California
Do you have the discipline to be a free spirit?
Weekly Classes
Monday
Virtual & Live- 5Rhythms Waves Santa Barbara Kiaora FoxConnections Santa Cruz Tom Truman
Tuesday
ONLINE 5Rhythms Chill Wave Los Angeles Masayo BenoistALTA-JAM Altadena Jo Bainbridge Cobbett
Fearless Waves Sebastopol Sebastopol Meaghan Williams
Wednesday
Wednesday Waves Sacramento Majica AlbaWednesday Night Waves Los Angeles Los Angeles Masayo Benoist
5Rhythms Midweek Sanctuary Berkeley Qibei Shen Steiner
Book 5RHYTHMS PRIVATE (1 on 1) ZOOM SESSIONS WITH SYLVIE MINOT Mill Valley Sylvie Minot
Thursday
Wake up and Dance - Chico jacia KornwiseAurras Waves: Dance Your Breath to Your Soul San Francisco Bettina-Kira Neumann
Friday
Boundless Waves - Friday Night 5Rhythms in Berkeley Berkeley Aaron LifshinWild Release San Francisco Vehllia Tranne
Sunday
Sunday Waves Arcata Albo Mussmann5Rhythms Sacramento @CLARA Sacramento Bella Dreizler
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Live and Online Los Angeles Jo Bainbridge Cobbett
Harmony Waves ~ In Person San Diego Christina Graham-Smith
5RHYTHMS PRIVATE 1:1 ONLINE WITH VEHLLIA San Francisco Vehllia Tranne
Sweat Your Prayers San Francisco San Francisco Vehllia Tranne
Shimmer Waves ~ Sundays Irvine Jenelle Smith
Periodic Classes
Threshold Next Class 6 Nov 2025 Sacramento Majica Alba5Rhythms Saturday Spirit Dance Next Class 8 Nov 2025 Berkeley Qibei Shen Steiner
5Rhythms Portola Valley Next Class 15 Nov 2025 Portola Valley Vehllia Tranne
PENINSULA SWEAT YOUR PRAYERS WITH STEFFI Next Class 16 Nov 2025 Redwood City Sylvie Minot
5Rhythms in the Park Next Class 18 Nov 2025 Sacramento Majica Alba
Upcoming Workshops
Healing Waters: Return to One
Big Sur - 10 Nov 2025 to 14 Nov 2025Douglas Drummond
We invite you to step into a powerful, immersive experience weaving the dynamic energy of 5Rhythms® movement with the deep wisdom of Indigenous traditions. Rooted in the teachings of the Esselen people, this workshop is an invitation to reconnect — with yourself, your community, and the natural world.
For millennia, rites of passage and sacred ceremonies have marked the transitions of life to foster deep connection and a sense of belonging. Today, many of these traditions have been lost or fragmented, leaving us yearning for meaning and community.. In this weeklong journey, we’ll honor the wisdom of the past while creating space for a new kind of homecoming — one that transcends gender, background, and experience.
Through guided movement, storytelling, and shared rituals, we’ll celebrate diversity and unity, embracing both what makes us unique and what brings us together. This is a space for authentic expression and deep listening, where every story and background is honored.
This workshop is a collaborative initiative as part of the healing and reconciliation process between Esalen Institute, participating faculty, and the Esselen Tribe.
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Ignite: Power and Passion in EveryBody
Berkeley - 14 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025Douglas Drummond
In a world burning with division and disconnection, IGNITE is a call to remember: we are not just minds; we are breath, bone, spirit, and story.
This is not your typical movement workshop. This is a revolution of rhythm, a fierce celebration of difference, and a soul-stirring dive into what it means to truly inhabit your body, whatever body you’re in.
Led by Douglas Drummond, a dynamic 5Rhythms® teacher known for his deep, inclusive approach to embodiment, and Dr. Victor Pineda, a global force for disability justice and human rights, this experience welcomes every body and every story. Together, we’ll burn through the barriers that keep us separate and dance into a new kind of belonging.
We have two amazing guest musicians: Sanga of the Valley and Nick Ayers.
REGISTER TODAY!Local Teachers
Christina Graham-Smith
San Diego, California
Teaching Since: 2014
Dancing Since: 2007
“Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.- Martha Graham ”
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Majica Alba
Sacramento, California
Dancing Since: 2008
“My job is to hold a sacred space where people can see what is already there.”
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Juliette Kunin
Nevada City, California
Teaching Since: 2010
Dancing Since: 2001
“Keep dancing with that spark of truth that resides in all of us. Allow it to lead. Have the courage to leap, even when it is scary...”
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Sylvie Minot
Sausalito, California
Teaching Since: 2001
Dancing Since: 1994
““The body holds stories and old wounds, and medicine as well. It has the antidote to heal itself. Through moving, we release our stories and allow healing to come through.” - Sylvie Minot”
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Tom Truman
Santa Cruz, California
Teaching Since: 2016
Dancing Since: 2006
“" Your Body is the harp of your soul and it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds" Khalil Gibran ”
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Jenelle Smith
Irvine, California
Dancing Since: 1997
“This is the truly creative dancer, natural but not imitative, speaking in movement out of (themselves) and out of something greater than all selves. ~Joseph Campbell”
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Albo Mussmann
Arcata, California
Teaching Since: 2024
Dancing Since: 2017
“Dance the World into being”
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Bettina-Kira Neumann
San Francisco, California
Teaching Since: 2024
Dancing Since: 2012
“"The most precious jewels may never see the light—but once they do, they shine." "It is a gift to have the courage to move through your wounds and find your freedom." "Deep wounds once held me hostage—believing I wasn’t good enough, that ”
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Qibei Shen Steiner
Berkeley, California
Teaching Since: 2024
Dancing Since: 2013
“In movements, everything is possible. ”
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jacia Kornwise
Chico, California
Teaching Since: 2004
Dancing Since: 1990
“Dance when your broken open. Dance when you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free. Rumi”
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Jake Smith
San Diego, California
Teaching Since: 2023
Dancing Since: 2015
“If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough”
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Alessandro Moruzzi
San Francisco, California
Teaching Since: 2014
Dancing Since: 2007
“Rain, oceans are my Flowing. Street traffic, crowds chatting are my Staccato. Waterfalls, pounding jack hammers are my Chaos. Winds, hummingbirds are my Lyrical. Echoes of drops in a cave, my breaths are my Stillness.”
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Vehllia Tranne
San Francisco, California
Teaching Since: 2014
Dancing Since: 2010
“I dance to rediscover, remember, recreate, and to return to love. It takes courage to live one's truth. Your courage breeds courage in me. Will you join me and dance our truth?”
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Masayo Benoist
Los Angeles, California
Teaching Since: 2014
Dancing Since: 2009
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Jo Bainbridge Cobbett
Los Angeles, California
Teaching Since: 1997
Dancing Since: 1988
“this dance is my practice; my presence, playfulness and passion meet
and the truest sense of my self emerges
here i connect to source & know my depth
”
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Margaret Wagner
San Francisco, California
Teaching Since: 2004
Dancing Since: 2000
“Discover your ground, define your passion and voice, dissolve what holds you back, delight in your originality, dance with whatever is in the moment.”
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Davida Taurek
San Rafael, California
Teaching Since: 1987
Dancing Since: 1987
“We reside in our body to express the unique and amazing being living inside. Telling the truth through the body liberates us from the confines of social structure and hardened beliefs of self. In other words, dancing ROCKS!”
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Bella Dreizler
Sacramento, California
Teaching Since: 2008
Dancing Since: 2001
“After all this time I have no doubt: embodied physical practice in the context of a shamanic 5Rhythms wave delivers. Must be present to win. ”
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Daniela Peltekova
Los Angeles, California
Teaching Since: 2007
“We are Gods and Goddesses with a global case of human amnesia. We dance to remember, we dance to forget, we dance to let go, to heal the cells of our body-mind and reignite the crystal imprints of our souls.”
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Kiaora Fox
Santa Barbara, California
Teaching Since: 2016
Dancing Since: 1983
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Aaron Lifshin
San Francisco, California
Teaching Since: 2016
Dancing Since: 2010
“What a surprise it was to find all the answers in the body, not the mind.”
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