Lightning in a Bottle Presents The Lucent Temple of Consciousness Pre-Event on May 3rd

Featuring David Avocado Wolfe, Mark Whitwell, Lucent Dossier Experience and Shamans Dream

The tenth annual Lightning in a Bottle music and arts festival presents The Lucent Temple of Consciousness pre-event on May 3rd at The Springs in downtown Los Angeles. This pre-event is a 12-hour urban retreat offering a glimpse into the sacred Temple areas, which seeks to create transformative experiences through holistic lectures, workshops, yoga and movement, food, art and live performance. To purchase tickets for the May 3rd pre-event and RSVP on the Facebook event page

Festivities commence at 11 a.m. as Pluma, the Mistress of Ceremony, welcomes participants at the Opening Ceremony, followed by nutrition authority speaker David Avocado Wolfe. Yogis Mark Whitwell and Micheline Berry will gracefully loosen up the limbs before engaging movement and musical performances from the likes of Lucent Dossier Experience with Jen Shields, Maggie Lally & Alicia Marie; a DJ set from Shamans Dream,Fernando Bright Feathers, INGA, and Aya Serpent. The sustainability panel will include CEO and co-founder of Thrive Market Gunnar Lovelace, California Baby founder Jessica Iliscoy, and Joey Mendelson – product Manager Ecofilter- founder Eco superheroes

Workshops and classes are taught by Eva Clay, Robert Kandell, Michael Brian Baker, Miranda Rondeau, Wilpower, Francini, TIJAE, Zat Baraka & Joanne Ameya Cohen, and Naada Guerra & Gianna de la Torre and will culminate in a special sunset talk from Lucent Dossier’s own Dream Rockwell. Curated by the Do Art Foundation, visual artists Aly Timbuctustate, Deanna Graves, Jordan Nice, Radhika Hersey, Jef Logan, and Griffin One adorn the building creating live eye candy while roaming performers, dancers, and vendors add to the ambiance.

Lightning in a Bottle 2015 takes place Memorial Day Weekend (May 21 – 25, 2015) at the San Antonio Recreation Area in Bradley, CA, and features The Lucent Temple of Consciousness with an expanded Learning Kitchen, Healing Sanctuary, Meditation Nest, Mystery School, Pineal Playground, two yoga tents, and world-class lecturers.

The pre-event takes place from 11am to 11 p.m. at The Springs, 608 Mateo St., Los Angeles, CA 90021. For more information on The Springs, visit http://thespringsla.com/.