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Carlos Niño, Luis Pérez Ixoneztli, and Friends Carlos Niño, Luis Pérez Ixoneztli, and Friends
Concert
Carlos Niño, Luis Pérez Ixoneztli, and Friends
An Evening of Ancestral Sound Under Desert Stars with Carlos Niño, Luis Pérez Ixoneztli
3:30 PM - Workshop
6:00 PM - Concert
8:30 PM - DinnerYou are invited to gather amidst the high desert boulders just outside of Pioneertown for a rare musical communion at The Mirror at Meander Canyon.
On April 25th, Carlos Niño — prolific producer, percussionist, and composer known for Carlos Niño & Friends — will offer a special set under the stars in collaboration with his mentor, Luis Pérez Ixoneztli.
Carlos Niño’s work bridges spiritual jazz, ambient, and experimental sound, weaving expansive collaborations into deeply intimate listening experiences. His music invites presence, openness, and wonder.
Luis Pérez Ixoneztli is a highly influential Mexican composer, ethnomusicologist, and multi-instrumentalist whose life has been devoted to the study and preservation of Indigenous musical traditions. Beginning in the early 1970s in Mexico City, his journey into native instruments evolved into a profound exploration of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sound. Traveling across Mexico, he learned directly from Maya, Nahuatl, Mazateco, Yoeme, Comcaac, Rarámuri, Wixárika, and other living traditions — gathering not only instruments, but songs, stories, and ancestral memory. His music reaches deep into the past while existing entirely outside of time, channeling the soul of Mexico through sacred wind and percussion instruments.
Together, Carlos and Luis offer a meeting of lineage and evolution — mentor and student, ancient and emergent.
*Carlos will also be DJing a special set during a beautiful plant-based dinner under the stars with chef Vanessa Wolfe.Workshop Offering
For those interested in a more intimate understanding of his life’s work, Luis Pérez will also be offering a workshop on Pre-Columbian Wind and Percussion Instruments of Mesoamerica, sharing both technique and cultural lineage. The workshop will take place on the land just before the concert.Pricing
$88.00 - Concert
$125.00 - Dinner and Concert
$175.00 - Workshop, Dinner and Concert
$222.00 - Workshop, Dinner, Concert and Camping
Children welcome to the concert for an additional $15.$88.00 -
Mirror Journey Circle : Awaken the Muse- April-August Mirror Journey Circle : Awaken the Muse- April-August
Workshop
Mirror Journey Circle : Awaken the Muse- April-August
Join this group cohort to explore the unique journey of the artist and awaken the muse.
This is a 4 session breath journey for artists, musicians and writers at The Mirror's log cabin in Topanga on
Wednesday
10:30am-2pm
*light snack servedApril 22th
May 20th
June 24th
(no journey in July)
August 19thMirror Journey Work is an ever-evolving improvisational practice that weaves breath, sound, and the wisdom of the group into a living mirror, revealing who we are and how our gifts serve the greater fabric of existence.
Carly Jo Carson composes sound journeys that invoke healing, transformation, and remembrance — offering a pathway for people to awaken the heart, ignite creativity and purpose, and connect with the divine without any external substances.
When we explore our life as a journey, experience is packaged in a unique way for each of us and delivered only when we least expect it—but its inescapability bonds us together when we share what is real. By tapping into ancient wellsprings of imagination, the breath brings forth meaningful symbols and visions that allow us to "connect the dots" and make meaning of experience.
This workshop will invite you to bring your ideas into reality, to revisit ideas from the past in a new, more meaningful way, and to deep dive into the unconscious and see what wants or even needs to be expressed. It will provide a structure for inquiry, accountability and encouragement from the group. Each session will build upon the previous, with prompts to bring you into a more active practice between sessions.*option to pay via installments at checkout
$950.00 -
NYC Journey at Sky Ting NYC Journey at Sky Ting
Workshop
NYC Journey at Sky Ting
Experience The Mirror at Sky Ting in NYC.
Mirror Journey Work is an ever-evolving improvisational practice guided by journey designer Carly Jo Carson that weaves breath, sound, and the wisdom of the group into a living mirror, revealing who we are and how our gifts serve the greater fabric of existence. Her heavily layered original soundtracks invoke healing, transformation, and remembrance — offering a pathway for people to awaken the heart, ignite creativity and purpose, and connect with the divine without any external substances.$65.00 -
Pristine Awareness: Decorating Your Experience - with Dzogchen Master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche Pristine Awareness: Decorating Your Experience - with Dzogchen Master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche
Pristine Awareness: Decorating Your Experience - with Dzogchen Master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche
March 28 – 29, 2026
Join us for a special 2-Day Meditation Retreat at The Mirror in Pioneertown with Dzogchen meditation master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche. Through Rinpoche’s profound teachings and step-by-step guided meditation instructions, we will learn powerful techniques to uncover the spacious, expansive vibrancy of our natural state of mind. These methods support the cultivation of unconditional happiness and help us blend meditation practice into daily life. Rinpoche will illuminate our pristine awareness and demonstrate how we may decorate our mind, transforming our everyday reality into an extraordinary experience.
Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche is a meditation master in the Dzogchen lineage of the Buddhist tradition. He studied for nine years at Larung Gar in Serta, Eastern Tibet, with his teacher, Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche. A long-time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche has been a lecturer at Stanford University, is the founder and spiritual director of Pristine Mind Foundation, and is the author of Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness.
Website: pristinemind.org
$350.00 -
The Mirror Facilitator Training The Mirror Facilitator Training
Training
The Mirror Facilitator Training
April 16-19th at THE MIRROR / Pioneertown
I design transformational journeys because it is a true calling. When I can help others heal their suffering, it allows me to experience my own painful childhood as a gift. I do this work because I feel the world needs it—it needs us all to stay connected to our hearts and to one another. Having guided journeys for over a decade, I’ve seen the powerful ripple effect—how it activates purpose and inspires creativity.I believe our work is to reflect back God’s beauty in whatever way feels purest and truest. One of the ways I do that is by creating ceremonial soundscapes that unlock emotion. Part of this training will be to instruct you in guiding powerful breath journeys—either with my music or with your own creation or curation—to help others awaken the heart and connect with the divine without any external substances. You will gain an understanding of the power of sound to support individuals in accessing deeply embedded trauma in the body. You will learn to create safe, healing experiences where others feel held, uplifted, and capable of cathartic release. You will learn how to hold a container that feels both grounded and deeply human.
Trainees will be immersed in a methodology that goes far beyond standard instruction. This experience is tailored to help you tune into deeper ways to express your authentic gifts. You will be empowered to design your own healing experiences. We all have the power to facilitate healing when we hold space with presence, authenticity, and love. This 3-day container will be a deep exploration of how you, in your own unique way, can invite people into deeper connection with themselves, with one another, and with a Higher Power. There are infinite ways to positively impact humanity, and this workshop will help you find yours.
I am always blown away by the incredible humans who come together for these experiences and by how the alchemy of the group always brings forth something profound and unexpected. You will be inspired and will get ideas about how to weave in other modalities by witnessing the gifts of the group. Together we will explore creativity and becoming by weaving together the tools we have all gathered in our lives.
*option to pay via installments
$1,800.00