Izzy Wise - Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sunday @ Sweets

Dec. 31 - DJ: Izzy Wise Contact Improv: Tomaj Trenda Yoga: Rachel Heron Sound Healing: Ruti Celli Timing: (Arrive when you Wish) 9:45am - Doors Open 10am - Contact Improv (Main Floor) 10am - Yoga (Upstairs) 10:45am - Opening Circle 11am - Ecstatic Dance 1pm - Sound Healing / Meditation 1:11pm - Good Day! - Time for Picnic After Dance Picnic is held next to Lake Merritt near the Fairyland Sign by Whole Foods on Grand Avenue & Harrison. Tickets: Available at the door with Cash / Card / Venmo $25 Drop-In $20 Circle Passes sold in 5 packs ($100) @ Sweets Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 19th St. BART Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 9am sharp! for Opening or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities. ------- Dec. 31 - DJ: Izzy Wise Contact Improv: Tomaj Trenda Yoga: Rachel Heron Sound Healing: Ruti Celli DJ: Izzy Wise - Hailing from San Francisco, Izzy Wise is a multi-instrumentalist and DJ whoproduces eclectic dance music that bounces from West Africa to the WestIndies, and all points in between.For more than a decade Wise cut his teeth in San Francisco, DJing at partieslike the legendary Afrolicious night and landmark venues like TheIndependent, Monarch and 1015 Folsom. His pursuit for unique rhythms &melodies has led him to the jungles of Nicaragua and fabled islands lost inthe Caribbean Sea. When he’s not making field recordings and playing in livegroups, Wise releases music on imprints likeDélicieuseRecords, Lips &Rhythm and Mule Musiq. His dedication in the studio is unwavering and hisoriginal output often reflects a well-blended taste of disco, boogie funk andhouse. Wise also plays live with a variety of instruments that he works intohis energetic performances. His sets are best described as funkyunderground ethnomusicology courses with hypnotic grooves. Tomaj Trenda - Tomaj Trenda has taught Contact Improvisation throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for over 35 years. His initial training began in 1979 with the originators of the form, Steve Paxton & Nancy Stark Smith and he has collaborated and performed with Andrew Harwood, Martin Keogh, Carol Swann and many other teachers who have developed the form over the past 3 decades. He holds a master’s degree in Dance Education and his passion is to spread the joy of dancing. Rachel Heron: My journey as a yogini began in 1992, with David Life and Sharon Gannon, the creators of the Jivamukti style of Hatha yoga. I received my 200 hr yoga teacher certification from the Sivananda Ashram in 1994, and began teaching right away. Over the past 28 years I’ve studied the styles of Kripalu, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Forrest, and Anusara. I have been blessed with many esteemed teachers in these varying traditions. My classes are vigorous, deep, and anchored in therapeutic alignment principles. I believe that when we can stay present in a pose–truly present to the fluctuations of energy, sensation, breath, emotion, thinking-we can extend that experience to the practice of LIVING. Yoga invites me to engage compassion and empathy, to sense what’s here and now, and to live wakefully. It’s my honor and service to share the practice and these benefits with my students. RutiCelli is an International Touring musician originally from Israel, living in the US for the past 26 years. Her career includes over 30 years of multi genre performances on the cello, producing & publishing soulful Chillout Music under multiple collaborative entities (Into The Frequency, Fern & Celli, RutiCelli) as well as founding ‘Intimate cello’- an art & a platform for channeled live compositions in the tuning system of A- 432Hz. Ruti is also a ‘Human Design System’ teacher and specializes in using it together with sound healing to support humanity’s spiritual awakening. ----- Website: https://ecstaticdance.org/.../oakland-ecstatic-dance.../ ----- @ Sweets Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 19th St. BART