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Mitchell — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:33:57 GMT

See http://mitchelltravel.blogspot.com/ I've started posting pictures from the Northern California Dance Collective (NCDC) 2008 Dance Camp.

Mama bear & two cubs [Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias (just north of Yosemite, CA) - Tue 6/10/08]

Mitchell — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:14:09 GMT

151 photos at http://friendfeed.com/e/2df75197-1542-dbff-a6a7-c06bb304014e/ or http://picasaweb.google.com/MitchTsai86/Yosemite2008BearAndTwoCubs Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4938q2

Harmony Festival 2008: Fire Poi [Santa Rosa, CA - Sat 6/7/08]

Mitchell — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:05:03 GMT

See 21 photos at http://friendfeed.com/e/6a71e6dc-c5e3-eec7-c573-e73cc22cbd51/IMG_3840-JPG/ Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com Tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/5kksn4

Harmony Festival 2008: Night hula-hooping [Santa Rosa, CA - Fri 6/6/08]

Mitchell — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:04:40 GMT

See http://friendfeed.com/e/37a62f9e-054a-c97b-a8e0-064d4da8cbcc/IMG_2094-JPG/ for 51 pictures. Lydia, Kalima Rose, Shiva Rey Bailey (Los Angeles, CA), Devi Peri, Forest Peri, and Kathleen Gildred (Topanga, CA) were there. I'll add more details later... Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4wdxtm

Seashell-like Scallop from Japan Trip (Tue 5/13/08 - Wed 5/28/08)

Mitchell — Sat, 17 May 2008 09:10:02 GMT

I'm microblogging this trip on FriendFeed. So far I have pictures from the first 4 days (Tue 5/13/08- Fri 5/16/08). I'm headed to the NRT airport to meet my parents, brother, and sister who are joining me for a 6-day tour of Japan. Japan Trip photos and story at FriendFeed (Photo comments on Day 1-3, but not on Day 4 yet). - http://friendfeed.com/e/7e122676-7ec3-3c6d-0461-7642254fb065 Link to Japan tour details - http://tinyurl.com/2wup4q Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com

Samantha Sweetwater's DANCING FREEDOM - Truth, Beauty, Motion (Fairfax, CA - Tue 5/6/08 10:30 am)

Mitchell — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:40:12 GMT

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/DANCING-FREEDOM-Truth-Beauty-Motion-a-two-month-visit-to-the-Bay-Area/san-francisco-ca/c9baf556-f961-4ca0-882f-b780680b112d Tue, May 6, 10:30am – 1:00pm The Essential Practice with Samantha Sweetwater Using sound, motion, breath and mediation - we'll dance and weave a journey of self-love and transformation through the elementals of Earth, Water, Fire and Air. $15-20 drop-in See www.dancingfreedom.com Contact Samantha 415-205-8704

"Open Mike" live music at Book Beat (Fairfax, CA - Mon 5/5/08)

Mitchell — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:35:53 GMT

2nd time here. Last week I had a great time listening to the "Book Beat" musicians while waiting for the Fairfax Contact Jam to start, so I stopped by again. Free wireless internet too.

Kathleen Hermesdorf's Advanced Release class at ODC Dance Center kicks my butt again! (San Francisco - Mon 5/5/08)

Mitchell — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:34:06 GMT

West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival (WCCIF) Teachers' Performances - Videos (Sun 5/4/08)

Mitchell — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:33:25 GMT

Trying Saki Suto's Beginning Jazz class at San Francisco Dance Center (SFDC) (Sun - 5/4/08)

Mitchell — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:32:39 GMT

Usually hanging out at the grassy knoll in Sausalito after the "Sweat our Prayers" so this was cool.

Dancing at "Sweat Your Prayers" (Sausalito, CA - Sun 5/4/08)

Mitchell — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:30:49 GMT

Friday Berkeley Dance Jam (Berkeley - Fri 5/3/08)

Mitchell — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:28:58 GMT

Chocolate Tasting menu for dinner/discussion Mon 5/5/08

Mitchell — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:33:54 GMT

Amano Madagascar - Madagascar (from trees brought from Venezuela), citrus Amano Ocumare - Venezuala (valley of Ocumare de la Costa), fruity, floral Amedei Chuao - Venezuela, plums, red fruits, roundness (no soy) Amedei Porcelana - Porcelana cocoa bean, nutty, caramel (no soy) Askinoise San Jose Del Tambo - Ecuador (Arriba Nacional cocoa bean) (no soy) Askinoise Soconusco - Mexico (Trinitario cocoa bean), only company to sell this bean outside Mexico (no soy) Café Tasse 77% Extra Noir - Belgium Choclat Bonnat Madagascar - Indian Ocean, sweet, fruity, well-balanced (no soy) Chocovic - Venezuela (Ocumare criollo cocoa), cedar, tobacco, raisins Domori Apurimac - Peru (valley of Apurimac river), flowers, caramel, cream, mild with nice sourness (no soy) Domori Carenero Superior - Venezuela (Barolvento area), dried figs, raisins, & cashews (no soy) The Grenada Chocolate Company - Carribean rainforest, Organic Michel Cluizel "Conception" - Venezuela (Barlovento valley, east of Caracas), vanilla, honey spice cake, caramel, dried/black fruits (traces of milk & gluten) Michel Cluizel "Mangaro" - Madagascar (valley of river Sambirano), grown near former mango tree forest, honey spice cake, citrus (traces of milk & gluten) Recchiuti Bittersweet 85% - San Francisco's best, blend of Criollo cocoa Recchiuti Fève 85% - San Francisco's best, with cocoa nibs Trader Joe's (Terra Nostra) Dark with Raisins & Pecans - Organic Valrhona 2007 Ampamkia - Madagascar (by Sambriano river), vanilla, ylang-ylang Valrhona 71% Le Noir Amer - Venezuela (Trinitario & Criollo cocoa beans), fruity, floral, long finish (traces of milk, gluten) Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/66eedr

"THE EMPIRE STRIKES BARACK" - Really funny Barack Omama & Hillary Clinton "Star Wars" spoof

Mitchell — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:50:54 GMT

Thanks Robert Scoble (insightful journalist at http://scobleizer.com/) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8lvc-azCXY Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/69arj9

Shamanic Cheerleaders at the SF HowWeird Street Festival 6 pm (and TEMPLE SF 8 pm) (San Francisco - Sun 5/4/08)

Mitchell — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:35:47 GMT

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/dd7ac0a7-2119-4632-b2d8-653e7d59b9ba Date & Time: Sunday, May 4, 2008 6:00 PM MAY 4TH Wage World Weird! Shamanic Cheerleaders at the SF HowWeird Street Festival. And again that night at TEMPLE SF. Yo peeps...Come Get your Freak On and Synergize with the Shamanic Cheerleaders on the Streets of SF. HowWeird is a classic San Francisco burner event filled with music, live acts and lots of eye candy and interesting folk to play with. We will be performing in the afternoon at the Opel/Deep End Stage and then again in the evening with the lovely Syd Gris at Temple SF, a beautiful lush nightclub. Come join us at the unofficial kickoff to festival season, let's get this revolution started! 2 SHOWS ON SUNDAY Performance times and locations: 3:55-4:05 pm Opel / Deep End stage (1st & Howard) $5 in costume, $10 in regular clothing, $20 if yer naked... www.howweird.org 8:00-8:15 pm TempleSF $10 (FYI, there is a nice restaurant there if you'd like to eat after HowWeird) www.templesf.com Hope to see you on the streets. Blessings, Rana Satori -- Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3wnoux

Groove Garden: Dragonfly, Jef Stott, Geoffery Gordon, Manose... (Fairfax, CA - Sat 5/3/08)

Mitchell — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:07:56 GMT

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/f4022ca4-630b-4a7c-b976-7fedc48cc49f THE GROOVE GARDEN www.thegroovegarden.com 2398 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax Doors 8:30 admission at the door: $15.00 all ages DJ Dragonfly LIVE: JEF STOTT celebrates his new album release SARACEN with special guests: Persian Vocalist Hooman Fazly Percussionist DrumSpyder Chillspace: Makuru feat. Geofferey Gordon Manose Anastasi Mavrides Peter Warren Marty Fowler Vlad Greetings to Those Who Groove! This Saturday night The Groove Garden presents a truly globetrotting experience on both the dancefloor and in the chillspace! In addition to all the Dragonfly-mixed 3rd-World (metaphorically, not categorically) scrunchy, funky roast of rippin' riddims, techy chompers, housey bumpers and dubby wonders - we have a super-special live set by DJ/Musician/Producer Jef Stott premiering his newly released tracks from "Saracen" (Six Degrees Records). Now, to sidestep any queries regarding nepotistic journalism we will attempt to separate ourselves from the fact that Mr. Stott is a good friend of the Groove Garden, as is Six Degrees Records, and that this release is one of their finest albums: Deeply captivating, melodically mysterious and movement inspiring. Saracen's (Saracen refers to the nomads of Syrian and Arabian deserts during the time of the Roman Empire) compositions are like freed doves: Beautiful in flight, symbolic of our yearnings, hopes and wonderment. In this instance imagine the doves are set to flight against a backdrop of twisted, crumbling casbahs and jasmine scented souks where live oud, crackling percussion and mystic vocals are tempered by deft rhythmic programming. Saracen's deep basslines bluster, grip, toss and turn with the tempos. They register as upsurges as garrulous as camels or as gentle as swells of the Arabian Sea. And on the album, Vocalists MC RAI, Reda Darwish, and Hooman Fazly meet listeners at the intersection of an exotic array of melodic and expressive instrumentation, the likes of which are an arsenal to the vocabulary of any Scrabble enthusiast: Riq, Saz, Santur, Oud, Dumbek... Saracen live (or on the album) is not a dance experience, or a listening experience, its journey beyond your own horizon of flight. Now...elsewhere: Out the door, down the hallway of our own bazaar of beats is the chillspace: Here we have Makuru, where an epic 3-hour set is the expression will be the expression of some of the Bay Area's finest musicians. Featured this evening, we have a musical depository of some wonderful kind of nu-world trade route that sees Bansuri flute, Didgeridoo, Tablas, Electronic drums, Bass, Guitar and Vocals blend in deep, meditative ragas, swirly Asian ambience and African funky groove. Renowned percussionist Geoffrey Gordon and Nepali flute player Manose step in as special guests, joining Anastasi on guitar, Marty Fowler on bass, Jackie Castro on vocals and Peter Warren on drums! Chill, chai and massage and treats…all on hand, all night, to serve up your needs. DJ Dragonfly --- Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6eqjon

Going to hear Stefan Jackiw (Harvard violinist) perform with Cleveland Orchestra tonight (Thu 5/1/08)

Mitchell — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:30:38 GMT

Unfortunately Janine Jensen (violinist) had to cancel due to illness. :-) I was really looking forward to hearing her. Stefan Jackiw also performs for the next few days. Stefan Jackiw's website: - http://www.stefanjackiw.com http://www.clevelandorchestra.com/html/Performance/viewByDayPopup.asp?m=5&y=2008&d=1 Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 8:00 PM Severance Hall SIR ANDREW DAVIS CONDUCTS The Cleveland Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Stefan Jackiw , violin - Severance Hall debut Bach/Davis: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 Franck: Symphony in D minor Sir Andrew Davis opens the concert with his own arrangement of a famous Bach work, and the evening closes with Cesar Franck’s only symphony, completed just a year before the composer’s death but radiantly filled with melody, hope, and joy. Violinist Stefan Jackiw performs Mozart’s Violin Concerto in G major, K.216, stepping in for originally scheduled soloist Janine Jansen, who is unfortunately unable to travel to Cleveland due to illness. Concert preview in Reinberger Chamber Hall, free for all concert ticket holders, begins at 7:00 p.m.: "Meet the Conductor" with Sir Andrew Davis in conversation with Frank Dans, artistic administrator for The Cleveland Orchestra. Concert sponsor: Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP "Janine Jansen's" appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by a gift to the Orchestra's Guest Artist Fund from Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sherwin. - They haven't updated the website with Stefan's name. I'll e-mail them. Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/mitchelltsai LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchtsai Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/44m9x9

Suleman Mirza video - Best YouTube dance video I've seen in months! [Britain's Got Talent on ITV, 4/26/08]

Mitchell — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:36:58 GMT

Suleman Mirza (aka Michael Jackson Dancing Machine) and Madhu Singh danced a Michael Jackson tribute on Britain’s Got Talent (ITV, Sat 4/26/08). And the audience @ judges loved it! Hope they win this year... Here's the best versions I currently could find on YouTube. HD Quality (but without the interview) **** http://youtube.com/watch?v=rJGyCPkcy1U High Quality with interview in beginning (4:52) ** http://youtube.com/watch?v=MsxTFF4Y2yE ---- Others ---- In case those are deleted (sometimes happens with popular YouTubes), here are some others... High Quality with interview in beginning (4:28) - http://youtube.com/watch?v=YKHkZOgn_ZA Poorer quality, with interview in the beginning (4:50) - http://youtube.com/watch?v=HM2M5801SsE - http://youtube.com/watch?v=3P3gdizlxI0 Better quality (2:02) - http://youtube.com/watch?v=PdEw8xnsZDI - http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ts3ZBBOmf7I ---- Other Info ---- Suleman Mirza's You Tube page: - http://www.youtube.com/user/SulemanInfo Suleman Mirza website: - http://www.metacafe.com/tags/suleman_mirza Facebook: - http://www.facebook.com/people/Suleman_Mirza/840575262 Facebook fan page: - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suleman-Mirza/12182613612 Facebook "Britains Got Talent 2008 -Official Signature Suleman Mirza & Madhu" group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14219396291 MySpace: - http://www.myspace.com/sulemaninfo - http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=97589219 Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/mitchelltsai LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchtsai Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/5b347z

Carnival of Cultures (Berlin, Fri 5/9/08 - Sun 5/12/08)

Mitchell — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:22:03 GMT

*STREET MUSIC + BUSKERS *DANCE *THEATRE ALL OVER BERLIN'S STREETS + OUTDOOR AREAS http://www.karneval-berlin.de The 13th Edition of the Carnival of Cultures in Berlin (9th to 12th May 2008) Street Parade, Street Festival, Children's Carnival When the lust for life and the delight of colours unite and old and young are dancing in the streets together and creating a festival of tolerance and variety then Berlin is celebrating the Carnival of Cultures. During the four-day festival 1.3 million visitors will experience the capital at its best: cosmopolitan, dynamic, buoyant, diverse and colourful. Street Parade 11th May (Whitsunday) Hermannplatz – Hasenheide – Gneisenaustraße – Yorckstraße from 12.30 pm to 9 pm The world is at home in Berlin and the evidence is clear: devilish looking creatures from Cameron, colourful dancers from Bolivia, break dancers of all nations who are domiciled in Berlin, Neukölln will fill the streets. A lonesome violinist on a rooftop competes with gigantic samba drums while trumpet players lead a brass band and an Indonesian gamelan orchestra touts for the grace of the audience. The procession is made possible through the cooperation of 4500 participants from roughly 80 different nations nearly all of them are inhabitants of Berlin. They are a firm part of this city, bringing charisma and making it what it is today: a modern European metropolis. Street Festival 9th to 12th May Blücherplatz, Blücher Str., Zossener Str., Waterlooufer (Friday 4 pm to 12 am, Saturday/Sunday 11 am to 12 am, Monday 11 am to 7 pm) Step out of line! With Türkpop, Balkanbeat, Afroreggae, and Latinrock, this four day street festival has the right tunes to make you dance and feel right at home. Acrobats, wizards, tight rope and stilt walkers, clairvoyants, percussionists, curiosity marketeers and other wondrous creatures bustle on the green field at Blücherplatz. With culinary delights and beautiful arts and crafts, up to 400 original stalls will invite the visitors to stay. Dress up! "assimilant", "prekariant" or even "ndh" we took the best slogans from policy and society and put them directly on t-shirts. They are a perfect fit for people with or without a migration background, and even for those who can't be pigeonholed (yet). Children's Carnival 10th May The Children's Carnival – organised by the Kreuzberger Musikalische Aktion– is one of the biggest family attractions all year. This year the kids will be inspired by the theme "kidding with the badger", creating their own imaginative parade. Afterwards the families are invited to continue the party at Görlitzer Park where the youngsters will present their artistic skills on stage. Parties and festivals organised by the partners of the Carnival of Cultures give visitors the opportunity to experience Berlin’s remarkable DJ music and dance scene. The Werkstatt der Kulturen is the initiator and organizer of the Carnival of Cultures and is located in Berlin-Neukölln. It’s a place for international exchange, where people of different nationalities, cultures and religions come together. We are very happy to have Dr. Prof. Maria Böhmer, Commissoner for Migration, Refugees and Integration, and Klaus Wowereit, governing mayor of Berlin, as patrons of the event. For more information, film material, articles and photos please visit our website at www.karneval-berlin.de Contact Karneval der Kulturen Nadja Mau, Ellen Häring and Stefanie Schatte c/o Werkstatt der Kulturen Wissmannstr. 32 12049 Berlin fon 49.30.60 97 70 22 fax 49.30.60 97 70 13 info@karneval-berlin.de Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/mitchelltsai LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchtsai Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4gpocv

Samantha Sweetwater leads two PeaceBody dances (Fairfax, CA & Berkeley, CA - Sat 5/3/08)

Mitchell — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:05:46 GMT

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/2202d4f4-a964-4bed-9f35-9b4621434399 Saturday Is OUR day to DANCE - PRAY - PRAISE - PEACE! Hello Beauties! Please join me this Saturday May 3rd for one or Both of these amazing Events. IN THE MORNING IN MARIN PeaceBody Oneness Activation Dance and Ceremony 10-1 at Marin Ayrveda, Fairfax This is an opportunity to totally let go and embrace all that IS in the dance of life. In this time of the great turning and of increasing chaos, what is NOT the dance? Dancing Freedom is a divine dive into Collective Avatar through Sound, Motion, Breath and Meditation. Dancing into the Center, we arrive at the Self who is inherently One with all that is, we arrive here together, and create new steps for the luminous now. An Ecstatic, Somatic and Shamanic multidimensional container for release, return and rebirth into our authentic unity in diversity. What IS oneness, anyway? How do we DO this together? Excluding nothing, we dance communion, authenticity and unconditional love - together. Contribution: $35 IN THE EVENING IN BERKELEY Awakening Heart: Dance and Prayer-a-thon for Peace A fundraiser for Child of the 21st Century, and a celebration of the creative spirit in all of us. Saturday May 3, 2008 from 5 pm to midnight, UC Berkeley, Clark Kerr Campus Auditorium. Created by the students of the Awakened Leadership Program - a magical and inspiring evening of music, dance, and artistry featuring live and dj?d music, dancing, meditation and chanting, ceremony, delicious organic food, massage, Reiki, and yoga. The space is being co-created by a multi-generational crew including 3 student bands, community elders, your friends Samantha Sweetwater, Rana Satori Stewart, Dan Zemelman, Chris Campbell and many more! All event proceeds benefit ?Child of the 21st Century,? a Bay Area-based organization which provides transformational leadership programs for global youth 18-25 years of age. This past semester, Child of the 21st Century sponsored the creation of class called ?Awakened Leadership,? through the UC Berkeley Decal (Democratic Education at Cal) program. Enrolled students interacted with successful artists, business owners, community activists and leaders, musicians, and healers from throughout California to explore what it is to bring one?s deepest values and passions into action, in service of the greater good. As an integral part of their curriculum, these 9 students helped to co-create the ?Awakening Heart? event. It takes the form of a dance marathon ? many youth enrolling the sponsorship of their communities as they dance, sing, and serve for peace and creative freedom for planet Earth. Please lend your feet and heart to the cause! The Berkeley event will be linked with several other smaller community gatherings around the world, hosted by former participants in Child of the 21st Century programs. The funds raised will help to support global young leaders to participate in the organization?s year-long leadership training program, which supports and empowers these youth to create, launch, and lead social venture and service projects in their home communities. Come, join, serve, celebrate! Suggested Donation: $25 Peace..... xoxox! Posted by: Samantha Sweetwater --- Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/mitchelltsai LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchtsai Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/48a8qo

Bay Area National Dance Week - FREE dances all week (Fri 4/25/08 - Sun 5/4/08)

Mitchell — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:10:06 GMT

http://www.bacndw.org/ ALL DANCE! ALL FREE! ALL WEEK! Bay Area National Dance Week is an annual 10-day celebration of free public dance events in the Bay Area. Our goals are to: showcase the dynamic diversity and critically acclaimed quality of Bay Area dance educate audiences about dance that is accessible in their own communities increase the visibility of individual artists, companies, studios and theaters in the Bay Area Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/52lgjh

Eva Vigran leads Core Connexion fire dance (Berkeley, Wed 4/30/08)

Mitchell — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:07:14 GMT

Dear ones, tomorrow night is Beltane (some Wikipedia explanation below), we will dance a fire dance, a dance of purification and blessing for the coming summer. If you like you can bring things for the altar that represent states, patterns or situations you want to let go of, purify your life of. We are looking forward to dancing with you through this time. I also would like to invite you to participate in our next Core Connexion Deeper group, which will lead into the next Training. I am attaching the information for that in this email. We will start on May10th! This group is especially suited for people who would like to go deeper with their practice. We will practice * Dance as meditation, expression and healing ritual * Centering, grounding and energy management * Ways of perception and observation * Identifying personal resources * Understanding the body’s messages as a mirror of our psyche * Dynamics of the energetic body * Exploring the relationship to ourselves and others in life and dance * Core Connexion principles - being in the NOW * Giving creative and appropriate feedback * Holding an accepting and healing space for ourselves and others We will experiment with and practice the different techniques of Core Connexion: movement, psychology, touch, centering and expressive arts. We will gain a deeper understanding of our experiences through discussion, theoretical readings and small lectures. Between the training weekends, the participants will deepen their individual understanding through reading, writing assignments, home practice and peer meetings. The Core Connexion community retreat is part of the Deeper Group.If you like to participate, please let me know by this coming Friday May2nd. We are looking forward to dancing with you !!!! Lots of love Eva ( yes and John will be there too), Kathleen and Anthony Here we go on Wikipedia and Beltane: In Irish mythology, the beginning of the summer season for the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Milesians started at Bealtaine. Great bonfires would mark a time of purification and transition, heralding in the season in the hope of a good harvest later in the year, and were accompanied with ritual acts to protect the people from any harm by Otherworldly spirits, such as the Aos Sí. Like the festival of Samhain, opposite Beltane on October 31st, Beltane was also a time when the Otherworld was seen as particularly close at hand. Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/mitchelltsai LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchtsai Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/5te8l3

Web 2.0 Expo (San Francisco, Sat 4/22/08 - Tue 4/25/08)

Mitchell — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:02:36 GMT

http://en.oreilly.com/webexsf2008/public/content/home http://www.web2expo.com Receive $100 off any conference package or get a free Expo pass when you use discount code websf08br1. http://web2expo.com/sf/register Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco happens April 22-25, 2008 at Moscone West. Whether you're new to the Web 2.0 world or an expert or in Ajax, Ruby, tagging, the social graph, user experience, meta-programming, search engine marketing, community building, web operations, user-generated content, building startups from scratch, or "Web2.0-ifying" the enterprise, come to Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco and immerse yourself in the Web 2.0 experience. Tracks at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2008: Strategy and Business Models Marketing and Community Design and User Experience Fundamentals Development Focus on Mobile Web Focus on Web Operations Focus on Social Platforms Sponsored Sessions Web 2.0 technologies are empowering us in ways we could only have imagined even just a few years ago. We're able to build more, connect more, have more fun, sell more stuff, share more than ever before—and do it all faster. But as the pace of change and innovation accelerates, separating signal from noise, useful from annoying, genuine from fluff becomes increasingly challenging. What tools and applications are right for a given project? How can we provide a more meaningful experience for users and customers? How can we have a positive impact on the world we live in? What are the ways we can create more value for our businesses? How do we gather and focus datapoints to deliver relevant information? How can we increase conversation and collaboration? The second Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco takes the pulse of the Web ecosystem and looks to its future, training a spotlight across the Web 2.0 universe to illuminate how the Internet Revolution is being created and delivered. Web 2.0 Expo is for the builders of the next generation web: designers, developers, entrepreneurs, marketers, business strategists, and venture capitalists, people who have experiences to share and a passion for learning--the hot new thing, lessons from failures, innovations and inspirations, and the practical applications of all of the above. What will you do with the power of Web 2.0? Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/mitchelltsai LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchtsai Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com

DIGITAL BE-IN (San Francisco - Fri 4/25/08 7 pm)

Mitchell — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:43:02 GMT

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/601bbc2a-8d2f-4fe3-9ac5-2f7c7565c59d Date & Time: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:00 PM: TEMPLE 540 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94105 view map More Info: www.templesf.com DIGITAL BE-IN 16: ECOCITY Friday April 25, 2008 7 pm to 4 am Temple - 540 Howard Street, San Francisco For info - www.be-in.com Tickets: $25 at the door, $20 in advance. Order online tickets at www.inticketing.com/evinfo.php 21 and over with ID. The Digital Be-In returns for the third year in a row during Earth Day week in San Francisco. Once again, the Be-In will be a launching platform for evolutionary ideas and initiatives – at the nexus of humanistic technology and the sustainability movement – this year with the vital theme of ECOCITY. Join us for an evolutionary journey of visionary speakers, presentations, exhibits, performances, live music, top DJs, visuals, art installations, and amazing people like YOU... at San Francisco's grandest and greenest night club and community center, Temple. Ecocity Symposium (7 pm – 9 pm Don't Miss It!): The Digital Be-In is pleased to be honoring urban designer Paolo Soleri this year with a special presentation. Presenters: Jeffrey Stein, Director of Architecture, Boston Architectural Center, Chairman, Cosanti Foundation, Arcosanti, Arizona; Lois Arkin, Los Angeles Ecovillage; Liz Walker, Ithaca Ecovillage; Betsy Morris, Cohousing Association of the United States; Michael Gosney, founder Digital Be-In; Colin Grant, founder Visible Strategies; David Shearer, Chief Scientist, California Environmental Associates, Burning Man; others TBA. LIVE MUSIC (9 pm–1 am): Michael Kang (String Cheese Incident), Waterjuice (Vaporvent), Lumin with Irina Mikhailova, Yossi Fine (Ex-centric Sound System), Diana Rosa, MC Yogi DJs (9 pm–4 am): DJ Dragonfly (Groove Garden), Rhythmystic (Rhythm Society) Alex Theory (Mystic Vibration), Irina Mikhailova (Cyberset) Neptune (Beat Church) Dov (Cyberset, Muti Music) Goz (Cyberset) Omer (Harbin) Timonkey (Muti Music) David Shamanik (Rhythm Society) Eco-Fashion show by The Moon Gallery. Screening Room by Global Oneness Project and Ironweed Films. Organic Food Delights from Prana Restaurant Take Action Exhibition (8 pm–12 midnight): Exhibits and Demos from Urban Alliance for Sustainability, WISEREARTH.org, SF Environment, Green Society, Planning for Sustainable Communities, Eleusis Project and more... Complete information and ticket outlets at www.be-in.com Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/mitchelltsai LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchtsai Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com

Divine Love Fest Strikes Again! Fine Food, Rumi & Hafiz Poetry, Laughter, and Practices (Frank Olivier - Sun 5/4/08 4:30 pm)

Mitchell — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:19:39 GMT

Host: Frank Olivier Location: The Olivier Firehouse When: Sunday, May 4, 4:30PM Live Music - Community - Open Hearted Fun All ages welcome all the time. Shoot me an E-mail if you'd also like invites for our 3rd Friday Berkeley Sufi dance meeting. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS! Just scroll down and click on the left where it says 'Invite More People' (note: they are then just invited for this one - to include them on the ongoing list, send their e-mails to me with a note) The breeze at dawn Has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what You really want. Don't go back to sleep. People are crossing Back and forth Through the doorway Where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep. - Rumi 4:30 - 6:30 Potluck dinner (veggie/ vegan encouraged) 6:30 - 8:30 Performance - Mystical poetry - Dances of Universal Peace - Zikr (sung and chanted sufi prayers) Please Bring: - Food and beverage to share - Your favorite mystical poetry - Musical instruments - An open heart All ages welcome, all the time. It would be a delight to see you here. -- Frank@FunnyFrank.com http://funnyfrank.com/ Mitchell Tsai CEO, Spiritual Business Companions FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/mitchelltsai LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchtsai Spiritual Business Companions Blog: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com