27/09/2025
I'm DJing an "ecstatic dance" tomorrow starting at 11am. Outdoors and by the River. Here's a mix I mixed yesterday for your listening preview. Below is the forwarded email with parking, agreements and community events from Mike Meyers and Becca Perry. Email to send for being on their email list included. Enjoy and hope to see some of y'all at the Karly Loveling song "flash mob" at noon or this evening at the Bright parade.
Dj mix: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_AbaiSBXIMbNxjmgtScTFpe2mALgh6fN/view?usp=sharing
Forwarded email deets;
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This Sunday DJ and wellness practitioner Gabriel Springsnow leads the dance journey! Also below is a community calendar by Becca Perry...thanks for joining community expression and connection.
Sunday, September 28, 2025 , 10:15 am to 1 pm (dance at 11:15,)
Dance is located at River and Merry Lane cross-section on the bikepath.
Parking at 118 Merry Lane, please invite others who need movement and connection in their lives.
[email protected] to get on its mailing list:
-Free
-10:15 Wimhof Breathing and cold plunge w Dennis, 11:15 dance
- Open to all ages and species
- Dance gathering 11:15 am
- Free form movement
- Great dj’s and sound system
- Ecotherapy experience
- Led by LCSW social workers
- Community Garden cultivation and harvesting
- Water, bathrooms, shady "community space"
- Instruments welcome
- Nature grove On THE RIVERBANK!
- Exercise balls, soccer balls, frisbees, other games
- Spectacular bubbles
- Community journaling book with your entries read in closing circle (anonymously)
- Professional Massage machine
-Chalk Art
-Community-building afterwards
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Note: housing situations sought by community dancers including a couple people new in town. [email protected] for leads.
All Events:
Oct 2 , 6-8pm: NVC (Non-Violent Communication) Practice Groups
Location: McNail Riley House (601 W. 13th Ave.)
Cost: Free
Come learn and practice NVC, Non-Violent Communication. These communication skills will enhance ALL your relationships, especially the one with yourself! Learn to identify negative emotions, your needs- desires behind those emotions, and find strategies to get your needs and the needs of those you care about, met. So you can feel good and have satisfying relationships. First and third Thursdays.
Oct 16, 7-8:30pm: Bhakti Heart (Kirtan)
Location: Unity of the Valley (39th and Hilyard)
Cost: $10-20 suggested donation
Bhakti Heart is a duo project of singer-songwriter Laura Kemp and multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter, Len Seligman. Join us for a joyous, uplifting gathering, chanting sacred sounds from diverse traditions. All are welcome, regardless of musical experience or spiritual background. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Sep 24, 10:30am-12pm: Community Song Circle with Kelsey
Location: 197 W. 31st Ave
Cost: Free
Weekly on Wednesdays.
Sep 27, 12-1:30: Flash Mob! Veggie Medley
Location: Lane County Farmer's Market (8th and Oak)
Cost: Free
Please join us Saturday, 9/27, at NOON in the alley between Park St and Willamette/7th and 8th. We’ll cook up 2 veggie songs and get clear on how we’ll serve them up before heading in to make some Veggie Medley Flash Mob magic! Karly will be teaching the songs. "Trust me… You CAN learn them! If you need to buddy up with someone who’s already familiar, you can do that, too. It’s totally FREE and FUN! No perfection expected. Bring friends and family to add to the Medley magic."
Sep 27, 12-2pm: tHE ART of Grief
Location: McNail-Riley House (13th and Jefferson)
Cost: Free
Free monthly art workshops for expressing grief (4th Saturdays). Materials included (donated by MECCA). Please bring a journal if possible and pictures/items for a community altar. For more information, contact Michael Glownia at [email protected].
Oct 2, 4-5:30pm Community Women's Circle with Boicicani
Location: Stargate Lotus Room (1374 Willamette St, #5)
Cost: Sliding Scale $11/22/33 (Pay what you can, no one will be turn back from lack of funds!).
1st Thursday of every month until December 2025. This is an invitation for connection, singing, embodiment practices, earth base practice & authentic relating exercises. Every month there’s a new theme and every circle will be craft with love and intention but also adjust to the group's needs and collective cycles.
Oct 2, 6:30-8:30pm: GRASP (Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing)
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church (1885 W 13th Ave)
Cost: Free
Jill (Jaimari) Leffingwell, LCSW, is leading a local chapter of GRASP, which provides help, compassion, and most of all, understanding, for individuals who have had someone they love die as a result of substance use. First Thursdays. For more information or to pre-register (optional), call or text 541-654-7733 or email [email protected]. GRASP website: www.grasphelp.org.
Oct 3, 5:30pm: First Friday Art Walk
Location: Various, including The Farmers Market Pavilion (8th and Oak) and New Zone Gallery (11th and Oak)
Cost: Free
Monthly Art Walk featuring local and regional artists. Music and food. It's a great time!
Oct 5, 10am-12pm Honoring the flow of Water: Water Prayer Blessing
Location: Fern Ridge Reservoir, Royal Ave (https://maps.app.goo.gl/3GKajVyPaCCPZG9k6?g_st=ipc)
Cost: Free
We extend a heartfelt invitation to all wisdom keepers, elders, children, mothers, and fathers to join us in a sacred water prayer blessing ceremony. Bring your instruments, songs, and offerings as we gather to honor the life-giving force that connects us all.
Oct 13, 6-8pm: Fireside Council
Location: Given after RSVP
Cost: Free
Cascadia Quest holds a free Fireside Council once a month. Ready for deep connection? Join us at our outdoor covered fire circle for a free council event for teens and adults. To RSVP, please go to here.
Oct 21, 7-8:30pm: Internal Family Systems
Location: 70 E Howard Ave
Cost: Free (with optional donations)
Mike Meyer, Jill Leffingwell and Becca Perry provide an introduction to Internal Family Systems concepts, along with discussion and exercises. Third Tuesdays.
Nov 21-23: Yachats Dance and Music Retreat
Location: Yachats Inn.
Cost: $285-315 for individuals (see link below for more pricing options, including couples), includes food and lodging for Friday dinner through Sunday lunch
Three days of dance, music, workshops, movement, healthy vegetarian meals, coastal splendor, community, lodging, more. World class leaders, hot tubs and swimming next to the ocean, food provided, wood dance floor for inside/outside dancing at the ocean. Contact [email protected] to sign up. More event info: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ct3QMPAYv/.
Every Sunday, 11am-1pm: Community Ecstatic Dance
Location: Merry Lane and the River Bike Path
Cost: Free (opportunity to make a donation)
We have been meeting weekly for ecstatic dance every Sunday since April 2020. Dance is a great way to get your body moving to your own rhythm while experiencing supportive community. More details are available via Mike Meyer's dance email list ([email protected] to sign up). All ages; families encouraged to attend. Bubbles, frisbees, balls, games... come play with us!
Sundays, 5pm: Letter Writing to Prisoners
Location: Wandering Goat Coffee (268 Madison St)
Cost: Free
