11015 :: Animal Liberation Forum :: 03.12.11

    Project Butterfly,Karen Fiorito,Animal Liberation,Robbie Conal,Sociarts,Evolution Revolution Art,Santa Monica Art Studios,Yuri Shimojo,emek
    Buddhacat Art by Karen Fiorito

    Date :: 3.12.11
    Time :: SAT :: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
    Tuition :: FREE with RSVP
    Location :: Santa Monica Art Studios - Arena 1
    Info :: Click Here
    Art Show website :: www.EvolutionRevolutionArt.org
    RSVP :: info@evolutionrevolutionart.org

    Animal Liberation Forum

    A thought provoking discussion about Animal Liberation with some of the most notable Southern California based activists of this field.

    Presented as part of the Evolution Revolution exhibition, the forum includes:

    * Shelley Harrison (Chairperson, The Humane Party)
    * Debra Wilson (Actor "Avatar", Activist)
    * Shannon Keith (Uncaged Films)
    * Lorrie Houston (Founder, Animal Acres Sanctuary)
    * Carol Glasser (Research Director, Humane Research Council)
    * Denis Henry Hennelly (Producer, Open Road Films)

    About the show ::

    Evolution/Revolution: the Interconnectedness of All Beings is a ground breaking, educational and socially conscious exhibition, which explores various aspects of animal welfare and the environment. Curated by Karen Fiorito, the show features the works of William Wegman, Robbie Conal, Sue Coe, Gee Vaucher, Peter Kuper, Yuri Shimojo, Emek, Cole Gerst, Jonathan Horowitz and Karen Fiorito.

    The mission of this art exhibition and forum is to open new dialogues and explore human perceptions about nature and the environment, awakening and inviting people to make more conscious decisions about their food, clothing, furniture, lifestyle and pets. Evolution Revolution includes the art works of some of the most prominent artists in the field of animal rights and welfare.

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Animal Tracking with Jim Lowery • 06.05.10 • 8:30am-3:30pm



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    Animal Tracking Class with Jim Lowery

    Tracking is an ancient skill that has been called a person’s “first communication with the earth.” Identifying tracks, reading them for an animal’s mood and behavior, and following them to understand the web of life in a natural area, are skills we modern people can use to connect to the land. Tracking is also an invaluable tool to understand, appreciate, and protect open space around us.

    Jim Lowery of Earth Skills [www.earthskills.com] has taught tracking to thousands of students from middle school students to field biologists for 23 years and will give you a solid introduction to the art with lots of practice in this seven-hour class. Jim has taught specialized workshops in track interpretation and animal movement as well as clinics in tracking badgers, black bears, mountain lions and bighorn sheep among other animals. He is the author of The Tracker’s Field Guide (Globe Pequot 2006). This workshop will definitely change the way you see things! Class size limited to 15 to preserve quality of instruction.

    Contribution: $68

    Location:
    Malibu Creek State Park

    Participants in this class will receive a $20 discount in the next class they take with Earth Skills, for example Plant Uses, Survival, Nature Awareness, Earth Philosophy or Advanced Tracking.


    Jim Lowery founded Earth Skills in 1987 as an extension of his longtime passion for wilderness adventure. He has completed nine specialized classes in tracking, wilderness survival and related subjects from Tom Brown, Jr.'s Tracking, Nature and Wilderness Survival School in New Jersey, and has supplemented this study with other teachers as well as with thousands of hours in the field. Among the hundreds of classes and workshops he has taught over the past twenty-two years have been many special trainings for universities, naturalists, docents, teachers and wildlife biologists.

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    [Special, reduced price for Project Butterfly's Community :: $30/day or $50 for both days. To take advantage of this offer, email info@projectbutterfly.org to RSVP]

    "The future of sustainability is in our cities and towns. Urban neighborhoods are ideal for the promise and potentials of permaculture design. Our cities embody the greatest concentration of the social, intellectual and physical resources needed to create a sustainable system."
    -L. Santoyo

    This weekend's session of the 7th annual Permaculture Design Course Series will be hosted by Project Butterfly on Saturday April 4th and Sunday April 5th.

    The Los Angeles Permaculture Guild has one of the largest and most dynamic City Permaculture groups in the world -who now work beyond the garden to bring sustainable solutions to city planning, community activism and more.

    Larry Santoyo, Vice President and Field Director of the Permaculture Institute USA, Founder of the LA Permaculture Guild and Director of the ecological planning firm, EarthFlow Design Works. L. Santoyo is an ex-lawman (and outlaw!) has 30 years experience in natural building and sustainable landscape construction including 20 years experience as a Permaculture Designer and Educator. Santoyo also taught with Bill Mollison in Australia and in the US. Larry received the Permaculture Community Service Award from the Permaculture Institute (Australia) for his pioneering work.

    The Two-Day Educational Event will Cover:

    Day 1
    Course description, group introductions, site orientation & house rules, Permaculture Design ethics, theory, Indicators of Sustainability.

    This session will introduce the guiding philosophies and fundamental methodologies of Permaculture Design. Students will develop skills for recognizing the intrinsic characteristics of natural systems.

    Day 2
    Concepts and themes of design, origins of form, design methodologies, zones and sectors, base mapping, procedures of property design, design teams.

    Permaculture design emphasizes the patterning of landscape, function and species relationships. Concepts of flow patterns, guilds, edge effects and harmonics are covered in this section with reference to specific site examples. Students will begin to formulate their own ideas for site improvement using Permaculture principles.

    To register please email info@projectbutterfly.org

    Location:
    Project Butterfly Loft
    821 Traction Ave #108
    Los Angeles, CA 90013
    (Downtown Arts District)

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    Project Butterfly,Siberian Shamanism,Midori Takata
    Project Butterfly invites you to join Master Perun from the Siberian Shamanic Tradition.

    The Siberian tradition of Shamanism is 40,000 years old. Its development is considered the source of many Shamanic traditions, including Yoga and Tibetan Healing Lineages.

    In this class we will touch the deepest wisdom of how to develop the body of dreams according to ancient Siberia Shamans. We will talk about this millennium wisdom and more importantly - Experience It.

    The topics will include:

    * How to develop the body of dreams.
    * Why we have difficulty controlling our body of dreams
    * How we can begin traveling.
    * Magic of the body of dreams - how we can influence our reality through the reality of dreams
    * Far away travels - how we can reach the state when you are traveling far from the common reality and getting experiences that you cannot explain.
    * Short introduction - Secrets of meeting and communicating with spirits

    The class will be facilitated by
    Project Butterfly,Master Perun,Siberian Shamanism

    Master Perun from the age of 4 years, demonstrated special abilities of healing and clairvoyance. He was an "Indigo" child. He had difficulties in developing his qualities in the former Soviet Union until he found his Teacher, Alid Faski Natva, who is known by as a legendary healer and is a Raja Yogi in the authentic tradition.

    Master Perun has been traveling all over the world for 12 years. He helps build schools in Europe, North and South America, Russia, India, Australia to help support the 300,000 existing students. He practices Siberian Shamanism, Tibetan Healing, Raja Yoga, and is a Tantra Master. Using the methods of his teacher, he has achieved remarkable results in the healing of diseases like cancer, diabetes, depression, sexual disorders and so on. He holds a Masters Degree in Sociology and has researched ancient cultures to bring their wisdom to the modern era in order to improve the quality of life for all.

    Tuition ::
    $25 prepay or $30 at the door

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    Date & Time ::
    23 September 2010
    7:00-10:00pm

    Dinner ::
    D-licious snacks and drinks will be provided

    Location ::
    Project Butterfly
    821 Traction Ave - Unit #108
    Los Angeles, CA 90013

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    Men and Women are invited to join us.

    Doors open at 6pm, performances start at 7pm

    March is Women's HERstory Month

    In 1987 and every year since then, the U.S. Congress issued a resolution for Women's History Month.

    The purpose of Women's History Month is to increase consciousness and knowledge of women's history: to take one month of the year to remember the contributions of notable and ordinary women, in hopes that the day will soon come when it's impossible to teach or learn history without remembering these contributions.

    Sunday March 22nd join Project Butterfly in commemoration of Women's HERstory Month; an event with art, live music, spoken word and talks by women for all to enjoy and celebrate.

    ART BY::

    Emi M

    Emi M. was born in Tokyo, Japan and moved to Los Angeles at the age of seven. Emi M. studied Buddhism in Japan for two years and is now pursuing her art. "POP SPIRITUAL BLISS" is what one noted local painter called her art. It is a modern spin off of universal Buddhist concepts. By creating such art, she hopes to tickle your soul. She paints in acrylic and uses "big-eyed" characters because the eyes are the window to the soul. www.emim.info

    Lynn "Lynnix" Elishaw

    Lynnix is a spiritual painter and mixed media artist as well as a poet. She was divinely inspired to put together and teach a workshop that combines poetry and art called PoArtry. www.lynnixart.com

    Goddess Projections by Midori Takata

    LIVE MUSIC, SPOKEN WORD AND POETRY PERFORMANCES BY::

    Miranda Rondeau

    Miranda is a singer, songwriter, musician and frame drummer whose music is inspired by the inward journey. Her chanting transcends language, bypasses the intellect, and is devotional and shamanic in nature.

    Through drum, song and chant, Miranda will share the sounds of the oldest universal instruments in the world, the frame drum, which was predominantly played by the women in the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean area. She will share its connections to the Divine feminine and its uses, as the frame drum is a powerful archetype and tool of remembrance. www.myspace.com/mirandarondeau

    Saria Idana

    Saria Idana is a writer and multi disciplinary performing artist with a background in dance, poetry, music and theater. Her work focuses primarily on personal and global struggle and transforming suffering to vision through the lens of a women. She is a cultural Jew with a background in Islamic and Christian mysticism as well as the history and mysticism of Jewish culture.

    For the Women's Herstory event, Saria will perform a medley of poetic and musical material around the issues of women, the goddess and the land of Israel/Palestine. This material will be drawn from the larger Arts/Activism projects that Saria is currently working on. www.sariaidana.com

    Lynn "Lynnix" Elishaw

    Lynn is part of a collective of women called Ah-womb who do spiritual freestyle toning performance and healing work.

    Ariella Forstein

    Ariella Forstein is a vocalist, world music percussionist and composer who blends her classical training with heartfelt improvisational singing and channeling of energy. Founder and Director of Yeh Dede (world music fusion) and vocalist in Nexus Plate (electronica), Ariella's mix of soulful vocalizing, world beats and voice coaching with healing intention is quickly becoming necessity in today's fast paced world.www.earthsounds.net


    A SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY ::

    Karen Tate

    Karen Tate is an independent scholar, author, activist, speaker, radio show host and sacred tour leader. Both her books, Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations and Walking an Ancient Path: Rebirthing Goddess on Planet Earth have been endorsed by the Joseph Campbell Foundation, with the latter named a finalist in the National Best Books of 2008 Awards in the general spirituality category.

    Karen will speak on "The Sacred Feminine: Deity, Archetype or Ideal - A Revolution of Thought Toward Change, Hope and Partnership". www.karentate.com

    VEGETARIAN FOOD AND DRINKS BY::

    Midori Takata

    Midori is co-founder of Project Butterfly, a creative with a passion for vegetarian food and sharing. For the Women's HERstory celebration she will make Vegan and Vegetarian Tamales, an ancient Mesoamerican food originally made by women for warriors to take to battle. Through food she hopes to ignite the Sacred Feminine and the peaceful warrior within you.

    Suggested contribution:: $15
    Please email us at info@projectbutterfly.org for pricing alternatives.

    Location:
    Project Butterfly Loft

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11011 :: Lama Norbu :: 03.05.11

    Project Butterfly,Lama Norbu,D Miller,Carry Kim,Tibetan Buddhism,Shiva Garuda

    Date :: Saturday | 3.5 | 1:00 - 6:00 pm
    Time :: SAT :: 1:00pm - 6:00pm
    Tuition :: $90 in advance | $108 at the door
    Location :: PB Loft | 821 Traction Ave. #108 LA, CA 90013
    What to Bring :: yoga mat and/or meditation cushion
    Registration :: Click Here

    Shiva Garuda Dharma

    In this 1-day intensive workshop (suitable for all levels), we will deepen our experience of the Shiva Garuda practice and absorb the healing transformative power of sound and mantra. Cultivate a warm heart, "lazy" mind and "smart" body while returning to the primordial source of the heart. Discover that "enlightenment" can be "right here, right now!"

    Shiva Garuda is a profound tantric teaching which potently combines breathwork, intention, mantra and mudra to directly connect us to our own true nature. This heart treasure is a gift to you from the Divine Mother. Shiva evokes Peace and Freedom ~ expressing our own true nature. Garuda evokes Phoenix Rising ~ the joyful manifestation of the Divine Mother.

    Shiva Garuda helps us rise above dueling peaceful and turbulent dragon energies which continuously provoke conflict in our outer lives. Practice teaches us to embrace the Phoenix energy that transcends all karmic obstacles and smashes limited concepts. We discover our spiritual, warrior nature and the radiant, indestructible source within that withstands any external thunder. Life becomes pure celebration.

    From our ashes, we awaken our infinite, human potential.

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    Lama Norbu | Master of Vajrayana and an adept in Supreme Yoga Tantra, grew up in a matriarchal society near Lugu Lake (in the region of Shangri-La). He received his Geshe "degree" (equivalent to a PhD) in Tibetan Buddhism at Sera Monastery. He recently authored Love Sutra Lama to highlight feminine spiritual awakening and its importance for our times. He currently serves as Spiritual Director of the New Century Foundation and has vowed to transmit the Shiva Garuda practice openly around the world to help all beings be free!

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    Session 011 | Monday | 22 SEPT 08 | 7pm | $40


    We invite you to a lecture by David Wolfe considered by peers to be one of the world's leading authorities on nutrition. David is the author of the bestselling books Eating for Beauty, The Sunfood Diet Success System, Naked Chocolate, and his newest release Amazing Grace.

    In this lecture David will be speaking about longevity, cutting edge nutritional information on raw foods, superherbs, superfoods and chocolate. He will also discuss issues related to inflammation, chronic pain and candida.

    www.davidwolfe.com

    A delicious raw meal and fruit drinks will be served

    Located at:

    The Project Butterfly Loft
    821 Traction Ave. #108
    Downtown LA, CA 90013
    [between Alameda & Santa Fe
    and between 2nd & 3rd Street
    in the Arts District]

    The price for this event is $40
    To secure your space please follow this link:

    please email info@projectbutterfly.org with any questions or concerns.

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    Session 010 | Sunday | 21 SEPT 08 | 7pm | $25

    Heart Led Warrior Initiation Series
    part 1 of 4: "HOME"

    On the 21st of September we will embark on the Journey of our Warrior selves: The Heart led Warrior Initiation Series.

    There will be a total of 4 Breath Circles, one circle per month, with the final circle being held on the winter solstice.

    We will use an ancient breathing technique to help aid us in this Initiation series.

    Each Circle will have a theme that will tie into the overall theme.

    The first Circle will be about "Home". The Intention will be to focus the energy in creating a Healthy version of "Home". Through "Home" we can learn to have Gratitude for the life that supports its existence. "Home" cannot BE without the Trees, the Sun, the Moon, the Ocean, etc.. it is completely interconnected to all realms of Life.

    WE will call upon the energy of the Equinox to help us bring the harvest in; bring it to our "Home" and then give thanks for this Blessing.

    We will find our Home with-in, by creating it with-out and will give thanks for the Love that is given to us through the gifts we are given.

    A delicious vegetarian meal and fruit drinks will be served.

    Located at:

    The Project Butterfly Loft
    821 Traction Ave. #108
    Downtown LA, CA 90013
    [between Alameda & Santa Fe
    and between 2nd & 3rd Street
    in the Arts District]

    The price for this event is $25
    rsvp required: info@projectbutterfly.org

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    PROJECT BUTTERFLY FILM NIGHTS | THU | 25 SEP 08 | 8pm | $5

    "If you're great, El Topo is a great picture. If you are limited, El Topo is limited."
    - Alejandro Jodorowsky

    Bring a blanket & pillow and join us for Project Butterfly's first Film Night featuring EL TOPO, a film by Alejandro Jodorowsky.

    "There has never been a film as filled with metaphorical and metaphysical chock-a-block like El Topo. Buddhism butts head with Castaneda, geysers of water erupt from phallic rock outcroppings, an armless man wears a legless man on his back, butterfly nets catch bullets, and there are pools of blood and fiery exorcisms. Much of the metaphorical imagery in El Topo is difficult to decipher -- Tarot and
    alchemy, religion and politics -- and it's layered with cultural nuances. But even if you don't get it, it works. The film operates on a basic level, dreamlike, hallucinatory, and at the same time it's quite funny, even endearing in parts. Other times it's exceedingly violent...

    El Topo is a magic mushroom feast for the senses that is maddening and magnificent at the same time." -filmcritic.com

    Gourmet popcorn will be served
    Bring your own drinks

    Located at:
    The Project Butterfly Loft

    The price for this event is: $5
    rsvp required: info@projectbutterfly.org

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9035 :: Vegan & Vegetarian Tamales 101

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    Project Butterfly's Annual Vegan and Vegetarian Tamales Workshop will take place Sunday November 22nd. Right on time to impress your friends and family during the holidays!

    In this hands-on workshop you will learn how to prepare basic vegan and vegetarian tamales. We will work with recipes derived from central Mexico, the most commonly known type of tamales in California.

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    Join us and learn:
    Where to buy the Mexican ingredients that make tamales so tasty
    How to make Vegan tamales masa (tamales dough)
    How to make different delicious fillings
    How to wrap tamales in corn husks
    The proper cooking procedures
    How to prepare 2 fresh Mexican salsas from scratch

    By the end of the workshop we will taste the tamales and salsas we prepared, plus you will be able to take some fresh tamales home with you to share with your loved ones. You will also take a recipe booklet that includes the recipes we worked with and a list of resources where you can purchase ingredients for your next tamales cooking adventure.

    This workshop is limited to 25 guests and it is expected to sell out, be sure to register ASAP:

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    Location:

    Project Butterfly Loft
    821 Traction Ave #108
    Los Angeles Ca 90013

    This Workshop is Sponsored by:

    465 South Arroyo Parkway
    Pasadena, CA 91105 USA
    626.204.2266

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11042 :: Clutter Free :: 09.10.11

    Project Butterfly,Tracey Stanton,Clutter Clearing,Los Angeles,Relationships,Red Alchemy


    Date :: 10 SEPT 2011
    Time :: SATURDAY :: 10:00am - 5:00pm
    Location :: Project Butterfly Loft | 821 Traction Ave. #108 LA 90013
    Tuition :: $125 | $100 Early Bird if paid by 4th Sept
    Registration :: www.red-alchemy.com

    7 Simple Steps to Becoming Clutter Free

    In this dynamic and inspiring 1-day workshop, Clutter Clearing expert Tracey Stanton introduces the 7 simple steps to becoming clutter free and letting go of excess baggage.

    Time for a new groove! Clutter Clearing has far reaching effects on our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being. Let go of items, say farewell to old patterns & habits that no longer serve you. This course aims to bring lightness, vitality and greater clarity to your life. Take off, let go and join the fun!

    Tracey will:

    • Show you how to identify physical, emotional and spiritual clutter
    • Help you find a new sense of freedom, lightness and joy in your life as you release yourself from old habits, patterns or relationships
    • Ignite the fire of determination to help you overcome limits and beat procrastination
    • Teach you tried and tested techniques for staying clutter free
    • Lead you to a higher understanding of what's important in your life

    A major focus of the day will be to help you gain the confidence and clarity to make decisions and take action in your life. If you are ready for change, this workshop is for you!

    Project Butterfly,Clairvision,Red Alchemy,Tracey Stanton,Meditation
    Tracey Stanton, founder of Red Alchemy LLC, is a Feng Shui, Space Clearing and Clutter Clearing expert. Tracey is passionate about creating sacred and intimate spaces.

    Tracey works internationally and in the last 9 years has worked in 450 properties in the US, Canada, UK, Singapore & Australia. Her clients includes residents of 1,500sq ft - 15,000 sq ft residential homes to small & large (25,000 sq ft) listed businesses. She regularly give talks and teaches workshops of her techniques and has been featured in magazines, newspapers and on television.

    Tracey was personally trained for 9 years by the western world's leading Space Clearing Pioneer and Author, Karen Kingston.
    Since 2002, Tracey has also been studying with the Clairvision School of Meditation & Spirituality, in Meditation and Inner Space Techniques (IST). She is a Clairvision IST Practitioner & Entity Clearer.

    Contact Information ::
    e :: tracey@red-alchemy.com
    Tel :: Tracey 415.744.4979 or Sheila 626.488.8805

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11041 :: Complementary Currency :: 08.24.11

    Project Butterfly,Mindshare LA,Sanjay Sabnani,Hollis Doherty,Micki Krimmel,Heather  Schlegel,complementary currency



    Date :: 08.24.11

    Time :: 7:00-11:00pm

    Location :: Downtown Independent Theater| 251 S. Main St. LA 90012

    Facebook Link :: Click Here

    Price :: $10 in Advance | $15 at the door | $5 Student

    Registration :: Click Here





    Mindshare LA & Project Butterfly are Proud to Present:

    The State of Complementary Currency and Transaction



    "The only currency I value is the coin of the spirit."

    -Kinky Friedman



    How we trade with one another is integral to getting getting work done and building communities. Throughout history, markets and technology have spurred the innovation of how money changes hands. As times are changing, new exchange systems are popping up, including digital currency such as Bitcoin and community bartering systems built on social capital. On August 24th, come join Mindshare LA and Project Butterfly to discuss the future of exchange with a panel of currency innovators.



    7:00pm :: Doors, Food & Happy Hour 1/2 Priced Drinks

    Mix and mingle with the most exciting minds of LA!

    The Little Cart will be serving up delicious treats from 6:45pm onward.



    8:00pm :: Program includes:

    Hollis Doherty / Screenwriter and Currency Activist

    Micki Krimmel / Founder & CEO, NeighborGoods

    Heather Schlegel / Futurist

    Sanjay Sabnani / CEO, CrowdGather, Inc.



    Objectives:

    * To explore the past, present & future of alternative currencies based around social and digital exchange by way of a panel and audience discussion;

    * To provide an opportunity for attendees to interact with each other;

    * To debut a skill-sharing interface with which attendees can communicate their needs and offers to each other.



    This will be both a panel discussion and experiential practice (discussing your needs and offers with others).



    9:30pm - 11:00pm :: Skill-sharing, Mingling & Rooftop Drinks

    Join us on the splendid roof top of the downtown Independent for drinks, surrounded by the downtown LA sky line.



    More about the Panelists:



    Project Butterfly,Hollis Doherty,Complimentary Currency,Worgl

    Hollis Doherty is a writer, actress, and currency activist. A lifelong passion for protecting the Earth's natural resources led her to a Biology degree at the University of Colorado. When she recently discovered the true story of the currency experiment in Woergl, Austria, which happened during the Great Depression, she flew there to research and ultimately write a screenplay, "The Miracle in Woergl", currently in pre-production. She believes that our sustainability problems are a systemic result of a faulty monetary mechanism, and that reorganizing the tools of human exchange will ultimately provide the solutions we need from a causal, and not result oriented basis.



    Project Butterfly,Micki Kimmel,Neighborgoods,Mindshare LA,Complimentary Currency

    Micki Krimmel is the founder and CEO of NeighborGoods.net where neighbors save money and resources by sharing goods and skills in a safe community.



    <Project Butterfly,Heather Schlagel,Complimentary Currency,Futurist,Mindshare LA,Heather Vescent

    Heather Schlegel is a futurist, technologist, and cacophonist. She has helped build and launch over 50 Internet products in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles since 1996. Her research projects include alternate/virtual currencies and transactions; the impact of technology on identity creation and positive wildcards. Schlegel is primarily known by her online moniker, heathervescent, where she explores the intersection of technology, culture and identity.



    Project Butterfly,Sanjay Sabnani,CrowdGather,Inc.,Mindshare LA,Complimentary Currency

    Sanjay Sabnani is the Chairman and CEO of CrowdGather, Inc. Sanjay is a serial entrepreneur and business strategist with a long-standing passion for the Internet and Technology industry and online network community building. Sabnani has been an active proponent of message boards since 2002, when he acquired General Mayhem, his first message board community. He continued acquiring forums until he decided that it was time to focus on turning this portfolio into a business with the launch of CrowdGather in 2008. CrowdGather's forum network has grown to over 150 million monthly pageviews and 15 million monthly unique visitors. CrowdGather is working on developing SpreadTrust: a secure two-factor authenticated, cloud-based wallet for bitcoins which should be released by the end of the year.



    Thank you to our Community Partners ::

    Project Butterfly,Mindshare LA,Burbank Green Alliance

    Burbank Green Alliance :: www.BurbankGreenAlliance.org



    Project Butterfly,Echo Park Time Bank,Mindshare LA,Complementary Currency

    Echo Park Time Bank



    Project Butterfly,Evolver LA,Mindshare LA,Complementary Currency

    Evolver LA



    Project Butterfly,Gather Green,Mindshare LA

    Gather Green



    Project Butterfly,Green Business Networking,Mindshare LA

    Green Business Networking



    Project Butterfly,Hub LA,Mindshare LA,Complementary Currency

    The Hub LA



    Project Butterfly,Earthflow,Larry Santoyo,Permaculture

    LA Permaculture Guild & Earthflow Design Works

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11040 :: Gnawa Trance & Dance :: 08.17.11

    Project Butterfly,Lyna Monfray,Gnawa,RhythmPharm,Greg Ellis,Trance Dance



    Date :: 17 AUG 2011

    Time :: Thurs 7:00pm - 8:30pm

    Location :: Project Butterfly Loft | 821 Traction Ave. #108 LA 90013

    Facebook Invite :: Click Here

    Tuition :: S15 in Advance | $20 at the Door

    Registration :: Click Here



    An introductory session to Gnawa Trance & Dance

    with Moroccan Healer Lyna Monfray



    Ecstatic communing through dance can reveal hidden thresholds though which we may gain passage to visionary experiences ancient and timeless. Through intention setting and radical trust of our bodies' innate wisdom, we can connect to an inner fire or energy that is vital and purifying. Being initiated into dance as a healing and spirituality modality is gracefully transformative.



    Lyna, a noted Moroccan healer deeply practiced in leading ecstatic dance rituals, will present a rare introductory session about this Sufi dance form to those unable to frequently travel to Morocco in order to work with her. Those seeking a deeper understanding of this experience are especially encouraged to attend.



    Lyna Monfray is directly descended from the Gnawa Brotherhood, she was introduced to the rhythms and rituals of these masters of sound as a very young girl. From regions south of the Sahara, the Gnawas represent, one of the Sufi brotherhoods, a branch of healer musicians. They use musical rhythms to awaken and gradually raise the vibratory level of our senses and bodies.



    Lyna will also speak about a two day TRANCE and DANCE workshop (August 20th-21st) she will facilitate in an enchanting home in the Hollywood Hills. This workshop is an exceptional opportunity to be expertly led by into ritual possession through elusive trance states. Deep healing is induced within participants through altering consciousness with hypnotic rhythms and ecstatic dancing.

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11036 :: Pablo Amaringo :: 08.16.11

    Project Butterfly,Pablo Amaringo,Howard G. Charing,Ayahuasca,Indigenous,Visionary Art



    Date :: 16 AUG 2011

    Time :: Tuesday :: 7:00pm - 9:30pm

    Location :: Project Butterfly Loft | 821 Traction Ave. #108 LA 90013

    Tuition :: $10

    Registration :: CLICK HERE



    The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo

    presentation & booksigning by co-author Howard G. Charing



    Recognized as one of the world's great visionary artists, Pablo Amaringo was renowned for his intricate, colorful paintings inspired by his shamanic visions. A master communicator of the ayahuasca experience--where snakes, jaguars, subterranean beings, celestial palaces, aliens, and spacecraft all converge--Amaringo's art presents a doorway to the transcendent worlds of ayahuasca intended for contemplation, meditation, and inspiration.



    Illustrating the evolution of his intricate and colorful art, this book contains 47 full-color reproductions of Amaringo's latest works with detailed explorations of the rich Amazonian mythology underlying each painting. Through their longstanding relationship with Amaringo, coauthors Charing and Cloudsley are able to share the personal stories behind his visions and experiences with Amazonian people and folklore, capturing Amaringo's powerful ecological and spiritual message through his art and words.



    With contributions by Graham Hancock, Jeremy Narby, Robert Venosa, Dennis McKenna, Stephan Beyer, and Jan Kounen, this book brings the ayahuasca experience to life as we travel on Amaringo's visionary brush and palette.



    Project Butterfly,Howard G Charing,Pablo Amaringo,Ayahuasca,Indigenous,Art,Spirituality,Amazon



    About the Authors of The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo ::

    Pablo Amaringo (1938-2009) trained as a curandero in the Amazon, healing himself and others from the age of ten, but retired in 1977 to become a full-time painter and art teacher at his Usko-Ayar school in Pucullpa, Peru. The author of Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman, his art has been displayed throughout the world. Howard G. Charing is a director of the Eagle Wing's Centre for Contemporary Shamanism and the co-author of Plant Spirit Shamanism. Peter Cloudsley is a musicologist, writer, and the founder of the Amazon Retreat Centre in Peru.



    Project Butterfly,Howard G Charing,Pablo Amaringo,Ayahuasca,Indigenous,Art,Spirituality,Amazon

    Howard G. Charing & Pablo Amaringo

    Since the late 90's, Howard G. Charing has organised journeys to the Amazon Rainforest and the Andes to work with the shamans and the curanderos 'jungle doctors' (healing and visionary plants) of this area. He has written numerous articles, many with original source interviews about the Amazonian plant medicines, and has worked with some of the most respected shamans in the region. He is co-author of 'Plant Spirit Shamanism', published by Destiny Books (USA) 2006.



    Kombucha poured and provided by Hannah Crum of Kombucha Kamp

    Project Butterfly,Kombucha Kamp,Hannah Crum



    Sponsored in part by Evolver.net & Reality Sandwich



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11039 :: Awakening the Feminine :: 08.18.11

    Project Butterfly,Reena Desai,Awakening the Feminine



    Dear All,

    We apologize for the short notice but Thursday's event has been postponed until Saturday, September 17th. Reena will be offering a very special Awakening the Feminine Half Day workshop that has been in much demand. More information coming soon! Please save the date. Contact Reena for more information at reenaddesai@gmail.com.




    Date :: 08.18.11 :: POSTPONED

    Time :: 7:30-9:30pm

    Location :: PB Loft | 821 Traction Ave. #108 LA, CA 90013

    Facebook Invite :: Click Here

    Donation :: $10 in Advance | $15 at the door

    Questions :: reenaddesai@gmail.com





    Awakening the Feminine

    An Introduction to Ancient Feminine Knowledge for Modern Life

    for women only



    We live in a very special moment in time, a time of great Feminine Awakening! After centuries of living in a masculine society, women feel a deep inner calling to return to our truest nature, to our beauty, grace and power.



    Exactly at this moment in time, ancient sources of feminine knowledge are returning back to modern life to guide us into this Awakening. Some of the most authentic sources of feminine knowledge and development come to us from Ancient India, a time in which women were the cultural pillars of society and worshipped as goddesses.



    This workshop will be an introduction to ancient, authentic feminine knowledge of India and the East. We will specifically introduce a core methodology based in Awakening and Developing a woman’s feminine essence and how to practically apply this system in daily life. Based in ancient principles, this methodology has been developed for more than 20 years adapting to the realities of modern life. Thousands of women around the world have benefitted from this system, experiencing greater beauty, success, harmonious relationships and connection to their highest calling.



    We welcome you to join a community of sisters to honor your highest selves and create a field of support and transformation. Be prepared to move by dressing in comfortable clothing you feel beautiful in!



    Project Butterfly,Reena Desai,Awakening the Feminine

    Reena Desai bridges the world of personal and social transformation through feminine empowerment work.Connected to the ancient feminine traditions of India, she coaches women in how to open and live authentically in their feminine essence as the source of their greatest inner development, external success and service to society. Based in LA, she travels throughout the US and India coaching women and leading workshops.



    “Reena's way, background and beauty made her the perfect one to bring forth these principles. I feel energized and different about myself and my beauty as a woman.” Lyn Hicks, Entrepreneur

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11037 :: Yawanawa Project Fundraiser :: 08.11.11

    Project Butterfly,Yawanawa Project,Santo Daime,Hartmut Neven,Paulo Roberto Silva e Souza,plant medicines,indigenous,entheogens



    Date :: 08.11.11

    Time :: 7:00-9:30pm

    Location :: PB Loft | 821 Traction Ave. #108 LA, CA 90013

    Donation :: $20 in Advance | $25 at the door

    Registration :: Click Here



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    Yawanawa Project Fundraiser

    with Paulo Roberto Silva e Souza

    an Introduction by Hartmut Neven

    & an Opening Invocation by Sunny Solwind



    The Yawanawa Project presents an innovative approach to preserve an indigenous culture and the Amazonian rain forests it depends on. The project was started by a group of people who look at indigenous entheogenic medicines with diverse neurobiological, pharmacological, anthropological or spiritual interests but who share the conviction that the knowledge of how to safely provide for entheogenic experiences ought to be regarded as world cultural heritage. This shared appreciation allows participants with very different backgrounds, indigenous or urban and from various countries, to find common ground in working together towards the preservation of this heritage. We have the hope that this expertise can be monetized and form a revenue stream for the Yawanawa in a way that will allow the tribe to continue a lifestyle that sustains their environment. In part we arrived at this approach by studying various alternative models of aid that have been tried before but that failed. An important aspect of this project will be to entice at least a few members of the tribe's younger generation to devote themselves to learn the "profession" of a shaman because otherwise the tribe will lose this living tradition that has survived millennia.



    The presentations will address the various aspects of the project, talk about the Yawanawa tribe and their homeland, the most important medicinal and sacramental plants, make the case why this knowledge is worth preserving, how it has the potential to revolutionize our understanding of the working of the human mind and report on the progress the project has made so far.



    Project Butterfly,Paulo Roberto Silva e Souza,Santo Daime,Yawanawa Project,entheogens,indigeonous

    Paulo Roberto Silva e Souza received his degree in psychology from the University Gama Filho in Rio de Janeiro and began his professional carrier as a psychologist at the Pinel Hospital Suicide Prevention Center and the Ana Freud Clinic and Health Center Saint Romain in Rio de Janeiro. In 1976 he had first experiences with Santo Daime in Amazonia and was initiated by Padrinho Sebastiao. In 1982 he founded the first Santo Daime church outside of the Amazon in Rio de Janeiro which he still leads today. In 1985 he organized and led a multidisciplinary commission for the Brazilian government that conducted scientific research on the use of sacramental plants in the Acre and Amazonas states which led to the legalization of the church of Santo Daime in Brazil. As psychotherapist and shaman he introduced Daime ceremonies to 14 countries.

    In 1989 Paulo worked with IBAMA, the Brazilian Environmental Protection Agency, to preserve 1.6 million acres of national forests in the state of Amazonas, now the National Forests Mapiá, Inauini, and Purus. In conjunction with the UNEP-United Nations Environmental Program he implemented projects of environmental protection, forest extension and development for the Amazon. In 1994 he created the first National Heritage Private Reservation in Rio de Janeiro. He was a guest lecturer at Harvard University on environmental problems and solutions in Amazonia. Since 2008 he has been working on the project Eco Park Topo da Mata in the Natural Heritage Private Reservation.



    Project Butterfly,Hartmut Neven,Yawanawa Project,Paolo Roberto Silva e Souza,entheogens

    Hartmut Neven studied Physics and Economics in Köln, Paris, Tübingen, Aachen, Jerusalem and Brazil. He wrote his Master thesis on a neuronal model of object recognition at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. In 1996 he received his Ph.D. from the Institute for Neuroinformatics at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, for a thesis on "Dynamics for vision-guided autonomous mobile robots". Dr. Neven was assistant professor of computer science at the University of Southern California at the Laboratory for Biological and Computational Vision. Later he returned as the head of the Laboratory for Human-Machine Interfaces at USC’s Information Sciences Institute. Neven co-founded two companies, Eyematic for which he served as CTO and Neven Vision which he initially led as CEO. Today he is director of engineering at Google where he manages a team responsible for advancing Google’s visual search technologies. Teams led by Neven have repeatedly won top scores in government sponsored tests designed to determine the most accurate face recognition software. In collaboration with D-Wave he developed the first image recognition system based on quantum algorithms which was demonstrated at SuperComputing07.



    Project Butterfly,Sunny Solwind,Paulo Roberto Silva e Souza,Yawanawa Project,music

    Sunny Solwind is an artist and a musician. His work echoes universal and archetypal themes that celebrate our connections to nature, the Divine and each other. He focuses on shamanic & ritualistic traditional and contemporary music, utilizing sound as a tool for transformation and honoring the Sacred. His offerings are reminders, perhaps portals that connect us to the Divine within ourselves, and that touch, awaken and heal that place within each person that wants to shine. www.solwindfeather.com

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11034 :: Deeksha :: 08.06-07.11

    Project Butterfly,Deeksha,Jesse Somers,Kay Moonstar,Sri Bhagavan,Spiritual



    Date :: 6-7 AUG 2011

    Time :: SAT :: 10:00am-10:00pm | SUN :: 10:00am- 6:00pm

    Location :: Project Butterfly Loft | 821 Traction Ave. #108 LA 90013

    Tuition ::

    Advanced Registration :: $195

    Oneness Blessing Givers :: $95

    Door Price :: $225 at the door

    Registration :: Advanced - Givers



    Deeksha :: "Oneness Awakening" with Jesse Somers



    Experience Powerful Processes for Awakening

    Explore the Oneness Phenomenon & meet the Kalki Avatar

    Be Initiated to Give the Oneness Blessing



    The Oneness Blessing or "Deeksha" is non-denominational gift of Divine grace, intended to benefit each one's unique spiritual growth & healing, whatever their chosen spiritual path. This Deeksha is a hands-on transfer of Divine Energy that initiates a profound process of personal discovery & awakening into higher states of consciousness. The process activates the Kundalini energy & facilitates the neuro-biological shift that is necessary for ongoing Spiritual Awakening.



    2012 has long been prophesied as a time of tremendous potential for awakening human consciousness. In India 2011/2012 is seen as the timeframe when the consciousness of the Kalki Avatar will express as a powerful 'Oneness Phenomenon', making Enlightenment & God Realization possible for sincere spiritual warriors everywhere.



    The Oneness Awakening course is designed to connect you with this Oneness Phenomenon & to initiate you to be able to transmit its powerful Deeksha energy of transformation to others. During the weekend we will be meditating via live webcast with Sri Bhagavan, founder of Oneness University, India. We will experience powerful practices for awakening, explore the Oneness Phenomenon in depth & connect with the consciousness of the Kalki Avatar directly.



    Project Butterfly,Deeksha,Doug Bentley,Spirituality



    Oneness Guide Doug Bentley will also join us live from Oneness University, India for an interactive teaching session via Skype. Doug is a resident monk at the University, beloved for his refreshing down-to-earth way of sharing insights from his own experience.



    Project Butterfly,Deeksha,Jesse Somers,Spirituality



    The weekend is facilitated by Jesse Somers, MA, Certified Oneness Trainer. Jesse is a lifelong student of yoga & meditation & has been trained at Oneness University, India to initiate people in the Oneness Awakening process.

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