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Sweat Your Prayers
GREETINGS AND WISHING YOU LOVE IN ALL THE WAYS YOU PRAY FOR

SWEAT YOUR PRAYERS™
A 5RHYTHM ™ PRACTICE
Friday April 18
7:30 warm-up stretch, breathe into your body
music by Davida

8:00-10:00 pm dance

$10.00

425 Morris Street
Sebastopol Youth Annex ( next to the Sebastopol Community Center)
Sebastopol

Please wear soft sole dance shoes or bare feet

I suggest that you wear layers and bring water
Be prepared to sweat,
to meet yourself, dive deep
and have fun

for more information email directly
[email protected]
or call me
Leslie
887-1878
or Kiana
829-4777

Sweat Your Prayers is an open dance floor
with world-based music,
focused within the 5Rhythms,
designed to give you, the dancer,
the opportunity to discover and deepen your awareness
of your own personal experience and perhaps free the mind for a short
while of it's endless stories and the stories around us
while you practice listening to your body.

The 5Rhythm wave flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness is
designed to assist and catalyze you inward toward this beautiful
experience of Self.

As we connect deeper with the rhythms
they in turn help us connect
into the feminine ways of the body through flowing,

"Flowing is the rhythm of discovery. It is a state of being in which we discover the availability of our own unique field of energy. Flowing is about being grounded and centered, feeling the natural energetic direction and being able to move with it rather than resisting and pushing against it."

the masculine ways of the body through staccato,

"Staccato is about doing! It is about being in action, not just talking or thinking about it. This is the rhythm of defining and delivering. We define our boundaries, focus and direct our energy, deliver our communications, and produce results in this rhythm. It is a fiery, passionate energy that comes from the heart. The energy is focused on the out-breath and moves in lines rather than circles. Staccato builds on the lessons of flow and brings all of our attention and focus to the present, where past and future disappear in the passion of the moment."

the wild-child of the dancing mind through Chaos,

" Chaos is the collision of flowing and staccato energy. Chaos derives from the Greek word khaos, meaning empty space or abyss. This condition of emptiness provides a blank canvas for creation, where contraries dissolve and we disappear into the realm of pure creativity. Gabrielle Roth describes it as, "the gateway to the intuitive mind, the part of us that holds the key to our destiny, our purpose, our contribution, our presence, and our individuality."
This rhythm is about accessing the intuitive center and letting the linear, rational way of thinking go. Chaos is about releasing the points of stuck energy in our lives and bodies. It is the rhythm of surrender and acceptance, which allows for an intense state of presence and clarity."

the balance of the soul-being.. Lyrical

"Lyrical is the energy of self-acceptance that actualizes in the aftermath of chaos. It manifests as a light, airy and flexible quality, expressing feelings of enthusiasm and playfulness. It is the process of lightening up after letting go of the thousand things that weigh us down"

and the Dance of Spirit within Stillness.

"In stillness we return home to the place where everything waits. It is a place with little or no commotion or agitation. It is tranquil, calm, serene. It is pure and conscious movement. It is being a clear witness - becoming the breath - entering a state of total presence and emptiness! This is a place without strategy, agitation, agenda, or mental chatter."

We all have our own dance and each time you come to the dance floor
your experience is unique. There are no dance steps to learn... only
your own. No one is too old, or young, or too fat or too clumsy to
move. If you have an injury what better time to come and gently move
into other parts of your body to help inform/assist the whole body
IN-TO healing.

See you on the dance floor!

lots of love to all
I am sorry I cannot be there this month.. still captured in Mexico
Leslie

04-18-2008

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