December 2019
Yogacise — Yoga + Exercise
Enjoy yoga and complimentary exercises to increase your flexibility and strengthen your muscles. Improve your yoga poses. Relax & rejuvenate with accurate breathing technique. Taught in English and Japanese as needed. About the Instructor Hazuki Homma is originally from Japan, where she studied classical and modern dance. Since moving to NYC, she completed the Teacher Training Course at OM Yoga as well as international student training programs at Dance New Amsterdam and HB Studio. She has had the wonderful fortune…
Find out more »Vibration: SAORI KANDA Art Performance with LÄLE SAYOKO
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents VIBRATION: SAORI KANDA art performance with Sufi Dance artist LÄLE SAYOKO on Friday, Dec 6 2019 from 7 – 9 pm. VIBRATION brings together two internationally touring artists known for improvisationally translating music into visual art and movement. In conjunction with the live performance, an exhibition of Kanda’s paintings will be on view in the CRS lobby. Painting with bare hands, brushes, sometimes throwing paint, 2019 Independent Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair Audience Award Winner SAORI KANDA…
Find out more »Holiday Craft Fair
Shop for handmade and all-natural incense, soaps, crystals, jewelry, pottery, etc., enjoy short healings and spiritual readings, and try delicious homemade food from a variety of friends/vendors from the CRS community!
Find out more »Miracles in Manhattan with Dr. Jon Mundy: Remembering God
CRS presents Miracles in Manhattan, lectures on the teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) and related texts and topics by Jon Mundy, Ph.D. and occasional guest lecturers, hosted by CRS Founder Yasuko Kasaki. The December lecture topic is Remembering God. “The miracles is the only device at our immediate disposal for controlling time. Only revelation transcends it, having nothing to do with time at all.” — ACIM T-1.i Miracle Principle 48 ~ $25 per person with advanced purchase online, by…
Find out more »Spiritual Healing Clinic
Mondays from 6:30 – 7:20 pm (please arrive by 7 pm) Tuesdays from 7 – 7:40 pm (please arrive by 7:30 pm) Monday’s Healing Clinic usually begins with a short mediation Suggested Donation $20. No one turned away due to lack of funds. http://www.meetup.com/ACIM-healing Bring any issue you are facing right now — physically, emotionally, mentally, and/or spiritually. With eyes closed (you will be seated and a healer will stand nearby; no touching is involved), a CRS healer, trained in A Course…
Find out more »A Course in Miracles Monday Classes
Mondays 7:30 – 9 pm Taught by Yasuko Kasaki, assisted by Christopher Pelham Wednesdays 8 – 9:30 pm Taught by Christopher Pelham Know your life purpose and the meaning of your current situation clearly. Communicate with your Inner Teacher. Heal yourself and others. These ongoing classes focus on mind training designed to help you to experience the lessons and loving wisdom of ACIM. Each class contains some lecture from the ACIM Textbook, some discussion and Q&A, and typically 10 – 20 minutes of…
Find out more »Iyengar Yoga
Iyengar Yoga for beginners to more serious practitioners — both gentle and strenuous with highly beneficial postural adjustment. Classes are given in Japanese and English. Instructor Hiromi completed her teacher training in Iyengar B.K.S. in 1986,
Find out more »ESSENTRICS Gentle Stretch with Betty
Essentrics is a full-body stretching and toning workout that’s great for most levels. This class builds strength, flexibility and range of motion while releasing stress. Essentrics is also known as “Classical Stretch,” the #1 fitness show on American Public Television. It is a full-body, dynamic stretching workout that safely shapes and rebalances the body. Essentrics conditions not only our muscles but also bones and joints. This unique stretching-in-motion program rapidly creates a long, lean and strong physique with immediate changes to posture. Essentrics’ simple…
Find out more »Guided Meditations Inspired by A Course in Miracles
Given by Yasuko Kasaki (and by Makiko Mizuta and Christopher Pelham when she is away each March, July, and Nov) Tuesdays from 6:30 – 7 pm Free http://www.meetup.com/ACIM-meditation/ Please join us in the sharing of miracles. Here, your mind can come to rest and you can remember true peace. No experience with meditation is required, and everyone is welcome. We ask only that you make it your intention to sit still, quiet in body and mind, and to listen to; receive and…
Find out more »Kundalini Workshop
Ananda Mandala is a Chakra clearing meditation designed to raise Kundalini energy. This guided meditation involves vigorous (Pranayama) breathing techniques. Diksha is an energy transfer that works by activating Kundalini energy. This creates a gradual shift in consciousness, freeing you from the suffering created by the mind, balancing the body’s natural healing energies and attuning the brain to higher levels of awareness. Diksha does not belong to any religion or belief. It is a universal energy that can be received…
Find out more »Exhibition: Matters — Works on Silk by Aomi Kikuchi
CRS presents MATTERS, an exhibition of nine works by the award-winning Brooklyn-based artist AOMI KIKUCHI. Best known for her exquisite Yuzen silk kimono dyeing and work with other delicate fabrics, which have been exhibited in galleries and museums all over the world, KIKUCHI here depicts frogs on triple-layered silk organza in a variety of natural settings as well as among human-made objects. To maintain the softness and ‘unreliability’ of the gauze, she refrains from sewing or tightly stretching it. The fragility and…
Find out more »ASCA — Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Support Group
ASCA New York City is a support group for adult survivors of child abuse. We meet weekly to give one another emotional support and an opportunity for expression of feelings, thoughts, memories, hopes, insights, and education on the subject of child abuse. Our meetings follow the Adult Survivors of Child Abuse (ASCA) program as designed by the Morris Center in San Francisco. The format is similar to that of 12-step programs with some significant differences. Similarities include directed readings, short…
Find out more »Chakra Balancing Meditation
As a group, we tone the sacred sounds of each chakra 7 times, creating an energetic flow that loosens and removes blockages and releases negative energy stored within. The sound of the toning creates a vibrational reaction within the body, which causes stillness and relaxation. We begin with a breathing exercise, followed by toning, and ending with an open circle to share the experience and/or ask questions. This is a meditation, and a self-healing practice. Chakra balancing meditation is excellent for the beginner and the experienced. We all have seven main chakras…
Find out more »Iyengar Yoga Thursday classes
Iyengar Yoga for beginners to more serious practitioners — both gentle and strenuous with highly beneficial postural adjustment. Classes are given in Japanese and English. Instructor Hiromi completed her teacher training in Iyengar B.K.S. in 1986,
Find out more »Kalika Moonchild Lunar Alchemy: Monthly Transformations
Full Moon Yoga Kalika Moonchild Presents Lunar Alchemy: Monthly Transformations, a gathering hosted by Jenna Devine. Our monthly workshop is a fusion of Kundalini Yoga, Full Moon Ritual, Sound Meditation and Alchemical work that empowers personal growth and transformation. Join us as we gather in the Full Moon to release what no longer serves us on our paths to living our fullest lives. About the Instructor Jenna Devine “It always seems impossible, until it is done.” – Nelson Mandela. My…
Find out more »ZERO GRASSES: Workshop & Concert by Vocalist/Multi-Instrumentalist/Composer Jen Shyu
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents CROSSING BOUNDARIES Concert Series Vol. 11: ZERO GRASSES, curated, created and performed by Steinway Artist, Guggenheim Fellow and USA Fellow JEN SHYU (photo by Caterina Di Perri). This powerful autobiographical work arose out of an intense period of self-reflection following the sudden death of JEN SHYU’s father and a visit to a fertility clinic. Effortlessly weaving together music, monologue and video projection, SHYU traces the threads of her life to explore the painful terrain…
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USAATO Clothing Exhibition & Sale
CRS welcomes you to the winter exhibition of USAATO eco clothing. The USAATO staff will personally help to select and coordinate the garments that would suit you best! USAATO shares beautiful traditional clothes made in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The clothing is designed by Japanese haute couture designer Usaburo Sato with fabrics made by the caring hands of the Thai people. The fabrics are mostly made of hand-spun cotton, silk and hemp, picked in mountains and villages, naturally dyed from plants…
Find out more »CRS Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer
Join us for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) Prayer! Led by Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko and CRS Healer Christopher Pelham, we create a safe space in which to let go of our small selves and recognize the divinity in one another and within ourselves. When we do so, we can trust ourselves to fully experience our feelings with the awareness that they cannot hurt us, or overwhelm us, or change us at all, because we are…
Find out more »Cosmic Dance Sound Healing Bath
Please join us for a restful and empowering evening of sound healing and therapeutic movement with Alfonso Alexander and Shoko Tamai. Together, Alfonso and Shoko bring a unique combination of energy that is filled with love to empower others through sound and healing dancing body movement. In their spiritual journey, Alfonso and Shoko service communities in many parts of the world by combining ancient and modern therapeutic modalities with their precise intuition. Alfonso and Shoko specialize in infusing your unique journey…
Find out more »Songs of Winter Light Solstice Celebration Concert with Kristin Hoffmann & Friends
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents SONGS OF WINTER LIGHT: A SOLSTICE CELEBRATION WITH KRISTIN HOFFMANN AND FRIENDS on Saturday, December 21, 2019 from 7:30 – 9 pm. Dive into a deep ethereal musical journey of life, growth and spirit with renowned vocalist, pianist, and song-weaver Kristin Hoffmann, Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko, and special guests. This concert also features “Water Forms Winter,” photography by Rise of Troy. Tickets are $20 and are available by phone (212-677-8621), at CRS,…
Find out more »January 2020
Kalika Moonchild Lunar Alchemy: Monthly Transformations
Full Moon Yoga Kalika Moonchild Presents Lunar Alchemy: Monthly Transformations, a gathering hosted by Jenna Devine. Our monthly workshop is a fusion of Kundalini Yoga, Full Moon Ritual, Sound Meditation and Alchemical work that empowers personal growth and transformation. Join us as we gather in the Full Moon to release what no longer serves us on our paths to living our fullest lives. About the Instructor Jenna Devine “It always seems impossible, until it is done.” – Nelson Mandela. My…
Find out more »Persian Daf (Sufi drum) classes
Dear friends, we are excited to have Kamyar Arsani‘s Persian daf lessons at CRS on a monthly or near monthly basis! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn to play a magical instrument from a master who learned from masters in Iran. Kamyar has been playing and singing for decades and recently for our Sufi Dance events at CRS when he is in town and taking us ever deeper into the heart. Daf is a big frame drum with lots…
Find out more »Persian Music Concert with Percussionist/Vocalist Kamyar Arsani
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents a soulful program of Sufi and Persian songs with D.C. based Percussionist/Vocalist Kamyar Arsani. The program will take place on Saturday, January 11, 2020 from 5 – 6 pm. Tickets are $20 and light refreshments will be served. Sufism, as the mystical dimension of Islam, preaches peace, tolerance and pluralism, while encouraging music as a way of deepening one’s relationship with the Creator. Based on the mystical branch of Islam, Sufi music seeks to…
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