Tomorrow! Ecstatic Dance Oakland featuring Ezekeal Zion

Ecstatic Dance Oakland is back under new stewardship at Sweets Ballroom: Sunday July 13th featuring ~ Ezekeal Zion ~ Sunday morning schedule: 9:45am - Doors Open 10am - Yoga w/ David Schlussel & Contact improv w/ Marcus Van Duren 10:45am - Opening Circle 11am - Ecstatic Dance w/ Ezekeal Zion 1pm - Sound Healing by Emily Miller Plus: massage by BLISS- Tamara Sharp Maha Dave - David Mahabal Sweets Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA BART: 19th St. BART Parking: *Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 Tickets: Available at the door with Cash / Venmo $25 Drop-In $20 Circle Passes sold in 5 packs ($100) Volunteer Opportunity: Please email us at [email protected] ----- About Ezekeal Zion: Born in Arcata and based in Grass Valley, CA, Ezekeal Zion is a DJ known for his deep, organic, and bass-driven sound. His sets blend dynamic textures, designed to transport listeners beyond time, evolving seamlessly from moment to moment. With years of experience, he has honed his ability to guide audiences through immersive sonic journeys, performing at renowned events like Lucidity, Burning Man, Northern Nights, High Vibe Festival, and Unison. He has shared the stage with artists such as Desert Dwellers, Random Rab, Plantrae, Atyya, and Soohan. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ezekeal_zion David Schlussel: David Schlussel is a yoga teacher, life coach, 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 began his exploration of yoga with Ashtanga, where he learned the benefit of regular consistent practice. He continued his training by studying Dynamic Yoga, where he discovered the deeper strengths available through activating along the muscular and energetic pathways of the body, and where he developed his passion for yoga philosophy. He grew into Anusara Yoga, which has infused his practice and teaching with an empowering understanding of alignment, therapeutics, and fun, and then infused his Qi Gong practice into his teachings to create Gentle Power Yoga. 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. Marcus van Duren: Marcus van Duren is a dancer, teacher and musician based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Marcus has intensively studied movement and dance since his discovery of contact improvisation in 2012. He has been teaching CI locally and internationally for more than 10 years. Marcus is an active member of the axis syllabus community and is currently an Axis Syllabus Teacher Candidate. For Marcus, teaching is not just about transmitting information, but also about creating a safe space for participants to explore, take risks and collaborate. The goal is not to give people a fresh catch but rather teach them how to fish, and leave them with a felt sense that can inspire further research. When it comes to teaching dance, Marcus specializes in merging the technical information of bio-mechanics with play, humor and ritual to create engaging learning experiences that aim to serve the whole person, not just the dancer. BLISS- Tamara Sharp Maha Dave - David Mahabal 🌹Bliss Modalities Offered: Deep Tissue, Myofascial, Trigger Point, Swedish, Cranial Sacral, Chi Nei Tsang and Thai Massage Beginning her studies in 1998 at the Desert Institute of Healing Arts in a year long program, Tamara began a lifelong career in healing arts. This 1000 hour program included Swedish, Myofascial Deep Tissue work, prenatal massage, reflexology, aromatherapy as well as focused intent on working with sensitive populations such as the elderly, PTSD, HIV/AIDs. As integrated with the classes, she volunteered at the Veterans Hospital and the Southern Arizona AIDs foundation. Over the years she has sought to broaden her offerings with continued studies including Cranial Sacral Therapy through the Upledger Institute at Esalen (2009), Chi Nei Tsang (organ massage) with Giles Marin (2011), and expanded those studies in Thailand training in Chi Nei Tsang in Loi Kroh as well as Thai Massage at Wat Po (2017) amongst others. Her passion for helping others find optimal health is ongoing and offers bodywork at Ecstatic Dance in Oakland as well as a private practice. 🔱Maha Dave Mahabali Modalities Offered: Deep Tissue, Myofascial Release, Craniosacral, Accupressure, A.R.T, S.E.L.F, Swedish, Reiki, Thai, Sports.. Started his studies in 1990 at the Mckinnon Institute (Body Therapy Center) in Oakland. Traveled and taken him all over the world such as India and Thailand. As a Certified Athletic Trainer, Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, and Sports Medicine Teacher he has worked with USA gymnastics USA track and field and local sports and dance teams. HIs vast variety of modalities is wisdom and energy based. He is a trauma informed somatic body worker who travels working festivals and teaching bodywork modalities. He is the executive director of Catalyst Health and Performance www.catalysthp.net