March & April 2015
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Upcoming Events
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All Albums Available from my Website

Suzanne Sterling - Blue Fire Soul

Blue Fire Soul is now available at iTunes and
Blue Fire Soul by Suzanne Sterling and Christoper K is electronic kirtan music for yoga, dance and 
celebrati on!
Suzanne has created a chant CD in English featuring songs she has written over her teaching at intensives and workshops. 

Available only through her website. 

Order Wings TODAY! 

PLUS: New Music for YOGA

New yoga music CD with long time collaborator and producer Chris K. Chakra Flow is a companion CD to Seane Corn's newest DVD series. 
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With That Moon Language

 

Admit something:

Everyone you see, you say to them, 

"love me."

 

Of course you do not do this out loud;

Otherwise, 

Someone would call the cops.

 

Still though, think about this, 

This great pull in us

To connect.

 

Why not become the one

Who lives with a full moon in each eye

That is always saying,

 

With that sweet moon 

Language, 

 

What every other eye in this world

Is dying to 

Hear.

 

-Hafiz

 

  

 

Spring Greetings to you from the new moon/solar eclipse/equinox rocket ship evolving moment,

 

Feeling the change in the air...the ways in which we are being forcibly awakened to the crisis at hand... the ways that the natural world comes closer to a tipping point beyond our control...and the subsequent intensity of our responses as we collectively feel the effects of our choices.  Waking up is hard and challenging, beautiful and necessary.  Acknowledging the places where we are still playing out old wounds and victim stories and alchemically transmuting those into wisdom...this is what is called for and the place we must start.  Simultaneously, can we begin to truly invest in creative solutions and collaborative structures that joyfully invite us to live differently than the divisive and alienating dominant culture that seduces us at every turn?  I am often carrying both hope and depair about these times but I am dedicated to bringing as much extraordinary life into the everyday as I possibly can.  And I am soooo grateful for the journey.  

 

The journey has just brought me back to the States after magical times in New Zealand and Australia working/playing  with the incredible Wanderlust NZ/AUS teams and the Off The Mat, Into the World NZ/AUS teams.   Also had a weekend of workshops at Bliss in Jakarta and a deep return to Bali after 20 something years.  I had originally visited Bali because I had read that there was no separation between ART and LIFE there and I wanted to feel that for myself.  It is still very present there, roling beneath the commercialization/gentrification that is on the surface.  

 

Upon my return I offered a Voice of Change activation to the incredible Muse Women's Conference in Bend Oregon which included talks by some inspiring women like Lynn Twist, Lauren Fleshman, Myrlie Evers Williams and many more...we even got a video visit from Gloria Steinem!!!  

 

One of the things that I love the most about traveling as much as I do is that I get to feel the incredible power of the land/bodies of water/plants and animals in different parts of the world.  In some places, the land absolutely sings to me!!!

 

This month I will be in LA for some OTM meetings, recording sessions and to attend the Sister Giant conference.  Then onto NYC and back to LA for Yogaworks Teacher Trainings and SF for a panel on sound healing at the New Living Expo.  

 

Also upcoming:  The very first Voice of Change online training via OTM and a weekend at Downward Dog in Toronto!

 

Finally, please see below my article about FGM that was published in Elephant Journal and consider coming with me to Kenya in October to work with some incredible organizations who are creating safe houses and  alternative rites of passage for girls to become women so that they do not have to experience this horrific ordeal.  

 

Blessings and love, 

 

Suzanne

 

 

 
 
Upcoming Offerings & Events
   
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 TWO new trainings coming YOUR way:

Voice of Change: find your voice, live your truth
Priestess Apprenticeship in Sacred Leadership 



Suzanne is launching her seminal training, Voice of Change. It will be offered online to students throughout the world. Find out more here! And get registered too. Starts May 6 for six weeks. 



Suzanne and Ravyn join their super forces for another year of sacred leadership training. The next training will take place in Portland, OR beginning November 2015. Registration will launch April 15. More details to follow. Stay tuned to Facebook and Suzanne's website.

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Off the Mat Into the World SEVA Challenge takes on FGM in Kenya. 
A journey of a lifetime!

October 2015



Over the past 7 years, Off the Mat has sponsored an international service project called the Global Seva Challenge. The Seva Challenge is a transformational journey that builds community, provokes awareness and action around global issues, and raises significant funds to support communities in crisis.

The Global Seva Challenge 2015 will focus on raising awareness and providing support to women facing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Early Childhood Marriage (ECM) in Kenya.  

Suzanne has written a powerful article in the Elephant Journal about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as a social justice issue effecting women and girls throughout the world. 

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 New Living Expo
San Francisco, CA 

Sunday, April 26, 2015



Suzanne will be a part of a panel focusing on Sound Healing at this conference for wellness and well-being. Panel will be from 5-7p. The entire weekend promises something for everyone. Find out more here

Panel features: 

David Gibson
Don Estes
Suzanne Sterling
Silvina Vergara
Emmanuel

 

 

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And be sure to Save the DATE
 

September 3-6, 2015

 

   

Forever Now Festival 

Berlin, Germany


 

Suzanne will be in Europe this summer! Joining a wonderful festival team, teaching Voice of Change and OTM workshops. More details next month. 

 

  

   ~ April - July 2015 ~
 
new listings each month: 
see website for full year of upcoming events.
 
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Apr 4-5

Teacher Training Yoga Works

New York, NY

 

Apr 11-12

Teacher Training Yoga Works

Los Angeles, CA

 

Apr 26

New Living Expo

San Francisco, CA

 

May 6-June 10

Voice of Change Online Intensive

Worldwide

 

May 16-17

Downward Dog Weekend

Toronto, Ont, Canada

 

May 29

pure.love.yoga workshop

San Clemente, CA 

 

May 30-31

Teacher Training Yoga Works

Los Angeles, CA

 

June 12-14

Hanuman Festival

Boulder, CO

 

June 16-18

Globe Sound Healing Summer Intensive

San Francisco, CA

 

June 28-July 5

Reclaiming Intensive

Mendocino, CA

 

July 20-24

OTM Intensive

Squaw Valley, CA

 

Save the DATE: featured event

Sept 3-6

Forever Now

Berlin, Germany

details to follow