The 1st of November is the day after the blue moon, the second full moon in the month of October. The Blue Moon is a time when you are meant to do something extraordinary. It's all about expanding your horizons.
]]>On the 1st of November there will be the first Healing and Cleansing Ceremony at the Art Atelier of Minimal.Ethic. It will be lead by the experienced Kambo practitioner Ivan and the Yoga teacher Kasia. The Ceremony will contain three parts: Breathing Excercise - Kambo Ritual - Yoga
The 1st of November is the day after the blue moon, the second full moon in the month of October. The Blue Moon is a time when you are meant to do something extraordinary. It's all about expanding your horizons. That means breaking free from your comfort zone or routine to engage in an event or activity that you usually wouldn't foresee yourself doing. Now is the moment to break those mental, physical and spiritual boundaries.
To start your day of healing and cleasing Kasia will lead you through and excersice of breathing. Kasia is a Vinyasa and Yin Yoga Teacher since 2017. She learned many kinds of styles of yoga and combine it.
Nadi Shodhana Pranayama. A beautiful breathing technique that helps keep the mind calm, happy and peaceful. A few minutes of Nadi Shodhan pranayama in a day is the best way to de-stress the mind and release accumulated tension and fatigue.
The breathing technique is named Nadi Shodhana. Nadi is a Sanskrit word meaning “channel” or “flow” and shodhana means “purification.” Therefore, nadi shodhana is primarily aimed at clearing and purifying the subtle channels of the mind-body organism, while balancing its masculine and feminine aspects.
It helps you to glide trough your Kambo Experience and go deeper in your meditation.
Kambo is a substance of the Amazonian giant monkey frog. This medicine is well known around Peru and Brazil as the "vaccine of the forest". During a special practice the substance will be extracted of the back of the frog. It is important for every practitioner not to harm the frog in any way and the animal will always set free again.
During the Kambo Ceremony, small holes get burned into the top few layers of your skin, usually at the arm. Depending on the person and the experience with Kambo, the practitioner burns 3 to 4 dots into the skin and applies the medicine on all or just a few dots. You will get attended during the ceremony and it's possible to apply more medicine or less, depending on your personal experience.
The experience is descriped as quite intense and will cause your heart to beat faster. Effects are particular to each individual. During the cleansing process it's possible to sweat, purge, shake, clench hands/face/feet and to have visionary experiences.
The Kambo Ritual can have many positive effects for your physical and mental health, if you are for example dealing with migraines, depression, chronic pain or a lack of energy.
"In the days following the Kambo experience, I had more energy than I remember ever having. I do feel it pulled some negative energies and, maybe even traumas, out of me."
Important: You should not take part on the Kambo Ritual, if you are pregnant or have a heart disease.
If you have any other kind of disease, have to take a special medicine or feel insecure if the Kambo Ritual could help you in your current situation, please contact Ivan directly via Mail: wolfensberger@protonmail.ch
Ivan will lead the Kambo Ceremony on the 1st of November at the Art Atelier. He did a training for one month at the Amazonas, Peru. They learned that Kambo’s Spirit is deeply with the Tribe because they have 1000’s years of honoring the tradition, that their grandfathers passed to them from grandfathers passing to them. The Matses Elders have honored the frog, the jungle and themselves by honoring their sacred tradition. Ivan is passionate about the healing effects, the spirit and traditions of Kambo. He leads Kambo Ceremonies since two years.
The Kambo Ritual is a healing and cleansing ceremony, therefore it is important to follow these steps to pepare yourself physically and mentally.
7 days before
do not consume alcohol or drugs
healthy vegan or vegetarian diet; with a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits
3 days before
reduce salt, sugar and fat to a possible minimum in your diet
no coffee
12 hours before
do not eat 12 hours before the ceremony
our ceremony starts at 9.30 am, so do not eat after 9.30 pm the day before
a few hours before
just drink a bit of water in the morning
After your Kambo Experience you can open our chakras for a better energy flow in your body. You will do a gently Vinyasa Flow, lead by Kasia, which is a style of yoga characterized by stringing postures together so that you move from one to another, seamlessly, using breath.
After that Kasia leads you through Yoga Nidra - the practice of conscious deep sleep. It is a specific yoga in and of itself where we learn how to relax deeply by practicing pratyahara, or detachment, with the eventual goal of attaining a state of inner peace. 1 hour of yoga nidra equates to 4 hours of deep sleep.
When we practice Yoga Nidra we enter a state of very deep relaxation in which we travel through the layers of our conscious, subconscious and unconscious minds.
A few benefits of Yoga Nidra:
• Deep skeletal-muscular relaxation, removal of blockages and physical pain.
• Balance of the nervous system and increase the production of endorphins, the hormones of happiness, and on the other hand lower levels of immunosuppressants, noradrenaline and cortisol.
• Reduction of the rhythm of our brain waves and harmonization of the two hemispheres.
• Stress relief, depression, anxiety, insomnia, headache, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, hypertension.
• One hour of yoga nidra practice equals four hours of natural sleep.
• Expansion of altered states of mind.
• Integral harmonization.
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Interview with Ivan and Kasia for Minimal.Ethic.
Berlin 2020
The practice of suspension did not disapear over this long period of time, it rather begun to flourish in a modern-day society.
Body Suspension can be a chance to get truely in contact with yourself, because your mind goes absolutely quiet and you are truly in the moment.
Everyone experiences suspension differently. Your physical, mental and emotional state can effect how you feel during the process. It is important as well how you feel with the people around you, that you are supported and safe. There are so many things that can influence the way you feel, so your experience will always be different.
Before you start the piercer will clean the area of your body where the hooks will be placed, every piece of equipment will be sterile. The piercing process itself is often descripted as hot or sharp. The initial feeling of weight or pressure on your hooks can have a burning sensation and is often called “burning in” the hooks. Once your skin has reached full extension, it’s descriped as a feeling of pressure and tension on the skin in that area. There are different possibilities where the hooks can be placed, depending on the event. But it is often pierced on the shoulder blades or knees. The time of suspension depends on your own comfort during the experience.
As soon as you get lifted into the air, many say it would feel like every negative emotion would leave your body and you would be able to see the world, yourself and all the problems you may had in your life in a completly different way.
Body Supspension is hard to descripe, but it’s worth experiencing at least once in your life.
On the 11th of October will be the first body suspension event at Minimal.Ethic. Not more than seven people people can book a place for this event, that will be lead by the experienced body suspenders Alexander and Maria.
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narratively.com/getting-hooked-weird-wonderful-world-body-suspension/?utm_source=Week
]]>Outstanding artist, dancer, model, and instructor, Marion Crampe will perform at the creative Atelier, Minimal.Ethic, on the 12th of September. She is preparing a special act for the event. She revealed a few sneak peeks for the interview with Minimal.Ethic.
"Berlin is one of my favorite cities. A place where you can be yourself fully and unapologetically."
Each person has their own path in life. Marion has been told that she isn’t talented enough to become a very good dancer. She said that she kept believing that it was something that was waiting for her. Today, she is a well-known artist, performer, and instructor. She won many awards and titles, such as the "Most Positive Role Model in the Pole Community, 2014 & 2016" and "French Pole Dance Champion, 2012." Marion said in a recent interview how much every day matters. It is a way to move on, to evolve, to be alive. Through her art, she's even able to fly.
With her hair hanging performances, she sparks attention, questions, and a fascination for this art that seems magical. Little is known about the history of hair hanging. It was first shown by Chinese performers in the early 1900s and at circus performances. To create a moment of weightlessness, you need to be well prepared.
One of the secrets is a well prepared hair rigging to distribute the pulling force equally across the scalp. But every artist has their own secrets and own way to do the process that requires careful study and years of experience. Marion said that she loves to explore the capabilities of her body and to go through difficult times of discovering that even impossible things are possible. This gives her the ability to fly.
In her show at Minimal.Ethic, she will find a way to combine her disciplines and the story of her own evolution, with the spirit and creativity that Diamante Murru reflects in her artwork. Marion said that she has never met Diamante in real life; they are just connected via social media. But there is something magical and special about their relationship already. Marion will wear a special made kimono at her performance, out of the new collection by Minimal.Ethic.
"The rest of the show in Berlin will stay a secret until the 12th of September."
Marion is actually living in Spain. She used to travel the world, but due to the travel restrictions, she had to find a new way to create, perform, and do her classes. She started to explore her new opportunities. Due to her online classes, she now reaches to a new audience from countries she has never travelled to before, like India.
Marion said that this is something she truly believes: "There are beautiful things coming out of every chaos. We need faith and to spread love and kindness. There is hope for humanity. There is light."
Yann Revazov
Interview with Marion Crampe for Minimal.Ethic.
Berlin 2020
]]>Kimono Collection. Thilo Swora. Berlin 2020
Minimal.Ethic collaborated with the outstanding artist Miriam to create fabrics for the handmade kimono collection. She is well-known for her natural hand dyed and woodblock printed fabrics, as well as her hand poked tattoos.
Miriam said in a recent interview that she found herself and her determination in India.
India’s culture is among the oldest in the world. Miriam travelled there for the first time back in 2010. She said her intention was to find her own artistic expression.
She grew up in a family of artists who worked and experimented with different materials and forms of expression. Miriam herself worked with fabrics all her life and studied textile design.
Miriam. Handprinted and natural dyed wall hanging . 2018
However, due to the fact that everything was digital, she said she wanted to experience something different. She wanted to find a way to work that felt more natural and practical, so that she could have a deeper connection with her artistic self. She found just that while doing an exchange with the Indian culture, especially in the art of carving blocks of wood.
Woodblock printing most likely did not originate on the Indian subcontinent, but was rather picked up from the Chinese traders that traveled along the Silk Route. In India, it collided with the local aesthetics and knowledge of natural dyes, transforming itself and becoming part of the Indian culture. For centuries, master printers have been passing on the principles of the craft to their kin.
Miriam. India 2020
Year after year, Miriam gets smaller blocks from her master in India. He teaches her the art of carving wood with chisels and knives. During the process, she is creating intricate designs inspired by nature.
"Energy travels through things that are made with hands, the energy of the person doing it, and the energy of the plant with which the fabric is dyed." Miriam. Berlin 2020
Becoming a tattoo artist as well was never planned, she said. All of a sudden, it popped up and everything she did and had experienced before just came together. It was like something was waiting for her to combine all of the artistic elements. Tattooing gives her the wonderful experience of working with people.
Since Miriam started travelling to India, one part of the journey was now dedicated to fabrics and the other to tattooing.
In her recent collaboration with Diamante Murru and the creative Atelier in Berlin, she printed individual patterns for every kimono in the collection. It was a long and thoughtful process to pick the woodblocks and print them carefully on the delicate fabrics. Diamante gave her all of the freedom in her work to express and create the fabrics for 7 kimonos.
Thilo Swora. Berlin 2020
Regarding her cooperation with the creative Atelier, Minimal.Ethic, Miriam said, "some of the best works were created when creative talents came together to contribute their skills and create something unprecedented."
Interview with Miriam for Minimal.Ethic.
Berlin 2020
]]>Ben Hopper. Jonathan Fortin. London 2018
Ben Hopper is a well-known artist, activist, and conceptual photographer. His outstanding works and projects have been shown in different cities all over the world. For his exhibition in Berlin, he selected 36 of his favorite pictures to be shown in the new build gallery of the creative Atelier, Minimal.Ethic.
He first got in contact with the artist, Diamante Murru, for one of his photography projects: "The Inner Outside." The project aims to find a way of highlighting some of the world’s most unique tattoo pieces. The images are inverted and processed digitally to simulate a negative film.
Ben Hopper. The Inner Outside. London 2015
Since this time, both artists have stayed in contact and realized the first exhibition at the creative Atelier in Berlin. Because of the current situation caused by the pandemic and travel limitations, the artist wasn't sure if he would be able to come to Berlin for his own exhibition. Ben said in a recent interview with Minimal.Ethic that it is a strange and challenging time for every artist. Not only are we seeing heavy impacts from the pandemic, but we are also experiencing a lot of historical movements as well. The world seems to be waking up to a transformation.
"But in this current period, many artists and creatives feel irrelevant, when, actually, it's exactly the opposite. Our ideas are important. We are relevant." - Ben Hopper, 2020
Ben Hopper wants to try to find his relevance on a daily basis and, as an artist, he has to remind himself that his work and expressions are still needed. So, he will continue with the things that he does best. Ben Hopper continues celebrating human beauty in the way that he sees it. With his photography, he catches a glimpse of the human soul, the human nature. In his series, "Natural Beauty", Ben Hopper portraits women with their natural body hair.
Ben Hopper. Natural Beauty. London 2014
In the description of the pictures on Instagram, the women often say that others used to tell them that they have to hide their body hair, otherwise it's seen as a provocation. The pictures from Ben are able to give the portrayed person a voice, a voice for themselves. For his recent studies, he started a project about pheromones where he, as the artist, portrays couples. One of them is shown smelling the armpits of their partner, without the use of perfumes or deodorants to act as a barrier. Afterwards, they can talk about their feelings and experiences during the shooting. They all felt attracted to their partner; they felt loved and secure.
The actual political situation in his homeland of Israel inspired him to do another spontaneous project. He decided to go to the "Balfour Protest" in Jerusalem to photograph protestors and ask them two questions: "Why are your here?" and "If you had one wish, what would it be?" His article was published on an online magazine and shows the pictures of 45 protestors and their answers. Many of them were hoping for a better future, peace, and a positive change.
At the end of the interview, Ben Hopper said: "This is what I want for all of us. That people are kind to each other and we all finally start to recognize our own worth, our relevance in the world to make a change for the better."
Ben Hopper. Compagnie XY. London 2017
Interview with Ben Hopper for Minimal.Ethic.
Berlin 2020
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