Spirit expresses in many ways, including creativity, intimacy with others, and meditative awareness.  Join me for a new class that features my three favorite kinds of meditative practice: sitting in silence, writing, and group singing.  All three will be undertaken in a nurturing group environment that encourages the quieting of the critical, judgmental mind, and increases inner listening to the body and the creative self.

Come with journal and pen, and expect each session to include a minimum of twenty minutes silent meditation, ten minutes freewriting, and fifteen minutes song or chant.  No previous experience required.

To register, email laura@laurasandage.com or call me at 530-759-9181

Laura will lead a rousing singing of "I'm Teaching Peace," the theme song she created for this locally-based international peacemaking and educational foundation.  Another song or two may also be included in the festivities.  

This annual awards dinner event recognizes outstanding accomplishments, brings peacemakers together to promote collaboration, and help teach peace.  Students attend free due to donations from members. If you are buying a ticket for a student, one of the screens when you select "Checkout" has a "Special Instructions" box. In this box, simply note the ticket is for a student to attend.

Chicken, pasta, vegetarian, and vegan meals will be served. 

Laura will emcee the evening, and will also sit in with the Dolanc String Quartet, playing xylophone, drum and bass.

Laura will perform as a guest musician and songleader for the Sunday services of this warm community church.

As part of the Citywide Climate Action Workday on Oct. 9, join this intimate, creative gathering to create songs and poems in a spirit of service—to the Earth, the land we live on, our community, and any other causes dear to our hearts.  The processes undertaken will be reflective and worshipful as well as playful and collaborative.  Forms may include chants, odes, work songs, love songs, parodies, raps and rhymes.  Some of our results will be shared publicly (this is optional) the following afternoon at the Cool Davis Festival.  No prior experience required.

This multi-faceted community celebration will include a room devoted to local and low-impact ways to enjoy music in community and to organize your friends and neighbors for inspiring work or play.  Laura will be emceeing all the events in the "Local and Low Impact" room, and will lead some of the songs in the sing-along hour.  Events include a 2pm acoustic concert hour by local band Tree-O, a discussion of how to attend and host house concerts by Bill Wagman, an assortment of reports from service projects conducted locally the day before, including Laura's Service Through Song workshop, which may have a brand new song to share, and a participatory song circle with inspiring, singable songs.

The One, the Good, the True, the Beautiful, and the Risible (which means Laughable!): these are five portals called The Transcendentals.  They are ever-present in our lives, and when we look for them—in nature, in community, in our very selves-- we can come home to the sacred.   In a day-long retreat with Laura Sandage and Gerry Hair, we will take leisurely forays into each of the five, exploring together how we find these always-open doors.  Group activities, individual meditative time, and creative invitations may have us singing, laughing, and moving our bodies through space or our pens across paper, as well as pausing to remain blessedly still. Featuring a delicious vegetarian Indian lunch prepared by my husband, Satinder Sandhu.  He is famous for his cooking-- you will experience transcendental tastebuds!

Bring a notebook and writing/drawing tools. 

Bring your own dishes and utensils for the lunch provided.

Bring a mat and/or blanket for resting.

Dress comfortably enough to move.