Trade School Los Angeles

https://www.facebook.com/events/765761054536078/

These sewing classes are not even for barter. They are FREE! Thanks, Auntie Sewing Squad! Thanks, Baldwin Hills Branch - Los Angeles Public Library!

There's another "Spa Week" ahead from Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices and the Arroyo S.E.C.O. Network of Time Banks. Please see the following list of meditative bodywork modalities that are offered to the community (regardless of whether or not participants are Time Bank members).
Feel free to join any or all of these classes or sessions throughout the week:

TUESDAYS, 10:00AM. Online Tai Chi / Qigong on Tuesdays. Donation: $0 - 20.
https://www.facebook.com/events/390479772622542/390479839289202

WEDNESDAYS, 6:00PM. Online Tai Chi / Qigong (by prior arrangement) on Wednesdays. Donation: $0 - 20
https://www.facebook.com/events/575854927170498/575855023837155/

THURSDAYS, 10:00AM. Online Online Tai Chi / Qigong Qigong on Thursdays. Donation: $0 - 20
https://www.facebook.com/events/2235320886625615/2235320936625610/

THURSDAYS, 2:00PM. Mindfulness for Health (a virtual event). Cancer Support Community Pasadena is an organizational member of the Pasadena Time Bank (a neighborhood chapter of the Arroyo S.E.C.O. Network of Time Banks), providing free, non-medical services to "anyone whose life has been touched by cancer." Timebanker Sylvia Holmes teaches mindfulness meditation weekly.
See https://www.cscpasadena.org/gettingstarted for orientation info.
See https://cscpa.gnosishosting.net/Events/Calendar?eviid=53762 to register for Sylvia's class.

FRIDAYS, 2:00PM. Online Online Tai Chi / Qigong on Fridays. Donation $0-20
https://www.facebook.com/events/570703677306221/570703847306204/

SATURDAYS, 9:00AM. Saturday Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. In-Person.
https://www.facebook.com/events/357088716123985/357088886123968/

Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices is an organizational member of the Arroyo S.E.C.O Network of Time Banks. See all offerings at:
https://www.facebook.com/Time-Bank-Mind-Body-Community-Practices-204022843059096/events/

Note: MONDAY, 6:30PM Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement is on hiatus, but will be back on July 11.

Also ahead:
FOUR THURSDAYS (JULY 14, JULY 21, JULY 28, AUGUST 4), 10:00AM. Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement. In-person and online (hybrid). Los Angeles Public Library: Palms - Rancho Park Branch. For more info and to register, visit https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/feldenkraisawareness-through-movement-classes

Anyone is welcome to participate in any of Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices' offerings—virtual, in-person—over the course of any week!

MONDAYS, 6:30PM. Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement (Mondays)
TUESDAYS, 10:00AM. Online Standing/Seated Qigong on Tuesdays. Donation: $0 - 20
WEDNESDAYS, 6:00PM. Online Qigong (by prior arrangement) on Wednesdays. Donation: $0 - 20
THURSDAYS, 10:00AM. Online Seated or Standing Qigong on Thursdays. Donation: $0 - 20
FRIDAYS, 2:00PM. Online Standing/Seated Qigong on Fridays. Donation $0-20
SATURDAYS, 9:00AM. Saturday Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. In-Person.
SATURDAYS, 10:00AM. Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement (Saturdays)

Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices is an organizational member of the Arroyo S.E.C.O Network of Time Banks

https://www.facebook.com/Time-Bank-Mind-Body-Community-Practices-204022843059096/events/

Anyone is welcome to participate in any of Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices' offerings—virtual, in-person—over the course of any week!

MONDAYS, 6:30PM. Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement (Mondays)
TUESDAYS, 10:00AM. Online Standing/Seated Qigong on Tuesdays. Donation: $0 - 20
WEDNESDAYS, 6:00PM. Online Standing/Seated Qigong on Wednesdays. Donation: $0 - 20
THURSDAYS, 10:00AM. Online Seated or Standing Qigong on Thursdays. Donation: $0 - 20
FRIDAYS, 2:00PM. Online Standing/Seated Qigong on Fridays. Donation $0-20
SATURDAYS, 9:00AM. Saturday Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. In-Person.
SATURDAYS, 10:00AM. Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement (Saturdays)

Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices is an organizational member of the Arroyo S.E.C.O Network of Time Banks.

https://www.facebook.com/Time-Bank-Mind-Body-Community-Practices-204022843059096/events/

Time Bank offerings that are available to the public this weekend!

SATURDAY
9:00AM-2:00PM. From the Northeast L.A. Time Bank: Wild Yards Project is hosting Volunteer Planting Day at Eagle Rock Nature Garden, 4848 Eagle Rock Blvd. More here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158444466136439&set=a.76898261438. RSVP at [email protected].

Two weekend offerings from Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices:

9:00AM. Saturday Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. In-Person. at what instructor Lee Conger calls “The Silver Lake Urban Wilderness Chinese Elm Qigong Dojo—TSLUWCEQD for short” in the Silver Lake Time Bank neighborhood. There is no address! For directions, write [email protected].

10:00AM. Jenna Blaustein teaches Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement classes. ''How would you like to lie on the floor, do almost nothing and feel more comfort and ease in movement one hour later? The Feldenkrais method is a way to improve your well being by moving slowly and gently, discovering unnecessary muscular effort in your movement patterns and to discover alternatives. Classes are described as 'profound,' 'relaxing,' 'surprising,' 'invigorating,' and 'liberating.' Classes are available on Zoom, Saturdays at 10:00AM and Mondays at 6:30PM. For more information visit jennaroseblaustein.com.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY
Two happenings from the Koreatown Time Bank:

SATURDAY
6:00PM-midnight. Beverly Vermont Community Land Trust fundraiser at Relámpago Wheelery, with art, live music, food, and karaoke via El BiciCrófono. Info and reservations are here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beverly-vermont-community-land-trust-fundraiser-tickets-194847132017

SUNDAY
1:00PM. Save Energy & Win Money is the on-going monthly series of FREE virtual workshops provided by the Community Hub of the Los Angeles Ecovillage Institute - LAEVI - dba CRSP. Learn more about: the Los Angeles Eco-Village, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power rebate programs, how to measure your ecological footprint, your role in reducing climate disruption, how to win prizes & money for participating. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co/m/e/la-eco-village-community-hub-presents-save-energy-win-money-workshops-tickets-150990686207. This workshop is made possible by a grant from the LADWP.

GENERAL INFORMATION
The Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic is so very grateful to .la for donating design services, supplies, materials, and labor to complete the renovation of their garden space (pictured). Read about it and watch the video here: https://super.la/. Better yet, go check it out!

This morning at 10:00AM Pacific. Moving meditation with a sweet Qi sangha that has been meeting online now for 55 weeks. No prior experience is necessary. Write [email protected] for the eventbrite access code and the Zoom password.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thursday-online-standing-seated-qigong-tickets-151130660875

Thursday Online Standing / Seated Qigong Qigong: Meditative movement, ancient Chinese energy healing exercises. No prior experience necessary. Online weekly since Sept. 28, 2020!

Time Bank offerings that are available to the public! Highlights from the members’ weekly newsletter:

GENERAL INFO
Collective Remake will launch their Co-operative Education and Development (CEAD) fall workshop on October 23 (online, six Saturdays, 1:15-3:15PM, through November 27), including a tour of the Los Angeles Eco-Village. These workshops are held for people who have been impacted by incarceration. A small stipend is available per workshop. If you work in the reentry community and are interested in the workshops please contact Mary Sutton: [email protected]. See the curriculum and application form here.

From the DowntownLA Time Bank: The Metabolic Studio says, “Many of you have received embroidery kits from us of native plants, birds, and microscopic organisms that Metabolic Studio is currently cultivating on its project sites. Taken as a collection, all of the embroideries will collectively illustrate ‘Biogeocoenosis’ which describes the intimate association (coenosis) between living things (bio) and the physical environment (geo). This year, on October 23, we will be featuring all completed embroideries in the USC Archives Bazaar L.A. as Subject. If you haven’t returned your embroidery yet, there is still time! We would love to include as many as possible. All embroideries need to be returned in the self-addressed and stamped envelope provided to the Metabolic Studio by October 21 to be included.’’

Two meditative forms of bodywork are available weekly via Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices!
#1. Jenna Blaustein teaches Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement classes. ''How would you like to lie on the floor, do almost nothing and feel more comfort and ease in movement one hour later? The Feldenkrais method is a way to improve your well being by moving slowly and gently, discovering unnecessary muscular effort in your movement patterns and to discover alternatives. Classes are described as 'profound,' 'relaxing,' 'surprising,' 'invigorating,' and 'liberating.' Classes are available on Zoom, Mondays at 6:30PM and Saturdays at 10:00AM. For more information visit jennaroseblaustein.com.
#2. Tuesday through Friday, Lee Conger, LMFT & Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, mindbodylosangeles.com provides online, health-promoting, sessions of Qigong, ''an ancient Chinese energy healing practice. Translated as 'Life Force Cultivation,' Qigong involves gentle, meditative movement and breathwork.'' And now, in response to several requests, Lee has resumed weekly, in-person Integral Qigong and Tai Chi sessions in Silver Lake. They are on Saturdays at 9:00AM in the shade of a giant Chinese elm in the ''urban wilderness.” See events. Zoom links, password for the online sessions, and for directions to the in-person ones are at https://www.mindbodylosangeles.com/instruction.

MONDAY
6:30PM Feldenkrais. (See details above.)

WEDNESDAY
7:00PM. From the Northeast L.A. Time Bank: Barbara Eisenstein, author of "Wild Suburbia– Learning to Garden with Native Plants," will give a free Zoom lecture to explain why California native plants are good for the environment and our health, and how to go about incorporating them into our gardens. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/native-plant-gardening-with-barbara-eisenstein-tickets-167642241457.

THURSDAY
5:30-7:00PM Metabolic Studio’s next ‘‘Learning and Mending’’ iteration will begin October 14 and continue for 10 consecutive Thursdays. “In ‘Tending the Commons,’ we will be exploring how the ‘commons’ can be an alternative approach to the destructive nature of capitalism where individual and short-term gains have been prioritized over the common and long-term good. We will be asking questions like: What are the commons and what does this look like? How do social relations shift within the commons? In what ways do the commons resist the simulated scarcity of capitalism?’’ Register for this event (beginning Tuesday) at www.eventbrite.com/o/metabolic-studio-30121249062/. If you'd like to receive an embroidery kit, please send your name and address to [email protected].’’

8:00PM. ''In Progress Workshare'' is Echo Park Film Center's monthly online screening and discussion of moving image works-in-progress made by established and emerging film/video creators around the world. Thursday, October 14, 8PM via Zoom. FREE, ALL-AGES EVENT! ALL WELCOME! Sign up to receive the Zoom link to present work or just join in the discussion: http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/calendar/.

FRIDAY
6:00AM-10:00PM. Between February and November, the City of Pasadena provides free mulch for pickup on selected dates at Robinson Park and Victory Park. Residents will have access to mulch during park hours, which are 6 a.m. through 10 p.m., while supplies last. The next date for mulch: This Friday, October 15. Thanks to Transition Pasadena's Mulch for the People project for keeping us apprised. Click here for the 2021 mulch delivery schedule and pickup tips: https://www.cityofpasadena.net/public-works/recycling-resources/mulch-compost-recycling/mulch-recycling/.

SATURDAY
Since 2014, participants in the ASNTB Writing Letters to Inmates (Social Justice Project), in partnership with Mariposa Prison and Parole Ministry at Hollywood Lutheran Church, ELCA, have continued writing letters on a monthly basis to those imprisoned. (Participation requires no adherence to any one faith tradition or to any faith whatsoever.) This Saturday is the next scheduled day for letter pick up, including postage-paid envelopes. We do our best to affirm their humanity, while providing a lifeline and connection to the outside world. If you wish to get involved, please contact John Wingler at [email protected] or Tom Norris at [email protected].

From Northeast L.A. Time Bank and the Time Bank Garden Group:
9:00AM-12:00PM. This Saturday and every third Saturday, you can join Barbara Eisenstein and her volunteers at the South Pasadena - Arroyo Seco Woodland and Wildlife Park to plant, remove weeds and litter, build paths, and enjoy nature.

10:00AM. Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement (See details above.)

9:00AM. Integral Qigong and Tai Chi at what instructor Lee Conger calls “The Silver Lake Urban Wilderness Chinese Elm Qigong Dojo—TSLUWCEQD for short” in the Silver Lake Time Bank neighborhood. There is no address! For directions, write [email protected].

From the Pasadena Time Bank:
10:00AM. Maryknoll Sisters Monrovia are giving away free oak saplings and giving presentations on the benefits of oak trees and on oak tree care. These are available for residents of foothill cities from Pasadena to Glendora. Pick up at 340 Norumbega Drive, corner of Mountain and Greystone. Saturday, Oct. 16 at 10AM; Thursday, Oct. 21 at 5PM; Thursday, Oct. 28 at 5PM.

SUNDAY
1:00PM Save Energy & Win Money is the on-going monthly series of FREE virtual workshops provided by the Community Hub of the Los Angeles Ecovillage Institute - LAEVI - dba CRSP. Learn more about: the Los Angeles Eco-Village, the LADWP rebate programs, how to measure your ecological footprint, your role in reducing climate disruption, how to win prizes & money for participating. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/la-eco-village-community-hub-presents-save-energy-win-money-workshops-tickets-150990686207. This workshop is made possible by a grant from the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power.

Time Bank offerings that are available to the public! Highlights from the members’ weekly newsletter:

GENERAL INFO
Three items from the Metabolic Studio:
#1. ‘‘Many of you have received embroidery kits from us of native plants, birds, and microscopic organisms that Metabolic Studio is currently cultivating on its project sites. Taken as a collection, all of the embroideries will collectively illustrate ‘Biogeocoenosis’ which describes the intimate association (coenosis) between living things (bio) and the physical environment (geo). This year, on October 23, we will be featuring all completed embroideries in the USC Archives Bazaar L.A. as Subject. If you haven’t returned your embroidery yet, there is still time! We would love to include as many as possible. All embroideries need to be returned in the self-addressed and stamped envelope provided to the Metabolic Studio by October 21 to be included.’’
#2. “Our next "Learning and Mending" series will begin Thursday, October 14. We will look at our Commons.’’ Watch for updates at www.eventbrite.com/o/metabolic-studio-30121249062.
#3. “In the meantime, on weekdays after 8:00AM or so, you can watch livecam coverage of what is happening on ‘‘The Moon,’’ part of the Metabolic Studio’s “Bending the River Back Into the City’’ project (www.metabolicstudio.org/bending-the-river).

Cancer Support Community Pasadena, a Pasadena Time Bank organizational member since 2015, continues to offer a vast array of free non-medical, supportive, now virtual services for anyone whose life has been touched by cancer -- as patient, family member, or friend. Their weekly schedule includes, for example, Yoga, guided meditation, Feldenkreis, knitting circle, Pilates, and support groups for patients and for family/friends. The first step to taking advantage of these services is to schedule an orientation by calling (626) 796-1083. More info at https://www.cscpasadena.org/

Collective Remake will launch their Co-operative Education and Development (CEAD) fall workshops in mid-October (online, six Saturdays, 11:00AM-1:00PM, exact dates to be announced). These workshops are held for people who have been impacted by incarceration. A small stipend is available per workshop. If you work in the reentry community and are interested in the workshops please contact Mary Sutton: [email protected]. See the curriculum at https://collectiveremake.com/whats-happening.

A recent Time Bank exchange of fungus prompted Silver Lake Time Bank member and rootsimple.com blogger Erik Knutzen to post ''Chicken of the Woods 2021,” a little write-up about this possible ''gateway to edible mushroom foraging.'' Once you’re at their site, you'll want to continue scrolling through Erik and Kelly Coyne's offerings of blog posts and podcasts ''about back to basics, DIY living, encompassing homegrown vegetables, chickens, herbs, h***h, bicycles, cultural alchemy, and common sense.''

Two meditative forms of bodywork are available weekly via Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices!
#1. Jenna Blaustein teaches Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement classes. ''How would you like to lie on the floor, do almost nothing and feel more comfort and ease in movement one hour later? The Feldenkrais method is a way to improve your well being by moving slowly and gently, discovering unnecessary muscular effort in your movement patterns and to discover alternatives. Classes are described as 'profound,' 'relaxing,' 'surprising,' 'invigorating,' and 'liberating.' Classes are available via Zoom on Mondays at 6:30PM and Saturdays at 10:00AM. For more information visit jennaroseblaustein.com.
#2. Tuesday through Friday, Lee Conger, LMFT & Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, mindbodylosangeles.com provides online, health-promoting, sessions of Qigong, ''an ancient Chinese energy healing practice. Translated as 'Life Force Cultivation,' Qigong involves gentle, meditative movement and breathwork.'' And now, in response to several requests, Lee has resumed weekly, in-person Integral Qigong and Tai Chi sessions in Silver Lake. They are on Saturdays at 9:00AM in the shade of a giant Chinese elm in the ''urban wilderness.” See events. Zoom links, password for the online sessions, and for directions to the in-person ones are at https://www.mindbodylosangeles.com/instruction.

MONDAY
6:00PM. Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement (See details above.)

TUESDAY
10:00AM. Online Standing/Seated Qigong on Tuesdays. Donation: $0 - 20 (or 1 "time dollar), to begin the weekly Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices Tuesday-Friday online series (at a different time each day)

THURSDAY
5:00PM. The Pasadena Time Bank would have us know that this Thursday is the first of four opportunities for residents of foothill communities from Pasadena to Glendora may pick up a free oak sapling Maryknoll Sisters Monrovia, 340 Norumbega Dr. (corner of Mountain and Greystone). See flyer for details on the schedule of giveaways and of presentations about the benefits of oaks and about oak tree care.

FRIDAY

SATURDAY
Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices' offerings:
9:00AM. Saturday Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. In-Person. in the Silver Lake Time Bank neighborhood
10:00AM. Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement

10:30AM-1:00PM. Twice monthly, co-founder Lois Arkin provides a walking tour of the Los Angeles Eco-Village neighborhood, sharing about the LAEV intentional community—about 40 folks, who are raising the quality of community life, while lowering environmental impacts and expanding public awareness about more sustainable urban living. ''Learn from nature and live ecologically'' is LAEV’s core value #2. ''Who else is interested in adopting and operating from this stance? Let's meet and talk!'' Tours usually run 10:30AM-1PM. 117 S. Bimini Pl., Los Angeles 90004. Reservations are required. You can pay the admission in time dollars! Upcoming tours: Sat., Oct. 9 > Sat., Oct. 23 > Sat., Nov. 6 > Sat., Nov. 20. For more info and for reservations: http://laecovillage.org/home/tours/

Time Bank offerings that are available to the public! Highlights from the members’ weekly newsletter:

GENERAL INFO
Three items from the Metabolic Studio:
#1. ‘‘Many of you have received embroidery kits from us of native plants, birds, and microscopic organisms that Metabolic Studio is currently cultivating on its project sites. Taken as a collection, all of the embroideries will collectively illustrate ‘Biogeocoenosis’ which describes the intimate association (coenosis) between living things (bio) and the physical environment (geo). This year, on October 23, we will be featuring all completed embroideries in the USC Archives Bazaar L.A. as Subject. If you haven’t returned your embroidery yet, there is still time! We would love to include as many as possible. All embroideries need to be returned in the self-addressed and stamped envelope provided to the Metabolic Studio by October 21 to be included.’’
#2. “Our next "Learning and Mending" series will begin Thursday, October 14. We will look at our Commons.’’ Watch for updates at www.eventbrite.com/o/metabolic-studio-30121249062.
#3. “In the meantime, on weekdays after 8:00AM or so, you can watch livecam coverage of what is happening on ‘‘The Moon,’’ part of the Metabolic Studio’s “Bending the River Back Into the City’’ project (www.metabolicstudio.org/bending-the-river).

Collective Remake will launch their Co-operative Education and Development (CEAD) fall workshops in mid-October (online, six Saturdays, 11:00AM-1:00PM, exact dates to be announced). These workshops are held for people who have been impacted by incarceration. A small stipend is available per workshop. If you work in the reentry community and are interested in the workshops please contact Mary Sutton: [email protected]. See the curriculum at https://collectiveremake.com/whats-happening.

Two meditative forms of bodywork are available weekly via Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices!
#1. Jenna Blaustein teaches Feldenkrais Method®: Awareness through Movement classes. ''How would you like to lie on the floor, do almost nothing and feel more comfort and ease in movement one hour later? The Feldenkrais method is a way to improve your well being by moving slowly and gently, discovering unnecessary muscular effort in your movement patterns and to discover alternatives. Classes are described as 'profound,' 'relaxing,' 'surprising,' 'invigorating,' and 'liberating.' Classes are available on Zoom, beginning October 3, on Mondays at 6:30PM and Saturdays at 10:00AM. For more information visit jennaroseblaustein.com.
#2. Tuesday through Friday, Lee Conger, LMFT & Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, mindbodylosangeles.com provides online, health-promoting, sessions of Qigong, ''an ancient Chinese energy healing practice. Translated as 'Life Force Cultivation,' Qigong involves gentle, meditative movement and breathwork.'' And now, in response to several requests, Lee has resumed weekly, in-person Integral Qigong and Tai Chi sessions in Silver Lake. They are on Saturdays at 9:00AM in the shade of a giant Chinese elm in the ''urban wilderness.” See events. Zoom links, password for the online sessions, and for directions to the in-person ones are at https://www.mindbodylosangeles.com/instruction.

On a monthly basis, Transition Pasadena’s page posts notices about monthly Eco-Breakfast gatherings organized by Pasadena Environmental Advocates - PEAS, ‘‘a coalition of environmental groups in the greater Pasadena area.’’ These events, sometimes virtual, sometimes in-person, are usually scheduled for the first week of the month. At the time of this writing, no date or time has been announced. Watch either page for updates.

MONDAY
2:00PM. Join Galen Meyers and Elizabeth Knight, Repair Cafe organizer and co-author of “Repair Revolution: How Fixers Are Transforming Our Throwaway Culture,” to learn how you can participate in a powerful community response to fix a broken world – right at home! This workshop is being offered as part of the 2021 Regenerative Communities Summit. See https://local-bean-2e1.notion.site/Regenerative-Communities-Summit-GUIDE-43b0124036714ca3b058d93a21c8e07b/ to learn more and register using our pay-what-you-can donation-based system to participate. Thanks, Repair Café Pasadena, for the post!

6:00PM. Feldenkrais resumes next week! (See details above.)

TUESDAY
10:00AM. Online Standing/Seated Qigong on Tuesdays. Donation: $0 - 20 (or 1 "time dollar), to begin the weekly Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices Tuesday-Friday online series (at a different time each day)

FRIDAY
6:00AM-10:00PM A space for gardeners, arborists and city planners to share ideas about conserving water while diverting resources from the waste-stream, Transition Pasadena's Mulch for the People project keeps us apprised of the City of Pasadena - Public Agency’s Mulch Giveaway Program. Between February and November, the City provides free mulch for pickup on selected dates at Robinson Park and Victory Park. Residents will have access to mulch during park hours which are 6 a.m. through 10 p.m. while supplies last. The next date for mulch: October 1. Click here for the 2021 mulch delivery schedule and pickup tips: https://www.cityofpasadena.net/public-works/recycling-resources/mulch-compost-recycling/mulch-recycling/.

SATURDAY
9:00AM. Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices' Saturday Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. In-Person. in the Silver Lake Time Bank neighborhood.

SUNDAY
10:00AM-4:00PM. From 2014 to 2019, longtime Echo Park Time Bank and Silver Lake Time Bank member Kristin Bedford worked with and within the Los Angeles Mexican American lowrider community throughout Southern California and Nevada to create “Cruise Night,” a collection of unstaged photographs and recorded oral history. ‘‘Over the five years ... the lowrider family shared the sophistication and complexity of their tradition with me.’’ And now, they have organized a book launch at the The Autry Museum of the American West on Sunday, October 3, 10:00AM-4:00PM. Admission if free to both the event and to the museum!

Time Bank offerings that are available to the public! Highlights from the members’ weekly newsletter:

GENERAL INFO

Job Opportunity at Los Angeles Eco-Village: Resident Manager. “We are hiring! Join our community as the new resident manager for our urban Soil/Tierra Urbana (USTU) Housing Cooperative. For more info, please go to http://tinyurl.com/ustu-resident-manager. Please spread the word.”

ASNTB’s Time Bank Mind-Body Community Practices are open to the public. Tuesday through Friday, Lee Conger, LMFT & Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, mindbodylosangeles.com provides online, health-promoting, sessions of Qigong, ''an ancient Chinese energy healing practice. Translated as 'Life Force Cultivation,' Qigong involves gentle, meditative movement and breathwork.'' The schedule with Zoom links at https://www.mindbodylosangeles.com/instruction. For the password, write [email protected]. (Please find below info on the new, in-person offering on Saturdays—pictured.)

‘‘Climate change is global, but we can act locally. Whether you have a big yard or a tiny balcony, there are ways you can benefit urban wildlife.’’ Recently, Northeast L.A. Time Bank member David Newsom was invited by the GPIA-Glassell Park Improvement Association to give a presentation on the work of his non-profit Wild Yards Project at their September meeting. Fortunately, it was recorded! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR2ALakJQkE/

This Silver Lake Time Bank ‘‘offer’’ is an offering of appreciation to organizational member Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic for over 50 years of service. Just over 5 years ago, volunteer Lauren Swerdloff wrote the book ‘‘Uplifting Lives’’ to document the history of the clinic and tell the stories of some of its volunteers. (See https://abc7.com/society/book-details-48-year-history-of-hollywood-sunset-free-clinic/1483944/.) Proceeds are donated to the clinic. Thank you, Teresa Padua, staff, and volunteers!

THURSDAY
5:30-7:00PM. The Metabolic Studio’s Learning and Mending series is now in its fifth iteration. ''In this series, From Micro to Macro, we will be exploring the implications of an integrated form of systems thinking that allows us to think across all scales; from particle, cell, brain, society, ecosystem, to cosmic matter. The world is made of up complex, challenging and beautiful interconnected systems and systems thinking can help us to integrate ourselves with the wider nature of the universe and more effectively address the most pressing challenges we collectively face as a society today. From Micro to Macro will build upon what we learned about from Anna Tsing’s disturbance ecology and have an emphasis on complexity, networks, and patterns of organization.'' Twelve consecutive Thursdays, 7/8-9/23. To register for this event, visit www.eventbrite.com/o/metabolic-studio-30121249062/. If you'd like to receive an embroidery kit (pictured), please send your name and address to [email protected].’’

SATURDAY
9:00AM. In response to several requests, Lee Conger, LMFT & Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, mindbodylosangeles.com has resumed weekly in-person Integral Qigong and Tai Chi sessions. They happen Saturdays in the shade of a giant Chinese elm in the ''urban wilderness” of Silver Lake. For detailed directions (on foot, by car), email a request to [email protected].

SUNDAY
10:30AM. Twice monthly, co-founder Lois Arkin provides a walking tour of the Los Angeles Eco-Village neighborhood, sharing about the LAEV intentional community—about 40 folks, who are raising the quality of community life, while lowering environmental impacts and expanding public awareness about more sustainable urban living. 'Take responsibility for each other & the planet through local environmental & social action' is LAEV’s core value #2. 'Come on a tour to inspire and be inspired!' Tours usually run 10:30AM-1PM. 117 S. Bimini Pl., Los Angeles 90004. Reservations are required. You can pay the admission in time dollars! Upcoming tours: Sunday, Sept. 26 Los Angeles Eco-Village Tour. In-Person > Sat., Oct. 9. For more info and for reservations, see http://laecovillage.org/home/tours/. (If the page does not load the first time, hit the “Refresh” button. That usually works!).