Ecstatic Soul Saturday - Following Impulse with Lisa DeLand

ECSTATIC SOUL SATURDAYS We will be dancing an investigation of various topics that we touch on in our ecstatic dance practice at ESS Tuesday Nites. Come explore with Mia and Lisa as your passionate and experienced conscious dance facilitators, be nourished and connected by the group dynamic and shared experiences, and enjoy an afternoon of investigative dancing. *************************************************************** ESSaturday, February 22nd 1-4PM FOLLOWING IMPULSE with Lisa DeLand The word impulse names the act of responding without premeditation. Impulse is intuitive, instinctual. Sometimes it happens in a nanosecond. But, what if, we take the time to slow down enough to feel how it feels to be in our skins, to gather all of our bits and pieces, to welcome them to be whatever they are and then move from there? What if we allow our curiosity and creativity to lead…and then to follow? Following Impulse will be such an investigation. Who knows where we’ll go or what we’ll learn? XO L Lisa DeLand 512-680-4212 [email protected] https://www.dancingfirelizards.com https://www.facebook.com/5RhythmsAustin/ *************************************************************** Please arrive no later than 1:15pm so we can begin together and dive right in. Ecstatic Soul Saturday dates; January 18th Slow Flow with Mia E. Pem February 22nd Following Impulse with Lisa DeLand March 14th TBD April 18th TBD & May 9th TBD ALL sessions 1-4pm Each Ecstatic Soul Saturday is $25 Pre-register or at the door. For a package of 2 or more/ $20 each Pre-register with payments through; PayPal: [email protected] (please specify "friends and family) or... Venmo: [email protected] *************************************************************** LISA DELAND trained with Gabrielle Roth and is a certified 5Rhythms® teacher. Her interest in movement as a healing modality began when she was 6 years old, shortly after her mother died. Taking Ballet lessons with a retired member of the Bolshoi Ballet Company in Hannover, Germany, she found a way to process her inner and outer worlds though dance. After a near fatal car crash in 1966, resulting in major injuries to her knees and requiring plastic surgery to repair a toe on her left foot, Lisa stopped dancing. Though she danced some in the club scenes of the 80s, it wasn’t until Christmas Day of 1994 that she once again “found” a dance form in the 5Rhythms that engaged her body, heart, mind, soul, and spirit. Teaching weekly classes since 2007, offering monthly women’s dances, a monthly Houston class, individual sessions, special event dances, occasional workshops, and currently collaborating with Mia E. Pem of Ecstatic Soul Sessions, Lisa’s life is a full and rich testament to the transformational power of conscious movement. "I’ll always be a student of the dance. Now, I’m also someone who holds space for other people to find their dance." – Lisa DeLand MIA E. PEM is a graduate of University of Colorado Boulder/Theater and Dance and Mass College of Art/Interrelated Media Studio. She has studied and taught many disciplines of dance and conscious movement as well as performed original dance works and created interactive movement environments in Boulder, Boston and Austin. She is now focused on being producer, facilitator and DJ for Ecstatic Soul Sessions, a Yoga/Meditation teacher and a trainer of the GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® methods. Her passion is to facilitate movement that heals, connects one with nature and inspires.