Karen Tate is auditioning to have her own talk show, sponsored by Oprah!
Please go to the website and watch her video and VOTE - you can vote as many times as you want until the polls close on July 3rd.
Please support Karen who supports all women to be empowered.
http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=6905
Calling all Female Drummers and Percussionists!!
Written by Kris Katsuko Oster
Ladies -- I'm in the final stages of my dissertation research and I need your help.
Please fill out my survey, link is below and pass it on to all other female drummers and percussionists that you know.
I need both amateur and professional drummers to fill it out.
This is a cross-cultural study and is focused on Brazilian women drummers who are practitioners of Candomble.
Note: You do not need to be a practitioner of Candomble to participate in this study!
Cakes for the Queen of Heaven - Part I "Ancient Times"
Series begins on Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 3:00pm
Interactive Online Course Series on Goddess Spirituality
In my own hunger to learn more about the Sacred Feminine and Herstory, I decided to study and teach the Cakes for the Queen of Heaven Curriculum.
Cakes for the Queen of Heaven is a religious education curriculum in feminist thealogy for adults and older youth created by Shirley Ann Ranck, Unitarian Universalist (Women & Religion, www.uuwr.org).
Part I: In Ancient Times
IN ANCIENT TIMES introduces participants (women from 16 years old and up) to ancient Goddesses, weaving their stories together with major concerns of women today.
The class will meet online every Thursday afternoon for an hour and 45 minutes, July 15 - August 12, 2010, and participants are welcome to take all 5 sessions or drop in on the theme that interests them. Please use the link to sign up for the individual sessions you are interested in.
Each class will begin with an invocation to the Goddess and comprises lecture and discussion time. I will add meditation, chant and writing exercises where appropriate.
Donation of $5 per session is requested, but not mandatory. No person will be turned away for lack of funds.
I accept PayPal payments to
or personal checks.
I look forward to sharing the gifts of the feminine with all of you!
Word to the Mother!
Magical Goddess/Magical Life
Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm (PST)
Interactive Online Playshop For Women
Hello Beloved Goddesses -
This course is structured as a hybrid on-demand and interactive online course. The bulk of the lecture is pre-recorded and you will have time to view the content before the live class. You can watch and listen to the podcast at your convenience.
Follow the sound of drumming deep into the labyrinth of your own being, your true feminine power and delight. If you've lost touch with that still place within, your center, this will be an especially sweet course for you!
Course Fee: $20 for downloadable mp3 of course material (pre-recorded in podcast-like format) and one 1.5 hour live online session. Pre-registration required.
Pre-payment using PayPal is preferred, but am willing to take personal checks :)
Who is the main goddess or feminine figure that you embody? How is she calling out to you?
In this online interactive playshop we will:
- Explore our personal and transpersonal feminine figures within the psyche through guided meditation, Shamanic vision journey (without the drugs) to the sound of the drum and writing exercises
- Transform old embodiment patterns that are unhealthy
- Connect with and embody our Inner Divine Feminine in rich, fulfilling ways through group ritual and storytelling
- Bless our bodies - they are the temples that care for us each day
We will each have a chance to take time to go within and dialogue with our inner divine feminine. If you have questions for her, you may want to write them out in advance of the class.
For the live online portion of the class, there will be a screencast on the computer and 2 options for audio. You can connect to audio with your phone or on your computer with speakers and a microphone - a headset is ideal.
Don't forget your journal or notebook to document your experiences during the workshop.
Love and blessings,
Kris
****Testimonials for past workshops****
"Your workshop on the divine inner feminine was just what my wilted spirit needed. It was thrilling to hold the ancient tradition of connecting with our ancesters in the cyberspace age of teleconferencing. Even your drumming worked over the weblines to create a safe, relaxed space. My slumbering self woke up as you shared your own experiences so I could connect to deeply to my own body with love and compassion. Through your gentle guidance I met up with one of my inner feminine aspects whose name is Esther - she had a lot to say - great advice!!. Afterwards I did some research and found the Biblical story of Esther that generated another layer of appreciation and that was completely appropriate to my current circumstance - coincidentally it was Purim, too. Can't wait for the next webshop!!"
- Joan Griffiths
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"The Living in Bliss course was truly a transformational experience. Kris's research in both western thought, and mythic traditions from around the world, provides a rich tapestry of information and viewpoints for her students to pull from, and make their own. Through guided meditation exercises and heartfelt group dialogue, I was given the necessary tools and modalities to tap into the inner-psyche and explore uncharted territories within. I highly recommend the Living in Bliss course for anyone who is interested in tapping into the wealth of insight that lies within."
-Sonny Abegaze
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"Kris' style of teaching, combining lecture, image, word, meditation and sharing of personal experience, was a successful invitation to deeper knowing within myself. I was able to easily access knowing within myself that was relevant and profound."
- Licia Berry
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I already knew Kris as a creative and soulful person before I took the Living in Bliss course, but I didn't suspect how powerful her idea was. She is the living embodiment of her own proposition: that the mythic is real, and you can use the here and now (i.e. technology) to connect with the there and then (i.e. deep memories and patterns), and integrate them into your self. She is doing it herself, and is her own first role model!
-Andrew Duncan
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Through your Living in Bliss course, I was able to confront fears regarding my sexuality and upbringing that had been brewing in my subconsious for over 20 years. The teleconference format of the course gave me both the community and anonymity I needed to share my innermost secrets, and gain the healing that I deserve.
- Jewel Love
About the instructor: Kris Katsuko Oster is Ph.D. candidate at Pacifica Graduate Institute who is completing her dissertation, "The Heartbeat of the Mother: Ritual Drumming & Re-Birthing Images of the Feminine in Brazilian Candomble." Kris received her M.A. in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2005.
