The Human Experience and Secret Sessions will provide the soundtrack to an evening of dance, community, connection and good vibes.
This event will also include offerings for multiple artist including: Sound bowl healing with Natalie Anne Hewitt, partner Thai Massage workshop with Jeremy W. Troughton, interactive art installation created by Jonathan Luther, Wet Velvet Tea Lounge hosted by Shannon Stapleton, and guided intention setting ceremony by Kate Swarm.
This is not your regularly scheduled programming.
THIS Is Happening!
Friday May 4, doors at 8:00pm - starts at 8:30pm - ends at Midnight
**** Limited Early Bird Discount Tickets available April 9 -11 ****
“THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE” is David Block’s principal project as a live electronic composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Listeners experience a delicious symphonic blend of prismatic soundscapes and sultry beats.
David is constantly pushing the boundaries of live electronic music. Playing, composing, and conducting his own electronic symphony live on stage, his performances are brimming and layered with human emotion, world exploration, and sacred sounds. Whether performing by himself, or with a live band, “The Human Experience” always delivers an emotionally charged show.
“The Human Experience” aims to cross cultural barriers through music. David has collaborated with artists all over the world including Rising Appalachia, Ignacio Perez (Buena Vista Social Club), William Close (The Earth Harp), Random Rab, Elephant Revival and many others.
Composing and performing live with the Audio/Visual/Dance projects “Phadroid” (Android Jones + Phaedra), “Quixotic”, “Lucent Dossier”, and “Seraphim” David is expanding his sounds into the mixed media world.
David has performed all over the world sharing the stage with renowned artists such as The Roots, Thievery Corporation, Bonobo, Tipper, Emancipator, The Polish Ambassador, and many more.
Over the last several years he has toured in UK, Europe, Russia, Israel, Central America, Canada, and all over the United States at a variety of events including festivals like Burning Man, Boom, Coachella, Electric Forest, Wakarusa, Lightning in a Bottle, Sonic Bloom, Symbiosis, and Envision.
His music has been featured on NBC prime time TV and is beginning to make its way into the world of cinema.
David is consistently redefining himself as an artist, performer, and human being. Moving and traveling around the world, meeting people from all walks of life and realms of consciousness, he is continually learning, growing, and sharing inspiration with those around him.
“We don’t play music, music plays us” – David Block
Secret Sessions is a Sedona, AZ based creative collective that curates music and art driven gatherings throughout Arizona and at festivals around the U.S. including Lightning in a Bottle and Burning Man.
Sharing similar creative and cultural passions, the core crew is made up of Dexx, Jeremy and Zae. The three have been creating events together since 2014 and share a combined DJ’ing history of over 60 years. The trio keeps a high standard in the realm of music selection, and refuses to compromise their artistic integrity by falling to the wayside for what is trending. The collective offers zero-gimmicks but promises the finest selections in house and techno. This conviction and whole-hearted love for music, art and community is what has created an ever-expanding attendance base and dedicated following to their events which are held both indoors and outdoors throughout the year.
“We focus on music, art and community. We strive to create environments where all walks of life can gather and enjoy good music together. We believe art plays a major role in human connectivity, so we offer our art in hopes we can help make our community a better place.”
After many years feeling lost in the swarm of the status quo and silencing who she was to fit in and avoid judgement, Natalie found herself feeling lackluster and so distant from that courageous, confident, quirky, fun-loving person she was as a child. In 2011 she found a regular Yoga practice that began a profound shift and helped her to find the breadcrumbs on her path back to self. With a mixture of yoga, sound, music, and other movement practices, she was able to shake free from the shackles of the fears that once bound her and step into the power and beauty held within.
Now, through her business, Yoga Freq, Natalie aims to help others on their journey toward radical self acceptance through yoga, sound healing, and movement. So embrace the weird, be uniquely you, and let your "freq" flag fly.
For six years and counting Jeremy has been in the field of bettering bodies. As a massage therapist and yoga instructor, he's worked with many people to improve muscle function, relieve pain, and facilitate healing.
Through the teachings of this class you will learn basic massage techniques to use on yourself or others. Massage is a great tool to incorporate into your self care routine and to offer to those you care about. Learn basic skills and tools to improve your quality of touch and bring a new level of education and awareness to the body.
Kate Swarm is an international yoga teacher based out of Oregon, with a passion for creating unique and fully immersive experiences. She has a gift for holding a sacred space of transcendence, while guiding her students to a place of union between mind, body and soul. Over the last 5 years her devotion and excitement to exploring how environment, sensory input, and intention effects a shift in consciousness, has lead her to work beside some of the most gifted artists, musicians and creatives in the wellness movement; including Walter Yoga, for whom she is both a resident yoga instructor and event producer.
Kate has taught at numerous yoga and music festivals throughout the Nation, blurring the lines between yoga, movement, meditation, visual engineering, and sound immersion. Kate is even more detail oriented when it comes to exploring her students internal environment. She has a warm, peaceful, and grounding presence that gently guides her students to a peak state of integrated body awareness, intelligent and thoughtful movement, and self realization.
Besides holding a sacred space of mind-blowing-multidimensional-blissed-out-radical-transformation Kate is a mom and a wife, who loves to dance, laugh, and never takes life too seriously. She started on her yoga journey after suffering through an extremely difficult loss. Yoga was what helped Kate find love, peace, contentment and purpose for her life, it is her passion to give that gift back to the world.