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august/september Calendar 8/4 Moksha Festival A two-day celebration in Santa Monica of wellness, spiritual expansion and conscious living through yoga, health, ayurveda and sacred music. 50% discount for yoga teachers/teacher trainees, and ayurveda practitio- ners/students. 8/4–5, www.mokshafestival.com 8/5 Festival of the Chariots Three 40-foot authentic chariots from India are hand-pulled to a festival site with Indian dance, kirtan and drama performances. Five vegetar- ian food booths, kids' tent and a "lunch on the house" booth serving 10,000 plates to first com- ers. 11am–7pm, Windward & Ocean Front Walk, www.festivalofchariots.com 8/11 Wellness with Qigong Practical tools for achieving optimal health through re- sponsible self-healing. Blend Western medicine with Traditional Chinese Medicine techniques for opti- mum results. Assist others without depleting your qi. Pasadena Convention Center 8/11–12, LA Convention Center 9/15–16. 888.864.0588, www.medicinebeginswithme.com 8/12 Mental Disorder Solutions Suffering from depression or mood swings? Join spiritual author Deborah King to learn more about alternative op- tions for mental disorders, such as depression, bipolar and schizophrenia. Meet with Deborah individually and learn lifestyle changes that support and even replace traditional therapies. 8am–4pm, Hilton LAX. 800.790.5785. teacher, master healer and New York Times best-selling 8/17 Play MOCA A night of art and music curated by IamSound and their newest signee, Io Echo, featuring a unique lineup of exciting new musicians and artists. 8/17: Zola Je- sus and Active Child, LA Dance Project, DJ Victoria Bergsman. 8/24: Cults and Lord Huron, artist Em- mett Malloy. Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, free, 6–10pm. Reserve at www.brownpapertickets.com 8/18 Yogiraj Siddhanath Teachers inform, a master transforms. Healing En- 48 wholelifetimesmagazine.com lightement and Kriya Initiation workshops with Himalayan master Yogiraj Siddhanath, 8/18–19 L.A., 8/11–12 San Diego. Kriya Meditation Yoga Retreat with Rogiraj 9/27–30, Carlsbad. 866-YogiRaj or www.siddhanath.org/MeetYogiraj 8/20 Meet Your Spirit Guides Expand your power and get access to the informa- tion you need by connecting to your spirit guides in an incredible evening with Deborah King. Learn how to hook up to your guides and you'll never feel lonely or lost again. Free parking, $15 advance reg. Landmark Theatre, 10850 W. Pico Blvd., LA 90064. www.deborahkingcenter.com/LA 8/25 Ojai Psychic Faire Psychic Faire in the Ojai Vortex at the little pink house, 8/25–26. $20 for a 15-minute reading, 11am– 6pm. Many great readers! www.soulcentered.com Touch: The Power to Heal, demonstrating lost or for- gotten teachable human abilities. Observe conscious- ness affecting matter in real time. Quantum Touch Level 1, 8/25–26 LAX Marriott. Level II- The New Hu- man, 9/1–2, LAX Renaissance. Group healing ses- sions 8/13 & 16. www.quantumtouch.com 8/25 The New Human Richard Gordon, best-selling author of Quantum- moon weekend at the Wolf Connection Conservancy in Acton, CA. The seers of the lineage of ancient Mexico make a point: we would do well to return to nature—the elements; the earth, moon and stars; the wolves—and retrieve from our energetic core what we once knew about our own gifts and how to use them in service with others. 310.839.7150, www.Cleargreen.com/wolves 8/31 Dreaming with Wolves A workshop on Carlos Castaneda's Tensegr ity on full- 9/1 Cancer Control Convention Learn about the prevention and control of cancer through nutrition, tests and nontoxic cancer therapies such as laetrile, Gerson, Hoxsey, Koch, enxymes and immunothera- py from medical doctors, clinical researchers, nutritionists and au- thors. 9/1–3, Sheraton Universal (across from Universal Studios). www.Cancercontrolsociety.com 9/6 Bhakti Fest A 4-day kirtan and yoga festival, the spiritual Woodstock of the new millennium, blending mu- sic, yoga and conscious living into one amazing weekend. 80 hours of kirtan (devotional chant- ing), 72 yoga classes with world-renowned in- structors, and extensive workshops with some of the most powerful guides of our time. Joshua Tree Retreat Center, 9/6–9, www.Bhaktifest.com 9/16 High Holy Days Celebrate as you never have before, with music, meditation, prayer and joy at Makom Ohr Shalom, a Jewish Renewal Congregation in Encino. Rosh Hashanah led by Rabbi Anne Brener, 9/16-18. Yom Kippur led by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Sha- lomi, a founder of the Jewish Renewal movement, 9/25–26. All are welcome to these transforma- tive events. 818.725.7600, www.makom.org 9/21 Whole Being Weekend Annual three-day spiritual retreat (since 1971) in the mountains of Southern California brings together a diverse group to celebrate our com- mon community, express our joy in connection and share one big heart-space. Spiritual & health work- shops, singing & dancing, veg food. 9/21–23, Idylwild, www.thewholebeingweekend.com 9/28 Pranafest Jai Uttal, Donna DeLory and more in beautiful Ash- land, Ore., as Pranafest presents three days of classes, concerts & ceremonies with an all-star line up of kirtan leaders and yoga teachers at an idyllic hot springs spa. Camping avail, 9/28–30. www.Pranafest.org Photo: Yasmin Than