Hot off the press! We are happy to announce that, after a few years in the making, The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Wellbeingis now a fully published tome with a chapter on 5Rhythms. (The 5Rhythms® Movement Practice: Journey to Wellbeing, Empowerment, and Transformation) written in collaboration by 5Rhythms Teachers Mati Vargas-Gibson (Dallas, Mexico), Sarena Wolfaard (Edinburgh, South Africa), and Emma Roberts (Brighton, Paris).
TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms OneTribe, 5Rhythms Teacher Association, Chaos, Conscious Dance, dance movement therapy, ecstatic dance, five rhythms, Flowing, gabrielle roth, Lyrical, meditation, movement medicine, moving meditation, Open floor, shamanic dance, Staccato, Stillness, The Moving Center, the moving center school, Wavesby Karen Ritscher The first time I walked in to lead the Dancing with Dementia group, I was vetted by one of its “founding elders.” “Are you one of us …
TAGS: 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms tribe, alzheimers, Chaos, circles, cirlces, elders, Flowing, flowings, Lyrical, memory, research, Staccato, stein center, StillnessI love the hum of a room full of movers, dropping into a deep vibration and riding it all the way home.
I love when our bodies find patterns of motion belonging to no-one, moving through everyone, just borrowing our hands and our heads and our feet for awhile.
I love catching a glimpse of someone’s soul I hadn’t seen before – when I find myself suddenly dancing with a warrior, a healer, a tree spirit, a bird on the wing.
I love when presence descends like grace, finding me perfectly, here, in this healthy, tender, temporary miracle, this loyal friend, this body.
TAGS: 5Rhythms, 5rhythms teachers associaiton, 5RTA, Bettine Rothe, Chaos, Flowing, gabrielle roth, Joanne Winstanley, Lyrical, Maps to Ecstasy, Open floor, Silvija Tomcik, Staccato, Stillness, The Moving Centerby Laura Marianne Pickerill, U.K. ‘Anything unresolved presents itself in the practice and invites itself to be resolved.’ – Lucia Horan Oh my goodness, how true is that? I had …
TAGS: 11 lessons from 5Rhythms no book teaches, 5Rhythms, Chaos, emotions, Flowing, flowings, Jealousy on the dance floor, Laura Marianne Pickerill, Lucia Horan, Lyrical, poetry, Staccato, Stillnessby Meghan LeBorious, Brooklyn, New York City, USA (See also Practical Suggestions for Raising Kids in 5Rhythms) “I think we’re here to learn to be calm and gentle. And also …
TAGS: 5Rhythms, alex de willermin, Chaos, Children Therapy, dance therapy, dancing with family, Daniella Plattner, family dance, family waves, Flowing, flowings, gabrielle roth, jonathan horan, Lyrical, Meghan LeBorious, michelle lampis, movement medicine, Open floor, Simon, Staccato, Stillnessby Lorca Simons, United Kingdom Each scene in a play holds different rhythms, undercurrents and clues into the world of the script and the character I am portraying. Let me …
TAGS: 5Rhythms, Chaos, experimental theater, flowings, gabrielle roth, Lorca Simons, Lyrical, ritual theatere, Staccato, Stillness, theater