I found myself being honored and revered in the most sacred way. I left feeling most loved. Thank you for the gift of myself” “A very supportive group to encourage claiming our full freedom and outrageous loveliness” ”Don’t ask, just go!! Serenity, grace, and fullness await” “I saw myself as a person capable of loving someone and being loved, realized my mom and dad ARE proud of me, I see in me the person I was always meant to be” Sending out big hugs to Monique Darling for hosting such a beautiful Ceremony. You know, we all live in a world in which we are over worked and often under-appreciated. This ritual was an opportunity to have one’s heart filled up with unconditional love. It was a transformative event, and I highly recommend it to everyone, whether you are woo-woo like me or not. Together we practiced giving and receiving non-sensual adoration. For example, we bathed each other’s feet, fed each other chocolate, and showered words of affirmation on each other. We also opened up our hearts to speak vulnerable truths. At one point, we were invited to let go of something we no longer needed. I lit a small candle, and into it I whispered the words, “I let go of the need to be right.” And then with one breath, I blew out the flame and let it go! ~ Gayle Roberts, San Francisco ”Wow, the Adoration Ceremony was so much more powerful than I imagined. I arrived nervous, shy, and unsure of what might happen, and I emerged filled with gratitude, radiance, joy, and many new friends. Thank you Monique, for this incredible gift” ”Monique’s Adoration Ceremony was an experience to remember. Allowing Sacred Space for all to express themselves in whatever ways they needed to heal and come into their own sacred divinity.” “The Art of Adoration Ceremony created a nurturing environment that invited so much release. I feel like parts of my soul have been born again” ”What is so beautiful about your Ceremony is how in the NOW — 2019 — it is. I saw how each of us were able to connect authentically. Freed of ‘traditional’ we crafted our own ways of greeting one another… and saying thank you. Each pairing brought forth uniqueness.” Join us for all our January and Feb DC Events: All Gender Temple Party + pre-Connecting with Monique & Peter Interfusion Festival: Evolution Tantra Practitioner Apprenticeship Women working with Women Soulful Pink Puja with Sasha Rose Love The Soul of Authentic Connecting with Peter Petersen Tuesday Contact Improv and Cuddles with Peter Petersen Wednesday Art of Conscious Touch & Intentional Orgasm w/ Sasha & Peter P Thursday All Gender Dance and Temple Party led by Peter & Sasha Tantric Massage Secrets for Couples w/ Peter P & Sasha Rose Intro to Self Pleasure Meditation with Sasha Rose AND IN FEBRUARY All Gender Temple Party + pre-Connecting with Monique & Peter All Gender Temple Party w/ a touch of Kink w/ Lawrence The Tantric Arts of S@x, Energy, Power, & Intimacy DC Area All Gender Temple Party +Energy w/ Lawrence Monique & Peter Art of Adoration Ceremony with Monique Darling & Peter Petersen About your Facilitators: Peter Petersen has been teaching for 17 years and has been a certified Sheng Zhen Qigong teacher for the last 15 years, where he has been teaching in health clubs, hospitals, retirement villas, and several different wellness/spa resorts in Mexico and the United States, such as Rancho La Puerta, Mayacamas Ranch, and Present Moment Retreat. Peter has traveled with Monique for over the last 3 years teaching Tantra all over North America, the EU, Asia, and Australia. Peter is also a personal wellness coach. This Qigong practice helps people ground themselves into their “now” to increase their present moment awareness of their behaviors, and find solutions to problematic habits such as: eating, moving, negative thinking, and sleeping. The result of this tool box of healthy information is that clients become their own health advocate and regain a sense of stability, peace, and well-being into their everyday lives. (Tuesday) 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm Eaton Workshop 1201 K STREET NW
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The 2020 theme is Evolution. To evolve is to take a journey of exploration and expansion. It is a deepening, a period of intentional incubation. A path to greater awareness, wisdom, illumination and self-mastery. To being fully-realized and whole.
Interfusion provides a holistic opportunity for participants at all levels to explore authentic practices with no partner required, from beginners to advanced offerings. The full festival experience includes:
-Nightly themed parties & socials events
-Special topic seminars & expert talks
-Community collaboration & play spaces
-Integrative Wellness Expo held at the festival grounds
Full Passes provide access to the entire event beginning at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, January 16th and ending at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 20th. Participants choose their adventures across a spectrum of over 100 festival activities. Learn more about the schedule:
During the daytime experience dozens of transformative workshops and activities as you transcend to higher states of growth. Attendees rotating multiple times to create the best learning environment possible, with option to stay with one partner or group if desired. Learn more about the workshops:
At nighttime the festival grounds transforms into an enchanted social party with dedicated dance floors and special events. Interfusion’s Candlelight Conversations & Serenity Lounge are open throughout the night offering a retreat for those needing a break from the high-energy action. Learn more about the parties:
Resident Artists will facilitate your experience with loving-kindness and a mastery of practices. Create long term bonds with guides from across the globe. Learn more about the guides:
Interfusion Festival takes place at the 4 star Crystal Gateway Marriott located just minutes from Washington, D.C. and 2 miles from Reagan National Airport (DCA). Travel with ease with a complimentary shuttle to DCA and an interior Metro corridor. While not required for festival participation, it is recommended that travelers consider staying at the hotel to emerge into the complete community experience. Learn more on our plan page:
Our mission is built on the values of Universal Love, Humility, Non-rivalry, Non-judgment, Caring, Courage and Curiosity. Embodying these values in our actions and attitudes allows Interfusion Community to thrive as a safe haven for creativity and personal growth. We seek to bring healing, impart knowledge and inspire growth by removing all inhibitions to creativity, self-expression and personal enlightenment. Learn more about our mission:
Whether you’re coming with a partner or alone, Interfusion is a powerful bonding experience that enables you develop new interpersonal connections as well as deepen existing ones. Interfusion is a vibrant community that stays connected throughout the year and reunites between festivals.Time
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Atticus Mooney (Atticus Moon)
Josh Ingram (Ursidae)
Kællum McQueen (KÆLLUM)
Ecstatic Dance DC was founded by Atticus Mooney in 2016. It’s recognized as an official member of global Ecstatic Dance community, which is a thriving network of free form, conscious dance gatherings that are changing the ways in which we ‘party’; and relate to our bodies and movement.
Interfusion Festival: Evolution is the largest indoor transformative festival in North America bringing together like-minded souls from across the US and beyond for four days of learning, healing, play and connection on MLK weekend.
The 2020 theme is Evolution. To evolve is to take a journey of exploration and expansion. It is a deepening, a period of intentional incubation. A path to greater awareness, wisdom, illumination and self-mastery. To being fully-realized and whole.
Interfusion provides a holistic opportunity for participants at all levels to explore authentic practices with no partner required, from beginners to advanced offerings. The full festival experience includes:
-Nightly themed parties & socials events
-Special topic seminars & expert talks
-Community collaboration & play spaces
-Integrative Wellness Expo held at the festival grounds
Full Passes provide access to the entire event beginning at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, January 16th and ending at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 20th. Participants choose their adventures across a spectrum of over 100 festival activities. Learn more about the schedule:
During the daytime experience dozens of transformative workshops and activities as you transcend to higher states of growth. Attendees rotating multiple times to create the best learning environment possible, with option to stay with one partner or group if desired. Learn more about the workshops:
At nighttime the festival grounds transforms into an enchanted social party with dedicated dance floors and special events. Interfusion’s Candlelight Conversations & Serenity Lounge are open throughout the night offering a retreat for those needing a break from the high-energy action. Learn more about the parties:
Resident Artists will facilitate your experience with loving-kindness and a mastery of practices. Create long term bonds with guides from across the globe. Learn more about the guides:
Interfusion Festival takes place at the 4 star Crystal Gateway Marriott located just minutes from Washington, D.C. and 2 miles from Reagan National Airport (DCA). Travel with ease with a complimentary shuttle to DCA and an interior Metro corridor. While not required for festival participation, it is recommended that travelers consider staying at the hotel to emerge into the complete community experience. Learn more on our plan page:
Our mission is built on the values of Universal Love, Humility, Non-rivalry, Non-judgment, Caring, Courage and Curiosity. Embodying these values in our actions and attitudes allows Interfusion Community to thrive as a safe haven for creativity and personal growth. We seek to bring healing, impart knowledge and inspire growth by removing all inhibitions to creativity, self-expression and personal enlightenment. Learn more about our mission:
Whether you’re coming with a partner or alone, Interfusion is a powerful bonding experience that enables you develop new interpersonal connections as well as deepen existing ones. Interfusion is a vibrant community that stays connected throughout the year and reunites between festivals.Time
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Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 12:30 – 6:30 pm
Assisted by Alyssa Lynes
Apply at: https://powergenderdancedc.eventbrite.com
* Examine and redesign your relationship with power and gender
* Practice communicating your desires, feedback, and appreciation
* Create a culture of shame resilience and respect around sexuality
* Attune to your own eros and healthy limits
* Track the nervous system of a partner
* Distinguish who touch is for in this moment
* Water bottle
* Knee pads
* Nourishing snack (optional)
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Zahava Griss (aka Z, pronouns: They/Them)
is the founder of Embody more Love, offering dance, coaching, performance, and education on kink, power, race, and gender. Z comes from 35 years of dance training, certifications in Yoga for Birth, Esalen Massage, Deep Bodywork, Urban Tantra, Pilates, Health Coaching, and Move the Crowd a business academy for socially conscious entrepreneurship. Z is currently touring a solo performance ritual, Waters of the Soul, and training with the Academy for Coaching Excellence. Powerful influences include Sobonfu Some’s Grief Rituals, kink, unlearning racism, Sufi whirling, Sexual Shamanism, bioenergetics, and transformational group dynamics. Z directed Spiritual Nourishment for Conscious Activism in collaboration with Deepak Chopra and has been listening to, speaking in, and facilitating spaces to acknowledge and transform white privilege since 1999 including work with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, Sarah Lawrence College, the Re-Evaluating Counseling community, and the national White Privilege Conference. Z co-founded White Folks Soul, By Any Dance Necessary, a dance company exploring the incompatibility of wholeness and the race construct for white people.Time
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Beam Jill Beamers -Dragon Dive Somatic Prayer~ Ganesha Michael Shapiro ~ Anna Lesniak ~ David Llorca ~ Jesse Buck
Randi Schiffman -Thai Yoga Massage ~ Joshua Param Sevak-Kundalini ~ Gabrielle Bonneville-Acro + Contact ~ Jen Hilman-Thai Yoga Massage~ Anna Lesniak-Tantra + Mantra ~ Baptiste Śākya – Thai Yoga Massage
Jesse Buck ~ Ashley Shelton ~ Diego Chiko-MandalAmor ~ Ashley Shelton ~ Gabia Maria ~ Sat Kirtin Kaur
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Tier 3 ~ $188
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Please register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-of-adoration-ceremony-with-monique-darling-peter-petersen-tickets-83858937339
With open hearts and deep connection you will be “rebirthed” from a place of complete vulnerability and fullness as you choose to wake up to YOU!
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM https://www.facebook.com/events/2537873769769135/
Thursday – Monday, January 16, 2020 at 4 PM – Jan 20 at 2 PM EST https://www.facebook.com/events/240560080020710/
Jan 21 at 11 AM – Jan 26 at 10 AM EST
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Monday, January 20, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 10 PM
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
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Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 11 PM
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Friday, January 24, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 12 AM
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Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 1 PM – 5 PM
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Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM
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Feb 13 at 10:30 AM – Feb 16 at 5:30 PM
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Monday, February 17, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 10 PM
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Monique Darling, Author of ‘Beyond Cuddle Party’ and workshop facilitator extraordinaire has led over 2000 workshops in the past 10 years. She is the founder of Juicy Enlightenment an organization dedicated to empowering people who are questioning the assumptions of how their life should be and to offering tools for self expression that create trust, inner knowing and wisdom to enjoy the life they have. Monique has taught at colleges across the US including Yale. She has been featured on TLC and The Dr’s as well as various radio shows, podcasts and magazines across the globe. She specializes in helping others reclaim their power and natural sensuality by transmuting fear and repression into courage, self-love and freedom. Her primary purpose is helping folks bring out their vulnerability, energetic embodiment and fearless relating. Learn more about Monique by going to www.Everydaytantra.com or track her whereabouts at www.whereintheworldismoniquedarling.comTime
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www.interfusionfestival.com Interfusion is the largest indoor transformative festival in North America bringing together like-minded souls from across the US and beyond for four days of learning, healing, play and connection on more www.interfusionfestival.com Interfusion is the largest indoor transformative festival in North America bringing together like-minded souls from across the US and beyond for four days of learning, healing, play and connection on MLK weekend. FESTIVAL THEME FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE -Transformative workshops & activities FESTIVAL SCHEDULE www.interfusionfestival.com/schedule DAYTIME EXPERIENCE www.interfusionfestival.com/workshops NIGHTTIME EXPERIENCE www.interfusionfestival.com/parties FESTIVAL GUIDES www.interfusionfestival.com/artists FESTIVAL LOCATION www.interfusionfestival.com/plan OUR MISSION www.interfusionfestival.com/mission THE COMMUNITY 16 (Thursday) 4:00 pm – 20 (Monday) 2:00 pm Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Ecstatic dance is a free form, unstructured type of movement where we can explore ourselves: bodies, emotions, minds, and hearts. ECSTATIC DANCE DJs Atticus Mooney (Atticus Moon) Josh Ingram (Ursidae) more Ecstatic dance is a free form, unstructured type of movement where we can explore ourselves: bodies, emotions, minds, and hearts. ECSTATIC DANCE DJs “One of the most incredible, soul-shifting aspects of the global Ecstatic Dance community movement is its humbleness. It obliterates common walls of trepidation or judgement that we build up (and feel intimidated by) in art” ~ Atticus ABOUT ECSTATIC DANCE DC ABOUT INTERFUSION FESTIVAL THEME FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE -Transformative workshops & activities FESTIVAL SCHEDULE www.interfusionfestival.com/schedule DAYTIME EXPERIENCE www.interfusionfestival.com/workshops NIGHTTIME EXPERIENCE www.interfusionfestival.com/parties FESTIVAL GUIDES www.interfusionfestival.com/artists FESTIVAL LOCATION www.interfusionfestival.com/plan OUR MISSION www.interfusionfestival.com/mission THE COMMUNITY 17 (Friday) 9:00 pm – 20 (Monday) 2:00 am Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:30 – 6:30 pm Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 12:30 – 6:30 pm Facilitated by Zahava Griss (Z) Assisted by Alyssa Lynes Apply at: https://powergenderdancedc.eventbrite.com Come explore conscious power more Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:30 – 6:30 pm Facilitated by Zahava Griss (Z) Come explore conscious power play and gender through dance. Power dynamics are present all the time, this workshop is about making them exquisitely clear, creative, consensual, and passionate. Want to adventure into desires that are at the edge of your comfort with a compassionate and present companion? Curious about embodying your dominant energy or your submissive energy in the dance? This workshop invites us to contribute to each others’ erotic courage, vulnerability, and playful expression so we can create more meaningful intimacy in our lives. Our time together is designed to create a brave and playful space for you to: * Explore sensual dances with yourself and others You are welcome to come with a beloved with whom you desire to go deep or to come ready to make some new connections. Are you ready to play?! Please note this workshop builds a context and series of skills during our time together. Participants must be present for the full workshop. BRING: VIDEO ABOUT THE WORK: FAQ: WATCH THE Q&A: VENUE NOTE: This event is independently presented and NOT affiliated with Dance Exchange programs. Please direct questions to Zahava@EmbodyMoreLove.com. ABOUT THE FACILITATOR: Photo of Zahava Griss and Ashni Sunder 25 (Saturday) 12:30 pm – 26 (Sunday) 6:30 pm Dance Exchange 7117 Maple Ave 5 full days of Ecstatic Dance, Sacred Sound, Conscious Connection & Medicinal Movement in a Dance Temple surrounded by a Riverside Jungle landscape. Embodiment is a New-Paradigm festival designed to harmonize more 5 full days of Ecstatic Dance, Sacred Sound, Conscious Connection & Medicinal Movement in a Dance Temple surrounded by a Riverside Jungle landscape. Embodiment is a New-Paradigm festival designed to harmonize your body/mind & Spirit to Mother Earth, by revitalizing yourself and staying in a natural rhythm of action and restoration each day. Poranguí ~ SOOHAN ~ Mose ∞ ~ Maya Light ~ Yemanjo ~ Swahé ~ Mix Welll~ ~ NAOBA aka Tamara Montenegro ~ Dj Hazelgurner ~ Moondrop ~ RootFlute ~ Maya Lïona Rose and other World-renowned Producers, DJs, Live Musicians, and Facilitators will be guiding this deep journey into embodying your fullest expression of Spirit. Featuring varied styles of morning Yoga, daily Cacao, Contact & Partnered Dance classes, Thai Massage, Restorative Sound Healing, Vocal Expression & more, we will all share and learn together with one unified program throughout the Festival – building upon our collective knowledge and experience each day. CONTACT + CONSCIOUS DANCE LEADERS: YOGA + THAI MASSAGE SOUND HEALING Local, organic vegetarian food + elixirs at our Cafe on-site, as well as two other far-table restaurants less than 5 minutes walk from the Dance Temple. Shan-Tea Temple open during dances. No alcohol or smoking permitted on-site. Tier 1 ~ SOLD OUT ✦Only 333 tickets will be sold✦ Onsite Camping – $25 per person. Includes drinking water & showers. Plentiful hostels, hotels, and Airbnbs are in Tzununá and San Marcos to sleep comfortably and cheaply 10% of all profits directly go back to the Mayan children of Tzununá – who also will be joining us in Dance. Hosted at the Daya Eco-Village, a new Dance & Yoga Temple, Vegetarian Elixir Cafe, Riverside Sauna, Permaculture farm in the making. January 30 (Thursday) 2:00 pm – February 3 (Monday) 2:00 pm Daya Eco-Village Santa Cruz La Laguna, Lago Atitlán, GuatemalaEvent Details
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The 2020 theme is Evolution. To evolve is to take a journey of exploration and expansion. It is a deepening, a period of intentional incubation. A path to greater awareness, wisdom, illumination and self-mastery. To being fully-realized and whole.
Interfusion provides a holistic opportunity for participants at all levels to explore authentic practices with no partner required, from beginners to advanced offerings. The full festival experience includes:
-Nightly themed parties & socials events
-Special topic seminars & expert talks
-Community collaboration & play spaces
-Integrative Wellness Expo held at the festival grounds
Full Passes provide access to the entire event beginning at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, January 16th and ending at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 20th. Participants choose their adventures across a spectrum of over 100 festival activities. Learn more about the schedule:
During the daytime experience dozens of transformative workshops and activities as you transcend to higher states of growth. Attendees rotating multiple times to create the best learning environment possible, with option to stay with one partner or group if desired. Learn more about the workshops:
At nighttime the festival grounds transforms into an enchanted social party with dedicated dance floors and special events. Interfusion’s Candlelight Conversations & Serenity Lounge are open throughout the night offering a retreat for those needing a break from the high-energy action. Learn more about the parties:
Resident Artists will facilitate your experience with loving-kindness and a mastery of practices. Create long term bonds with guides from across the globe. Learn more about the guides:
Interfusion Festival takes place at the 4 star Crystal Gateway Marriott located just minutes from Washington, D.C. and 2 miles from Reagan National Airport (DCA). Travel with ease with a complimentary shuttle to DCA and an interior Metro corridor. While not required for festival participation, it is recommended that travelers consider staying at the hotel to emerge into the complete community experience. Learn more on our plan page:
Our mission is built on the values of Universal Love, Humility, Non-rivalry, Non-judgment, Caring, Courage and Curiosity. Embodying these values in our actions and attitudes allows Interfusion Community to thrive as a safe haven for creativity and personal growth. We seek to bring healing, impart knowledge and inspire growth by removing all inhibitions to creativity, self-expression and personal enlightenment. Learn more about our mission:
Whether you’re coming with a partner or alone, Interfusion is a powerful bonding experience that enables you develop new interpersonal connections as well as deepen existing ones. Interfusion is a vibrant community that stays connected throughout the year and reunites between festivals.Time
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Atticus Mooney (Atticus Moon)
Josh Ingram (Ursidae)
Kællum McQueen (KÆLLUM)
Ecstatic Dance DC was founded by Atticus Mooney in 2016. It’s recognized as an official member of global Ecstatic Dance community, which is a thriving network of free form, conscious dance gatherings that are changing the ways in which we ‘party’; and relate to our bodies and movement.
Interfusion Festival: Evolution is the largest indoor transformative festival in North America bringing together like-minded souls from across the US and beyond for four days of learning, healing, play and connection on MLK weekend.
The 2020 theme is Evolution. To evolve is to take a journey of exploration and expansion. It is a deepening, a period of intentional incubation. A path to greater awareness, wisdom, illumination and self-mastery. To being fully-realized and whole.
Interfusion provides a holistic opportunity for participants at all levels to explore authentic practices with no partner required, from beginners to advanced offerings. The full festival experience includes:
-Nightly themed parties & socials events
-Special topic seminars & expert talks
-Community collaboration & play spaces
-Integrative Wellness Expo held at the festival grounds
Full Passes provide access to the entire event beginning at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, January 16th and ending at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 20th. Participants choose their adventures across a spectrum of over 100 festival activities. Learn more about the schedule:
During the daytime experience dozens of transformative workshops and activities as you transcend to higher states of growth. Attendees rotating multiple times to create the best learning environment possible, with option to stay with one partner or group if desired. Learn more about the workshops:
At nighttime the festival grounds transforms into an enchanted social party with dedicated dance floors and special events. Interfusion’s Candlelight Conversations & Serenity Lounge are open throughout the night offering a retreat for those needing a break from the high-energy action. Learn more about the parties:
Resident Artists will facilitate your experience with loving-kindness and a mastery of practices. Create long term bonds with guides from across the globe. Learn more about the guides:
Interfusion Festival takes place at the 4 star Crystal Gateway Marriott located just minutes from Washington, D.C. and 2 miles from Reagan National Airport (DCA). Travel with ease with a complimentary shuttle to DCA and an interior Metro corridor. While not required for festival participation, it is recommended that travelers consider staying at the hotel to emerge into the complete community experience. Learn more on our plan page:
Our mission is built on the values of Universal Love, Humility, Non-rivalry, Non-judgment, Caring, Courage and Curiosity. Embodying these values in our actions and attitudes allows Interfusion Community to thrive as a safe haven for creativity and personal growth. We seek to bring healing, impart knowledge and inspire growth by removing all inhibitions to creativity, self-expression and personal enlightenment. Learn more about our mission:
Whether you’re coming with a partner or alone, Interfusion is a powerful bonding experience that enables you develop new interpersonal connections as well as deepen existing ones. Interfusion is a vibrant community that stays connected throughout the year and reunites between festivals.Time
Location
Event Details
Event Details
Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 12:30 – 6:30 pm
Assisted by Alyssa Lynes
Apply at: https://powergenderdancedc.eventbrite.com
* Examine and redesign your relationship with power and gender
* Practice communicating your desires, feedback, and appreciation
* Create a culture of shame resilience and respect around sexuality
* Attune to your own eros and healthy limits
* Track the nervous system of a partner
* Distinguish who touch is for in this moment
* Water bottle
* Knee pads
* Nourishing snack (optional)
https://vimeo.com/232932199
https://www.embodymorelove.com/faq-for-play
https://vimeo.com/367906170
Zahava Griss (aka Z, pronouns: They/Them)
is the founder of Embody more Love, offering dance, coaching, performance, and education on kink, power, race, and gender. Z comes from 35 years of dance training, certifications in Yoga for Birth, Esalen Massage, Deep Bodywork, Urban Tantra, Pilates, Health Coaching, and Move the Crowd a business academy for socially conscious entrepreneurship. Z is currently touring a solo performance ritual, Waters of the Soul, and training with the Academy for Coaching Excellence. Powerful influences include Sobonfu Some’s Grief Rituals, kink, unlearning racism, Sufi whirling, Sexual Shamanism, bioenergetics, and transformational group dynamics. Z directed Spiritual Nourishment for Conscious Activism in collaboration with Deepak Chopra and has been listening to, speaking in, and facilitating spaces to acknowledge and transform white privilege since 1999 including work with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, Sarah Lawrence College, the Re-Evaluating Counseling community, and the national White Privilege Conference. Z co-founded White Folks Soul, By Any Dance Necessary, a dance company exploring the incompatibility of wholeness and the race construct for white people.Time
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Beam Jill Beamers -Dragon Dive Somatic Prayer~ Ganesha Michael Shapiro ~ Anna Lesniak ~ David Llorca ~ Jesse Buck
Randi Schiffman -Thai Yoga Massage ~ Joshua Param Sevak-Kundalini ~ Gabrielle Bonneville-Acro + Contact ~ Jen Hilman-Thai Yoga Massage~ Anna Lesniak-Tantra + Mantra ~ Baptiste Śākya – Thai Yoga Massage
Jesse Buck ~ Ashley Shelton ~ Diego Chiko-MandalAmor ~ Ashley Shelton ~ Gabia Maria ~ Sat Kirtin Kaur
Tier 2 ~ $155 until December 1st
Tier 3 ~ $188
Onsite dorm bed – $75 per personTime
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www.interfusionfestival.com Interfusion is the largest indoor transformative festival in North America bringing together like-minded souls from across the US and beyond for four days of learning, healing, play and connection on more www.interfusionfestival.com Interfusion is the largest indoor transformative festival in North America bringing together like-minded souls from across the US and beyond for four days of learning, healing, play and connection on MLK weekend. FESTIVAL THEME FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE -Transformative workshops & activities FESTIVAL SCHEDULE www.interfusionfestival.com/schedule DAYTIME EXPERIENCE www.interfusionfestival.com/workshops NIGHTTIME EXPERIENCE www.interfusionfestival.com/parties FESTIVAL GUIDES www.interfusionfestival.com/artists FESTIVAL LOCATION www.interfusionfestival.com/plan OUR MISSION www.interfusionfestival.com/mission THE COMMUNITY 16 (Thursday) 4:00 pm – 20 (Monday) 2:00 pm Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Ecstatic dance is a free form, unstructured type of movement where we can explore ourselves: bodies, emotions, minds, and hearts. ECSTATIC DANCE DJs Atticus Mooney (Atticus Moon) Josh Ingram (Ursidae) more Ecstatic dance is a free form, unstructured type of movement where we can explore ourselves: bodies, emotions, minds, and hearts. ECSTATIC DANCE DJs “One of the most incredible, soul-shifting aspects of the global Ecstatic Dance community movement is its humbleness. It obliterates common walls of trepidation or judgement that we build up (and feel intimidated by) in art” ~ Atticus ABOUT ECSTATIC DANCE DC ABOUT INTERFUSION FESTIVAL THEME FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE -Transformative workshops & activities FESTIVAL SCHEDULE www.interfusionfestival.com/schedule DAYTIME EXPERIENCE www.interfusionfestival.com/workshops NIGHTTIME EXPERIENCE www.interfusionfestival.com/parties FESTIVAL GUIDES www.interfusionfestival.com/artists FESTIVAL LOCATION www.interfusionfestival.com/plan OUR MISSION www.interfusionfestival.com/mission THE COMMUNITY 17 (Friday) 9:00 pm – 20 (Monday) 2:00 am Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:30 – 6:30 pm Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 12:30 – 6:30 pm Facilitated by Zahava Griss (Z) Assisted by Alyssa Lynes Apply at: https://powergenderdancedc.eventbrite.com Come explore conscious power more Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:30 – 6:30 pm Facilitated by Zahava Griss (Z) Come explore conscious power play and gender through dance. Power dynamics are present all the time, this workshop is about making them exquisitely clear, creative, consensual, and passionate. Want to adventure into desires that are at the edge of your comfort with a compassionate and present companion? Curious about embodying your dominant energy or your submissive energy in the dance? This workshop invites us to contribute to each others’ erotic courage, vulnerability, and playful expression so we can create more meaningful intimacy in our lives. Our time together is designed to create a brave and playful space for you to: * Explore sensual dances with yourself and others You are welcome to come with a beloved with whom you desire to go deep or to come ready to make some new connections. Are you ready to play?! Please note this workshop builds a context and series of skills during our time together. Participants must be present for the full workshop. BRING: VIDEO ABOUT THE WORK: FAQ: WATCH THE Q&A: VENUE NOTE: This event is independently presented and NOT affiliated with Dance Exchange programs. Please direct questions to Zahava@EmbodyMoreLove.com. ABOUT THE FACILITATOR: Photo of Zahava Griss and Ashni Sunder 25 (Saturday) 12:30 pm – 26 (Sunday) 6:30 pm Dance Exchange 7117 Maple AveEvent Details
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The 2020 theme is Evolution. To evolve is to take a journey of exploration and expansion. It is a deepening, a period of intentional incubation. A path to greater awareness, wisdom, illumination and self-mastery. To being fully-realized and whole.
Interfusion provides a holistic opportunity for participants at all levels to explore authentic practices with no partner required, from beginners to advanced offerings. The full festival experience includes:
-Nightly themed parties & socials events
-Special topic seminars & expert talks
-Community collaboration & play spaces
-Integrative Wellness Expo held at the festival grounds
Full Passes provide access to the entire event beginning at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, January 16th and ending at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 20th. Participants choose their adventures across a spectrum of over 100 festival activities. Learn more about the schedule:
During the daytime experience dozens of transformative workshops and activities as you transcend to higher states of growth. Attendees rotating multiple times to create the best learning environment possible, with option to stay with one partner or group if desired. Learn more about the workshops:
At nighttime the festival grounds transforms into an enchanted social party with dedicated dance floors and special events. Interfusion’s Candlelight Conversations & Serenity Lounge are open throughout the night offering a retreat for those needing a break from the high-energy action. Learn more about the parties:
Resident Artists will facilitate your experience with loving-kindness and a mastery of practices. Create long term bonds with guides from across the globe. Learn more about the guides:
Interfusion Festival takes place at the 4 star Crystal Gateway Marriott located just minutes from Washington, D.C. and 2 miles from Reagan National Airport (DCA). Travel with ease with a complimentary shuttle to DCA and an interior Metro corridor. While not required for festival participation, it is recommended that travelers consider staying at the hotel to emerge into the complete community experience. Learn more on our plan page:
Our mission is built on the values of Universal Love, Humility, Non-rivalry, Non-judgment, Caring, Courage and Curiosity. Embodying these values in our actions and attitudes allows Interfusion Community to thrive as a safe haven for creativity and personal growth. We seek to bring healing, impart knowledge and inspire growth by removing all inhibitions to creativity, self-expression and personal enlightenment. Learn more about our mission:
Whether you’re coming with a partner or alone, Interfusion is a powerful bonding experience that enables you develop new interpersonal connections as well as deepen existing ones. Interfusion is a vibrant community that stays connected throughout the year and reunites between festivals.Time
Location
Event Details
Event Details
Atticus Mooney (Atticus Moon)
Josh Ingram (Ursidae)
Kællum McQueen (KÆLLUM)
Ecstatic Dance DC was founded by Atticus Mooney in 2016. It’s recognized as an official member of global Ecstatic Dance community, which is a thriving network of free form, conscious dance gatherings that are changing the ways in which we ‘party’; and relate to our bodies and movement.
Interfusion Festival: Evolution is the largest indoor transformative festival in North America bringing together like-minded souls from across the US and beyond for four days of learning, healing, play and connection on MLK weekend.
The 2020 theme is Evolution. To evolve is to take a journey of exploration and expansion. It is a deepening, a period of intentional incubation. A path to greater awareness, wisdom, illumination and self-mastery. To being fully-realized and whole.
Interfusion provides a holistic opportunity for participants at all levels to explore authentic practices with no partner required, from beginners to advanced offerings. The full festival experience includes:
-Nightly themed parties & socials events
-Special topic seminars & expert talks
-Community collaboration & play spaces
-Integrative Wellness Expo held at the festival grounds
Full Passes provide access to the entire event beginning at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, January 16th and ending at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 20th. Participants choose their adventures across a spectrum of over 100 festival activities. Learn more about the schedule:
During the daytime experience dozens of transformative workshops and activities as you transcend to higher states of growth. Attendees rotating multiple times to create the best learning environment possible, with option to stay with one partner or group if desired. Learn more about the workshops:
At nighttime the festival grounds transforms into an enchanted social party with dedicated dance floors and special events. Interfusion’s Candlelight Conversations & Serenity Lounge are open throughout the night offering a retreat for those needing a break from the high-energy action. Learn more about the parties:
Resident Artists will facilitate your experience with loving-kindness and a mastery of practices. Create long term bonds with guides from across the globe. Learn more about the guides:
Interfusion Festival takes place at the 4 star Crystal Gateway Marriott located just minutes from Washington, D.C. and 2 miles from Reagan National Airport (DCA). Travel with ease with a complimentary shuttle to DCA and an interior Metro corridor. While not required for festival participation, it is recommended that travelers consider staying at the hotel to emerge into the complete community experience. Learn more on our plan page:
Our mission is built on the values of Universal Love, Humility, Non-rivalry, Non-judgment, Caring, Courage and Curiosity. Embodying these values in our actions and attitudes allows Interfusion Community to thrive as a safe haven for creativity and personal growth. We seek to bring healing, impart knowledge and inspire growth by removing all inhibitions to creativity, self-expression and personal enlightenment. Learn more about our mission:
Whether you’re coming with a partner or alone, Interfusion is a powerful bonding experience that enables you develop new interpersonal connections as well as deepen existing ones. Interfusion is a vibrant community that stays connected throughout the year and reunites between festivals.Time
Location
Event Details
Event Details
Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 12:30 – 6:30 pm
Assisted by Alyssa Lynes
Apply at: https://powergenderdancedc.eventbrite.com
* Examine and redesign your relationship with power and gender
* Practice communicating your desires, feedback, and appreciation
* Create a culture of shame resilience and respect around sexuality
* Attune to your own eros and healthy limits
* Track the nervous system of a partner
* Distinguish who touch is for in this moment
* Water bottle
* Knee pads
* Nourishing snack (optional)
https://vimeo.com/232932199
https://www.embodymorelove.com/faq-for-play
https://vimeo.com/367906170
Zahava Griss (aka Z, pronouns: They/Them)
is the founder of Embody more Love, offering dance, coaching, performance, and education on kink, power, race, and gender. Z comes from 35 years of dance training, certifications in Yoga for Birth, Esalen Massage, Deep Bodywork, Urban Tantra, Pilates, Health Coaching, and Move the Crowd a business academy for socially conscious entrepreneurship. Z is currently touring a solo performance ritual, Waters of the Soul, and training with the Academy for Coaching Excellence. Powerful influences include Sobonfu Some’s Grief Rituals, kink, unlearning racism, Sufi whirling, Sexual Shamanism, bioenergetics, and transformational group dynamics. Z directed Spiritual Nourishment for Conscious Activism in collaboration with Deepak Chopra and has been listening to, speaking in, and facilitating spaces to acknowledge and transform white privilege since 1999 including work with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, Sarah Lawrence College, the Re-Evaluating Counseling community, and the national White Privilege Conference. Z co-founded White Folks Soul, By Any Dance Necessary, a dance company exploring the incompatibility of wholeness and the race construct for white people.Time
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