VX - Virtual Ecstatic Oakland - Cay Love

Weds Nov 18 - DJ: Cay Love - 8pm PDT // 11 EDT Yoga: Rachael Freedman - 7pm PDT // 10pm EDT Zoom Event Registration Link: http://zoom.us/meeting/register/vJwodOqgqj4qmy_m30Ds7iaZoQDmR2dv0Q (Meeting ID: 185 338 450) (Meeting Passcode: 389250) Music Link: https://www.Mixlr.com/EcstaticDance DJ: Cay Love’s musical journeys explore polarizing energies and everything in between, honoring masculine and feminine, light and dark. As a performer and founder of the the black light illusion dance group Fighting Gravity in 2010, Cay Love kicked off a journey of theatrical creation, movement, and DJing. Cay Love grew up in Utah and rural Virginia and in her teens and early 20’s experienced fear surrounding her shift in gender identity and sexuality. She would have never guessed that unearthing her gender expression would open up a vast new world of connection and freedom. A few years into this journey Cay Love was introduced to Ecstatic Dance, falling in love with the practice of embodied movement, the community it cultivates, and the newfound self love and confidence that came with it. Cay Love’s music creates opportunity to confront and play with shadow, enabling what lies deep within to energize and flow through the body. From hair raising vocals to dirty bass-lines her sets consist of bass, trap, world, house, soul, and R&B infused with tribal and psychedelic undertones. As a dancer, Cay Love’s selections are designed to activate various parts of the body and inspire new and funky ways to wiggle. https://soundcloud.com/caylove Yoga: Rachael Freedman Rachael Freedman began her journey as a yoga teacher in order to heal herself. She graduated from architecture school with debilitating pain and found Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda helped heal her injuries. She completed her 200-hr, 500-hr, and Prenatal Yoga training with an emphasis in Yoga Therapy through The Stress Management Center of Marin. While completing her yoga studies, Rachael studied Ayurveda at Mount Madonna Institute and is a Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner. She is very passionate about the benefits Ayurveda provides and enjoys sharing her knowledge.Rachael’s teaching draws from Viniyoga, connecting breath with movement and Yin Yoga, using props to allow the body to soften and release on a deeper level. She uses breath and mindfulness as the main tools to restore and renew the body through slow poses and transitions. You will leave her class feeling rejuvenated and nurtured. Inspired by her students, she is grateful to share the teachings of yoga. www.yogagardensf.com/rachael-freedman-2 Host: Tyler Blank Founder & Director of Ecstatic Dance Oakland, San Francisco, Fairfax & www.EcstaticDance.org Community. www.TylerBlank.com TIMING / DETAILS (PST) - (UTC/GMT -8) 6:45pm (Zoom) - Greetings 7pm (Zoom) - Yoga 7:45pm (Zoom) - Opening Circle - Intention Setting 8pm (Zoom + Mixlr) - Ecstatic Dance 9:30pm (Zoom) - Meditation - Closing Circle $10 - $20 Suggested Donation - Credit Card https://ecstatic-dance-100681.square.site/ If Venmo or Paypal is easier for you: https://paypal.me/TylerBlank https://venmo.com/AvaniTyler Your Donations are Distributed as follows: 45% - DJ 15% - Movement Teacher 15% - Zoom Host 15% - Event Organizer 10% - Donation to Ecstatic Dance Oakland Managers Dance at Home, or wherever you are, interacting with others through Video connection on Zoom, or simply to be Witnessed. Dance without Video simply by listening on the Audio feed (on Mixlr, or other site, see link above). Let's move our Bodies, touch our Emotions, and allow them to be Felt, Expressed, and thereby Transformed...! Move as you Wish. LOVE