VOLUME 25 ISSUE 29 / JULY , 2021 / THE SOURCE WEEKLY

Pacific Northwest Classic 2021 presented by Beaver Coach Sales

Watch more than 800 pickleball players compete for a $25k payout! Hosted by Bend Pickleball Club, Pacific Northwest Classic is part of the dynamic 18-tournament APP Tour and is its only Northwest stop this year. Join us for fun, fast paced play served up under the high desert sun! Wed, July 28, 8am-5pm, Thu, July 29, 8am-5pm, Fri, July 30, 8am-5pm, Sat, July 31, 8am-5pm and Sun, Aug. 1, 8am-5pm. Pine Nursery Pickleball Courts, 21210 Yeoman Rd, Bend. Contact: bpc@bendpickleballclub.com. Free.

Redmond Running Group Run All levels

welcome. Find the Redmond Oregon Running Klub on Facebook for weekly run details. Thursdays, 6:15pm. City of Redmond, Redmond. Contact: rundanorun1985@gmail.com.

OUTDOOR EVENTS

Girls AllRide Junior Shredder Four

Week Camp These camps meet once a week for four consecutive weeks. The goal is to work on skills and get out for fun rides each week. Wednesdays, 10am-Noon Through Aug. 18. Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: cierra@ladiesallride.com. $175.

Grit Clinics: Beginner/Intermediate

Skills We’ll begin by dialing in our bike set up and body position, then work on skills throughout the afternoon. Examples of some of the skills we will work on include braking, shifting, cornering, switchbacks, wheel lifts, line choice, technical descending, & getting up and over logs and rocks. Saturdays, 1:30-3:30pm. Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: info@gritclinics.com. $75.

Grit Clinics: Cornering & Switchbacks

OR Jumping* Cornering/Switchbacks (odd dates): We’ll practice bermed corners, flat loose corners and switchbacks until we’re all dizzy with progression! Jumping (even dates): We’ll start by practicing fundamental skills in grass that lead to jumping, (like body position, wheel lifts, level lifts and bunny hops) then take it to small jumps. Saturdays, 11am-1pm. Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: info@gritclinics.com. $75.

Grit Clinics: Happy Hour Trail Ride

‘N Skills Join Grit Clinics at a new trail each week to work on specific skills needed for the features you will encounter. We’ll tackle jumps and corners on Whoops, technical climbing and descending on Funner, swooping descents on Tiddlywinks and more! Our weekly trail choice will be determined ahead of time. Fridays, 4-6pm. Contact: info@gritclinics.com. $75.

Grit Clinics: Skills & Ride Join us for three

hours of skill-building fun while you take your riding to the next level! Sundays, 10am-1pm. Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: info@gritclinics.com. $99.

Grit Clinics: Women’s Foundational Mountain Bike Skills Calling all ladies

new to mountain biking! In just two hours, you’ll feel more confident setting up your bike, shifting, braking, and navigating small trail obstacles after instruction from the skilled coaches at Grit Clinics. This is the perfect environment to gain confidence and meet new friends! Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30pm. Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: info@gritclinics.com. $75.

Smith Rock Hiking & Yoga Join me at

Beautiful Smith Rock for a hiking and yoga workshop! We will meet up behind the visitor’s yurt for an all levels vinyasa flow and after we will hit the trail! The Misery Ridge Trail Loop is about 5.5 miles long. Sun, July 25, 10am-4pm Smith Rock State Park, 9241 Wallenberg Rd., Terrebonne. $35. hard and become one with the world. Includes guide support, transportation, snacks, lunch and cold beverages post ride. July 28, 7:30am-5pm. Cog Wild, 255 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: info@cogwild.com. $125.

Courtesy Free Spirit Yoga

An outdoor yoga event for moms and little ones! Join the fun this Thu., July 22 from 11am-12:30pm.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Anti-Racist Book Club & Social Justice Series, supports Namaspa

Foundation July: “Caste The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, Marisa Funk August: “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn, Brandy Berlin. Meets via Zoom. Tuesdays, 7-8pm. Through Sept. 7. Contact: namaspayoga@gmail.com. $25 per book / $60 for series.

Capoeira: A Perfect Adventure Become

your own hero. The Brazilian art form of Capoeira presents opportunities to develop personal insights, strength, balance, flexibility, musicality, voice, rhythm, and language by tapping the energy of this rich cultural expression and global community. Text 541-678-3460 for location and times. Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays, 6pm. $30 intro month.

Coaching Group Build your dream life while connecting to a supportive, motivating community. Clarify your goals - internal or external, immediate or long-term, self or other focused. Learn new skills, techniques, and insights to make it happen! Led by Diana Lee, Meadowlark Coaching. Mondays, 6-7:30pm. Contact: meadowlarkcoaching@yahoo.com. $15-25.

Emotional Freedom Women’s Circle

Want to feel less anxious, depressed or stressed, while also connecting with a positive community? You are invited to join our EFT Tapping Circle and learn these life changing tools! This will be a monthly live Zoom call. July 28, 6:30pm. Blissful Heart Wellness Center, 45 NW Greeley Ave, Bend. $20.

Friday Morning Creekside Yoga Join

Annie for an all-levels vinyasa class on the creekside lawn. This class will weave yoga and nature together, and some hit tracks from her vinyl collection. Regardless of your level, some deep stretches, steady breathing, and good music outside will be a great start to the weekend. Annie Wilson is an experienced yoga instructor, outdoor fitness enthusiast, personal trainer, and lover of all things nature. For more information or to sign-up in advance for class, DM @yogawithannie Fridays, 10-11am. Through Sept. 3. The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse, 13300 Hwy 20, Sisters. $15. Happy Hour Yoga Bring a mat and start your week off right with yoga & meditation with Donna Chisolm- licensed physical therapist and registered yoga teacher. $15 drop in. Grab a cider before or after and hang in our butterfly garden. Look for the big orange barn. July 25, 4:30-5:30pm. Bend Cider Co., 64649 Wharton Ave., Bend. $15.

In-Person Yoga at LOFT Wellness &

Day Spa In-person yoga classes at Bend’s newest yoga studio! Tuesdays: Vinyasa with instructor Kelly Jenkins. 5-6pm. Thursdays: Foundation Flow with instructor Kelly Jenkins. 5-6pm. Schedule online or give us a call to reserve your spot! Tuesdays-Thursdays, 5-6pm. Loft Wellness & Day Spa, 339 SW Century Drive Ste 203, Bend. Contact: info@loftbend.com. $20.

Kirtan, Dance, and Sacred Song Join us

Thursdays at Tula Movement Arts and Yoga for an evening of Kirtan Dance and Sacred Song with the Bendavan Bhakti Band No experience needed An uplifting evening of Bhakti Yoga Thursdays, 7-9pm. Tula Movement Arts, 2797 NW Clearwater Drive, Suite 100, Bend. Suggested donation $10-$20.

Morning Mysore Come join a small but growing community of Ashtanga pactitoners for a Morning Mysore practice. A breath based meditative form of yoga. All levels and abilities welcomed; experienced or brand new! Come as You are and practice as you want to be. Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays, 7-9am. Through Aug. 27. Terpsichorean Dance Studio, 1601 NW Newport Ave, Bend. Contact: cclauren.cruz@ gmail.com. $75/month.

Online: Yoga Nidra Enjoy this deeply relaxing guided meditation known as known as “yogic sleep” with Wild Thing Yoga. Yoga Nidra is a style of guided meditation that promotes stress relief, healing, and deep relaxation and is recommended to practice lying down. deschuteslibrary.org/ calendar/event/61780 July 21, 6-7pm. Free.

Outdoor Mom + Baby Yoga Picnic Join

other moms and babies (six weeks - crawlers) with this fun outdoor yoga and bonding event. Release tension, as well as strengthen abdominal and back muscles to reduce postpartum back pain. Spend quality time bonding with your baby while also hanging out with other moms with little ones! July 22, 11am-12:30pm. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: info@freespiritbend.com. $15. Soul in Motion Online Gathering Move,

dance, breathe, online, from wherever you are. Facilitated to support you to connect more deeply with yourself and your body. Mindfulness with moving, music, and some fun. Wed, July 21, 4:155:30pm, Wed, July 28, 4:15-5:30pm and Wed, Aug. 11, 4:15-5:30pm. Contact: soulinmotionbend@gmail.com. First class is free.

Sound and Shamanism: Biofield Tun-

ing Biofield Tuning is an energy balancing method for self-healing and wellness that uses sound waves produced by specialized tuning forks. I will be working with the energy of the group. Please join me for this healing experience. Limit 8 people. $10 donation at door. Please email me to sign up. July 21, 7-8:30pm. The Blissful Heart Wellness Center, 45 Northwest Greeley Avenue, Bend. Contact: phnxmn11@gmail.com. $10.

Sundays with The Yoga Lab Wind down

your summer weekends with playful grounding outdoor yoga classes steps away from the lodge. Yoga classes are taught by Ulla Lundgren owner of the Yoga Lab in Bend. She has more than 26 years experience as a yoga teacher, yoga teacher training facilitator and studio owner. Yoga classes are accessible and fun for all ages and abilities. RSVP below to guarantee a spot in class. Sundays, 4:30-6pm. Through Sept. 5. The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse, 13300 Hwy 20, Sisters. $15.

Sunset Yoga Event This special outdoor summer yoga event has the benefits of a Vinyasa flow class as well as a restorative and introspective quality of a yin practice. Enjoy the view of the river and mountains and the fresh air around you as you quiet the mind through this balanced evening yoga. Sat, July 24, 7-8:30pm, Wed, Aug. 11, 6:45-8:15pm and Sat, Sept. 11, 6-7:30pm. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: info@freespiritbend.com. $18.

Tai Chi for Health™ created by Dr.

Paul Lam This two-day per week class is appropriate for anyone who wants a slower Tai Chi class or those dealing with chronic health conditions. The gradual, gentle and simple movements help facilitate healing and improve motion, flexibility and balance. The entire class can be performed in a wheelchair or a chair. Any student may sit for all or part of the class. Half of our time is gentle warm-ups. “Tai Chi for Health” classes are traditional moves, modified and adjusted by Dr. Paul Lam and his team of medical experts. We also explore using our knowledge of Tai Chi to help us stay safe and balanced, as seniors. Mondays-Wednesdays, 9-10am. OREGON TAI CHI, 1350 SE Reed Mkt Rd Ste 102, Bend. Contact: 541-389-5015. $55-$65.

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THE THIRD ACT By Ellen Waterston Order and Counter-Order

Decades ago, my father, a semanticist, published a book about dualism in Western culture titled Order and Counter Order. It is most definitely not what anyone would call light reading. I refer to it only because the title was invoked at my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. As was the tradition, friends and family gathered and shared clever doggerel celebrating and roasting the couple. My father told my mother that all the times he asked her to “shut the door” to the drafty back hallway he was really saying “Je t’adore.” That kind of thing. It was my eldest brother who played on the title of my father’s book, establishing that in my parents’ relationship my scholarly father represented order and my mother, an artist, countered it, and/but the twain did meet, realizing a wonderful lifetime of love and companionship.

I don’t know about you, but I like the idea of having everything in order whether my exit is precipitous or time-honored. No dirty underwear left on the floor, metaphorically speaking. Photos and Super-8 movies (remember those?) consolidated and converted to electronic files. Last Will and Testament current, organ donor information accessible, passwords available as needed, advance directive at the ready. Those I hold dear will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that I cherish them. Loving and doting children and grandchildren all settled and secure. Yah, right. As they say about second marriages: “The triumph of hope over experience.”

Wouldn’t you agree that life is more Brownian movement than best-laid plans, more musical chairs than Johnny One (perfect) Note? Unforeseen situations arise and we race to find a seat, a safe harbor, to weather the challenge de jour with as much imagination, information and goodwill as possible. It’s just part of the deal, part of being a human on this planet. I have come to see that counter order, those enormous or small interruptions, are a given, not an option and can’t be controlled or denied out of existence. Order, as it turns out, means keeping your eye on the prize while accommodating its mischievous and sometimes destructive counterpart, counter order. Aren’t both needed to make the pearl. Don’t both keep us thinking, adapting, stretching?

At this stage of things, I feel more a spectator of life than under the illusion I can control the outcome of anything at all—like Alice in Wonderland who remarked, “curiouser and curiouser” about all that was taking place around her. Not that I came by this outlook willingly or gracefully. No. I have tried and tried to insist order on everything right along with the best of them. As they say, “How did that work for you?” Now I am intrigued to find out what will happen next, to see if putting my small oar in the water of life contributes in any way, shape or form to positive forward motion. It’s a kind of proactive surrender, the acceptance of the things I cannot change and that won’t go away while also remaining an exuberant participant in life. Speaking of surrender, the idea of it recalls the notion of the beginner’s mind or Shoshin in Zen Buddhism. An eagerness, a focus, a childlike, judgement-free willingness to try new things. What better time than in Act III? That idea of renting a flat in Paris, joining a choral group, sailing the Greek islands? If not now, when? All those beware, take care, don’t dare voices should be shown the door. As Shunryu Suzuki said, “in the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” Two friends come to mind… one who took up cello later in life, participating in recitals along with the young students barely as tall as his cello bow was long. He dressed in a tuxedo, gave the recital his full attention, also giving the terrified-of-aging parents in the audience a model for just doing it…anyway. Another who moved to Joseph, Oregon, after breaking the glass ceiling as an executive in San Francisco. She bought a small farm and, on a whim, started raising goats which led to making goat cheese which resulted in a storefront and a booth at the farmer’s market. What I notice is that the people over 65 who pull off this sort of thing first create an orderly and committed approach (the expert’s mind) involving lots of planning, budgeting and scheduling while also building in elasticity and derring-do (the beginner’s mind) to accommodate counter-order, bound to show up in unanticipated ways, good and bad. Ask my friend how many times her goats got out and the wonderful neighbors she met as a result. Time to move on opportunity or lose opportunity. Jeff Bezos has nothing on us. What is your personal equivalent of launching yourself into space?