Open House, Open Mind! ✰✰✰
It’s a new house and a New Year.
Come through on January 27 for a moment to reconnect with yourself, your creativity and rituals of care.
We’re opening The Future Front House for a morning sound bath in the art gallery, plus some community acupuncture in the afternoon.
RSVPs encouraged. Scroll for more details on how to sign up.
FIND SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE BELOW.
You can attend one, two or all three sessions listed below; just sign up for your preferred sessions when you RSVP! You do not need to bring a yoga mat or any other equipment to participate.
11 AM — sound bath with sam
Take a seat in The Future Front House for a morning meditation and guided sound bath with East Austin yoga instructor and healing practitioner, Sam (@asanas.with.sam). Throughout the 30-minute sound bath, find a minute to breathe and remember rituals of deep listening.
1 PM — COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE & BREATHWORK — SESSION I*
Sitting within our latest art show, Portal, As You Are Acupuncture will support you through a 45-minute session of NADA ear acupuncture (or acupressure, if needles aren’t for you), as well as qigong-style breathwork.
About ear acpuncture: NADA ear acupuncture is an acudetox protocol developed to help the nervous system recovering from trauma or stress, or folks in recovery. NADA is also an excellent somatic complement to talk therapy, by helping participants internally process difficult emotions and by providing a feeling of safety in your body.
How to prepare: Eat a snack or meal beforehand. It's good to not have low blood sugar right before receiving acupuncture.
*This acupuncture session has been made possible, thanks to the YWCA Greater Austin, offering access to free and low-cost therapy options year-round!
2 PM — COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE & BREATHWORK — SESSION II*
Sitting within our latest art show, Portal, As You Are Acupuncture will support you through a 45-minute session of NADA ear acupuncture (or acupressure, if needles aren’t for you), as well as qigong-style breathwork.
About ear acpuncture: NADA ear acupuncture is an acudetox protocol developed to help the nervous system recovering from trauma or stress, or folks in recovery. NADA is also an excellent somatic complement to talk therapy, by helping participants internally process difficult emotions and by providing a feeling of safety in your body.
How to prepare: Eat a snack or meal beforehand. It's good to not have low blood sugar right before receiving acupuncture.
*This acupuncture session has been made possible, thanks to the YWCA Greater Austin, offering access to free and low-cost therapy options year-round!
how to attend
The Future Front House is open to the public, with $10 donations* recommended for each session. Every donation made by purchasing goods, donating online or giving at the door will directly benefit our programs.
*If you are a Future Front member, this event is free for you and your guests. Please access your membership at members.futurefronttexas.org or futurefrontmembership.squarespace.com for more details.
Name your own ticket price at check-out to donate below:
ABOUT OUR GUESTS
Originally from Louisiana, Sam Pullen (she/her) is passionate about sharing the practice of yoga with all walks of life be it asanas-movement, pranayama-breathwork, meditation-deep stillness, and/or sound healing. Over the years, she has studied to become a 500 hour RYT Yoga Teacher, as well as, a Yoga Therapist, who specializes in working with individuals and groups around stress, trauma, anxiety, depression. She’s also passionate about helping people discover practices that serve them well in terms of nervous system regulation. It is important to her to help individuals, as well as, community to develop a balanced relationship between physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs within one’s own ecosystem. Sam is the self-described yoga nerd, who loves to chat and learn from others about this beautiful practice.
Nicole Fillion-Robin (LAc, MAcOM, Dipl. OM) (she/her) is a board-certified acupuncturist and second-generation herbalist. The daughter of a librarian and engineer, her love languages are providing resources and collaborative problem solving, both of which are heavily reflected in her style of care for clients.
After working in the non-profit sector for almost a decade, she found acupuncture as a solution for her own chronic health challenges and was immediately drawn to it. Her specialties include gastrointestinal health, mental health, uterine health and pain management. Her ultimate goal is to provide a judgement-free space for clients to heal and unwind from the stressors of daily life.
She completed her studies and approximately 1,000 supervised clinical hours at AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine (Austin, Texas) and Chengdu TCM Hospital (Sichuan, China), as well as providing care at Austin Recovery Center, Seton McCarthy Community Health Center, and Kerrville Folk Festival. She currently runs and operates As You Are Acunpuncture in Austin, Texas.
PREPARE YOUR VISIT TO THE FUTURE FRONT HOUSE.
The Future Front House is located at 1900 E. 12th Street within the historic East 12th Street District.
WHERE TO PARK: The Future Front House has a large paid parking lot across the street and is directly accessible by bus line. There’s also free parking up and down the street and in surrounding neighborhoods. Carpool, if you can!
WHAT TO DO: The Future Front House is located within the historic East 12th Street District, which is home to many other creative spaces and businesses, as well as organizations like Six Square. Explore the District while you’re around.
AVAILABLE LANGUAGES — ASL interpreters can be provided upon request. Si necesita traducción al español para participar en este evento, envíenos un correo electrónico a hello@futurefronttexas.org.
IMPORTANT COMMUNITY NOTES + GUIDELINES —
All Future Front staff, volunteers and guests will be required to practice mutual respect, as well as demonstrate an alignment with Future Front’s guidelines and values.
All Future Front sessions are currently held online, outdoors or in open-air spaces where quality air flow is possible, ADA compliance is prioritized and assisted mobility devices can be utilized.
All Future Front sessions follow capacity limits to reduce crowding of any kind.
All guests are required to practice mutual respect and social distancing, as well as follow APH’s COVID-19 Guidelines, which currently include:
At all levels, people can wear a mask based on personal preference, informed by their personal level of risk.
People with COVID-19 symptoms and/or exposure to someone with COVID-19 should not participate in an in-person Future Front event or visit a Future Front location until they test negative and/or they are no longer at risk.
People with a positive COVID-19 test and/or not fully vaccinated should not participate in an in-person Future Front event or visit a Future Front location until they test negative and/or they are fully vaccinated and no longer at risk.
GOT QUESTIONS? Shoot us a note at hello@futurefronttexas.org. We're happy to help and will get back to you!
behind FUTURE FRONT
Homegrown in Austin, Future Front is a community space and exhibition series—with women and LGBTQ+ creatives at the front.
As an arts and culture nonprofit, we’re mother to The Front Market, The Front Festival and The Work Conference. Beyond our flagship exhibitions, we host year-round shows, gatherings and workshops at our creative community space in Downtown East Austin. Everybody and every body are welcome.
You can learn more about how it all works, our team and what we do: futurefronttexas.org.