Jesse Ohliger

Jeet Kune Do
Jeet Kune Do or The Way of the Intercepting Fist is a martial art founded by the great martial artist, philosopher and actor, Bruce Lee. Sometimes referred to as “Scientific Street Fighting”, Jeet Kune Do uses the principles of bio-mechanics to develop the practitioner into a skilled martial artist for self-defense with simple, effective and highly refined combat skills. Learning and understanding the “roots” or fundamentals of human movement for the martial arts is the foundation for the skilled martial artist. Jeet Kune Do practitioners develop their physical tools to kick, punch, trap and ground fight in all three ranges of distance; long, medium and close, at high proficiency. Unlike most martial arts schools, Nirvana JKD Society does not train members for combat sport competition but for real life situations so that they can protect themselves and loved ones. As a Nirvana JKD Society member you can expect to learn the following; Verbal and non-verbal de-escalation skills for violence prevention, Jeet Kune Do philosophy, mindful awareness, punching, kicking, Trapping Hands, Ground-fighting, Simultaneous defense and attack (counter-attacking), principles of bio-mechanics to develop explosive speed and power, body conditioning for martial arts, strength and mobility, weapons training and defense and much more! Have a chat with head instructor Jesse Ohliger to learn more about what Nirvana Jeet Kune Do Society has to offer you

Please wear comfortable clothing and sneakers suitable for exercise/training

Elvis Perkins

Elvis Perkins has released three full-length collections of songs, two under his own name (Ash Wednesday (’07 XL Recordings) & I Aubade (’15 MIR) and one under the band name Elvis Perkins in Dearland (’09 XL Recordings). The band with whom he has toured extensively also released the six-track Doomsday EP in 2009 (XL). In the past three years Elvis has made two film scores: “I am the Pretty Thing the Lives in the House (Netflix, October ’16) and “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” (A24 ’17). A soundtrack album for the latter was released via Death Waltz Recording Co. in March 2017. His last single, There Go the Nightmericans (Dec ’17), with the help of Revolutions Per Minute directs all proceeds to The Emergent Fund which supports communities most threatened by Trump administration policy. Elvis is currently in a Beth Morrison Productions theater piece, HOME, the brainchild of his old friend, Geoff Sobelle (Object Lesson), for which he provides live original music. HOME world premiered at Philly Fringe Arts in 2017 and will be touring internationally through 2019. 

Photo credit: Ebru Yildiz

https://elvisperkins.bandcamp.com/album/there-go-the-nightmericans-clockwork

Ellen Boyce

Vital Being: Creativity and Self Knowledge using the Enneagram of Personality

An exploration of what it means to be creative and how to support your craft with mindful self awareness. Taught by a life coach focused on creativity and trained by the Enneagram Institute in Stone Ridge this interactive class will introduce the foundations of Vital Being and describe the 9 Enneagram types and how they relate to finding the freedom to create.

Ellen Boyce is an actor and life coach with a focus on personal growth and mindful habits. Certified in coaching at NYU, the Atlantic Theater Co and trained by the Enneagram Institute she advocates for self awareness with her private clients and as a member of the Camphill Hudson Players, an integrated theater company in Hudson, NY.

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Donna Mikkelsen

“Collaborative Symmetry” is an interactive art experience that explores symmetry drawing as a means to wellbeing, creative personal realization and community building. It is a wonderful way for strangers to get to know each other, for families to work together, for couples to deepen their bonds, co-workers develop their team building skills through drawing together. Collaborative Symmetry in the theme of “X” : Process: @10-20 mins Art Making: @15-30 mins Participants will  start off symmetry drawing individually to release any inhibitions and bring participants into a balanced state of awareness. Then they begin to work collaboratively. First, working with partners and then building up to drawing in groups of four. Collaborative Symmetry with groups of four create an organic X shape! Once the groups have had some time to work together, each group will be given a large paper and paint pens to create an ephemeral piece of collaborative art. These 4’x4′ collaborative paper “flags” will be hung or strung up in a suitable location. Collaborative Symmetry naturally creates a space where art, well being and community intersect. Participants can also experiment with some 5 person drawings “10 hands for 10 years!” 

Donna has had a little obsession with ambidexterity since she was a small child so it wasn’t completely out the blue when at 19 years old she picked up two pens and started to draw. Something just clicked. Her brain switched on in a new way and she has been exploring symmetry drawing ever since. Symmetry drawing engages both hemispheres of the brain. It creates a balanced, happy, meditative state and has become part of her  daily practice. Donna uses it as a way to connect to her inner worlds, to listen to her body and give expression to things ordinarily unseen.

https://www.ambiarts.net

David Longstreth (Dirty Projectors)

Scarcely a year after the release of the self-titled Dirty Projectors LP, Dave Longstreth’s band returns with a new album that is, in pretty much every way, the YANG to the yin of that record. Coming in at 10 songs, 37 minutes, LAMP LIT PROSE is The Straight Story to the s/t’s Blue Velvet; Punch-Drunk Love to the s/t’s Magnolia.

Lamp Lit Prose, the eighth Dirty Projectors LP, is an album of light and lightness, tenderness and care, melody and fascination and beauty.

The album cover speaks volumes: unbleached linen, an explosion of flowers, the absence of gravity — happy chaos shot in lysergic detail. This version of the classic red-and-blue Dirty Projectors logo features two custom-made sculptural glass objects bending toward each other in taoist harmony — a new configuration that suggests affirming, restorative balance.

Lamp Lit Prose is a REBIRTH: an album of new hopes, new ideas and new collaborators. Song titles read like breathless dispatch from a place of beginnings and elemental forces: ‘I Feel Energy’, ‘Break-Thru’, ‘Lifestyle’, ‘Right Now’, ‘Feel It All.’ Should it be paradoxical that it’s also a return to form? Lamp Lit Prose feels like a RECOMMITMENT to the sonics and ideals of Dirty Projectors albums past, anthologizing the band’s trademarks and wrapping them within Dave’s ever-growing production chops and arrangement sense.

On ‘Right Now’, the album’s scene-setting opener, Dave sings, “there was silence in my heart, but now I’m striking up the band.” It’s true: together with the announcement of a new live band and the first proper tour dates in five years, this album feels like the return of a dear friend — albeit one who always surprised and pushed the sonic envelope. GUITAR has returned to the Projectors’ world, and so has VOCAL HARMONY. These are some of the most intricate and gorgeous vocal arrangements in the band’s catalog — from amazing GUEST ARTISTS including Syd, Amber Mark, Empress Of, Haim (background vox), Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, Rostam, and Dear Nora.

In its unity of taut songwriting, electric emotion and great performance, Lamp Lit Prose stands as Dirty Projectors’ most extroverted and immediately accessible record in quite some time.

In Dirty Projectors’ universe, there are the ‘concept’ records — The Getty Address, Rise Above, Mt Wittenberg Orca, Dirty Projectors [s/t] — and the ‘songs’ records: Bitte Orca, Swing Lo Magellan, The Glad Fact. Lamp Lit Prose is the latter — a stylistically diverse collection of absolute CHUNES — unified around a core of optimism, bonhomie and new love. This is what wild, new, risk-taking music sounds like, from an artist who puts his lyric and his lifeline on the line.

https://home.dirtyprojectors.net/

Cynthia Kim, LCSW-R

An employee of the Institute for Family Health for over 10 years, Cynthia Kim is proud to be a licensed clinical social worker in the state of New York. Ms. Kim completed her undergraduate and doctoral work in Psychology at Syracuse University, and also completed a graduate degree in Clinical Social Work at Columbia University. She has also completed fellowships in Behavioral Science Education and New Faculty Scholars programs within the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. Ms. Kim has a variety of interests within academic Family Medicine, including teaching behavioral medicine, resident and faculty wellness, program development, and social justice. She has presented scholarly activity at both regional and national conferences and holds academic appointments at our affiliate medical schools. At the Institute, Ms. Kim also participates in the Graduate Medical Education Committee, research committee and is a proud member of the Institute’s LGBTQ Health Task Force.

Carlos Osorio

Latin Dance For Everyone

Begin or continue the Wellness Journey with Cumbia, as we warm up in community. Continue learning to lead and follow with festive Merengue, and try simple combinations as partners with Salsa, the spicy thing we do in the dance floor. From beginners to experienced dancers Carlos will guide you to study the tradition and basics of what makes a community thrive and smooth out stresses. No experience necessary. Bring a friend and Wepa! You’ll be dancing.

Carlos Osorio has been teaching the history and the Latin dance styles throughout the Hudson Valley and The Capital Region areas for over 17 years. Mr. Osorio dedicates most of his instruction to seniors in Albany, where he leads a Free Wellness class at Trinity Alliance. Carlos enjoys teaching individuals at any age and does private sessions in Kingston, NY. Besides volunteering with the LGBTQ Community Center every Saturday at 7 pm, in the Fall 2019, teaching Latin dances by donation that benefit the center. Mr. Osorio is available for private parties at 845-417-8682 or visit www.CumbiaSpirit.com

Buddy Valentine

the Move / cardio mashup

The Move is a rah–rah cardio mashup of punching, kickboxing, dance and classic 80’s aerobics set to pop remixes_ We need all levels, ages, genders, races, ethnicities, lovers and fighters on this team. Every day is game day. The time is now. Let’s do this.

Buddy Valentine is a local aerobics teacher, writer and designer as well a O+ alum. She painted the SWAK murals in 2014.

Bruce Milner, DDS

A couple things you may not know about your dentist… If you happen to be from the “Aquarian Age” you may have heard Bruce in some part of your life’s soundtrack. In 1967 while attending Dental College Bruce recorded a record with Every Mothers Son . If the name doesn’t immediately ring a bell hit the YouTube clip and it might find it’s way back into your memory. It was a # 1 radio hit in 1967. Bruce has continued to play music throughout his life and is currently playing with a group of extremely unique and talented musicians called PRANA

Transcend Dental
269 Rte 375 – West Hurley, NY and 57 West 57th St. New York
(845) 679-4000 or (212) 751-6428
brucejaymilner@gmail.com
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