N.E.S.T. collaborates with theWoodstock Center for Awakening, Friday, Aug. 14th, through Sunday, Aug. 16th
This year, Stefanie will be leading the production on Sunday at the Bearsville Theater, bringing the essence of the N.E.S.T., creating a transformational sacred space with local alliances and friends from around the world.
Stay tuned for more details as this tradition takes form, bringing prayer, medicine, community, healing, and joy for all of our Woodstock family and beyond.
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The Woodstock Center for Awakening welcomes you to join us for our annual Woodstock Festival of Awakening.
Enjoy this weekend of music, seeds of realization, and the healing arts from the bottom to the top of the town of Woodstock, NY.
SUNDAY 16TH, 11:00 AM – 4:00 pm
Doors Open 3:30 pm
Medicine Music, Wisdom Song & The Dead
Main Stage, Bearsville Park · hosted by Avinash and Stefanie Frank
Scope local and international wisdom keepers imparting medicine through vibration and music from ancient and indigenous prayer and song to rock and roll and beyond.
11:30 AM — Dream Seed
A sound healing ensemble hosted by members of Golden Drum. Shamanic chanting, mantras, overtone singing, Native American songs, indigenous music, didgeridoos, crystal singing bowls, bells, gongs, harmoniums, tuning forks and other overtone-emitting instruments create an environment conducive to deep relaxation and inward investigation. A one-of-a-kind eclectic sound healing ensemble rooted in 15 years of community living, world travel, deep indigenous music & powerful initiation.12:15 PM — Jon Lee Rucker — Spirit Revival
Soul rebel Jon Lee Rucker is a singer-songwriter based in the Hudson Valley. His lyrics come from the collective heart with a one-of-a-kind Red Road Gospel sound that will surely move you. For this event he’s bringing his spiritual sounds to share in prayerful songs that will uplift the spirit of our awakening community.1:00 PM — Andrea Calderón — Raincloud
Curandera, Mystic, and Guardian of Ancestral Medicines, Andrea Calderón will form a ceremonial space for our audience with her ancient healing songs. She will utilize sacred instruments such as the water drum, Staff & Rattle from her lineage. With more than 25 years on the path of ancestral medicine, Andrea Raincloud serves as a guardian of ancient altars and a vital guide in the recovery of ancient wisdom across the Americas and Europe. Her path is distinguished by a unique ceremonial responsibility: she held the leadership and headship as Woman Drum Chief of the Sun Dance, the only woman in the continent to hold this sacred role.2:00 – 3:30 PM — Gratefully Yours
Gratefully Yours is a Grateful Dead-inspired band, based out of New Paltz, NY. Founded in 2012 by keyboardist Alex Mazur (also founder of The Deadbeats). Their willingness and ability to improvise, and their openness to spontaneity and the energy of the moment, lie at the core of their performances. In the very best tradition of The Grateful Dead, it is this openness that allows the crowd to become part of the creative process. Members: Alex Mazur, Jude Defalco, Nate Calzetoni, Mike Manuele, Robert Schiff.