Village Fall Festival, Pasadena (11/22)

Village Fall Market and Festival, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 at 12:00 pm | Eventbrite

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WHAT HAPPENED?

Why gather? To build community.

A thousand or so people from the community and far afield gathered on the grounds of Muir High. The main stage moved to the lawn area to accommodate dancing and grooving to live music and DJ Common. The food trucks were barbequing and one maestro of the kitchen had special raw vegan offerings -- three kinds of savory pizza and plantain cinnamon rolls. The most attractive offerings among all the nonprofit stalls and kiosks was the Healing Village with yoga, breathwork, sound baths, reiki, massage, and energy healing under tents. Even visitors from Pacific Palisades enjoyed it. It was six hours of socializing and visiting a booth to go on camera to tell the tale of Altadena and the area before and after the Eaton Fire.

(Rhythms of The Village)

VILLAGE FALL FESTIVAL: The Fall Festival is back at Pasadena's Muir High School, where we’ll host the foothill community for day of healing, joy, and unity! Free. RSVP on EVENTBRITE.

• Village Fall Festival (free, Pasadena's Muir High School), Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup
• Village Fall Festival (FREE, Pasadena's Muir High), Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup
• Village Fall Festival (FREE, Pasadena's Muir High), Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup

Celebrating the vibrant, multicultural spirit of Altadena, let's DANCE together, EAT together, and SHOP together.

Join us for an afternoon of live music and drumming, food, art, and healing vibes as we celebrate commUnity at our traditional Village Fall Festival presented by Rhythms of the Village and LA Commons and Oh Happy Days Vegan Cafe.

• Village Fall Festival (Rhythms of The Village)
• PHOTO GALLERY from Village Spring Festival

Let's dance, eat, laugh, and sing together so our stories get heard! Explore a vibrant marketplace of art, handmade crafts, jewelry, clothing, and more with 50+ vendors, including Altadena artisans displaced by the Eaton Fire.

Live multicultural entertainment goes throughout the day on the big stage, including the Rhythms Family Band, led by the legendary Baba Onochie Chukwurah. There are also activities for children.

Healing individuals and community

Village Fall Market and Festival

Free healing workshops and sessions go on in the "Altadena Healing Village":

• yoga,
• Reiki,
• acupuncture,
• sound healing,
• massage therapy.

NEW Storytelling Booth: Altadena residents can share and record their stories. Delicious food from various cultures.

Vendors: Makers sell handcrafted or vintage items only: Apply here. Sponsorships are still available.

This magical festival and marketplace unites us. Many cultures coming together as ONE Tribe. There are children’s workshops and a magical line up of entertainment throughout the day. Tasty foods... 50+ makers of items handcrafted with love.

Some of these artisans were displaced from Altadena, crafters who create jewelry, art, wearables and more... Vendors apply here. It runs for six hours starting at noon, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025.

• Location: John Muir High School
• 1905 Lincoln Ave.
• Pasadena, CA 91103
• FREE: Nov. 22, 12:00 pm PST
• Village Fall Market & Festival
• Sat., Nov 22, 2025 at 12:00 pm

How to get there? Covered parking. Family friendly event. Why did the location change? Previous site behind the Rhythms of the Village store and Oh Happy Day Vegan Cafe came down during the Eaton Fire. Organized by Emeka Chukwurah. #arts #music #festival #multicultural #musicfestival #Altadena #familyfriendly #Pasadena

• Emeka Chukwurah, Baba Onochie Chukwurah (rhythmsofthevillage.com); Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Jen B., Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly

Help wanted creating Ekaterina Sky's mural

Fellow Los Angeles Fire victims, navigating through Altadena and seeing murals on some of the remaining walls is encouraging. From the ashes of our communities, people are offering art as visual support.

Wisdom Quarterly is inviting artist Ekaterina Sky, who once had a studio in Lincoln Heights, to form a group (art collective) to adorn another wall.

She envisions people affected by the fire coming together to set intentions for Los Angeles and the planet and create a mural.

This is to express loss and instill a sense of wonder and hope, bringing community together to envision a new world.

• DETAILS: Prayer for the Earth: A Mural for Healing, Unity, and Environmental Renewal, Altadena, Los Angeles (canva.com)

The Plant Based Treaty | Eat Plants, Plant Trees

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If interested in participating (or know of an available wall), please contact Ekaterina and us at:

• Email: artist@ekaterina-sky.com
• Instagram: ekaterina.sky.art
• Website: ekaterina-sky.com

Altadena Mural Zoom Logistics Meeting

UK-based street artist creates animated GIFs using street graffiti (mentalfloss.com)

• When: Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 5:00–6:00 pm (PDT)
• Where: us06web.zoom.us/j/4827388921?pwd=VFNETGtuejlzMDZUQXU4VWVsZHArZz09

• Painting may begin on July 18, 2025, depending on this Zoom.

For this interactive art project and installation, we are partnering with Jane Goodall's Roots and Shoots, The Plant Based Treaty | Eat Plants, Plant Trees; PasadenaWeekly.com; Oh Happy Days Vegan Cafe; and others.

• RSVP and message Ekaterina and Seven to participate:
• (Disclosure Project) Attention artists, HELP WANTED creating mural in Altadena with Ekaterina Sky, Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 11:11 AM | Meetup
• (PasaDharma) Attention artists, HELP WANTED creating mural in Altadena with Ekaterina Sky, Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 11:11 AM | Meetup
• (Nature Center) Attention artists, HELP WANTED creating mural in Altadena with Ekaterina Sky, Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 11:11 AM | Meetup

Amazing art of Alex Grey; Ekaterina Sky (ekaterina-sky.com), canva.com, Voyage LA Magazine (photos, 10/21/24), text by JP, Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Meetup), Wisdom Quarterly

FREE: Spring Festival Pasadena (5/24)

WHAT HAPPENED?

Flyer for the Village Spring Festival

It was a massive success with more than 2,000 guests. That means it will be back, and this may become its permanent location. It was formerly held biannually in Altadena behind Oh Happy Days Vegan Cafe and Rhythms of the Village by the secret pot shop that got raided. The Aztec Dancers dazzled as did the drum troop. There was a whole healing area with FREE massage, acupuncture, aromatherapy, reiki, yoga, an Aztec sound bath, and spiritual healing tents all in the service of healing the community. It is a very big campus, and the main stage was not the focus. There was a raw vegan chef (Henry Chukwurah of Lawndale at 310-628-8991) and various food trucks spread throughout, with lots of community service agencies and arts and crafts vendors. The dancing was all around the various music acts that followed a long jam by Onochie and Friends. This might be better as a multi-day event that goes deep into the evening like an Asian Night Market.

• Altadena Healing Hub: altadenahealinghub.janeapp.com
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  Winnie Chan Wang (heartcenter.la) did heart centered integrative wellness, which is available every Wednesday night at 7:00 pm (PT) in person and on Zoom. This is a FREE weekly gathering for healing, connection, and transformation. 2801 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107 (in the back, down Wenger Alley).

Event details

FREE: Village Spring Festival (Muir High School, Pasadena) HEALING | JOY | UNITY | LET'S DANCE, EAT, AND SHOP TOGETHER.

The annual Spring Festival is back at a new location to support the Altadena, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, Foothills, and San Gabriel Valley community for a day of healing, joy, and unity.

• VILLAGE SPRING FESTIVAL
• SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2025, 1:00-7:00 PM
• JOHN MUIR HIGH SCHOOL
• 1905 LINCOLN AVE., PASADENA

✨ 50+ unique vendors: Explore a vibrant marketplace full of art, handmade crafts, clothes by local Altadena artisans

✨ Healing workshops

✨ Discover the magic of Rhythms Family Band led by the legendary Baba Onochie Chukwurah. Experience the magic as music, storytelling, and drama as they unite in a captivating performance

✨ Food vendors and food trucks

✨ Live multicultural performances

✨ Download flyer

RSVP FREE:

• (Disclosure Project) FREE: Village Spring Festival (Muir High School, Pasadena), Sat, May 24, 2025, 1:00 PM | Meetup
• (PasaDharma) FREE: Village Spring Festival (Muir High School, Pasadena), Sat, May 24, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup
• (Nature Center) FREE: Village Spring Festival (Muir High School, Pasadena), Sat, May 24, 2025, 1:00 PM | Meetup
• VILLAGE MARKET & FESTIVAL — RHYTHMS OF THE VILLAGE

Harvest Festival Party, Los Angeles (free)

Mom, you're embarrassing me. Sit down already. I'm going home. They're laughing at you.

Fall is here, and everyone is invited to a be in and gathering at Rhythms of the Village, above Pasadena in Los Angeles. Join us for a multicultural festival of music, foods of all kinds (lots of vegan stuff), crafts, arts, dancing, healing, and more with over 50 vendors, ethnic traditions and kids' workshops. There's a big stage and thousands are expected for this biannual event.

Come cozy up and socialize as things cool, fall sets in, and it starts getting dark sooner. Ananda will lead a group meditation and healing near the main stage, Cody will perform, and Korean dance with vegan Sam (for her plantbasedtreaty.org) and food from the Cosmic Breezeway Cafe and trucks and food stalls, healer Janell, and doula Tori (flowwithtori.com) for yoga amid the massage tables.

• Village Fall Fest & Fashion Show
• Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, noon-6:00 pm
• Rhythms of the Village (BACK LOT)
• 2279 N. Lake Ave., Altadena, LA 90001

DETAILS AND FREE TO RSVP:

• Disclosure Project: Dharma Buddhist Meditation
• Nature Center: Dharma Buddhist Meditation
• PasaDharma: Dharma Buddhist Meditation
• Vendors can sign up at rhythmsofthevillage.com @1rhythmsofthevillage
• Ameca and Anoche (rhythmsofthevillage.com); Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Jen Bradshaw, Dhr. Seven, Keith (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Leap in solar energy technology achieved

Jeremiah Budin, MSN News Technology, 2/25/24; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

If this is really what the solar system contained, we'd have a photo of everything in one frame

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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, have succeeded in creating a system that can capture and store solar energy for up to 18 years and can produce electricity when connected to a thermoelectric generator. The implications of this breakthrough are major: with it, solar energy can be stored and sent anywhere in the world then converted into electricity on demand. More:

• Researchers achieve breakthrough in solar technology: a radically NEW way of generating electricity from solar energy and storing it for many years
• VIDEO: Time-lapse from space of huge tornado on surface of the sun captured
• Total solar eclipse coming in April 8, 2024
• James Webb Space Telescope finds neutron star mergers forge gold in the cosmos: 'It was thrilling'
• Scientists are designing a supercollider so powerful it could push the boundaries of modern physics

Develop and practice Reiki skills (10/18)

Kerri Draper, Huntington Beach Reiki, Santa Ana, California; Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation, Disclosure Project), Jen B. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Enjoy an evening of meditation, Reiju ("attunement"), and Reiki energy healing. We start the evening with a very brief meditation then practice Reiki on each other, taking turns on the massage table.

The chakras are energy centers of the body.

The instructor attunes everyone during the healing session and is available to work with anyone who wishes. Groups of three form to alternate hands on healing.

This is a great time to meet others in the group and practice healing skills. For those who are new to Reiki, come enjoy a night of healing.

• Cost: usual donation is $5-20.
• Everyone is welcome.
• Disclosure Project: Learn and practice hands on healing: Reiki with Attunement, Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 7:00 PM | Meetup
• Nature Center: Learn and practice hands on healing: Reiki with Attunement, Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 7:00 PM | Meetup
• PasaDharma: Learn and practice hands on healing: Reiki with Attunement, Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 7:00 PM | Meetup
• Huntington Beach Reiki, Santa Ana
• A Modern Shaman podcast, Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 2:00 PM | Meetup
• Weekly Guided Mindfulness and Sound Bath Experience, Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 7:00 PM | Meetup

"A Modern Shaman" (weekly podcast)

Isabella (MMS); Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Is plant medicine supposed to hurt?

Each week there's a half-hour podcast called "A Modern Shaman," a heartfelt broadcast that delves into the stories that make us who we are. It gives tangible tools to live a "high vibe" life. Tune in each week and turn on to a more empowered you.

Find previous episodes on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, and more. Or simply go to shamanisabella.com. The show wants to hear the thoughts of listeners, what they would like to learn and even stories the audience wants to share.

Although the show was designed for women, many men have been listening and learning as well. Here is a direct link to all previous shows: A Modern Shaman Podcast

• A Modern Shaman podcast, Thursday, June 1, 2023, 2:00 PM

Learn and practice hands on healing w/ Reiki

Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Wisdom Quarterly; Huntington Beach Reiki

The world needs healers, and our meditators need all the support they can get.

Why? Learning to relax body and mind to be able to cultivate mindfulness and insight is simple, but it's not easy.

Calling all natural sensitives and those wishing to learn to soothe the pain of suffering beings.

We'll be like the deva Avalokitesvara ("The One Who Hears the Cries of the World") raised to the status of Buddhist Goddess of Compassion: Kwan Yin (Kwannon, Guanyin, the Virg Yin Mother).

• For CARPOOLING from LA area, please contact Seven.

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There are seven main chakras along the spine

Enjoy an evening of meditation, Reiki (reiju = "attunement"), and healing. Get attuned then get right to sharing healing energy with one another.

This is a great way to meet others and practice developing healing skills. For anyone new to it, come enjoy a night of being healed. Everyone will receive an attunement (to be able to do Reiki) during this session. Everyone welcome.

• Donation: $5-20
• Huntington Beach Reiki
• 2730 S Harbor Blvd Suite H
• Santa Ana, CA
• (Unit H is inside "Harbor Business Park," in Building 2730, on Harbor Blvd. between Warner and Segerstrom)
• Disclosure Project: Learn and practice hands on healing, Wed, April 5, 2023, 7:00 PM | Meetup
• Nature Center: Learn and practice hands on healing, Wed, April 5, 2023, 7:00 PM | Meetup
• PasaDharma: Learn healing with Reiki attunement, Wed, April 5, 2023, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Spring Equinox: FREE Nature Walkabout (3/18)

Dhr. Seven, Cathy, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Jen, Wisdom Quarterly

Breathing begins to move the prana/chi/qi.

It's Spring Equinox and Los Angeles finally has enough water and a snowline to green our hills and meadows.

Come enter the forest (sacred Hahamongna now Pasadena's Watershed Park) for a walkabout and art paint out.

Guard the land; it supports all

It honors the Tongva American-Indians. Meet Hahamongna Plant Nursery and Arroyo Seco Foundation's Tim Brick, the Conservancy's Tim Martinez, and others local land stewards and volunteers.

Learn about the local flora and fauna -- the healing plants, mushrooms, and wildlife of the foothills -- and have a special energy healing (Reiki and Jyorei) offered by Seven and Cathy.

As we gather near JPL and the Gabrielino Trail next to the Pasadena River (headwaters of the old Porciuncula* now the Arroyo Seco), we will sit, enjoy yogic ecstatic breathwork, energy healing, and socializing at our station.

• *LA's original name, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula ("The Settlement of Our Lady Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula," the LA River named after St. Francis' church, Italy).

Buy local and plant local native plants.

(Yes, a large river runs through Pasadena even if few know about it and the city is doing much to divert and block it so that it nearly dries up before reaching the Rose Bowl.)

This riparian environment will be introduced to participants to protect local habitat and welcome spring.

• COST: FREE!
• DETAILS: The Great Hahamongna Paint out and Walkabout | Visit Pasadena

• Disclosure Project: Spring Equinox: Hahamongna Walkabout, Saturday, March 18, 2023, 9:00 AM | Meetup
• Nature Center: Spring Equinox | Meetup
• PasaDharma: Spring Equinox | Meetup

Also happening on the grounds in the upper parking lot at the end of the entrance road is our friends' simultaneous event:

• The School of Self-Reliance's lock workshop (schoolofself-reliance.com)
• Oncology Reiki Practitioner Certification, 3/30/23 | Meetup

Allergies? Bionase infrared light for hayfever/rhinitis (wish.com)

Tibetan Healing: Cleansing (video)

Meditation & Relaxation Music, 11/19; Crystal Q., Ashley Wells, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Tibetan healing sounds clean aura and environment, removing all negative energy

Looking at Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet/China

This 30 minute audio is a powerful Tibetan healing meditation using music that is calming, peaceful, and relaxing. Tibetan Healing Sounds by Paradise Music is also available. Subscribe to the channel for new videos. Here can be found musical video compositions, such as meditation music, relaxing music, music that helps relieve stress and anxiety, music for focusing and concentrating, music for imagination and creativity. All will help one immerse oneself in one's inner peace to easily find the solutions needed. There is also healing music for Reiki and Zen and spa music, or sleepy music to help soak up consciousness and plunge into deep sleep. The goal is to help people relax and meditate, to give rest from somatic tension and modern way of life, to lead to harmony with oneself and nature. Namaste.

YOGA: Breathe like Darth Vader (video)

ERB; Adriene; Melissa Eisler (chopra.com); Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Learn the Victorious Breath (Ujjayi Pranayama). Let's focus on breathing techniques of inspiration for yoga fueled by the breath (prana). Ujjayi is a great tool for Hatha Yoga and is used to focus the mind and assist in the synchronizing movement and breath. Connect to the ocean's sound and ride the wave of breath (yogawithadriene.com). Intro song by Shakey Graves (facebook).

Learn Ujjayi, an Ancient Yogic Breathing Technique

Looking to simultaneously relax and energize mind and body? The answer may be an ancient yogic breathing technique called Ujjayi.

Ujjayi (pronounced oo-jai) is commonly translated as “Victorious Breath” and has been used for thousands of years to enhance Hatha Yoga practice. Also commonly referred to as the “Oceanic Breath” and occasionally “Darth Vader Breath,” the sound that Ujjayi provides helps us to synchronize breath with movements during yoga posing, making the entire yoga practice more rhythmic.

Benefits of Ujjayi Breathing

Ujjayi has a balancing influence on the entire cardiorespiratory system, releasing feelings of irritation and frustration, encouraging calm and serenity as it helps calm mind and body. With Ujjayi, there are many benefits, providing good value for a simple practice. Here are a few benefits one may enjoy as a result of practicing the Ujjayi breath regularly: More

Chi Energy Secrets revealed (Valentine's Day)

Ananda M. (Dharma Meditation Initiative), Dhr. Seven, Ellie Askew (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Love (metta) is what we are about.

What is the Buddhist view of romantic love? Study meditation on Valentine's Day this year as we connect (one of Dr. Lustig's "4C's") with one another. Guest reveals secrets of QiGong and Reiki (energy healing). We can learn to heal ourselves and gain clarity and evolve spiritually. We'll see a hands on demonstration of polarity energization and balancing then practice. Question and answers, vegan snacks, kombucha, and socializing. FREE to those who RSVP:

• Dharma Meditation Initiative, Los Angeles
• Thursday, Feb. 14th, 2019, 7:00-8:30 PM
• The Neighborhood Church, Room #23
• 301 N. Orange Grove Bl., Pasadena, CA (MAP)
• More information: (626) 241-8642

Breatharianism: "Light" documentary (video)

LightDocumentary.com; Eliza Darcey, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Light: a free food source humans can consume

Can we live without eating any food or taking any drink? Yes. But, but, but...

Whatever we may want to say about it or however much doubt we bring to the topic, some people are already living without food and drink.

The Bodhisatta (Buddha-to-be) almost did it once with the help of devas, who wanted to pour deva food into his pores. But he did not want to mislead people who widely knew that he was fasting and/or living on very little food.

There are documented cases of people who are alive today without taking in calories or liquids, just breath (prana, chi, qi, kyi, spiritus).

It is possible to live on sunlight like plants and to produce sustenance in the form of the nectar of the devas, amrita, from under the tongue with yogic exercises and pranayama or "breath control." More

Anyone inspired by "In the Beginning There Was Light” and its message or by the articles on breatharianism (subsisting by "eating" only breath) on the lightdocumentary.com site may share information with the community via website, blog, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram...
 

"10 YEARS OF RESEARCH AND 5 YEARS OF FILMING"

Director P.A. Straubinger did ten years of research on the controversial topic of inediam a.k.a. "breatharianism." He writes in his extensive director's statement about the scientific and philosophical background of "Light," its message, possible misunderstandings, and unpublished research material. 

As I write this statement in the background section I will allow myself to answer the tagline of my film right away because it creates so much misunderstanding. This is a "spoiler." So if you have not seen the film and want to be surprised, please STOP reading! More

Love Bomb Meditation, Yoga, Massage (free)

Ananda M. (Dharma Meditation Initiative), Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly

The marriage of wisdom and compassion

What will it take to for Buddhist meditation (the development of calm and insight) to be possible?

FREE $100 massages? At our "Read, Practice, Hugs" session, everyone agreed love is often the missing ingredient.

There were so many endogenous chemicals (third eye/pineal gland secretions of DMT) flowing around the room that we agreed to make a hugging option a regular feature of our sessions.

This week we'll relax with Yoga Massage for self and others, open hearts with powerful Ecstatic Breathwork and Reiki to reach profound states of serenity. Followed by mindfulness exercises and a group reading of the Heart Sutra.

What to bring: Loose comfortable top to expose back, towel, water, crystal (optional), vegan snacks and RAW juices for sharing and socializing.

• Love Bomb Meditation, Yoga, Massage (free/by donation)
  
• 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, Thursday, April 26, 2018
  
• The Sequoyah School @ Neighborhood Church 
• 301 N. Orange Grove Bl., Rm. 23, Pasadena, CA

Dharma Meditation Initiative - UCLA - Disclosure - Dharma Punx - PasaDharma