Kundalini Dance Meditation

"To dance until the dancer is lost and only the dancing remains."

We will be practicing Osho's Kundalini Dance Meditation. This practice combines shaking, free-form movement, meditation, and stillness to activate and energize the body while calming the mind. Blissful & energizing, it is easy, fun, highly enjoyable, and revitalizing.

This class is suitable for dancers of all levels & backgrounds. You will be most comfortable if you bring a Yoga mat or blanket for the final phases.

Core Energetics: Isolations at the Chakras

When we physically stimulate the chakras through balanced isolations, we stimulate, clean up, and begin regulating our energy flow. I will be teaching a powerful set of movements that clear and open the chakras in preparation for connecting to divine source. The practice is simple to learn yet highly effective.

This class is suitable for intermediate, advanced, and professional dancers, as well as for those with solid backgrounds in Yoga, Qigong or Internal Martial Arts. A lot more information is also available in my articles on the topic:

• Sacred Dance and the Chakras: Introduction
• Sacred Dance and the Chakras: Manifesto
• Class Goals & Basic Posture
• Physical Health Benefits of Mideastern dance
• Directions of Movement in Sacred Dance: Lesson 1 - Isolations & Basic Geometry

Dance Energetics: Expressive Arms

In the language of dance, arms are a primary means of expressing emotions. As the energy flows into our body through our breath & passes through the heart out into our arms, we are at liberty to express our love, emotions, and feelings through our arms, hands, and fingertips. This workshop will explore a multitude of different expressions through the arms that naturally arise when our emotions are liberated to flow through them.

This workshop is suitable for dancers of all levels. For more information, please feel free to read my article on Energetic Arms. Please contact us if you would like to arrange for a private lesson or group class at your special fun event.

Balancing Things on Your Head:

More than just a flashy party trick, balancing things on one's head is the traditional way to carry mid-weight loads. The practice not only improves posture, proprioception, and awareness of the earth through your feet, it also leads to increased endurance and decreased impact to the joints when dancing, walking, or running. It is also extremely useful for becoming aware of the crown chakra and the linkage between mother earth and divine father sky through the medium of your physical body. This workshop is suitable for people of all backgrounds and dance abilities. For more information, please feel free to read my article on Balancing Things on Your Head. Please contact us if you would like to arrange for a private lesson.

Fun: Quick-start guide to Henna (women only)

Henna is the traditional art of dying one's skin in beautiful and stimulating patterns using the leaves of the henna bush. Discovered by Fatima, daughter of Mohammed, this art is legendarily associated with "luck in marriage", and is still traditionally used heavily on brides in preparation for their wedding night, which is probably due to its very mild psychotropic effects on women. Relaxing and fun, henna parties are traditionally a place where women can chat, adorn one-another, and play. The dye is completely natural, healthy, and wears off in < 3 weeks depending on the quality and freshness of the henna leaves used.

This workshop will combine a henna party with a tutorial on how to prepare your own henna for future fun with your girlfriends. All women are welcome! For more information, please feel free to read Shakti's Quick-Start Guide to Henna. Please contact us if you would like to arrange for a Henna Party to make your special event extra fun and memorable.