Qoi - Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sunday @ Sweets

Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sweets Ballroom Sunday Feb. 11 - DJ: Qoi (Kauai) Contact Improv: Gabriel Diamond & Candice Holdorf Yoga: David Schlussel Sound Healing: Ronnie Ray Circle & Meditation: Shannon Sahaja ----- 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 Webster Street Garage, 1721 Webster St, Oakland - $8 Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 9am sharp! for Opening or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities. ------- Sunday Feb. 11 - DJ: Qoi (Kauai) Contact Improv: Gabriel Diamond & Candice Holdorf Yoga: David Schlussel Sound Healing: Ronnie Ray Circle & Meditation: Shannon Sahaja DJ: Qoi (Kauai) Qoi (Seqouyah) is an eclectic multi genre DJ and producer from Kauai sharing her music over all the seas. Qoi delivers a uniquely beautiful experience and takes you on a journey through deep rhythms, meldodic sounds and vibrations. Contact Improv: Gabriel Diamond & Candice Holdorf CANDICE HOLDORF 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. She has trained in various healing modalities such as yoga and orgasmic meditation as well as studied Alexander Technique and theatrical movement while getting her BFA at NYU. theorgasmiclife.com https://www.blindfoldedcontact.com/ GABRIEL DIAMOND Gabriel is a long-time dancer who has practiced many modalities of conscious movement. He has developed a passion for exploring how blindfolds can be be used as a medicine and tool for transcending biases, cravings, and aversions. His work as an artist explores the intersection of activism, street theatre, shadow work, and embodiment. He is the co-founder of Vulnerable Rally. He is a filmmaker by trade with a background in theatre. outsidefilms.com https://www.blindfoldedcontact.com/ Yoga: David Schlussel David Schlussel is a yoga teacher, life coach, husband, and father. David experiences yoga as the practice of reconnecting with our wholeness. When we operate from our wholeness, we experience the incredible strength and flexibility that is our potential. David coaches his students from fixed ideas about what they can and can’t do, towards life as a playful exploration of possibility. David’s classes are a flowing celebration of our bodies, designed to exercise, educate, integrate, delight, challenge and recharge. He is known for his warm approachability, contagious curiosity, gentle and liberating hands on adjustments, facilitating healing of old injuries, and offering concepts that support his students both on the mat and in their daily life. www.YogiLifeCoach.com Sound Healing: Ronnie Ray Ronnie Ray is a multifaceted musician, guitarist, composer, and conceptualist, as well as an audio producer, film scorer. He started doing Sound Baths at Harbin Hot Springs in 2010. His intent is to spread compassion and empathy through sounds and music. 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 ----- Website: https://ecstaticdance.org/dance/oakland-ecstatic-dance-sunday-morning/ ----- @ Sweets Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 19th St. BART Webster Street Garage, 1721 Webster St, Oakland - $8