5Rhythms Dance Workshop: Release and Celebrate


Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Practice Community
2820 7th street,
Berkeley, California


5Rhythms is a movement practice, in which we meditate and dance at the same time. We believe that everyone can benefit from dance! Instructors Vehllia and Alessandro will guide participants with instructions and exercises to get as much value as possible from the practice, but there are no steps or choreography to learn. Participants are invited to follow their intuition on how to move, inspired by different beats and musical styles.

Our Philosophy

In our dance, we give permission to ourselves to let go of what is not needed. Permission to release and free ourselves from the box we often put ourselves in. In our dance, we can celebrate a new way to express ourselves. To meditate on the journey, within the journey, and through the journey.

We dance not to lose ourselves but to find ourselves. To get in touch with our spontaneity and our deepest feelings. To let our emotions and our uncontrolled body motion explore who we are and let out with clarity and determination what we believe in.

What can I expect and how can I prepare?

This workshop is open to all, it is accessible to anyone no matter what physical condition or shape you are and no dance skills are required.

We dance barefoot and we suggest to wear comfortable clothes and to bring a water bottle to keep hydrated. See you in the beat!

No Prerequisites. The hours of this class qualify for the Waves requirement for the 5Rhythms Teacher Training.

Cost: $80 - $95


Swing Dance at Off the Rails with Evelyn and her Vintage Ties


Friday, March 6, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 10 PM

Off The Rails Brewing Co.
111 S Murphy Ave,
Sunnyvale, California


Join Evelyn and her Vintage Ties for a repeat of this amazing event! Off the Rails Brewing is collaborating with Evelyn and her Vintage Ties to bring you a night of good food, craft beers and free dancing! Evelyn and Misha are bringing the full seven-piece dance band and are planning out their hottest swinging sets for Lindy, Bal and Shag.

Do you love the music but haven’t learned how to dance yet? There will be a free beginner’s lesson before the dance, hosted by San Jose Swing!

Do you love the music but don’t like to dance? There will be plenty of room at the bar if you’d like to just have dinner and a drink.

Bonus points if you dress to impress ;)

Cost: Free


Movement Meditation House Party


Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST

San Francisco, CA


Think you can't dance? No problem. This isn't your typical dance party, it's meditation movement, a more mellow variation of ecstatic dance. This means you'll be dancing in any way that your body wants to move, focused on tapping into what's most natural for you in the moment. It could feel silly, sexy, crazy, flexible, fluid, in rhythm or not. You could skip, get low, jump, crawl, or whatever comes up. The point is to get out of your own head and ditch the nightclub culture mentality that's often concerned with how you look or are being perceived as you dance. Meditation movement is about checking in and doing you.

New to this? Arrive right at 6:30pm for a guided movement meditation session with facilitator Stephanie Thoma.

What to wear: Comfortable clothing you can MOVE in. Colorful, expressive and fun flair is encouraged!

Schedule:
6:30-45pm: Guided candle-lit meditation & movement meditation intro.
6:45-8pm: Free dance/movement meditation
6:30-8pm: Kombucha Tasting

Facilitator: Stephanie Thoma

Cost: $15


The Language of Touch with Philippe Lewis


Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 2 PM – 4 PM

The Center SF
548 Fillmore St,
San Francisco, California


Remember the last time you touched someone who needed healing, and your hands seemingly "knew" where to go and what to do? Or perhaps it was that hug you gave to someone you were attracted to, and instead of completely releasing, your hands remained connected while you talked and stared into each other's eyes. And in those moments you felt -- perhaps fleetingly -- that your voice wasn't the only part of you in conversation with this other being. That your heart and soul were communicating as well, through contact...

This is what we call the language of touch.

The language of touch is quite different than body language -- or perhaps it is a subset of it. What most people mean by body language is postures and other visual signs that the body gives to other beings. The language of touch, on the other hand, happens only in the realm of touch and contact with others. It is the subtle conversation that the body has with the world around it. What "words" does your body understand and communicate? Are you *aware* of what is being communicated when your body is in contact with its surroundings, and especially living beings? What would it mean to be more conscious and skilled in speaking this language? This is what "The Language of Touch" is about.

This class will focus on touch as a language that can be learned and understood. In a society that focuses so much on verbal language, people are often confused by or even sometimes completely unaware of the subtle conversation that their bodies are constantly having with the environment around them -- and more specifically, with the people they connect with on the rare occasions that touch occurs.

It will first focus on our awareness of touch, and then move to exploring the subtle messages carried through touch between people, and eventually move to creating specific intentions and messages with touch. Finally we will have conversations on topics such as relationships, intimacy, sensuality and sexuality, as touch is deeply involved in each of those areas, either as a communication tool or a source of fulfillment.

It is also for anyone open to exploring touch as way to communicate with other. Please come prepared to experience giving and receiving safe loving touch. This is not a sensuality or sexuality class, though those topics will definitely be discussed. If you are a couple, you will be allowed to do all the exercises together if you wish and feel safer that way!

Cost: $25 - $30


A Red Hot Affair


Saturday, February 29, 2020, 6:00 PM – Sunday, March 1, 2020, 1:00 AM PST

Silicon Valley Dance Club
3595 Stevens Creek Boulevard
San Jose, CA


You are cordially invited to a Red Hot Affair on February 29th, in San Jose. Hosted at the Silicon Valley Dance Club, this event is all about networking while learning a brand new skill.

Got two left feet? Social anxiety? Zero experience on the dance floor? Not a problem! We've got you covered. We have a beginner-friendly Salsa and Bachata dance lesson by 2x United States Champion and renowned top teacher, Daniel Lee Tran. With loads of experience in teaching all sorts of beginners as well as fostering a safe and judgment-free learning environment, you are in for a great time!

Tentative Schedule of Events:
·         6:00 pm: Doors Open
·         7:00 pm: Beginner Salsa & Bachata Lesson
·         8:00 pm: The party starts
·         9:00 pm: First wave of performances and giveaways
·         9:15 pm: More dancing!
·         10:30 pm: More performances and giveaways
·         10:45 pm: Dance the night away!
Other things to look forward to:
·         Hor'duerves by Sugar Rush Mania
·         World-class Performances and Entertainment by the Bay Area's Best
·         A Photobooth for you and your friends
·         Giveaways sponsored by local Bay Area businesses

Get your tickets before the end of February 28th and save $10 on your ticket price. Tickets include admission into the party, the class, as well as raffle tickets for our giveaway. People who get their tickets before the end of February 22nd will receive 5x the amount of raffle tickets. How exciting!

Cost: $20


Ecstatic Dance and More in San Francisco


Friday, February 28, 2020 at 6:00 PM – 11:30 PM PST

906 World Cultural Center
906 Broadway
San Francisco, CA


ECSTATIC DANCE SF welcomes you to the new Friday location, come and share the joy of the dance with us:

6PM Doors open
6:45 Set up for Yoga
Bring your own yoga mat
7PM Yoga and live music
With Gopi Kallayil, Ananta Govinda
8PM Ecstatic Dance
With DJ Gabriel Francisco
10.30PM Sound bathing
With Ananta Govinda, Prajna Vieira
Vegetarian Catering by Govinda's Kitchen

Cost: $20


Introduction to Holotropic Breathwork


Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 12 PM – 4 PM

The Hive Marin
703 3rd St, Upstairs,
San Rafael, California


We invite you to an introductory lecture on Holotropic Breathwork and a mini-breathwork session. You will have the opportunity to learn about Holotropic Breathwork, created by world-renowned psychiatrist Dr. Stanislav Grof, the co-creator of Transpersonal Psychology. We will discuss how Holotropic Breathwork was developed, give an overview of the Holotropic paradigm, and you will experience a one-hour mini-breathwork session to music. This is not a full-day Holotropic Breathwork group, which follows a very specific regimen developed by Dr. Grof, including 3-hour breathwork sessions, the opportunity to be both a breather and sitter, mandala drawing and sharing circles. However, in the one-hour mini-breathwork experience, we will be using the same type of deeper, faster breathing and the same type of music as in the all-day workshop. You will get a clear sense of what results could be available to you from a full day Holotropic Breathwork Workshop. After the breathing session, we will explore the psychological and spiritual impacts of this inner journey.

Using breath and music to induce expanded states of awareness has been a practice for as long as humans have been around. Dr. Stanislav Grof and his wife Christina developed Holotropic Breathwork at Esalen Institute during the 1970s. It was based on the decades of consciousness research undertaken by Grof and motivated by the desire to reproduce the mind-expanding experiences of the psychedelic era through safe and natural means. Holotropic Breathwork is an experiential healing modality that allows participants to reap the benefits of the healing potential of expanded states of consciousness that Dr. Grof discovered through his work with LSD psychotherapy through the use of Holotropic breathing, creative self-expression, and a specially designed three-hour musical journey.

Angel Cassidy is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 25 years of experience in the field. She has been doing Holotropic Breathwork for the past decade. Angel trained with Dr. Stanislav Grof and Grof Transpersonal Training (GTT) and facilitates Holotropic Breathwork groups in the SF Bay Area with Dr. Grof, GTT, and in her private practice.

Cost: $40 - $60 (sliding scale)


The Coronation Ball in Alameda


Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 8 PM – 11:30 PM

Island City Masonic Lodge
2312 Alameda Ave,
Alameda, California


Waltzes, Jane Austen-era line dances, and the Congress of Vienna!
Caller Alan Winston with The Divertimento Dance Orchestra!

Costumes admired but not required. All dances taught during the ball. No partner required.
First intermission is savory; second intermission is sweets.
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the End of the Regency and the 1820 crowning of King George IV.

Cost: $20 - $25


Tantric Techniques for Everyday Ecstasy


Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM PST

San Francisco, CA


Would you like to experience all of life with amazing amounts of pleasure and bliss flowing through your body?
Would you like a way to have more fun and connection in your life?
Would you like learn how to operate at a higher level of consciousness where your day flows with ease, you feel great in your body, your mind is clear and your interactions with others are harmonious?

If so, This Class is for You!!!

In this Experiential Playshop You Will:
·         Learn How to Use Your Sexual Energy to Increase Your Everyday Experience of Life
·         Learn to Experience Life as Pleasure
·         Learn the 4 keys to Tantric Life Mastery
·         Learn New tools to Expand the Awareness of Your Body
·         And so much more....

You will also experience the Tantric Chakra Shakti Guided Energy Meditation which will Awaken Your Kundalini and Enhance Your Bliss!!!

Come Play!!!

**Singles, couples, all ages (18+), all genders, and all orientations are welcome. This is a safe, conscious, sex-positive, body-positive healing space created for your learning and self-expression of your true desires. All exercises are clothes-on.

Facilitators: Jan Robinson and Macaya Miracle

Cost: $55 / single; $90 / couple



Yoga Sound Bath


Friday, February 28, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

The Center SF
548 Fillmore St,
San Francisco, California


Come experience the bliss of yoga and sound!

Bathe yourself in a candlelit yoga sound bath! Sound has the ability to retune your cells, organs, and body to a more optimal frequency for your health and to shift you into a higher vibration.

Yvonne will lead you through a beautiful, breath-centered mellow flow. Yoga postures will be grounding and nourishing and help you release into relaxation. Throughout, Amber will immerse you in an otherworldly sound bath and give you a didgeridoo sound healing over your hearts during savasana.

The healing soundscape with drumming, tanpura, hapi drum, chanting, angelic singing, esraj, and Native flute will help you drop deeper into your body and yoga postures. We will open and close with chanting to connect to our hearts and each other. This beautiful candlelight experience is the perfect end to your work week and beginning to your weekend.

This is an all-levels class and is suitable for beginners and experienced yoga practitioners alike.

Please bring a yoga mat. Limited yoga props such as mats and blankets are available for use.


Facilitators: Yvonne Kingsley and Amber Field

Cost: Online $30 // At the Door $35