Lightning in a Bottle Festival 2015 announces full Lucent Temple of Consciousness Lineup and Inaugural Pre-Event on May 3rd, 2015
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The tenth annual Lightning in a Bottle music and arts festival has released the long awaited lineup for the Lucent Temple of Consciousness featuring awe inspiring speakers such as best-selling author of Conversations with God Neale Donald Walsch, Unified Field physicist Nassim Haramein, plant medicine expert Dennis McKenna, plus many more impressive exhibits of yoga instruction, dance & movement, discussion panels, holistic talks, workshops, chefs, and interactive art to be showcased across the Temple’s multiple stages.
At Lightning in a Bottle, the Lucent Temple of Consciousness provides a sacred space for transformative enlightenment at Lighting in a Bottle by day. By night, festival goers can experience audio/visual exploration through music and ritual performances including world and ethnic dance, belly dance, ecstatic dance, and unique circus arts. Nearby structures house the expanded Learning Kitchen which will morph into a silent disco by nightfall, a newly amplified Healing Sanctuary, Mystery School, and the Meditation Temple Lookout up on the hill.
In celebration and anticipation of this year’s exciting updates to the Lucent Temple of Consciousness, Lightning in a Bottle production house the Do LaB, will host the first inaugural pre-event “Temple Days” in downtown Los Angeles this Sunday May 3rd at The Springs LA (608 Mateo St). Temple Days will be a 12-hour urban retreat to activate your body, expand your mind, and open your heart. For the first time ever, the Temple’s transformational experience begins three weeks prior to the actual festival itself. For details, visit the Pre-Event’s Facebook page and RSVP to stay in the loop!
With two expansive yoga tents, Yoga OM and Yoga Namaste, participants can reawaken their body and mind with over 30 world renowned yoga teachers and freely dance and move with Ecstatic Dance and Movement. Interactive art at this year’s Temple will also offer an integrated, engaging experiences with the Healing Sanctuary
New this year on the main stage, an opening night film screening features unreleased documentary about Russell Brand called “BRAND: A Second Coming”, where he dives head first into drugs, sex, and fame in an attempt to find happiness. Further panels discussing Sustainability in Business, Love Sex and Porn, and Thriving as an Artist, will enlighten the mind’s eye throughout the weekend.
To get a glimpse of what to expect of the Temple at this year’s Lighting in a Bottle, see full lineup listing below. For more information about The Lucent Temple of Consciousness, visit http://lightninginabottle.org/experience/temple-of-consciousness/.
To purchase tickets for Lightning in the Bottle 2015, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/e/lightning-in-a-bottle-festival-2015-tickets-14938121323.
And remember to join the Temple Days pre-event in Los Angeles this Sunday, May 3 at The Springs LA (608 Mateo St).
ABOUT DO LAB / LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE
Based in Los Angeles, Do LaB’s mission is to craft experience as art and bring communities together. Aside from showcasing musicians throughout Southern California, Do LaB is well known for creating unique art installations/stages and curating cutting-edge acts at Coachella in addition to producing Southern California’s Lightning in a Bottle, and the 2012 Winter Solstice event The Great Convergence, which took place at the pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Do LaB’s work has also been showcased at Virgin Music Festival, Global Gathering, Portugal’s Boom Festival and many more.
TEMPLE SPEAKERS
Neale Donald Walsch – Best-selling author of Conversations with God
Nassim Haramein – Unified Field physicist
Dennis McKenna – Plant medicine expert
Dream Rockwell – Festival founder
Roger Steffens – Bob Marley historian
Ondi Timoner – Director of the new Russell Brand documentary “BRAND: A Second Coming”
Jodi Wille – Director and Producer of the new Russell Brand documentary “BRAND: A Second Coming”
Guru Singh Khalasa – Kundalini Master
Pema Khandro Rinpoche – Tibetan Buddhist master teacher
Radha & Miki Agrawal – Entrepreneurs and Daybreakers founders
Daniel Pinchbeck – Author OF Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl
Aiesha Cosmos – Mayan Astrologer and Wisdom Keeper
Jamie Janover – Innovative hammered dulcimer player and percussionist
Luminaries featuring J. Brave
Chip Conley – Conscious Entrepreneur
Alessandra Belloni
Daniel San
MUSICAL LINEUP
Leah Song Solo (of Rising Appalachia)
Astarius Miraculii
Janover & reSunator
T Bird
Fabiano do Nascimento
Sheela Bringi
Astarius Miraculii
Janover & reSunator
Luminaries
Shawn Barry
Josh ‘Yehoshua’ Brill
Akal Dub
Dragonfly
Itom Lab
Shawni and Friends
Maru
Becca Dakini
Mental Physix
Roger Steffens – Bob Marley historian
Rocky Dawun
Secret undisclosed Dub DJ
EXPERT PANEL DISCUSSIONS
– Sustainability in Business: CEO and co-founder of Thrive Market Gunnar Lovelace, California Baby founder Jessica Iliscoy, and Product Manager Ecofilter and founder of Eco superheroes Joey Mendelson
– Thriving as an Artist: Mear One, Brent ‘Shrine’ Spears, Rachel Mandala, Christina Angelina, Daniel Bilmes, and John Park moderated by the Do Art Foundation’s very own Carmen Nunez
– Love, Sex and Porn: Tantra Master Mark Whitwell, Porn Director Dana Dane, Tantra Teacher Kamali Minter, Relationship and Sexuality Coaches Eva Clay and Bryan Reeves, moderated by Dream Rockwell
YOGA
Guru Singh Khalasa
Micheline Berry
Mark Whitwell
Felicia Tomasko
Michael Brian Baker
Jules Febre
Gigi Snyder
Cheri Rae Russell
Kishan Shah
Cristi Christensen
Joan Hyman
Tony G
Bizzie Gold
Pluma
Brian Campbell
Jai Dev Singh
Shawni and Friends
Ari Kanamori
Aruna Rigdzin
Gianna de la Torre
Gloria Baraquio
Lara Berg and Kevin Heidt
Jaysea Devoe
Kurt Johnsen
LA Finfinger
Scott Winslow
Ry Toast
Kristina & Joerael
Jen Ator and Brett Hoebel
MEDITATION LOOKOUT MEDITATION & SPIRITUAL RITUALS
Felicia Tomasko
Michael Brian Baker
Ladamira
Alix Txe
Nature
Raul Rosiles
ECSTATIC DANCE & MOVEMENT
Shamans Dream with Rana Satori
Ryan Herr with Tyler Blank
RaRa Avis with Eva Clay
Dj CuttArug with Sita Devi
Banafsheh
Parashakti
Fernando Bright Feathers
Jennifer Shields
Jeffrey Boynton
Ayaserpent
Wilpower
Linda Borini
Tijae
Josie Keys
Jacqui Lalita
MYSTERY SCHOOL & PINEAL PLAYGROUND WORKSHOPS
Rising Appalachia “Vocal Playshop”
Jason Wrobel
Dr. Nick’s Essential Oil Wizardry
Cameron Bowman
Kamali Minter
Eva Clay
Magda Freedom Rod
Josh ‘Yehoshua’ Brill
LA Finfinger
Joanne Ameya & Achintya Devi
Robert Kandell & Michelle Wright
Jennifer Partridge
Naada Guerra & Gianna de la Torre
Ashley Booth
David Ede
Ashley Moon Stanfield
Luna Love
Priya Deepika Mohan & James Barnard
HEALING SANCTUARY INTERACTIVE ART
Mayan Rune Oracle Readings with Aiesha Cosmos
Dr. Deb ‘Ask the Elder’
Lightning Without a Bottle
Human Design with Akasha
Sacred Ritual Healing with Daniel San
THE LEARNING KITCHEN EXPERIENTIAL CHEFS
Meredith Klein of Pranaful
Magda Freedom Rod
Cheri Rae Russell of Peace Yoga
Cristina Urioste of Rasa Foods
Aruna Ross of the Yogic Medicine Institute
Jacqui Lalita
Eviane Coton
Aimee Gilchrist of New Belgium Brewing Company
