Ecstatic Dance Portland Oregon/Soul Motion Classes/Vinn Marti/Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms

Momentum: Conscious Movement
(Last update: 11/23/2020)

Due to the global Coronavirus outbreak,
our physical studio is closed until further notice.

We are currently running online ZOOM classes and solo home practices.
See below or contact Meshi or Winky with questions.

Dearest Dancers,

As we ride the waves of uncertainty that these wild times continue to produce, we return to the simple truth of our gratitude for you, this magnificent group of dancers and these movement practices we all love and share. We continue to be humbled and blessed by you and all the ways we are showing up for each other. Thank you.

As most of you now know, we have moved our classes and workshops online. We originally imagined that this would be temporary, yet, it now seems that this will be part of our world for a while. Certainly we are eagerly looking forward to the time we can all move together in the same space. In the meantime we are applying our creativity to move beyond just adapting towards reinventing our work using technology and ingenuity. We feel strongly that it's important to keep our movement practices alive and refreshed. It is more clear then ever how essential it is to attend to our embodied groundedness, to cultivate our creativity and keep moving. Indeed, sensation and movement are key to attending to the moment.

We continue to practice searching for ways that we can find opportunities in the chaos. Certainly a beautiful element has emerged....Dancers we love and new people from far flung places are finding their way to our classes. This makes our hearts happy!

So stay tuned for new offerings and creative collaborations. In the meantime please join us for our amazing weekly movement offerings.

Find your now through embodied movement!

Dancing with you,
Meshi and Winky

Thanksgiving

November 26, 2020
10am - 1130am
With Winky and Meshi

We gather together on this day to celebrate the extraordinary gift of life. In these wild and chaotic times it's essential to continue to find unique ways to connect with each other and our bodies in motion. This Thanksgiving, join us for an online dance experience.

Butoh Foundations (Online Class)

75 min online Zoom class

Mondays
6:00pm-7:15pm
$20-0 sliding scale.

Butoh Foundations is a fully guided class that utilizes and encourages you to trust your own creativity. With this dance practice there is no such thing as a good or bad move. There is only the exquisite experience of truly inhabiting our bodies. Here we develop techniques of radical attentiveness which can lead to radical embodiment. Butoh Foundations peaks curiosity and ushers in a sense of freedom. This is a drop in class and no experience is necessary.

Soul Motion: Movement and Metaphor (Zoom)

Tuesdays
5:30-7:00pm
$20-0 sliding scale.

Due to the creative process this class is initiated with, the size is limited to 10 people.
Contact Winky to see if there is room.

Sanctuary

75 min online Zoom class

No class November 25, 2020 ~ Enjoy your holiday!

Your body is your home, why not fully live in it? Sanctuary helpings you to reinvigorate, rejuvenate, and restore your connection to your body. It is a dance class, yet no dance experience is necessary. Here we do not follow steps, or routine. This 75 min class begins with a guided invitation and body prompt and then goes into the music for the evening. You are invited into your body while encouraged to explore its intrinsic movement. Sanctuary leads us back home and celebrates the experience of moving exactly how our bodies want to move.

Sunday Dance (Zoom)

November 29, 2020
10:00am - 11:15pm
$20-0 sliding scale.

For those having financial challenges due to the corona virus crisis, we offer you refuge in our movement practices. Please contact Meshi or Winky and we will make sure you get the links for the classes you are interested in attending.

We hold you in our hearts.

with deep love

Meshi & Winky