LIGHT IT UP! 3DL FEATURED POINT OF LIGHT: THE ILLUMIKNATION STATION
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Focus of IKS is to provide community development through direct community participation. We reserve teaching slots for ANY community members attending the event that want to share. We accept content on any topic, at any skill level, and in any format! YOU can share!
The IKS organization and staff can and will help both promote and sell tickets. We will instruct and facilitate our staff in selling tickets personally and online using the links provided. Our social media manager will also be regularly selling tickets online through our 5000+ person FB page (we’ll pay to promote some of the sales posts) and through our website.
Professor ChrisP
(Christopher Peters): is an accomplished educator with years of experience teaching in informal settings. His interests are far ranging but include community development, creating non-profits, technical writing, American history, computer management and software development, hula-hooping, and much more. With a Masters degree in American Cultural History and 8+ years as a professional technical writer,
Professor ChrisP has extensive experience in research and writing. He sits on boards of multiple non-profits, including IllumIKnation Station Grassroots Education. He has been on the writing team for over a dozen grants for non-profits, States, and colleges. With 2 publications under his belt, Professor ChrisP is a wealth of knowledge. He is a regular manager of educational teams, having coordinated dozens of events and hundreds of presenters. He has been teaching workshop at festivals since 2012, with over 20 events under his belt. Topics he has taught include: kombucha,
US Counterculture history, grant writing, hula-hooping, protest history, history of expanded consciousness, and many more.
http://cjpeters.com
Workshop #1, Kombucha Brewing 101 Kombucha is an effervescent fermentation of sweetened tea that is used as a functional food. Originating in the East, this tea contains live cultures of bacteria. Although little research of its health benefits has been published, millions of users world-wide attest to its benefits. Come learn about what Kombucha is, the perceived health benefits of Kombucha, how it is made, and its history. Your presenter will provide samples and live cultures for all participants. Each individual
will not only learn how to brew Kombucha, but will start the process during the workshops. You will leave with their own living culture, actively creating your first batch of Kombucha and capable of producing for years to come! Workshop #2, Creating 501c3 Non-Profits and Grant Writing for Organizations Do you work with a non-profit group that could use some funding, or are you required to fundraise at your job? Often a well-meaning organization needs funding to further their mission, and grants are one of the most available funding sources. However, grants are very competitive and you need to know what you’re doing. You can get a competitive edge by learning how to formulate a high-quality grant application. Learn from a professional grant writer a template to help your organization understand what it needs, where it can get funding, and what internal information it needs to create a winning application. Your presenter has 8+ years of experience as a professional technical writer, including writing grants and grant evaluations for non-profits, colleges, schools, and States. Other Teaching Topics: Hula Hooping, American Cultural History, Counterculture History, Crafting, many more!
Ahlee Dawson Presenter BIO: Aloha! My name is Ahlee and I’m biologist/balance instructor! I love to travel around sharing my passion for balance with others and teaching them to use indoboard balance trainers and furthermore (maybe more importantly) to use balance as a platform for a healthy life. I have a degree in biological science from Salisbury University and have been indoboarding for over 10 years now. I first picked up an indoboard randomly as a child from a local surf shop and taught myself but as I have grown so has my relationship with balance and the symbolism the board provides me.
Balance touches us in every aspect and sometimes it takes a step back to realize part of our life unaligned and throwing us off our most effective growing path. I also love botany and self-sustainability. I truly believe that through kindness, support, and an open-mind, willing to learn we can overcome the hate and ignorance that seems to drain us. Can’t wait to meet you!
http://indoboard.com http://asawright.org
Workshop #1, INTRO TO HERBAL REMEDY WORKSHOP Learn excellent ways to heal what ails ya! The introduction to herbal remedies workshop include basic information on a selection of native herbal plants documented for medicinal use by early Native American cultures and passed down generation to generation years after. The information for each plant given is: geographic location and description of how to locate, suggested uses, physical description, extra fact or note. All that and more natural nurturing! You presenter has participated in the Natural Cures Movement, holds a Bachelors of Science in Biology, and has participated in anatomy, physiology, microbiology, and pathophysiology training (among much more). Other Teaching Topics: Indoboarding, Life Balance, Crystal Energy
Colton Tant
Colton Tant is an experienced visual artist, working in many mediums including pen, acrylics, and others. He has been published several times with the best artists in the world thanks to Out of Steps Books, acknowledged widely as an accomplished professional artist. Working from his home studio in a Jamestown OH artist co-op. Colton acknowledges the power of art and sound to heal and raise the consciousness of a community. Sharing both Kundalini Sound Meditations and Art Therapy classes, he hopes to demonstrate the ability of these practices to help heal both physical and mental trauma. Colton loves nature and animals and enjoys reading. Look for Coltons work online, where you can buy it in prints, by commission, on butane lighters, shirts, and more. https://www.instagram.com/coltontant/ http://www.coltontant.com https://www.facebook.com/coltontantart/
Workshop #1, Guided Kundalini Sound Meditation and Pranyama Breathwork Join our presenter to learn about Ancient breathing techniques. Yoga Breathing or Pranayama, is the foundation of your yoga practice. It begins with deepening your breathing with the 3-part breath, then moves into more advanced breathing exercises such as Kapalabhati and the Alternate Nostril Breath. For experienced practitioners, the ultimate effect of pranayama is the udgata or awakening of the sleeping kundalini (a primal energy said to be located at the base of the spine). Following,
Colton will leave you in a guided sound healing meditation. Enjoy the ambient sounds of a gong, singing blows, a didgeridoo, and more. Your presenter has utilized these meditations to help heal both physical and mental traumas.
Other Teaching Topics: Creative Healing through Art Therapy
Sabrina Rader
Sabrina is a lifelong learner and teacher, trying to impart something onto everyone she meets. With a formal degree in early childhood education, spreading knowledge is her goal. An avid crafting hobbies, she enjoys making wire pendants in her free time. A survivor of PTSD, she enjoys teaching about anxiety and proper management techniques. She has past experience volunteering with the Red Cross, Homeless Shelters, and IllumIKnation Station Grassroots Education. Workshop #1, Make a ‘Tree of Life’ Wire Pendant Craftshop Come learn wire-working basics, as your presenter shows you how to create your own personalized ‘Tree of Life’ pendant from write, beads, and other supplies. You’ve probably seen these popular pendants professionally made, but now you can make your own! The Tree of Life is an important symbol in nearly every culture. With its branches reaching into the sky, and roots deep in the earth, it dwells in three worlds- a link between heaven, the earth, and the underworld, uniting above and below. Your presenter Sabrina will walk you through the process, with tools and supplies included. Other Teaching Topics: Understanding and Coping with Anxiety
Tank Steiner
Tank Steiner is an educator and citizen. With more than 4 years experience as a writer, editor, and team leader; Tank is a well rounded teacher. Dedicated to ongoing growth, Tank prefers working with others where he loves to help people help people develop into the best versions of themselves. He holds a Bachelors in English from University of North Carolina, and enjoyed helping found the ‘Literacy Commons’ organization there. He also volunteers for the Urban ministries of Durham. Mr Steiner enjoys tutoring, teaching, and storytelling. Through hard work and a lot of help he stays active in the community and dedicated to living an empathetic/compassionate and mindful life. A longtime lover of music and camping festivals, Tank is excited to return to the scene and teach at his first festival! Workshop #1, Enough Small Talk: Bridging our Divides through Empathy and Compassion Sometimes its hard to break the ice with new people, or even those you see regularly. Who really likes small talk? Your presenter doesn’t. People always tell you to avoid talking about politics and religion but these things as often at the core of who we are as people. How can we ever begin to understand a person with whom all we share is a conversation about the weather? How can we have meaningful and mindful interactions with those we " have nothing in common" with? Come discuss the concept of small talk versus real human connections. Learn from this experienced communicator, manager, storyteller, and writer about how to forge substantive connections with people, discovering the shared threads of the human experience. We could all benefit from fewer empty words and more full relationships.
Other Teaching Topics: Traditional Archery Basics, Constructive Criticism in Writing, Technical Writing.
Peter Raines (AKA - Captain Quantum, IllumIKnight)
Peter is a board member of the IllumIKnation Station, founding board member of the Piedmont Center for Sustainability, and Co-Owner of Get You Found. Peters passion lies in holistic education, growing food, and community building. He has over 20 years of experience with a variety of energy healing modalities, holds a degree in Physics, and is able to bridge the seeming contradiction between the two. He also holds degrees in computer management and information technology. Peter is an experienced psychonaught and is at least an 8th level Factotum, offering attendees a diverse collection of skills that he has gathered along the course of his life. Your presenter has enjoyed numerous careers, working in fields as diverse as a Magician and Escape Artist, to engineering and designing boats and programming computers. He has taught hundreds of workshops in classes on many topics including: marketing, energy work, creating Global Bucket planters, making Seed Bombs, and many more.
www.Piedmontsustainability.org www.getyoufound.com Workshop #1, Open Flow - Working with Energy and Breath We will move through a series of guided exercises that help us each tune into the flow of energy within and around ourselves. Working with our breath, intentions, and point of attention allows us to guide the flow of energy to areas that most benefit from its positive effects, within ourselves and also to effect positive healing in those who need it. Open Flow Energy Work focuses on breathing, imagination, and intention and how they combine to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of ourselves as well as those whom we share it with."
Other Teaching Topics: Seed Bombs and Guerilla Gardening, Marketing, Non-profits, many more!
