Saturday, August 2, 2008

5:30pm - 7:00pm

TheaterLab

137 W 14th St bet 6th & 7th Aves 2nd fl

New York, NY


Contact InfoPhone:
212 501 3691

info@melangeinternationale.com

$10.00

JourneyDance is, in it's pureist form, a dance thru the chakras.

Danced barefoot, JourneyDance reconnects you with your natural state of joyous well-being thru guided movement sequences, free exploration in community, improvisational theater games, trance dance and group meditation.

Your mind becomes positive, clear & free and your body feels energized funky and divine.

Bring a scarf, cloth or peice of material that you connect with and a small sacred object for the altar we will create together.

JourneyDance with Jeanine in NYC

Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
TheaterLab
Street:
137 W 14th St Bet 6th & 7th Aves
City/Town:
New York, NY

Contact Info
Phone: 212 501 3691
Email:
info@melangeinternationale.com

What is JourneyDance? A grooving celebration that will have you loving your body and loving your life! Weaving simple guided movement sequences and free exploration, JourneyDance reconnects you with your innate state of joyous well-being. Your mind becomes clear, free and positive, and your body feels supple, energized and powerful. Practiced barefoot to inspiring world music, your dance is an empowering journey of transformation.

What is the JourneyDance Flow?

JourneyDance begins by dancing the earth: slowing down, letting go, feeling grounded. From that solid, safe place, dance into your sensual, water body: awakening fluidity and loosening the spine.
Then, get funky in community, dance your fiery rhythmic beats, dive into your ocean of emotion, and clear your mind of negative self-talk. Inspire your heart to share it's secrets, as you come into alignment with your true essence and intuition. Finally, rest and rejuvenate, feel radiant, embodied, full of joy and gratitude.


Get out of your mind... and into your body!!

Boogie at the Beach
"My friend Trinity is leading this fantastic JourneyDance and Beach party on the 20th. It's going to be so much fun! " Jeanine

Sunday July 20th
11:15 am to 12:30 pm

Heart & Soul Journey Dance & Beach Celebration with/Trinity
Located at the JCC of Long Beach, Long Island
310 National Blvd. Long Beach, NY 11561
Via Train: Catch the 10:03 Long Beach train out of Penn Station
Long Island NY

Journey Dance- 11:15-12:30 after beach party

1pm till...

Dance your heart out and celebrate at the beach with a beautiful community of conscious minded people. First we gather and dance at the beautiful JCC in Long Beach, Long Island where Trinity's contagious enthusiasm will guide us on a journey of dancing our full-out passion, power, love, creativity and bliss, without inhibition.

Powerful, non-choreographed, self-expressive dance rituals will guide you to let go, and follow your flow!

After the dance we will walk 2 blocks to the beach and celebrate as a community- swimming, playing beach volleyball, boogie boarding etc.

No dance experience necessary. Presented by Trinity of the Dancing Path and Radiant Life Holistic Center.

$15 advance registration Before June 24 $20 after June 24

Registration & directions- (516) 889-4280
www.rlhc.org
Trinitydances@gmail.com

This is really challenging. Second day, headache, hard to focus or even type. I had to have a raw soup, a gaspatcho. My goal is to make it to Wednesday afternoon then eat.

I did well during the day when working etc. I even was able to visit with Amma, the hugging saint. It was great! But I'm not quite sure this is for me. Unfortunately I'm not able to go to the nightly events with Parashakti because of my schedule.

I think that a supported fast is best because you have the group to share experiences with and for encouragement.

When I'm drinking the fresh juices I'm fine, it's just really challenging to have to live your life without food. Especially when I'm cooking for others and around food. It's interesting, I don't eat much generally and eat only when hungry so I don't have challenges with eating all the time.

this fast is great because it's helping me to think about life stuff, career, relationship and the goals I want to acheive. It's also helping me to stay present in the moment and enjoy whatever comes up.

Wow
J9

Okay so it's my first day of the detox cleanse and I'm doing okay. I am someone who gets kinda evil when I don't eat regularly. Thank goodness I was not working with people today! I was working on contracts and menu planning and noticed I really had to focus.

Last night, we met at Jiva with Parashakti and had an opening ceremony. It was beautiful! We sealed in our intentions for the detox and we had a lecture about colonics. Now, that's not for me... but it was interesting to listen to. Tonight, I was not able to attend the group meeting because I had a meeting I had to attend.

When I got hungry today, I drank my lemon water juice and felt really good. I mean I drank ALOT of that lemon juice man! And I'm not gonna lie, I added lots of agave. I noticed that I had to just slow down a notch in order to stay grounded and centered.

It was interesting, I was still able to accomplish everything I needed to accomplish , and did it with a huge amount of intention and focus. I had to! Part of my intention for the fast/detox is to show compassion to others and to myself. I started at home today by just laying down at 3:30 to take a little rest and it felt amazing. I did not fall asleep or anything, just rested my body before the evening activities and I got up an hour later feeling really refreshed and renewed. Pretty amazing concept huh? I push myself and sometimes don't give my body the chance to rest.

The colonic expert said that when we fast we give our bodies an opportunity to heal. The thought is that the body is using the energy it takes to digest food to start repairing and healing the ailments that are in the body.

I don't know what the science is, and I do believe that the body takes care of itself. I also look at history and fasting has been around a long time and folks have survived just fine. So I'll keep doing this as long as it feels okay and take it a day at a time.

I'm also going to go and get a hug from Amma the Hugging Saint who is in town this week. Mabye she will transfer some of her compassionate love into me!

J9

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: TheaterLab
137 W 14th St
Bet 6th & 7th Aves
New York, NY

Contact Info Phone:
212 501 3691
Email:
info@melangeinternationale.com

What is JourneyDance? A grooving celebration that will have you loving your body and loving your life! Weaving simple guided movement sequences and free exploration, JourneyDance reconnects you with your innate state of joyous well-being. Your mind becomes clear, free and positive, and your body feels supple, energized and powerful. Practiced barefoot to inspiring world music, your dance is an empowering journey of transformation.

What is the JourneyDance Flow?

JourneyDance begins by dancing the earth: slowing down, letting go, feeling grounded. From that solid, safe place, dance into your sensual, water body: awakening fluidity and loosening the spine.
Then, get funky in community, dance your fiery rhythmic beats, dive into your ocean of emotion, and clear your mind of negative self-talk. Inspire your heart to share it's secrets, as you come into alignment with your true essence and intuition. Finally, rest and rejuvenate, feel radiant, embodied, full of joy and gratitude.

"I’m going to be volunteering in the kitchen at this wonderful benefit dinner and Concert by WAH! For Amma’s Farm Relief fund

Date
Thursday, April 3, 2008

Time
6:30 pm ET - 11:00 pm ET

Location
Lux Studio
456 West 18th Street
New York , NY 10011

$26.00
buy ticket:
http://www.ammaswahnyc.eventbrite.com/


A little History:

Due to economic pressures leading to irresolvable debt associated with continually failing crops, many farmers have been committing suicide by drinking the very pesticides that no longer work on their crops. Especially in South India, with the growing rise of climate changes and other factors, crop failure has become more and more common causing suicide to spread like an epidemic amongst the suffering farmers. For example, in 2006 in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra alone, there were 1,044 reported suicides - one every eight hours.

WAH! will perform a benefit concert
for Amma’s Farmer Relief Project

Amma’s Farmer Relief Project - providing education for 100,000 children -self reliance and employment for 5000 impoverished farmer families

For more information on Amma’s Farmer Relief Project, please visit the web at
www.amma.org/humanitarian-activities/social/farmer-project2.html

WAH! info

Doors open at 6:30 pm at which time delicious Indian food will be available for purchase as well as a bookstore with many wonderful items. All proceeds from the sale of food and bookstore items will go to benefit Amma’s Farmer Relief Project

Wah! Benefit Concert begins at 8:00 pm

Musician and spiritual seeker Wah! and her band combine reggae, Hindu
chanting and pop to create a unique mix of spiritual world music.
Concerts include chanting, storytelling and songs in English; the
atmosphere is festive and jubilant. Wah! has created extensive music
products for yoga and meditation communities, and has performed at
Omega Institute, Kripalu Center, Yoga Journal Conference and the UK
Yoga Show. After touring with Krishna Das for three years, Wah! took
time off to work with producer Herb Graham, Jr. on OPIUM, a dreamy R&B collection of songs about life. LOKAHA and JAI JAI JAI showcased her unique combination of hip production with mantra; UNPLUGGED captured her heartfelt English songs in a live setting.
The CD - EMBRACE is a collection of songs to Amma ( www.amma.org );
proceeds from CD sales are donated to Amma’s charitable work
worldwide.

click here for more info on WAH!http://www.wahmusic.com/

PLEASE NOTE: If you cannot attend the Benefit but would still like to make a donation to the fund, you can send a tax deductible donation payable to M.A. Center to:

M.A. Center
c/o Aju Daswani
P.O. Box 1097
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

Thank you very much!
Jai Amma!

JourneyDance™ with Toni Sensual Spring Budding Groove!!

Express your Funky, Divine, Sensual Being! Join the Dynamic creator of JourneyDance, Toni Bergins, in NYC for this special JourneyDance to celebrate and usher in the budding energy of spring:

Dance your firey rhythmic beats. Rise and fall in waves of melodic passionate pulsation. Dive into your ocean of emotion. Create from your deepest prayerful tones. Express your funky weird desires to let go. Inspire your heart to lead you and share its secrets. Feel your sensual aliveness as you cultivate your attitude of gratitude.

The JourneyDance Flow takes you deep, takes you light, takes you where you need to go to feel and embrace how beautiful you are, to accept and approve of you, and to remember to live by loving you.

This grooving celebration and exhilarating movement experience will have you loving your body and loving your life, guided by Toni Bergins’ deep, inspiring, spirited and electrifying teaching.

The evening will be filled with laughter, dance and rockin’ love energy that will open your heart, enliven your body and uplift your spirit. After we dance our new budding selves, indulge in the Mélange AfterGlow lounge and enjoy a scrumptious raw food spread! Jeanine T. Abraham, personal chef and founder of Mélange Intl. will provide her famous raw sensual spring spreads.

This is an alcohol free event.


"JourneyDance is better than 20 years of psychotherapy."

JourneyDance™ is a playful and intuitive method of using movement to discover and celebrate our inner strengths. We are all dancers, emotion in motion. We cleanse our bodies and minds with sweat and breath, laughter and prayer. We discover the anatomy of the soul. We feel our power and aliveness. We learn to love ourselves. We find balance and blessings. We become bright, shining, radiant.

Register Here: http://journeydance.eventbrite.com/

Food is Fun!! Check out this quick and easy recipe
Salsa a la Mélange

2 tablespoons red onion, diced
1 dash cayenne
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon red bell peppers, finely chopped
1 teaspoon yellow bell peppers, finely chopped
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
9 Roma tomatoes, chopped
1/2 Pineapple chopped
4 tablespoons cilantro leaves finely chopped (or half a bunch if you like cilantro)
if you like it hot -add a little (1/2 teaspoon or less) habanero pepper
warning- habanero peppers are extremely hot!!


Rinse all ingredients in cold water before chopping

Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

*NOTE:

Some folks find Salsa to be acidic. The sugar in the Pineapple in this recipe will decrease the acidic quality.

For a more savory salsa, don’t use pineapple, and a little avocado or more tomato with 1/2 teaspoon Sucanat (a non-refined cane sugar).

Awakening the Heart



An Introductory Meditation Workshop
Saturday, April 19
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm ($10)

In this course you will learn meditation and the Buddhist approach to training the mind. Applying these methods in your everyday life will lead to happiness, a sense of purpose and harmony in our relationships. This is a beginner course open to everyone. Dress comfortably. Cushions and chairs are available.

Location:
Chakrasambara Buddhist Center
322 8th Ave. Suite 502
(entrance on 26th Street.)

Clarity of Mind Country Retreat
at the Kadampa Meditation Center

with Kadam Morten
8:00 pm Fri., May 9 to
2:00 pm Sun., May 11

Online Registration, http://www.meditationinnewyork.org/com08-retreat-book.php

Join us for a retreat weekend on the relaxing and peaceful meditation on the mind. This meditation helps us to understand our mind, the basis of our entire experience. Through gaining insight into the clear nature of the mind we will begin to recognize our extraordinary potential for freedom and happiness.