My Body, My Temple

 My Body, My Temple: A 5Rhythms® Somatic Dance Series

6 Weeks · Sept 18 – Oct 23 · Thursdays, 7:00–8:30 PM

Joe Goode Annex · 401 Alabama St, San Francisco

You’re about to join My Body, My Temple—a 6-week 5Rhythms® series to return to the body not as a machine, but as a place of memory, power, and presence.

Each week, we’ll move with a different body part—feet, pelvis, spine, heart, hands, and head.

You’ll release what’s been held. Listen where you’ve gone numb.

And reconnect with the wisdom that lives beneath the surface.

Moon Lodge

 How empowered do you feel as a woman navigating this world? What is your relationship to the feminine? And to female wisdom? Join us inside the Moon Lodge, a place for exploration — for women to find tribal and ritual healing.

The 5Rhythms is a map that teaches us how energy moves. It shows us the patterns, rhythms, and cycles of life — Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness — and can be a direct path to the embodiment and empowerment many of us do not feel in a time of patriarchy.

This workshop will be about celebrating the body of Woman and the sacred feminine within us all. Through dance, meditation, massage, acupressure, and ritual baths, we will share in the Sisterhood of humanity. We will poultice our wounds and celebrate the great gifts of our ancestors.

This workshop includes:

5Rhythms moving meditation

Mindfulness meditation

Restorative acupressure techniques

Women’s health practices

Women’s counsel

Group sharing

Dr. Julie Von, a specialist in women’s health, will present the Chinese Medicine perspective on the five elements, psychosomatic process, restorative acupuncture, and self-care. She will teach us to prioritize these pillars and recognize when we are out of balance.

Lucia Horan will integrate the stillness of Buddhist mindfulness meditation with the moving meditations of the 5Rhythms®. In sitting meditation, we have the opportunity to observe the mind and body at rest through silent introspection. In the practice of the 5Rhythms, we engage in mindfulness while in motion. Together, these two polarities mirror the dance of life and open the door to peace, well-being, and balance.