Empty Bowls 2012

Hello,
I would like to invite you to sign up to volunteer for Kingfield’s 1st Empty Bowls event. Please click on the link above to sign up.

I am using Jooners to organize this activity. To participate, you do not need to register or become a member of Jooners. You just enter your email address, name, and notes to me and you will be notified of any changes and receive reminders via email!

Please feel free to pass this link onto friends in the neighborhood or colleagues that care about the issues of hunger and homelessness, or have a particular interest in youth. Information on the event is attached to this email. Youth between the ages of 12-15 are welcome to volunteer with a parent or responsible adult. Youth older than that are welcome to attend and volunteer on their own.

We are still seeking bowl donations for this event.  If you are able to help please contact me directly, or bring your donation to the Color Wheel Gallery at 46th & Grand, 11 AM- 7 PM, Tuesday-Saturday.

Thank you and feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions!

Sarah Linnes-Robinson,
KFNA Executive Director
sarah@kingfield.org
612.791.7081 cell

Offered on a Sunday afternoon it is a chance for past students or newbies alike to bring specific questions about whatever they happen to be working on to the table!  The sessions are $15.00 each, and will be held on Sunday January 8, 12-2 & Sunday January 22, 12-2.  To join in the fun please sign up in our store in advance to assure a spot, as these will fill up quickly!

For more information:
visit our store at
3800 Grand Ave
Minneapolis, MN

Then tell us, where are the people gathering to greet each other, pass a few minutes, and catch up on the community gossip?  Which intersections or nooks along that stretch seem ripe for creating welcoming and vibrant gathering spaces?  What do you see happening at each?  Email your ideas for Ben and Marjorie, the Nicollet Avenue Artist Team to info@kingfield.org

Sunday, January 29 from 3:00 – 4:00 PM

High Moon Studio, 710 West 40th Street, Minneapolis

Contact  Camille Gage at highmoonyoga@gmail.com   www.highmoonyoga.com

Camille Gage, Julie Tilka and Lucia Yess want YOU to know more about the practice of yoga.

On the heels of the much discussed New York Times article, How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body*, (it is currently the most emailed story at the NYT) Julie, Lucia and Camille are hosting an open house at High Moon Studio to answer questions, demonstrate poses, and explain how yoga can be practiced safely — and benefit people of all ages, sizes, and abilities. “So many people have posted this article on Facebook; it’s quite amazing,” remarked Camille. “We’d been planning to have an open house, and this seemed like the perfect time. People are really talking about yoga, and that’s a good thing.” Camille Gage experienced of the healing power of yoga after a 1981 auto accident caused a compression fracture of one of her lumbar vertebrae. Her injury inspired her to deepen her existing yoga practice and has helped her to live without pain or pain medication. She is committed to bringing yoga to people of all ages and abilities and specializes in teaching individuals with back injuries as well as beginner students in their 50s, 60s and 70s. Julie Tilka has practiced the alignment approach to yoga for more than 10 years. In this approach, proper alignment in the poses and safety are paramount. She uses a range of props, including bolsters, straps, blocks, and chairs to modify poses that are challenging for her students. Lucia Yess started yoga with a splash – her high school swim coach led the team in yoga practices before they jumped into the pool! Since then, Lucia’s personal and teaching practices have been influenced by her travels to dozens of countries, including South Korea where she was trained at the Maru Yoga Institute. She has since furthered her practice with the Compassionate Ocean Dharma Center’s mindfulness program.

Joining Camille, Lucia and Julie at the open house will be tai chi instructor Lee Dunn, the proprietor of High Moon Studio. Lee Dunn has taught tai chi and chi gong for nineteen years. After 10 years working in the building trades — and several injuries — Lee began studying the Kuang Ping style of tai chi in 1990. He chose this gentle form of martial arts to increase flexibility, improve balance and reduce stress, while also strengthening his body. Lee opened High Moon Studio in 2010 in order to provide lessons in a calm and quiet neighborhood setting. Lee will provide information about these ancient Chinese systems of exercise.

ENDING HUNGER & HOMELESSNESS

Event Date:Thurs., Feb. 9, 2012. 4 – 8 pm

Event Location: Nicollet Square, 3710 Nicollet Ave.

KFNA’s Event Committee, in partnership with the Nicollet Square Advisory Council is planning our neighborhood’s 1^st “Empty Bowls” event!  Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger; many of you might be familiar with the successful Powderhorn community event of the same name.  The basic premise is simple: Guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread. In exchange for a cash donation, guests are asked to keep a bowl (which has been handcrafted and donated by a local potter or organization) as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. The money raised is donated to an organization working to end hunger.  In Kingfield this year we are working to end hunger by helping to end homelessness, and donating all the money raised to Nicollet Square, which houses 42 formerly homeless youth in our community.  By helping youth in our community find stable housing and employment, we address the root causes of hunger.

For this event to be successful, we need unique bowls made by local pottery artists.  The bowls should hold 2-3 cups and be of food-grade quality.   Bowls are needed by February 1st, 2012.  Please mark your calendars for the Empty Bowls event on Thursday evening, February 9, 2012.

If you are interested in donating bowls, volunteering at this event, or just learning more please contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, Kingfield Neighborhood Association Executive Director, at 612.823.5980 or sarah@kingfield.org .

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