calendar of events

Back Yard BBQ Party 4 pm. It’s not Labor Day weekend without a good old fashioned backyard BBQ! Join us for lawn games, cold brews and delicious BBQ – from traditional to Korean and vegan, there will be plenty to choose from. Stick around for live music by Danny Ray & the Acoustic Production. Come with your A-game and compete in a watermelon eating contest, where the winner will leave with a trophy and be dubbed Downtown champion. Market Square Park 301 Milam Street Houston, Texas 77002. marketsquarepark.com/ gliding on this path to inner awareness, deep connection and oneness with the universe. Gongsia Sacred Sound Sessions will provide a healing sound bath with crystal singing bowls and gongs during the yoga flow. $30 Galveston Beach. location details will be sent when you register. chandrayoga4life.com/mandala-earth-flow.html

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20th

Find Your Center: an Online Full Moon Crystal Bowl Sound Bathing Experience with Gena

Davis 7-8 pm. Welcome to Houston’s dedicated Crystal Tones™ Alchemy soundspace, home to our Houston viewing gallery and expansive collection of the finest Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls from Crystal Tones™. We hold space for crystal sound bath and meditation experiences, healing and well-being, trainings in sound healing, creating community, celebrating beauty and intentionally shifting into higher frequencies and consciousness. Due to the pandemic, we are offering online full moon sound bath experiences with the alchemy crystal bowls guided by Gena Davis this fall, beginning September 20. Please see our website for more information about our upcoming events at crystalbowlgallery.com/events.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16th

2021 Houston Jazz Festival! 8 pm. The Houston Jazz collective is proud to present Chris Dave and Mike Moreno headlining the 2021 Houston Jazz Festival! Featuring the artwork of Jack Whitten. The union of these three Master Artists, form a powerful tribute to the American Experience. FREE. Miller Outdoor Theatre 6000 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030 milleroutdoortheatre.com

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 18th - SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26th

Shen Yun Festival (check website for times) Travel back to the magical world of ancient China. Experience a lost culture through the incredible art of classical Chinese dance, and see legends come to life. Purchase tickets online, prices vary. Wortham Center Brown Theater 501 Texas Avenue, Houston, Texas 77002. shenyun.com/ houston

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25th

Mandela Earth Flow 8-11 am. This event will weave the Sacred Labyrinth, the Traditional Practice of Yoga and a beautiful Sound Bath. The labyrinth, an ancient pathway to meditation, has a single circuitous path that winds its way into the center. The mandala is a geometric form representing the eternal expansion of the universe. Reginald creatively joins these two ancient archetypes together to create a communal sacred space on the beach. Jessica will then guide you gently through an Earth Flow that will keep you

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 2nd

YogaPOOLooza Festival. 11 am. Join us for a day of Yoga on land and water under the sun at Balmoral Lagoon! What better way to be with your friends and meet new ones than in the beautiful outdoor space at Balmoral Lagoon. We will have plenty of space to physically distance and at the same time socially connect with others. A variety of Yoga classes will be offered and taught by some of the most amazing local instructors we have in the Houston area; from a meditation class on the beach, a Vinyasa +DJ Flow class at Celebration Lawn, to slacklining over the white sand, and SUP Yoga on the water– there will be plenty of opportunities to explore the different Yoga classes that will be offered. PreSell- $77 until 10/1/21 Door Price - $99. Balmoral Lagoon 15808 Crystal Terrace Dr, Humble, TX 77346. shakapoweryoga.com/yogapoolooza

MONDAY OCTOBER 4th

Phoenix School of Massage Day & Night

Classes Start arn the career you will come to Love.Enroll in our live online classes. Visit our website themassageschool.com Call 713-9745976.

wednesday

Blissful Quests® with Doyle Ward-The Pocast.

1:00pm.Are you looking for answers? Have you ever had a “hunch” or a “gut feeling” that came true? Are you wondering if you are intuitive? Maybe the real question to explore is not IF you are intuitive, but HOW you are intuitive. Doyle Ward is an experienced intuitive medium, teacher, grief recovery specialist, and life coach. Call in during the show at: 1-760-456-7277, access on-demand episodes or listen live! blissfulquests.com/podcast/

Healing Meditation at First Spiritualist Church of Houston.

7:30 pm Livestream on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FirstSpiritualistChurchofHouston/

Living the Change Weekly Online Discussion

Group 6 pmThis 12-week program focuses on making personal lifestyle changes in three areas: transportation; energy; and food. The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to join us on this journey, via a weekly online discussion group. . Please register for this event on www.eventbrite.com. For more information, please contact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail. com.

saturday

Sound Healing Meditation in the Cistern 10 am. Find your center and practice mediation in the spacious and tranquil Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern. Offered in collaboration with Union is Creation and Youniversoul fest, this meditation series will feature the use of singing bowls and wind chimes to encourage mindfulness and connectivity. Cost $15. Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern 105b Sabine St, Houston, TX 77007. https://fareharbor. com/embeds/book/buffalobayou/items/246138/ calendar/2021/09/?full-items=yes&flow=404814

sunday

Houston Zen Center 8”20 am Sunday Sangha. https://houstonzen.org/cloud-zendo

Grace Episcopal Church & School.

10 am. Sunday Worship Livestream. https://www.facebook.com/GraceinHouston/

Unity Spiritual Center of Greater Houston

10:15 am Sunday Service. Facebook Live https://unityspiritualcenterhouston.org

First Spiritualist Church of Houston 10:30 am Sunday Healing & Spirit Greetings Facebook Live

First Unitarian Universalist Church 10:30 am Sunday Morning Worship Livestream. https:// firstuu.org/

Unity of Houston. 11 am Sunday Morning Service Livestreaming. https://unityhouston.org/

Creative Life Spiritual Center 11 am Sunday Celebration. Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/creativelife.org/

Unitarian Fellowship of Houston 11 am. Sunday Program. Click on Sunday Program to access the Zoom link. https://ufoh.org/

Dawn Mountain Center for Tibetan Buddhism

12 noon. Sunday Meditation & Dharma Talk. https://www.youtube.com/user/dawnmountain

ISKCON 5 pm Sunday Feast Class Livestream https://www.mayapur.tv/