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Dancing with Rumi: Moving with the Beloved
with Ellen Watson
Friday, September 15, 7-10p; Saturday, September 16, 1:30-8p; Sunday, September 17, 1:30-4:30p
$140 early registration by August 30, $160 after August 30 or at the door, $35 Friday night only
In this weekend workshop, Ellen invites you to find the poet inside, engaging in the ancient spiritual practice of ecstatic dance in order to release what has been deeply held in your body and heart. This practice will open the door to your own inspiration, that land where the divine comes through you.
This workshop has been inspired by the poems on connection to divine love by Rumi, Hafiz, and other Sufi poets. The beloved poet Rumi was the world’s first “Whirling Dervish,” spinning himself into a state of ecstatic union with the divine. The word “dervish” in Persian means doorway. Dancing with Rumi will use the structure of the 5Rhythms™ ecstatic dance practice to introduce the seven doorways or portals to the realm of the ecstatic dancer and poet. These doorways are related to the seven chakras, the wheels of energy in the body that support, in order: grounded, creative, powerful, heart-full, truth-full, visionary and conscious living. Activating the energy of the seven chakras through ecstatic dance will cleanse and open your body, heart and mind.
With Ellen’s compassionate and experienced guidance, we’ll learn to spin ourselves into the deepest cores of our selves, discovering where we hold energy and how to release control of this powerful part of ourselves. Children are natural spinners, and we also can relearn to engage this simple and powerful tool for transforming our energy. On empty stomachs we will relearn to enjoy dizziness, to go through the doorway of dizziness and enter the land of childlike glee in the present moment, the world of Rumi and the whirling dervishes.
This workshop is open to all levels of experience. Come ready to investigate the power of your being as we create a sacred space together. We’ll share our favorite ecstatic poetry, move, talk, meditate and journal together. Be prepared to move and be moved by your Spirit.
The workshop will begin on Friday 7-10 pm with an introduction and opening dance. Guests who are not participating in the full workshop are welcome to join us on Friday evening for $35.
About the Facilitator: Ellen Watson is celebrating her 22nd year on staff at Esalen® Institute, where she studies and teaches various moving meditation practices, including Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms™, Esalen® Massage, Holotropic™ Breathwork, Liquid Yoga, and SpiritDance. Find out more at www.movingventures.com.
Call 972.732.0206 to register. Payment required at time of registration to reserve your place. Cash, check, credit/debit accepted.
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MoveStudio www.movestudio.com is an inspiring space for movement arts, including Nia, Dance, Yoga and Pilates. We are located at 17062 Preston Road, Suite 108, at the southeast corner of Preston and Campbell, behind Century Bank. We're easy to find, no matter where you're coming from! For map and directions, visit www.movestudio.com/location.html or call us at 972.732.0206.
with Ellen Watson
Friday, September 15, 7-10p; Saturday, September 16, 1:30-8p; Sunday, September 17, 1:30-4:30p
$140 early registration by August 30, $160 after August 30 or at the door, $35 Friday night only
In this weekend workshop, Ellen invites you to find the poet inside, engaging in the ancient spiritual practice of ecstatic dance in order to release what has been deeply held in your body and heart. This practice will open the door to your own inspiration, that land where the divine comes through you.
This workshop has been inspired by the poems on connection to divine love by Rumi, Hafiz, and other Sufi poets. The beloved poet Rumi was the world’s first “Whirling Dervish,” spinning himself into a state of ecstatic union with the divine. The word “dervish” in Persian means doorway. Dancing with Rumi will use the structure of the 5Rhythms™ ecstatic dance practice to introduce the seven doorways or portals to the realm of the ecstatic dancer and poet. These doorways are related to the seven chakras, the wheels of energy in the body that support, in order: grounded, creative, powerful, heart-full, truth-full, visionary and conscious living. Activating the energy of the seven chakras through ecstatic dance will cleanse and open your body, heart and mind.
With Ellen’s compassionate and experienced guidance, we’ll learn to spin ourselves into the deepest cores of our selves, discovering where we hold energy and how to release control of this powerful part of ourselves. Children are natural spinners, and we also can relearn to engage this simple and powerful tool for transforming our energy. On empty stomachs we will relearn to enjoy dizziness, to go through the doorway of dizziness and enter the land of childlike glee in the present moment, the world of Rumi and the whirling dervishes.
This workshop is open to all levels of experience. Come ready to investigate the power of your being as we create a sacred space together. We’ll share our favorite ecstatic poetry, move, talk, meditate and journal together. Be prepared to move and be moved by your Spirit.
The workshop will begin on Friday 7-10 pm with an introduction and opening dance. Guests who are not participating in the full workshop are welcome to join us on Friday evening for $35.
About the Facilitator: Ellen Watson is celebrating her 22nd year on staff at Esalen® Institute, where she studies and teaches various moving meditation practices, including Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms™, Esalen® Massage, Holotropic™ Breathwork, Liquid Yoga, and SpiritDance. Find out more at www.movingventures.com.
Call 972.732.0206 to register. Payment required at time of registration to reserve your place. Cash, check, credit/debit accepted.
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MoveStudio www.movestudio.com is an inspiring space for movement arts, including Nia, Dance, Yoga and Pilates. We are located at 17062 Preston Road, Suite 108, at the southeast corner of Preston and Campbell, behind Century Bank. We're easy to find, no matter where you're coming from! For map and directions, visit www.movestudio.com/location.html or call us at 972.732.0206.
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