Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Dakini

Weds Night - 5/15 - DJ Dakini 7pm // SOL VIDA - Axé 7pm // Yoga - Candice Dawn 8pm // OPENING CIRCLE 8-11pm // Ecstatic Dance Journey - DJ Dakini 11pm // Sound Healing - Arula International Dj Dakini is renowned globally for her refined ear and impeccable taste in music. An underground festival culture pioneer, she has been a pivotal part of global electronic music festival culture since the turn of the millennium. She is one of Australia’s most renowned underground female djs, with a global following & fan base...and now resides in California, USA. This connoisseur of cutting edge electronic music delights upon following sound as it evolves & has played numerous genres during her career. Dakini currently specialises in "ancient future bass" and frequents the festival and ecstatic dance circuits of California and beyond. Currently playing all over the world, she is known to move any dancefloor with an infectious deep bassline & tribal sounds at festivals such as: Symbiosis Gathering, Lightning In A Bottle, Burning Man, Rainbow Serpent Festival & more. https://soundcloud.com/dj_dakini April (Axé) Charmaine, The Nomadic Renaissance Woman, founder of Sol Vida Worldwide, is on a mission to shift normalcy by leading transformative dance and wellness experiences across the globe. Axé has trained, taught, and performed in Ghana, France, Spain, Colombia, Guatemala and Brasil. Specializing in the fusion of cross-cultural, contemporary, and conscious movement forms. She is an Author, Choreographer, Wellness Warrior, Embodiment Guide, Empowerment Speaker, Alternative Education Advocate, Interdisciplinary Dance and Theatre Arts Educator who is activating positive energy, promoting radical self-love and inspiring bodacious expression. #TheEmbodiedRevolution #DanceFreedomLove www.facebook.com/solvidaworldwide www.instagram.com/solvidaworldwide www.instagram.com/nomadicrenaissancewoman Candice Holdorf - Yoga Candice is a writer and coach with a focus on reclaiming erotic embodiment through exploring shame and shadow. She brings her passion for movement, play, and creative self-expression to her work as a group facilitator and co-leads Blindfolded Contact Dance classes with Gabriel Diamond. She has trained in various healing modalities such as yoga, tantra, and orgasmic meditation as well as studied Alexander Technique and theatrical movement while getting her BFA at NYU. www.theorgasmiclife.com www.blindfoldedcontact.com Arula is a songwriter, sound sorceress, embodied-movement guide, & visionary healer. She views music & movement as sacred expressions of a universal language; a language that unites and empowers people from all backgrounds. As a singer-songwriter, producer and dancer she values expression as a path to awakening; a gateway to exploring the different parts of ourselves, the light & the shadow, exploring duality as a path to unity. Her songs are inspired by our collective narrative as well as her own personal journey of connecting deeper to one’s truest self by dropping the false stories that we’ve been told; that by releasing our conditioning we step into a greater place of potential & activation, and this what is needed for healing ourselves, and our planet. As a lover of many varieties of music she interplays with genres, while difficult to categorize her music is often described as haunting, sultry, and sacred. Her voice a bridge to ethereal realms, unparalleled but reminiscent of Kate Bush, Florence Welch, & Deya Dova. https://www.instagram.com/arulamusic/ Ecstatic Dance is a Freeform Movement Journey DJ'd with Modern Bass Music spanning all Genres, Tempos, Emotions, and Intensities. You are Welcome and Accepted as You Are, in this Judgement Free, Open Community. There are 3 simple Guidelines to maintain a Safe and Sacred Space together. 1. No Talking on the Dancefloor 2. Move as You Wish 3. Respect the Space (which includes no Shoes, no Drugs, no Booze, no Phones, no Perfumes, and Respecting each other's Space) $18 Drop In Multiple Discount Passes also Available at the Door 4 for $15 each ($60), 10 for $13 each ($130) Cash or Card. Online or at the Door. Free Dance: Volunteers arrive at 6pm Sharp OR Stay till Midnight (check in at the Front Door first) Free Dance: Your Birthday Week! Upstairs: Free Kung Fu Tea Service benefitting Om Shan Tea At the Bar: Brilliant Herbal Elixirs & Rhythmic Seed Dancing Cuisine (Raw Vegan) Main Floor Windows: Meditation Altar & Table Massage available www.Edance.org/w