Chakra Explorations: 9-Week Experiential Course

This 9-week experiential exploration of the chakra system combines a weekly live class, practical application for home life, plus the opportunity for self-awareness into what is otherwise unconscious patterns and social conditioning that we are all living out on a daily basis.  This insightful course not only allows you access and expression what is repressed …

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A Call For Help…YELP.

Dear Friends, Clients, and Colleagues Hey everyone…I am reaching out here for some help from all of you who have experienced my massage/advanced healing bodywork at sometime or another.  I know everyone has very busy schedules, I’m right there with you juggling my load…but here I am asking for a little of your time and …

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Occupy Your Body: A Kundalini Dance Experience 11/30/11

OCCUPY YOUR BODY! DANCE YOUR REVOLUTION! I am very excited to announce the Nov 30th Kundalini Dance workshop at the Mystic Activation Temple in Oakland, CA. This will be no ordinary dance class; Kundalini Dance is a personal rEVOLUTION for body, mind, and spirit. We all have fear that is stuffed down, joy that is …

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Calling My Sis’Stars Home

I am feeling the deepness of sisterhood — the aches, pains, love, triumphs, liberation, and joy. We have loved each other, hurt each other, supported each other, abandoned each other, challenged each other, held each other, and ripped each other apart. We will continue to rise up together, to grow together, and to change the world together. Through the connections, the disappointments, the bliss, and the rage…we are sisters. Sis’Stars…Sea’Stars…may we be blessed with heart healing.

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What the heck is a CHAKRA? And why should I explore mine?

These are both valid questions…and I will do my very best to answer them here for you. The word chakra originates from the ancient Sanskrit text meaning: wheel or disk.  These vortexes of energy spin like gears and flow in tube torus currents through all the auric layers.  Imagine these spinning wheels of energy serving …

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Nov
20

Chakra Explorations: 9-Week Experiential Course

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This 9-week experiential exploration of the chakra system combines a weekly live class, practical application for home life, plus the opportunity for self-awareness into what is otherwise unconscious patterns and social conditioning that we are all living out on a daily basis.  This insightful course not only allows you access and expression what is repressed within you, it gives a format and a starting point for the practical application of what you’re learning.  Plus Yarah is offering a mid-week check-in if needed and a support system of those who are exploring their own processes..    This is personal evolution through chakra exploration.

Course objective

  • Introduce the chakra system on a personal level and how it relates and influences your everyday life.
  • Learn practical methods that can be used daily to release, heal, and balance your chakra system.
  • Explore potent practices that help you deeply connect to and express your authentic self.

Week 1, 11/26: Course Preparation

You will explore:

  • The ways in which you perceive the world around you.
  • What it means to “witness” and how to do it without judgment or an agenda.
  • How stress, repressed memories, and unexpressed emotions manifest as pain and dis-ease in the body.
  • How working with your chakra system can bring awareness to unconscious patterns that are holding you back from living the reality you long for.

Week 2, 12/3: Base Chakra: Exploring Your Foundation

You will explore:

  • The point of manifestation energy foundation that fuels the will to survive, to find safety, and to accumulate material wealth through means of the vocation of your true hearts desire.
  • How the base chakra is fundamentally your connection to the earth and is associated with your sense of stability and grounding, courage, loyalty, order, and self preservation.
  • Your sense of belonging, interconnectedness and interdependence to our tribe, our people, our land, our community and the Divine Feminine, Mother Earth.
  • How the base chakra holds the keys to the understanding that each person has unique gifts, talents and skills that can contribute to our community in a way that benefits the community as a whole.

Week 3, 12/10: Sacral Chakra: Exploring Creative Potential

You will explore:

  • The energy center that is the seat of life and the house of change, which contains the imprints and patterns of our sensual nature.
  • How the sacral chakra is fundamentally connected to our personal identity and is the key to live a balanced existence.
  • Opening to the creative potential and intelligence within the sacral chakra, allowing yourself to feel what is being stored within and gain insight on how this is influencing your life now.
  • How to work with your sacral chakra in a way that will help you to express your inner power and beauty and embrace your own sexuality.

Week 4, 12/17: Solar Plexus Chakra: Exploring Personal Power

You will explore:

  • Your energy center where the seat of free will, goals, and decisiveness resides.
  • How the Solar Plexus is fundamentally connected to personal power, governing our emotions, will, and ego.
  • Manifestation, as your solar plexus is the flame that fuels our inspiration and the will that takes the our creative energy of our sacral chakra and grounds it through the base chakra into form.
  • Working with your Solar Plexus to clear emotional energy that has been blocking your access to your true power and allow you to feel more confident in trusting and expressing your authentic self.

Week 5, 1/7: Heart Chakra: Exploring Unconditional Love

You will explore:

  • Your energy center that contains the love, trust, and feel deep compassion for others
  • How the heart chakra is fundamentally connected to all of our relationships – with self, others, and the Divine.
  • Core issues around forgiveness for yourself and others.
  • How the heart chakra is your master key to healing and personal transformation, as it is the gateway between the lower personal and upper spiritual chakras; it is here that the physical body meets with spirit.

Week 6, 1/14: Throat Chakra: Exploring Authentic Expression

You will explore:

  • Your energy center from which self-expression combined with dynamic creativity can emerge.
  • How personal patterns in the realms of your throat chakra influences your ability to communicate and speak your truth.
  • How to listen to your soul speak to deeply connect with your authentic creative self and express your unique gifts to the world through speech, music & art.

Week 7, 1/21: Third Eye Chakra: Exploring Higher Intuition

You will explore:

  • The energy center from which we draw our dreams, memories, and visions.
  • How the Third Eye chakra is fundamentally connected to your ability to see with more than just your eyes.
  • Visualization being a powerful first step in manifesting your desires.
  • Activating the third eye to enter the gateway to universal knowledge, accessing states of expanded consciousness to receive a clear vision of purpose.

Week 8, 1/28: Crown Chakra: Exploring Divine Connection

You will explore:

  • The energy vortex through which all thought, consciousness, and wisdom originate
  • How the Crown Chakra is fundamentally connected to our ability to be one with the Divine Masculine in this home of pure spirit, Oneness.
  • Core issues that affect the energy flow related to the masculine, our relationship to our father, and spiritual issues related to our “divine father”
  • How the crown chakra involves the sacred marriage of the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine within us.

Week 9, 2/4: Integration: Putting It All Together

Saturday: 10am – 5pm at The Yurt Temple in Bonny Doon (carpooling suggested)

  • A full experiential day spent activating, purifying, and balancing your entire chakra system using many movement modalities, meditation practices, and journaling exercises.

Weekly live class at:

Crossroads @ Serpent’s Kiss

2015 No. Pacific Ave.

Santa Cruz, CA

Call the shop to register: 831-423-KISS

What you put into it is what you will out of it – this course and your life.  It is suggested to set a personal intention to commit to participating for the full circle exploratory course.  The benefits you receive from knowing these deeper aspects of self are invaluable.

Course tuition: $200 when paid in advance

Saturday evenings 7-9pm, $25 at the door

  • 11/26 – week 1
  • 12/3 – week 2
  • 12/10 – week 3
  • 12/17 – week 4
  • 1/7 – week 5
  • 1/14 – week 6
  • 1/21 – week 7
  • 1/28 – week 8

2/4 Integration Day at the Yurt Temple in Bonny Doon 10am-5pm, includes lunch. $60 at the door.

 

What to bring to every class: yoga mat, pillow, blanket, journal, pen(cil), water bottle, 2 gig thumb drive, and a willingness to explore yourself.

 

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Nov
17

A Call For Help…YELP.

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Dear Friends, Clients, and Colleagues

Hey everyone…I am reaching out here for some help from all of you who have experienced my massage/advanced healing bodywork at sometime or another.  I know everyone has very busy schedules, I’m right there with you juggling my load…but here I am asking for a little of your time and energy because I am in need of some of my community’s support.  It would be extremely helpful if you would take a few minutes out of your day today (or sometime in the very near future) to visit my Yelp page and leave a review of the service I provided for you.  Reviews are very powerful in the professional world today, not only do they validate the legitimacy of a business; they actually help increase or decrease clientele.

I deeply trust that you have all been happy with the service I have provided for you and I believe a recommendation from you would do wonders to increase my search visibility and help people find me when they are looking for the right massage therapist in the Santa Cruz area.  Whether I have been working with you for a long period of time, we no longer work together, or even if you only had a brief taste of what I offer; any review will help.  Even if it’s not a high ranking one…it will help me improve my capabilities in helping others.  I appreciate any time and energy that you are willing to give to help me continue to grow into a prosperous business!!!

My Yelp Page longs for you words…just click my yelp page link and it will take you right there.  Thank you again for you help with this.

Blessings of Abundant Health and Prosperity to ALL,

Yarah Volkman

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Nov
11

Occupy Your Body: A Kundalini Dance Experience 11/30/11

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OCCUPY YOUR BODY!

DANCE YOUR REVOLUTION!

I am very excited to announce the Nov 30th Kundalini Dance workshop at the Mystic Activation Temple in Oakland, CA. This will be no ordinary dance class; Kundalini Dance is a personal rEVOLUTION for body, mind, and spirit.


We all have fear that is stuffed down, joy that is bottled up, painful memories frozen inside, and lifetimes of karma that we are carrying around all day, every day. The old limiting belief system is breaking down, no longer serving your future, your potential. Life has become heavy and we are over-taxed while being under nourished.

 

IT’S TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE.  IT MUST START FROM WITHIN AND ONLY YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!

 

We need to replenish ourselves, update our contracts, and align with each other if we are to ever see the global change we are all calling for. This tantric, shamanic healing modality gives the space time continuum we need to honor, process and move together through what we are currently holding onto within our bodies and in our realities. We shake it up to wake it up, feel it to heal it, and take a one-way dance journey into our own evolution.

In my personal experience Kundalini Dance is more transformative than traditional therapy; plus it’s so much more fun and affordable too!

Demand change for yourself; occupy your body.  Demand change for our world; occupy together.

 

Mystic Activation Temple
Wednesday, 7pm – 9:30pm
November 30, 2011
$20 pre-sale
$25 at the door

 

Please arrive around 6:30 – :45 to sign in, socialize, and get centered; we will begin promptly at 7ish.  Laugh, Dance, and Heal. Oakland address and directions received upon registration.

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Yarah Volkman:  The Dance Floor Shaman

I have been a passionate free-style dancer for as long as I can remember…There was at least 1 incident where I can clearly remember how if felt being ridiculed at a middle school dance by the “in” crowd for my not so “in” moves.  However, the dance floor kept calling me and the music told me to pay no mind to them.  I became deeply involved in the electronic music scene in the late 90’s and dancing became my medium of therapy.  It didn’t matter who was watching, I danced like no one was.  Soon people began to approach me because they felt called to share that I inspired them with the way I moved my body to the beat of the music, the way I flowed in time and space, the way I freed my spirit on the dance floor.  Their words touched my heart in such a profound way; “You inspire me…”  With so many expressing this to me, I began to realize that this was one of my human super powers (we all have them); inspire humanity to dance. to heal. to love.  To dance is to live.

In 2006 my first live experience with Kundalini Dance changed my dancing and dramatically changed my life.  I recognize that I am no longer a

Yarah facilitating at EarthDance 2010, Laytoville, CA

dancer, but instead I willingly become a shamanic priestess.  As a shaman on the dance floor, I offer myself to all as a conduit, an evolutionary guide, and compassionate ally on this collective journey through the great shift we are facing together.    I aim to inspire the world around me through living my bliss; I inspire through embodiment.  I am here to share my excitement and experience of life with the world.  I am here to share love in her many forms. Together we can reach our highest potential; we can live the reality of our choice.  Create transformation; occupy your body.

For information please visit my Kundalini Dance page or contact me directly at connections@yarahvolkman.com

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Feb
10

Calling My Sis’Stars Home

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This week has been unfolding into a beautiful reminder of my femininity.  My Yoni…Speaks.  My Vagina…Monologues.  I am the complexity and the simplicity of all.  I am a divine goddess, a throbbing beat of sensuality, an explosion of orgasm.  I am a woman; a daughter; a lover; a mother; a sister.  I am the Earth.  I am the Heart.  I am the Sun.  I am Me.  I am You.

I am feeling the deepness of sisterhood — the aches, pains, love, triumphs, liberation, and joy. We have loved each other, hurt each other, supported each other, abandoned each other, challenged each other, held each other, and ripped each other apart.  We will continue to rise up together, to grow together, and to change the world together. Through the connections, the disappointments, the bliss, and the rage…we are sisters. Sis’Stars…Sea’Stars…may we be blessed with heart healing.

I am thankful to all my sisters, near and far, past, present, and future. I am thankful to those who choose to remain close and honor those who have chosen to do otherwise.  Thank you for your teachings.  I rejoice in all I learn from you.  The wisdom that guides me gently and intensity that blows me open.  I am soothed by your touch and held in the comfort of your love.  Each of you has inspired me in some way – through friendship, through triggers, through play, and through fight…you bless my life.  I expand in happiness for the strength you give me to live my true heart’s desire, to be my passions, to feel wholly, to inspire others through living.

Unity in Sisterhood

I cry for those who chose to run from the truth instead of facing it to learn.  I cry for who chose to hide from the challenges instead of integrating for their own evolution of self.  I cry for who chose to remain in the darkness of separation instead of bask in the light of oneness.  I cry for those who refuse to look into the mirror of their soul behind the depths of my gaze.  I cry for those who chose to stay content with mediocrity instead of flying into their full potential on the wings of unconditional love and acceptance.  I cry for those who choose to walk away because they aren’t willing to do the work to rise above their programming.  I cry for those who just don’t want to face their shit and so stay stuck in their destructive and self limiting patterns.  I cry for those who say they are too busy, their schedules are too full for the time it takes to build strong bonds, to birth a new world, to create peace inside, to remain sisters.  I cry for those who live as a victim of their circumstances because they aren’t willing to accept the responsibility for the life they create and so never experience the ecstasy of CHANGE.

Why?  Mama, I give up.  I give it all up to you on the wave of my breath.  Take this pain, the rejection, the suffering I feel.  Purge through me.  Heal my wounds, sew my shreds back together with your heart strings.  I purify with my tears and flow down the river of evolution.  I feel the welling up inside of me.  I feel the want and desire for the closeness of my sisters, for our connection.  I release the competition, I release the deceit, I release the disappointment…I seek the peace and wisdom of our divine feminine inside, our evolved self.  I know we are all interwoven in the web of life, cocooned in your womb…let us blossom beyond our wildest dreams.

I hope for them to find their way through their challenges and back into my arms of sisterly love; knowing that they are welcome here in their entirety, light and shadow, into my arms with compassion.  I hope they will allow the love I give freely to open their hearts and surrender their ego into love that we are.  Welcome home.

Blessings to All My Sistars.

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Feb
10

What the heck is a CHAKRA? And why should I explore mine?

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These are both valid questions…and I will do my very best to answer them here for you.

The word chakra originates from the ancient Sanskrit text meaning: wheel or disk.  These vortexes of energy spin like gears and flow in tube torus currents through all the auric layers.  Imagine these spinning wheels of energy serving as mini brains – collecting, assimilating, and influencing your life journey.  Chakras are our personal hard drives of information, emotions, and past experiences.  We have 7 main chakras located in within the body and  governing different aspects of our lives in all realms: physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.   The chakras even carry ancestral imprints, carrying the history of your family line within the cells of your body.  This system is a powerful tool that brings awareness to how everything in our life relates and influences everything else.

When our chakras are in balance, we are in balance. But when they become out of balance (otherwise known as blocked), either being deficient or excessive, it’s like we have a personal computer virus.  Our energy flow is inhibited and begins to manifest in the body as pain, disease, and rigid belief systems.  Programming through childhood experiences, social conditioning, cultural values, past pain, and stress can all affect the proper functioning of a chakra.  And who hasn’t had this in life?  I don’t know of 1 person.  I speak from experience when I say; there are profound healing benefits  in working with your chakra system as a map for your personal journey to restore balance.

 

Chakra

Governs

Birth Right

Development

Imbalance Issues

Base

Survival

To have

Conception – 9 months

Feet, knee, leg, and lower back issues,  sciatica,  eating disorders,  greed,  work addiction,   depression, poverty consciousness, constipation, frequent illness, inability to focus, escapism

Sacral

Sex

To feel

6 months – 2 years

Frigid, stiffness,  sexual problems, isolation, emotional instability numbness, lack of desire, loss of appetite for life, fear of change, poor boundaries, reproductive issues, addiction

Solar Plexus

Power

To act

18 months – 3 years

Ulcers, aggressive, dominating, low self esteem, timidity, victim consciousness, temper tantrums, competitive, unreliable, poor self-discipline, digestive troubles

Heart

Love

To love and be loved

3 – 7 years

Loneliness, cold, depression, clingy, resentment, inability to forgive, antisocial, jealousy, demanding, lack of empathy, respiratory issues, circulatory issues, codependence, numb hands/fingers

Throat

Communication

To speak and hear truth

6 – 10 years

Sore throats, stiff neck/shoulders, poor self-image and self-expression, poor communication, judgmental, self-criticizing, lying, manipulating, excessive talking, introversion, thyroid problems

Third Eye

Imagination

To see

10 – 18 years

Headaches, nightmares, hallucinations, denial, poor vision, see things only 1 way, insensitivity, poor memory, neurological disturbances, can’t remember dreams, seizures, blindness, deafness, brain tumors, obsessions,

Crown

Spirituality

To know

adulthood

Confusion, apathy, overly intellectual, coma, god complex, martyr, migraines, amnesia, spiritual addiction, learning difficulties, rigid belief systems, spiritual cynicism

 

 

 

Just like it’s necessary to clean up and update your computer, you need to spend time doing your own personal work to update your personal system.  There are many practices that give you access to the wisdom stored within and recover what is repressed in your cell memory, giving you the radical self-responsibility and potent methodology to heal and move beyond what is holding you back from leaping over your evolutionary edge.  It’s time to move forward into living your life at your highest potential.  Explore inside to discover who you are and transform into who you want to be.

 

Base Chakra

Get a massage

Sacral Chakra

Long passionate sex

Solar Plexus

Dance, yoga, exercise

Heart

Breathwork

Throat

Sing, express your art

Third eye

Meditate

Crown

Fast, cleanse, meditate, pray

There are so many modalities for exploring, clearing, and balancing your system…the activities listed above are just one sample of what measures your can take personally to work with a specific chakra.  Don’t let anyone tell you that their chakra practice is the only “right” way to access your internal wisdom.  Everyone has the power to heal themselves.  Google chakra exploration for a many options for you to choose from.  Don’t let life just happen to you; take responsibility for your choices, for your health, and for your life.  Be evolution in action.

 

 

 

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Jan
20

I Choose to Witness

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Calmly, I communicated my truth about the experience and it was met with defense and offense at the same time.  Staying aligned and grounded, while keeping my heart open to his; I took my power stance (the heart meridian runs through the hands, so I placed my masculine energy, right hand over my solar plexus  and feminine energy, left hand over my heart) and listened with love as his objections and projections flowed from his lips.  After awhile, I had come to the point within a discussion that I felt it was no longer beneficial (for either of us) to engage any further.  I gazed into his left eye and visualized a container of healing light around the both of us.  No words to pass my lips, just witnessing.  I see the Divinity in you and you are a mirror for me.  I witness you.  I hold and support you through this with my presence.

I choose this method because I am familiar with my triggers and I have been dancing on an evolutionary path that challenges me.  I can admit that I get tangled in the emotional cyclone of my egoic psyche.  Empowered and expanded, this day; I choose to stay grounded and alchemically aligned with the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine.  I choose to trust my intuitive body.  I choose to be soft.  I choose to know that this is not personal.  I choose to be compassionate.  I choose to speak my truth gently.  In this moment, I choose to stay in the higher vibration of our third eye connection.   I witness and it is beautiful.

To bring the experience in these types of situation full circle for both parties, I also want to further explore words that can help facilitate the opening of the other’s awareness to the situation without moving into a projection conversation…I feel that this topic can quite easily drop the vibration of dialogue, coming across more of a finger pointing session; particularly if the individual is already projecting their personal actions into accusations.

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Jan
19

Creating Sacred Space with Invocation and Calling the Quarters

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It doesn’t matter what path is being walked, danced, and lived.  Whether partaking in prayer, ritual, ceremony, or just wanting to set a powerful intention to manifest; there is a point when we must move beyond the mundane of regular life and enter into sacred time and space.  There are energies, spirits, and animal guides all around us that are willing and actually WANT to help guide us in reaching our full potential in this life; all we have to do is ask.  You don’t even have to be a “spiritual” person to set an intention, you just have to want something to shift in your life.

Personally I do not create sacred space the exact same way, every time.  I do not read from a script (anymore, although I did until I felt confident with my words), but instead knowing the attributes of the directions; I let the invocation flow from me in a very organic way, calling in what I am feeling and seeking in that moment.  I create sacred space for my own personal work and especially when facilitating a group, as I do in my Kundalini Dance practice and all other workshops I am involved in.  I have written out ONE way to do it, which I have adapted from my mentor, Leyolah Antara (founder of Kundalini Dance) but there are endless possibilities.  Feel free to use whatever you wish from what I have here.  Maybe at first you may want to read it word for word, until you are familiar with the directions and feel comfortable.  I wish to inspire all to fine tune it to suit YOUR needs or the needs of your group.

Before beginning the work, first always release stagnant or old energies that are no longer serving us, clearing away any bad feelings and energies and negative thoughts or spirits.  This is to be done in both the physical and spiritual sense and can be done in several methods. Use one or all of these:

Physically- During the process always hold the intention to wash away all that is no longer serving your highest purpose

  • clean your body (shower or bath)
  • anoint your body with sacred water or oil (this can be done in conjunction with or in place of the shower/bath, if one is inaccessible)
  • clean your space (remove clutter, organize, and sweep).

Spiritually – During the process, always hold the intention of clearing away all that is not of the highest vibration of light and love. In my practice – moving clockwise draws in, moving counter clockwise releases.  So when clearing out negativity I move around the space in a counter clockwise fashion.  This may not be the manner in which you work and that is okay too.

  • White Sage Smudge Stick

    Native people throughout the world have used the ancient method of smudging.  This is the burning of sacred plants to create a cleansing smoke bath, which is used to purify spaces, people, tools.  The most commonly used plants are sage, cedar, rosemary, lavender, and sweet grass.

  • Clear space by ringing a bell as you move around the space
  • You may also use clapping in the same method you would use the bell
  • Energetically sweep the negativity out of the room, using your hand or a broom.

Invocation of Directions – Facing the direction you are calling in.  If using this for a group, replace the word “I” with “we”

Element of AIR

Guardian of the East, element of Air, the sacred breath; I invite you in.  Come blow the debris away from my heart and mind, so I may soar with the eagle as the witness, learning and living the art of conscious communication.  With each rising sun you bring continued lessons on new beginnings.

From this direction I call upon Arch Angel Raphael, Raphaela, Raphael, Raphaela, Raphael, Raphaela. Angel of healing and Master of the power of light, whose sword of peace lies at the edge of the rainbow bridge of faith between human and our Divine; please heal me, so my thoughts may flow freely, bring peace of mind and healing energy.

Element of FIRE

Guardian of the South, element of Fire, the sacred heart; I invite you in.  Come burn through my illusions of separation, so I may run with the wolf at play, igniting the passions of creativity that burn deep inside my being.  With your flickering flame you bring lessons that can purify me of the old ways, so I may transform anew.

From this direction I call upon Arch Angel Mikael, Mikaela, Mikael, Mikaela, Mikael, Mikaela.  Angel of protection and Master of the Powers of life, whose wand of courage lies at the heart of hope in the summer sun; please protect me from troubles and fears, giving me the courage of conviction to share hope and inspire the world.

Element of WATER

Guardian of the West, element of Water, the sacred womb; I invite you in.  Come wash over me with your sea of compassion.  Giving me the strength of the bear to wade through my ocean of emotions, so I may move from a place of grace and power.  With your cascading waterfalls your bring lessons of living in abundance and harmony with all life.

From this direction I call upon Arch Angel Gabriel, Gabriela, Gabriel, Gabriela, Gabriel, Gabriela. Angel of dreams and Master of the powers of love, whose cup of love lies in the depths of our feelings and the ebb and flow of the tides; please speak to me in my dreams, teaching me the ways of my great internal truth.

Element of EARTH

Guardian of the North, element of Earth, the sacred body; I invite you in.  Come ground my energy in your strong and stable roots.  Teach me the wisdom of the owl, so I may learn when to speak and when to listen.  With your nurturing ways you bring powerful lessons in forgiveness and acceptance.  May we learn from you to live as ONE.

From this direction I call upon Arch Angel Uriel, Uriela, Uriel, Uriela, Uriel, Uriela.  Angel of Peace and Master of the powers of law, whose disc of strength lies deep in the stability of our planet Earth and at the feel of our spiritual self; please give me peace, showing me the strength of understanding in these chaotic and confusing times.

Mama Gaia

Mama Gaia, Earth love, rising from below above.  I call you come, entwine my roots with yours.  With every breath I take our roots grow, down and out, spreading throughout the Earth and entangling with all roots, forming the flower of life within your body.  Fill our roots with your transmutational flame of purification that we may vibrate into ecstatic evolution. In complete surrender of body, mind, and soul, I open to receive the mandala of creation.

Father Sun

Father Sun, I call you come; fill my longing heart with your sweet golden nectar that I may once again know your loving embrace and receive the tools for integration.  With every breath I take, I expand into love, returning home to you, to my my star sisters and brothers.  In complete surrender of body, mind, and soul I open to receive the codes of light, overlaying the divine blueprint of my soul.

Mother Earth and Father Sun, I call you now to marry as ONE.  Dance me awake into the new paradigm of your higher consciousness and balance my heart with your love, birthing me anew in the sacred tantric union of divinity.

As above, so below.  As without, so within.

You have now created a safe and sacred space and are ready to begin…

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Dec
24

Stand for OUR RIGHTS!

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Dear Members of the California State Assembly

I’m writing on behalf of all dancers and music lovers in California and all around the world.; I implore you to deny support for AB 74.  The intent of this law might carry the pretense that it aims to reduce drug use, abuse, and accidents..  Yet, it is a blatant attack on the rights of people that have not committed  crime to dissuade those that have.  This bill is targeting a specific scene, seriously discriminating against our type of music, peaceful gatherings, musicians, philosophers, artists, engineers, politicians,and the music and dance enthusiasts, who happen to be law abiding citizens that support you.  It is known globally that mind and body altering substances have been around LONG before “pre-recorded music” and they will continue to be a part of our civilization no matter the force that is inflicted upon the people.  Punishing everyone for the tragic deaths of a minority of people infringes on our rights as human beings and American citizens.

More people die from alcohol related accidents, but I have never heard of a bill to limiting the length and type of sporting events, concerts, or any other  event that has beer sales.  And as prescription overdoses and deadly combinations are continuing to rise; no one is mentioning fining the  late night pharmacies or the doctor offices that prescribed the pills.  It is discrimination of the Electronic Music Scene!  We are singled out, while the government choses to deal with these  other deathly practices in completely different manner; like collecting the tax from sales.  This bill is an abusive way to collect monies that are missed at Electronic Music events by criminally charging and then fining the people that hold an event that exceeds 3 1/2 hours and includes pre-recorded music.  This states that the ‘unlicensed’ birthday party I threw for my 13 year old son, with long time family friends DJing at this overnighter that lasted for at least 8 hours was a misdemeanor and should be fined up to $10,000?  How ridiculous does that sound?  Welcome to the obtuse language of AB 75 – The Anti-Rave Act of 2011.

This bill is offensive; taking away the cornerstone of America — FREEDOM.  Freedom of assembly.  Freedom of expression.  And the protection of rights not enumerated in the Constitution.  Stop this unconstitutional move by Assemblywoman Fiona Ma and avoid an increase in underground scenes; don’t repeat the mistakes that were made when passing the Prohibition bill.  Pushing any scene underground will be cause to more unnecessary struggle between civilians and government officials, in which I believe will lead to even more crime and violence.  The bill does not stand to solve any problems we face today, but instead further revokes our human rights to gather together and dance to the music we love.  This behavior reflects the action similar to Nazi’s, as they banned various genres of music, gatherings, and dancing.

Music is incredibly powerful and important to our society and the right to assemble to enjoy that music with others will not be taken from us without a fight. I urge you to take action against AB 74.  I want no part of becoming a police state, and ask that you please stand with me to make sure that our rights are protected.  This is our life, let us live it as we like. Don’t let this suppressive bill pass, instead support our country’s claim of ‘freedom,’ for the sake of the first and ninth amendments, our sanity, free thought, and community, vote NO on the Anti-Rave Act of 2011!  Dancing is not a crime.  Music is not a crime.  Gathering is not a crime.  Keep America free, keep America dancing!

Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter; our future depends on it.  May you be blessed with the wisdom to handle this with the care it deserves.

Peace to You,

Yarah Volkman

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Nov
29

For Your Body, For Your Health

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Nov
25

I dance.

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I dance.
I dance to feel complete.
Music travels through my entire being.
I dance to let go of the pain and disappointments of life.
Move on through movement.
Grow.
I breathe deep into my new body.
I dance to feel true freedom. Freedom from limitations, freedom from expectations, freedom from the box society has created.
I dance for the freedom of others who cannot dance, what ever the reason.
I dance for expression, to express without words.
Here I am.
I dance to feel. The beat.
My emotions take me on a journey through the music, connecting me with Oneness; I am safe to experience all.
Ecstasy.
I dance because music does not judge, does not criticize, and does not play favorites. Music does not care who you are or what you believe.
Music will never turn Her back.
Music is acceptance.
I dance because I am grateful for the gift I have been given.
I dance to be real.
I dance to forgive those who have hurt me and to forgive myself for the hurt I have caused.
I dance to remember that I am not a victim but a force in life.
The dance floor helps me remember that I choose who I am.
I dance to be full. Positive energy emanating from my pores, I empty myself in front of you.
I dance to find peace from within. I surrender.
I dance to worship.
I dance to give part of myself, to share my passion with those who need it.
I let them feed from my soul like a mother nursing her child.
I dance to move you.
I dance to help you dream of existence unknown to us but remembered.
I let you in.
I shine for you, filling your soul with my purest love.
I dance in faith for all and faith in my own abilities to create love.
I dance for awareness of the affect I have on others.
We create the world we live in. In my world I am a dancer; a mother; a healer.
I dance for my affect to be a positive one.
I dance to uplift.
I dance to inspire. Close your eyes and feel me.
I dance because I don’t know how not to.
I dance to calm myself.
As intensity courses through my being dancing grounds and centers my soul.
It brings understanding into light.
Things just make sense on the dance floor.
I dance to listen. She speaks. Shhhh…………………turn it up.
I dance to learn.
To unite and nourish my being with the knowledge provided.
Envelop me.
I dance to know…of myself, of others, of our power from within.
I dance to dare others to be true to themselves.
The courageous step on to the dance floor; cast out fear of failure, embarrassment, or of being inadequate and let the music take over.
I invite all onto the dance floor with me as long as you do not step with an agenda or with competition; you must step for the love of dance.
Be pure.
I dance to will my self to be a greater person. More giving, more loving, more flexible. Focus on love…ahhhhhhh.
I dance to be silent and just be. No drama, just dance.
I dance to teach for I must not keep this to myself.
It’s about the music, it’s about the movement, it’s about the motivation of passion.
I’ll show you if you like.
Turn it up.
Watch, judge not.
I dance because I love. YOU. Myself.
I dance to feel like a woman, a glorious sensual being with passion radiating all around me.
Passion of Air.
Passion of Fire.
Passion of Water.
Passion of Earth.
Breathe.
I feel the heat coursing through my body as if my heart was pumping to the same beat as the DJ.
The sweat dripping down my body is an enticing reminder that I am true.
I do not hide on the dance floor nor make believe I am someone I am not.
Authentic.
No pretenses.
Just me, just music, just dance.
I dance to feel the earth beneath my feet.
Holding me.
Balancing me.
The power I feel from her is like no other comfort I’ve known.
It rises through me and guides my way.
I dance to connect my human self and my spiritual self with Greatness.
I dance to show others the possibility of it all.
I dance for peace. Give peace a dance!
I dance to be alive.
To dance is to live.

-Yarah Volkman

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