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Transform Your Life, Body, Mind, and Spirit A seasonal exploration with Heather Gatto at Madrona MindBody Institute A 9-WEEK JOURNEY THROUGH WINTER "POWERFUL PRESENCE" Embody the Winter season and transform your mind, body, and spirit with this dynamic class. Blend earth-based wisdom and visionary tools (journeying, prayer, dance, bells, drums, singing, rattles, tarot, storytelling, plant [...]

Beginning Evans Somatic Dance Technique with Bill Evans and Don Halquist A 5 week series in Evans’ unique style of modern dance technique. Appropriate for dancers with some experience at the beginning level in modern, contemporary, ballet or jazz. All ages welcome. Evans built his technique on his profound study of ballet and classic styles [...]

Intermediate Evans Somatic Dance Technique with Bill Evans and Don Halquist 5-week sessions with Evans’ uniquely lyrical style of modern dance technique. Appropriate for dancers who have reached the intermediate or advanced level in modern, contemporary, ballet or jazz. All ages welcome. Evans built his technique on his profound study of ballet and classic styles [...]

Aerial Yoga returns in our new studio space with a 6-week series! Sign up for Introduction to Aerial Yoga Sunday series here. Come experience the playfulness and stillness of aerial yoga! Aerial Yoga San Antonio is returning to host two more 6 week series at the Synergy Studio! In the Intro to Aerial Yoga Series, [...]

7:00- 8:00 pm $150/ 6 week series Only 12 spaces... sign up now! September 6-week Series on Tuesdays! For more information, please visit our FAQ page on our website www.aerialyogasanantonio.com/faq or email us at aerialyogasa@gmail.com. Register below to hold your spot!

Aerial Yoga returns in our new studio space with a 6-week series! Sign up for Introduction to Aerial Yoga Sunday series here. Come experience the playfulness and stillness of aerial yoga! Aerial Yoga San Antonio is returning to host two more 6 week series at the Synergy Studio! In the Intro to Aerial Yoga Series, [...]

It feels good to move freely, breathe fully, be emotionally expressive, and speak the truth. It also feels good to be still and peaceful, letting go of all action, taking refuge in silence and simply resting as awareness within the body. Nothing needs to be changed. These are the two polarities of our own being — wild [...]

Our perception of life is shaped by our past experiences and by the meaning we make from them about ourselves, about each other and about life. These stories have become so familiar in our everyday lives that we don’t even notice them. We are naturally creative beings who are capable of changing the stories we tell, [...]

“nothing compares to the sensation of being alive in the company of others. it is god breathing on the embers of our soul”. each of us has a story to tell. the tales of our travels filled with heroes and heroines, victims and villains, silence and sound. our lives become stunted when we allow ourselves [...]

Join Breema Center Instructors Arlie Mischeaux and Birthe Kaarsholm for a Sunday afternoon workshop in the Art of Being Present! Breema® is a body-centered, holistic approach to being present. It uses floor-based bodywork, movement exercises, and the Nine Universal Principles of Harmony to unify body, mind, and feelings and raise our level of consciousness. The [...]

Receive a free mini-session in Breema bodywork as part of International Breema Week and stay for an Introductory class in the Art of Being Present with Denise Berezonsky! Revitalize your body, calm your mind, and balance your emotions with Breema. Receive a mini-session of Breema bodywork, and join us for an introduction to Breema bodywork, [...]

A weekly guided 5Rhythms embodiment session. Access your own bodily wisdom move your body fully feel your heart expand surrender your mind to embody your soul and reveal your one true and free spirit Alcohol and drug-free. Community movement to tribal, world, and heartfelt beats with Visudha de los Santos. Movement as Medicine, Metaphor for [...]

Give yourself a new year treat. As we get older we can get shorter and somewhat compressed. Through movement it is possible to regain some height and re awaken some resilience in our joints. FEEL BETTER!! Cost: Use a Madrona class card or $14 for one session. 5 Wednesdays: January 22nd, 29th, February 5th 12th [...]

Join us for a physical journey into the depths of the heart. The Focus: The spontaneous heart. The Outcome: By the end, we will be significantly more present, compassionate and full of empathy. That’s what happens when we sweat with the intention of unblocking our hearts. In Heartbeat we explore our emotions as kinetic energy, as power, [...]

Arc of Time In the long-term creative project that is life in a body on earth, time and timing play a big role. In the The Arc of Time, we will work with the continuum of the past, the present and the future in order to recognise and take responsibility for what we are dreaming. [...]

Dance Your Art Out – Antwerp An Open Floor Art in Motion workshop with Sarah Davies 25-26 January 2020 Friday Night: Dance Your Art Out Intro, open to all 7.30 –10pm Workshop times: Saturday 11am–6pm and Sunday 11am–5pm Dance is an artform, an adventurous process, it can be exciting, bewildering, scary, sexy, surprising and transcendent. We [...]

“Trance is a tricky place, a place not many understand. It’s a mindful state that only happens when you get out of your way and fall into your true self so deeply that something inside clicks and you are simultaneously being and witnessing yourself.“ -- Gabrielle Roth We all long for a place to call home, [...]

Our perception of life is shaped by our past experiences and by the meaning we make from them about ourselves, about each other and about life. These stories have become so familiar in our everyday lives that we don’t even notice them. We are naturally creative beings who are capable of changing the stories we tell, [...]

Begin the New Year by opening a space for creative dialog with your deeper dreams and visions. In this workshop, you will use the Tamalpa Life/Art practices of movement, drawing and writing as you step out of your daily routine to create possibilities for growth and expansion. With the support of the group container, you [...]

Concerned about bone loss? Or have you already been diagnosed with osteoporosis? This workshop will help you optimize your “Inner Armor” as you learn … How and when our bones start to change – and what you can do about it a Healthy body mechanics of postural alignment and movement What types of exercise, and [...]

These times require purging of what is not serving us and building strength to be centered. This workshop incorporates creative expression through art, poetry, and movement. The news are bombarding us with critical situations. Devi will incorporate tools to shift our inner and outer relationship to what we encounter on the planet. Emotions can be [...]

Join us for Kenshō Retreats’ international excursion at Danyasa Retreat and Ecolodge in Dominical, Costa Rica﹣just a 3 minute stroll to the Pacific Ocean. Nestled in a quaint beach town that lives by the Costa Rican phrase, Pura Vida (the simple life), Danyasa is nestled in the middle of town as a world of its [...]

One Sunday a month, Earthdance Co-Founder and community member Penny Schultz brings us together to raise our voices in joyful harmony. Songs from around the world celebrate the earth, love, and community. No singing expertise is required, and people of all ages are invited to join! Community SING! 5–6:30pm $5–20* Potluck Dinner 6:30–7:30pm Bring a dish or pay [...]

(New!) Social Change Sundays: Tools for Healthy Community Engagement Programming category: Local Community Programs Register Here! Spoken Word Poetry is making a return to the forefront. Youth are embracing this passionate and expressive art form to inspire, provoke, and incite change from the personal to the political. As adult allies and organizers we can honor [...]

Bill Evans, renowned teacher of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System, will conduct a two-hour participatory workshop investigating fundamental human movement patterns. No formal movement background is required. Participants should wear comfortable clothing that permits a full range of movement. Patterns of Total Body Organization, based on our developmental movement patterns, will be unpacked in Mr. Evans’ [...]

Building upon five transformational offerings and the deep partnership of School of Movement Medicine founders, Ya’Acov and Susannah Darling Khan and Pachamama Journeys Director, David Tucker, Dancing With the Heart of the World continues the tradition of powerful Amazonian immersions to our Achuar and Sápara indigenous partners. This intensive journey, working with a variety of shamanic, [...]

Embrace the, “Pura Vida,” lifestyle January 31 - February 6, 2020 in Dominical, Costa Rica. Situated in a lush jungle setting by the sea, Danyasa Eco-Retreat offers a safe and relaxed environment for yogis to unwind and dive deep into their yoga practice and self. Co-hosted by yoga gal-pals, Chelsea Fleming & Daphne Lyon, you [...]

Live Wire is a movement based theatre lab, a dynamic, raw, experimental base where anything can happen. A poetic landscape that is at the root and heart of our 5Rythms practice. Turning into the artistic nature of our practice invites our dance to new depths of discovery, unlocking the stories our bodies are longing to [...]

If you are currently teaching any type of wellness-related class (yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, dance, related modalities), if you are a classroom teacher, or a licensed/trained helping professional of any kind (e.g., counselor, psychologist, social worker, nurse, psychiatrist, CD counselor), you are welcome to take this weekend facilitator training intensive! Graduate students are welcome. You MUST [...]

We will use the tools of Movement Medicine and the rhythm of the Celtic Medicine Wheel to take the dance a little deeper; and to allow the wisdom and joy you experience on the dancefloor to have a deeper impact on the rest of your life. The whole journey will consist of four workshops. You may [...]

Join Breema Instructors Jon Schreiber, Denise Berezonsky and Susan Mankowski for a late morning Breema workshop in the Soquel hills. Breema bodywork, Self-Breema exercises, and the Nine Principles of Harmony offer a practical way of becoming present at any time, in any situation. Join us to learn and practice a series of simple treatments and [...]

Trance Dance is a communal, intuitive journey of self-discovery generated by active movement and diverse dance music. It invites movers to "turn off" the head and listen to truths that the heart, soul and body tell; setting intentions into actions. Enter the space prepared to Move and be Moved!

Now in it’s 7th year, although this year within the modality of ZeroOne for the first time. However, this workshop goes beyond all modalities really. If you’ve been involved in a movement practice for a while, then this may be for you: a format designed to radically open up your ability to work creatively and effectively [...]

Now in its 7th year, now within the modality of ZeroOne for the first time, although this workshop goes beyond all modalities really. If you’ve been involved in a movement practice for a while, then this may be for you: a format designed to radically open up your ability to work creatively and effectively with your specific [...]

Mystic Monkey Yoga Retreat: The Restore and Explore Yoga Retreat! Picture yourself with your feet in the sand, far from the stresses of daily life, surrounded by the luscious sights and smells of paradise. After a morning yoga class in a gorgeous bamboo studio and a delicious, fresh, healthy breakfast, you spend the day exploring [...]

In this workshop you will have the opportunity to bring attention, creativity and the medicine of movement to the connections in your life. The subtle, strong and clear practices of Movement Medicine can deepen and enliven existing connections and create the conditions to explore new ways to be in relationship with life on all levels. What [...]

Saturday, February 8th from 11:00am - 5:00pm Sunday, February 9th from 9:00am - 3:30pm Please visit the TaijiFit website for ticket options. What does FLOW mean in Tai Chi for our everyday lives? In this live teacher training, David-Dorian Ross will discuss the expanded philosophy of F.L.O.W. - or "Feeling Love Over Worry." February 8-9, [...]

Join Breema Center staff along with Instructors, practioners, and students from around the US and world in this intensive study of "The Art of Being Present." Many attendance options are available, from one classe, one day, a weekend, to a full immersion! Breema bodywork, Self-Breema exercises, and the Nine Principles of Harmony are natural expressions [...]

Kiki and Gaea Lady Present: Ignite Your Inner Flame Retreat THE SECOND ANNUAL ULTIMATE FIRE AND RITUAL PERFORMANCE RETREAT HELD AT DANYASA ECO-RESORT IN DOMINICAL, COSTA RICA All Inclusive, 8 days/7 nights of elemental, life-changing, and deeply transformative experience embedded in The Temple Body Arts™ teachings calling in a new paradigm of sisterhood. Have YOU [...]

fear is the little voice that whispers in your ear, “you are about to grow”. meeting at the edge is an invitation and exploration to dance on the threshold of the known into the mystery of our unchartered territory. while attending to the somatic anchors of ground and center we will be encouraged to flirt [...]

Sexual energy is the Source of creation. We have all been given the possibility of experiencing this energy as a powerful and healthy resource for dynamic and inspired living. Beyond guilt, blame and shame, there is movement, connection and the awakening of a sexuality that is a potent source of creative energy for all areas of [...]

The voice is an instrument that radiates from the soul, resonates in the body, and is pure breath and touch. Harnessing the energy of the voice is a strength that is felt deep within ourselves and heard loudly outside of ourselves. Resonance is the act of reciprocating sound and creating vibration, an ability we all [...]

Dance is amazing for working with intense emotions. The awake, moving body creates a strong, safe and versatile vessel for the heart, in which we can evolve, rather than be overwhelmed by what we feel. We will dance with the Movement Medicine archetypes and Chambers of the Heart maps to resource ourselves. Strengthening and leaning into [...]

A Valentine's Day special for individuals, couples, and families. Come awaken the palette and enliven the soul with an Ambrosial Dinner of many tastes, textures, colors, and smells; then immerse yourself in a deep listening meditation to the healing powers of the human voice, led by Odeya Nini with crystal bowls, Himalayan singing bowls, and gong. Open [...]

Sexual energy is the Source of creation. We have all been given the possibility of experiencing this energy as a powerful and healthy resource for dynamic and inspired living. Beyond guilt, blame and shame, there is movement, connection and the awakening of a sexuality that is a potent source of creative energy for all areas of [...]

On this weekend journey we will explore: What is true right now and how can we move with this truth. How to share our truth with others and tell our stories with authenticity. How speaking the truth that lives in our heart and sharing our personal story with others activates us to participate in changing our [...]

The neurosciences tell us, when we embody the emotional state of YES, a channel for what we want to manifest. It changes something when we embody a YES and presents new ways and possibilities. Embodying YES is a process of opening our hearts. On the way to say YES, we inevitably stumble across the part that says NO. This [...]

If your body could speak, what would it say? The Tamalpa Experience introduces an approach that enlivens dialogue between body and imagination, life experiences and art making. Using movement, drawing, poetic writing, and improvisational performance, participants will tap into art’s symbolic language to explore current life themes and generate new resources. The Tamalpa Experience workshops [...]

Evolving over the last nine years, A Solo Voice, composed and performed by Odeya Nini, is an investigation of resonance, extended vocal techniques, performance, and pure expression, exploring the relationship between mind and body and the various landscapes it can yield. The work is a series of malleable compositions and improvisations that include field recordings [...]

Soul Motion is a conscious dance technique that introduces concepts of natural time, space force, and energy extension. When we dance in natural time, we dance in the present movement moment, free from agenda. Dancing with the force of space places us in a living, vibrant field of call-and-response with our surroundings. As we dance [...]

celebration "God Sex and the Body is and always will be a profound and integral part of the 5Rhythms® curriculum. It has personally informed my way of being, my teaching style, and, most deeply, my acceptance of who I am and who I am not." -- Gabrielle In the series of maps that comprise the dancing [...]

The ability to meet everyday challenges with care and kindness — alive and present — is enhanced when we move informed by the core of our true self. Soul Motion is a practice where we cultivate our capacity to listen to that profound body wisdom and to the quiet whisperings of our souls. Foundations is [...]

The spirit may be willing but the flesh and voice are sometimes tongue-tied. Yet the spirit longs to break the silence and speak from the deepest Live Wire place within us. What words express your current state of being? How does the voice move within the shapes of the body? How do those physical shapes [...]

start close in, don’t take the second step or the third, start with the first thing, close in, the step you don’t want to take. consider this: there is within each moment the opportunity for you and i to make a choice, which alters the landscape that frames our lives. this moment, the crossroads of [...]

Come to the magical rainforests and Caribbean coast of Costa Rica to play, improvise, and enhance your Contact skills. Your host and teacher, Moti Zemelman, brings 27 years of C.I. experience to share. We’ll improvise in the beautiful wood floor studios and do site-specific dance explorations with the trees and on the beaches. Nightly jams will [...]

Produced by Cory Neale, Sarah Young & Mira Treatman Programming category: Creative Residencies The E|MERGE Interdisciplinary Collaborative Residency is a two-week long creative residency where performance and visual artists, activists, scholars, scientists, and more come together as curated Earthdance Creators-in-Residence to explore methods of creation and collaborative decision-making through structures that allow for risk-taking—horizontal organization, collective decision-making, cross-disciplinary collaboration, [...]

fear is the little voice that whispers in your ear, “you are about to grow”. fear is the little voice that whispers in your ear, “you are about to grow”. meeting at the edge is an invitation and exploration to dance on the threshold of the known into the mystery of our unchartered territory. while [...]

Spend 5 days and 4 nights in empowered, expressive relationship with your body, music, nature and intimate community. Relax into the beautiful jungle ocean oasis of Playa Dominical and the Danyasa Retreat, specifically designed to support your growth and learning.

Liberate yourself within the limitless realm of Cocréa. Do you long for more connection and expression with your body? Do you value closeness and intimacy with others and desire more skills to create that in your life? Are community, nature and new experiences in new places things that bring you enrichment and vitality? Are you [...]

A Breema Intensive is an optimal opportunity to enter into and practice "the art of being present" and to gain first-hand experience of Breema's Nine Principles of Harmony. In each class, you'll learn and practice Self-Breema exercises and Breema bodywork sequences that help to create a new unified relationship between the body, mind and feelings. [...]

Join Jessie Lipkowitz and Casey Day for four (4) nights at the breathtaking Danyasa Yoga Retreat & Eco Lodge, nestled along Costa Rica's Southern Pacific Coast. Handpicked for its natural beauty, eco-friendly accommodations, locally sourced eats, and proximity to ocean & waterfalls - Danyasa is the perfect place to relax and take a deep dive into [...]

The spirit may be willing but the flesh and voice are sometimes tongue-tied. Yet the spirit longs to break the silence and speak from the deepest Live Wire place within us. What words express your current state of being? How does the voice move within the shapes of the body? How do those physical shapes [...]

Medicine of Dance Reconnect to your body to heal and ignite your inner spirit. To move your body is to heal your spirit.  Feeling and moving into and with your inner sensations is a simple and yet, deeply profound way to release stuck energy. It is a way to find your own stories and truth [...]

OneDanceTribe New York 2020 ~ An international conscious movement gathering. Everyone is welcome to experience the magic of awakening love! Garrison, New York March 6-11, 2020 OneDanceTribe is a global community of people practicing conscious movement as a pathway to awaken love. We gather to honor our unique gifts and contributions and celebrate the power of [...]

ONEDANCETRIBE NEW YORK 2020 International Conscious Movement Gathering March 6-11, 2020 | Garrison Institute, NY, USA Experience the magic of OneDanceTribe and transform your life! Enjoy six days of conscious movement with teachers, dancers and visionaries from all over the world, co-creating a unified field of love. OneDanceTribe calls us together as one circle united [...]

A weekend of public installation, performance, and discussion with E|MERGE Creators-in-Residence 2020, culminating a two-week long Interdisciplinary Collaborative Residency. During E|MERGE, performance and visual artists, activists, scholars, scientists, and more come together to explore methods of creation and collaborative decision-making through structures that allow for risk-taking—horizontal organization, collective decision-making, cross-disciplinary collaboration, nonlinear process, and more. Stay tuned for [...]

Join Breema Center Director, Jon Schreiber and Instructors Pari Schneider and Birthe Kaarsholm for a Friday evening Introduction followed by a 2 day weekend workshop. Introduction to Breema Bodywork and Philosophy Breema® is a body-centered, holistic approach to being present. It uses floor-based bodywork, movement exercises, and the Nine Universal Principles of Harmony to unify [...]

Reconnect to your body to heal and ignite your inner spirit! To move your body is to heal your spirit.  Feeling and moving into and with your inner sensations is a simple and yet, deeply profound way to release stuck energy. It is a way to find your own stories and truth that resides in [...]

Sweat Your Prayers with Natalie Poole 10.30-1pm $25 pre-book (before midnight Sat) $35 at the door Now weekly in Dodges Ferry with Deva O'Wheel, and Bi-Monthly with Natalie Poole in Hobart. 5Rhythms is a catalytic movement practice based on the rhythms and cycles of nature, inviting us to activate and settle, to ebb and flow, [...]

Embodied Leadership Training Moving Skillfully within the Everyday Embodied presence is an essential tool for tracking moment-to-moment sensory input with awareness. Personal development of this skill stabilizes your ability to ground into your physical body while fully attending to the world around you. This, in turn, enhances your life experience both on and off the [...]

“If you wish to be a warrior prepare to get broken. If you wish to be an Explorer, prepare to get lost, and if you wish to be a lover prepare to be both.” -- Daniel Saint NOTES Times: Friday night: 6-9pm Saturday: 1-8pm Sunday: 11-6pm Cost: $250, $210 early bird Purchase Online at Christina5Rhythms.com under [...]

An investigation of soul through the body. A single thread is cast through space, invoking emptiness - a basket is placed full of blank pages, waiting for whispers and entrances. The unravelling - the revealing tale of the feet, the hips, the head, the hands and the breath - an unveiling of the truths discovered [...]

“Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances” — Maya Angelou Co-led by Adam & Tania Bosak Click here for a video introduction to this workshop ZeroOne: a movement practice that weaves together the wild fullness and love of life through the body with the utterly empty freedom of awareness itself, bringing up all that is [...]

Friday: 4:30-7:30pm Saturday: 11:00-6:00pm Sunday: 8:30-3:30pm Cost: $349* *Early Bird Price $299 until March 1! The Presence of Breath™ Introductory Training offers five full Transformational Breath® sessions, combined in a program format with an introduction to the highly acclaimed "Presence Process" book by Michael G. Brown. "POB" is an official Transformational Breath® Foundation Introductory Training. [...]

Doorways to Love ~ Azul Trilogy 6 day residential retreat Six Doorways of Love covers six core values that – when embodied – awaken love and bring greater health, harmony and well being into your life. These six values are: honesty, self-responsibility, kindness, dedication, beauty and service. Together they provide the foundation needed to engage [...]

It is a rare human in our culture who has been encouraged in the development and understanding of their sexual energy. Movement Medicine is a potent catalyst for healing and celebrating the Source within you. Nakedness is not required; integrity is. Whatever your history, you are invited to come and dance for your life! Embodying [...]

The Inner Shaman walks between the worlds of so-called dream and so-called reality. They are an enigmatic character, living out on the edge of the psyche, conversing with the spirits, entranced by the artistry and mystery of life. They are lifelong students of this intelligence as it moves through nature, the human body- heart-mind and [...]

Join Birthe Kaarsholm and Anna Holtenstam for a complimentary Friday evening introduction followed by a 2 day weekend workshop in the Art of Being Present. Breema® is a body-centered, holistic approach to being present. It uses floor-based bodywork, movement exercises, and the Nine Universal Principles of Harmony to unify body, mind, and feelings and raise [...]

“To dance with life and not against it, to move responsively instead of reactively, this is a way to make spirit visible in the world.” This workshop will be a creative exploration on returning home to the body and to the heart of what matters in your life through movement and art making. There is [...]

Earthdance’s annual Spring Equinox Jam is centered around themes of research and renewal. As winter melts and gives way to spring, a cozy, curious, quiet atmosphere opens up for engaging in Contact Improvisation (CI) dancing and investigation. The Spring Jam averages 40–50 people, and is particularly geared toward anyone looking to explore Contact Improv for [...]

We are immensely and deeply affected by what’s going on globally, from the devices in our hands to news of vast change that comes through them. This weekend is an opportunity to reset. To find our ground, to centre, to connect to the human scale of things again. ZeroOne in practice . . . integrating [...]

‘Between 'what was' and 'what will be' there is a vast space called Now. It is your true home.” - Jeff Foster From Devon, England we welcome School of Movement Medicine Faculty Member, Jo Hardy, an extraordinary teacher of embodied movement with over 22 years of experience offering workshops around the globe, with a focus [...]

The Wisdom of Conflict How does what we do with conflict create barriers to productive relationships? How do we react when we meet conflict? How is it that conflict is always ‘someone else’s fault’? How can we recognise conflict in ourselves and with others as an opportunity for change? It seems it is human nature [...]

Do you approach your practice as a means to improve yourself, feeling judged as defective, either by an outside authority, or even yourself? What if how we actually are is just as it should be? What would our practice be like if we allowed everything to be as it is? What if we simply focused [...]

Playshop Fee: $350 / Early Registration Discount by Jan 15. When signing up, click the 'early registration' button. $400, after Jan 15 To sign up for this amazing weekend, go to: https://villagemusiccircles.com/calendar/usa-canada-trainings/ Are you ready for some FUN?! Arthur Hull is coming back to San Antonio! Rhythmical Alchemy Playshop™ is for everyone! No experience is [...]

Loss and the grief that brings are, it seems, an intrinsic part of our ability to love. Although grief can be devastating we can also experience an incredible sense of vitality and joy in our love for what we have lost. Out of Ashes offers a space to include our individual and collective grief and [...]

The Alchemy of Healing empowers each of us to remember the power of our own welcoming hearts together with our own curious, explorative, wild, free and tender natures. It is the nature of all that lives to grow with the seasons, to learn, to heal and to support and be supported. And this nature is [...]

“We co-create with the universe, the more creative our participation the more creative the universe and The Great Mystery become. To live in the universe of creative becoming, what honour and what responsibility” - Chris Cleave Conscious, creative becoming means sailing at the edge of not-knowing rather than contracting back into our fears and insecurities. [...]

Join Birthe Kaarsholm and Anna Holtenstam for a complimentary Friday evening in the Art of Being Present followed by a weekend workshop. Breema® is a body-centered, holistic approach to being present. It uses floor-based bodywork, movement exercises, and the Nine Universal Principles of Harmony to unify body, mind, and feelings and raise our level of [...]

Join Yoga Instructors Meggan Riley & Mariah Tuma on the southern coast of Costa Rica at Danyasa Yoga Retreat & Eco Lodge. In a destination known for adventure, exploration and relaxation, participants will experience wellness, healing and awakening through practice and community! “The quaint beach town of Dominical lies on the northern border of the [...]

Connected to past, present in now, open to possibility."Life is a journey. Its route is essentially the same for everyone, even though we start in different settings and with different baggage." -- Gabrielle RothWe are not just one but all the stages of life. What has been, what is, and what will be is alive in our [...]

DATES: April 1 to 5, 2020 LOCATION: Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A. TEACHERS: - Joseph Machado - Heather Ehlers EVENT DETAILS: Ground Floor Lab is a five-day, in-depth tour of Open Floor movement practice. Two of our most seasoned teachers team up to immerse students in our dance curriculum. You’ll come away with [...]

using the awakening energy of dancing through soul motion,  we will move with the grace of our belonging and the struggles of our exclusion. through movement and ritual,  we will explore the meaning of how and where we belong in ourselves and our lives, and the places we feel exiled from ourselves and others. we will [...]

An investigation of soul through body A single thread is cast through space, invoking emptiness- a basket is placed full of blank pages, waiting for the whispers and entrances. The unravelling- the revealing tale of the feet, the hips, the head, the hands and the breath- an unveiling of the truths discovered through the 5 [...]

5Rhythms retreat with Péter Fejér, certified teacher 3-5 April 2020, Lesná Záhrada (near Bratislava) “It seems that in connecting to what is true within myself, I help other people to connect. Making genuine connection lies at the beginning of building a real community.” – Lily Yeh Meetings – possibly our most important moments in our [...]

An investigation of soul through the body. A single thread is cast through space, invoking emptiness - a basket is placed full of blank pages, waiting for whispers and entrances. The unravelling - the revealing tale of the feet, the hips, the head, the hands and the breath - an unveiling of the truths discovered [...]

The Inner Shaman walks between the worlds of so-called dream and so-called reality. They are an enigmatic character, living out on the edge of the psyche, conversing with the spirits, entranced by the artistry and mystery of life. They are lifelong students of this intelligence as it moves through nature, the human body- heart-mind and [...]

Embodiment is allowing our heart, mind, and body to exist as one miraculous skin. The word embodiment points us towards the relation with our physical body and – most importantly – with our bodies capacity to feel. The body is an amazing vehicle equipped with an autopilot function that supports our life without our consciousness [...]

Details TBA Saturday, April 4 Open Intro night Sunday, April 5 1-Day workshop

Ubud Bali IndonesiaUbud Bali Indonesia BALI MOVEMENT RETREAT 5 DAYS of 5RHYTHMS in connection with the Balinese culture. Details on www.guillaumelaplane.com weavingmovement@gmail.com

The intention of the 5Rhythms Sweat SpaceHolder Program is to create consistent space for self-guided practice on the frontiers of our worldwide tribe. SpaceHolders are on the path towards teacher training and are closely mentored by a 5Rhythms Teachers Association member. Together they offer 5Rhythms Sweats - two 5Rhythms musical Waves sourced in collaboration - [...]

The 6-day Phoenix Retreat is designed to catalyse you into a new level of awareness, enabling you to assume responsibility for and commitment to living your life in alignment with your deepest purpose. It is also a gateway for those who wish to take part in our Apprenticeship Programme. As we develop, life provides us [...]

Spring Rites - Coming Into the Light Spring Rites Sweat Lodge, Movement, Respite and Healing The spring season is a beautiful time of renewal and rejuvenation. We draw upon the lessons of new life as the grass becomes green once again, and new life begins to poke out of the earth. We recognize and meditate upon [...]

Portals of Healing ~ Azul Trilogy 6 day residential retreat Inside the portals resides all areas of human conflict and struggle as well as our key to freedom. The Three Portals of Healing: Mother, Father, God, point us back toward our childhood and help us identify a core wound, of which all other wounds are [...]

SAVE THE DATE! Our international group of 5Rhythms SpaceHolders are landing in Salt Lake City soon. As part of their program, we are offering a special 5Rhythms Sweat class with our local community on April 10th! 5Rhythms Sweat is a 5Rhythms® meditation practice where we move through the rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and [...]

A forum for CI teachers and committed practitioners to cross-pollinate ideas and strategies toward safer CI spaces Curated by Nicole Bindler, Deirdre Morris & Vivek Patel There have been many recent developments in the past few years around best practices for safer CI spaces. This three-day symposium gathers some of the innovators and thinkers around this [...]

Held at historic Mountain Home Studio, Kentfield, California This workshop pulls from Dohee Lee’s training and practice in Korean Shamanism and performative ritual by utilizing techniques that connect to voice, body, heartbeat and spirit. How we tune our bodies through sound, movement and rhythm, guides us to navigate and delve deeper into our individual and [...]

Live Wire is a movement based theatre lab, a dynamic, raw, experimental base where anything can happen. A poetic landscape that is at the root and heart of our 5Rythms practice. Turning into the artistic nature of our practice invites our dance to new depths of discovery, unlocking the stories our bodies are longing to [...]

BODY HEART SOUND is an opportunity to rememeber that the awake, moving body is a strong, safe and versatile vessel for the heart. Inviting permission and acceptance of all we are and all we find there, shadow and light. Remembering that our hearts, like the earth, have many weather patterns and an innate ability to [...]

A Movement Medicine ongoing group with Christian de Sousa & Kristin Glenewinkel Module 1 Roots: Fundamentals of Movement Medicine April 24th-26th – Zurich (non-residential) Friday 17:00 until Sunday 17:00 Module 2 Trunk: The Heart of the Dance July 27th-August 1st – Kiental (residential) Monday 17:00 until Saturday 13:00 Module 3 Branches: Dreaming & Creating November [...]

*Are you ready to deepen your understanding of the medicine of the 5 Elements within your body, energy and relations? *Do you want to learn to be an artist of your expressive body? *Are you ready to discover the untamed qualities of your wild core? *Do you want to experience weaving choreography and conscious dance? *Would you like to invite in the [...]

The Alchemy of Healing empowers each of us to remember the power of our own welcoming hearts together with our own curious, explorative, wild, free and tender natures. It is the nature of all that lives to grow with the seasons, to learn, to heal and to support and be supported. And this nature is [...]

8-day dance retreat for Women Only with Banafsheh and guest musicians May 1-8, 2020 Gokcedere, Yalova, Turkey Followed by a Pilgrimage to the Divine Feminine Sites in Ephesus, Metropolis, Aphrodisias and Pergamon May 8-13 (check back for more details) REGISTER NOW! “Open the treasure house of abundance from inside yourself.” Rumi Shift your focus from the outer [...]

An investigation of soul through the body. A single thread is cast through space, invoking emptiness - a basket is placed full of blank pages, waiting for whispers and entrances. The unravelling - the revealing tale of the feet, the hips, the head, the hands and the breath - an unveiling of the truths discovered [...]

By application only. For the 2019/20 Waves Training Program, Applications are due June 30, 2018.

To feel into our depths takes courage, and courage we have, for our true nature is wild, along with every other living thing on this beautiful magical earth.  Maybe we just forgot for a while — pretending that we’re civilised, and then pretending that we’re not pretending…  But the body doesn’t lie, so movement and [...]

Change is happening all the time, it is part of our evolutionary truth. Change is happening right now in our bodies, our hearts, our minds, in our close relationships, our communities, and in the world. Despite and perhaps because of the extraordinary times we find ourselves in, active participation in change is both challenging and [...]

Earthdance's annual Spring Work Weekend is one of two weekends a year where people from all walks of life come together to have a hand in the 'creative living project.' Gardening, cleaning, dancing, building, and eating side by side, community members pour their care into this shared home and create meaningful connections with each other, themselves, and the land. Work [...]

Embodied Leadership Training Moving Skillfully within the Everyday Embodied presence is an essential tool for tracking moment-to-moment sensory input with awareness. Personal development of this skill stabilizes your ability to ground into your physical body while fully attending to the world around you. This, in turn, enhances your life experience both on and off the [...]

Do you get stuck trying to be nice? Or find yourself feeling like an animal trapped in a cage? Do you miss your fundamental innocence? Or find yourself wheedling for favours? How do you deal with the forces inside you which you cannot really control? How does the boy you have been dance with the [...]

We have so many voices that chime inside of us – dance is one way to listen through the chatter and hear the voice of your deepest knowing. Listening is the key that opens the door to hearing the voice of the heart. Since the heart is experienced in the body, Listening through the body connects us to our [...]

Currently we are facing a climate emergency. Many of us experience the effects of this subconsciously and through our bodies, in experiences that include anxiety, numbness, and despair. Many of us ask ourselves over and over what can be done. Taking inspiration from grassroots social justice movements, we will aim to listen to the way [...]

emembering the Archetype of The Dancing Warrior within can help us to own our power and impact as a force for good. Reminding us that standing up for what is true in our heart doesn’t need to exclude or be at the expense of others. We will be working with three central archetypal characters: The [...]

‘Site-responsive’ encapsulates our research of how embodied experience shifts with the spaces our bodies and imaginations encounter. Through this research, we develop our own language of understanding (of trees, land, skies, etc.) along with choreographic tools for creating performative responses to site. Throughout the workshop we will examine our responses to, and effects of, different [...]

Do you approach your practice as a means to improve yourself, feeling judged as defective, either by an outside authority, or even yourself? What if how we actually are is just as it should be? What would our practice be like if we allowed everything to be as it is? What if we simply focused [...]

Ben invites us to take some time out of our busy lives to explore new embodied concepts to help us Resource, Repair and Renew ourselves, our families and our communities. In this workshop we will draw on the maps of Movement Medicine and Joanna Macy’s excellent Work That Reconnects to help us embody and explore [...]

Soul Motion: The Way of the Moving Mystic series is an advanced-level program open to ALL who have at least 50 movement credits and experience.  Upcoming series is for 3 sessions, begins: May 27-31, 2020; October 21-25, 2020 & February 10-14, 2021 Led by Faculty of the Soul Motion School.  This first offering is led [...]

sunrise-from-space These are wild times. We’re not just on the edge, we’re off the edge and falling. We need to change, radically, and it’s happening. There’s a shift in consciousness taking place that is profound, far reaching, beyond any one of us, and involving all of us. There’s a mighty river bursting it’s banks everywhere, and [...]

Celebrate, re-imagine, and queer Contact Improvisation (CI). The Queer CI Lab & Jam aims to explore queer experience and thought through the practice of CI in movement, dialogue, workshops, and jamming. In this queer container, we create time and space for queer voices to be heard and for queer folks to explore ideas around movement and embodiment. We [...]

​​​Teachers: Ellen Watson & Daphne Tse Translation: Shinnosuke Ide - Japanese, Susi Ismiati - Indonesian, Klaus Schmitt - Mandarin This retreat may be taken with additional Teacher Training module as part of our 200-Hour Vibrance Teacher Training Certification. VIBRANCE: TEACHER TRAINING - BALI Click to Quick Jump to: Info • Teachers • Venue & Accommodation • FAQ • Curriculum • Pricing & Payment Close your eyes, take a [...]

Teachers: Ellen Watson, Daphne Tse & Ashley Johnson Translation: Shinnosuke Ide - Japanese, Novie Amalo - Indonesian, Mana Wong - Mandarin Click to Quick Jump to: Info • Teachers • Venue & Accommodation • Curriculum • FAQ • Registration • Pricing & Payment Join Ellen,Daphne & Ashley, in Bali, at Mimpi for this three module, 200-Hour Teacher Training.  They are all Yoginis, Dancers, and Lovers of Music, with thousands [...]

Soul Motion® Foundations ~ a five-day Practicum of the Soul Motion School ~a map of the Soul Motion practice, facilitated by Camilla Steen Larsen and Doreen Tönjes in Northern Germany   Leading a vibrant and more dynamic life is learning to play with our edges and connect to our inner workings. The ability to meet everyday [...]

By Application Only. This training is open only to Accredited 5Rhythms Waves Teachers.

By Application Only. This training is open only to Accredited 5Rhythms Waves Teachers.

In Soul Motion sessions—guided by master teacher and choreographer Vinn Arjuna Martí—we come together to practice an embodied state of living and being on and off the dance floor. We cultivate relaxation in the body and create opportunities to enjoy the ease of expression, the abundance of creativity, and the naturalness of grace. We ground [...]

Balance in Bewegung - Waves "Meet the world from your balanced center." J. Horan [etwa: Begegne der Welt von deinem ausgewogenen Zentrum aus.] Die 5Rhythmen® Tanz- und Bewegungsmeditation ist ein moderner Workout für Körper und Seele. Tanzend können wir Stress und Anspannung in Körper und Seele lösen, innere Balance und Lebensfreude gewinnen sowie den Körper [...]

Teachers: Ellen Watson & Daphne Tse Translation: Shinnosuke Ide - Japanese, Susi Ismiati - Indonesian, Klaus Schmitt - Mandarin Click to Quick Jump to: Info • Teachers • Venue & Accommodation • Curriculum  • Registration  Bali is a culture that honors and uses music, art and dance to call in wisdom, share stories, create community, and facilitate healing.  In this retreat we will tap into [...]

ONEDANCETRIBE EUROPE 2020 International Conscious Movement Gathering June 11-17, 2020 | Sonnenstrahl Center, Kisslegg, Germany Dancers Awakening Love Retreat with Amara Pagano June 18-21, 2020 | Sonnenstrahl Center, Kisslegg, Germany Everyone is welcome to experience an event full of magic and awakening love! Enjoy full week of conscious movement with teachers, dancers and visionaries from [...]

Endurance de la présence : être pleinement dans la danse à chaque instant et en toute circonstance. Pratiquer « la discipline d’être un esprit libre » G. Roth. Nous danserons pour semer des paillettes de créativité dans notre quotidien, expandre notre liberté de corps et d’esprit, approfondir notre authenticité émotionnelle. Nous danserons pour trouver refuge [...]

 Held at the historic Mountain Home Studio, Kentfield, California How can we live our lives with more creativity? How can we make art with more meaning? In the Tamalpa Life/Art Process, movement and life are intertwined. Our bodies communicate our life experiences through movement, and this movement has the potential to connect us with the [...]

5Rhythms Teachers Association Refresh. Open to 5RTA members only. SAVE THE DATES!  Registration will open Fall 2019

Live Wire is a movement based theatre lab, a dynamic, raw, experimental base where anything can happen. A poetic landscape that is at the root and heart of our 5Rythms practice. Turning into the artistic nature of our practice invites our dance to new depths of discovery, unlocking the stories our bodies are longing to [...]

Teachers: Ellen Watson, Ashley Johnson & Daphne Tse Translation: Shinnosuke Ide - Japanese, Susi Ismiati - Indonesian, Klaus Schmitt - Mandarin Click to Quick Jump to: Info • Teachers • Venue & Accommodation • Curriculum • Registration • Pricing & Payment Resonance & Reciprocity is the 3rd and final of our series of Vibrance Retreats.  In this program we team up with the Biosphere Foundation, whose goal [...]

Tamalpa Summer Workshop: Movement as a Life/Art Process with Daria Halprin professional_training_DSC06895_600 Held at the historic Mountain Home Studio, Kentfield, California Throughout time movement, dance, and the expressive arts have provided individuals and communities with a sense of soulful expression, healing, inspiration and connection with community and spirit. In our lives today, we need to [...]

Soul Motion® Foundations ~ a five-day Practicum of the Soul Motion School ~a map of the Soul Motion practice, facilitated by Aletia A. Alvarez & Winky Wheeler in Portland, Oregon Leading a vibrant and more dynamic life is learning to play with our edges and connect to our inner workings. The ability to meet everyday [...]

Times: (Friday) 04:00pm - 08:00pm (Saturday) 11:00am - 07:00pm (Sunday) 08:00am - 04:00pm (Monday) 08:00am - 05:00pm (Tuesday) 08:00am - 05:00pm (Wednesday) 09:00am - 05:00pm Cost: $1350.* *Early Bird discount until June 17, $1500 thereafter $500. deposit *Please call or email Adelle to enroll with a deposit, see below Transformational Breath®... Increases Physical Well-being Increases oxygenation [...]

Movement Medicine is a dance practice that will reconnect you to the wisdom of living from the heart and will deepen your connection to yourself, your creativity and integrity as well as enliven your relationship with life on all levels. It has roots in indigenous shamanic wisdom as well as contemporary therapeutic pathways such as [...]

The 7-day Phoenix Retreat is designed to catalyse you into a new level of awareness, enabling you to assume responsibility for and commitment to living your life in alignment with your deepest purpose. It is also a gateway for those who wish to take part in our Apprenticeship Programme. As we develop, life provides us [...]

This is a 5Rhythms® workshop for both advanced and beginning students. The 5Rhythms are a contemporary medicine wheel and Medicine Dance is a journey through the primary maps of the wheel -- Waves, Heartbeat and Cycles -- nourishing the warrior-healer that is alive in each of us. Dancing for oneself, for each other, for our [...]

In this workshop, rooted in Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms movement practice, we use our dance like archeologists to dig beneath the surface, to seek buried treasures and pearls of wisdom gleaned from our own life experience. The 5Rhythms offer us both a map to understanding and a way to deeply embody the patterns, waves, and vibrations [...]

Friday, 31 June – Sunday, 2 August 2020 Waldhaus Centre Lützelflüh, 3432 Lützelflüh, Switzerland The Dancer of Oneness is noble and wild. Dance to free yourself, and cultivate strength, dignity, passion, wildness, audacity, and courage, as well as vulnerability. Dance to live with nobility and poignancy, to hold both the joy and the pain as inseparable [...]

Save the date for Madonna Rose August 13-19, 2020 A 7-day Intensive in Chartres, France co-presented with Ubiquity Chartres Academy Check back for more details. For more information contact info@banafsheh.org. Preparing for a Dance of Oneness® Workshop

The beauty of our practice from a theatre prospective is having the opportunity to reflect life, absorbing every morsel of its offering and gifting it back to the dance over and over again. In living this practice as artists we embody the rhythms through every breath we take, through every offering we make. Each gesture [...]

An eruption of soul straight from the heart, Fuelling the spirit & ripping edges wide The magic of theatre begins here…. Come spread your wings, free your mind, expand your imagination, magnify your curiosity, and illuminate your breath in the beat. Awaken and sharpen those places in yourself that need a rewire, recharge, a realigning [...]

Power of Yes! Neuroscience is telling us that when we can embody the emotional state of YES we open a channel for what we desire to manifest.  There is something that happens when we embody YES that creates new pathways and possibilities. Embodying YES is a procss of opening our hearts. In the journey of [...]

Tamalpa Experience: Life/Art Dances with Joy Cosculluela Held at the historic Mountain Home Studio, Kentfield, California 15 Ravine Way  Kentfield, CA 94904 How does your life shape your dance? How does your dance shape your life? How can movement inspire and renew your creativity? In the Tamalpa Life / Art Process, movement and life are [...]

God_Sex "God Sex and the Body is and always will be a profound and integral part of the 5Rhythms® curriculum. It has personally informed my way of being, my teaching style, and, most deeply, my acceptance of who I am and who I am not." -- Gabrielle In the series of maps that comprise the dancing [...]

with Banafsheh and Tony Khalife 5-day workshop September 18-23, 2020 REGISTER NOW! The entire universe belongs to the dancer. If you don’t dance, you won’t know what will come to pass. -Jesus Dance invites us to take up space in the world with confidence, conviction and service. It’s exhilarating, joyous, sacred, sensual, transformative, communal, and disruptive. [...]

Warrior in Light Warrior in Light “If you wish to be a warrior prepare to get broken. If you wish to be an Explorer, prepare to get lost, and if you wish to be a lover prepare to be both.” - Daniel Saint In Warrior in Light, we move from the cultural shadow of the “warrior” [...]

Live Wire is a movement based theatre lab, a dynamic, raw, experimental base where anything can happen. A poetic landscape that is at the root and heart of our 5Rythms practice. Turning into the artistic nature of our practice invites our dance to new depths of discovery, unlocking the stories our bodies are longing to [...]

If you are currently teaching any type of wellness-related class (yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, dance, related modalities), if you are a classroom teacher, or a licensed/trained helping professional of any kind (e.g., counselor, psychologist, social worker, nurse, psychiatrist, CD counselor), you are welcome to take this weekend facilitator training intensive! Graduate students are welcome. You [...]

This is an opportunity for those who want to explore the dynamics of relationship in the luminous mirror of repetition, rhythm and ritual theater. We will cultivate and deepen our ability to see and hear each other as we breakthrough the masks and myths of relationship to face each other with naked souls. Repetition allows [...]

A Live Wire 5Rhythms Ritual Theatre Wing Retreat What Are You On The Verge Of? Glimpses Into The Face Of Transformation... The Body's Sweet Salvations. The Heart's Passionate Stories. The Mind's Mysterious Poetics. The Soul's Vast Sky. The Spirit's Ignited Dream... Live Wire ritual theatre expands the imagination through curiosity, breath, physical gesture and space. [...]

By Application Only. This is a 5Rhythms Teachers Association offering and is only open to accredited 5Rhythms Waves teachers. Refresh - Oct 30 - Nov 5, 2020  (includes weekend workshop in Melbourne)

Radiance of Darkness We're always in a constant state of flux, traveling and traversing from our essential selves to our shadow selves -- a place where if we stay too long our ego starts to run the show. It is our constant struggle and our shamanic task to create a personal awareness of our shadow places [...]

God, Sex and the Body In the dancing path of the 5Rhythms®, "God, Sex and the Body" is an initiation into being an embodied soul. It is a deeply personal journey, a celebration like no other, a ritual for the hot and holy you. It's a call to stretch our imaginations and move through a spectrum [...]

Body Ensouled, Enacted and Entranced with Daria Halprintamalpa_institute_schedule_01tamalpa_institute_schedule_01 “To dance with life and not against it, to move responsively instead of reactively, this is a way to make spirit visible in the world.” This workshop will be a creative exploration on returning home to the body and to the heart of what matters in your life [...]

An investigation of soul through the body. A single thread is cast through space, invoking emptiness - a basket is placed full of blank pages, waiting for whispers and entrances. The unravelling - the revealing tale of the feet, the hips, the head, the hands and the breath - an unveiling of the truths discovered [...]

In this workshop, rooted in Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms movement practice, we use our dance like archeologists to dig beneath the surface, to seek buried treasures and pearls of wisdom gleaned from our own life experience. The 5Rhythms offer us both a map to understanding and a way to deeply embody the patterns, waves, and vibrations [...]

The Apprenticeship program is a training to embody and deepen your connection to yourself, your own creativity and your offering in the world. Movement Medicine, founded by Ya’Acov and Susannah Darling Khan, is both deeply alchemical and deeply kind, inviting a dynamic and alive relationship with yourself, others and all you are connected to. This [...]