special instructions: Bring WATER. Please note, we will carpool the 2 minutes from Aumbase Sedona to the trailhead – will you be the one with room in your car? You must book ahead online as we will depart immediately to hike to our destination for a morning practice. 

SPACE OF GRACE:  SOUND HEALING ON THE RED ROCKS with Valerie Sanjali Irons

Hike to one of Sedona’s spiritual vortexes and then bask in the soothing and healing vibrations of Tibetan bowls, flute, gong and more.  Relax into a deep state of meditative bliss and allow Sedona’s vortex energy to work with you as you savor the space of grace within.

Sedona’s multi-dimensional vortexes are subtle energy centers created from a spiraling energy that has been found to enhance prayer, meditation and healing.  Native Americans long ago recognized the spiritual power and energy of Sedona’s vortexes, honoring this land by using it only for sacred ceremonies. The energy field of Sedona’s many vortexes reaches out about 22 miles, but with an Aumbase Adventure you will be in the midst of it ALL!

September 29th Sunset at 6:14pm 

We have all listened to a song or musical work that has evoked emotions in us of joy, sorrow, excitement, loneliness, peacefulness and even love.

Memories of past events in our lives can also be triggered by and associated with a particular song.

Yet, few of us realize that music, or the sounds and vibrations that form its foundation, can have far reaching effects on our physical and mental well-being.

The applied use of sound and vibration as a therapeutic tool can produce many positive benefits such as stress reduction, deep relaxation, and balancing of mind, body and spirit. It can also effectively induce a meditative state.

Welcome to SANCTUARY, a complete immersion into the world of sound and vibration that will gently guide you into a state of heightened awareness and lasting tranquility.

Mark Biehl hosts this blissful journey of Tibetan singing bowls, gongs, chimes, and indigenous flutes. Also featuring Breathwork, Guided Imagery, and Group Chanting to enhance and direct your experience to a higher level.

Let SANCTUARY be your ideal refuge for a more focused, peaceful and balanced life.

$25 per person if you book ahead online. $30 day of the event. 

The process is gentle, safe, and loving and almost every person will have a deep moving experience. As an added benefit, Breathwork is quite healthy for the body. You will be conscious the whole time and totally in control. Please come prepared for immediate growth and a powerful experience.
    
Benefits can include
• Deepen a spiritual connection
• Dissolve stress and anxiety issues
• Release old baggage and disempowering beliefs
• Increased levels of awareness and intuition
• Heal emotional contributors to physical dis-ease
• Unblock the creative process
• Provide a safe and natural way to experience expanded states of consciousness
• And much more……..
    
***NOTE: Please wear loose, comfortable clothing. Please bring a yoga mat or sleeping bag if you have one. If you don’t have your own yoga mat, there will be some available to use at the studio. The studio also has blankets, bolsters, and cushions. It’s preferable not to eat for an hour prior. We will provide eye masks or you can bring your own.

$35 in advance / $40 day of the event

Today we welcome you to open your hearts and clear your minds while joining us for a special guided meditation with local artist Shey Khandro.

This is part of the Every Day Peace exhibit running until the end of September at Goldenstein Gallery.

Meditation is free and begins at 2:30pm

Join us in meditating for world peace.

The Liberation of Larry (90 minutes) is a provocative and inspiring show based on the turning points of his 75-year life story, marked by selectively shedding his past, creatively growing into his full potential, and realizing and sharing valuable life lessons (wisdom). The show chronicles his life in a gritty style of storytelling, with matched songs, wit and humor, dancing, props and costumes.

Larry’s life has resembled the famed mythologist Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey – leaving his birthplace of limited perspective and opportunities; journeying and facing challenges that tested and taught him about the larger world; and discovering and developing his true vocation and unique gift of wisdomtainment and a passion for sharing it with the world.

Larry’s wild seven-decade journey of healing and growing vividly demonstrates how he figured out how to let go of aspects of The Lie that his family and society had fed him – namely that we must conform to rigid behaviors. By releasing his key past-based negative patterns, he has liberated himself from an unsatisfyingly programmed life, discovered his soul’s truths about how to live well, and finally emerged with an authentic, fulfilling and happy life.

The core of Larry’s life path has been his escaping from four closets – from acting straight to being gay, university teaching to show business, American identity to international cultures, and Judaism to Universal Spirituality.

Larry believes that the reason his audiences often cheer, laugh, shout, sigh, cry and/or sing along with him is because he continually takes off his masks so that they see themselves in the mirror of his life. Audience members often tell him that while they have lived different life situations than Larry, as they watched his show, they realized that they have experienced the same inner dynamics.

Although this show speaks to people of all identities and ages, it is particularly relevant to the growing number of Boomers (born 1946-64), now seeking greater authenticity, fulfillment and fun as they live longer. Because of its risqué content, the show is not for children.

Q&A and refreshments 8:30-9pm.

$15 in advance / $20 day of the event

$20 in advance | $27 day of show

Check out our website:
www.thebandofnow.com

Meet the band.
Prem Vidu – Vocals & Guitar
Blessed to be raised by musical parents, growing up on the sweet sounds of barbershop and dominant 7 chords, Prem Vidu was always interested in the intention behind the music. After gaining his BFA in Percussion Performance & Jazz Studies, life eventually led him to share his devotion through song and prayer. Guided to facilitate spirit-medicine journeys, he combines 10 years of leading ceremony with an 8 year practice of chanting. With a lifetime of musical experience, he now offers Kirtan, inviting all to share their voices together in devotion. He currently composes for, directs and leads The Band of Now, blending Sanskrit mantra and English lyrics, creating a sacred space for healing, peace and joy to cultivate.

Cassandra Bright – Vocals, Percussion & Harmonium
Cassandra began her yoga journey in 1998. Overwhelmed with life at the time…synchronistically, yoga arrived. Her first yoga experience (an Ashtanga Vinyasa class) kicked her butt, yet she wept with gratitude — she’d found her way Home. Yoga instantly meant more than movement or exercise; it meant reconnecting with Self, with that part that was quietly awaiting her return. Drawing her deeper into yoga, and to yoga teaching training, she completed her first 200 hr YTT in Scottsdale in 1999, then journeyed to mother India in 2007 to experience Nithya Yoga, where she became Ordained as a Yogacharya and Ananda Spiritual Healer. Her study of Self and Yoga continue, recently completing an advanced training in Yoga & Ayurveda.The opening of her center, Gilbert Yoga in 2003, has allowed her and many others to share the gifts of yoga with thousands, and to initiate others into teaching as well.
Beginning with an asana based practice, she now finds her heart immersed in Bhakti Yoga, singing with her partner Prem Vidu in their band, The Band of Now. Together they hold space for heartfelt, soul-stirring yoga-medicine to flow.

And you never know who else will be joining us!

$15-20. No one turned away for lack of funds!