04/10/2021
Time Bank offerings that are available to the public! Highlights from the members’ weekly newsletter:
GENERAL INFO
Three items from the Metabolic Studio:
#1. ‘‘Many of you have received embroidery kits from us of native plants, birds, and microscopic organisms that Metabolic Studio is currently cultivating on its project sites. Taken as a collection, all of the embroideries will collectively illustrate ‘Biogeocoenosis’ which describes the intimate association (coenosis) between living things (bio) and the physical environment (geo). This year, on October 23, we will be featuring all completed embroideries in the USC Archives Bazaar L.A. as Subject. If you haven’t returned your embroidery yet, there is still time! We would love to include as many as possible. All embroideries need to be returned in the self-addressed and stamped envelope provided to the Metabolic Studio by October 21 to be included.’’
#2. “Our next "Learning and Mending" series will begin Thursday, October 14. We will look at our Commons.’’ Watch for updates at www.eventbrite.com/o/metabolic-studio-30121249062.
#3. “In the meantime, on weekdays after 8:00AM or so, you can watch livecam coverage of what is happening on ‘‘The Moon,’’ part of the Metabolic Studio’s “Bending the River Back Into the City’’ project (www.metabolicstudio.org/bending-the-river).
Cancer Support Community Pasadena, a Pasadena Time Bank organizational member since 2015, continues to offer a vast array of free non-medical, supportive, now virtual services for anyone whose life has been touched by cancer -- as patient, family member, or friend. Their weekly schedule includes, for example, Yoga, guided meditation, Feldenkreis, knitting circle, Pilates, and support groups for patients and for family/friends. The first step to taking advantage of these services is to schedule an orientation by calling (626) 796-1083. More info at https://www.cscpasadena.org/
Collective Remake will launch their Co-operative Education and Development (CEAD) fall workshops in mid-October (online, six Saturdays, 11:00AM-1:00PM, exact dates to be announced). These workshops are held for people who have been impacted by incarceration. A small stipend is available per workshop. If you work in the reentry community and are interested in the workshops please contact Mary Sutton: msutton@collectiveremake.com. See the curriculum at https://collectiveremake.com/whats-happening.
A recent Time Bank exchange of fungus prompted Silver Lake Time Bank member and rootsimple.com blogger Erik Knutzen to post ''Chicken of the Woods 2021,” a little write-up about this possible ''gateway to edible mushroom foraging.'' Once you’re at their site, you'll want to continue scrolling through Erik and Kelly Coyne's offerings of blog posts and podcasts ''about back to basics, DIY living, encompassing homegrown vegetables, chickens, herbs, h***h, bicycles, cultural alchemy, and common sense.''
Two meditative forms of bodywork are available weekly via Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices!
#1. Jenna Blaustein teaches Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement classes. ''How would you like to lie on the floor, do almost nothing and feel more comfort and ease in movement one hour later? The Feldenkrais method is a way to improve your well being by moving slowly and gently, discovering unnecessary muscular effort in your movement patterns and to discover alternatives. Classes are described as 'profound,' 'relaxing,' 'surprising,' 'invigorating,' and 'liberating.' Classes are available via Zoom on Mondays at 6:30PM and Saturdays at 10:00AM. For more information visit jennaroseblaustein.com.
#2. Tuesday through Friday, Lee Conger, LMFT & Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, mindbodylosangeles.com provides online, health-promoting, sessions of Qigong, ''an ancient Chinese energy healing practice. Translated as 'Life Force Cultivation,' Qigong involves gentle, meditative movement and breathwork.'' And now, in response to several requests, Lee has resumed weekly, in-person Integral Qigong and Tai Chi sessions in Silver Lake. They are on Saturdays at 9:00AM in the shade of a giant Chinese elm in the ''urban wilderness.” See events. Zoom links, password for the online sessions, and for directions to the in-person ones are at https://www.mindbodylosangeles.com/instruction.
MONDAY
6:00PM. Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement (See details above.)
TUESDAY
10:00AM. Online Standing/Seated Qigong on Tuesdays. Donation: $0 - 20 (or 1 "time dollar), to begin the weekly Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices Tuesday-Friday online series (at a different time each day)
THURSDAY
5:00PM. The Pasadena Time Bank would have us know that this Thursday is the first of four opportunities for residents of foothill communities from Pasadena to Glendora may pick up a free oak sapling Maryknoll Sisters Monrovia, 340 Norumbega Dr. (corner of Mountain and Greystone). See flyer for details on the schedule of giveaways and of presentations about the benefits of oaks and about oak tree care.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices' offerings:
9:00AM. Saturday Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. In-Person. in the Silver Lake Time Bank neighborhood
10:00AM. Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement
10:30AM-1:00PM. Twice monthly, co-founder Lois Arkin provides a walking tour of the Los Angeles Eco-Village neighborhood, sharing about the LAEV intentional community—about 40 folks, who are raising the quality of community life, while lowering environmental impacts and expanding public awareness about more sustainable urban living. ''Learn from nature and live ecologically'' is LAEV’s core value #2. ''Who else is interested in adopting and operating from this stance? Let's meet and talk!'' Tours usually run 10:30AM-1PM. 117 S. Bimini Pl., Los Angeles 90004. Reservations are required. You can pay the admission in time dollars! Upcoming tours: Sat., Oct. 9 > Sat., Oct. 23 > Sat., Nov. 6 > Sat., Nov. 20. For more info and for reservations: http://laecovillage.org/home/tours/
