Projects of the heARTbeat Collective

The heARTbeat Collective is located at 35 Wyman Street in Jamaica Plain, equidistant from the Jackson Square and the Stony Brook T stops, and near the Perkins Street stop on the 39 bus. Wyman street comes off of Center Street between Hyde and Jackson Squares, one block downhill from the traffic light at Forbes Street.

Our phone number is 617-522-3000 (Dragonfly Office).

Members of the heARTbeat Collective have a number of different projects going, among them:

Forestdance: www.forestdance.net . Transformational project run by our director Jason Cohen, bandleader of Incus, working to reconnect people with their creativity, inspiration, and nature; breaking down barriers of inhibition without drugs or alcohol. Forestdance has occured in five states in the U.S. and happens in Costa Rica every February.

Pueblo Community Land Trust: Project of board member Orion Kriegman; still in formative stages. http://puebloboston.org/(check out his blog at NPR's Earth and Sky website).

Christmas Caroling Mob: www.carolingmob.org. Existing project organized annually by board member Joel Sindelar. Former and possible future projects also include the Loose Canon Chorale and the Churchless Choir.

35 Wyman Street: beautifying and creating a more sustainable community center at 35 Wyman Street. Currently underway: building a Cob wall on the Forbes sreet side of the property; planning a Wyman Street block party.

Classes to Reconnect: the heARTbeat collective hosts teachers from around the world teaching skills to help us heal and reconnect to ourselves, each other and our environment. See our schedule on the Calendar page.