SensAsian brings to you this month’s intentional theme: Healing & Activating the Voice.

An evening of spoken word + vocal activations + distance reiki + open mic community sharing + kareoke + dance journey⁣
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It’s going to be deep ya’ll..⁣
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Because behind these amazing offerings by a kickass lineup of powerful Asian womxn who've gone the distance through the light and dark of their own depths and shadows and came out stronger and more resilient on the other side...
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Lies the sacred intention of us all coming together as a community to foster meaningful human connection, authentic expression, belonging, and well-being.⁣

This is a call for global solidarity. This is a call for more expression, strength, compassion, and unity in a world where we are experiencing rage, violence, racism, and fear as a pandemic wrongfully labeled as the "Chinese virus" influences the way we see each other and ourselves.
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We need spaces for our voices more than ever.⁣

Join us for an evening acknowledging our cultural identity, as we move towards resilience, celebration, truth, singing, dancing, and community.

After the performances are over, we will open the floor for community shares.

You are welcome to share concerns, fears, offers/asks for support during this pivotal time in our lives.

You can also share your own spoken word/poetry piece tied towards identity/expression/healing or anything you feel called to share relevant to where you are today.

YOUR voice matters.
Let's hear it.

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HOW TO ACCESS THE EVENT

Once you register via Eventbrite, you'll receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link and full instructions for how to access the call. (This is a precaution to avoid spammers)

For all you last minute folks, I'll be messaging the ZOOM link to those who have replied Interested, 30 minutes before the event begins.

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COST:
Sliding Scale : $10-25

Everyone has the right to access healing and community, especially during this time of this global pandemic crisis. SensAsian as a production serves to uplift those in our community so that we can all rise together.

We understand times are touch financially for a lot of us. That is why Nobody shall be turned away for lack of funds.

And for those who are able to, please pay what you can. Consider paying it forward for those who are unable to. Please honor the value of this epic production that our artists have put their healing energy and magic into.

A portion of the funds will also be donated to COVID-19 Mutual Aid Fund for LGBTQI + BIPOC Folks.
You can read about it here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/covid19-relief-fund-for-lgbtqi-bipoc-folks

Thank you!

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PAYMENT OPTIONS:

- Eventbrite link
- Venmo : @sensasian-heals
- Paypal: tiffany@sensasian.cc

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SCHEDULE

7:00-7:15 PM: Welcome/Ice Breakers
7:15-7:30 PM: Land Acknowledgement
7:30-7:40 PM: Tiff Welcome Speech
7:40-7:50 PM: Steph Distance Reiki
7:50-8:00 PM: Stretch Break/More Intros
8:05 - 8:20 PM: Vickie’s Prose
8:25 - 8:35 PM: Sarah’s Poem/vocal meditation
8:35 - 8:40 PM: Break/More intros
8:40 - 9:40 PM - Community Share Space
9:40 - 10:00 PM : Jess’ Sound Healing
10 - 12:00 AM - Amber's DJ Set

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PERFORMANCE LINEUP

Host : Tiff Lin

Tiff Lin (Taiwanese, she/they) is an expression+embodiment coach, tantric facilitator, serpentine body worker, and intimacy activist. Her passion is in creating immersive experiences for people of all gender identities to release blockages, open their hearts, activate their voices, and discover their deepest most authentic and embodied expression. Her deep journey into somatic practices, sexual healing, sensual awakening, and authentic movement has personally given her and those they work with deeper access to breath, conscious relating, grounded presence, vitality, clarity, acceptance, and playful + orgasmic joy!

She is the visionary and producer of SensAsian and envisions a future of more asian representation in healing, expressive arts, and conscious night life spaces.

Co-host/MC: Kiana Young

Kiana Young (Cantonese-American, they/he/she) is a genderqueer, multidisciplinary performance artist, poet, educator, and public speaking coach who is passionate about helping youth cultivate the power of their voices. In 2016, they were awarded the Destiny Arts Center’s Queer Emerging Artist Residency; in 2019 he was a Mentor Artist for the inaugural Queer & Asian Performing Artist Residency at San Jose State University. Kiana has 3 years of experience in developing curriculum and facilitating workshops in the Bay Area; areas of expertise include consent 101, consent: power & privilege, trans ally ship 101, asexuality 101, LGBTQ sensitivity trainings.

When she’s not coaching or teaching, he be found shimmying on a stage near you as their much more suave and confident alter-ego, @kinglotusboy —who was honored to perform at the SensASIAN Lunar New Year Spectacular. Kiana is immensely grateful to be co-creating and holding space as one of your co-hosts for the evening. She hopes to facilitate moments of collective joy, empowerment, and authentic expression.

Spoken Word and Guided Expression Exercise: Sarah Paikai

Sarah Paikai aka @therealsarahspeaks, (Japanese American, she/her) is a multi-media, multi-passionate Spoken Word Artist. She loves creating pieces that really challenge the status quo of how we look at, and approach society. Combining her values of Social Justice, Inspiration, and Leadership, Sarah works with women creatives and business owners to fully express themselves in ways that help them find healing and purpose.

She loves to use her pieces to create inspiration and move your soul. All of her pieces are curated and written to help jog your memory, remind you of powerful moments in your life, and inspire you to express your true self in a way that will blow your mind! In this session, we’ll dive deep into what causes our expression to get stuck and how to move past that into a more vibrant life.

Spoken Word Prose: Vickie Chang (Chinese-American, she/her)

Vickie Chang (Chinese-American, she/her) : The daughter of Chinese immigrants born and raised in the SF Bay Area, Vickie Chang is a psychologist, writer, and meditation teacher. Her life and work are shaped by her relationship with the land and her cultural lineage as they breathe in her heart and body.
Vickie will be offering a piece of writing connected to the journey home to the vast heart of love -- touching upon ancestral trauma, systemic oppression, healing, and the deities, as they live in the body, psyche, and heart.
Her work can be found here:
https://medium.com/@guanyin

High Vibes Sound Facilitator: Jessica Sharp

J.cleaver will be facilitating a karaoke session for the ages. From our childhood to adolescence and onwards to empowered adults, we celebrate how far we’ve come by singing our souls out to timeless classics (in the privacy of your own room, on mute, of course). Costume changes between songs is recommended! Make sure to warm up your air guitar and 90’s dance moves for this session.

Jessica Sharp, aka J.Cleaver [Ms. Bee Leaver], curates memorable vibrational experiences for audiences to embody and express their own highness [good vibes only]. As a sound facilitator and story teller she gets the group actively co-creating their own reality, while organizing noise into sweet harmony. Every performance is advised by the Sage and every message informed by the Tao.

DJ: Shelajit

Shelajit (Chinese-American, she/her) is a dance floor devotee DJ, who loves nothing more than a juicy floor! As a lifelong dancer, her intention is to cultivate a sound journey that inspires authentic movement expression, connection, holds a collective vibe and brings the bounce. Shelajit’s sound is an array of deep earthy bass, hip hop, half-time, trap and R&B flavors. Named after the ancient adaptogenic resin from the himalayan mountains; like the medicine, her music adapts to the vibe of the dance floor, increases energy and brings strength.

Check out her sounds here:
https://soundcloud.com/shelajit

Chiropractic: Dr. Mandy Chan

Dr. Mandy Chan (Malaysian Chinese, she/her) believes in living with passion, giving with love and serving with purpose. Having been a lifelong athlete, Dr. Mandy sustained various sports injuries over the years that cultivated an insatiable curiosity about the body and its amazing ability to heal. This led her to explore chiropractic, holistic healing and delving into how the body stores/integrates trauma.

Dr. Mandy approaches each individual as a unique mind-body-spirit system. As a facilitator of healing, she employs chiropractic adjustments and integrative breathwork to invite your body to unravel patterns of tension, allowing for increased brain-body connection and optimal life expression.
Possessing a playful spirit and full of dynamic energy, Dr. Mandy is passionate about connecting with every individual that honors her table and enjoys holding space for others to show up as their most authentic self.

Reiki BodyWork: Stephanie Zhu

Stephanie Zhu (Chinese-American, she/her) is a massage therapist and Reiki practitioner. She heals herself in order to learn how to best assist others in their healing journeys. Her belief is that physical pain correlates to emotional, mental, and spiritual pain.

Stephanie leads guided meditations that take you into yourself, often unlocking a new level of body awareness. Through this, she hopes to equip all people with the tools to heal themselves. Her goal is to help all people unlock their inner healer.

Learn more about her at themysticdreamer.com.