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Friday 4:30 – Soul Motion Session followed by WorldWind
$5 admission. Free for passholders.

Soul Motion is a conscious movement dance practice designed by Vinn Marti. It is a practice of deep listening to our body and breath, a pathway for unifying with our soul and souls while we move in a space alone and together. With the music, we explore how our bodies meets the space around us moment to moment. It is a practice of how we dance as a part of the whole space and of the whole community. Our Soul Motion session will be led by Seshen. She is originally from Japan and lives in San Luis Obispo. She has been practicing Soul Motion for years. Her life work is helping people to connect to their own soul through their body awareness and its connection to the nature. She approaches this with her dance facilitation, healing work, and individual consultations for sustainable conscious diet.

WORLD WIND delivers a booty shakin’ blend of exotic improvisational world grooves from slow trance to hot and thumpin’ forming an interactive connection of expressive exchange with the dancers. They are some of the central coast’s most seasoned players with years of experience performing specifically for ecstatic dance at diverse venues throughout the state including: Esalen Institute, The Ojai Foundation, Sacred Spaces in Santa Monica, Dance Jam Ventura, Dance Tribe Santa Barbara, Freestyle Dance Jam in Pacific Grove, Dance Church in Santa Cruz and The Mystic Garden Party for Conscious Dancer Magazine.

Timo Beckwith, Andrew Wise, Tyson Leonard, Ryan Herr and Matt Reeder create the unique sounds of World Wind with exotic trance vocals, African harp, shruti Box, flutes, world percussion, Middle Eastern saz, Chinese cornet, guitar, bass, sax and electric and acoustic violin.

Saturday – 1:00 - Rhythms & Songs for Earth with Judy Piazza

Bring your drums, other percussion, and voices as we celebrate Earth in a circle of rhythm & song! Small hand percussion will be available as the tribe gathers in honor of Earth, her cycles, and her gifts.

Judy Piazza will also be performing Earth Honoring Music at the morning Plenary Sessions.

Judy Piazza has long been recognized in and out of the country for her extraordinary talents, generous spirit, and ability to join people together through rhythm and sound. With a background in music therapy, Judy has studied and explored indigenous rhythm and sound wisdom for over 20 years. She has performed, presented, and taught at festivals, conferences, schools and other venues such as Bali Spirit Festival, Japan Music Therapy conference, Maya Sacred Journeys, The Om Ball and Chants for Change (Washington DC), Naropa Institute (CO), National Women's Music Festival (WI), Music Educator Conferences (WI, TX, FL, CA), Bhakti Fest (CA), Ojai World Music Festival (CA), Cairo, Egypt (UCSB MidEast Ensemble), and more. Judy is noted for her work with frame drums from around the world, soundscapes with native flutes & didjeridu, sound healing, song writing, rhythm and community circles for celebrating & honoring life on Earth, and the creation of the unique dulsitar™. Before moving to Ojai, CA she was involved for many years with the Detroit Bioneers and Neahtawanta Center Bioneers. She is delighted to be offering for the first time at Central Coast Bioneers in California! Find out more at www.resonanceandrhythms.com

Sunday – 1:00 Yo Pitsky String Band

Returning from last year’s CCBioneers Conference, Yo-Pitsky String Band will entertain us again with their Bluegrass sound.