“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am – my faith, my knowledge, my being. When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang-ups.”
— John Coltrane

Ars Nova Workshop, Bartram’s Garden, and Spirits Up! are collaborating to host Spirits Wake, a series of free outdoor yoga and mindfulness sessions paired with live music. Join us for an exploration of movement, music, and meditation while paying homage to the foundational forces in Black Liberation Music.

Program Schedule

Tuesday, September 20
5:30pm
Yoga with jean-jacques / Hudson River performs

Tuesday, September 27
5:30pm
Yoga and meditation with Sudan Green / Chad Taylor (mbira) performs

Saturday, October 15
1:00pm
Yoga with Sudan Green / Ivy Sole performs

Saturday, October 22
12 noon
CANCELED

Spirits Up!

Spirits Up! is a Philadelphia-based organization that offers tools for personal liberation and healing through yoga, meditation, the arts, and innovative activity to support the continued work towards collective Black liberation. Spirits Up! provides safe spaces for people consistently on the frontlines for Black lives and those long suffering from systemic racial traumas.

Collectively working to heal the black community through yoga & meditation.

By any means necessary.