Lunar New Year Asian Diaspora Mini- Jam

February 16, 2022

virtual offering

"This is my first Jam experience, and I am in shock, in the best way possible, from how 'human' and unmasked people are in this space. I've been thinking a lot about 'curated vulnerability' and how I sometimes can perpetuate this. Y'all have been so raw and beautiful. Thank you so much for having me in this space."

- Gabriel Marie Bacani, 33, Manager, Youth Leadership Programs, LGBT YouthLine, Toronto, Canada

Law and Social Change Jam

October 28-November 3, 2021

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"Thank you for holding space for me when I could not do it for myself. I also learned a few more unexpected things, like my wound from the legal system may be deeper than I realize. Somethings that are memorable are words of wisdom like giving myself permission to let go of the stories that are no longer serving me well. I can bring my broken and whole self. We can heal together...I feel reenergized, confident and resilient after the JAM."

- Hasna Patel, 49, Attorney, Mediator, Mindfulness Teacher, Law Office, San Francisco, CA, USA

Pacific Northwest Changemakers Jam

March 21 - 26, 2022

virtual offering

"After years in a stuffy professional setting, the Jam was a breath of fresh air where many different sides of my self were invited and welcome. I was genuinely touched by everyone's creativity, kindness, and vulnerability throughout the Jam."

- Peter Schulte, 37, Executive Director, Kindling, Bellingham, WA, USA

Toronto Jam

February 4-10, 2022

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"Thank you for creating and sustaining a safe playground for my heart to open and dance with others. It felt like a little like falling in love on a holiday - knowing it will never happen again exactly the same way, the perfect alchemy of timing and who we are at this moment and the circumstances swirling around it all. You were the holiday: the musical soundtrack, the gorgeous sunsets and the delicious food that tied it all together. Thank you for welcoming all of me, for acknowledging that there is more to me than meets the eye, then what I wrote in my application, then what I said out loud or did during the Jam - this alone made me feel seen and held in care and a compassionate complexity."

- Jillian Eileen, 33, Artist, Toronto, Canada

Egypt Leadership Jam

March 7 -11, 2022

Fekra Cultural Center Shalal, Aswan, Egypt

"When I left Egypt 37 years ago, I had an overwhelming feeling of not belonging. There was a big disconnect between what I unconsciously longed for in relationships and what was available around me. That feeling of not belonging in my own home haunted me all my life. After attending Egypt JAM, I feel different. There is now hope, pride and joy where loneliness and sadness used to live in my heart. I met beautiful hearts and minds. Experienced the transformation. Saw the Phoenix break through and it is so beautiful! Worth every tear and every yearning. During my long transformation journey, I met like-minded people all over the world, except in Egypt, until now. “Finally!” my heart said. A feeling of completeness, broken pieces coming together in harmony." 

- Hala Fauzi, 60, dancer, Tantra teacher, UnconditionalLove.blog, world traveller

Healing Our Movement Ecosystem miniJam

February 3-5, 2022

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"I felt safe to share, to cry, to stretch my edge, and to ask for what I needed. I felt held. I felt I made friends. I could know them in the future, or not, but felt glad to know they held me, and they exist in this world should I ever wish to call them and talk again. I am appreciative and now that I know what being held feels like, my coaching and group classes hold others more warmly too. I am able to speak more confidently about advocacy for nature now, and feel allowed and smart enough to hear interviews about nature advocacy when I used to wonder "who am I to help really... To be with like-minded folks I felt safe and able to recharge."

- Lynn Gardiner, 38, educator of dance and musicality, Learn with Lynn, Richmond, CA, USA

LGBTQ*/Queer Jam

March 1 - 7, 2022

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""Thank you beloved community for catching, holding and breathing with me during this time. For being a space to practice stretching when I unexpectedly found myself in utter shock, grief and alarm during the Jam. To feel through the questions, longings, pain and risk while being held, seen, and loved in soft, worthy full, beauty full, full full full imperfection. To love into my humanity, to love into yours. To move through resistance toward expansive surrender that deepens my capacity for compassion."

- Hitoko Okada, 46, Artist and Curator, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

India Eco Jam

March 27-April 2, 2022

Fireflies, Bengaluru, India

""Thank you for coming into my life and introducing me not only to beautiful and powerful human beings but also to myself. You made me cry, you made me laugh, you turned me into a child feeling safe in the company of loving humans. What I received here is invaluable and cannot be paid for, it is priceless. This love story will keep on writing itself everyday, whenever I will speak with some new strangers or when I hold space for my loved ones."

- Rubal Sharma, 27, Community Manager, Satvic Movement, New Delhi, India

Jam Alumni Learning Journey

November 18-20, 2021

virtual offering

"It had been years since my last jam. The facilitation was warm and the group was welcoming so I easily got into the jammy mood. I felt a renewed sense of "you are not alone" in all this, as we shared stories of our jams, pandemic experiences, and visions for ourselves and our communities. I was reminded that staying with the discomfort, being in stretch and expanding my internal container will help me to heal, and when I heal, I can be a healing presence in creating healing systems. I left inspired to keep building and thankful for you all."

- Sandi Gutstein, 38, Health and Wellness Coach, Soup Guide, Midwest, USA

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