APRIL 25 - May 1 @ CHANGES

HERBAN CURA YOGA SCHEDULE

EVERY WEEK AT CHANGES!

all classes are sliding scale $5-20

DM @herban.cura or text 646-505-8439 to confirm attendance. 

*Bring a mat if you can and any props or tools you need for your practice. 

AND... Introducing Allegra who is teaching the restorative yoga class where we warm-up with an invigorating vinyasa sequence, build heat and link body, breath, and mind. Wind down with a 20 minute slow flow.

Allegra completed her 200-hr RYT training in Rishikesh, India in 2012. Since then, she has taught yoga in Brooklyn, Barcelona, and Manhattan. Her classes center on bringing awareness to the body, breath, and mind. 

TUESDAY 7-8:30 pm
Vogli Bonze - Selina Doroshenko - Elynor Freyss. 
Sliding scale donation - $5 to $20

Elynor Freyss - 1st - a (mysterious) performanceElynor is mysterious; I caught a glimpse in 2016 and learned of potential relocation to California. Turns out Freyss is tucked away in Virginia. Unclear if we will be joined in person, or transmitted a piece long distance.

Selina Doroshenko 2nd - a (moonlight) performance"selene dreme the moon goddess (drives brightly across the heavens, at full-speed through the night)presents moon charm school with the following 5 tenets : love, poise, humor, attentiveness, clarity"Selina is funny, smart, charming and open. She is my oldest friend. She has excellent style. She is a true artist. 

Vogli Bonze - 3rd a (wild) performanceI witnessed Volgi Bonze busking in the Essex street subway on my way to Changes last Sunday. I stayed and watched him play for a few songs, and took his card. He is in New York until April 29th. He is unlike anyone I have ever seen. Come watch him perform!

WEDNESDAY 3-5:30 PM

MESS at Changes / Sarah Chow with Hayden Dunham 

Messy Chhhanges. Conversation with Clay. Composting Community and Care. Real time interfacing; a network exchange. you, me, we, touching soft materials, becoming malleable, subject and able to change. We put our hands in clay. We make shapes, take forms, facilitate openness.

Come play with clay at Changes. The                                                                                       session will be recycled or composted.

WEDNESDAY 6-7pm OPEN GROUP MEDITATION. 

Community is an important part of a sustainable meditation practice. We will be sitting in the space every Wednesday. Feel free to pop in for a quick 5 minutes, sit for an hour or anything in between. Basic instruction is available upon request by emailing transchanges@gmail.com. 

WEDNESDAY 7:30 - 9 Malia Scharf Breathwork Class

Suggested donation sliding scale 10-20. 10 spaces available.  Please RSVP to malia.scharf@gmail.com 

Breathwork is a self-healing active meditation technique that is available to you simply with intention and breath. This practice allows you to release emotional gunk such as frustration, anger, and grief as you allow your heart to soften and open, making room for love and healing to come through. This is an opportunity to let your body reset itself and allow your mind to take a break. The beauty of this work is that it gets to places and emotions we didn't even know were there. 

We come together on this New Moon to make space for our dreams and plant our seeds.  Now more than ever we are being called to align with our highest selves and dreams. Self-care and love is a radical practice. This is a drug free experience that is likely to get you high and woke in the best way. I humbly open this experience of transformation in whatever way you need. Come breath yourself clean and leave feeling open, inspired, light, and ready to receive.

Malia will be fully present with some sweet tunes, essential oils and smudges to assist you in your healing journey. 

Malia is a woman, writer, healer, creator, empath and earth lover. She finds balance in living life in tune with nature, and doing the work to empower and know herself as she learns to uplift and empower others. She has studied and practiced energy work and breathwork and embraced yoga, plant medicine, and sacred ceremonies as some of her beloved allies in life. 

Bring an eye cover if you have one. 

FRIDAY 8 PM The Holy Mountain Screening.

The Holy Mountain (1973 film) La montaña sagrada (The Holy Mountain, reissued as The Sacred Mountain) is a 1973 Mexican surreal fantasy film directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also participated as a set designer and costume designer on the film.

MONDAY 7:00 PM Doula Workshop with Joani Bogus
RSVP TO abogus@artic.edu. All donations will go to Amurtel Greece, a women’s non-profit organization sending volunteer midwives, doulas, and breastfeeding specialists to Syrian refugee camps in Athens. 

Ever had a baby? Ever seen a baby? Ever been a baby? Then this could be for you!!!

Joani is a doula based in Florida who helps bring babies into this weird world. Her practice involves supporting mothers *before, *during, and *after childbirth, *physically, *mentally, and *spiritually, with their *births, *bodies, and *babies. It’s a triple trinity! Come learn about the facts of life, and BONUS!!!! Joani will teach us how to make all natural Loquat deodorant and Plantain diaper rash (or any rash) balm from scratch! Make some and take some.  

<3 THIS WEEK @ CHANGES. APRIL  19 - 24 <3

HERBAN CURA YOGA SCHEDULE

EVERY WEEK AT CHANGES!

all classes are sliding scale $5-20 <3

DM @herban.cura or text 646-505-8439 to confirm attendance. <3

 *Bring a mat if you can and any props or tools you need for your practice. 

AND MORE MORE MORE:

WEDNESDAY 6-7pm OPEN GROUP MEDITATION. 

Community is an important part of a sustainable meditation practice. We will be sitting in the space every Wednesday. Feel free to pop in for a quick 5 minutes, sit for an hour or anything in between. Basic instruction is available upon request by emailing transchanges@gmail.com. 

Sunday 12-3:30 Reiki with Joy Curtis

Reiki is a relaxing and energizing tonic for the energetic body. Joy will offer 30-minute Reiki sessions that may include detoxification, chakra balancing, or emotional healing, depending on the needs of the client. $30.  

Joy Curtis is an artist engaged at the intersections of spirit culture and the built or made object. A level 3 Reiki practitioner, her work reflects an interest in healing and traverses the notion of space from architecture to the body and back. 

RSVP required. Please email joyecurtis@gmail.com

4-5 pm Graham Marks group Acupuncture for Politically Induced Stress. $5 suggested donation (or more if you can). Please RSVP to transchanges@gmail.com, space is limited!

If you are finding the stress of the post - election world manifesting as physical or emotional symptoms, acupuncture is an effective method to provide stress relief. It has been used by Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) throughout the world as a method to treat traumatized citizens in New Orleans, Haiti, Nepal, and after events such as hurricanes, tornados and wildfires in other places in the United States. We will offer an AWB community-style acupuncture clinic, in which everyone will receive treatment together at the same time, sitting in a quiet relaxing space. The treatment takes about one hour, wear comfortable and warm clothes.

The Acupuncturist: Graham Marks M.Ac has been in practice for over twenty years and has worked with Acupuncturists without Borders in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake and in Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy.  Apart from his work with Acupuncturists Without Borders, he has a classical Five Element acupuncture practice in Manhattan near Union Square. http://www.grahammarksacupuncture.com

All proceeds go to Acupuncturists Without Borders

Sunday Sound bath with Grace Osborne 7:30pm. 

Grace will bring her singing bowls and other percussive instruments to take us on a journey which she describes as, "...a welcoming invitation to rest and reflect. Through this 60 minute journey we will reconnect with ourselves through receiving and creating sound to reestablish a sense of being that is open, centered, and grounded. Meditation practitioners of all levels are welcome."

Bring something comfy to sit or lay on. Chairs and rugs provided. RSVP to transchanges@gmail.com. Sliding Scale $10 - 20 

MONDAY at 4PM

Kayla Guthrie broadcasts her show Live Presence ... live at Changes with special guest Brenna Murphy. & Live streamed @  know-wave.com 

... Or just stop come hang out with us @ 19 Essex Street anytime Thursday - Monday 1-7 pm. 

SOUND MEDITATION with 

GRACE OSBORNE <3

Grace will bring her singing bowls and other percussive instruments to take us on a journey which she describes as, "...a welcoming invitation to rest and reflect. Through this 60 minute journey we will reconnect with ourselves through receiving and creating sound to reestablish a sense of being that is open, centered, and grounded. Meditation practitioners of all levels are welcome."

Grace Osborne is reiki practitioner, sound artist, and musician. Currently, she is a doctoral student at NYU writing her dissertation on vibrational and sound healing modalities. 

SUNDAY, 4/16

7:30PM

AT CHANGES, 19 ESSEX STREET

RSVP IS NECESSARY AND LIMITED TO 20 PEOPLE <3

SLIDING SCALE $10-20

April 11-17 at CHANGES

HERBAN CURA YOGA SCHEDULE
EVERY WEEK AT CHANGES!
all classes are sliding scale $5-20 <3
DM @herban.cura or text 646-505-8439 to confirm attendance. <3

 *Bring a mat if you can and any props or tools you need for your practice. 

HERBAN CURA YOGA CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:

Aya Munayaki WITH MARIA

Maria began her yoga practice with Sri Dharma Mittra three years ago and deepend the learning with Yogaveda's teacher training program. She offers an hour-long Hatha practice. It's time to deepen the awareness in the body, move, sustain and invite breath into every moment. She teaches what she practices, the cultivation for deeper receptivity in order to harmonize, align and evolve. Seeing herself transform through yogic practices she's happy to share this practice with anyone who feels inspired to join. This class is offered to all levels. 

Yoga for Deep Healing WITH SEBASTIAN

A holistic class combining various traditions to address deeply rooted, chronic, and subtle tension and imbalance. We will practice three things in combination to achieve a deep strengthening and retraining of the nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems: deepening our mental awareness into other realms of bodily experience, creating freedom in our breathing, and a very slow movement practice that will work with the strength of the breath, core, and spine to reopen the natural flows of our energetic pathways.

Yoga WITH ANTONIA

Antonia received her yoga teacher certification from Sivananda Yoga in 2013.  For the past four years she has been practicing contact improv and other forms of body movement. Her class blends dance teachings with her Hatha yoga training to inspire a more intuitive and connected practice. 






ALSO AT CHANGES THIS WEEK:

WEDNESDAY 6-7pm OPEN GROUP MEDITATION. 

Community is an important part of a sustainable meditation practice. We will be sitting in the space every Wednesday. Feel free to pop in for a quick 5 minutes, sit for an hour or anything in between. Basic instruction is available upon request by emailing transchanges@gmail.com.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12TH

HERBAN CURA FULL MOON CELEBRATION 

Herban Cura invites you to an intimate evening of reflection, relaxation, intentional conversation and delicious food and tea as we observe the wisdom of the full moon on April 12th. Bring an offering like food, flowers, a poem, anything you may feel inspired to share. We are excited to continue settling into our residency with Changes and hope to align with the greater cycles and each other, see you there and let us know if you can come. (RSVP to herbancura@gmail.com)

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APRIL 17 AT 4PM

LIVE PRESENCE LIVE AT CHANGES

Live Presence on Know Wave radio with special guest Unsay, hosted by Kayla Guthrie

Broadcasting live from Changes and on know-wave.com

(ironically this pic of Unsay was taken at Nothing Changes ;)

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4/2-4/9 AT CHANGES

WOWOW SO EXCITED
TONIGHT IS OUR GRAND OPENING @ CHANGES 19 ESSEX.

Come through from 6-7 for open door group meditation if you wish. Join from 7-9 to chill and listen to music by Grace Elaine Osborne.


Grace is a doctoral student at NYU studying both Historical Musicology and Ethnomusicology. Currently, Grace is studying and practicing a variety of vibrational healing modalities while exploring the process of listening and sound as an artistic practice.




FRIDAY

Are you stressed by the post-election world?? 

Come to the Acupuncture Clinic for Politically Induced Anxiety, Rage, Insomnia, Fear and Trauma. 

Friday, April 7th at 4-5pm

If you are finding the stress of the post - election world manifesting as physical or emotional symptoms, acupuncture is an effective method to provide stress relief. It has been used by Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) throughout the world as a method to treat traumatized citizens in New Orleans, Haiti, Nepal, and after events such as hurricanes, tornados and wildfires in other places in the United States. We will offer an AWB community-style acupuncture clinic, in which everyone will receive treatment together at the same time, sitting in a quiet relaxing space. The treatment takes about one hour, wear comfortable and warm clothes.

The Acupuncturist: Graham Marks M.Ac has been in practice for over twenty years and has worked with Acupuncturists without Borders in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake and in Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy.  Apart from his work with Acupuncturists Without Borders, he has a classical Five Element acupuncture practice in Manhattan near Union Square. http://www.grahammarksacupuncture.com

SATURDAY

JOIN HERBAN CURA at CHANGES APRIL 8TH 4-6pm. Pre-registration required. RSVP HERE.
This workshop focuses on the shifts in season and how these changes impact our body, mind and spirit.
We believe that healing in a community space is a powerful way of reconnecting with each other, ourselves and the world around us. ~~
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In this two hour workshop we will discuss the seasonal changes we are noticing, learn about about teas that can support these changes, breath-work to awaken the hibernated winter energy, whole body cleanses, oiling techniques and plants to seed indoors. ~~
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All participants will leave with •4oz bottle of body massage oil
•A plant that you have seeded and will watch grow through the season •breathwork techniques that you can incorporate into your day to day routine ~~
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SUNDAY

12-3PM PANCAKE PARADISE pancake breakfast by Annabeth Marks... suggested donation $10 for a stack of pancakes and some fruit compote. Available until the batter runs out! 

then...

This event will take place between Changes storefront and Seward Park across the street.

Collecting donations for the Queer Detainee Empowerment Project. Bring some cash to support!

CLICK HERE for more information about their work. 

Welcome to CHANGES, a place temporarily located at 19 Essex Street, NY, NY 10002.

CHANGES is a trans/fluid project inspired by anarchist bookstores, DIY project spaces, intentional communities, apartment galleries, junk shops and community centers.

WHO IS CHANGES?

“We” is simply the group of people accumulating at the bottom of this page. Hopefully it will grow to incorporate as wide a community as possible of artists, musicians, activists, poets, writers, thinkers, teachers and other creative, thoughtful people. So, please pass this on to the people you consider community. Our temporary location was generously donated by Nancy Linn and Eva Lewitt. 

WHAT HAPPENS AT CHANGES? 
Who knows?! Changes is open to all kinds of projects and ideas. Changes will be set up as a clubhouse, library and shop where you can buy goods like: herbs, zines, tea, clothing, chapbooks, mixtapes, jewelry, non-archival artworks, textiles, ceramics, perfume, patches and other wearable means of communication, rugs and general political, healing and spiritual paraphernalia. The goods for sale are a mixture of for and not-for-profit. Proceeds from non-profit sales will go to orgs chosen by each artist.

The space is open for a variety of activities like: political events, discussions, seances, skill-shares, yoga, treatments, dinner, lunch, breakfast, snacks, tea, meditation circles, chill zone, concerts, jam sessions, movies, draw-ins, art therapy, sound baths, reading groups, clothing swaps, stitch & bitches and performances.

All news and updates will be recorded on this blog and on our instagram account @chhhanges. If you'd like to send us an email to join/participate/communicate, our address is transchanges@gmail.com.

CHANGES is accessibly located on the ground floor.

Image: Lygia Clark, Estruturas Vivas, 1969 Paris