Synergy Ecstatic Dance: Quiet Orbits

~ Theme: Quiet Orbits ~ ~Thursday, January 9, 2025~ 6:15pm - Door opens 6:30pm - Class: 5Rhythms Fearless Waves with Meaghan Williams 7:45pm - Opening Circle 8pm - Ecstatic Dance Wave - w/ Zaphod ** Arrive before 9pm to participate in dance ** 9:30pm(ish) - Closing Circle There is also Gong Fu tea service in the front room, as part of Soft Medicine's weekly Synes-TEA-sia offering; from 7-10pm, asking $5/person. Location: the upstairs Loft at Soft Medicine: 186 N Main Street, Sebastopol ~ Reciprocity ~ $25-20, cash or venmo at door Accessibility Discount available for marginalized peoples, such as BIPOC and LGTBQIA+ folx, and those experiencing financial hardship. And, no one turned away for lack of funds. Synergy is included within the AYS/SM Class Pass Membership - no additional charge to attend for members and class pass holders. We also need people to offer 45 minutes of help (setup, door or cleanup, in trade to attend the event. (sign up sheet coming soon!) ~ 5Rhythms Fearless Waves~ An invitation to move courageously with your whole self, guided by Meaghan, aka Tiggrr Fearless. Drop into the body. Catalyze the heart. Break through mental concept. Move with spirit. Let your soul dance. Meaghan is a lifelong student of the poetry of movement, and a lyrical dancer and artist by nature. She hails creatively from the east coast underground, where she studied experimental theater, performed spoken word, and produced transformational dance parties in community for a couple lifetimes. She has since migrated to rural California and settled in west Sonoma county, via the winding road through Black Rock City. Reclaiming, unshaming, and proclaiming our personal and collective wild nature is her passion. She leads Fearless Waves biweekly in Sebastopol, is a co-teacher at 5Rhythms Berkeley Friday nights, and creates weekly catalyzing movement mixes online for the larger community. ~ About the DJ, Zaphod ~ Buckminster finds home in life's soundtrack: what sounds can enhance what's right here, waiting to emerge? From mixed CDs in high school, to radio shows in college, to finding E-dance in Santa Cruz 7 years ago, he delights in diversity and loves to experiment. You've been warned! Together with the dancers, he spontaneously curates an ecstatic wave unique to that moment's dancefloor. The boundaries of genre give way to a multi-faceted soundscape of African and South American rhythm, world electronica, grimy glitchy bass, and heart-ful melodies aplenty! May we allow the music, familiar and fresh, to dissolve the monkey mind and give the body its own voice. Ecstatic Dance guidelines: -no conversation on the dance floor (yes everywhere else) -no shoes on the dance floor (yes barefoot and socks) -no phone use or photography (yes presence) -no intoxication (yes dance medicine) -consent is listening for a "yes" and respecting a "no"; before and while dancing with others See less