Rhythmystic - Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sunday @ Sweets

Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sweets Ballroom Sunday Jan. 19 - DJ: Rhythmystic Contact Improv: Karl Frost Yoga: Satya Gita 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 Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 $6.30 Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 9am sharp! for Opening or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities. ------- DJ: Rhythmystic For over two decades, Rhythmystic has been igniting dance floors in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, New England, Burning Man and beyond. At festivals, Ecstatic Dances and conscious community dances, loft parties & clubs, his genre-bending mixing skills, remixes & original tracks have have generated a buzz and a dedicated following. From a still-point whisper to slinkified downtempo to full-throttled, low-frequency breaks; from bump-steppin', bass wobbling, mid-tempo funktronica to peak-time, tribal melt-downs and back, Rhythmystic's DJ sets are invitations to co-create community in the heart of the Beatstream. https://soundcloud.com/rhythmystic Contact Improv: Karl Frost Karl is particularly known for his work in the art of Contact Improvisation, where he has a reputation as a very clear, wide ranging, and richly informative teacher and as a physically articulate master of the practice, comfortable in both the small and subtle explorations and in the wild and explosive. Many students have profoundly evolved their practice of contact improvisation through his workshops, which provide a friendly, yet disciplined and down-to-earth atmosphere of study, growth, and pleasure in life. He is uncompromisingly devoted to the idea that one’s practice of contact should be one that actively promotes physical well-being. His approach to contact improvisation lives both in the realm of art and in that of contact as social practice. Yoga: Satya Gita Satya Gita is a long-time, devoted practitioner and teacher of yoga. In her more than 20 years of practice, she has studied many forms of yoga, including Jivamukti, Integral, Ashtanga, Standing Wave Yoga, Forrest, and Anusara. Born in Oslo and raised in Trondheim Norway, she studied dance at The London Contemporary Dance School and on Africa’s Ivory Coast before moving to New York to study and teach at Jivamukti. She was also certified at the Integral Yoga Institute and studied Standing Wave. Satya then created and implemented a yoga program for Harbin Hot Springs, an internationally known retreat center in California. During this time, she founded her own teaching style called Anahatha Yoga, which utilizes physical postures and alignment to open energetic dimensions and pathways in the body. Preparing the body in this way opens the student’s awareness to more subtle dimensions of Being in an embodied way. She has been teaching and developing this form for 18 years, as well as training and certifying others in the approach. She continues to offer classes and workshops using Anahatha yoga to help students deepen in themselves. https://satyaaune.com/about-satya 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, and multiple forms of dance. Shannon offers exquisite meditations while creating impeccable sacred space. Participants often reflect on how incredibly safe they feel in her field. www.shannonsahaja.com ----- All are Welcome. Ecstatic Dance is a Freeform Conscious Dance, Mixed by a Seasoned DJ for a Continuous Sonic Journey. Move however you wish, without verbal guidance, shoes, or booze. Music will flow through various Tempos, Genres, Intensities, and Emotions, so that Dancers may Experience, Express, and Transform their own Energies on the Dancefloor Together. Ecstatic Dance can be your: 1. Physical Exercise 2. Mental Therapy 3. Connection to Spirit 4. Social Connection with Others 5. Personal Connection with Self We only ask that you refrain from: 1. Talking on the Dancefloor 2. Using your Phone 3. Wearing Shoes 4. Using Substances (Be Yourself!) ----- Website: https://ecstaticdance.org/dance/oakland-ecstatic-dance-sunday-morning/ ----- @ Sweets Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 19th St. BART Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 $6.30