Solstice Circle, Saturday December 19th

Solstice Circle

Saturday December 19th from 4:30 to 9:30
C / Escolas Pias, 17-19, 2 º 1 ª

We will be celebrating solstice (which is actually Dec. 21st) with a ritual to the 6 directions. If anyone is interested in facilitating one or more of the four directions for our ceremony and/or sharing another ritual related to Solstice, please let me know. Feel free to bring something to put on our altar to "charge" with the ritual's energy.

Also, if you have time, ponder the parts you inhabit: mother, teacher, wife, healer, sister…Could your feelings about how you personify these improve? Each of us will have the opportunity to offer our roles up to the sacred fire to birth a new and better way of living them in the coming year.

Antonia will lead us in a song and we will also do our silent sufi prayer of the heart and meditation.

I ask that you bring a vegetable cut up and ready to put in a pot to make a soup or if you want to bring a desert that's welcome as well.

Make space for the new by clearing out your unwanted clothes or things for us to trade or pass on to charity.

After todays circle our donations with go to CalAid Barcelona (https://www.youcaring.com/calaid-barcelona-465594) to help with their work at the refugee camp in Lesvos, Greece.

Suggested donation 15 euros.

If you are looking for a unique gift, made with love there will be Elenware Holy Sheramics and Ritual incense available for purchase.

My first batch of maracas...

These high fired maracas were slab moulded were the result of collaborations with Shirley Emmerson (the tomato mould) and Raval de l'Art for their high fire kiln as well as advise from members of the Clay Buddies group on Facebook. These are just the beginning.

With oxides and the green ones are glazed.

Burnished

painted with slip

 Wondering what Elenware shakers sound like? Here's a short video so you can hear them.

One Billion Rising!!! One week away!!!!!

I have had the honor of helping organize the 1 Billion Rising event in Barcelona, Thursday February 14th from 7 to 9 pm. We will be dancing and singing and celebrating that the time has come for women to stop living in fear of rape and violence.
I am rising because I know too many women that live with the scars of such abuse. I'm rising because I want to live in a world where girls have the same right to attend school as boys, where women feel safe to dress as they like and be out as late as they want without fear.
Below is a message by Eve Ensler, founder of this global event. For more information and to find an event near you visit http://onebillionrising.org/

My dance with Michael Franti captured on video

Sorry about the poor sound quality.
My dance starts at 3 minutes. I felt 15 instead of 50. I hadn't danced or smiled so much in ages. This was the 7th time I've experienced one of his concerts and he hadn't played in Barcelona for 7 years. I have more videos of Michael and Spearhead live that I've taken with better sound quality on my youtube channel.

Michael Franti is a master at creating community at his concerts. He's an amazing yogi, humanist, activist and lyricist. Aren't we blessed to have him in this world!!!!! If you want to know more about him visit his website .

You can learn about some of his "activist/humanitarian" through his film I Know I'm Not Alone.