There is no way out but through the body, no way up unless we all go together, no way down unless we follow the beat, no way in unless we embrace the dark.
Gabrielle Roth
5Rhythms Movement Practice has transformed my life and I am thrilled and honored to share it with diverse communities, including patients in hospitals, caregivers, people with Alzheimer’s, artists’ collectives and musicians.
Practicing 5Rhythms, often described as a conscious dance meditation practice, catalyzes deeply personal explorations, moving us beyond what we already know into new realms of possibility of creativity and connection, where nothing is chronicled, tabulated or pinned down. The body-spirit-soul is a process, not only a structure and we are capable of deep healing and growth. 5Rhythms has taught me about getting out of my own way, so true creativity can flow.
Anyone of any physical ability can participate and there are no steps or choreography to follow, no technique to learn, other than listening to the guidance of our bodies. 5Rhyhms, both a practice and a philosophy, was developed by Gabrielle Roth, born from her observation and mapping of how energy moves around us and through us: in life cycles, nature, seasons and our relationships with others and ourselves.
Energy moves in waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is all of those: energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. We are the dance.
Gabrielle Roth
Bodywaves Series
Every Friday night in NYC
Spiraling In, Spiraling Out
June 7-July 12
Healing Loss
Over the course of the three days, we will use the tools of the 5Rhythms®Waves and Heartbeat Maps as well as offer a process often referred to as “Externalization.” This Externalization “deep-dive” Exploration can include simply witnessing, or possibly releasing feelings through verbal as well as physical expression, in presence of the group. The combination of dancing as well as Externalization, opens us to an even deeper embodiment and connection to ourselves and each other.
“Community is the New Buddha” Thich Nat Han
POSTPONED: Fire in the Belly
In this weekend Heartbeat workshop, we will re-ignite our desires and dreams while exploring and hopefully clearing all that may obscure or extinguish our passion. As we get older and experience the wear and tear and disappointments that life so often feeds us, we may have lost some of our own commitment to the truth found in our heart-belly. Over the three days, we will lovingly work with some of the ways that we are held apart and ways we may disconnect ourselves from our authentic center of power. We source our courage to feel deeply, and act as if our life depended on it, because we know it does!
Banner photos by Blair Hayes blairhayesphotography.com
