Join me to inaugurate a new studio on Thursday, December 30th, create a moving finish to 2010 on Friday, December 31st, and begin the mystery of 2011 on Saturday, January 1st, 2011.

Thursday, December 30th, Waves, 11AM-12.30PM.  Be there as we warm-up to our new Thursday morning home and as we invite that new home to warm-up to us.  An opportunity to practice presence in the light of day, to practice awareness within the trance of presence, and to be transformed, informed, and set free into the lightness of being.  Actors Movement Studio, 302 W. 37th St., 6th Flr. (just west of 8th Ave.).  $15, $10 for students. (Please arrive no later than 11.30AM.  We have the great gift of being the only occupants of the floor but to insure our privacy there can be no entry to after 11.30AM for the duration of the class.)

Friday, December 31st, Night Waves – Special New Year’s Eve edition, 7.30PM-9.30PM.  Come create a ritual end (before the habitual end) to 2010.  Join us to dance in, out and through;  tender to the touch, softened by the beat, bathed in sweat, ready to rise up for a new year, free to be …  Joffrey Ballet School, 434 6th Ave., 5th Flr. (near 10th St.).  $20, $15 for students.

Saturday, January 1st, 2011, Wakeup Call for the New Year, 1PM-3PM. A chance to dance out to the possibility of new beginnings, in the light of day, with an open heart, led by the wisdom of the 5Rhythms, from our bones, beat and breath.  Come dance your foundation for the new mystery of us all. Joffrey Ballet School, 434 6th Ave., 5th Flr. (near 10th St.).  $20, $15 for students.

The circle comes around again, light to dark, end to beginning, and through it all we’ve shared so many dance floors, in classes and workshops, from the heart, following the wisdom of our moving centers into the belly of love and the arms of compassion.

Thank you for a year of long existing classes, new and wonderous workshops, collective generosity, and ever-expanding artistic action in the many dances we call life.

Below and on the Workshops page you’ll find listed upcoming class changes, wokshop listings, and information about Gabrielle Roth’s newest offering, 5Rhythms Reach Out™.

The close of 2010 and the opening of 2011 hold changes, opportunities, expansions and adventures for us all; I look forward to experiencing all or some of these possibilities with you as we continue to engage and explore with each other, led by the creative and healing force that is Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms®.

Happy Holidays, with love, with peace,

~ Tammy

Thursday Morning Waves

Since May, 2002, this class has continued in the light of day in that beautiful sun-filled studio some of us know so well, the studio where many of you had your first 5Rhythms class, where some of you shot your teacher training videos, and where I have learned so much about the art and heart of teaching the 5Rhythms.  It is with deep melancholy that I announce that the studio is closing at the end of this year. Our last two classes in the space will be on Thursday, Dec. 16 and Thursday, Dec. 23.  Pleae join us at these classes to give thanks and say farewell to the space that has held us with so much love.  With the clarity of heart that to continue our Thursday morning Waves work we need a warm, intimate. light-filled environment, I am thrilled to announce that class will relocate on Dec. 30 at 11AM to the Actors Movement Studio, 302 W. 37th St., 6th Flr.

On-going Classes: Friday Nights  – Continuity & Opportunities!

It is with great pleasure that I remind us that Friday Night Waves class will continue every Friday night throughout the end of the year and on into the new year at our regular time (7.30-9.30PM and in our wonderful space (434 6th Ave., 5th Flr.) for our regular price, $20, $15 students, Including:

Christmas Eve: No presents just presence.  Donations will be accepted for the 5Rhythms Reach Out if you are so moved.

New Year’s Eve:  Join us for a ritual end (before the habitual end).

New Year’s Day: 1/1/11 @ 1PM:   Awake up call for the new year.

Why would I take a workshop again?

Every time we revist material that we have moved with before, whether it is in our regular class practice or when we repeat a workshop, we nurture our on-going relationship with being in the  moment, with being fluid and accepting of what has moved and what may not have moved since the last time we surrendered to following any of the 5Rhythms maps.

We allow ourselves to be fascinated by how our journeys on the dance floor change in perspective the second, third, tenth, [fill in your number here] time around.  14 years of practice have me continuing to drop in to to ever more active flowing, recognizing and moving through my resistance to what is, waking up to how my anger is evolving into a tool that serves.

I remain spell-bound at the wealth of unknown treasure that exists in exploring the dances of partnership, the mystery in my elbows, and the gift of not knowing, to name a few reasons we may return to a class or workshop over and over again.  Because, to inelegantly paraphrase Gabrielle from her and Jonathan’s recent Bone Cycle workshop, the 5Rhythms is a practice and every-time, no matter how many times we may have practiced before, is the first time.

I’m going to [choose any place on the planet].  Do you know if there are any classes there?

Yes!  And you can too by going to the 5Rhythms Global web-site.  Once you’re there click on Schedules in the left-hand menu bar and click on the “Search” link.  You’ll be able to search by class or workshop, geographic location, dates, and specific teachers.

To view complete information about any listing click on the class or workshop name.  As the community of teachings grows this is more and more the best way to find out about the wide and wild variety of possibilities for practice on our growing global dance floor.

Have other questions?

Click here to drop me a line.  Let’s see what answers we can find!

For the 6th year dancing we will join together on the Friday evening after Thanksgiving (Nov. 26, 7.30PM-10.30PM) at 434 6th Ave., 5th Flr., to embody Giving Thanks on the dance floor.

As in years past, 25% of the proceeds will be donated to charity. This year we will continue our support of Association Maria (the 5Rhythms dancing elders in Bogota, Colombia that we gifted winter warmth to last year. To see a video with them, click here).

Cost at the door is $30 and pre-paid registration is recommended as we have sold out in years past. Student/Elder discounts are available, and credit cards are accepted for advance purchase.

To register or for more information, call 917.604.8456 or use our contact form with “Gratitude 2010” in the subject line.

Change Change Change
Summer ending, school starting, space shifting, time warping, opportunity is afoot starting this Friday. Check it all out below and be in the know of the now on the dance floor.

Night Waves News
Night Waves has moved to the Joffrey’s brand new, big as we’ve wished for, Studio 6 on the 5th Floor at 434 6th Ave. (near 10th St.).  We practiced creating space in Studio 3 for 5 years.  We’ve manifested that empty space upstairs in Studio 6 and hope to be finding it there for many years to come.

Night Waves class time changes as of this Friday, Sept. 3  to 7.30-9.30PM and prices are also changing.  Our studio rental cost has tripled and so for the first time in a decade I must raise the class price.  The new Night Waves prices are:
$20 – Full Price
$15 – Students
$150 – Class cards (10 Classes, good for use at my regular NYC Friday night class, and Thursday morning class)

Night Waves, Sept. 17 – Special 3 Hour Class
Night Waves Friday, Sept.17 will be the first session of the weekend workshop, Waves: from Start to Starting Over.  This special class will be 3 hours long (8PM-11PM) and will be held at the Merce Cunningham Studio. The cost for the Friday, Sept. 17 class is $25, $20 for class card holders and students.  Join us for the evening and experience the 5Rhythms® at this historic location.  Registration and pre-payment is suggested.

Waves: From Start to Starting Over – Early Bird Price ends Sept. 3
The “early-bird” price ends this Friday. Register and pay at Thursday morning or Friday evening classes, with cash, by check or credit card, to secure the price of $175 for the full weekend (see below for more info).

Waves: From Start to Starting Over
Waves is the foundational map of Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms® movement meditation practice.  It’s the map that first sets us free to explore our life-long dances of moving and being moved. We come to the Wave to be held, heartened, informed, lightened and inspired by and through our personal and collective creativity. We keep coming back to the Wave to realign body, heart and mind, to remember to move body and soul, and to reconnect body to spirit, flesh to breath, 5Rhythms at a time.  Come start or start over; a weekend respite on the dance floor, to begin, ignite, and re-kindle our love affair with the Wave.

Location:     Merce Cunningham Studio, 55 Bethune St. (btwn. Washington & West Sts.), New York, NY
Schedule:    Friday, Sept. 17, 8PM-11PM; Saturday, Sept. 18, 2PM-7 PM, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2PM-6PM
Prices:         $175, $195 after Sept. 3rd.  Friday night only: $25, $20 for class card holders.  Student
discounts available.
To register:  Email:  rhythmsdancer@gmail.com / Call: 212-219-0019.

Thursday Morning Waves Class
Thursday morning Waves class continues at the Sandra Cameron Dance Center, 199 Lafayette St. (near Spring St.),11AM-12.30PM.

Thursday morning Waves class prices remain $15, $10 for Students.  Thursday morning only class cards are available, 10 classes for $120.

Heartbeat: A Journey to the Heartland
Gabrielle Roth’s Heartbeat map teaches us to move more freely with our emotions. Instead of denying them, resisting them, or persisting with them we learn to move with them and through them into a fuller expression of them. The 5Rhythms practice gives us a language to speak with our bodies; the Heartbeat practice leads us to move with the shape, breath and locomotion of our emotions. We all have dances that hold us back, tighten us up, tie us down, and keep us from moving with joy. In Heartbeat we practice releasing those dances, moving forward, loosening up, shaking free, lightening up. Let’s join together on the dance floor and find our way home to the heart one step at a time.

Location:     Summit Presbyterian Church, 6757 Greene St., Philadelphia, PA
Schedule:    Friday, Oct. 1, 7PM-10PM; Saturday, Oct. 2, Noon-6PM, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2.30PM-6.30PM
Prices:         $175, $195 after Sept. 17th, Friday night only: $30, $40 after Sept. 17th.  Student
discounts available.
To register:  Email:  5rhythmsphilly@gmail.com / Call: 215-842-5976


Sept. 17-19, 2010, New York City, NY

Waves: From Start to Starting Over
Waves is the 5Rhythms map that first sets us free to explore our life-long dances of moving and being moved. We come to the Wave to be held, heartened, informed, lightened and inspired by and through our personal and collective creativity. We keep coming back to the Wave to realign body, heart and mind, to remember to move body and soul, and to reconnect from body to spirit, from flesh to breath, 5Rhythms at a time. Come start or start over; a weekend respite on the dance floor, to begin, ignite, and re-kindle our love affair with the Wave.

For more info email: rhythmsdancer (at) gmail (dot) com or call: 212.219.0019

Oct. 1-3, 2010, Philadelphia, PA

Heartbeat
The 5Rhythms Heartbeat map teaches us to move more freely with our emotions. Instead of denying them, resisting them , or persisting with them we learn to move with them and through them into a fuller expression of them.  The 5Rhythms practice gives us a language to speak with our bodies; the Heartbeat practice leads us to move with the shape, breath and locomotion of our emotions. We all have dances that hold us back, tighten us up, tie us down, and keep us from moving with joy.  In Heartbeat we practice releasing those dances, moving forward, loosening up, shaking free, lightening up. Let’s join together on the dance floor and find our way home to the heart one step at a time.  NOTE:  Pre-requisite: 12 hours Waves classes and/or workshops with certified 5Rhythms teachers. Note:  Attendance at  June 6, 2010, Heartbeat: an afternoon visit to the heartland fulfills the pre-requisite.

For more info email: 5rhythmsphilly (at) gmail (dot) com or call: 215.842-5976

Nov. 19-21, 2010, Bethesda, MD

Heartbeat

The 5Rhythms Heartbeat map teaches us to move more freely with our emotions. Instead of denying them, resisting them , or persisting with them we learn to move with them and through them into a fuller expression of them.  The 5Rhythms practice gives us a language to speak with our bodies; the Heartbeat practice leads us to move with the shape, breath and locomotion of our emotions. We all have dances that hold us back, tighten us up, tie us down, and keep us from moving with joy.  In Heartbeat we practice releasing those dances, moving forward, loosening up, shaking free, lightening up. Let’s join together on the dance floor and find our way home to the heart one step at a time.  NOTE: Pre-requisite: Pre-requisite: 12 hours Wavesclasses and/or workshops with certified 5Rhythms teachers.

For more info email: jim (at) aphroditephoto (dot) com or call: 202.627.9903

Unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrolled… life happens and occasionally there are last minute time or location changes for my classes and workshops.

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Finding an empty space!

As we all know finding the empty space is a big part of our 5Rhythms practice, a big part of life as practice. And, at the moment, finding space is a big part of holding 5Rhythms classes in New York City!

No matter how well we adjust to the Night Waves time change what we really need is a new home for the class. If you know of a space, in Manhattan, 1800 sq. ft. or larger, with a sprung wood floor, a sense of humor and an open mind, please let me know.

Interview with Tammy on WRLN, Miami