Julian talks with Ahva Lenay, a ceremonialist and founder of Rhythm Sanctuary. Ahva works in conflict resolution as well as facilitating life transitions, rites of passages and ceremonies and in helping create events such as the Wisdom Village at Arise Music Festival.
Learn more:
http://www.rhythmsanctuary.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/44591474049/
https://www.a4uj.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstatic_dance
Partial list of topics (approximate times)
0:00 Introduction - The MeetDelic Conference & the corporatization in the emerging field of psychedelic medicines
6:38 Conversation with Ahva begins

What is Rhythm Sanctuary and Ahva's role in helping found it
How Rhythm Sanctuary has been a community, a place many people have made friends and Ahva has now facilitated 3 weddings of folks from Rhythm Sanctuary
11:38 What is Ecstatic Dance
12:39 Ahva's background with dance and as a dance teacher and her own teachers and journey with learning about dance and embodiment

15:00 - How Ecstatic Dance is a practice and way of finding connection and ecstasy while being Sober together
15:38 - the structure and elements of the Rhythm Sanctuary ritual, including the importance of not speaking on the dance floor
17:30 How Rhythm Sanctuary has saved people's lives
20:38 How Rhythm Sanctuary is not about the DJ, it is co-created by everyone who shows up together.
21:38 the power of sharing in a circle
24:30 Evolutionary reasons for why Public Speaking is so challenging for many
27:00 Ahva's background, being a single mom at a young age, how she lived in an intentional, off grid, sustainable community that included farming on 600 acres
35:38: The human needs for love and joy

How to find your joy and purpose

39:30 New definition of Hierarchy
42:00 Ahva’s witnessing of a wild geese funeral service
42:30 Ahva's work as a Death Douhla and her work as a ceremonialist

Rites of passage

52:00 Prosperity circulator abundance
54:50 - Ahva's work with Conflict Resolution
56:30 - When Ahva was unfairly attacked online for re-starting Rhythm Sanctuary and had her own brush with 'cancel culture'
65:30 Ahva's connection and roles with Arise Music Festival
1:12:00 - Ahva's work with Conflict Resolution and the Alliance for Unitive Justice which is based on Restorative Justice.
1:19:34 - the poem 'Courting the Muse' by Tiffanie DeBartolo, read by Ahva.
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