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Weekly Classes



Periodic Classes

5Rhythms Portola Valley Next Class 5 Apr 2025 Portola Valley Vehllia Tranne
Online_Weekend_1.5H Wave Next Class 11 Apr 2025 Los Angeles Masayo Benoist
Shimmer Waves ~ In Person 3rd Sunday Next Class 20 Apr 2025 Irvine Jenelle Smith
5Rhythms at SF Botanical Garden Next Class 26 Apr 2025 San Francisco Vehllia Tranne

Upcoming Workshops



Deeper Dance

Santa Cruz - 22 Mar 2025 to 17 May 2025
Tom Truman

 Deeper Dance


In these monthly sessions we will explore through the dance and practice simple tangible tools and somatic skills to access a deeper dance experience. Using the 5Rhythms movement map to deepen into the body's wisdom and natural  intelligence, dancing these skills within the safety of a conciously co-created container enables the integration somatically and them to be available to draw on anytme, on any dance floor, and in daily life. As in life, as in the dance. Dance is the metaphor, it is the space to practice dancing more deeply and living a more fully expressed and creatively fulfilled life. Join us for a deeply nourishing series.


This series will be offered as one off drop in sessions with an arc throughout all five. Every session welcomes all levels of experience and ability.

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Embodied Essentials: Unlocking the Power of 5Rhythms

San Diego - 13 Apr 2025 to 13 Apr 2025
Christina Graham-Smith

Embodied Essentials: Unlocking the Power of 5Rhythms

This one-day workshop invites exploration into the core principles of 5Rhythms through embodiment and awareness of each Rhythm. Moving with the purity of the Rhythms— Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness—allows us to connect more deeply with power of the 5Rhythms maps. Discover the uniqueness of this map and why, when practiced, it changes our lives on and off the dance floor. 

Through guided movement, mindful exploration, and group sharing, you’ll explore how to integrate these rhythms into daily life, fostering greater presence, clarity, and freedom in your movement and mindset. Whether you’re new to 5Rhythms or seeking to deepen your practice, this workshop will help you use the 5Rhythms map. No prior experience is necessary—just bring your curiosity and a willingness to move and be you. Turning 5Rhythms from a practice to a way of being in our lives.

Date
Sunday ~ April 13, 2025
Time
11:00am to 6:00pm
Location
The Light Box: San Diego Dance Theater in Liberty Station
2590 Truxtun Rd #205
San Diego, CA 92106


Easy Registration at https://christina5rhythms.punchpass.com/classes/17164943

Exchange for Day Workshops 

Creating Access not Scarcity: Following the class and economic justice sliding scale created by Alexis J. Cunningfolk, please review and select the price point below that allows you to attend the workshops. Discounts available are on a first come basis (10 discount spaces available) and our hope is to create a space where all can participate so reach out if you need further assistance.  

Full Price for one Day  $150: 
I am comfortably able to meet all my basic needs, I am employed or do not need to work, I have access to financial savings and have an expendable income and can afford at least an annual vacation. I may struggle at times, but overall I feel financially comfortable. 

Partial Discount: $112.50 (25% Discount) Use code DISCOUNT25% when registering: 
I may stress about meeting my basic needs, but still regularly achieve them, I may have some debt, but it does not prohibit attainment of basic needs, I may have access to financial savings and have some expendable income and can take a vacation annually or every few years. 

Full Discount $90 (40% Discount) use code DISCOUNT40% when registering : 
I frequently stress about meeting my basic needs and don’t always achieve them, I have debt that sometimes prohibits me from meeting my basic needs, I rent lower end properties or have unstable housing, I am unemployed or underemployed without access to savings, I have no or very limited expendable income and cannot afford or have the ability to take time off work for a vacation without financial burden. 


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Local Teachers

Albo Mussmann Arcata, California Teaching Since: 2024 Dancing Since: 2017

“Dance the World into being”

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Jenelle Smith Orange, 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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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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Tim Doody New York, New York Teaching Since: 2024 Dancing Since: 2012

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Qibei Shen Steiner Berkeley, California Teaching Since: 2024 Dancing Since: 2013

“In movements, everything is possible. ”

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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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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: 2024 Dancing Since: 2015

“If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough”

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jay and Amber Kaplan California Teaching Since: 1994  

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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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