Heather Christie & Vir McCoy - Oakland Ecstatic Dance - Weds Night @ Sweets

Ecstatic Dance Oakland @ Sweets Ballroom Weds Nov 27 - DJ: Heather Christie w/ Vir McCoy Contact Improv: Shannon Sahaja Yoga: Maria Zotov Opening Circle & Meditation: Shannon Sahaja Food: Sacred Decadence (Leela Maya) Arrive when you wish: 6:45pm - Doors Open 7:00pm - Contact Improv Class (Main Floor) 7:00pm - Yoga Class (Upstairs) 7:50pm - Opening Circle 8:00pm - Ecstatic Dance 10:30pm - Sound Bath / Closing Meditation 10:45pm - Good Night Everyone! Sweets Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 19th St. BART Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 $6.30 Tickets: Available at the door with Cash / Card / Venmo $25 Drop-In $20 Circle Passes sold in 5 packs ($100) Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 6pm sharp! for Opening or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities. ----- DJ: Heather Christie with Vir McCoy Heather Christie is a trailblazer: DJ, producer, vocalist, songwriter, mentor, music label founder, and mama, Heather Christie is on a mission to usher in a new wave of feminine musical creators. She went viral in summer of 2023 with a video of her breastfeeding while DJing at Spiritweavers Gathering, and has been featured in dozens of publications including Popculture magazine for the story of her pioneering the crossroads of motherhood & music. She has been collaborating with headlining festival producers as well as producing her own music for over a dozen years, and has become a staple on ecstatic dance floors around the world with her viral track 'Tincture' (with KR3TURE). Her mama-focused label Möonbabe Records is on a mission to uplift mothers and women in music. You can hear Heather’s songs around the world on dance floor, in commercials, and on the winds of inspiration. The live set is an eclectic, booty-shaking blend of global genres, and is a deep and heightening emotive journey of presence. Heather artfully weaves in her own original music + voice as well as features live collaborators such as her husband, Vir McCoy, on ethnic instruments. Contact Improv: Shannon Sahaja Shannon is an embodiment alchemist with 2 decades of teaching in the improvisational arts. She found a deep love and respect for the art and technique of Contact Improvisation through her studies with Kathleen Hermesdorf and Nancy Stark Smith. Shannon loves articulating the mechanics of weight sharing for those unfamiliar with the form and brings delight to the space with her unique ability to create safety while spicing things up with humor and spontaneity. She holds a BFA in Dance from S.U.N.Y Purchase, has been practicing Contact Improvisation and Yoga for 2 decades, and has had good fortune to have studied extensively with many of the most influential practitioners of CI: www.shannonsahaja.com Yoga: Maria Zotov Maria (Masha) is a traditional style yoga teacher, who studied in India. She left her Civil Engineering career to become a full time Hatha and Vinyasa yoga teacher. Her current hobbies besides yoga are partner acrobatics, contact improvisation and chess. With 6.5 years of experience teaching and 17 years of practice she’s currently leading group and corporate classes as well as privates and teaching in wellness retreats in the Bay Area. Maria is mindful about efficient and safe alignment for injury prevention, helping to lose joint stiffness using traditional Hatha yoga techniques. She's enthusiastic about Ashtanga Yoga for a balanced, strong and flexible body and uses breathing techniques to boost energy levels, improve focus and concentration, stress and sleep problems reduction and others. IG: @traveling_yogini_maria Opening Circle & Meditation: Shannon Sahaja Two decades of holding space for yoga, meditation, dance, Sunday Ecstatic Dance Oakland Facilitator, and Certified Sophia Circle Journey Faciliator. Shannon offers exquisite meditations while creating impeccable sacred space. Participants often reflect on how incredibly safe they feel in her field. www.ShannonSahaja.com Food: Sacred Decadence (Leela Maya) Leela started her journey as a raw vegan dessert chef in 2007 during the early days of Cafe Gratitude where it first began in San Francisco and Marin County. It was working there that she discovered the power of intention, community, & how truly nourishing food felt like sensual kitchen witch craft for her soul. It was love at first bite. Since then she has been a chef and product developer for local healthy food companies like Urban Remedy and Good Earth. She is wholeheartedly happy to serve the Bay Area Dance Community in nourishing connection from within. When she is not playing with her food, Leela teaches Play based Authentic Relating & Connection Classes, Full & New Moon Circles for Womyn+, & Cacao Ceremony Soundbaths. She believes that love, joy, connection, and play are key ingredients to a healthy happy life. Blessed Be and Bon Appétit! ----- All are Welcome, Without Restrictions or Limitations. We only ask that you refrain from: 1. Talking on the Dancefloor 2. Using your Phone 3. Wearing Shoes or Scents 4. Using Substances (Be Yourself!) Thank You for Respecting the Space so that everyone may Move, Celebrate, Heal, & Pray in their own unique way... Together. Tix available at the Door: Drop-In: $25 (Cash / Card / Venmo) Circle Dance Passes: $20 each (sold in packs of 5 for $100) Available at the Door. @ Sweets Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 19th St. BART Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 $6.30 ----- Website: https://ecstaticdance.org/dance/oakland-ecstatic-dance/