Well looking back on 2024 has me feeling more blessed than ever. It was an action packed year with so many beautiful moments. So grateful for this beautiful life and all the wonderful people I get to share it with. Trying to pack the yearās memories into 90secs was a challenge but here it is. If I had to give one word to 2024 it would be family. A remembrance of how important family and community is. Through the thick and thin we got each other. For those needing more community reach out hit me up, hit an old friend up, call a family member. We need community more than ever. More random phone calls to each other over txt. Pick up the phone lifeās calling. Answer say yes your infinite potential awaits. Wishing you all a beautiful, abundant, radiant, joyous, magical, compassionate, blissful and prosperous 2025. I love you and I am grateful for you being you. Letās shine our lights bright into this new era.
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To my magnificent wife @erika_rekis I love you so much. Youāre a super mom. So grateful for all your compassion and patience. Raising the beautiful beings we are lucky to call children. To Sasha and Bodhi you two blow me away everyday with how much wonder and love you have to fill this world with. You make this place so much more beautiful with your presence. I am grateful to be your dad.
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Big LOvE to all! May blissful moments find you in 2025.
THIS WEDNESDAY: Join us for a candlelit Breathwork & Live Sound Bath at KOU w/ @carolynannebudgie & @_kelbey_ . On one of the darkest days of the year, we will connect to breath + healing, with our sweet community. Over 90 minutes, we will explore Breathwork, Meditation and Sound (a little bit of stretching too). Breathwork is a simple and effective tool for transformation, release and optimal wellness. Carolyn and Kelbey guide the experience with many options + with love. Come for a reset, to let go, get clear and return home again.
Mats and blocks are included.
Tea will be provided before & after class.
Classes are 90 minutes.
Tickets $40 + tax & fees
Class is hosted in Studio 2 - 2008 Manitoba Street
last month's edition was felt to to be special by many. welcoming in another round..
this time featuring a liveAV performance from Schema Drift (@brontron & @_cy.matic_ ), live processed crystal bowls & other sacred sound objects with @_kelbey_ , an estoric vinyl set on a vintage HiFi set-up (from 1976) from iAMi's @frumlater , Scintara as VJ for the night, and @michael__red on opening duties.
more improvements to the enviroment, as per usual. some new lighting features and putting a layer of foam under the carpets for added comfort, and probably a few more bits š
as we continue to grow and evolve. some really great artist's are confirmed for future editions too. things continue to fill in and find themselves š³
tix & more info in the @low_indigo_ linktree
design by @laine_butler
Good news! Our first outdoor session at 390 Industrial of the season is just around the corner. This time around weāll be celebrating the closing of Week In @paradiseyvr festival and the release of our collaborative beer with @brassneckbrew called āRice Worldā. @_emisiv will in town from Toronto playing live and will be joined in the booth by @imdanemacdonald , @dj_d.dee , and some special guests (more on that later).
The whole event will also be powered by the @iamisoundsystem and weāll have an amazing selection of wines courtesy of @juicebaryvr on deck as well as amazing non-alcoholic options from @zamalekmontreal . Did we forget to mention food? Because weāll have that too!
Basically this session is going to be one for the books and a true celebration of what this music thing is all about! Hit @resident_advisor for tickets now!
A Week in Paradise is blissfully elated to present @laraaji_official ās world-renowned laughter workshop, Weds. June 26th at @koustudios āØ
Be prepared to achieve deep meditative states under Laraajiās artful guidance & take a journey with Laraaji to experience laughter and relaxation, guided mindful toning and laughter for releasing tension and harmonization of subconscious stress patterns.
Hosted along with Kelbey Saruk and taking place at Kou Studios, we have *very* limited space and can accommodate *only 40 spots* for this very rare & intimate healing session āØ
Mats are provided, but feel free to bring your own. More info & š«š« at paradiseyvr.com/aweekinparadise š±āØ
LaraajiĀ is synonymous with ambient music, meditation and cosmic energy - his Laughter workshops, deep listening performances and yoga tours have become a program highlight at some of the worldās finest arts institutions, festivals and clubs. Awakened to mysticism in the 70ās, Laraaji bought a second hand zither and began busking around Manhattan and Brooklyn - he was playing in Washington Square Park when Brian Eno heard him, resulting in Laraaji recording the third release of Enoās seminal āAmbientā series. Forty years and almost fifty albums later, Laraaji is at the forefront of deep listening and ambient music - he has collaborated with Bee Mask, Ela Orleans, Motion Sickness Of Time Travel, Blues Control and Sun Araw, released on Stones Throw subsidiary Leaving Records, produced Boiler Room sessions and toured worldwide.
2023 what a beautiful year. I was thinking what did I even do this year. Then I went back through my photos. Shed a few happy tears and put this video together. It was a busy year that taught me so many lessons. Both from its challenges and successes. Iāve realized nothing matters more to me than family and the ones you love. The smiles, the hugs, the conversations and connections. So grateful for all the beautiful people I shared connection with this year. am so grateful for the process of becoming a father, a parent and better partner. Life throws us all kinds of surprises. Always asking us to listen for the lessons. Can you hear them? I aam working on tuning in. Growing. Laughing more. Learning to let go with ease. Lifeās too short. breath. Itās been amazing watching Bodhi and Sasha grow this year. So many firsts Feel so blessed for our family and all the adventures to come. May 2024 bless all with love love love. Let that heart shineš
Itās been an amazing spring. Loaded with tons of family firsts, little dudes growing way to quick, great music, awesome people and lots of fun adventures. Hereās a few loved moments from along the way. š
So grateful for this beautiful lifeš!
Watching the seasons change and this family grow fills my heart to the brim and itās overflowing. So grateful for @erika_rekis her strength to persevere and show up as the most amazing mother! What a beautiful experience to witness. Thank you to the mystery for blessing us with the opportunity to build this family and this love!! Love you! Happy holidays!
S O U N D_M E D I C I N E_ Nov.23 7pm @koustudios
- Grab Tickets Through The Link in my Bio-
āSound is the medicine of the futureā - Edgar Cayce
Letās move into harmony with our true vibration. Offering ourselves the time to refine and balance our systems to match our energetic expression. In this immersive sound meditation Kelbey offers a cosmic guided sound journey into Self. An inward space of blissful inquiry and self-reflection. Movement and meditation will be offered as a sacred structure to open and align the energy for optimal resonance with your true vibration.Mats, blocks & tea will be provided by KOU Studios x Half Moon.
šø @brit_gill
S O U N D_M E D I C I N E_ Nov.23 7pm @koustudios
- Grab Tickets Through The Link in my Bio-
āSound is the medicine of the futureā - Edgar Cayce
Letās move into harmony with our true vibration. Offering ourselves the time to refine and balance our systems to match our energetic expression. In this immersive sound meditation Kelbey offers a cosmic guided sound journey into Self. An inward space of blissful inquiry and self-reflection. Movement and meditation will be offered as a sacred structure to open and align the energy for optimal resonance with your true vibration.Mats, blocks & tea will be provided by KOU Studios x Half Moon.
šø @brit_gill