Ecstatic Dance DJ Avani

◈◈◈ Ecstatic Dance with DJ Avani ◈◈◈ Ecstatic Dance Helsinki autumn season will kick off with San Francisco based DJ Avani rocking the house! AVANI / Tyler Blank (San Francisco, USA), is an Ecstatic Dance DJ, and Founder of Ecstatic Dance Oakland, SF, Fairfax, and the EcstaticDance.Org NonProfit Community. His music style can be called eclectic, eccentric, sometimes even ecstatic. He plays every emotion, tempo, and genre possible to produce a journey of sound for the embodied spirit to experience itself. Avani appreciates both the sacred, and the profane… the spiritual and the sexual. Come take a ride, through the chakras, around the globe, from the ancient past through the distant future, arriving and enjoying, the right here and now. www.Avani.Dance Ecstatic dance is a free-form movement journey with modern bass music spanning all genres, tempos, emotions, and intensities. You are welcome as you are in this judgement free, open community. Schedule: 18:30 Doors open 19:00 Stillness in motion - embodied flow style yoga / Viivi Jokela (bring your own yoga mat) 19:50 Opening circle 20:00 Ecstatic Dance / DJ Avani 22:00 Vaskilintu 22:15 Closing circle Tickets 20 €, cash only 3x multi-tickets 50 € Venue: Helsinki Dance Central, Sörnaisten Rantatie 33C - 4th floor. Entry only from the Rantatie side. Door code 8822. We close entry at 21:00. There are three guidelines to maintain a safe and intentional space together: 1. Move as you wish 2. No talking on the dancefloor or in the lounge area 3. Respect the space (which includes no shoes, alcohol, phones, perfumes, and being mindful of each other's space) If you are new to ecstatic dance, please come in time as we will go through the principles in the opening circle. ◈ VASKILINTU ◈ "Vaskilintu" is Magdalena Mölsä. She started her musical journey in the National Opera of Finland at the age of six and got re-emerged with music again after visiting South-America 2017. She is inspired by the healing therapeutic aspects of ceremonial music, and the power of music that affects the emotional landscapes of the human psyche. She is deeply inspired by her Finnish roots and cultural heritage, by finno-ugric myths and conveys those archaic "root sounds" to her music. ◈ STILLNESS IN MOTION - embodied flow style yoga / Viivi Jokela ◈ The class weaves together elements from embodied flow, somatics, kundalini yoga and tantric awareness practices. We can unlock the stillness within by yielding into the softness of our being. Softness can be persistent. Listen deep, feel, touch, be like water. Only way is through. Yield to the in-between. We grow by making choices that stretch us. Yoga is a practice for life, it's all about being present with sensations and processing them with breath. Make yourself comfortable and bring your own yoga mat. We’re gonna have Ecstatic Dance every three weeks during autumn (17.8. / 7.9. / 28.9. / 19.10./ 9.11. / 30.11.) The line up is soon ready and we will share it with you all. You are heartfully welcome.