Jean-Jacques Gabriel leads a group of yoga practitioners in a West Philadelphia park.
“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am – my faith, my knowledge, my being. When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang-ups.” -John Coltrane
This summer, Ars Nova Workshop, The Woodlands, and Spirits Up! will host a series of free outdoor yoga and mindfulness sessions paired with live music. We will mold mindfulness, meditation, and movement into each of these sessions while paying homage to many of the foundational forces in Black Liberation Music, such as Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, and John Coltrane.
4000 Woodland Avenue holds over 30,000 of the city's most controversial and beautiful spirits of Philadelphia. Spirits Up! was birthed out of reclamation: reclaiming healing, reclaiming health, and reclaiming space. We hope The Wake will assist the community in returning to this spiritual space, by practicing yoga, meditating, and tapping into deep cultural ties to Philadelphia with the help of transcendent jazz.
We hope to see you every other Wednesday at The Woodlands starting July 7!
Free, pre-registration required.
All Ages.
About SPIRITS UP!
Spirits Up! is a Philadelphia-based organization that offers tools for personal liberation and healing through yoga, meditation, the arts, and innovative activity to support the continued work towards collective Black liberation. Spirits Up! provides safe spaces for people consistently on the frontlines for Black lives and those long suffering from systemic racial traumas.
Collectively working to heal the black community through yoga & meditation.
By any means necessary.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
June 20 – September 22, 2021, every other Wednesday, from 6:30 – 7:30PM.
June 20
July 7
July 21
August 4
August 18
September 1
September 15
September 22