The Sunset Campout is fast approaching! Below is a detailed list of workshops, activities and information on each of our workshop leaders. For a detailed schedule of workshops please see the Sunset Campout website. See you in Belden, CA July 17 – 19th!

FAERIE RING WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES

MEDITATION

Daily Morning Guided Meditation [James Brown]: A 30-minute mediation aligned with the Faerie Ring theme of the day.

• Friday – TRANSFORM – The meditation will help people align with the source of those steering impulses that are meant to guide us along the path of life. The more we are aligned with these impulses that more fully we can evolve, to better fulfill our role in the evolution of all things.

• Saturday – ILLUMINATE – The meditation will help people connect to the light that shines from within so that we radiate with the full brilliance that is our birthright.

• Sunday – RESTORE – This meditation will allow people to cultivate a deep and powerful state of restfulness and to connect to the source of energy and intelligence from which all our best ideas arise, as does the energy needed to bring them to life.

Flow Mediation [James Brown]: An hour-long workshop in Flow Meditation, a practice in which we learn to get out of the way and allow the mind to settle. The workshops will be a mix of lecture and eyes-closed practice. Each workshop will be self-standing, but there is great benefit in taking them back-to-back.

The Journey Home: Finding the Shangri-La Within [Pixie Pam & Tara Samiy]: This restorative meditation workshop involves a shamanic journey, guided by the beat of the drum, to explore the Shangri-la within. Shangri-la is an oasis for the soul. In this workshop we learn how we can become Shangri-la and share it in every moment.

YOGA 

Sunrise & Shine [Alexandra Sargent]: Come arrive in Belden, through your body, mind, and spirit. A one hour gentle hatha/ vinyasa flow, simple twists to awaken and activate your body, with a guided meditation at the end. Light yoga experience recommended.

Sunset & Flow [Alexandra Sargent]: One of the practices in the utopia of Shangri-la was moderation. Come practice this concept on your mat in this gentle one-hour vinyasa flow class, moderation of movement and stillness, of exertion and surrender, of awareness and meditation. A very short physical practice with extended savasana at the end to help calm the mind before a weekend of excitement!

Igniting Your Fire [Dave Larot]: This 90-minute yoga class focuses on the 3^rd chakra (manipura) and is based around the core. It includes some arm balancing poses and of course Kalabati breath work.

Heart of the Warrior [Dave Larot]: This one-hour yoga class focuses on the 4th Chakra (anahata). It will include a lot of heart openers with some shoulder work. Come experience a back bendy and hip opening session with some twists.

Restorative Yoga [Zalia Aliriza]: This all-level, 90-min restorative yoga class is designed to heal and revitalize bringing light and stability to the body and mind. Concentrating on a handful of nurturing poses with long holds to help unwind, we’ll work on centering breath and energy movement through the body, opening hips, hamstrings and heart. Appropriate for those seeking to stretch, relax and invigorate.

Kundalini Yoga [Isabel Cali]: Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. This 90-minute kriya (set of exercises) will include powerful breath work along with movement, chanting and deep relaxation, to carefully raise our kundalini energy, the creative force which lies at the base of the spine. This practice clears blockages in our physical, emotional and mental bodies rapidly, leaving space for the new things to come. Kundalini yoga is unique to other styles, come with an open mind and be ready for a natural high on Sunday morning. 

SOUND HEALING

Sacred Sound Healing [Danny Goldberg]: A one-hour restorative sacred sound healing with gongs, singing bowls and chimes to guide you into a deep meditative state. Healing vibrations pass through the body, opening blockages and allow the mind to quiet. Through the vibrations of Danny’s collection of instruments you will experience an inner calm and deep relaxation that enables you to journey within and center.

Overtones of the Heart – a Sound Healing Concert [Aya Dunin & Friends]: An instrumental mediation where you receive the rippling benefits of Vibrational Medicine. Angels, Ascended Masters, Spirit Guides and Spirit Animals will be called upon to hold sacred space. Aya Dunin will play a Heart Chakra Crystal Singing Bowl, Coco Cohen will play DNA and Ozone tuning forks and tubes, and bells. Awny RAel will apply tuning forks to acupressure points.

TRANSFORMATIONAL HEALING

Shamanic Rhythmic Breathing [Shaman Durek]: A 90-minute session with Shaman Durek that opens dormant energy channels and clears out black effluvia allowing spirit to cleanse you.

How to Authenticate Your Power for Quantum Dynamic Change [Shaman Durek]: A 90-minute session with Shaman Durek where you learn how to increase your vibrational frequency and authenticate your power.

Manifesting Your Dreams and thriving in the New Paradigm [Danny Picard]: A corrective group hypnotherapy that connects with the angelic realm and clears limitations. Danny will work with the audience to understand what thriving means to them, and then take those responses and form a powerful group hypnotherapy session. Violet flame, meditation, high vibrational forms of energy healing and hypnotherapy all in one! 

Light Wave Theraphy & Voice Bio [Danielly Aldana]: A talk with Danielly to learn about the benefits of Light Wave Theraphy and the sound diagnostic tool Voice Bio. Danielly will be available all weekend for personal one-on-one sessions. Sign up for an individual session with Danielly to help gain confidence, balanced relationships, and restful sleep.

PERFORMANCE & BLESSING

Sunset Campout Opening Ceremony [Shaman Durek & Living Fae]: A special collaborative sacred ritual on The Beach Stage to open and bless Sunset Campout 2015.

Sunset Campout Closing Ceremony [Shaman Durek]: Shaman Durek winds things down on the Beach Stage with a closing blessing after the last DJ on the Beach.

The Faerie Rites [Living Fae & Pixie Pam]: An offering of energy to initiate the seed of connection to the Faerie Realm. This blessing is a gift called upon to honor An Sí. Receivers of The Rites will be integrated with Faerie and Earth energies and awaken to ancient wisdom, guidance, creativity, wild playfulness and an indigenous heart.

Faerie Sight Tea Service [Living Fae]: A grounding meditation, blessing, and special faerie tea with Living Fae. Warning: this tea service will strengthen your eyes sight to the light and love of Sunset’s faeries.

An Acoustic Session [Lacey Patterson]: Fae Goddess Lacey will bless the Faerie Ring with an exclusive solo performance of folk rock blended with jazz, blues and experimental sound.

ALTERNATIVE WORKSHOPS

Learn the Basics of Tarot [Ida Shaw]: Ida will give you a basic understanding of tarot card reading. Throughout the weekend she will provide private one-one sessions of tarot readings for those who sign up.

Feng Shui for Awesomeness [Stephanie Frame]: By incorporating modern-day knowledge with ancient feng shui principles (the “art of placement”) you will learn to see your home, work space or camp site with “feng shui eyes”. Your environment will become a powerful gateway into the co-creation of a truly awesome life!

Introduction to Essential Oils [Stephanie Frame]: In this hands-on workshop, you will learn a brief history of essential oils, how they are made, how they work, different ways you can maximize/utilize their healing powers (ie how to use them!), and how to choose oils of the highest quality and vibration.

Herbs & Tinctures [Jessica Choate]: Learn the benefits of of herbs, creating your own herb garden and tincture blends.

Invoking Magic [Tara Samiy & Jacob Art]: In this workshop will we explore magic as the experience of the natural, phenomenal world beyond our projections, beyond the conventional view. When we see ourselves as part of it, integrated with it, we have a sacred magical outlook on nature.

Street Dance Fusion [Samantha Giron]: Street Dance Fusion is mixed levels and perfect for anyone who loves to move. If dance is your way of communing with the gods, spitting game, or celebrating life with your community, this class is for you. Class starts with stretching to music and moves through a guided dance improvisation, and a few power moves. Put it all together to make a short choreographed dance. You’ll have fun, sweat and learn a few moves to take back to the dancefloor!

FAERIE RING CREATIVE CONSCIOUS LEADERS

Shaman Durek

Shamanic Rhythmic Breathing, How to Authenticate Your Power for Quantum Dynamic Change

Shaman Durek is a Los Angeles based spiritual guide and gifted healer. As a Shaman, he acts as mediator or “bridge” between the spiritual and physical planes. He applies ancient wisdom, coupled with decades of devoted study and practice, to help bring success, happiness and healing into people’s lives. Shaman Durek studied the practices of the Whirling Dervishes and the Sufi’s, did meditation work in Turkey and was features in Cosmopolitan Magazine for his service to the people. He learned about herbs in Belize in the jaguar jungle and on the island of Tobacco Cave, practiced Hare Krishna in San Francisco, and has studied the Bhagavad-Gita along with Hinduism and yoga. Durek has also studied Reiki and learned Hawaiian forms of healing from a Maori healer.

Danny Goldberg

Sacred Sound Healing

Danny Goldberg’s Sacred Sound Healing weaves the restorative vibrations of singing bowls, gongs & chimes to create a blanket of healing sounds. The vibrations of these instruments enable us to journey within & center. The sound provides a channel for release, opening & transformation, tuning our vibrational frequency. Danny performs solo & in collaboration with Yoga, Qigong and Breathwork. Danny offers Sound Healing at yoga studios, healing centers & events throughout the U.S.including: Globe Sound Healing Conference, Phases of the Moon Festival, New Living Expo, Wanderlust, Breathe Yoga, Divinitree Yoga, Yoga Tree, UC Santa Cruz & Foothill College Music Programs, Science & Nonduality Conference, Lightning in a Bottle, Beloved, Lucidity, Symbiosis & many more.

James Brown

Daily Morning Meditations, and Flow Meditations

 James Brown teaches daily meditation for the modern life. He studied with Vedic Master Maharishi Vyasananda Thom Knoles high in the Himalayas to complete his teacher training in Vedic Meditation. Before going to India, he studied intensively stateside with Thom’s protégé, Christian Bevacqua. Vedic Meditation is a technique  developed 5,000 years ago in India for what they called householders. Vedic Meditation is not a monastic practice. It was designed for the every day working person with a busy life. James can be found teaching his meditation techniques all over the Bay Area and the Pacific Coast.

 

Danny Picard

Manifesting Your Dreams and Thriving in the New Paradigm

Danny G. Picard is an Intuitive Empath and Certified Hypnotherapist with the National Guild of Hypnotists.   He received his Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Mastery in 2005 and received his Lightarian Reiki Mastery as well as Metatronia Therapist Level 1 attunement.  Danny became Master Metatronia Therapist and Official MT Workshop Facilitator in 2013 through MT’s founder Tammy Majchrzak.  Danny teaches groups and individuals all over higher vibrational forms of energy medicine beyond Usui Reiki Mastery. He holds a certification as a Holistic Massage Therapist through Mendocino School of Holistic Massage and Advanced Healing Arts as well being a (non practicing) Metaphysician, Unicorn Wrangler, Wizard, Friend Activist, Multidimentional Healer, Lecturer, Webinar Host and Founder of The Epic Human Project.

 

Living Fae

Faerie Sight Tea Service, The Faerie Rites

Living Fae are creators of the Sunset Campout Faerie Ring and altars. Melanie and Anne have been holding space, designing altars and sacred space, and performing opening ceremony for Sunset Sound System parties and Sunset Campout since 2002. Melanie began her spiritual study and practice in 1995 and later studied with a Thelemic organization named the Invisible House Society. Anne has been practicing magick and mysticism since 2002 and is a certified Pilates instructor. Their light and love creations serve to inspire and uplift those touched by their ritual magic, and have blessed numerous festivals and events including: The Gathering, Lightning in a Bottle, Agape International Spiritual Center, Faerie Worlds, their annual Summer Solstice Celebration and Living Fae ritual events.

Pixie Pam

The Faerie Rites, The Journey Home: Finding Shangri-la Within

Pixie Pam comes from a family of yogis and healers in Dublin, Ireland. As a Yoga Instructor, Acupuncturist and Celtic holistic healer, Pam has been working in the field of holistic therapy and fitness since 2004. She was certified as a Hatha Yoga teacher in 2005 and later furthered her knowledge in India with Ashtanga Vinyasa Flow disciplines in 2009 with Yoga Tribe. In 2007 Pam was welcome in the Celtic Shamanic traditions at Sli an Chroí School of Shamanism in Ireland and then went on to learn from the Quero people in Peru’s’ Andes. She facilitates ritual awakening and transformational healing with women’s groups, men’s groups, Solstice gathering, and festivals around the world.

 

Alexandra Sargent

Sunrise & Shine Yoga, Sunset & Flow Yoga

Born and raised in California, Alexandra Sargent grew up in the East Bay then attended the University of Redlands where she enrolled in ‘Environmental and Social Activism Through the Arts’. It was with her advisor, Patricia Geary, that she began her journey with Yoga. Post college, Alexandra’s journey took many unconventional turns; from Spiritual workshops, Ceremonial Sweat Lodges, a vision quest lead by her Shaman Ruud West, living at Sunrise Ranch in Loveland Colorado, an intentional/Spiritual community and participating in their Full Self Emergence program, to completing a permaculture/farming internship, it became clear that her that the path was about the journey inward. All the while, her journey with Yoga continued to deepen. As a practitioner, she has practiced Anusara, Bikram, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Hatha, Vinyasa, Sridaiva, and practiced with teachers such as Madhuri Martin, Maria Patella, Desi Springer, John Friend, Melanie Salvatore-August, and Mynx Inatsugu. Alexandra taught her first yoga class in the Faerie Ring in 2014, and was highly praised for her leadership and dedication to connecting with the divine. Her vision is to assist others in connecting with their highest selves.

Dave Larot

Igniting Your Fire Yoga, Heart of the Warrior Yoga

David Larot is a Bay Area native who began his yoga practice in 2002. After years of skateboarding and snowboarding his body had taken it’s toll of injuries including a torn ligament in his shoulder. Experiencing the benefits of yoga lead him to realize that he had found the missing link to an active lifestyle. In 2004 he started leading classes under the guidance of his teacher. It was an unexpected calling but nonetheless he found a new passion. “I enjoy guiding people to that deeper sense of themselves, taking that whole awareness and bringing it into their daily lives.” In 2008 David enrolled in the 200hr teacher training intensive at Yoga Works SF. He was so inspired that he continued his studies and in 2010 completed his 500hrs under his mentor Nikki Estrada. Having practiced and trained in various styles including Iyengar, Ashtanga and Vinyasa, David brings to us a safe but dynamic flow to the mat consisting of effective sequencing, awareness of breath and proper alignment. David is a registered teacher with the Yoga Alliance at the 500hr level.

Zalia Aliriza

Restorative Yoga

Founder of Avalon Road, an organization providing holistic personal development & well-being retreats, to recharge the body & mind, Zalia has been a practicing yogi and spiritual adventurer since the age of 17. She is honored to have trained with Janet Stone, Rusty Wells and the Sivananda Center. She incorporates these disciplines as well as her training in nutrition and Reiki into her teachings.

Tara Samiy

Invoking Magic, The Journey Home: Finding Shangri-la Within

Tara has studied mind-body health and consciousness, neuroscience, psychology, psychotherapy, yoga, dance and psychedelic research for over 20 years. In 1989, her discovery of underground dance music spawned her lifelong love of music and dance, and the role of dance/movement in entheogenic journeying, ritual and phenomenological dance experience. Since the age of 17, she has studied the relationship between mind and body, with emphasis in the psychopharmacology and therapeutic potentials of psychoactives via a B.S. in Psychobiology from UCLA.  Her thirst for further understanding the human mind, beyond the limitations of science, led her to study Eastern, Western, and indigenous psychological and spiritual traditions at the California Institute for Integral Studies, where she earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

Lacey Patterson

An Acoustic Session

Lyrical singer and guitarist Lacey Patterson tells stories through her music. With her previous band, LoveLace, she composed works that thrived at the intersections of love, lust and melancholy with an effort to discover and weave together new modes of perception. Now a solo artist, Lacey performs folk-rock music, while currently developing her style to include elements of jazz and blues and experimental sound.  Her exploration of the voice as an instrument, as a language in and of itself, attempts to expand the boundaries of basic folk-rock and create new landscapes of sound that unearth feelings, energies, and memories for which we have very little words.

Danielly Aldana

Lightwave Therapy and Voice Bio

Danielly de Jesus Aldana has been exploring personal empowerment tools since experiencing an uplifting energetic shift in 2013. Her path as a certified Lightwave Energy-Infusion practitioner was a natural one after fulfilling many traditional jobs such as test proctor, recruiter, & docent to the natural sciences; she is still maintaining her role as a designer while exploring the healing arts. Her etheric rites of passage were recognized and confirmed by the Starseed Radio Academy. Danielly will be offering individual sessions that will help you gain confidence, balanced relationships, and restful sleep. In each Lightwave session, you will receive a series of high-frequency energy infusions to clear and balance your 9-point chakratic system, activating your electron bodies, fortifying your akashic windows, and aligning you with your Higher Self while offering multidimensional and spiritual guidance for your everyday life. Danielly will also introduce other healing modalities based on her coursework with VoiceBio ©™, a sound based diagnostic tool developed by Kae Thompson-Liu, a Marin native and health researcher.

Samantha Giron

Street Dance Fusion

Samantha Giron had her formative dance experience at underground electronic music events (like the first Sunset parties!) and went on to build her career as a professional choreographer, dancer professor/educator and dance scholar. She holds a MFA in Choreography from California Institute of the Arts and a BA in Dance from Mills College. Her choreography utilizes a blend of contemporary and street dance to address social issues such as women and sexuality, Hispanic Ancestry and why people get married. Her work has been staged at 1015 Folsom, The Supper Club, Mezzanine, Public Works, ODC, Z-Space and Dance Mission. Samantha has spoken at the National Dance Conference and The Conference for Global Transformation. Her movement style involves sequential articulation of shoulders, ribs, spine, pelvis and head – moving in opposition with a dynamic range of stretch, weight and tension. The dancer moves with a low center of gravity as joints are expressed in circular and oppositional patterns.

Jessica Colette Choate

Herbs and Tinctures

Jessica lives and breathes her life through passion and if you’ve ever had the pleasure to cross her path you would know of her magnetizing energy that moves mountains. She has a rich antiquity of knowledge on plants, herbs, and holistic practices that were passed down from her family heritage on their land in Texas.  As an incarnate garden faerie, she started gardening before she could even walk.  Through self-exploration she began making tinctures in early 2007. What started as her Burning Man gift exchange, turned into a much deeper purpose to spread knowledge of self love.

Stephanie Herzog Frame

Feng Shui for Awesomeness, Introduction to Essential Oils

Stephanie Frame is an interior design student with 10 years experience studying Feng Shui, and holds a red ribbon membership with the International Feng Shui Guild. She has experienced first hand how Feng Shui improves life and works to manifest personal goals. In addition to her passion with the awesomeness of Feng Shui, Stephanie is a seasoned Reiki Master with over 20 years experience working with essential oils. She discovered Young Living essential oils at a holistic dance day party in the late 90s and has been sharing and blessing parties, families and friends ever since.

Aya Dunin

Overtones of the Heart – A Sound Healing Concert

Aya Dunin is a Sound Healer, Reiki Practitioner, Shaman on Path and Yoga facilitator. She leads women empowerment circles in California.
www.soundblissyoga.com

 

 

 

Coco Cohen

Overtones of the Heart – A Sound Healing Concert

Coco Cohen is a Reiki Practitioner, energy healer, and uses Shamanic practices in her healing work. She owns Stone Pony, a Gem and Vintage clothing store in San Francisco. She shares her space for women empowerment gatherings, sound healing, tarot reading, and energy work.  instagram.com/stoneponyvintage

Awny Rael

Overtones of the Heart – A Sound Healing Concert

Awny Rael is a licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist and founder of On Point Acupuncture & Wellness.  Awny realized her path as a healer and began her holistic studies as a massage therapist in 1996. During her Bachelor’s studies in Integrative and Holistic health, she was drawn to Chinese medicine for its intricate and complex understanding of the human body, mind, and spirit; as well asChinese Medicine’s power to harmonize, balance, and effectively prevent and treat disease.

Awny takes a holistic and individualized approach to her healing practice, creating customized treatment plans for each patient. In her customized treatments she may draw upon such modalities as: acupuncture, herbal medicine, cupping, moxabustion, physical assessment, lifestyle coaching, nutrition coaching, body-mind awareness, western & eastern herbal medicine and supplements, heat therapy, Reiki energy healing & Qigong, guided visualization, and sound therapies.

Jacob Art

Invoking Magic

Jacob has been using ritual to connect with nature and for personal transformation since he was a child. He embodies wise magician infected with trickster energy. Professionally, Jacob is a licensed psychotherapist who works with individuals and couples to awaken their hearts to undefended love and intimacy. Jacob is also an expert wigglebummer.

Isabel Cali

Kundalini Yoga

Isabel is a 500 hour certified yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She completed teacher training in Iyengar yoga at IYISF in 2004 and Kundalini Yoga with the East Bay teacher training program in 2014. She is also a shamanic practitioner and guide and trained in several modalities of healing arts.

Ida Shaw

Learn the Basics of Tarot

Ida Feshangchi Shaw is a tarot reader and Reiki practioner with 12 years of experience in the metaphysical sciences and healing arts. She became interested in metaphysical studies at a very young age and has anyways been a natural intuitive and an empath. She is inspired in tarot by the great teachers and wisdom of the Golden Dawn . There is great symbolism in the cards and archetypes that we can all relate to and Ida will help you find what resonates for you and help you gain wisdom, clarity, guidance and comfort from the cards.

Ida is also an Okuden practitioner of Usui Reiki and had been using the healing arts to provide a space for the body, spirit and mind to relax and heal. Using powerful crystals, she can help to balance the chakras and restore the body to its healthful and connected state.