Bay Area Ecstatic Dance Expansion Meetup

Ecstatic Dance San Francisco
Sunday April 20th - DJ: Boogiemeister
Partner Yoga meets Contact Improv : Tyler Blank
Opening Circle & Meditation: Tyler Blank

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DJ: Boogiemeister
Both a producer & band member over the years (guitar/synths), music has always been a central part of his life. Boogiemeister’s mission is to bring people together via unity on the dance floor, utilizing the healing power & true magic of music & dance. His DJ styles range from Global Bass, House, Future Funk, Electro-Swing, Downtempo, Dub & mixes that defy rhythm & gravity, tempos & time. His "Remix The Earth" project is taking him around the globe to record & share elements of Afro-Latin-Brazilian-Indian-Arabic fusions of post-modern whompiness that has become one of his signature styles. He has been involved in the music and dance scene for over 18 years and has played at Ecstatic Dances, legendary underground gatherings, and festivals such as Symbiosis, Shambhala & Burning Man & internationally DJ’ing in places such as Brazil, Colombia, Europe, Mexico, Guatemala & more.

https://soundcloud.com/boogiemeister

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Arrive when you wish:
9:45am - Doors Open
10:00am - Contact Improv Class
10:50am - Opening Circle
11:00am - Ecstatic Dance
1:00pm - Sound Bath / Closing Meditation
1:11pm - Good Day Everyone!

Tickets available at the Door
Drop-In: $25 (Cash / Card / Venmo)
Circle Dance Passes: $20 each (sold in packs of 5 for $100)
Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 9am sharp! for Opening
or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities.

@ Sacred Heart Church (of 8 Wheels)
554 Fillmore St., SF, CA
Street Parking

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Parnter Yoga meets Contact Improv: Tyler Blank
Tyler has 20 years experience leading Partner Yoga, and 14 years experience leading Contact Improv at Ecstatic Dances around the world. We will be playing with Shared Weight, Counter Balances, Rolling & Sliding Point of Contact, Creating Shelves, Fluid Lifts, and other partner dynamics in this deep, intimate, playful practice. Tyler is the CoFounder of Ecstatic Dance Bay Area, and also teaches Double Play Partner Yoga.

Opening Circle & Meditation: Tyler Blank
Founder of Ecstatic Dance Oakland, San Francisco, Fairfax, & EcstaticDance.org Community, Tyler is also an Ecstatic Dance DJ, Partner Yoga & Contact Improv Teacher. His meditations dive deep into the vision of Tantra, allowing us to use our Bodies, and this Moment, as an opportunity to be Fully Present, Aware, and Fully Alive. Music Journeys at: www.SoundCloud.com/mrblank

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All are Welcome.

Ecstatic Dance is a Freeform Conscious Dance, Mixed by a Seasoned DJ for a Continuous Sonic Journey. Move however you wish, without verbal guidance, shoes, or booze. Music will flow through various Tempos, Genres, Intensities, and Emotions, so that Dancers may Experience, Express, and Transform their own Energies on the Dancefloor Together.

Ecstatic Dance can be your:

1. Physical Exercise
2. Mental Therapy
3. Connection to Spirit
4. Social Connection with Others
5. Personal Connection with Self

We only ask that you refrain from:

1. Talking on the Dancefloor
2. Using your Phone
3. Wearing Shoes
4. Using Substances (Be Yourself!)

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Drop-In: $25 (Cash / Card / Venmo)
Circle Dance Passes: $20 each (sold in packs of 5 for $100)

Available at the Door.
@ Sacred Heart Church (of 8 Wheels)
554 Fillmore St., SF, CA

Website: www.ecstaticdance.org/dance/san-francisco-ecstatic-dance/

Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sweets Ballroom
Sunday April 20th - DJ: HoneyFroth
Contact Improv: Shira Yaziv
Yoga: Satya Gita
Circle & Meditation: Katie McClung

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DJ: HoneyFroth
Arielle Brown (aka HoneyFroth) is a devoted keeper of community, frequency, and The Sacred. Long before she began DJing, she was (and is) a singer, percussionist, and instrumentalist whose honey lush vocals can be felt reverberating through your body with the utmost of care, truth, and love.

Her DJ journey was born through her unyielding passion, love, and devotion to the ecstatic dance community on the Big Island of Hawaii. Dancing sometimes 3-4 times a week, often at the birthplace of Ecstatic Dance (Kalani Retreat Center), she became aware of the emotionally cathartic and shamanic potential available through a dance when curated by an intentional DJ.

HoneyFroth is a particular flavor and electronic expression of her essence that transmits the depth, grit, sweetness, and multidimensional ecstasy of life. She weaves together dance journeys with her soul-infused vocals in a way that transcends genre and instead operates in the realm of vibe. HoneyFroth’s deepest desire through her sets is to play music that activates the human soul; bringing us more deeply into our hearts and bodies, so we can remember the essential nature of who we truly are. When in doubt, she keeps it sweet like honey, and frothy––because froth makes everything taste better.

https://soundcloud.com/ariellebrown

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Timing: (Arrive when you Wish)
9:45am - Doors Open
10am - Contact Improv (Main Floor)
10am - Yoga (Upstairs)
10:45am - Opening Circle
11am - Ecstatic Dance
1pm - Sound Healing / Meditation
1:11pm - Good Day! - Time for Picnic

After Dance Picnic is held next to Lake Merritt near the Fairyland Sign by Whole Foods on Grand Avenue & Harrison.

Tickets:
Available at the door with Cash / Card / Venmo
$25 Drop-In
$20 Circle Passes sold in 5 packs ($100)
@ Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART

Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
$6.30

Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 9am sharp! for Opening
or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities.

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Contact Improv: Shira Yaziv
Shira Yaziv is a dancer, teacher, bodyworker, and facilitator. She enjoys encouraging people to be in their bodies while learning new skills, being creative, listening and adapting to the changing present moment. Shira is the co-founder and owner of Athletic Playground, a dynamic indoor space, inspiring physical play through a wide variety of movement classes.

Yoga: Satya Gita
Satya Gita is a long-time, devoted practitioner and teacher of yoga. In her more than 20 years of practice, she has studied many forms of yoga, including Jivamukti, Integral, Ashtanga, Standing Wave Yoga, Forrest, and Anusara. Born in Oslo and raised in Trondheim Norway, she studied dance at The London Contemporary Dance School and on Africa’s Ivory Coast before moving to New York to study and teach at Jivamukti. She was also certified at the Integral Yoga Institute and studied Standing Wave.
Satya then created and implemented a yoga program for Harbin Hot Springs, an internationally known retreat center in California. During this time, she founded her own teaching style called Anahatha Yoga, which utilizes physical postures and alignment to open energetic dimensions and pathways in the body. Preparing the body in this way opens the student’s awareness to more subtle dimensions of Being in an embodied way. She has been teaching and developing this form for 18 years, as well as training and certifying others in the approach. She continues to offer classes and workshops using Anahatha yoga to help students deepen in themselves.
https://satyaaune.com/about-satya

Circle & Meditation: Katie McClung
Katie McClung is a yoga instructor, visual artist, musician, educator, and dance enthusiast who has been a part of the ecstatic dance community for over a decade. She has also been a non profit program manager and events manager for many years. Katie combines her skills, interests, talents, and playfulness in order to create an inviting space and joyous experience for dance attendees.

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All are Welcome.

Ecstatic Dance can be your:

1. Physical Exercise
2. Mental Therapy
3. Connection to Spirit
4. Social Connection with Others
5. Personal Connection with Self

We only ask that you refrain from:

1. Talking on the Dancefloor
2. Using your Phone
3. Wearing Shoes
4. Using Substances (Be Yourself!)

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Website:
https://ecstaticdance.org/dance/oakland-ecstatic-dance-sunday-morning/

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@ Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART

Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
$6.30

Ecstatic Dance Oakland @ Sweets Ballroom
April 23rd - DJ: Rabellion
Parner Yoga meets Contact Improv: Tyler Blank
Yoga: David Schlussel
Opening Circle & Meditation: Tyler Blank
Tea: Kokko Wellness & Oli Marichi
Food: Sacred Decadence (Leela Maya)

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DJ: Rabellion
Tati Rabell AKA Rabellion makes medicine music for the dance floor. Mixing Latin-infused organic elements with electronic productions, she combines her skills as producer, DJ, singer, songwriter & sound healer, to help lift our spirits and heal our hearts.

Originally from Puerto Rico and based in Spain, Tati has played her music in 4 continents, 11 countries and over 40 cities worldwide.
From singer-songwriter to Ecstatic Dance DJ, producer and sound healer, her music combines different sounds, genres and movements, all with the goal of uplifting the listener and taking them on a journey that is physically, emotionally and energetically nourishing.

Tati is additionally a Reiki Master Teacher, cacao ceremony facilitator, and energy healing practitioner, and her music reflects this deep connection with healing work & nature in all its forms. Her live music experience tends to have some form of ceremonial offering, with the goal of uplifting the crowd through the use of music as medicine.

The entire concept of 'Rabellion' is to help bring about a revolution of mind, body and soul. Helping people everywhere awaken to the full essence of their being by combining Reiki, music, dance and sound healing to connect with themselves. When we realize that we are so much more than physical beings, we can begin to experience deeper healing, joy, creation, and magic.
https://soundcloud.com/rabellion

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Arrive when you wish:
6:45pm - Doors Open
7:00pm - Contact Improv Class (Main Floor)
7:00pm - Yoga Class (Upstairs)
7:50pm - Opening Circle
8:00pm - Ecstatic Dance
10:30pm - Sound Bath / Closing Meditation
10:45pm - Good Night Everyone!

Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART
Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
$6.30

Tickets:
Available at the door with Cash / Card / Venmo
$25 Drop-In
$20 Circle Passes sold in 5 packs ($100)
Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 6pm sharp! for Opening
or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities.

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Partner Yoga meets Contact Improv: Tyler Blank
Tyler has evolved his Partner Yoga experience and his time at Ecstatic Dance to practice his offering of sharing Dance with another, playing with Shared Weight, and Center of Balance, Rolling & Sliding Point of Contact, Fluid Lifts, Floor Play, and other dynamics present in this deep, intimate, playful practice. Tyler is the CoFounder of Ecstatic Dance Bay Area, and also teaches Doubles Partner Yoga. More at: www.DoublePlay.fun

Yoga: David Schlussel
David Schlussel is a yoga teacher, and life coach. David experiences yoga as the practice of reconnecting with our wholeness. When we operate from our wholeness, we experience the incredible strength and flexibility that is our potential. David coaches his students from fixed ideas about what they can and can’t do, towards life as a playful exploration of possibility.
David began his exploration of yoga with Ashtanga, where he learned the benefit of regular consistent practice. He continued his training by studying Dynamic Yoga, where he discovered the deeper strengths available through activating along the muscular and energetic pathways of the body, and where he developed his passion for yoga philosophy. He is currently inspired by Anusara Yoga, which has infused his practice and teaching with an empowering understanding of alignment, therapeutics, and fun.
David’s classes are a flowing celebration of our bodies, designed to exercise, educate, integrate, delight, challenge and recharge. He is known for his warm approachability, contagious curiosity, gentle and liberating hands on adjustments, facilitating healing of old injuries, and offering concepts that support his students both on the mat and in their daily life.
www.YogiLifeCoach.com

Opening Circle & Meditation: Tyler Blank
Founder of Ecstatic Dance Oakland, San Francisco, Fairfax, & EcstaticDance.org Community, Tyler is also an Ecstatic Dance DJ, & Partner Yoga & Contact Improv Guide. www.DoublePlay.fun & www.SoundCloud.com/mrblank

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All are Welcome.

We only ask that you refrain from:

1. Talking on the Dancefloor
2. Using your Phone
3. Wearing Shoes or Scents
4. Using Substances (Be Yourself!)

Thank You for Respecting the Space so that everyone may Move, Celebrate, Heal, & Pray in their own unique way... Together.

Tix available at the Door:
Drop-In: $25 (Cash / Card / Venmo)
Circle Dance Passes: $20 each (sold in packs of 5 for $100)

Available at the Door.
@ Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART

Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
$6.50

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Website: https://ecstaticdance.org/dance/oakland-ecstatic-dance/