BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Astara Raven - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://astararaven.love X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Astara Raven REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20180311T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20181104T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20191103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250822T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250822T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20250724T021710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T221821Z UID:17587-1755883800-1755891000@astararaven.love SUMMARY:The Quantum Heart + Gong Meditation with Astara & Orion DESCRIPTION:“Beyond all our inadequate constructions\, as well as within them\, lies an electric truth: field-aligned currents carry love instantly between me\, any star\, or planet.” – Astara Raven\, How The Stars Tell Time \nJoin us for a unique author talk and book event with Astara Raven and Orion of Illuminating Hearts at Bodhi Imports in Lincoln! Take a unique walk with Astara through the quantum wilderness to discover the secrets of the heart. ⚛️ \nAstara writes and teaches about the wild truths of quantum science and time travel in her book\, How the Stars Tell Time: A Soul Adventure in the Quantum Wilderness and Inner Space Academy. She unpacks the beauty of energy architecture and cosmic wisdom in an accessible way. \nOrion of Illuminating Hearts will join Astara to share a gong meditation — creating a resonance time machine — while Astara leads you in a guided quantum leap journey to jump timelines. If you’re ready to say yes to your soul and embrace the dreams you’re meant to live\, join us. Let music\, metaphysics\, and mindfulness weave together in a new way to heal you at the root of life: vibration. \nThe event is free. After\, there will be a book signing. \nLearn how to reclaim time\, creativity\, and soul in a chaotic world! 💫 \n  \n  \nSoul Sessions with Astara at Bodhi Imports • Aug 23\nThe next day\, Saturday August 23rd\, Bodhi Imports is thrilled to bring Astara to our store on the magical Virgo new moon to provide her signature Heartifact Archaeology sessions. \nLearn more 👉🏼 Soul Sessions with Astara \n  \n  \n  \nAstara Raven is a Quantum Architect\, Soul Detective\, Professor of Dreams\, and Transformation Doula. She guides individuals into the quantum wilderness to reclaim their gifts\, reframe their shadows\, rewrite their story\, and permission their power. \nHer signature process — Heartifact Archaeology — is a multidimensional journey that weaves together shamanic practices\, Sound Alchemy\, energy architecture\, vortex healing\, guided self-hypnosis\, and Human Design. Through this fusion\, she helps clients rewire the subconscious\, release trauma\, upgrade DNA\, and rise into the highest expression of Self. \n  \n  \n \nOrion is co-founder of Illuminating Hearts and a renaissance human with many talents in service to evolving himself and humanity. Orion is a sound healer\, multidimensional facilitator\, sound man\, recording engineer\, music teacher\, filmmaker\, pragmatic mystic\, Jedi\, minister\, and minstrel\, as well as a mindfulness and recovery mentor. \nHis passion for music has been in Orion since the beginning. He knew as a child that sound would be his life\, and that sound was the secret to life. Orion captures sound and film so you can enjoy our songs and stories at home. In addition to co-founding the unique approach to sound healing that we call Sound Alchemy\, he created TINY Space PRODUCTIONS — where he discovered his passion for storytelling through film and audiobook recording. \n★ read – How the Stars Tell Time\n🎥 watch – We Are Not Alone and Biophilia\n❤ learn – Inner Space Academy\n♡ heal – Heartifact Eco-System or Sound Alchemy\n☾ sign up – on our mailing list where science\, sound and metaphysics intersect! \n  \n  URL:https://astararaven.love/event/quantum-heart-gong-astara-bodhi/ LOCATION:Bodhi Imports\, 1645 S 17th St.\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68502\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Gong Meditation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Quantum-Heart-Bodhi-8.5-x-11-ver2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241005T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241006T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240917T224759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T052100Z UID:16252-1728120600-1728234000@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Astara at the Sioux Falls Holistic Health & Spirituality Fair DESCRIPTION:See Astara Raven\, intuitive channel\, energy healer\, soul guide\, and transformation coach\, as a guest speaker at the at the 15th Annual Sioux Falls Holistic Health & Spirituality Fair in Sioux Falls\, SD. Astara is also offering multidimensional Heartifact Archaeology sessions at her booth. \nEnjoy a whole day of uplifting and inspiring Speakers\, Vendors and Sponsors who offer holistic mind\, body & spiritual products and services. \nSATURDAY October 5th 9:30am-5pm\n$5 – Expo Pass\n$25 – Expo & Speaker Pass*\nVeterans and children under 10 are free.\n*Get there Early! The first 25 people at the door at 9:30am will receive a Gift Bag filled with special gifts from our Vendors! \n \nOR\nCash only at the door\n\nAstara Raven\, guest speaker and author — Quantum Leaping + Gong Meditation\n\n“Beyond all our inadequate constructions\, as well as within them\, lies an electric truth: field-aligned currents carry love instantly between me\, any star\, or planet.” – Astara Raven\, How The Stars Tell Time \nDiscover the power of time travel and jump timelines with Astara! Leap into the future you’ve always wanted inside our resonance time machine. Astara leads you in a guided meditation with the support of gong vibrations by Orion of Illuminating Hearts. You can indeed live your wildest dream\, you can connect to your core guidance\, build circuitry\, and grant permission. If you’re ready to say yes to your dreams and embrace the life you’re meant to live\, join us at Midwest Metaphysical Expo. It’s going to be life-changing. \nAstara writes and teaches about the heart\, the physics of the soul\, and channeling in her book\, How the Stars Tell Time: A Soul Adventure in the Quantum Wilderness\, and her online school\, Inner Space Academy — and she’s excited to bring energy architecture and cosmic wisdom to you in this life-changing talk at the expo! \n  \nBook a Heartifact Archaeology Session with Astara Raven\, intuitive channel and soul guide!\n\nBe sure to drop by and experience Astara’s in-depth healing at her booth. Astara will provide short Heartifact Archaeology sessions exclusive to the expo — using conscious tarot\, energy vortex healing\, medical mediumship\, shamanism\, soul retrieval\, Akashic Records and channeling. Astara channels soul wisdom via her Galactic Council including her Higher Self\, soul guides\, and loving ancestors to lift her clients into a new octave of love\, abundance\, and freedom. When she sings\, she transmits soul restoring (re-“star”-ing) energy. Her first book How the Stars Tell Time: A Soul Adventure in the Quantum Wilderness\, is on sale at her booth as well. Get a signed copy! \nAlso\, learn about We Are Not Alone — the feature length documentary about psychic medium Kristi Pederson‘s lifelong extraterrestrial contact\, Astara edited the film and composed the soundtrack with her partner\, director\, and co-producer Orion Ryan Muff. \nBook your session in advance! Heartifact Archaeology $89 (30 minutes) \n \nAbout Astara \nAs a California transplant to the heartland\, Astara is a coach to the stars\, channel\, shamanic practitioner\, energy healer\, songstress\, author\, filmmaker\, architect\, and sustainable leader. For over two decades she’s opened to psychic prosperity — expanding her senses to hear the universe — the Earth and cosmos — whisper its wisdom. She is co-founder of her company Illuminating Hearts. Her passion for metaphysics and sustainable design influenced her to create the Heartifact Archaeology Eco-System to heal and empower souls using the systems thinking of nature’s intelligence. All her soul tools weave together to facilitate the holistic healing she wished was in the world: going inward to the soul DNA of everything\, so that we can thrive. She teaches a new paradigm of energetic wisdom to awaken old souls inside Inner Space Academy online — so they can learn to activate their own psychic prosperity and channel. \nAstara is a multidimensional soul guide here to help you be more multidimensional. Astara reminds you\, “Your radiance awaits you. The Earth needs you shining as the star you are.”\n \n★ read – How the Stars Tell Time\n❤ learn – Inner Space Academy\n♡ heal – Heartifact Archaeology Eco-System or Sound Alchemy\n☾ sign up – on our mailing list where science\, sound and metaphysics intersect! URL:https://astararaven.love/event/2024-sfhhsf/ LOCATION:Denny Sanford Premier Center Arena and Convention Center\, 1101 N West Ave\, Sioux Falls\, SD\, 57104\, United States CATEGORIES:Festival,Gong Meditation,Heartifact Ecosystem ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20241005-SFHHSF.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241003T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241003T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240124T025812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T214541Z UID:15515-1727978400-1727983800@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Author Reading + Gong Meditation DESCRIPTION:“Beyond all our inadequate constructions\, as well as within them\, lies an electric truth: field-aligned currents carry love instantly between me\, any star\, or planet.” – Astara Raven\, How The Stars Tell Time \nJoin us for a unique author and book event with Astara Raven and Illuminating Hearts at the Purple Dragon Paper Co. in Fremont!  \nAstara writes and teaches about quantum science and time travel in her book\, How the Stars Tell Time: A Soul Adventure in the Quantum Wilderness\, and her online school\, Inner Space Academy — and she’ll bring energy architecture and cosmic wisdom to you in this life-changing author talk. \nOrion of Illuminating Hearts will join Astara to share a gong meditation — creating a resonance time machine — while Astara leads you in a guided quantum leap journey to jump timelines. Learn how to connect with your future self. If you’re ready to say yes to your dreams and embrace the life you’re meant to live\, join us. We promise it’s going to be life-changing. \nHow the Stars Tell Time is a narrative of Astara’s personal soul adventure! It is a cosmic love story of following one’s heart\, meeting self intimately\, and risking everything for a soul-aligned life. If Astara can do it\, so can you. Journey with Astara into the quantum field\, the electromagnetic universe\, and sound waves to connect to your heart\, your core essence\, and travel through time. The heart not only helps us change our relationship to each other for the better\, it helps us remember the future we want. Learn about quantum everything\, star think\, and the gate of time inside your heart.  \nThe event is free. After\, there will be a book signing. \n  \nAbout Astara \nAs a California transplant to the heartland\, Astara is a coach to the stars\, channel\, shamanic practitioner\, energy healer\, songstress\, author\, filmmaker\, architect\, and sustainable leader. For over two decades she’s opened to psychic prosperity — expanding her senses to hear the universe — the Earth and cosmos — whisper its wisdom. She is co-founder of her company Illuminating Hearts. Her passion for metaphysics and sustainable design influenced her to create the Heartifact Archaeology Eco-System to heal and empower souls using the systems thinking of nature’s intelligence. All her soul tools weave together to facilitate the holistic healing she wished was in the world: going inward to the soul DNA of everything\, so that we can thrive. She teaches a new paradigm of energetic wisdom to awaken old souls inside Inner Space Academy online — so they can learn to activate their own psychic prosperity and channel. \nAstara is a multidimensional soul guide here to help you be more multidimensional. Astara reminds you\, “Your radiance awaits you. The Earth needs you shining as the star you are.”\n \n★ read – How the Stars Tell Time\n❤ learn – Inner Space Academy\n♡ heal – Heartifact Archaeology Eco-System or Sound Alchemy\n☾ sign up – on our mailing list where science\, sound and metaphysics intersect! \n  \n  URL:https://astararaven.love/event/author-reading-purple-dragon/ LOCATION:Purple Dragon Paper Co.\, 512 N Main St.\, Fremont\, NE\, 68025\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Gong Meditation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Author-Reading-Gong-Purple-Dragon-800_1000.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240908T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240908T160000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240227T170043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240825T203958Z UID:15712-1725807600-1725811200@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Gong Meditation: Surrender September DESCRIPTION:“We are better off going to the root of energy\, which is consistently looking to flow again.” – Astara Raven\, How the Stars Tell Time\n \nAstara and Orion of Illuminating Hearts bring you an incredible afternoon of resonance and meditation to awaken you to the shared space of Trinity PT and Omaha Power Yoga. \nAre you ready to surrender to the flow state that is your inheritance? Astara writes in How the Stars Tell Time\, “Listening to the subtle cues of our body is necessary to have a better dialogue with our soul. Working directly from the larger electromagnetic field of the heart and the abundant nerve count of the gut sounds like soul-aligned intelligence to me.” The multi-frequency magic of the gongs helps dissolve the noise in and around you\, helping you surrender to the wisdom of your core creating coherence and flow in your system. \nWe lead the group through a gong immersion experience to support you while you meditate. Orion and Astara encompass you in layers of organic resonant medicine. Appropriate for all levels of meditation knowledge. Bring a friend! \nPre-registration encouraged. Check in time 2:45pm. Event start time 3:00pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration* $25/$30 at door \n \n*If you prefer to pay venmo\, please venmo astara7 to register (include your email) and we will add you to the list. \n \nDress comfortably to sit on the floor. We have a few bolsters\, blankets\, and back jacks\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite sit bolster/pillow (zafu/zabutan). If you need a chair\, please message us. As an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. We will provide loaner Mindfold eye-masks for those who prefer to cover their eyes during meditation. \nHere are just a few benefits of Gong Meditation:\n Mindfulness: Experience the support the gong provides to drop more deeply into your meditation practice\, cultivating mindfulness. Discover a deeper way of listening to your own body and the world around you. \n Tune Up: The gong tunes you up with the earth\, your natural rhythms\, and those around you. The protective aspects of the personality or mind (ego) quiet as you reconnect to the harmonic resonance all around you. \n Coherence: The gong helps you reconnect your three minds\, your gut\, your heart and your head. This coherence allows the head-brain to connect better to your heart intelligence and wisdom. \n Bio-intelligence: The overtones and universal resonance of the gong builds vagal nerve tone\, engages the parasympathetic nervous system for wholing your body and soul\, and helps increase Heart Rate Variability for longevity and vitality. \n Brain Superpowers: Access gamma brain waves which in turn accesses all brain wave states and increases well-being\, better perception of reality\, incredible focus\, better self-control and richer sensory experience. \n Connection: Mindfulness begins within you and transcendence unfolds in community. \n And much more! \nWhat our friends say:\n“I just got to experience Illuminating Hearts for the first time tonight. It was an incredible journey\, via sound\, through the many places my mind was able to take me. Absolutely wonderful experience. A universal vacation through mind\, body\, and spirit. I look forward to more. Thank you!” —Brain Wetjen\, Omaha\, Nebraska \n“Illuminating Hearts are pure magic. Never before have I felt vibration in every cell of my body\, creating a thrumming that transformed time and space. My whole body became rivers of sound. Orion and Astara are bringing a profound experience into the world\, don’t miss it!!” —Susan Steindorf\, Owner of Dayaalu Center\, Bainbridge Island\, Washington \n\nFAQs \nAre there minimum age requirements to enter the event? \nAs an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. \nWhat can I bring into the event? \nDress comfortably. Chairs provided\, feel free to bring a favorite sit pillow/zafu/zabuton if you prefer. \nWhat’s the refund policy? \n\nWe refund cancellations in full received 24 Hours or more notice in advance of the event. Any cancellations we receive with less than 24 Hours notice in advance of the event will not be refunded. Read our full event policy. \nWill there be filming or recording at the event? \nWhen you enter an Illuminating Hearts (IH) event\, you enter an area where photography\, audio\, and video recording may occur. Read our full event policy\, including a notice of filming\, video and photography. Upon entering the event\, you agree to our event policy and effectively release IH\, its illuminators and collaborators\, and each and all persons involved\, from any liability connected with filming or recording. You also waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties associated with the recording. Our intention for filming and recording is to harvest beauty for the world. Thank you for being a part of this event with us! \nCan I contact the organizer with any questions? \nPlease email sound@illuminatinghearts with any further questions. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/gong-meditation-surrender-sept/ LOCATION:Trinity PT & Omaha Power Yoga\, 4006 N 144th St.\, Omaha\, NE\, 68116\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Gong-Meditation-Sept.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240826T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240826T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240307T014337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240825T155152Z UID:15776-1724697000-1724700600@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Tune in & Tune up with the Guides - August DESCRIPTION:“After I am fully connected to the energy I am\, my call with the cosmos starts.” – Astara\, How the Stars Tell Time \nEnjoy a dose of cosmic wisdom as Astara channels her Galactic Council to receive guidance and support for humanity from higher dimensions. These energy transmissions bring new octaves of learning and energetic activations to tune up your body and field\, giving you access to more freedom\, power\, and creativity than ever before. This is the power required to escort hidden obstacles in your path back to love. ✨ \nAstara and the Galactic Council help you turn the dial on the quality knob of your life towards beauty and vitality. Upgrade yourself mind\, body\, and soul with a fresh frequency and new momentum forward! ✨ \nStart the evening out with a gong meditation. After the channeled message\, ask questions of Astara’s guides and practice hearing your own guides too. If you already listen to your guides\, your attendance will deepen your connection with yours. ✨ \nOnce you’re connected more deeply to the source field (quantum field) with Astara and the Galactic Council\, the messages and energies that pour forth help you change the channel of your life! We’ll record each session to bring Astara’s second book into the world. Be a part of making history. ✨ \n  \nSeating is limited\, pre-registration encouraged. \nCheck in time 6:15pm. Event start time 6:30pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration $20/$25 at door \n \nCan’t make it to the live event? No worries!\nYou can watch and listen to all the chapters on our Patreon site as each episode drops.\nEventually\, catch the full series! \n \n  \nAstara accesses more of her brain and body so she can tune into the Presence of All That Is\, Nature’s Intelligence\, her Meta Self\, and her guides. Astara calls this the Cosmic Conference Call — a channeling technique she writes about in her book How the Stars Tell Time. Astara writes and teaches about the heart\, the physics of the soul\, and channeling in her book\, How the Stars Tell Time\, her private Heartifact Archaeology sessions\, and her online school\, Inner Space Academy. \nLearn more about Astara: https://astararaven.love/meet-astara\nBuy How the Stars Tell Time: https://astararaven.love/how-the-stars-tell-time-the-book/ URL:https://astararaven.love/event/tune-in-guides-aug/ LOCATION:Omaha Whole Living\, 521 N. 33rd Street\, Omaha\, NE\, 68131\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation,Heartifact Ecosystem ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Tune-In-Tune-Up-Guides-Aug-800_1000.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240811T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240811T160000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240227T163256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240808T224441Z UID:15709-1723388400-1723392000@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Gong Meditation: August Abundance DESCRIPTION:“You are already abundant. Abundance is what is happening. What do you want an abundance of? An abundance of lack? An abundance of worthiness? You get to decide.” – Astara Raven \nAstara and Orion of Illuminating Hearts bring you an incredible afternoon of resonance medicine and meditation in the shared space of Trinity PT and Omaha Power Yoga. \nTapping into abundance is easy\, you do it every day. Astara writes of her first channeling experience in How the Stars Tell Time\, “…my left hand is open receiving abundance\, and the right hand is extending healing energy.” It is that simple. So abundance is actually more about the quality you are connecting with\, than it is about the quantity. The multi-frequency magic of the gongs helps dissolve the noise in and around you\, helping you tune the quality dial on the type of abundance you want. \nWe lead the group through a gong immersion experience to support you while you meditate. Orion and Astara encompass you in layers of organic resonant medicine. Appropriate for all levels of meditation knowledge. Bring a friend! \nPre-registration encouraged. Check in time 2:45pm. Event start time 3:00pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration* $25/$30 at door \n \n*If you prefer to pay venmo\, please venmo astara7 to register (include your email) and we will add you to the list. \n \nDress comfortably to sit on the floor. We have a few bolsters\, blankets\, and back jacks\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite sit bolster/pillow (zafu/zabutan). If you need a chair\, please message us. As an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. We will provide loaner Mindfold eye-masks for those who prefer to cover their eyes during meditation. \nHere are just a few benefits of Gong Meditation:\n Mindfulness: Experience the support the gong provides to drop more deeply into your meditation practice\, cultivating mindfulness. Discover a deeper way of listening to your own body and the world around you. \n Tune Up: The gong tunes you up with the earth\, your natural rhythms\, and those around you. The protective aspects of the personality or mind (ego) quiet as you reconnect to the harmonic resonance all around you. \n Coherence: The gong helps you reconnect your three minds\, your gut\, your heart and your head. This coherence allows the head-brain to connect better to your heart intelligence and wisdom. \n Bio-intelligence: The overtones and universal resonance of the gong builds vagal nerve tone\, engages the parasympathetic nervous system for wholing your body and soul\, and helps increase Heart Rate Variability for longevity and vitality. \n Brain Superpowers: Access gamma brain waves which in turn accesses all brain wave states and increases well-being\, better perception of reality\, incredible focus\, better self-control and richer sensory experience. \n Connection: Mindfulness begins within you and transcendence unfolds in community. \n And much more! \nWhat our friends say:\n“I just got to experience Illuminating Hearts for the first time tonight. It was an incredible journey\, via sound\, through the many places my mind was able to take me. Absolutely wonderful experience. A universal vacation through mind\, body\, and spirit. I look forward to more. Thank you!” —Brain Wetjen\, Omaha\, Nebraska \n“Illuminating Hearts are pure magic. Never before have I felt vibration in every cell of my body\, creating a thrumming that transformed time and space. My whole body became rivers of sound. Orion and Astara are bringing a profound experience into the world\, don’t miss it!!” —Susan Steindorf\, Owner of Dayaalu Center\, Bainbridge Island\, Washington \n\nFAQs \nAre there minimum age requirements to enter the event? \nAs an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. \nWhat can I bring into the event? \nDress comfortably. Chairs provided\, feel free to bring a favorite sit pillow/zafu/zabuton if you prefer. \nWhat’s the refund policy? \n\nWe refund cancellations in full received 24 Hours or more notice in advance of the event. Any cancellations we receive with less than 24 Hours notice in advance of the event will not be refunded. Read our full event policy. \nWill there be filming or recording at the event? \nWhen you enter an Illuminating Hearts (IH) event\, you enter an area where photography\, audio\, and video recording may occur. Read our full event policy\, including a notice of filming\, video and photography. Upon entering the event\, you agree to our event policy and effectively release IH\, its illuminators and collaborators\, and each and all persons involved\, from any liability connected with filming or recording. You also waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties associated with the recording. Our intention for filming and recording is to harvest beauty for the world. Thank you for being a part of this event with us! \nCan I contact the organizer with any questions? \nPlease email sound@illuminatinghearts with any further questions. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/gong-meditation-aug-abundance/ LOCATION:Trinity PT & Omaha Power Yoga\, 4006 N 144th St.\, Omaha\, NE\, 68116\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Gong-Meditation-Event-Aug-2-1080_1350.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240722T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240722T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240307T012846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T205748Z UID:15773-1721673000-1721676600@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Tune in & Tune up with the Guides - July DESCRIPTION:“After I am fully connected to the energy I am\, my call with the cosmos starts.” – Astara\, How the Stars Tell Time \nEnjoy a dose of cosmic wisdom as Astara channels her Galactic Council to receive guidance and support for humanity from higher dimensions. These energy transmissions bring new octaves of learning and energetic activations to tune up your body and field\, giving you access to more freedom\, power\, and creativity than ever before. This is the power required to escort hidden obstacles in your path back to love. ✨ \nAstara and the Galactic Council help you turn the dial on the quality knob of your life towards beauty and vitality. Upgrade yourself mind\, body\, and soul with a fresh frequency and new momentum forward! ✨ \nStart the evening out with a gong meditation. After the channeled message\, ask questions of Astara’s guides and practice hearing your own guides too. If you already listen to your guides\, your attendance will deepen your connection with yours. ✨ \nOnce you’re connected more deeply to the source field (quantum field) with Astara and the Galactic Council\, the messages and energies that pour forth help you change the channel of your life! We’ll record each session to bring Astara’s second book into the world. Be a part of making history. ✨ \n  \nSeating is limited\, pre-registration encouraged. \nCheck in time 6:15pm. Event start time 6:30pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration $20/$25 at door \n \nCan’t make it to the live event? No worries!\nYou can watch and listen to all the chapters on our Patreon site as each episode drops.\nEventually\, catch the full series! \n \n  \nAstara accesses more of her brain and body so she can tune into the Presence of All That Is\, Nature’s Intelligence\, her Meta Self\, and her guides. Astara calls this the Cosmic Conference Call — a channeling technique she writes about in her book How the Stars Tell Time. Astara writes and teaches about the heart\, the physics of the soul\, and channeling in her book\, How the Stars Tell Time\, her private Heartifact Archaeology sessions\, and her online school\, Inner Space Academy. \nLearn more about Astara: https://astararaven.love/meet-astara\nBuy How the Stars Tell Time: https://astararaven.love/how-the-stars-tell-time-the-book/ URL:https://astararaven.love/event/tune-in-guides-july/ LOCATION:Omaha Whole Living\, 521 N. 33rd Street\, Omaha\, NE\, 68131\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation,Heartifact Ecosystem ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240714T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240714T160000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240227T013157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T205651Z UID:15698-1720969200-1720972800@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Gong Meditation: July Journey DESCRIPTION:“Freedom is defined as power or right. I define it as taking responsibility for my life and my reality.” – Astara Raven\, How The Stars Tell Time \nAstara and Orion of Illuminating Hearts bring you an incredible afternoon of resonance and meditation to awaken you to the shared space of Trinity PT and Omaha Power Yoga. Journey with us into a new expression of freedom found in the heart. \nAstara writes in How the Stars Tell Time\, “I can ask better questions like ‘What lesson can I learn here?’ or ‘How can I respond with more compassion?’ Such a bold step of accountability takes skill building and lots of practice\, yet it helps me liberate myself from illusionary fears that bind me. In this way\, responsibility is the ultimate freedom.” The multi-frequency magic of the gongs helps dissolve the noise in and around you\, helping you on the longest journey you’ll ever take: the 18 inches from your head to your heart. The heart is the seat of your power — the highest concentration of electromagnetism in your body or field. Liberate yourself from the limitations of the head brain and journey from a win-lose metric into a win-win world centered in the heart brain. \nWe lead the group through a gong immersion experience to support you while you meditate. Orion and Astara encompass you in layers of organic resonant medicine. Appropriate for all levels of meditation knowledge. Bring a friend! \nPre-registration encouraged. Check in time 2:45pm. Event start time 3:00pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration* $25/$30 at door \n \n*If you prefer to pay venmo\, please venmo astara7 to register (include your email) and we will add you to the list. \n \nDress comfortably to sit on the floor. We have a few bolsters\, blankets\, and back jacks\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite sit bolster/pillow (zafu/zabutan). If you need a chair\, please message us. As an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. We will provide loaner Mindfold eye-masks for those who prefer to cover their eyes during meditation. \nHere are just a few benefits of Gong Meditation:\n Mindfulness: Experience the support the gong provides to drop more deeply into your meditation practice\, cultivating mindfulness. Discover a deeper way of listening to your own body and the world around you. \n Tune Up: The gong tunes you up with the earth\, your natural rhythms\, and those around you. The protective aspects of the personality or mind (ego) quiet as you reconnect to the harmonic resonance all around you. \n Coherence: The gong helps you reconnect your three minds\, your gut\, your heart and your head. This coherence allows the head-brain to connect better to your heart intelligence and wisdom. \n Bio-intelligence: The overtones and universal resonance of the gong builds vagal nerve tone\, engages the parasympathetic nervous system for wholing your body and soul\, and helps increase Heart Rate Variability for longevity and vitality. \n Brain Superpowers: Access gamma brain waves which in turn accesses all brain wave states and increases well-being\, better perception of reality\, incredible focus\, better self-control and richer sensory experience. \n Connection: Mindfulness begins within you and transcendence unfolds in community. \n And much more! \nWhat our friends say:\n“I just got to experience Illuminating Hearts for the first time tonight. It was an incredible journey\, via sound\, through the many places my mind was able to take me. Absolutely wonderful experience. A universal vacation through mind\, body\, and spirit. I look forward to more. Thank you!” —Brain Wetjen\, Omaha\, Nebraska \n“Illuminating Hearts are pure magic. Never before have I felt vibration in every cell of my body\, creating a thrumming that transformed time and space. My whole body became rivers of sound. Orion and Astara are bringing a profound experience into the world\, don’t miss it!!” —Susan Steindorf\, Owner of Dayaalu Center\, Bainbridge Island\, Washington \n\nFAQs \nAre there minimum age requirements to enter the event? \nAs an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. \nWhat can I bring into the event? \nDress comfortably. Chairs provided\, feel free to bring a favorite sit pillow/zafu/zabuton if you prefer. \nWhat’s the refund policy? \n\nWe refund cancellations in full received 24 Hours or more notice in advance of the event. Any cancellations we receive with less than 24 Hours notice in advance of the event will not be refunded. Read our full event policy. \nWill there be filming or recording at the event? \nWhen you enter an Illuminating Hearts (IH) event\, you enter an area where photography\, audio\, and video recording may occur. Read our full event policy\, including a notice of filming\, video and photography. Upon entering the event\, you agree to our event policy and effectively release IH\, its illuminators and collaborators\, and each and all persons involved\, from any liability connected with filming or recording. You also waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties associated with the recording. Our intention for filming and recording is to harvest beauty for the world. Thank you for being a part of this event with us! \nCan I contact the organizer with any questions? \nPlease email sound@illuminatinghearts with any further questions. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/gong-meditation-july-journey/ LOCATION:Trinity PT & Omaha Power Yoga\, 4006 N 144th St.\, Omaha\, NE\, 68116\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/orion-playing-illuminating-hearts.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240617T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240617T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240306T223251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T205854Z UID:15759-1718649000-1718652600@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Tune in & Tune up with the Guides - June DESCRIPTION:“After I am fully connected to the energy I am\, my call with the cosmos starts.” – Astara\, How the Stars Tell Time \nEnjoy a dose of cosmic wisdom as Astara channels her Galactic Council to receive guidance and support for humanity from higher dimensions. These energy transmissions bring new octaves of learning and energetic activations to tune up your body and field\, giving you access to more freedom\, power\, and creativity than ever before. This is the power required to escort hidden obstacles in your path back to love. ✨ \nAstara and the Galactic Council help you turn the dial on the quality knob of your life towards beauty and vitality. Upgrade yourself mind\, body\, and soul with a fresh frequency and new momentum forward! ✨ \nStart the evening out with a gong meditation. After the channeled message\, ask questions of Astara’s guides and practice hearing your own guides too. If you already listen to your guides\, your attendance will deepen your connection with yours. ✨ \nOnce you’re connected more deeply to the source field (quantum field) with Astara and the Galactic Council\, the messages and energies that pour forth help you change the channel of your life! We’ll record each session to bring Astara’s second book into the world. Be a part of making history. ✨ \n  \nSeating is limited\, pre-registration encouraged. \nCheck in time 6:15pm. Event start time 6:30pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration $20/$25 at door \n \nCan’t make it to the live event? No worries!\nYou can watch and listen to all the chapters on our Patreon site as each episode drops.\nEventually\, catch the full series! \n \nAstara accesses more of her brain and body so she can tune into the Presence of All That Is\, Nature’s Intelligence\, her Meta Self\, and her guides. Astara calls this the Cosmic Conference Call — a channeling technique she writes about in her book How the Stars Tell Time. Astara writes and teaches about the heart\, the physics of the soul\, and channeling in her book\, How the Stars Tell Time\, her private Heartifact Archaeology sessions\, and her online school\, Inner Space Academy. \nLearn more about Astara: https://astararaven.love/meet-astara\nBuy How the Stars Tell Time: https://astararaven.love/how-the-stars-tell-time-the-book/ URL:https://astararaven.love/event/tune-in-guides-june/ LOCATION:Omaha Whole Living\, 521 N. 33rd Street\, Omaha\, NE\, 68131\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation,Heartifact Ecosystem ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240602T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240602T160000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240225T052935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T205647Z UID:15656-1717340400-1717344000@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Gong Meditation: June Joy DESCRIPTION:“The heart’s the first brain and the most powerful. It has 100 times more electromagnetic activity than my head.” – Astara Raven\, How The Stars Tell Time \nAstara and Orion of Illuminating Hearts bring you an incredible afternoon of resonance and meditation to awaken you to the shared space of Trinity PT and Omaha Power Yoga. \nAstara writes in How the Stars Tell Time\, “The heart is the key to everything. It’s a compass to help you navigate your life: your joy\, purpose\, knowledge\, direction\, and soul learning.” The multi-frequency magic of the gongs helps dissolve the noise in and around you\, helping you on the longest journey you’ll ever take: the 18 inches from your head to your heart. The heart is the seat of joy — the highest expression of existence. And it is not dependent on external circumstances. \nWe lead the group through a gong immersion experience to support you while you meditate. Orion and Astara encompass you in layers of organic resonant medicine. Appropriate for all levels of meditation knowledge. Bring a friend! \nPre-registration encouraged. Check in time 2:45pm. Event start time 3:00pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration* $25/$30 at door \n \n*If you prefer to pay venmo\, please venmo astara7 to register (include your email) and we will add you to the list. \n \nDress comfortably to sit on the floor. We have a few bolsters\, blankets\, and back jacks\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite sit bolster/pillow (zafu/zabutan). If you need a chair\, please message us. As an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. We will provide loaner Mindfold eye-masks for those who prefer to cover their eyes during meditation. \nHere are just a few benefits of Gong Meditation:\n Mindfulness: Experience the support the gong provides to drop more deeply into your meditation practice\, cultivating mindfulness. Discover a deeper way of listening to your own body and the world around you. \n Tune Up: The gong tunes you up with the earth\, your natural rhythms\, and those around you. The protective aspects of the personality or mind (ego) quiet as you reconnect to the harmonic resonance all around you. \n Coherence: The gong helps you reconnect your three minds\, your gut\, your heart and your head. This coherence allows the head-brain to connect better to your heart intelligence and wisdom. \n Bio-intelligence: The overtones and universal resonance of the gong builds vagal nerve tone\, engages the parasympathetic nervous system for wholing your body and soul\, and helps increase Heart Rate Variability for longevity and vitality. \n Brain Superpowers: Access gamma brain waves which in turn accesses all brain wave states and increases well-being\, better perception of reality\, incredible focus\, better self-control and richer sensory experience. \n Connection: Mindfulness begins within you and transcendence unfolds in community. \n And much more! \nWhat our friends say:\n“I just got to experience Illuminating Hearts for the first time tonight. It was an incredible journey\, via sound\, through the many places my mind was able to take me. Absolutely wonderful experience. A universal vacation through mind\, body\, and spirit. I look forward to more. Thank you!” —Brain Wetjen\, Omaha\, Nebraska \n“Illuminating Hearts are pure magic. Never before have I felt vibration in every cell of my body\, creating a thrumming that transformed time and space. My whole body became rivers of sound. Orion and Astara are bringing a profound experience into the world\, don’t miss it!!” —Susan Steindorf\, Owner of Dayaalu Center\, Bainbridge Island\, Washington \n\nFAQs \nAre there minimum age requirements to enter the event? \nAs an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. \nWhat can I bring into the event? \nDress comfortably. Chairs provided\, feel free to bring a favorite sit pillow/zafu/zabuton if you prefer. \nWhat’s the refund policy? \n\nWe refund cancellations in full received 24 Hours or more notice in advance of the event. Any cancellations we receive with less than 24 Hours notice in advance of the event will not be refunded. Read our full event policy. \nWill there be filming or recording at the event? \nWhen you enter an Illuminating Hearts (IH) event\, you enter an area where photography\, audio\, and video recording may occur. Read our full event policy\, including a notice of filming\, video and photography. Upon entering the event\, you agree to our event policy and effectively release IH\, its illuminators and collaborators\, and each and all persons involved\, from any liability connected with filming or recording. You also waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties associated with the recording. Our intention for filming and recording is to harvest beauty for the world. Thank you for being a part of this event with us! \nCan I contact the organizer with any questions? \nPlease email sound@illuminatinghearts with any further questions. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/gong-meditation-june-joy/ LOCATION:Trinity PT & Omaha Power Yoga\, 4006 N 144th St.\, Omaha\, NE\, 68116\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/orion-playing-illuminating-hearts.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240520T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240520T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240306T202845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T174759Z UID:15741-1716229800-1716233400@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Tune in & Tune up with the Guides - May DESCRIPTION:“After I am fully connected to the energy I am\, my call with the cosmos starts.” – Astara\, How the Stars Tell Time \nEnjoy a dose of cosmic wisdom as Astara channels her Galactic Council to receive guidance and support for humanity from higher dimensions. These energy transmissions bring new octaves of learning and energetic activations to tune up your body and field\, giving you access to more freedom\, power\, and creativity than ever before. This is the power required to escort hidden obstacles in your path back to love. ✨ \nAstara and the Galactic Council help you turn the dial on the quality knob of your life towards beauty and vitality. Upgrade yourself mind\, body\, and soul with a fresh frequency and new momentum forward! ✨ \nStart the evening out with a gong meditation. After the channeled message\, ask questions of Astara’s guides and practice hearing your own guides too. If you already listen to your guides\, your attendance will deepen your connection with yours. ✨ \nOnce you’re connected more deeply to the source field (quantum field) with Astara and the Galactic Council\, the messages and energies that pour forth help you change the channel of your life! We’ll record each session to bring Astara’s second book into the world. Be a part of making history. ✨ \nSeating is limited\, pre-registration encouraged. \nCheck in time 6:15pm. Event start time 6:30pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration $20/$25 at door \n \nCan’t make it to the live event? No worries!\nYou can watch and listen to all the chapters on our Patreon site as each episode drops.\nEventually\, catch the full series! \n \nAstara accesses more of her brain and body so she can tune into the Presence of All That Is\, Nature’s Intelligence\, her Meta Self\, and her guides. Astara calls this the Cosmic Conference Call — a channeling technique she writes about in her book How the Stars Tell Time. Astara writes and teaches about the heart\, the physics of the soul\, and channeling in her book\, How the Stars Tell Time\, her private Heartifact Archaeology sessions\, and her online school\, Inner Space Academy. \nLearn more about Astara: https://astararaven.love/meet-astara\nBuy How the Stars Tell Time: https://astararaven.love/how-the-stars-tell-time-the-book/ URL:https://astararaven.love/event/tune-in-guides-may/ LOCATION:Omaha Whole Living\, 521 N. 33rd Street\, Omaha\, NE\, 68131\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation,Heartifact Ecosystem ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240510T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240510T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240225T043056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T150743Z UID:15649-1715365800-1715369400@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Gong Meditation: May Mystery DESCRIPTION:“We swim in mystery every day\, yet we do not realize it.” – Astara Raven\, How The Stars Tell Time \nAstara and Orion of Illuminating Hearts return to the shared space of Trinity PT and Omaha Power Yoga to bring you an incredible evening of resonance and meditation to awaken you to the mystery. \nAstara writes in How the Stars Tell Time\, “The writer David Foster Wallace offers a parable of two fish that aptly describes how we swim in mystery every day\, yet we do not realize it. There are these two young fish swimming along\, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way\, who nods at them and says\, ‘Morning\, boys\, how’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit\, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes\, ‘What the hell is water?'” \nYou too are swimming along\, unaware of the quantum superfluid all around you. Quantum mechanics has unveiled some of the mystery\, but there’s more to be known and experienced. The multi-frequency magic of the gongs helps dissolve the noise in and around you\, unveiling the mystery. Letting the mystery enter your consciousness\, your presence\, your imagination can change your life at the cellular level and the quantum level. We believe all healing begins there. \nWe lead the group through a gong immersion experience to support you while you meditate. Orion and Astara encompass you in layers of organic resonant medicine. Appropriate for all levels of meditation knowledge. Bring a friend! \nPre-registration encouraged. Check in time 6:15pm. Event start time 6:30pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration* $25/$30 at door \n \n*If you prefer to pay venmo\, please venmo astara7 to register (include your email) and we will add you to the list. \n \nDress comfortably to sit on the floor. We have a few bolsters\, blankets\, and back jacks\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite sit bolster/pillow (zafu/zabutan). If you need a chair\, please message us. As an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. We will provide loaner Mindfold eye-masks for those who prefer to cover their eyes during meditation. \nHere are just a few benefits of Gong Meditation:\n Mindfulness: Experience the support the gong provides to drop more deeply into your meditation practice\, cultivating mindfulness. Discover a deeper way of listening to your own body and the world around you. \n Tune Up: The gong tunes you up with the earth\, your natural rhythms\, and those around you. The protective aspects of the personality or mind (ego) quiet as you reconnect to the harmonic resonance all around you. \n Coherence: The gong helps you reconnect your three minds\, your gut\, your heart and your head. This coherence allows the head-brain to connect better to your heart intelligence and wisdom. \n Bio-intelligence: The overtones and universal resonance of the gong builds vagal nerve tone\, engages the parasympathetic nervous system for wholing your body and soul\, and helps increase Heart Rate Variability for longevity and vitality. \n Brain Superpowers: Access gamma brain waves which in turn accesses all brain wave states and increases well-being\, better perception of reality\, incredible focus\, better self-control and richer sensory experience. \n Connection: Mindfulness begins within you and transcendence unfolds in community. \n And much more! \nWhat our friends say:\n“I just got to experience Illuminating Hearts for the first time tonight. It was an incredible journey\, via sound\, through the many places my mind was able to take me. Absolutely wonderful experience. A universal vacation through mind\, body\, and spirit. I look forward to more. Thank you!” —Brain Wetjen\, Omaha\, Nebraska \n“Illuminating Hearts are pure magic. Never before have I felt vibration in every cell of my body\, creating a thrumming that transformed time and space. My whole body became rivers of sound. Orion and Astara are bringing a profound experience into the world\, don’t miss it!!” —Susan Steindorf\, Owner of Dayaalu Center\, Bainbridge Island\, Washington \n\nFAQs \nAre there minimum age requirements to enter the event? \nAs an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. \nWhat can I bring into the event? \nDress comfortably. Chairs provided\, feel free to bring a favorite sit pillow/zafu/zabuton if you prefer. \nWhat’s the refund policy? \n\nWe refund cancellations in full received 24 Hours or more notice in advance of the event. Any cancellations we receive with less than 24 Hours notice in advance of the event will not be refunded. Read our full event policy. \nWill there be filming or recording at the event? \nWhen you enter an Illuminating Hearts (IH) event\, you enter an area where photography\, audio\, and video recording may occur. Read our full event policy\, including a notice of filming\, video and photography. Upon entering the event\, you agree to our event policy and effectively release IH\, its illuminators and collaborators\, and each and all persons involved\, from any liability connected with filming or recording. You also waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties associated with the recording. Our intention for filming and recording is to harvest beauty for the world. Thank you for being a part of this event with us! \nCan I contact the organizer with any questions? \nPlease email sound@illuminatinghearts with any further questions. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/gong-meditation-may-mystery/ LOCATION:Trinity PT & Omaha Power Yoga\, 4006 N 144th St.\, Omaha\, NE\, 68116\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/orion-playing-illuminating-hearts.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240206T200811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240307T013646Z UID:15630-1713465000-1713468600@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Tune in & Tune up with the Guides - April DESCRIPTION:“After I am fully connected to the energy I am\, my call with the cosmos starts.” – Astara\, How the Stars Tell Time \nEnjoy a dose of cosmic wisdom as Astara channels her Galactic Council to receive guidance and support for humanity from higher dimensions. These energy transmissions bring new octaves of learning and energetic activations to tune up your body and field\, giving you access to more freedom\, power\, and creativity than ever before. This is the power required to escort hidden obstacles in your path back to love. ✨ \nAstara and the Galactic Council help you turn the dial on the quality knob of your life towards beauty and vitality. Upgrade yourself mind\, body\, and soul with a fresh frequency and new momentum forward! ✨ \nStart the evening out with a gong meditation. After the channeled message\, ask questions of Astara’s guides and practice hearing your own guides too. If you already listen to your guides\, your attendance will deepen your connection with yours. ✨ \nOnce you’re connected more deeply to the source field (quantum field) with Astara and the Galactic Council\, the messages and energies that pour forth help you change the channel of your life! We’ll record each session to bring Astara’s second book into the world. Be a part of making history. ✨ \nSeating is limited\, pre-registration encouraged. \nCheck in time 6:15pm. Event start time 6:30pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration $20/$25 at door \n \n  \nAstara accesses more of her brain and body so she can tune into the Presence of All That Is\, Nature’s Intelligence\, her Meta Self\, and her guides. Astara calls this the Cosmic Conference Call — a channeling technique she writes about in her book How the Stars Tell Time. Astara writes and teaches about the heart\, the physics of the soul\, and channeling in her book\, How the Stars Tell Time\, her private Heartifact Archaeology sessions\, and her online school\, Inner Space Academy. \nLearn more about Astara: https://astararaven.love/meet-astara\nBuy How the Stars Tell Time: https://astararaven.love/how-the-stars-tell-time-the-book/ URL:https://astararaven.love/event/tune-in-guides-april/ LOCATION:Omaha Whole Living\, 521 N. 33rd Street\, Omaha\, NE\, 68131\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation,Heartifact Ecosystem ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240412T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240412T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240225T002611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T205731Z UID:15643-1712946600-1712950200@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Gong Meditation: April Adventure DESCRIPTION:“The principal of growth always has and always will continue. Because that is what is going on.” – Alan Watts \nAstara and Orion of Illuminating Hearts bring you an incredible evening of resonance and meditation to awaken you to the shared space of Trinity PT and Omaha Power Yoga. \nThe ultimate adventure is growth. It is the one constant even if we are not conscious of it. If you sit long enough with yourself\, you could connect with growth happening in real time. Astara writes in How the Stars Tell Time\, “Those parts of us that feast with a fury on our debilitating insecurities\, stabbing at us with our worst fears—out and out lies to ourselves—to keep the status quo. The furies and stabbies have one main mission: prevent success\, growth\, and love at any cost. Peace and presence would mean an end to their reign.” Let the gong help you change the channel of your life\, and tune into the love inside all growth. Tame those furies and stabbies through presence so that you can step into your soul adventure with a grand YES in every cell. The universe operates on that YES. \nWe lead the group through a gong immersion experience to support you while you meditate. Orion and Astara encompass you in layers of organic resonant medicine. Appropriate for all levels of meditation knowledge. Bring a friend! \nPre-registration encouraged. Check in time 6:15pm. Event start time 6:30pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration* $25/$30 at door \n \n*If you prefer to pay venmo\, please venmo astara7 to register (include your email) and we will add you to the list. \n \nDress comfortably to sit on the floor. We have a few bolsters\, blankets\, and back jacks\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite sit bolster/pillow (zafu/zabutan). If you need a chair\, please message us. As an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. We will provide loaner Mindfold eye-masks for those who prefer to cover their eyes during meditation. \nHere are just a few benefits of Gong Meditation:\n Mindfulness: Experience the support the gong provides to drop more deeply into your meditation practice\, cultivating mindfulness. Discover a deeper way of listening to your own body and the world around you. \n Tune Up: The gong tunes you up with the earth\, your natural rhythms\, and those around you. The protective aspects of the personality or mind (ego) quiet as you reconnect to the harmonic resonance all around you. \n Coherence: The gong helps you reconnect your three minds\, your gut\, your heart and your head. This coherence allows the head-brain to connect better to your heart intelligence and wisdom. \n Bio-intelligence: The overtones and universal resonance of the gong builds vagal nerve tone\, engages the parasympathetic nervous system for wholing your body and soul\, and helps increase Heart Rate Variability for longevity and vitality. \n Brain Superpowers: Access gamma brain waves which in turn accesses all brain wave states and increases well-being\, better perception of reality\, incredible focus\, better self-control and richer sensory experience. \n Connection: Mindfulness begins within you and transcendence unfolds in community. \n And much more! \nWhat our friends say:\n“I just got to experience Illuminating Hearts for the first time tonight. It was an incredible journey\, via sound\, through the many places my mind was able to take me. Absolutely wonderful experience. A universal vacation through mind\, body\, and spirit. I look forward to more. Thank you!” —Brain Wetjen\, Omaha\, Nebraska \n“Illuminating Hearts are pure magic. Never before have I felt vibration in every cell of my body\, creating a thrumming that transformed time and space. My whole body became rivers of sound. Orion and Astara are bringing a profound experience into the world\, don’t miss it!!” —Susan Steindorf\, Owner of Dayaalu Center\, Bainbridge Island\, Washington \n\nFAQs \nAre there minimum age requirements to enter the event? \nAs an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. \nWhat can I bring into the event? \nDress comfortably. Chairs provided\, feel free to bring a favorite sit pillow/zafu/zabuton if you prefer. \nWhat’s the refund policy? \n\nWe refund cancellations in full received 24 Hours or more notice in advance of the event. Any cancellations we receive with less than 24 Hours notice in advance of the event will not be refunded. Read our full event policy. \nWill there be filming or recording at the event? \nWhen you enter an Illuminating Hearts (IH) event\, you enter an area where photography\, audio\, and video recording may occur. Read our full event policy\, including a notice of filming\, video and photography. Upon entering the event\, you agree to our event policy and effectively release IH\, its illuminators and collaborators\, and each and all persons involved\, from any liability connected with filming or recording. You also waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties associated with the recording. Our intention for filming and recording is to harvest beauty for the world. Thank you for being a part of this event with us! \nCan I contact the organizer with any questions? \nPlease email sound@illuminatinghearts with any further questions. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/gong-meditation-april-adventure/ LOCATION:Trinity PT & Omaha Power Yoga\, 4006 N 144th St.\, Omaha\, NE\, 68116\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/orion-playing-illuminating-hearts.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240321T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240321T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240206T194659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240307T013734Z UID:15623-1711045800-1711049400@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Tune in & Tune up with the Guides - Spring Equinox DESCRIPTION:“After I am fully connected to the energy I am\, my call with the cosmos starts.” – Astara\, How the Stars Tell Time \nEnjoy a dose of cosmic wisdom as Astara channels her Galactic Council to receive guidance and support for humanity from higher dimensions. These energy transmissions bring new octaves of learning and energetic activations to tune up your body and field\, giving you access to more freedom\, power\, and creativity than ever before. This is the power required to escort hidden obstacles in your path back to love. ✨ \nAstara and the Galactic Council help you turn the dial on the quality knob of your life towards beauty and vitality. Step into spring with a fresh frequency and new momentum forward! ✨ \nStart the evening out with a gong meditation. After the channeled message\, ask questions of Astara’s guides and practice hearing your own guides too. If you already listen to your guides\, your attendance will deepen your connection with yours. ✨ \nOnce you’re connected more deeply to the source field (quantum field) with Astara and the Galactic Council\, the messages and energies that pour forth help you change the channel of your life! We’ll record each session to bring Astara’s second book into the world. Be a part of making history. ✨ \n  \nSeating is limited\, pre-registration encouraged. \nCheck in time 6:15pm. Event start time 6:30pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration $20/$25 at door \n \n  \nAstara accesses more of her brain and body so she can tune into the Presence of All That Is\, Nature’s Intelligence\, her Meta Self\, and her guides. Astara calls this the Cosmic Conference Call — a channeling technique she writes about in her book How the Stars Tell Time. Astara writes and teaches about the heart\, the physics of the soul\, and channeling in her book\, How the Stars Tell Time\, her private Heartifact Archaeology sessions\, and her online school\, Inner Space Academy. \nLearn more about Astara: https://astararaven.love/meet-astara\nBuy How the Stars Tell Time: https://astararaven.love/how-the-stars-tell-time-the-book/ URL:https://astararaven.love/event/tune-in-guides-march/ LOCATION:Omaha Whole Living\, 521 N. 33rd Street\, Omaha\, NE\, 68131\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation,Heartifact Ecosystem ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240310T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240310T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240131T133145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T154142Z UID:15563-1710095400-1710099000@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Gong Meditation: March Magic DESCRIPTION:“Magic’s just science that we don’t understand yet.” – Arthur C. Clarke \nAstara and Orion of Illuminating Hearts bring you an incredible evening of resonance and meditation to the shared space of Trinity PT and Omaha Power Yoga. Join us on this Pisces new moon and day of time travel (daylight savings begins) to dive into your magic. \nWhat is magic? Is it simply the magnificence of ourselves and our world that we cannot see or measure? ✨ \nAstara writes in How the Stars Tell Time\, “The hunger to comprehend the incomprehensible\, the intuitive ability to understand something before it’s observed\, the poetic capacity to see beyond the visible\, and the refusal to accept the present order of things\, is historically at the heart of scientific thinking.” Become the scientist of your own life and explore inner space. The multi-frequency magic of the gongs helps dissolve the noise in and around you\, revealing your inner lab. \nWe lead the group through a gong immersion experience to support you while you meditate. Orion and Astara encompass you in layers of organic resonant medicine. Appropriate for all levels of meditation knowledge. Bring a friend! \nPre-registration encouraged. Check in time 6:15pm. Event start time 6:30pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration* $25/$30 at door \n \n*If you prefer to pay venmo\, please venmo astara7 to register (include your email) and we will add you to the list. \n \nDress comfortably to sit on the floor. We have a few bolsters\, blankets\, and back jacks\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite sit bolster/pillow (zafu/zabutan). If you need a chair\, please message us. As an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. We will provide loaner Mindfold eye-masks for those who prefer to cover their eyes during meditation \nHere are just a few benefits of Gong Meditation:\n Mindfulness: Experience the support the gong provides to drop more deeply into your meditation practice\, cultivating mindfulness. Discover a deeper way of listening to your own body and the world around you. \n Tune Up: The gong tunes you up with the earth\, your natural rhythms\, and those around you. The protective aspects of the personality or mind (ego) quiet as you reconnect to the harmonic resonance all around you. \n Coherence: The gong helps you reconnect your three minds\, your gut\, your heart and your head. This coherence allows the head-brain to connect better to your heart intelligence and wisdom. \n Bio-intelligence: The overtones and universal resonance of the gong builds vagal nerve tone\, engages the parasympathetic nervous system for wholing your body and soul\, and helps increase Heart Rate Variability for longevity and vitality. \n Brain Superpowers: Access gamma brain waves which in turn accesses all brain wave states and increases well-being\, better perception of reality\, incredible focus\, better self-control and richer sensory experience. \n Connection: Mindfulness begins within you and transcendence unfolds in community. \n And much more! \nWhat our friends say:\n“I just got to experience Illuminating Hearts for the first time tonight. It was an incredible journey\, via sound\, through the many places my mind was able to take me. Absolutely wonderful experience. A universal vacation through mind\, body\, and spirit. I look forward to more. Thank you!” —Brain Wetjen\, Omaha\, Nebraska \n“Illuminating Hearts are pure magic. Never before have I felt vibration in every cell of my body\, creating a thrumming that transformed time and space. My whole body became rivers of sound. Orion and Astara are bringing a profound experience into the world\, don’t miss it!!” —Susan Steindorf\, Owner of Dayaalu Center\, Bainbridge Island\, Washington \n\nFAQs \nAre there minimum age requirements to enter the event? \nAs an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. \nWhat can I bring into the event? \nDress comfortably. Chairs provided\, feel free to bring a favorite sit pillow/zafu/zabuton if you prefer. \nWhat’s the refund policy? \n\nWe refund cancellations in full received 24 Hours or more notice in advance of the event. Any cancellations we receive with less than 24 Hours notice in advance of the event will not be refunded. Read our full event policy. \nWill there be filming or recording at the event? \nWhen you enter an Illuminating Hearts (IH) event\, you enter an area where photography\, audio\, and video recording may occur. Read our full event policy\, including a notice of filming\, video and photography. Upon entering the event\, you agree to our event policy and effectively release IH\, its illuminators and collaborators\, and each and all persons involved\, from any liability connected with filming or recording. You also waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties associated with the recording. Our intention for filming and recording is to harvest beauty for the world. Thank you for being a part of this event with us! \nCan I contact the organizer with any questions? \nPlease email sound@illuminatinghearts with any further questions. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/gong-meditation-march-magic/ LOCATION:Trinity PT & Omaha Power Yoga\, 4006 N 144th St.\, Omaha\, NE\, 68116\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/orion-playing-illuminating-hearts.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20240206T190541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T202148Z UID:15619-1708626600-1708630200@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Tune in & Tune up with the Guides - February DESCRIPTION:“After I am fully connected to the energy I am\, my call with the cosmos starts.” – Astara\, How the Stars Tell Time \nEnjoy a dose of cosmic wisdom as Astara channels her Galactic Council to receive guidance and support for humanity from higher dimensions. These energy transmissions bring new octaves of learning to tune up your body and field\, giving you access to more freedom\, power\, and creativity than ever before. Start the evening out with a gong meditation. After the channeled message\, ask questions of Astara’s guides and practice hearing your own guides too. If you already listen to your guides\, your attendance will deepen your connection with yours. Once you are connected more deeply to the source field (quantum field) with Astara and the Galactic Council\, the messages and energies that pour forth help you “change the channel” of your life! Be a part of making history. We will record each channeled session to bring Astara’s second book into the world. \nSeating is limited\, pre-registration encouraged. \nCheck in time 6:15pm. Event start time 6:30pm.\nPlease arrive early so we can start on time!\nAdvanced Registration $20/$25 at door \n \n  \nAstara accesses more of her brain and body so she can tune into the Presence of All That Is\, Nature’s Intelligence\, her Meta Self\, and her guides. Astara calls this the Cosmic Conference Call — a channeling technique she writes about in her book How the Stars Tell Time. Astara writes and teaches about the heart\, the physics of the soul\, and channeling in her book\, How the Stars Tell Time\, her private Heartifact Archaeology sessions\, and her online school\, Inner Space Academy. \nLearn more about Astara: https://astararaven.love/meet-astara\nBuy How the Stars Tell Time: https://astararaven.love/how-the-stars-tell-time-the-book/ URL:https://astararaven.love/event/tune-in-guides-feb/ LOCATION:Omaha Whole Living\, 521 N. 33rd Street\, Omaha\, NE\, 68131\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation,Heartifact Ecosystem ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231016T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231016T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20230920T135732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T232516Z UID:13605-1697481000-1697484600@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Author night: Astara Raven & Gong Meditation DESCRIPTION:Learn about quantum everything\, star think\, and the gate of time inside your heart. Astara Raven will read from her first book How the Stars Tell Time: A Soul Adventure in the Quantum Wilderness at Pop-Up Commons in Omaha\, NE (located behind Zen Coffee). Astara will guide you in a meditation supported by Orion of Illuminating Hearts with the soothing sounds of a gong. The event is free. After\, there will be a book signing. \nHow the Stars Tell Time is a cosmic love story of following one’s heart\, meeting self intimately\, and risking everything for a soul-aligned life. Journey with Astara into the quantum field\, the electromagnetic universe\, and sound waves to connect to your heart\, your core essence\, and travel through time. The heart not only helps us change our relationship to each other for the better\, it helps us remember the future we want. \n  \nAstara is a California transplant to the heartland. Inside of her life already she’s contained a multitude of lifetimes. Author. Dancer. Sustainable architect. Sound Healer. Intuitive Guide. Transformation Coach. She’s all these roles—and none of them—and so much more. We are told to become a noun\, and Astara knows the vitality of life is in staying a verb. After two decades as a sustainable leader\, she now advocates for the Earth by building bridges of awareness as a transformation coach and soul guide. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/author-astara-book-gong/ LOCATION:Pop-Up Commons\, 2522 South 132nd Court\, Omaha\, NE\, 68144\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Gong Meditation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Astara-book-reading-1-1200_600.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20230913T155038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T041132Z UID:13567-1697221800-1697225400@astararaven.love SUMMARY:How the Stars Tell Time: Reading & Gong Meditation DESCRIPTION:Learn about quantum everything\, star think\, and the gate of time inside your heart. Astara Raven will read from her first book How the Stars Tell Time: A Soul Adventure in the Quantum Wilderness at The Dusty Bookshelf in Manhattan\, KS. Astara will guide you in a meditation supported by Orion of Illuminating Hearts with the soothing sounds of a gong. The event is free. After\, there will be a book signing. \nHow the Stars Tell Time is a cosmic love story of following one’s heart\, meeting self intimately\, and risking everything for a soul-aligned life. Journey with Astara into the quantum field\, the electromagnetic universe\, and sound waves to connect to your heart\, your core essence\, and travel through time. The heart not only helps us change our relationship to each other for the better\, it helps us remember the future we want. \n  \nAstara is a California transplant to the heartland. Inside of her life already she’s contained a multitude of lifetimes. Author. Dancer. Sustainable architect. Sound Healer. She’s all these roles—and none of them—and so much more. We are told to become a noun\, and Astara knows the vitality of life is in staying a verb. After two decades as a sustainable leader\, she now advocates for the Earth by building bridges of awareness as a transformation coach and soul guide. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/star-time-reading-gong-dusty-2/ LOCATION:The Dusty Bookshelf\, 700 N Manhattan Ave\, Manhattan\, KS\, 66502\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Gong Meditation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20230616-Dusty-Bookshelf-Reading-2.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230616T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230616T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20230608T220648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230913T155046Z UID:12723-1686942000-1686945600@astararaven.love SUMMARY:How the Stars Tell Time: Reading & Gong Meditation DESCRIPTION:Learn about quantum everything\, star think\, and the gate of time inside your heart. Astara Raven will read from her first book How the Stars Tell Time: A Soul Adventure in the Quantum Wilderness at The Dusty Bookshelf in Manhattan\, KS. Astara will guide you in a meditation supported by Orion of Illuminating Hearts with the soothing sounds of a gong. The event is free. After\, there will be a book signing. \nHow the Stars Tell Time is a cosmic love story of following one’s heart\, meeting self intimately\, and risking everything for a soul-aligned life. Journey with Astara into the quantum field\, the electromagnetic universe\, and sound waves to connect to your heart\, your core essence\, and travel through time. The heart not only helps us change our relationship to each other for the better\, it helps us remember the future we want. \n \nAstara is a California transplant to the heartland. Inside of her life already she’s contained a multitude of lifetimes. Author. Dancer. Sustainable architect. Sound Healer. She’s all these roles—and none of them—and so much more. We are told to become a noun\, and Astara knows the vitality of life is in staying a verb. After two decades as a sustainable leader\, she now advocates for the Earth by building bridges of awareness as a transformation coach and soul guide. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/star-time-reading-gong-dusty/ LOCATION:The Dusty Bookshelf\, 700 N Manhattan Ave\, Manhattan\, KS\, 66502\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Gong Meditation ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200411T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200411T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20200310T160254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200319T213652Z UID:6616-1586622600-1586628000@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Gong Surround Sound: Death & Rebirth - TO BE RESCHEDULED DESCRIPTION:It is through letting go that we are able to allow new life to emerge and express itself in the now.\n \nAstara and Orion of Illuminating Hearts\, Frank Wolfe of Sutra Yoga & Meditation\, collaborate with Jillian Schrack of MesmeRise Hypnosis to bring you an incredible afternoon of resonance and guided meditation. Experience the magic of the gong as you explore the art of release and rebirth. Let the gongs dissolve the noise inside you that is not you. Enjoy an energetic spring cleaning of your heart and mind! \nWe start our time out together in simple instruction for this guided meditation\, inspired by a Buddhist wisdom practice to meditate on the nature of death while very much alive. As we invite the right inner conditions through meditation and personal awareness\, we surrender to the impermanence of life\, bringing balance and inner peace. Inside this awareness practice\, we access our eternal nature and rebirth ourselves to live more vitally in the now. We lead the group through a gong immersion experience to support you while enjoy this spectacular guided Meditation led by Jillian Schrack. Orion\, Astara and Frank will each play a singular gong placed at the front\, back\, and side of the room to encompass you in layers of organic resonant gong surround sound.  Appropriate for all levels. Bring a friend! \n“Birth and death are not two different states\, but they are different aspects of the same state.” – Gandhi\n \nRegistration* $30. Space is limited. Preregistration encouraged. \n[av_button label=’Reserve Your Spot’ link=’manually\,https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gong-surround-sound-death-rebirth-tickets-99230903303′ link_target=’_blank’ size=’large’ position=’left’ label_display=” title_attr=” icon_select=’no’ icon=’ue800′ font=’entypo-fontello’ color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ av_uid=” id=” custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”] \nCheck in time 4:15pm. Event start time 4:30pm.\n*If you prefer to pay cash at the door\, please email sound@illuminatinghearts.love to get on the list. \n \nDress comfortably. Sutra has some sit pillows\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite zafu/zabuton/blanket/bolster/pillow to make a comfortable sitting place. As an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. We will provide loaner Mindfold eye-masks for those who prefer to cover their eyes during meditation. \n\nDrop the pebble of the mind into the pond of the heart.\n \n\nLearn more about Gong Meditation. \nHere are just a few benefits of Gong Meditation:\n Mindfulness: Experience the support the gong provides to drop more deeply into your meditation practice\, cultivating mindfulness. Discover a deeper way of listening to your own body and the world around you. \n Tune Up: The gong tunes you up with the earth\, your natural rhythms\, and those around you. The protective aspects of the personality or mind (ego) quiet as you reconnect to the harmonic resonance all around you. \n Coherence: The gong helps you reconnect your three minds\, your gut\, your heart and your head. This coherence allows the head-brain to connect better to your heart intelligence and wisdom. \n Bio-intelligence: The overtones and universal resonance of the gong builds vagal nerve tone\, engages the parasympathetic nervous system for wholing your body and soul\, and helps increase Heart Rate Variability for longevity and vitality. \n Brain Superpowers: Access gamma brain waves which in turn accesses all brain wave states and increases well-being\, better perception of reality\, incredible focus\, better self-control and richer sensory experience. \n Connection: Mindfulness begins within you and transcendence unfolds in community. \n And much more! \nWhat our friends say:\n“I just got to experience Illuminating Hearts for the first time tonight. It was an incredible journey\, via sound\, through the many places my mind was able to take me. Absolutely wonderful experience. A universal vacation through mind\, body\, and spirit. I look forward to more. Thank you!” —Brain Wetjen\, Omaha\, Nebraska \n“Illuminating Hearts are pure magic. Never before have I felt vibration in every cell of my body\, creating a thrumming that transformed time and space. My whole body became rivers of sound. Orion and Astara are bringing a profound experience into the world\, don’t miss it!!” —Susan Steindorf\, Owner of Dayaalu Center\, Bainbridge Island\, Washington \n\n[av_image src=’https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jillian-Schrack.png’ attachment=’6618′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ copyright=” animation=’no-animation’ av_uid=” id=” custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] \n\n\nJillian Schrack of MesmeRise Hypnosis is a guide to your mind. Through her own healing she awakens and as she discovers more and more of her own power she is drawn to help others along their unique path of self discovery and inspiration. Jillian uses hypnosis\, visual meditation\, yoga\, breathwork\, body consciousness\, dance\, laughter\, contemplation and inquiry to crack open your mind and let your inner magnificence spill out messily into the world. She invites you to adventure with her into the vast\, the scary\, the sexy magnetic realms of you! \n[av_image src=’https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/18090381-1500_430.jpg’ attachment=’6569′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ copyright=” animation=’no-animation’ av_uid=” id=” custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] \nFrank Wolfe\, owner of Sutra Yoga & Meditation in Omaha\, Nebraska\, was born and raised on a small farm in eastern Nebraska. On that farm\, Frank’s mom instilled in him compassion and kindness for the earth and all living beings.  He was raised with a grounded\, practical approach to life that shines through in his classes.  The connection to his Self that he experienced in his first yoga class on August 7\, 2013 hooked him and he kept coming back. He fell in love with the attention to breath\, combined with movement and the meditative aspect of focusing on the body found inside the practice of yoga. Frank knows people across the world are waking up to the power of meditation and mindfulness in daily well-being.  Sutra exists to empower people with effective tools to navigate life in a busy modern world. Sutra is a community focused on spirituality\, personal growth\, and ethical living – offering classes in movement and stillness all geared toward enhancing your personal journey. Frank is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance\, which acknowledges the completion of a yoga teacher training with a Registered Yoga School (RYS). Frank holds a Relax and Renew® Level I certification as well. \n[av_image src=’https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/18099981-Edit-1500_430-1.jpg’ attachment=’6273′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ copyright=” animation=’no-animation’ av_uid=” id=” custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] \nAstara is an illuminator\, soul guide\, songstress\, writer\, biomusicologist\, pragmatic mystic\, architect\, and minister with over 21 years of experience in metaphysics\, intuitive spirituality and sustainable architecture. Astara is the first and only certified Facilitator of The Energy Codes in Nebraska. Her cross-cultural approach to shamanism\, Angeles Arrien’s cultural anthropology\, Spiritual Response Therapy\, Jungian psychology\, and Paul Selig’s channel of “I Am Word” influences her conscious use of divination and the four Clairs (clairvoyance\, clairsentience\, claircognizance\, clairaudience) as a soul guide\, dream architect and coach\, helping others build their visions and learn graceful embodiment. Astara knows that life emerges from the infinite sound stream that has no beginning or end. Her joy is to bring people back in touch with their essence\, their song\, awakening them to their role in the eternal symphony of love. Astara wakes up each morning to empower others to follow their gifts\, their heart\, and their wildest dreams. As a pianist and singer\, Astara channels her knowledge of the power of intentional sound to individuals and groups. \n[av_image src=’https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/18090301-Edit-1500_430.jpg’ attachment=’6483′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ copyright=” animation=’no-animation’ av_uid=” id=” custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] \nOrion is a diverse\, biodynamic\, mindful\, sustainable\, organic sound farmer\, illuminator\, and minister\, cultivating heart-centered living. In addition to his passion for sound\, Orion is also an artist and a skilled woodworker. As co-founder of Illuminating Hearts\, he created Tiny Space Productions to capture the sound of imagination. His wide range of experience over the past 25 years lends to his gifts as a facilitator and teacher\, innovator\, pragmatic mystic\, builder and archaeomusician. Orion is also an ordained minister through the Universal Life Church. Over many years\, the didgeridoo\, flute\, and gong have taught him to resonate with the world from the heart through breath and rhythm. His true nature and calling is being a channel for sacred sounds to sonically create space for you. Orion knows we are all plucked\, strummed\, bowed and blown into vibration and resonance by a cosmic love. \nFAQs \nAre there minimum age requirements to enter the event? \nAs an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. \nWhat can I bring into the event? \nDress comfortably. Sutra has some sit pillows\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite zafu/zabuton/blanket/bolster/pillow to make a comfortable sitting place. \nWhat’s the refund policy? \n\nWe refund cancellations in full received 24 Hours or more notice in advance of the event. Any cancellations we receive with less than 24 Hours notice in advance of the event will not be refunded. Read our full event policy. \nWill there be filming or recording at the event? \nWhen you enter an Illuminating Hearts (IH) event\, you enter an area where photography\, audio\, and video recording may occur. Read our full event policy\, including a notice of filming\, video and photography. Upon entering the event\, you agree to our event policy and effectively release IH\, its illuminators and collaborators\, and each and all persons involved\, from any liability connected with filming or recording. You also waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties associated with the recording. Our intention for filming and recording is to harvest beauty for the world. Thank you for being a part of this event with us! \nCan I contact the organizer with any questions? \nPlease email sound@illuminatinghearts with any further questions. Learn more about Gong Meditation. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/gong-surround-sound-rebirth/ LOCATION:Sutra Yoga & Meditation\, 10909 Prairie Brook Road\, Omaha\, NE\, 68144\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200215T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200215T173000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20200120T195608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200120T212107Z UID:5935-1581782400-1581787800@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Gong Surround Sound: Metta DESCRIPTION:Sit in mindful resonance.\n \nAstara and Orion of Illuminating Hearts join Frank Wolfe of Sutra Yoga & Meditation to bring you an incredible afternoon of resonance and meditation to usher in loving kindness for the world. Experience the magic of the gong and deepen into mindfulness and heartfulness. Bring a friend! \nWe start our time out together in simple instruction of metta meditation with an intention on loving-kindness; we then lead the group through a gong immersion experience while you meditate. Orion\, Astara and Frank will each play a singular gong placed at the front\, back\, and side of the room to encompass you in layers of resonant organic surround gong sound.  Meditate on the threshold of a new era of cooperation\, connection and love. Appropriate for all levels. \nEvery experience big or small serves to return you to love. – Astara\n \nRegistration* $25. Space is limited. Preregistration encouraged. \n[av_button label=’Buy Now’ link=’manually\,https://illuminatinghear.securepayments.cardpointe.com/pay?total=25.00′ link_target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ position=’left’ label_display=” title_attr=” icon_select=’no’ icon=’ue800′ font=’entypo-fontello’ color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ av_uid=” id=” custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”] \nCheck in time 3:45pm. Event start time 4:00pm.\n*If you prefer to pay cash at the door\, please email sound@illuminatinghearts.love to get on the list. \n \nDress comfortably. Sutra has some sit pillows\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite zafu/zabuton/blanket/bolster/pillow to make a comfortable sitting place. As an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. We will provide loaner Mindfold eye-masks for those who prefer to cover their eyes during meditation. \n\nDropping the pebble of the mind into the pond of the heart\, we radiate benevolence and love through ourselves to all beings.\n \n\nLearn more about Gong Meditation. \nHere are just a few benefits of Gong Meditation:\n Mindfulness: Experience the support the gong provides to drop more deeply into your meditation practice\, cultivating mindfulness. Discover a deeper way of listening to your own body and the world around you. \n Tune Up: The gong tunes you up with the earth\, your natural rhythms\, and those around you. The protective aspects of the personality or mind (ego) quiet as you reconnect to the harmonic resonance all around you. \n Coherence: The gong helps you reconnect your three minds\, your gut\, your heart and your head. This coherence allows the head-brain to connect better to your heart intelligence and wisdom. \n Bio-intelligence: The overtones and universal resonance of the gong builds vagal nerve tone\, engages the parasympathetic nervous system for wholing your body and soul\, and helps increase Heart Rate Variability for longevity and vitality. \n Brain Superpowers: Access gamma brain waves which in turn accesses all brain wave states and increases well-being\, better perception of reality\, incredible focus\, better self-control and richer sensory experience. \n Connection: Mindfulness begins within you and transcendence unfolds in community. \n And much more! \nWhat our friends say:\n“I just got to experience Illuminating Hearts for the first time tonight. It was an incredible journey\, via sound\, through the many places my mind was able to take me. Absolutely wonderful experience. A universal vacation through mind\, body\, and spirit. I look forward to more. Thank you!” —Brain Wetjen\, Omaha\, Nebraska \n“Illuminating Hearts are pure magic. Never before have I felt vibration in every cell of my body\, creating a thrumming that transformed time and space. My whole body became rivers of sound. Orion and Astara are bringing a profound experience into the world\, don’t miss it!!” —Susan Steindorf\, Owner of Dayaalu Center\, Bainbridge Island\, Washington \n\n[av_image src=’https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Frank-Wolfe-1500_630.jpg’ attachment=’5187′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ copyright=” animation=’no-animation’ av_uid=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] \n\n\nFrank Wolfe\, owner of Sutra Yoga & Meditation in Omaha\, Nebraska\, was born and raised on a small farm in eastern Nebraska. On that farm\, Frank’s mom instilled in him compassion and kindness for the earth and all living beings.  He was raised with a grounded\, practical approach to life that shines through in his classes.  The connection to his Self that he experienced in his first yoga class on August 7\, 2013 hooked him and he kept coming back. He fell in love with the attention to breath\, combined with movement and the meditative aspect of focusing on the body found inside the practice of yoga. Frank knows people across the world are waking up to the power of meditation and mindfulness in daily well-being.  Sutra exists to empower people with effective tools to navigate life in a busy modern world. Sutra is a community focused on spirituality\, personal growth\, and ethical living – offering classes in movement and stillness all geared toward enhancing your personal journey. Frank is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance\, which acknowledges the completion of a yoga teacher training with a Registered Yoga School (RYS). Frank holds a Relax and Renew® Level I certification as well. \n[av_image src=’https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Astara-Woods-1500_630.jpg’ attachment=’3309′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ copyright=” animation=’no-animation’ av_uid=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] \nAstara is a heartrepreneur\, illuminator\, pragmatic mystic\, writer\, archaeomusician\, architect\, certified Energy Codes facilitator\, and wellness innovator with over 21 years of experience in metaphysics\, intuitive spirituality and sustainable architecture. As co-founder of Illuminating Hearts\, Astara created Heartifact Archaeology\, an eco-system of metaphysical energy based soul tools to help empower others. Her shamanic training has included work with Nan Moss\, David Corbin\, Jose Stevens\, Jill Kuykendall\, Hank Wesselman\, and Michael Harner. She has worked with Angeles Arrien’s Jungian archetype approach with the tarot for over 15 years and over a decade of experience in Spiritual Response Therapy and Akashic records. Astara knows life is a symphony of love. It is her joy to bring people back in touch with their essence and connect them to nature within and without. Astara wakes up each morning to help others know that the heart is a deeply intelligent and powerful guidance system. She knows being alive is a great dance and can be found for hours at her piano playing and singing rock and roll. As a pianist and singer\, Astara channels her knowledge of the power of intentional sound to individuals and groups. \n[av_image src=’https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Orion-Wedding-1500_630.jpg’ attachment=’3576′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ copyright=” animation=’no-animation’ av_uid=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] \nOrion is a diverse\, biodynamic\, mindful\, sustainable\, organic sound farmer\, and minister\, cultivating heart-centered living. In addition to his passion for sound\, Orion is also an artist and a skilled woodworker. His wide range of experience over the past 25 years lends to his gifts as a facilitator and teacher\, innovator\, pragmatic mystic\, builder and archaeomusician. Orion is also an ordained minister through the Universal Life Church. Over many years\, the didgeridoo\, flute\, and gong have taught him to resonate with the world from the heart through breath and rhythm. His true nature and calling is being a channel for sacred sounds to sonically create space for you. Orion knows we are all plucked\, strummed\, bowed and blown into vibration and resonance by a cosmic love. When he isn’t weaving a sonic palette\, he can be found building artisan furniture from reclaimed wood or walking with Astara and their amazing “Brown Dog”. \nFAQs \nAre there minimum age requirements to enter the event? \nAs an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. \nWhat can I bring into the event? \nDress comfortably. Sutra has some sit pillows\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite zafu/zabuton/blanket/bolster/pillow to make a comfortable sitting place. \nWhat’s the refund policy? \n\nWe refund cancellations in full received 24 Hours or more notice in advance of the event. Any cancellations we receive with less than 24 Hours notice in advance of the event will not be refunded. Read our full event policy. \nWill there be filming or recording at the event? \nWhen you enter an Illuminating Hearts (IH) event\, you enter an area where photography\, audio\, and video recording may occur. Read our full event policy\, including a notice of filming\, video and photography. Upon entering the event\, you agree to our event policy and effectively release IH\, its illuminators and collaborators\, and each and all persons involved\, from any liability connected with filming or recording. You also waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties associated with the recording. Our intention for filming and recording is to harvest beauty for the world. Thank you for being a part of this event with us! \nCan I contact the organizer with any questions? \nPlease email sound@illuminatinghearts with any further questions. Learn more about Sound Alchemy. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/20200215-surround-sound/ LOCATION:Sutra Yoga & Meditation\, 10909 Prairie Brook Road\, Omaha\, NE\, 68144\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191222T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191222T173000 DTSTAMP:20260424T182743 CREATED:20191210T053527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191219T190611Z UID:5781-1577030400-1577035800@astararaven.love SUMMARY:Solstice Surround Sound DESCRIPTION:Sit in mindful resonance.\n \nAstara and Orion of Illuminating Hearts join Frank Wolfe of Sutra Yoga & Meditation to bring you an incredible evening of resonance and meditation to usher in the winter solstice (in the Northern Hemisphere). Experience the magic of the gong and deepen into mindfulness. Bring a friend! \nWe start our time out together in simple instruction of meditation; we then lead the group through a gong immersion experience while you meditate. Orion\, Astara and Frank will each play a singular gong placed at the front\, back\, and side of the room to encompass you in layers of resonant organic surround gong sound.  Meditate on the threshold of a new season\, the end of a decade\, the beginning of a new year and new cycle. Appropriate for all levels. \nFollow the strike of the gong and resulting resonance across all frequencies into infinite drops of emptiness. \nRegistration* $25. Space is limited. Preregistration encouraged. \n[av_button label=’Buy Now’ link=’manually\,https://illuminatinghear.securepayments.cardpointe.com/pay?total=25.00′ link_target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ position=’left’ label_display=” title_attr=” icon_select=’no’ icon=’ue800′ font=’entypo-fontello’ color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ av_uid=” id=” custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”] \nCheck in time 3:45pm. Event start time 4:00pm.\n*If you prefer to pay cash at the door\, please email sound@illuminatinghearts.love to get on the list. \n \nDress comfortably. Sutra has some sit pillows\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite zafu/zabuton/blanket/bolster/pillow to make a comfortable sitting place. As an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. \n\nThe gongs help dissolve the noise inside you that is not you\, allowing more flow and ease in your system. \n\nLearn more about Gong Meditation. \nHere are just a few benefits of Gong Meditation:\n Mindfulness: Experience the support the gong provides to drop more deeply into your meditation practice\, cultivating mindfulness. Discover a deeper way of listening to your own body and the world around you. \n Tune Up: The gong tunes you up with the earth\, your natural rhythms\, and those around you. The protective aspects of the personality or mind (ego) quiet as you reconnect to the harmonic resonance all around you. \n Coherence: The gong helps you reconnect your three minds\, your gut\, your heart and your head. This coherence allows the head-brain to connect better to your heart intelligence and wisdom. \n Bio-intelligence: The overtones and universal resonance of the gong builds vagal nerve tone\, engages the parasympathetic nervous system for wholing your body and soul\, and helps increase Heart Rate Variability for longevity and vitality. \n Brain Superpowers: Access gamma brain waves which in turn accesses all brain wave states and increases well-being\, better perception of reality\, incredible focus\, better self-control and richer sensory experience. \n Connection: Mindfulness begins within you and transcendence unfolds in community. \n And much more! \nWhat our friends say:\n“I just got to experience Illuminating Hearts for the first time tonight. It was an incredible journey\, via sound\, through the many places my mind was able to take me. Absolutely wonderful experience. A universal vacation through mind\, body\, and spirit. I look forward to more. Thank you!” —Brain Wetjen\, Omaha\, Nebraska \n“Illuminating Hearts are pure magic. Never before have I felt vibration in every cell of my body\, creating a thrumming that transformed time and space. My whole body became rivers of sound. Orion and Astara are bringing a profound experience into the world\, don’t miss it!!” —Susan Steindorf\, Owner of Dayaalu Center\, Bainbridge Island\, Washington \n\n[av_image src=’https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Frank-Wolfe-1500_630.jpg’ attachment=’5187′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ copyright=” animation=’no-animation’ av_uid=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] \n\n\nFrank Wolfe\, owner of Sutra Yoga & Meditation in Omaha\, Nebraska\, was born and raised on a small farm in eastern Nebraska. On that farm\, Frank’s mom instilled in him compassion and kindness for the earth and all living beings.  He was raised with a grounded\, practical approach to life that shines through in his classes.  The connection to his Self that he experienced in his first yoga class on August 7\, 2013 hooked him and he kept coming back. He fell in love with the attention to breath\, combined with movement and the meditative aspect of focusing on the body found inside the practice of yoga. Frank knows people across the world are waking up to the power of meditation and mindfulness in daily well-being.  Sutra exists to empower people with effective tools to navigate life in a busy modern world. Sutra is a community focused on spirituality\, personal growth\, and ethical living – offering classes in movement and stillness all geared toward enhancing your personal journey. Frank is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance\, which acknowledges the completion of a yoga teacher training with a Registered Yoga School (RYS). Frank holds a Relax and Renew® Level I certification as well. \n[av_image src=’https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Astara-Woods-1500_630.jpg’ attachment=’3309′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ copyright=” animation=’no-animation’ av_uid=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] \nAstara is a heartrepreneur\, illuminator\, pragmatic mystic\, writer\, archaeomusician\, architect\, certified Energy Codes facilitator\, and wellness innovator with over 21 years of experience in metaphysics\, intuitive spirituality and sustainable architecture. As co-founder of Illuminating Hearts\, Astara created Heartifact Archaeology\, an eco-system of metaphysical energy based soul tools to help empower others. Her shamanic training has included work with Nan Moss\, David Corbin\, Jose Stevens\, Jill Kuykendall\, Hank Wesselman\, and Michael Harner. She has worked with Angeles Arrien’s Jungian archetype approach with the tarot for over 15 years and over a decade of experience in Spiritual Response Therapy and Akashic records. Astara knows life is a symphony of love. It is her joy to bring people back in touch with their essence and connect them to nature within and without. Astara wakes up each morning to help others know that the heart is a deeply intelligent and powerful guidance system. She knows being alive is a great dance and can be found for hours at her piano playing and singing rock and roll. As a pianist and singer\, Astara channels her knowledge of the power of intentional sound to individuals and groups. \n[av_image src=’https://astararaven.love/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Orion-Wedding-1500_630.jpg’ attachment=’3576′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ copyright=” animation=’no-animation’ av_uid=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] \nOrion is a diverse\, biodynamic\, mindful\, sustainable\, organic sound farmer\, and minister\, cultivating heart-centered living. In addition to his passion for sound\, Orion is also an artist and a skilled woodworker. His wide range of experience over the past 25 years lends to his gifts as a facilitator and teacher\, innovator\, pragmatic mystic\, builder and archaeomusician. Orion is also an ordained minister through the Universal Life Church. Over many years\, the didgeridoo\, flute\, and gong have taught him to resonate with the world from the heart through breath and rhythm. His true nature and calling is being a channel for sacred sounds to sonically create space for you. Orion knows we are all plucked\, strummed\, bowed and blown into vibration and resonance by a cosmic love. When he isn’t weaving a sonic palette\, he can be found building artisan furniture from reclaimed wood or walking with Astara and their amazing “Brown Dog”. \nFAQs \nAre there minimum age requirements to enter the event? \nAs an event for meditation\, children aged 12 and up may attend to maintain this atmosphere. \nWhat can I bring into the event? \nDress comfortably. Sutra has some sit pillows\, but we encourage you to bring your favorite zafu/zabuton/blanket/bolster/pillow to make a comfortable sitting place. \nWhat’s the refund policy? \n\nWe refund cancellations in full received 24 Hours or more notice in advance of the event. Any cancellations we receive with less than 24 Hours notice in advance of the event will not be refunded. Read our full event policy. \nWill there be filming or recording at the event? \nWhen you enter an Illuminating Hearts (IH) event\, you enter an area where photography\, audio\, and video recording may occur. Read our full event policy\, including a notice of filming\, video and photography. Upon entering the event\, you agree to our event policy and effectively release IH\, its illuminators and collaborators\, and each and all persons involved\, from any liability connected with filming or recording. You also waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties associated with the recording. Our intention for filming and recording is to harvest beauty for the world. Thank you for being a part of this event with us! \nCan I contact the organizer with any questions? \nPlease email sound@illuminatinghearts with any further questions. Learn more about Sound Alchemy. URL:https://astararaven.love/event/20191222-solstice-surround/ LOCATION:Sutra Yoga & Meditation\, 10909 Prairie Brook Road\, Omaha\, NE\, 68144\, United States CATEGORIES:Gong Meditation ORGANIZER;CN="Illuminating Hearts":MAILTO:sound@illuminatinghearts.love END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR