About this event

4pm - 5:30pm Building a Spiritual Base

hosted by Thabile Makue

After many months of inundating rage at my ex spouse for the way our relationship played out, I had a shining moment of clarity. I did not want to be the sort of person who could be in a relationship like that; I did not know how to love; I wanted to learn how to love myself.

I had only a budding spiritual connection at the time. I had been initiated as an African Traditional Healer, working with an ancestral practise that had progressively supported opening up my senses to more of the spiritual realm. I knew how to connect with my ancestors, how to take a step because I felt pulled to it - even if I didn’t understand what was nudging me, I knew a little bit about prayer, meditation, and forgiveness. I knew just enough to make the prayer that changed everything.

I was walking back from a therapy session, exhausted to still be angry and hurt, and I said, “Teach me how to love myself.” And Spirit answered in that very instant, and every moment afterward was a lesson in stripping away all the noise so that I could hear the answer.

This is what it means to build a spiritual base. It is not to build at all, but to allow the destruction of all you’ve built against the love that is the answer, that is the connection, that is the meaning, that is the purpose, and that is the God you are seeking.

In this 90 min class, we’ll learn how to make that prayer, how to open to the destruction of what is not real, and surrender to what is.

10 min intro: Building a spiritual base

30 min check-in: Name, pronouns, what are you seeking?

15 min practice: Freewriting - what are the barriers?

15 min practice: Meditation - what is the prayer?

10 min practice: Making the prayer

10 min closing: How to hold onto the spiritual base

5:30pm-7:00pm Create a Safe Space for Self — Meditation & Zine Making

hosted by Karina Trejo

Karina(they/them) will offer meditation & zine making. 1.5hr Karina is a 200hr yoga and meditation facilitator, energy healer, community organizer, creative and founder of I Am Healin, a grassroots collective focused on gender expansive healing in for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities. Join them in a community centered workshop to heal among and with community.

7pm-8pm Open Mic

All welcome ~ Come to enjoy, come to perform. Our intention is to foster a kind and supportive community space encouraging folks to engage in self expression by providing a safe space to share.

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About The Arts Area:

The Arts Area provides fiscal sponsorship, professional development, resource support, and civic advocacy to develop and support economic sustainability and equitable access in the creative industries of San Bernardino, Riverside, and East Los Angeles Counties.

About Velvet Penny:

Velvet Penny is a singer/songwriter working at the intersection of art, wellness and activism. Dedicating their current body of work, All the Flowers, to domestic abuse. Penny’s art show is on view at The Arts Area Gallery at CASA Pitzer in Downtown Ontario, California. This multifaceted project features a music video, interactive props, community zine with resources, and a full length album.

Donations:

Your donations contribute to marketing, unforeseen costs for programs and artists.

Future Programs:

1/7: Movement Workshop hosted by Paru Frances

1/21: Somatic Consent Education hosted by Rebekah Rose

2/11: Self Defense Workshop hosted by Project Sister

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