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announcing the NEW faernworks blog name! FAERN-IN-THE-WORKS

faern — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:48:38 GMT

http://faern-in-the-works.com/ come on over and check it out!

for the month of august i have been doing a daily blog post on faernworks.wordpress.com/

faern — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:03:25 GMT

check them out~ http://faernworks.wordpress.com/ http://faernworks.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/upward-facing-bow/ http://faernworks.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/day28/ the blog is going to be officiated, named and such, announced for sept1... hm, i guess i better get on that...

Tennis Life Magazine Find Your ‘Inner Warrior’

faern — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:38:49 GMT

photo by faern writing by beth rifkin originally posted here: http://faernworks.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/tennis-life-magazine-find-your-inner-warrior/ find the whole article here: http://www.bethrifkin.com/TLInnerWarrior.html

wordpress

faern — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:09:45 GMT

http://faernworks.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/special-projects/ http://faernworks.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/recent-prenatal-photography/

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faern — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:39:09 GMT

http://faernworks.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/street-art-one/ http://faernworks.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/mixed-media-blog-1/ http://faernworks.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/all-time-fave-entry-2-this-tree/ http://faernworks.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/images/

mixed media blog 1

faern — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:27:59 GMT

http://faernworks.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/mixed-media-blog-1/

come check out my blog

faern — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:25:33 GMT

http://faernworks.wordpress.com/

FREE ASANA PHOTOS, UP TOO 3 BOUND POSTURES- available as soon as TODAY

faern — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:39:26 GMT

hi everyone! a lot of you responded to my query this passed week about Bound Asanas and i sincerely appreciate it. this is for a special showing at a yoga studio, i will be working on the images after they are printed in a mixed media fashion, and they will be shown in the fall. i am currently searching for people that are available TODAY to come into my studio in the SoMa. if you know anyone that may be interested in coming down, please forward them this discussion. i know that a lot of you teach on saturdays, the special project will be short and sweet~ and, if you reply with your preferred time, i will make sure to get you in as close as possible- there are two festivals this weekend, so the attendance will be a little lower than normal- so your time frame will be easier to maintain. here's the info on the special project SPECIAL PROJECT The JUNE 13th shoot day includes a special project intended for a different showing. for this saturday i am looking for some yoga practitioners to come by and do their favorite bound asana – on me. for the showing – there will be no recognizable facial features. you can do up to three postures, must be bound and be able to hold the pose for me to take some pictures, i’m pretty quick- so think of fun stuff! for each pose you do, you will receive an online version to use anywhere online of what i will be working from as well as a file to print from- {note: you may not use these images for promotional printing, only personal prints may be made, as well the image- both print and online forms will come with the faernworks logo as well as the title of the gallery project} if you have interest in my special project, but are completely unavailable tomorrow, please let me know- i wold sincerely appreciate your help with the project and would be hapy to arrange another time, preferable for a few of you at once- but don't worry about that at this time... ***and here is the info for the rest of the day (hint : if you put the special project along with the asana special, noted below, you can get a really nice shoot at a very reasonable rate that will not be available much longer!!) Image Succession Three June 13!! The hours are: 12:30pm – 9pm at The Bus Stop Gallery! 135 Dore St, San Francisco, CA off folsom between 9th and 10th http://faernworks.com/happenings/index.php?album=day%2Fimagesuccession What is Image Succession? ~ it’s a day long photo opportunity that i am starting to do at The Bus Stop Gallery at the minimum once a month. the backdrop started white and is working its way towards black, my way…- the backdrop will continue and each time Image Succession happens the backdrop will have been modified in some way… working…. towards…. growth…. recycling materials. Why do i do it? ~for a couple of reasons 1. i love a process. and working in this way is invigorating for me. not only am i taking images, i am also working on a mixed media piece to be shown along with a select group of these images after it has developed for quite a few months- moving from light to dark. 2. i keep hearing how much people need photography to help out their businesses in a very hard time, but that the catch is they are having o much trouble that they can’t actually affordto invest ina full session. so, my response to that is this project. a day where you can come and get the photography you need in smaller, more affordable increments. to keep the project progressing, repeat clients are encouraged~ and will receive a discount Image Succession prices for June 13th only prices are subject to change for the next one. note: attendees are encouraged to bring an umbrella or a lamp… 1. $65 for15- 20 minutes – you choose from an array of pics and get 4 edited on cd, additional edits are $10 this works well if you just need a new head shot for your business or are looking to start documenting a pregnancy. 2. $125 for a bout a half hour- same as above except you get 9 edits 3. $250 for 1hr and a few minutes, with time for changing – 18 edits (this is a discounted hourly rate) payment plans available! you may split your time with a friend! ASANA SPECIAL for Yoga Teachers! {limited availability} $130 – 5 asanas + 1 complimentary headshot Each additional asana = $30 Email me for special instructions… no splitting on this one… i am also available at various other times of the week for on location shoots and other private studio times – please email me for info… 1.please send an email with the package you would would like to purchase and your preferred time to faernworks at gmail dot come. if you would like to purchase longer than an hour, please email ASAP. 2. if can come for the special project only, this is completely welcomed. please email me your available time. see some photos here: http://faernworks.com/happenings/index.php?album=day%2Fyoga http://faernworks.com/happenings/index.php?album=day%2Fimagesuccession http://faernworks.com/happenings/index.php?album=day%2Fportraits here is my current blog post: http://faernworks.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/tadasana/ sincerely !!! faern xxxoooxo

Tadasana

faern — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:39:40 GMT

originally posted at: http://faernworks.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/tadasana/ the other day i really needed to take some time for myself. by the time i got off the bus and got into the apartment home from work i was so aggravated that i really had to steal it, this “time”. so i snatched up my camera, grabbed this scrap of paper and a pen, went for a walk, totally zoning out. but then, waiting for the light to change, i was all of a sudden standing on new feet. it was the strangest thing, i could feel the points of balance connect with the earth through my shoes, strong. waiting for this light to change. ‘Tadasana’

IMAGE SUCCESSION is my new thing, check it out...

faern — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:34:50 GMT

hi everyone i am surprised this is working! i have a new blog http://www.faernworks.wordpress.com for events and other things that don't show up on my new website right now. and, yes, there are still a crap ton of things that need to be done on my site. http://www.faernworks.com Image Succession Three June 13!! The hours are: 12:30pm – 9pm at The Bus Stop Gallery! 135 Dore St, San Francisco, CA off folsom between 9th and 10th http://faernworks.com/happenings/index.php?album=day%2Fimagesuccession What is Image Succession? ~ it’s a day long photo opportunity that i am starting to do at The Bus Stop Gallery at the minimum once a month. the backdrop started white and is working its way towards black, my way…- the backdrop will continue and each time Image Succession happens the backdrop will have been modified in some way… working…. towards…. growth…. recycling materials. Why do i do it? ~for a couple of reasons 1. i love a process. and working in this way is envigorating for me. not only am i taking images, i am also working on a mixed media piece to be shown along with a select group of these images after it has developed for quite a few months- moving from light to dark. 2. i keep hearing how much people need photography to help out their businesses in a very hard time, but that the catch is they are having o much trouble that they can’t actually affordto invest ina full session. so, my response to that is this project. a day where you can come and get the photography you need in smaller, more affordable increments. to keep the project progressing, repeat clients are encouranged~ and will receive a discount. SPECIAL PROJECT The JUNE 13th shoot day includes a special project intended for a different showing. for this saturday i am looking for some yoga practitioners to come by and do their favorite bound asana – on me. for the showing – there will be no recognizable facial features. you can do up to three postures, must be bound and be able to hold the pose for me to take some pictures, i’m pretty quick- so think of fun stuff! for each pose you do, you will receive an online version to use anywhere online of what i will be working from as well as a file to print from- {note: you may not use these images for promotional printing, only personal prints may be made, as well the image- both print and online forms will come with the faernworks logo as well as the title of the gallery project} Image Succession prices for June 13th only prices are subject to change for the next one. note: attendees are encouraged to bring an umbrella or a lamp… 1. $65 for15- 20 minutes – you choose from an array of pics and get 4 edited on cd, additional edits are $10 this works well if you just need a new head shot for your business or are looking to start documenting a pregnancy. 2. $125 for a bout a half hour- same as above except you get 9 edits 3. $250 for 1hr and a few minutes, with time for changing – 18 edits (this is a discounted hourly rate) payment plans available! you may split your time with a friend! ASANA SPECIAL for Yoga Teachers! {limited availability} $130 – 5 asanas + 1 complimentary headshot Each additional asana = $30 Email me for special instructions… no splitting on this one… i am also available at various other times of the week for on location shoots and other private studio times – please email me for info… 1.please send an email with the package you would would like to purchase and your preferred time by june 11th to faernworks at gmail dot come. if you would like to purchase longer than an hour, please email ASAP. 2. if can come for the special project only, this is completely welcomed. please email me your available time. http://faernworks.com/happenings/index.php?album=day%2Fyoga http://faernworks.com/happenings/index.php?album=day%2Fimagesuccession http://faernworks.com/happenings/index.php?album=day%2Fportraits hope to see you!

looking for faern

faern — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:42:34 GMT

i gave in to the big FB

huh, impressive

faern — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:09:38 GMT

people still post here

find me on facebook, myspace, gaia~ anywhere but here- just search 'faern' or 'faernworks'

faern — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:31:52 GMT

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isn't life just grand??!?

faern — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:38:45 GMT

check out runamuck's mochipet remix...

faern — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:36:33 GMT

http://remixmicpet.blogspot.com/

yoga teacher training

faern — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:21:18 GMT

hello everyone... i have had a few people ask em whom i will be working with for my upcoming teacher training. well, lots of people - it's a 6 month program... but the thing i have been looking at for the past few days is this website http://www.janetstoneyoga.com/ she is one of the teachers i'll be working with~ if you have a minute- watch the video that opens up on the open page- it is beautiful - it's short and does include music- so if you are at work- turn the volume down (hehe- it most likely is already) it's rare that this sort of thing inspires me, this one most definately caught me off guard... make me look forward to some of my projects i have a brewing...

isn't it funny how when something perceived as "bad" is usually coupled with something as "good"

faern — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:51:24 GMT

OR you could say when something looks it's darkest, the brightest is just right next to it- it all depends on how you "look" or "see" i have my reasons for bringing this up, but what this sparked was a memory from early drawing classes- "the darkest value is next to the lightest value" worded differently of course the idea can be applied to pretty much anything. how long will you let the darkness spread and ooze into the lightness? and if you enjoy the darkness, how long will you let an idea (if you carry it- if you don't this is obviously moot to you) of dark being bad overpower your love of the darkness, which CAN BE your lightness? when something happens that is perceived as insanely wrong, the "why did this happen to ME" feeling, the creation of the victim within there is always something else just right there waiting if you want to see it. every single time for instance: in the days when the Art issue came up i had the most AMAZING experiences to accompany this "bad" first off i'd like to say i did get angry and worried- BUT i did not carry it around with me i talked to some friends about the issue and that's it really- besides figuring out a police report situation and taking the steps i could to contact the "issue" i, proudly, did not wear this on my sleeve as i have been known to in the past. in fact- most of the people i see every day do not know what is going on with that. i sat with this "issue" and use the vinyasa steps i learned in my Samavesha teacher training last month. i still went to classes- in fact- this brings me to one of those absolutely amazing things. i met with my new aryuvedic doc! this was amazing, i know same word, but there isn't much else but awe. Dr Scott Blossom is awesome- i finally feel like i have someone on my side- not that i didn't before but this is different. and then i went directly to his class at stanyan yoga tree- which was just great- and on the way home there was this woman that i have seen in classes before and so on that is clearly new to yoga and the whole health thing- she was just gushing and gushing at how wonderful life is and how she can't believe how lucky she is to be here and to be in scott's classes- she said she had no idea life could be this great and i almost burst into tears- she told me of her past injuries and internal stress disorders, her anger and how now they are all dissipating with such little effort - and i said- "what do you mean- YOU are DOING it- THIS is in no way EFFORTLESS!!' and she just smiled and said- "you know what- you are right!!" and on the same day i was "dealing" with the art thing- i got a few more clients, made great new friends and so so much more. along with that i have been confirmed for my 200 hour yoga teacher training course!! i am doing special work for trade!!

also this weekend!! FABULOUS ANNUAL COSTUME & VINTAGE FASHIONS SALE!!!

faern — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:55:14 GMT

Two days only: SATURDAY, July 12th, noon - 6pm SUNDAY, July 13th, noon - 5pm At The Bus Stop Gallery 135 Dore Alley (between 9th/10th & Folsom/Harrison...enter from Folsom) We do this once a year and this is a particularly BIG ONE with racks bursting with many special items!!! Here we go again, sharing the wealth of our closets and presenting sartorial fabulosa from around the world! This time we are doing it at the studio gallery of amazing costume-creator, Bad Unkl Sista, so you can also purchase her one-of-a kind wearable handiwork direct from the source! Costumes & Clothing By: - Bad Unkl Sista: bustles, transormable and stunning one-of-a-kind costumes and fabulosities! http://www.badunklsista.com - $teven Ra$pa: glamorous cast-offs of every shape, gender and size--suits, sparkly bits, hats, coats and sundry whatchama-wear-its! - LadyBee: clothing, hats, jewelry - vintage & new, all guaranteed to amuse and delight! - Marcia Crosby: trash to treasures and the perennial favorite--the One Dollar Box! - Dan of Mystery: antique costumes, uniforms & vintage men's wear for all occassions! FREE style consultations and make-overs for novices and costume whores, alike! Enjoy the music and the wealth of interesting work all in one place! The only rule: YOU MUST TRY THINGS ON IN RIDICULOUS COMBINATIONS TO AMUSE US! Wine, treats and a FREE box for early-comers to pick through!

i am taking a yoga workshop this weekend ~ HEARTS ON FIRE: Igniting Iccha ~ with KK ledford

faern — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:50:45 GMT

A Practice of Backbends & Hand Balances In this Anusara workshop we will step into own hearts set on fire with longing to express our fullness. Balancing effort and ease, we will ignite our hearts while playfully exploring the edge. With strong standing sequences, wild hand balances and exuberant backbends, this practice will allow us to fully express both power and grace as a heart-felt expression of our intention to align with the Divine. Practicing this way reveals an embodied experience of our fiery will (iccha). What is your heart's deepest longing? Prerequisites: Must be able to kick into handstand unassisted at the wall and come into urdhva dhanurasana with straight arms. No significant shoulder or back injuries in this workshop please. Saturday, July 12, 1 - 3:45pm Cost: $40 Yoga Tree Hayes 519 Hayes St. (between Octavia and Laguna) click here to register if ya wanna come... https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/home.asp KK Ledford, MA Growing up on an organic farm in East Texas, KK has been involved in Earth-based Spirituality and meditative practices since childhood. Her deep connection with Nature and comfort with the Feminine Divine mysteries, Shakta Tantrism, and Herbalism infuses her teachings. She began studying intensively with her teacher John Friend and teaching Anusara Yoga in 1998. She has over 15 years of study and practice of the yogic arts and philosophies. A Certified Anusara Teacher, KK's classes are poetic and powerful, inviting authentic embodiment and radiant expression of wild wisdom. KK's WildMoonWisdom also includes courses and private sessions for Green Medicine, Women's Spirituality, Yoga therapy, and life passage rituals. http://www.wildmoonwisdom.com

the heart

faern — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:17:21 GMT

it's so funny to me how easily and constantly the mind falls into "problem solving" it's also amazing how many ways my teachers have at reminding us this is not necessary... all this comes to fruition in prana ... this weekend's immersion into teacher training, 4 days- the order of things we did... . mantra . lecture . mantra . meditation . asana practice . mantra . meditation . mantra visualization . twice, each day i was gifted so much in this short time i can not yet express the scholarly approach from the heart they were all amazed as we were we all learned form each other the information was so special, so so special and on top of that, it got my anthropological brain moving again and not to conspiracy this or that the work these people presented has only been presented to one group before us, really, it has NEVER been taught in english. re-read that it has NEVER even been translated, these people, are the ones doing the translation of texts that is thousands of years old they are looking right at the paper that it was originally written on, hidden and protected by tibetan monks for years and years and these men were CHOSEN to bring it to life again- the philosophies i learned pre-date all the yogic scriptures, the chakra system- EVERYTHING ok, there's the nerd in me the extent what i learned this weekend is immeasurable, some day i'll share... for now, i recommend everyone go learn about prana... if at any time you can take a class form any of these people- do it!!! samaveshayoga.com {photo: elizabeth rosser}

la la la ~ i start my first round of yoga teacher trainings tomorrow!

faern — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:34:32 GMT

i am doing the Samavesha Yoga Immersion! i have decided to go a slightly different route towards teaching, so i am staring here~> i am studying with some pretty awesome people SAMAVESHA - TANTRIK YOGA IMMERSION: Cultivating Prana in Vinyasa Yoga with Chris Tompkins, Scott Blossom, Chris Wallis & Chandra Easton Christopher Wallis and Christopher Tompkins are both students and long-term meditators in Tantra-based traditions, with six academic degrees in Sanskrit and Indian religion and philosophy between them. yogashtana.org Scott Blossom and Chandra Easton, with 30 years of combined practice and teaching of yoga, meditation, Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine. shunyatayoga.com "The Samavesha program is a series of yoga immersions dedicated to students and teachers who have a longing to dive deep into the illuminating teachings of Tantrik yoga. In this tradition, yoga focuses on the strength and health of the physical body, as well as the strength and health of the mind and heart. This holistic approach establishes a firm foundation for powerful and effective practice. Our experienced teachers present yoga from Hindu and Buddhist Tantrik perspectives, weaving together spiritual insight (darshana) with transformative practice (sadhana). The teachings draw from newly translated source texts, as well as the powerful practices of yoga asana, mantra, mudra, and meditation, all of which are presented as an embodied exploration of Tantrik wisdom. Each module of the series will emphasize a different aspect of the organic process that naturally results in samavesha, or “immersion into the Divine.” The Prana Module focuses on developing our life force or prana, which acts like a thread that weaves together body, mind, and spirit. When we align our awareness, breath, and body our prana is able to move freely. Tantrik philosophy teaches us that our bodies are a microcosmic reflection of nature and the world around us and so, when our prana flows freely, the true nature of the inner and outer world is revealed. thursday through sunday i am so completely happy about starting this - finally- and taking this step into the philosophies is a new strategy for me - a different direction of knowledge. last night i took my first class with scott blossom- i NEVER take late evening classes b/c i leave the house before 6am every day- but i did it- and his approach to yoga is so unique (i am proud to say that he will also be my new doc. ~ he is an ayurvedic dr. ) . i think this approach to yogic work balances out my two main interests in yoga systems (jivamukti and forrest)- if i have found what i think i have i can finally blend the teachings from Amanda in Jivamukti, my current Vinyasa work with Eve and Elizabeth, the constant inspiration from KK's approach to Anusara and the wonders of Forrest yoga- i swear, it's like a candy store of yoga for me- and however my approach may seem scattered to some~ from over here the values are enormous... jai!

Bhakti Yoga Sunsplash with Jai Uttal

faern — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:57:48 GMT

Date & Time: Saturday, June 21, 2008 8:00-11pm PM Dates: Saturday 6/21/2008 Time: 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Please join us for the 5th Annual Bhakti Yoga Sunsplash: A San Francisco Yoga Community Solstice Kirtan Extravaganza. Featuring: Jai Uttal, plus MC Yogi, the Shamanic Cheerleaders & Mirabai and friends. Come out and celebrate the summer solstice! Embark on a vocal journey through the sacred sounds of ancient India. With call-and-response group chanting and storytelling, Jai Uttal creates a space of invocation, prayer, and heartfelt expression. Drawing from an unbroken tradition of Indian devotional singing, Jai will introduce the ancient practice of "kirtan" (or chanting), the heart of devotional yoga. This meditative practice of calling to the divine creates a bridge between the individual and the eternal, opening the heart and welcoming the spirit. Jai will relate stories from the spiritual epics of India as well as from his personal experiences to create a modern context in which to explore this tradition. "These ancient chants," writes Jai "contain a transformative power and healing energy. By singing these prayers and expressing a full range of emotions through our voices we join a stream of consciousness and devotion that has been flowing for centuries." Jai has been leading Kirtans worldwide for over thirty years. No previous experience is needed. This is an exploration of the heart, independent of vocal or musical technique. COST: $20 advance / $25 door click here and scroll down to the 21st to get your tickets! www.yogatreesf.com/workshops.htm also www.jaiuttal.com/main.htm www.shamaniccheerleaders.com/

.i can see me, hiding, up there in the shadows.

faern — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:16:35 GMT

here i am again- so much more difficult today to put the pen to the paper. that annoying fire inside is back. it just makes me want to scream. all my mind wanders too is have nots- swimming around in there. coming back to tears and sorrow. too looking for the wrong. that thing too hook into that can draw the comfort of tears, the old friend frustration with a blanket of ignorance. square peg round Hole. square peg round Whole. i could sit here and blah blah the rest of the page back around again. this is so uncomfortable. looking for pain to cause in myself. what is the point of this? is this really for me too do? to explain, to express? aren't there enough suffering people on this planet that i could be helping? that i should be wasting this gift by teaching myself to live inside personal tortures- creating them- evolving them- why? to deepen my understanding of what exactly? my personal path? no, to deepen my understanding of what it feels like to knock off your own ankles and hobble around in the emotional recourse. what a waste. " there is a world of difference between a bird sitting and singing in a tree and a bird singing in a cage. it is only when the mind is free that the person can be free, not otherwise. with a free and quiet mind, we are able to live with a song of life, a song of love, a song of joy in your own heart! yet our freedom should not be used as reckless license to do anything we please. in true freedom and happiness we like whatever we do, but we do not always do what we like." --- Swami Nirmalananda (the anarchist swami), A GARLAND OF FOREST FLOWERS

do you treat your lifeforce as you would a machine?

faern — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:00:32 GMT

The past few weeks have been sort of stressful rotations, recollections, retractions, reformations the haze seems to lift, only to reveal the clutter from before before what? not sure, just before yesterday i checked out i just stopped working and gave myself some needed hours alone wandering through san francisco on a glorious sunny day walked up from powell, through union square, through china town and on into north beach. wandering and thinking not thinking just going, my sketchbook in one hand my camera over the other shoulder wandering through thoughts checking out how my life has changed, my work has changed, my art has changed ideas lingering waiting for their time to flourish looking back at my artwork, where i was right before moving to san francisco living solely on commission oil paintings looking at how many photos i take now, abundance with a sense of loss my hands itching for a brush, to tear at paper and to make work that is from a different place. i rifled through thoughts, looking at the source and seeing how that makes me feel how it's so easy to put myself down for not painting, for having any project hanging out there- and when you work on so many at once- it's not possible for one to not be hanging in the balance yelling at me and create the feelings of "push" "go now" "get it done" machine- "an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions" but i am not a machine, the artwork- regardless of medium- will fall apart in the shuffle- it gets watered down, tranquility released this is not a formula to be sold these are not steps to be taught these are not signs to learn this is art.

A freind of mine is Headlining the North Beach Festival this weekeend!! Cathy Richardson!

faern — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:14:07 GMT

Known for her portrayal of Janis Joplin in the Off Broadway musical "Love Janis", Cathy Richardson, as well as being lead vocalist on tour with Big Brother and the Holding Company, Cathy Richardson will headline at the Precious Cheese North Beach Festival in June. http://sfnorthbeach.org/NorthBeachFest2007/music.html nice! she is also a part of www.shiningshakti.com and you can find her on myspace of course! http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=31194113