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Events listed here include short-term or daytime events such as art receptions, film showings, book signings, lectures, and dinner salons. If you are in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, please join us! To see longer EarthRise sponsored retreats, visit our Conscious Living Workshops section.
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Friendly FavorsTransformational Movements Convergence
Where Things are Heading and What the Global Crisis is Really About
- Presenter
- Richard Kelly Moore
- May 16, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
This is a potluck dinner followed with a presentation by one of our most creative mathematicians and software problem solvers, who cashed out of Silicon Valley before its collapse and now enjoys studying from Europe our amazing American saga.
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WorkshopWisdom Healing Qigong Weekly Classes
- Presenters
- Nancy Malloy, Eli Cohen
- Sponsor
- The Chi Center
- May 8, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Beginning Wednesday, May 8, 1:15 pm–2:15 pm, and continuing weekly (May 8, 15, 22, 29), experience the profound benefits of this ancient wellness practice. The gentle energy movements are easy to learn and can be done by anyone. Open to everyone.
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Science Buzz CaféTwin Value Theory: Three Kinds of Money
From Dr. Rudolf Steiner, Economist (The ‘other’ Austrian)
- Presenter
- Daniel Osmer
- Sponsors
- Aqus Café, EarthRise Center at IONS
- May 7, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Daniel Osmer will use PowerPoint images to stimulate a lively conversation about the nature of exchange, value, price, capital, and the economic process. Unlike stem cell research, modern life is asking us to ignore the ‘experts’ and wakeup economically in order to disenthrall ourselves from the idea that invisible market forces or the state direct the economy.
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Special EventFull Moon Labyrinth Walk
April 2013
- Sponsor
- Veriditas
- Apr 25, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Veriditas, in partnership with the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and the EarthRise Retreat Center, will be offering a Full Moon Labyrinth Walk each month on or near the evening of the full moon. There is no cost for this hour-long event, but donations are gratefully accepted. First time walkers are welcome.
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Special EventFull Moon Drumming Circle
April 2013
- Presenter
- Jason K. Norris
- Sponsor
- Lucid Drum
- Apr 25, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Come celebrate the Full Moon at EarthRise at IONS with our monthly drumming circle, facilitated by Jason K. Norris, founder of Lucid Drum! No experience is necessary, and all ages and levels are encouraged to participate.
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Special EventLiving The Four Agreements
A Transformational Workshop with don Miguel Ruiz
- Presenter
- don Miguel Ruiz, MD
- Apr 21, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Join author don Miguel Ruiz for an intimate evening of teachings on the principals found in his book The Four Agreements, and the worldwide media debut of findings from research conducted with Dr. Konstantin Korotkov at Ruiz events around the world, including his Dec 21, 2012 Teotihuacan program, Awakening the Giant.
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Art ReceptionCircle, Circle, Circle
Brushwork by Kazuaki Tanahashi
- Presenters
- Kazuaki Tanahashi, Aenea Keyes
- Apr 14, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Meet Kazuaki Tanahashi, Japanese born painter, calligrapher, writer, Zen Sensei, and peace activist for the joyful opening of his exhibit Circle, Circle, Circle. In a Violin-Brush Duet Waltz he will paint circles and spirals on a 6’x6’ canvas to the improvised violin music of Aenea Keys in a Violin-Brush Duet Waltz.
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Friendly FavorsIncreasing Our Life Expectancy
From Anti-Aging Herbs to New Longevity Drugs
- Presenter
- Bobby Wilder
- Apr 11, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Potluck dinner followed with a presentation by an investigative researcher who has been following for over 20 years the efforts of brilliant geneticists working fulltime to reverse aging and extend our human life expectancy to reach 150 years.
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Art ReceptionRealms: In the Garden of Gaia
An Exploration in Art and Vision
- Presenter
- Dana Lynne Andersen
- Apr 4, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Join us for this closing reception to celebrate the recent works of Dana Lynne Andersen and meet the artist. Deeply involved in creating an international Academy of Art, Creativity, and Consciousness in Assisi, Italy, she has pioneered the use of Art and Creativity as vehicles for transforming consciousness. Dana's evolutionary art has been on view at EarthRise Center since January. We invite you to this last opportunity to see them here!
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Science Buzz CaféExtremophiles: Life At The Extremes!
- Presenter
- Philip D. Harriman, PhD
- Host
- Daniel Osmer
- Sponsors
- Aqus Café, EarthRise at IONS
- Apr 2, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Microbes have managed to live at the extremes of the conditions under which we find life on Earth. Phil will describe the hunt for, and study of, these “Extremophiles” — models for NASA, as the agency explores the possibilities of finding life on other bodies in the Solar System.
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Special EventFull Moon Labyrinth Walk
March 2013
- Sponsor
- Veriditas
- Mar 27, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Veriditas, in partnership with the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and the EarthRise Retreat Center, will be offering a Full Moon Labyrinth Walk each month on or near the evening of the full moon. There is no cost for this hour-long event, but donations are gratefully accepted. First time walkers are welcome.
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Special EventFull Moon Drumming Circle
March 2013
- Presenter
- Jason K. Norris
- Sponsor
- Lucid Drum
- Mar 27, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Come celebrate the Full Moon at EarthRise at IONS with our monthly drumming circle, facilitated by Jason K. Norris, founder of Lucid Drum! No experience is necessary, and all ages and levels are encouraged to participate.
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Science Buzz CaféAnimal Tracking & Bird Language as Central Metaphors for Spiritual Practice
- Presenter
- Jim Sullivan
- Host
- Daniel Osmer
- Mar 13, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Jim will give an overview of tracking, bird language, and some of the lore that comes down to us from the ancient verbal and contemporary animal tracking traditions. Treating this material in the context of biology and the cognitive sciences, he will explore the outline of a fully modern spiritual life based on gratitude, consistent with science and tied back to our very earliest roots as human beings.
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Friendly FavorsRethinking Money
How New Currencies Turn Scarcity Into Prosperity
- Presenters
- Bernard Lietaer, Jacqui Dunne
- Mar 12, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Join this Friendly Favors potluck dinner followed with a presentation by the authors of Rethinking Money. Bernard Lietaer is the architect of the Euro, who partnered with Jacqui Dunne, an award winning journalist, to explain the promise of emergent complementary currencies.
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Special EventResearch in Out-of-Body Experiences and Their Benefits for Personal Development
- Presenters
- Wagner Alegretti, Nanci Trivellato
- Hosts
- International Academy of Consciousness (IAC), IONS
- Mar 10, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
The out-of-body experience (OBE), or astral travel, is a tool to directly experience other non-physical dimensions. Current scientific research on the study of this ability will be presented. Advantages and common exit sensations will be explained.
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Special EventFull Moon Drumming Circle
February 2013
- Presenter
- Jason K. Norris
- Sponsor
- Lucid Drum
- Feb 25, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Come celebrate the Full Moon at EarthRise at IONS with our monthly drumming circle, facilitated by Jason K. Norris, founder of Lucid Drum! No experience is necessary, and all ages and levels are encouraged to participate.
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Friendly FavorsThe Citizen Hearing on Disclosure and the Extraterrestrial Truth Embargo
- Presenter
- Steve Bassett
- Feb 21, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Join this potluck dinner followed with a presentation by the organizer of the April 29 - May 3 Citizen Hearings in Washington, with 40 key witnesses, to urge our government to lift the truth embargo on UFOs, their occupants, technologies, and propulsion systems.
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Science Buzz CaféAncient Temples of Turkey: Photos & Geology
- Presenter
- Richard Ely, Geologist
- Host
- Daniel Osmer
- Feb 13, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Turkey has an urban history that goes back to the Neolithic, and was the wealthiest part of the Roman Empire. The archaeological record there is extraordinary and not as well appreciated as it deserves. Richard will show photos of numerous ancient sites, including Gobekle Tepe, the oldest stone temple on record; Catal Huyuk, the largest Neolithic town know to date; Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire; and more.
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Friendly FavorsThe Power of Impossible Ideas
Evidence That Ordinary People Can Accomplish Extraordinary Feats Even in International Relations
- Presenter
- Sharon Tennison
- Feb 12, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Join this Friendly Favors potluck dinner followed with a presentation by the San Francisco nurse that one day quit her job, founded the Center for Citizen Initiatives, went to the Soviet Union with a few friends, and committed herself to help end the Cold War.
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Special EventFull Moon Drumming Circle
January 2013
- Presenter
- Jason K. Norris
- Sponsor
- Lucid Drum
- Jan 26, 2013
- Petaluma, CA
Come celebrate the Full Moon at EarthRise at IONS with our monthly drumming circle, facilitated by Jason K. Norris, founder of Lucid Drum! No experience is necessary, and all ages and levels are encouraged to participate.