Starseed:
Ancient Tools for Modern Living!
AN
EVENING WITH WILLIE BLACK CAT,
Lakota Ceremonial Drummer & Singer

Sunday,
May 11th at 7:30pm
Free (Donations welcome!)
Come
join us for an evening of Lakota songs, prayers and teachings,
with Willie Black Cat, a Lakota (Oglala Sioux) ceremonial drummer
and singer, visiting from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South
Dakota.
NEW
BEGINNER YOGA CLASS
with Nicole Altneu

Starts
May 12th, Mondays at 8:00pm
New
Student Package, 3 classes for $25.
Drop ins, $16 - 5 classes/ $70 10classes/$120
Nicole
Altneu graduated from OM Yoga Center in NewYork and is a Yoga
Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher(RYT). She has studied with Shiva
Rea, Cyndi Lee,Susan Orem, Jennifer Brilliant and Judith Lasater.Nicole
loves to travel and brings her knowledge ofworld cultures and
histories to her teaching. Sheinspires compassion, mindfulness,
and kindness in hervinyasa classes.
BELLY-DANCING
with
Donna Grant

Beginning April 30th; Wednesdays at 8:00pm (Ongoing
Class)
5 class package, $75.; drop-ins, $16.
Come
learn the most feminine and ancient of all dance forms while increasing
the body-mind connection, with grace & flexibility.
Donna
Grant began Belly Dance in 1978 inBuffalo, NY with Azizza from
Morocco. Among other teachers were: Joseph Shariff and Ahmed Hussain
from Egypt and Ramzi el Edlibi from Lebanon. Donna also studied
Middle Eastern Dance in Turkey and Egypt. She began performing
in 1980 in prominent NY night Clubs such as The Nile, Cedars,
Darvish & Haci Baba. Donna belonged to two NY Companies. The
Ramzi el Edlibi Dance Company and the Folkloric Dance Troupe.
She has taught Middle Eastern Dance for 25 years. Donna has performed
with her own dance troupe for 15 years.
Donna
has studied extensively many forms of Middle Eastern Dance. Some
of these include: Gypsy Dance of Turkey, Shamanic Dance of Egypt
& Sudan, Line Dances of Lebanon & Syria, Whirling Dervish
dances from Turkey, and Sufi Meditation Dance from Iraq.
YOGA
FOR WOMEN OF COLOR
with
Nabeelah

Beginning
May 2nd; Fridays at 6:00pm (Ongoing Class)
4class package, $45.; drop-ins, $12.
This
class will address the particular needs of women of color as we
live in this society and world. The classes will include asanas
(yoga postures) and prayanama ( breathing excercises ) that will
address specific emotional and physical challanges with the intent
of encouraging healing. We will meet in a beautiful space once
a week to practice and commune with each other.
DOUMBEK
(MIDDLE EASTERN DRUM) FOR BEGINNERS with
Luis Manuel

Beginning
May 9th; Fridays at 8:00pm (Ongoing Class)
5 class package, $75.; drop-ins, $16.
Learn
how to play Doumbek (also known as the Arabic Tabla)
and the popular rhythms of the Middle East. Classes cover basic
Doumbek instruction, dance rhythms and how to drum for belly dancers.
Class participants must have Doumbek or Darbuka.
An
avid percussionist, Luis Manuel has been playing percussion over
13 years and Middle Eastern rhythms over 6 years. He has studied
percussion with fusion percussionist Attila Engin, doumbek virtuoso
Raquy Danziger, and master doumbek player Amir Naoum Chehade and
gives doumbek workshops on a regular basis and plays accompaniment
for many belly dancers and dancing classes.
LAPIS
LAZULI WELLNESS CLINIC
Opens at Starseed-Bloomfield

Starseed Bloomfield
is opening the Lapis Lazuli Wellness Clinic. Created with the
blessings of the Medicine Buddha and with the intention to share
the gifts of our resident wellness practitioners to bring the
abundance of healing arts to our Starseed Community. The clinic
will offer massage, Reiki, Bach Flower Essences therapy, ayurvedic
consulations, sound healing with Tibetan singing bowls, essential
oil Rain Drop Technique, past life regression sessions and psychic
reading consultations. To make an appointment with one of our
practitioners or for further information, please call (973) 429-1515.
For
detailed information, please click
here.

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LEARN
THE BASICS OF MEDITATION:
ALL LEVELS WELCOME!

Jessica
Rasp is a meditation practitioner and teacher.
She teaches mindfulness, basic awareness meditation in either
a secular or Buddhist way depending on the venue. Jessica
has traveled around the country and world studying with
different Buddhist Teachers including Vietnamese Zen Master,
Thich Nhat Hanh. Jessica graduated from the Peacemaker Institute
in Boulder, Colorado, a 9 month training in meditation and
peacemaking.
She is particularly interested
in Engaged Buddhism; applying Buddhist principles in daily
life in service ofothers. In that spirit, she independently
organizes fundraiser events for different international
peace missions. She has done peace work in Cuba, Rwanda,
Vietnam, Poland, Guatemala and Brazil. She studies personally
with a Vajrayana Teacher and is very connected to the Teachings
of Tibetan Master, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Jessica is
also a mindfulness coach and a writer. She practices meditation
daily.
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MEET
OUR TEACHER-OF-THE-MONTH:
Patrice Dlugos

Patrice
Dlugos
offers Stott Pilates mat and reformer classes privately and in
the classroom setting at various locations including the YMCA
of Montclair. She obtained her certification from Stott Pilates
in Toronto,CA in intensive and advanced mat and reformer. She
has also done extensive training in Stott Pilates for injuries
and special populations. In addition she holds a certification
from AFAA as a personal trainer. Previous to her training career,
Patrice performed extensively as a dancer and singer on Broadway
and at Rockefeller Center as a Radio City Rockette. She has performed
many diverse styles of dance with many different choreographers
over the years which has required her to stay strong and injury
free. When she discovered Stott Pilates, she immediately knew
that this method was what she wanted to do and teach. The exercises
focused on muscular control which helps to prevent injury that
can commonly occur upon impact like jogging, dancing or sports.
The emphasis on strengthening the abdominals, postural allignment,
flexibility, balance and coordination really works and the heightened
concentration achieved from doing the exercises carries over into
your everyday life. It is intelligent exercise with profound results.
Patrice:
I am constantly amazed at the progress my students continue
to acheive, at any age with this creative and intelligent workout.
She
is thrilled to be teaching pilates here at Starseed!
Catch
one of Patrice's classes:
Pilates Essentials Level 1 on Tuesdays at 9:30-10:30
am
Pilates Level 2/3 on Thursdays at 6:45 pm-7:45
pm and
Pilates Level 1/2 on Saturdays at 8:45 am - 9:45 am