Would you like to learn to connect more deeply and intimately with others?

Breath. Presence. Feeling. Energy.
You are invited to join us in celebrating the mystery of our energetic bodies, and how we can play with them together!
We will create a safe space for deep connection, respectful sensuality and intimacy, creative movement, play and touch.

These practices focus on the subtle energy bodies and the energy flow between us, and are very playful and deep. Fully clothed, meeting people of different genders as we contact the deeper levels of our beings.

$17 per person, $30 per couple

About Amara

Amara Karuna has been involved with Network for New Culture for many years and is the Director of the New Culture Hawaii Winter Camp. She lives in Oregon and on the Big Island of Hawaii in the New Culture community called La’akea Permaculture Community.
In 1989, she developed her own approach to peer counseling, called Holistic Peer Counseling integrating counseling with spiritual meditation practices, psychic healing, breath work and body centered techniques. She has studied 6 different methods of pelvic bodywork, and has taught Sacred Pelvic Healing Work for men and women, and led Tantra Pujas and rituals since 2007.

Amara developed Heartbeat Nurturing Therapy, a method of healing the inner infant-self using cradling, hypnotic induction and suckling to address emotional issues stemming from lack of breast feeding & loving closeness as an infant. She is the author of "Heartbeat Nurturing Therapy- Healing Our Hearts Together" a guide for trading the therapy with others.
See http://www.karuna-sacredloving.com
for counseling, classes, workshops, writings, videos

Dances of Universal Peace

Saturday March 9th!

with Amara Karuna and friends

7-8:30 pm Laakea community.

Dances of Universal Peace (Sufi dances) are easily learned spiritual folk dances from all traditions, with gentle movements that even "non-dancers" can greatly enjoy. Singing sacred, ancient phrases creates a full body healing vibration, and when conscious movement is added, these become powerful spiritual practices. Each dance will be fully taught, no experience is necessary. These are interactive and participatory, not a performance. Kids are welcome - if participatory. Kids who need more attention and become a continued distraction will be asked to leave.

donation $5 to $10 appreciated call Amara at 808-982-6755 for more info.

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La'akea Community Tour

with Aniko

Where: La'akea Community, meet at Main House
When: Saturday March 16th and April 6th, @ 9:30 am
Cost: Donation, suggested $5-15 if you can. No one turned away.

More Info: call Aniko for more info at 214-4601

Description: Come join us for an introduction to permaculture and our community lifestyle! Take a fun and informative tour of our land with Aniko, including our organic gardens, alternative building methods, off grid solar system, animals and orchards. Learn some basics of permaculture concepts and how we apply them in action.

We are a committed group of people working together closely in community, on our 24 acres organic permaculture farm. We integrate the social aspects of sustainability into daily life: how to live together with honesty, love and peace, and share power and leadership. We do not have one central leader, but instead share the cost of the land and the leadership equally. This is a great time to tour the land and ask questions about community.

Let us know if you are coming. Thanks!
214-4601 or anikow at gmail.com

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Authentic Relating Games

Sunday March 17th!

with Lynn, Shine, Patrick and Kana

5:30-8:30 pm Laakea community.

What is this!? What are Authentic Relating Games?

Authenticity is acting and speaking in alignment with our inner feelings, desires, and needs—our truth. Authentic Relating (AR) is the practice of bringing our truth into connection with others’, so that we can weave a more rich human experience.

Authentic Relating Games are an easy and fun way to introduce AR into daily life. They can help us experience deeper connections, boost empathy, see the world through others’ eyes, and understand ourselves better so that we can enjoy life more. The games are fun, highly interactive partner and group exercises that demonstrate and explore AR, and getting to know yourself better while at the same time learning to see and appreciate more about everyone you connect with. These games are NOT board games like 'Chutes & Ladders' or 'Checkers' (they’re better 😉).

Authentic also means that there is no cookie-cutter mold for how you “should” be or what relating “should look like”. Everyone is a complete universe unto themselves, has a unique style, personality, and integrity that is perfectly them, and everyone is perfect and amazing as they are (including in their belief that they aren’t.)

Suggested donation $15.

Join us for a FUN night of connection! Be the Authentic YOU!
Please plan to arrive early to park and walk to community room.
Doors will close promptly at 5:30.

To get to La' Akea community, take Highway 130. Go one mile past Leilani and turn right on Alaili. Follow Alaili and make a right at the driveway at the La' akea sign. Park in the first parking area and walk up to the main house. Bring a flashlight for the walk up the driveway

Aloha! See you on March 17th!
Your hosts,
Lynn, Shine, Patrick and Kana

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