Back to Bellydance in January!

BELLYDANCE CLASSES

with Tahjia

Wednesday evenings  6-7:00pm
Jan. 14^th thru Feb. 18^th, 2015

In this age, when many people are looking to the East for the ancient remedies for health and relaxation, bellydance is often overlooked.  It is an effective exercise, a fun hobby, a great relaxation tool and a path that many women find is an excellent way to reconnect with their sacred feminine nature.  Tahjia teaches an eclectic style of dance, including techniques and moves from Vintage Cabaret, Egyptian, Turkish Romany and others.

Classes will be held at Radiance, 9 W. Grant St. in the heart of downtown Lancaster, across from Central Market.

Wednesdays, January 14^th through February 18^th

6:00pm – 7:00pm  Mixed Beginner & Intermediate class

$75 for a six-week session, or drop in for $15 per class.  While we encourage you to sign up for the entire session, drop-ins are welcome! 

Please wear loose fitting clothing and bring a long scarf to tie around your hips.

Tahjia has been professionally bellydancing since 1997. Her first dance teacher was Carolyn Weinand of Lancaster PA.  She has danced with troupes: Desert Wind; Jewels of the Nile; Troupe Hipnotique; and also solo. She has studied with many teachers such as Fahteim of California; Rhea; Susanna Del Vechio; and currently with Artemis Mourat and Samira Shuruk.

Tahjia began teaching in 2006 in Lancaster. Her specialty style of dance is Vintage Cabaret which was danced in the 1970’s Arabic clubs in New York and California.

Kids' Reiki Class, Saturday, January 3, 2015, 1-4pm

with Reiki Master Teacher Sarah Preston

This half-day Reiki class is designed for kids, and will include energy play and simple guided imagery. Each child will be attuned to Reiki and will receive a certificate.

In this Kids Reiki class, children ages 8 to 13 will learn simple methods of using Reiki. Children have a natural awareness of healing energy and the class offers a supportive atmosphere for them to explore their innate abilities. In this workshop, the children will be atuned to Reiki and will receive a Reiki Kids Certificate at the completion of the class. We will learn through activities.

• Sensing the Energy Field
• Healing with Plants, Animals and People
• Reiki Art and Creative Expression

Cost: $75.00 includes all class materials.

Registration and payment required by Saturday, December 27. Call 290-1517, or stop in.
Class size is limited so early registration is recommended.

Songs of Peace with Arif and Amina

Songs of Peace

Kirtan and

Community Sing

Come join us as we find our voices and our rhythm, as we open our hearts and feel our connection with each other and with Spirit. Easy to learn and sing chants and songs from many spiritual traditions and practices, kirtan is a form of musical meditation.  No experience necessary!  

Friday evening, December 12, 2014, 7-9pm

At Radiance, 9 W Grant St., Lancaster, PA, just across the cobblestones from historic Central Market.

Suggested donation $5 - $20

Arif & Amina come to us from Massachusetts, bringing their joy for life & their love of the divine Universe. They will be joined by special guest John Terlazzo!

Come sing sacred phrases from many traditions with us! 

"An evening of heartfelt chanting can change the world"   Ram Das

Collage of the Heart with Amina

  Let’s Make Heart Cards with Amina

Saturday, December 13, 2014 from 1-5pm

In this class, we will each make Heart Collage Cards under the guidance of Amina, a delightful, creative spirit.

Using the simple process of tearing/cutting images from magazines and pasting them on a board we develop a powerful tool of creative self-discovery, of artful self expression.  The collages that you build form a vocabulary that speaks directly to your own heart.  As you step deeper into the images, they relate to your inner and outer worlds.  This is an inspiring, unblocking, healing, and personal creative journey! 

We will begin with a brief intro on the flow of the day, moving on to some chanting to open our hearts.  Then we will have a period of selecting images and making our collages.  There will be background music to help us maintain a personal meditative silence as we work.  We will finish the afternoon with a period of sharing some of our process with each other.

Bring magazines and or images that you may have already collected.  Bring scissors if you have some. We will supply the cards and the glue. 

Amina says:  “We are all Artists expressing our gifts in diverse ways!”

Class will be held at Radiance, 9 W Grant St, in the heart of downtown Lancaster.  Call 717-290-1517, or stop in to register.  Cost for this class is on a sliding scale of $45 to $25.  We use a sliding scale to make classes available to a wider range of people.  Our hope is that if you are able to pay at the upper end, you will consider it.

I am an Artist, I am creating always and everywhere, it flows out into all areas of my life! I do not remember a time when I did not look at everything as a piece of art.  My medium is anything, whatever I see available, as a part of the whole. (Also my love of The Planet Earth  and using stuff that could have ended up in the land fill.)  My art comes from deep feelings and/or visions, put into the material world. I live Art, breath Art, Art is in my heart! Art is everywhere, always present, art is in my mind, in every cell of my body.

My home is an ever-changing masterpiece.  Getting dressed is a work of art in itself... accessories and detail. The presentation of a meal with all the color and textures of beautiful food . The list goes on and on...  In Art and Nature nothing is impossible. I leave in my path my art, my heart, my love, my passion, my life.  What else can I do?!                              
 

Voices in the Hall Concert at Radiance

Radiance presents an intimate concert…

John Terlazzo & Voices in the Hall

An evening of original song in an intimate candlelit setting, featuring:

 

Singer / Songwriter John Terlazzo (vocals, guitar, Indian harmonium),
Kristina Machusick on vocals, flute & recorders,
& Paul Wegmann on vocals & lead guitars

Saturday, Nov. 15th at 7pm .
Radiance, 9 West Grant St., Lancaster, PA.  

Suggested donation $5 - $20 per person

“Terlazzo makes songs the music ‘biz’  can rarely even dream of visiting…
Visionary, earnest, hopeful & sometimes even broken – but always genuine.”
            Lynne Keller, Artspeak

“The rich sharpness of his words  create a lush landscape in a strange land…
Wow! What more in the way of voluptuous intricacy of images could you want!”

J. Gennett, Green Man Review,  Portland OR.

Peace Dances for the Season of Great Fullness

GREAT FULLNESS

Peace Dance Celebrating a Season of Paradox

Gratitude and Abundance

Sorrow and Loss

On Saturday, November 29 at 7:00pm, let's join together in community to honor our ancestors and the endings we experience at Samhain, as well as sharing our gratitude and thanksgiving because we are ready for the coming Winter season.  Sarah will lead us in creating sacred space & building altars together, and Yasmin will lead us in some Dances of Universal Peace from a series of goddess dances.

Bring items that represent your beloved ancestors and the inevitable losses we experience for the Ancestor Altar.  Bring items that represent the preparations we have made as we turn toward Winter and the Hearth for the Gratitude and Abundance Altar.

Suggested donation is $5-15 per person.  Call Radiance to let us know you plan to attend. 717-290-1517, or stop in to register.  Radiance is located at 9 W Grant St., across the cobblestones from Central Market in downtown Lancaster, PA.

Yasmin is a student of world religions as a vehicle for the cultivation of compassion between neighbors, culture and nature. She is a representative for the Sufi Ruhianiat and a leader for the Dances of Universal Peace.  

Sarah is a community herbalist, Reiki Master/Teacher and a priestess of the Goddess, initiated in the Reclaiming Tradition. She is owner of both Radiance and Herbs from the Labyrinth, LLC.

The Peace Dances are an experiment in sound, movement and community designed to "in form" us of the many mysterious ways we are ONE, united in a great web of compassion and diversity. In the Dance we use chants from many of the world's sacred traditions. We hold hands in a circle, moving with simple "folk dance" movement. There are no performers. All are participants. All are welcome.

Lunar Flow Yoga: New Moon to New Moon to New Moon

Lunar Flow Yoga

Wednesdays ~ Noon to 1pm ~ at Radiance

New Moon 9/24 to New Moon 10/22 to New Moon 11/19

Attuning to the ebb and flow of nature within us and without,

 using our breath, movement and sangha.

This gentle, mid-day class is scheduled to allow participation over lunch break or as a noon reboot for body, mind and spirit.

Cost is $14 per class or $60 for a 5-week series.

Bring a yoga mat, and a bottle of drinking water.  Come every week, or come when you are able.

Classes will be held at Radiance, 9 W Grant St. Lancaster, just across the cobblestones from historic Central Market.  Call Radiance 717-290-1517,

or stop in to register.

 Yasmin is a certified yoga instructor, a licensed therapist and senior leader of the Dances of Universal Peace. She is interested in all forms of wellness from the inside-out.