Unity Dance Jam

Produced and hosted by Tad Toomay
Friday, January 29, 7:30-9:30pm

Dance the night away to a mix of vintage and contemporary rock, reggae, and World Beat music customized for happy feet and hearts, specially selected by Tad Toomay, co-director of music at Unity. State-of-the-art sound system provided by sound designer and Unity member, Paul Kohut. Light show featuring Power Point images, live drumming circle (bring your hand drum), no-host bar featuring craft beers and fine wines, plus soft drinks and nibbles. “Pirate Radio”-style costumes encouraged…

Bring your good energy and dancing shoes and help make this fun event a regular happening at Unity!

$10 suggested donation; proceeds benefit Unity of Berkeley

World Peace Meditation at 4am Dec. 31st

Join prayers all over the world for this powerful Peace Meditation. In California we gather at 4am on Thursday morning, December 31st. For more information go to www.quartus.org

Shamanic Sound Concert with Tito La Rosa

Saturday, December 12, 8PM

Peruvian Sound Shaman Tito La Rosa returns to Unity of Berkeley for a powerful evening of shamanistic sound and blessing.  This profound experience can help you start the new year with clarity and strength.

Tito La Rosa Bio:

Tito La Rosa, a descendent of Quechua Indians of the Peruvian Andes, has for more than a decade, has been recovering and preserving, studying, and intuiting the ancestral music of Peru.

La Rosa was asked by the Peruvian Institute of Culture to play 2,000-year-old instruments at the Museum of the Lord of Sipan to reinvent the sounds these instruments made. In recreating the sounds of this culture that had disappeared into time, La Rosa stated “Time, like death, is a lie.” Experimenting with the sounds of these 2000-year-old musical instruments, speaking with the archeologists, listening to the sounds of the wind and the murmuring of the birds when flying, La Rosa was deeply moved by this acoustical and magical mochican world, resulting in new “ancient” compositions.

Featured guest artist on New Age superstar Kitaro’s 2001 Grammy-winning CD “Thinking of You,” La Rosa has toured with Kitaro in Japan. Kitaro has said of La Rosa, “His attraction to the Spirit dimension and his love of all things from the natural world allow him to traverse musical landscapes with tranquility and deep passion.” La Rosa has also recorded with Mary Youngblood on his Silver Wave record label (www.SilverWave.com), of which BILLBOARD Magazine says: “La Rosa and Youngblood interweave North and South American winds like smoke..” La Rosa’s 2002 CD, “The Prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor” was nominated for a Native American Music Award, for Best World Music Recording.

Tito is also a Curandero de Sonido, a Shaman of Music. When performing ritual and ceremony for healing, he enters into an altered state to bring forth sound that elevates the frequency of an individual and allows for healing and balance to occur.

La Rosa was a main presenter at the International Conference on Traditional Instruments in Contemporary Music, sponsored by the French Government. He also took part in “Heart and Hands: Musical Instrument Makers of America,” a Smithsonian traveling exhibit.

Shabbos Service with Rabbi Avram Davis

Friday November 13th 7:00 pm
and Saturday November 28th at 10:30 am

Join Rabbi Avram Davis for this sacred service. Bring a snack to share

Marianne Williamson at Unity of Berkeley!

Author of A Return to Love and The Age of Miracles
Internationally-acclaimed spiritual teacher
and peace activist

The sanctuary was overflowing with Unity members and friends on July 12, and spiritual teacher and activist Marianne Williamson exceeded all expectations with her impassioned talk on the power and potential of Love.

She urged us to speak and act boldly in the world so our positive and progressive spiritual values can have a direct impact on the future of humankind.

The only way to neutralize forces in the world that are deeply committed to hatred, she explained, is to be equally committed to love, to become dedicated love activists. Nothing else needs to be learned or prepared. NOW is the time to overcome our fears, embrace our life’s purpose, and put our wisdom into action.

Thank you, Marianne for your inspiration and support!

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” — Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher. She encourages us to believe in the power of miracles and to connect with and be guided by our spiritual selves. Marianne is a native of Houston, Texas. In 1989, she founded Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program to serve homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area. Today, Project Angel Food serves over 1,000 people daily. Marianne also co-founded The Peace Alliance, a grass roots campaign supporting legislation to establish a United States Department of Peace. In December 2006, a NEWSWEEK magazine poll named Marianne Williamson one of the fifty most influential baby boomers.

Her latest book, The Age of Miracles hit #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Among her other 9 published books, four of them — including A Return to Love – were #1 New York Times Bestsellers. She is also the author of Everyday Grace, A Woman’s Worth, Illuminata, Healing the Soul of America, The Gift of Change and Emma and Mommy Talk to God.

Marianne has been a guest on such television programs as Oprah, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, and Charlie Rose. She does a daily podcast on Oprah.com called “Miracle Thought” and hosts a weekly Thursday radio show on Oprah and Friends.

To learn more about Marianne’s work, visit www.marianne.com.

Life is a (Cosmic) Cabaret!

Unity of Berkeley celebrates the Creative Spirit within each and every one of us in myriad ways. Co-director of Music Tad Toomay launched the quarterly Cosmic Cabaret as an evening of performance by church members who delight in sharing their original works with a spiritually attuned audience. Music-makers, actors, writers, and comedians all display their unique creative gifts at the Cosmic Cabaret. Come join us for a lively and fun event you won’t soon forget!