Stillpoint for the Solstice: A Gathering for Sound, Movement & Meditation
About the Event
In December 2020, We Play Well Together co-hosted Stillpoint for the Solstice — a free online gathering for sound, movement, and meditation held on the eve of the Winter Solstice. Facilitated by Joule L'Adara and Monique Schubert, with special guest appearances by Treya Lam and Junauda Petrus-Nasah, the event brought together a community of practitioners, musicians, and seekers from around the world.
Participants were guided through a series of participatory invitations utilizing movement, voice, breath, and deep listening — including gentle yoga, guided breathwork, vocal sounding, and live performances of poetry, song, and therapeutic sound instruments. Attendees could choose their level of participation: resting in a sound bath, or actively moving and vocalizing. Each invitation was designed to bring participants into deep awareness of themselves while receiving support from the collective.
"The longest night gifts us with time to enter the darkness, fully. The stillness behind action gathers as we empty and trust in our renewal." — Oak Chezar, Mother Tongue Ink
About the Presenters
Monique Schubert
Monique Schubert, MFA, E-RYT 500, is a Kripalu-certified yoga teacher and the founder of OM Society, a lifestyle wellness company that expands the reach of yoga and mindfulness through workshops, classes, and special events. For nearly 20 years, Monique has taught yoga and mindfulness in the New York City area, weaving her background in visual arts into her teaching. She has brought yoga to spaces including Socrates Sculpture Park, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Art, and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is in her 12th year teaching at Bronx Community College and works with the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health as a teacher trainer. Monique is also a member of the Resistance Revival Chorus.
Treya Lam
Treya Lam is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist and songwriter whose cinematic songs and ethereal vocals are built on Nina Simone-inspired piano, meditative guitar, and lush chamber arrangements. Her debut album, Good News, was released via Kaki King's label, Short Stuff Records. Treya was one of five artists selected for the 2019 Joe's Pub Working Group residency and is an active member of the Resistance Revival Chorus. She has shared stages with Ani DiFranco, Yo-Yo Ma, and the late jazz pianist Billy Taylor. Learn more at treyamakesmusic.com.
Junauda Petrus-Nasah
Junauda Petrus-Nasah is a creative activist, writer, playwright, and multi-dimensional performance artist born on Dakota land, West-Indian descended, and African-sourced. Her work centers around Black wildness, futurism, ancestral healing, sweetness, spectacle, and shimmer. Her debut novel, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, was published by Penguin Random House in 2019 and received a 2020 Coretta Scott King Honor Award. Learn more at junauda.com.
Joule L'Adara
Joule L'Adara, MFA, is an experimental vocalist, holistic vocal coach, and sound facilitator based in New York City. She is the founder of Sounding Circles, offering sound-based practices that support well-being and transformational development. Since 2009, she has offered voice facilitation training to sound practitioners through live workshops, retreats, and online courses. Her programs have been featured at the New York Open Center, Integral Yoga Institute, Donna Karan's Urban Zen, the Guggenheim Museum, and San Francisco's Sound Healing Symphony, among many others.
Joule is an official US trainer for feeltone instruments — beautifully handcrafted meditation monochords from Germany that produce a cascade of harmonics supporting deep relaxation and renewal. She offers monochord training intensives and online courses, and serves as a feeltone ambassador. Joule is a trained classical singer who has performed with The Metropolitan Opera and as a soloist at Carnegie Hall.
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