Festival of Interbeing

A collaborative offering from Byron World Music together Open Sky Wellbeing

To celebrate the Winter Solstice AND International Day of Yoga

We invite you to join us for a one day "Festival of Interbeing" — exploring oneness together through MOVEMENT, MUSIC, STORY TELLING and STILLNESS.

We’re weaving an exquisite and spacious program to explore the many ways we live, listen, and belong — together.

PLEASE NOTE - this event is happening PRIMARILY at the Mullum Civic Hall, with some events running concurrently at Open Sky Wellbeing.

Mullum Civic Hall, 55 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby

Open Sky Wellbeing, First floor, 63 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby

***PROGRAM***

8 - 9am Tea Ceremony, Open Sky Wellbeing (please arrive 10 minutes prior)

9am Doors Open Mullum Civic Hall, morning chai and gentle ambient music

10am-12pm Body Poetry Yoga with Lara Zilibowitz (BYO Yoga Mat)

12 - 1pm Lunch Break, Earth Mandala creation begins

1-3pm Dadirri - The Art of Deep Listening, then Sound Healing with Ash Dargan (BYO Yoga Mat, to lie down for sound healing)

3-4pm Afternoon Tea Break

4-5.30pm Vocal Body Jam Workshop with Murray Kyle

5.30 - 7pm Dinner Break

7pm Winter Solstice community ritual and song

7.30-9pm Heart Songs with Amir Paiss, Avishai Barnatan, Murray Kyle, Ash Dargan, Gabriel Otu, Caroline Cowley, Mallika Des Fours and guests

In between these times, you can enjoy relaxed and friendly mini- festival vibes. Take time out in the outside courtyard, chill in the yoga zone, help co-create our Earth Mandala, treat yourself to nourishing food, enjoy a Zen Thai Massage and more.

***TICKETS***

EARLY BIRD ROUND 1 (until 8 June)

All Day 8am - 9pm $77 + bf (limited numbers, BYO yoga mat)

12 - 9pm $55 + bf

6 - 9pm $33 + bf

EARLY BIRD ROUND 2 (until 13 June)

All Day 9am - 9pm $88 + bf (limited numbers, BYO Yoga Mat)

12 - 9pm $66.00

6 - 9pm $38 + bf

FULL PRICE TIX

All Day 9am - 9pm $99 + bf (Limited numbers, BYO Yoga Mat)

12 - 9pm $77 + bf

6-9pm $44 + bf

***ABOUT OUR FACILITATORS***

8 - 9am Tea Ceremony (Open Sky), with Melissa McCormick and Talia Burlovic

10am - 12pm Body Yoga Poetry (Mullum Civic) with Lara Zilibowitz

Join yoga teacher and art therapist Lara Zilibowitz for a liberating movement meditation journey, dropping into the rhythm of the heart that moves the body first and the mind second.

You'll be invited to slow dance with every breath, and massage yourself with intentional movement, to reconnect with your sensual and essence-full self, allowing you to find passion, aliveness and authenticity through this inspired yoga practice.

This heartfull session is open to all levels of practitioner, with the emphasis on receiving your own riches and remembering the innate majesty and intelligence your body holds.

Lara Zilibowitz is an internationally touring yoga and meditation teacher and a qualified holistic art therapist and breathwork practitioner. She is founder of the Body Poetry Yoga School, and the visionary creator of Art of Being Retreats. Lara travels the world curating life-changing events and trainings, sharing her passion for the intrinsic wisdom of the body and genius of the soul.

1 - 3pm Dadirri - the Art of Deep Listening (Mullum Civic), with Ash Dargan, followed by Sound Healing with Yidaki

Ash will present a workshop on Deep Listening (Dadirri), an Aboriginal cultural practice of maintaining connectedness to the spirits of country, our ancestors, and our internal worlds. It is perhaps the worlds oldest known ongoing practice of mindfulness.

Miriam Rose Baumann, a Ngangikurungkurr senior elder from the Daly River region NT brought Dadirri to National attention in 1988. In her words, “When I experience Dadirri, I am made whole again. I can sit on the river bank or walk through the trees, I can find my

peace in this silent awareness… there is no need for words”.

Ash has spent years working with Aunty Miriam in both research and community focused education. Ash holds a Master of Indigenous Studies from Southern Cross University following the work of Dr. Judy Atkinson’s research and practice in trauma recovery, healing and social and emotional wellbeing. He is a senior national facilitator for We Al-li, a First Nations owned and operated organisation delivering training on culturally informed

therapeutic approaches to community health wellbeing across Australia.

4pm - 5.30pm Vocal Body Jam, with Murray Kyle

Join sacred song carrier Murray Kyle for this journey of expression using voice, body percussion, sounding and movement.

Together we will dive into the playfulness and the prayer of the human voice, as a bridge to all of life.

Discovering connectivity through our collective sound and song, using the most ancient instrument that we carry within.

We will play with harmonics, full body listening, vocal interpretation, toning, & collaborating with the great mystery.

No musical experience is needed to join, just a curious heart to work with the energy of the moment and open to the discovery of how sound can be a powerful friend and ally.

7pm Community Winter Solstice Ritual

As darkness settles, we come together to light candles and place them on our Earth Mandala, letting go of what does not serve us and making our intentions and prayers - a simple and powerful meditative ritual to unite us all and symbolise the returning of the light.

(The Earth Mandala will be returned to the Earth the following day after our event).

7.30 - 9.00pm World Music + Heart Song, with Amir Paiss, Avishai Barnatan, Murray Kyle, Ash Dargan, Gabriel Otu, Caroline Cowley, Mallika Des Fours and special guests

Nothing beats the profound yet simple joy of singing together for bridging cultures and uniting as one. Amir Paiss, world renowned musician and facilitatoir of connection through music song and self inquiry - together with a band of special guests and world musicians, will lead us in singing songs from different traditions.