Freestyle Fridays! New weekly in-person dance in Berkeley! Freestyle dancing in Berkeley is back! Freestyle Fridays is the latest incarnation of Barefoot Boogie, the East Bay's longest-running conscious dance. On Friday, January 26, we're having an extra-special celebration -- a black-and-white costume party! We'll be celebrating the 41th anniversary of dance, expression, connection and [...]
Sufi Rose - Journey Into Whirling - 4-wk workshop February 4 – 25, Corazon Performing Arts, Topanga, CA Experience a universe of perpetual motion through whirling. Commune with The Beloved, increase coherence, and manifest your heart’s desires through Sama, the sacred dance of whirling and the mystical energy of the spin. The Rose is [...]
8 Weeks Online Jan 19th to March 8th followed by The Remedy Experience Retreat at Mar de Jade Mexico March 16th to 23rd Welcome Home to your Body, Soul & Creative Spirit! The Remedy: Expressive Arts Programs. ONLINE (#14 Jan 19 to March 8) (#15 April 5 to May 31) We need a REMEDY...A [...]
Surrenduring to Grace in Middle Life June 26th to 30th Aspen-Snowmass, CO. During this 5-day residential retreat we will slow down and co-create sacred space for seeing, releasing, receiving and connecting to our essential nature. Through embodied meditation, somatic movement, nature play, individual and group deep dives, we will open to an emergent “Turning [...]
Dancing the Erotic Sutras of Ecstatic Love, Life, Sex, Death, and Rebirth April 25th to May 2nd. BlissDance is a Totality Tantra Movement Practice of Awakening. Awakening to more of everything in life: more love, more pleasure, more you! BlissDance asks, what do you really, really want out of this beautiful, blessed life? How [...]
A 4-Week Journey into Flamenco Fusion with Banafsheh Sayyad in Topanga, CA, January 7th to 28th We invite you on a 4-week dance journey into the heart of The Wild Rose that transcends the ordinary, navigating the realms of sensual expression, soft yet courageous power, mysticism, and powerful feminine archetypes. This workshop is a [...]
A Live Wire Experiment Unearthed in Amsterdam January 12th to 14th Let’s gather to whisper and circle from the ground our rites of restoration. Let’s stand and shout to rally the forces that revitalise our spirited dreams into creative realities. Let’s surrender our bones to the beat that can hold it all and regenerate [...]
West African, Indonesian, & Global Rhythm Dance & Song at Mimpi Menjangan in Bali, March 15th to 23rd. Ellen writes, “Fusion is ‘my middle name’. At this time in our evolutionary development, we are combining ancient wisdom with modern science in treating body, mind, spirit, heart, soul & psyche. The Vibrance Expressive Arts practice [...]
A 9-Day Feminine Leadership Training at Danyasa Eco-Retreat in Costa Rica April 29th to May 8th Experience the power of a truly supportive sisterhood and heal any sisterhood wounds. Tap into embodied confidence as you feel the safety of being witnessed and expressing your essence. Experience the depth of your feminine power through ritual [...]
An Online Self-Portrait Journey at Year’s End - Three Fridays in Dec 8th, 15th, & 22nd "Who have I been, who am I now, and how will I re-vision myself? The closing of the calendar year provides an opportunity to mark the cycle of time, to take stock of where and who we’ve been, [...]
