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5Rhythms® „Sweat Your Prayers“ with Julia Mercurio

Tuesday night we come together to dance, to sweat and to celebrate life. The body is the temple and the dance is the prayer. We dive deep into the beat of the music and follow our feet through the rhythms to become present, embodied, and alive.

To sweat is to pray, to make an offering of your innermost self. Sweat is holy water, prayer beads, pearls of liquid that release your past. Sweat is an ancient and universal form of self healing, whether done in the gym, the sauna, or the sweat lodge. The more you dance, the more you sweat. The more you sweat, the more you pray. The more you pray, the closer you come to ecstasy.
~ Gabrielle Roth


What is „Sweat Your Prayers®“?

Sweat your Prayers is an ecstatic dance space, a practice ground for experienced dancers who long to dive deeper into their dance.

It’s a session held with soulful music and with minimal instructions. Here you can immerse yourself into your own dance and your own somatic exploration.

While there is no teaching of the 5Rhythms practice, the session has a a clear intent and form. We move through the rhythms of flowing - staccato - chaos - lyrical - stillness guided by our connection to the body, the breath and the spirit.

Beginners are welcome - a basic knowledge of conscious dance practice and etiquette is expected. To upgrade your 5Rhythms practice, visit Julia Mercurio’s Thursday classes.


About the teacher
Julia Mercurio is is a certified 5Rhythms® teacher with over 12 years of dancing experience. She has trained with Gabrielle Roth’s son Jonathan Horan, head of 5Rhythms Global in New York. With sensitivity and well chosen music, Julia creates space to free the body and explore the deeper layers of the soul. She holds a Masters of Art in Intercultural communication, and has trained in different somatic practices, including CoreSoma. The space she holds offers a journey through different energies - from nourishing, to focussed, over ecstatic to playful and sacred. A core theme of her teaching is how to truly fall in love with ourselves and how to use embodiment as a natural resource for healing.


Time
Tuesdays 19:00-21:00
Dancefloor open from 18:50

Price
Regular: 5.000 Ft
Supporters: 6.000 Ft (your economic situation is affluent)
Reduced: 4.000 Ft (students, retired, unemployed)

New to Sweat your Prayers? Come and join and your second session will be for free.

Location
Artus Stúdió
Sztregova utca 7, 1116 Budapest
Attention: no entrance at Sztregova utca 7!!!
take the entrance at Sztregova utca 1 to enter the courtyard of the building complex. Turn left and walk to the very end to reach the Artus Theatre Studios.

What to wear / What to bring
Wear comfortable clothes in which you can move freely, most recommended are several layers, which you can take on/ off easily (keep in mind: you might sweat, you might need an extra layer at the end). We dance barefoot or with soft sole dancing shoes. Please bring water for staying hydrated (in a non-breakable bottle).

Previous 5Rhythms or other Conscious dance practice experience required. Open for anyone who wants to move in the practice of the 5Rhythms® and is curious to explore conscious dance and somatic movement meditation.

The session is held in English.⠀

Questions? Email mercurio.julia@gmail.com