Film Screening of Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & The Farm followed by Q&A w/Shodhini Doulas

Film Screening of "Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & The Farm" followed by Q&A w/Shodhini Doulas

Sunday, January 20, 2013
The Sacred Arts Center

5222 Hollywood Blvd, LA, CA 90027
$10-$15 (sliding scale)

This film tells the story of counterculture heroine Ina May Gaskin and her spirited friends, who began delivering each other's babies in 1970, on a caravan of hippie school buses, headed to a patch of rural Tennessee land. With Ina May as their leader, the women taught themselves midwifery from the ground up, and, with their families, founded an entirely communal, agricultural society called The Farm. They grew their own food, built their own houses, published their own books, and, as word of their social experiment spread, created a model of care for women and babies that changed a generation's approach to childbirth.

In the same spirit of women's self empowerment and self care the Shodhini Institute was created and has been working hard to spread their powerful message. The Shodhini Institute is a growing network of healers, bodyworkers, transmen, masculine of center womyn, doulas, midwives, nutritionists, yoginis, scholars and sheroes out to revolutionize the face of Western medicine regarding women's bodies, minds, and spirits.

Stay after the film screening to meet some of Shodhini's trained and experienced doulas. We will be hosting an open Q&A about birth work and their role as doulas. Spread the word!

Donations go to support The Shodhini Institute & The Sacred Arts Center

For more information:

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shodhini.blogspot.com

www.shamansvision.org

ABORTION DINNER by Shodhini Institute - DONATE!

Shodhini Institute is honored to HOST
The 1st Annual
ABORTION DINNER
Friday, December 7, 2012

Will you SPONSOR a seat for this HISTORIC ABORTION DINNER?

THIS ABORTION DINNER will HONOR 30 plus WOMYN who have experienced ABORTION.  It will be a space for WOMYN to share their stories and FREE OURSELVES from the encounter of shame and stigma and allowing each other and ourselves to FULLY EXPRESS our own complex and unique experiences in order to facilitate healing.

As it stands now, women seeking abortion care must walk through crowds of protestors; abortion providers fear for their safety; states are passing laws to make women seeking abortions go through waiting periods, obtain parental or judicial permission, or view photos of aborted fetuses; politicians vote against women's reproductive rights. 

We can turn this situation around if we talk to each other, privately and publicly about our experience with abortion. 

At THIS ABORTION DINNER we are gathering to share OUR ABORTION STORIES over a lovely meal.  It's about time we get together, speak our truths and support each other.  We are reclaiming our bodies and our right to be free of shame and guilt!...And replacing it with sisterhood and collective action.  Shodhini Institute wants this ABORTION DINNER to be the beginning of a national campaign.

WILL YOU SPONSOR A SEAT FOR THIS HISTORIC ABORTION DINNER?   

Our estimates are $30* per attendee.  But, whatever amount you contribute will make YOU a part of this HISTORIC ABORTION DINNER.

Donate* HERE or HERE

* THANK YOU gifts for $30 donation: A HEATHER AULT (print) greeting card and an "Abortion Speak Out Kit"

If you are unable to contribute, here are some quick actions to take online

• Post on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and any other social-networking site(s).
• Post on your BLOG: Tumblr, WordPress, Blogger, Weebly, etc.
• Post on your Website 
  
  
  "When hundreds of thousands of us start sharing our stories with friends and relatives, the cumulative effect of our honesty will be like the sun coming out from the clouds."

-Carol Downer

www.womenshealthinwomenshands.org

We are The Shodhini Institute that empowers and educates feminist women, Masculine of Center womyn, transmen, and gender non-conforming individuals about radical health and sex education with a holistic self-help foundation. shodhiniinstitute.tumblr.com

Shodhini Institute Fundraiser

The Shodhini Institute is a radical international movement comprised of individuals that are questioning and re-envisioning the way we understand our bodies, health, and how we interact with the world within the framework of self-help. 

"Shodhini' is Sanskrit for female researcher. We are inspired by the Shodhini's of India who wrote the book 'Touch Me, Touch Me Not.' We are a growing network of healers, bodyworkers, transmen, masculine of center womyn, doulas, midwives, nutritionists, yoginis, scholars and sheroes out to revolutionize the face of Western medicine regarding our bodies, minds, and spirits. Join us!"

Shodhini is currently fundraising to create a website that will provide information on their workshops, Shodhinis and radical self-help = $75 (5 Years).  Also, Shodhini wants to sell "Self-Exam" kits on their current BIG CARTEL account = $120 (1 year).  In the last chip in campaign Shodhini made $40. Therefore the total price is $195 - $40 = $155

By donating, you will be entered into a gift raffle.  So, if you support the work of Self-Help/Self-Examination; please donate.  Their fundraising goal is $155 and the last day to donate is December 30th.

To Donate: http://shodhiniinstitute.chipin.com/help-shodhini-build-their-website

Shodhini Institute: “WE ONLY DEPEND FROM OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT. WE DO NOT RECEIVE DONATIONS FROM BIG DONORS SO PLEASE SUPPORT!”

Other helpful Shodhini links:
shodhiniinstitute.tumblr.com
shodhini.blogspot.com
shodhiniinstitute.bigcartel.com
twitter.com/Shodhini
facebook.com/shodhini.institute