Featured Events
Ancestral Soul-Tending Technologies
New weekly offering at Opaloka Orchards Monday evenings 6-8 PM! When we gather with the intention of Village, the Village springs to life through us.
Come tend your sense of connection and purpose with a weekly rotating theme. Please arrive 10-15 minutes early.
Tuition is $16 per session (see Opaloka.com for info about monthly memberships.)
Contact: Amber (970) 623-6272 text or leave a message
Event Pages on Facebook:
First Mondays: Dance & Journey (connect with body wisdom)
Second Mondays: Ash Circle (conflict resolution ritual with African roots)
Third Mondays: Dream Share (explore night/sleep dream wisdom)
Fourth Mondays: Weavers Council (mutual support for cultural evolutionaries)
Fifth Mondays: Wildcard TBA by the week preceding the date
Facilitated by Amber unless otherwise noted.
Emerald Podcast Discussion
Join Heidi Griswold and Amber Van Cleave for a discussion of this deep and timely podcast. BYO hors d'oeuvres and beverage if desired.
RSVP for location and to help pick a date.
Date TBA, 5-7 PM in Paonia, CO
Colorado River Story
Sunday June 1, 2025 at the Paonia River Park
Starting at 10:30 AM
Save the Date! More information coming soon...
Regularly Occurring Events
Sing to the River
Community Ash Circle
Sunday Morning Dance
Mondays through the end of April, 2025 meet at 12 PM noon at The Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia, to walk together to Paonia River Park; you are welcome to join in along the way. We will sing by the water near the boat ramp, on the "beach" directly down form the east end of the parking lot, about 12:15 PM.
Just for fun, wear something blue!
Mondays through the end of April, 2025 meet at 12 PM noon at The Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia, to walk together to Paonia River Park; you are welcome to join in along the way. We will sing by the water near the boat ramp, on the "beach" directly down form the east end of the parking lot, about 12:15 PM.
Just for fun, wear something blue!
This came about in response to a part of our watershed being slated to be piped, and the feeling that the land was grieving the loss of that water to the ecosystem. I heard the river asking to "gather people to sing to the river."
Sunday Morning Dance
Community Ash Circle
Sunday Morning Dance
Come get your groove on at The Studio at the Paonia Laundromat, 604 2nd Street, 10 to noon Third Sundays (except June).
All humans are welcome! Age 12 and under please bring an adult with you. 16 and under no charge.
$5-$20 requested donation. (Aim for the middle: 10-15 regular, 16-20 supporting, 5-9 low income)
Come get your groove on at The Studio at the Paonia Laundromat, 604 2nd Street, 10 to noon Third Sundays (except June).
All humans are welcome! Age 12 and under please bring an adult with you. 16 and under no charge.
$5-$20 requested donation. (Aim for the middle: 10-15 regular, 16-20 supporting, 5-9 low income)
Facilitated by Amber.
See also Ecstatic Paonia for live DJ dances facilitated by Tanya on 2nd and 4th Saturdays (Tuesdays starting in May)
7-9 PM at the Blue Sage Center for the Arts.
Community Ash Circle
Community Ash Circle
Community Ash Circle
The Ash Circle is based on a West Africal (Dagara) conflict resolution ritual modeled by Sobonfu Somé. In my experience everyone in atttendance, whether participating or witnessing, comes away with deep insight and connection.
Community Ash Circles are held third Mondays this spring at Opaloka Orchards 6-8 PM and may be scheduled on a by-
The Ash Circle is based on a West Africal (Dagara) conflict resolution ritual modeled by Sobonfu Somé. In my experience everyone in atttendance, whether participating or witnessing, comes away with deep insight and connection.
Community Ash Circles are held third Mondays this spring at Opaloka Orchards 6-8 PM and may be scheduled on a by-need basis at other times.
Contact: Amber (970) 623-6272 text or leave a message
Come experience this profound ritual and support community member/s to shift what is ready to come unstuck in interpersonal or intrapersonal relationships.