Ecstatic Dance Oakland - DJ Vesica

Weds Night - 12/5 - DJ Vesica 7pm // Contact Improv - Blindfolded with Candice & Gabriel 7pm // Yoga - Shannon Sahaja 8pm // OPENING CIRCLE 8-11pm // Ecstatic Dance Journey - DJ Vesica 11pm // Sound Healing - Antonio Aversano Vesica is Initiator and Co-founder of Ecstatic Dance Berlin, where she is a resident DJ and the organizer of Ecstatic Dance Sundays. Vesica, while born & raised in Berlin, has lived most of her adult life in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Oakland Ecstatic Dance saved her in 2008, when her doctoral dissertation on spirit possession & psychiatry was literally driving her mad. Ever since, Ecstatic Dance has been her twice weekly, non-negotiable pilgrimage to the dance floor -to get down and right with herself, her community, her body and the Sacred. It is no surprise then, that Vesica is a dancer’s DJ deeply steeped in West Coast Bass music committed to the Heart, Soul and Funk of her dancers. Catch her this Spring on her US West Coast Ecstatic Dance tour and in the Netherlands. www.soundcloud.com/bhavya-vesica/ Blindfolded Contact Improv - Gabriel Diamond & Candice Dawn Blindfolded Contact Dance is a safe and gentle experience of contact dance—great for both beginners and experienced contact dancers alike. Wearing blindfolds allows dancers to drop the fear and self-judgment that often inhibits spontaneous movement and authentic connection to self and others. www.BlindfoldContact.com Sound Healing - Antonio Aversano Since the age of five, Antonio has been an activated conduit of Soul expression through sound. Following a lifetime of Divine Guidance via sound expression, Antonio humbly offers himself as a conduit for Sacred Sound through ceremonial performances, special events, Soul awakening sound sessions, and 'Igniting the Soul of Sound' mentoring. http://www.awakeningsound.com/ Upstairs: Free Coat & Bag Check (8pm - 11:30pm) Cushy Mats, Conversation, & Free Kung Fu Tea Service benefitting Om Shan Tea At the Bar: Brilliant Herbal Elixirs, Rhythmic Seed Dancing Cuisine & Firefly Chocolates Main Floor Windows: Meditation Altar & Table Massage available $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) Free Dance: Your Birthday Week! 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, Booze, Phones, Perfumes, and each other's Space) www.Edance.org/w