Dec 21 is the IS THE SOLSTICE SOUND TEMPLE! Come to that. doors at 420pm! See the next event below this listing.
Celebrate Mini festival style. 2 Rooms
Ecstatic Dance, Triable house DJ Earth G Koreen & special guests
Live drummers
Giant Gongs & Sound Bathes
Chill Room
Cuddle Party,
interactive movement and connection options.
Mocktails & THC Beverages
a few gift vendors & last minute holiday gifts
A lot of good friends.
Snack Area f(eel free to bring items to share for chill room.)
Discounted and sliding scale ticket available now
$20 -$40
2 people $55
10 percent off until Dec 11
Family Friendly kids under 10 free.
Soften in your body, build heat with spirals and the rhythms that call to you.
Circle, spiral and waves! Earth Goddess is an embodiment class with Koreen , based in a vinyasa flow …Here wee embody the yogini practices of circles and sharing. Where you can be free to be you in your highest form, without trying to fit your body into boxes and shapes that were never meant for you to be stuffed into.
This is the philosophy behind Earth Goddess Yoga. with Yogini Guide, Koreen V.
Embodiment, sweat, & pray with your whole body. We incorporate somatic practices & breathwork. We Also build heat , go hards and dance our yoga. …Drum Beats. Organica Tribal house music, Conscious dance & Flow. And a little intuitive sacred TWERK & a touch of Buti.
🌹All Levels. Except to sweat. Your practice will never be the same.
SATURDAYS, 10am At the A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 SE MAIN ST , Mpls
$15 pre-registration
Rhythm and Renewal: A 5R Journey for New Year's Day
Led by Ajay Rajani
Start the year by embodying your intentions! Join us for "Rhythm and Renewal" on New Year's Day from 1-4pm, a 3-hour guided 5R journey. Dive deep into the transformative power of movement and music as you shed the old and embrace the new. No experience necessary.
What is the 5Rhythms?
5R is a movement practice developed by Gabrielle Roth that explores 5 distinct rhythms - Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. It's a dynamic approach to dance and self-expression that encourages people to move freely, connect with their bodies, and tap into their creativity. With no set steps to follow, 5R invites you to move authentically, guided by the music and your own inner landscape. It's a journey inward, a moving meditation that can be both cathartic and liberating.
Ajay Rajani, Certified 5R Teacher
Ajay is an accredited teacher of the 5R who trained with Jonathan Horan, son of Gabriele Roth, in 2014. Ajay was born in Africa with Indian roots and grew up in London, England where he thrives in a diverse, multicultural community speaking 5 international languages. His spiritual journey began over 20 years ago with a strong practice of seated meditation and this continues to inform his 5R teaching where he inspires embodying the moment and allowing your body to be your greatest teacher.
Investment:
Advance registration through 12/29 - $35
After 12/29 or at the door - $44 to $55, cash or Venmo
Advance Tickets:
https://tinyurl.com/5Rhythms-NewYear-mpls
Cancellation:
No reimbursements for cancellations after 12/29
*We encourage folks to arrive between 12:30-12:45 to settle in
*Doors close at 1pm
*No entry after 1:15pm
Etiquette on the Dance Floor via Ajay:
1- We are here to dance the 5Rhythms
2- All genders, gender expressions, sexualities, races, ethnicities, ages (no children), sizes, religions, and abilities are welcome.
3- This is a drug- and alcohol-free space.
4- We are adults responsible for our well-being.
5- Be sensitive to and respectful of each others' bodies and boundaries. We touch only with mutual consent.
6- We dance barefoot, in grippy socks or soft dance shoes.
7- Avoid using synthetic perfumes in the space.
8- Please turn off your phone and/or iWatch. Do not take photos/video or use Shazam.
9- Bring only water and a layer of warmth into the room. Leave backpacks and non valuables off the dance floor.
10- Please talk with your body, not your voice. Take any verbal conversations off the dance floor.
11- Participate at your own pace, please do not spectate.
12- We start and end the 5R together.
Additional 5Rhythm dance dates with Ajay:
1/10/25 @ AscendDance https://events.humanitix.com/ascendance-09-with-ajay-rajani?fbclid=IwY2xjawHFvCdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWpAXE9jf74kZeMGyhYSH3Dhh8c3PH9exWXl-nDWVSCsYhXajrwkAh3Zew_aem_eveupavJfB3NIi9_Q9D9qw
1/17/25 @ New City Church (the old Walker), 6:30-8:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/share/sFpTJ1z59QmSKPSV/?mibextid=9l3rBW
Join us for AscenDance: an intentional evening of ecstatic dance, embodiment & community.
SO excited for this! Ajay visits us from London very rarely, sharing the famous 5Rhtythms practice. Ajay Rajani is an accredited 5rhythms teacher and will be leading our dance experience this month!
Experience the transformative power of 5Rhythms, a dynamic movement practice that invites you to connect with your body's innate wisdom. This 2-hour drop-in class is an opportunity to let go of inhibitions and embrace the freedom of expression through movement.
No steps to learn. Just move, breathe, and be moved. 5Rhythms is a journey through Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness – a wave of energy that allows you to release, recharge, and rediscover yourself.
Dress to sweat. Bring water. All are welcome. No prior dance or 5Rhythms experience necessary.
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What is the 5Rhythms?
5R is a movement practice developed by Gabrielle Roth that explores 5 distinct rhythms - Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. It's a dynamic approach to dance and self-expression that encourages people to move freely, connect with their bodies, and tap into their creativity. With no set steps to follow, 5R invites you to move authentically, guided by the music and your own inner landscape. It's a journey inward, a moving meditation that can be both cathartic and liberating.
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ABOUT Ajay Rajani
Ajay Rajani is an accredited teacher of the 5Rhythms who trained with Jonathan Horan, son of Gabrielle Roth, in 2014. Ajay was born in Africa with Indian roots and grew up in London, England where he thrives in a diverse, multicultural community speaking five international languages. His spiritual journey began over 20 years ago with a strong practice of seated meditation and this continues to inform his 5Rhythms teaching where he inspires embodying the moment and allowing your body to be your greatest teacher.
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TICKET INFORMATION
Presale and discounted tickets are available on this page. The event capacity is 60 dancers; some events have sold out, so get your ticket in advance to secure your spot on the dance floor! Any tickets remaining will be available at the door for $20-$30 (sliding scale). Venmo/PayPal/Cash are accepted at the door.
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OUR AGREEMENTS
We follow these agreements and policies to create a safe experience that fosters free expression and protects our community.
1) AscenDance is a consent-based dance. Request and communicate consent when interacting, sharing space, and touching
2) We agree to arrive clean and unscented
3) We agree to refrain from taking photos/videos to protect the free expression of other dancers
4) We agree to not converse in the dance space (verbal consent chats are okay)
6) AscenDance is for dancers aged 16+
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EVENT FLOW
We strive to create an intentional container for our dance, where our shared energy is undisturbed by late arrivals and the dance is initiated by all. To honor this, dancers must arrive in the arrival window before the opening circle, as doors will close at the start of the event.
Timeline for the event:
7:45 - 8:10pm - Arrival - Dancers must arrive in this time period
8:10 - 8:30pm - Warm-up & Opening Circle - Doors close and the experience starts
8:30 - 10:30pm - 5Rhythms Dance with Ajay Rajani
10:30pm - Closing Time and Goodbye
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PARKING & ARRIVAL
There is plenty of parking behind and adjacent to the building. It is okay to park in the lots behind the building and in spots labeled "UCARE"
The dance studio is on floor 2 and can be accessed by stair or freight elevator. Outside shoes are to be removed before entering the dance space.
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ABOUT YOUR HOSTS
AscenDance is a collaboration between Koreen Valdovinos (Earth Goddess Koreen), Sam Perko (Sammy Sunshine), and Nick Perko (botanicus).
Koreen is the founder of Open Minds Fusion Studio and has pioneered many one-of-a-kind sonic and somatic experiences, including Earth Goddess Yoga, Dark Yoga & Gong Baths, Sound Temple, and Dance Temple Tuesdays. Koreen is known for thoughtful sonic stories crafted for ecstatic dance arcs. She has grown to be a fantastic DJ. She recently joined Dance Church Minneapolis and is now a resident DJ.
Sam is a devoted dancer, community builder and designer. She is the communications lead and host for Dance Church Minnepolis, and is passionate about building the conscious dance community in the Twin Cities.
botanicus (Nick Perko) presents distinguished offerings of organic ecstatic dance music by blending live instrumentation, original productions, and eclectic curations with seamless mixing and improvisational sequencing to guide dancers through an arc of movements and emotions. Nick is the musical director of Dance Church Minneapolis, where he is also a resident DJ/performer. Nick is the founder and CEO of Solar Powered Studios, a Twin Cities audio production studio catering to spiritual and religious clients and specializing in unique projects
Circle up with us and set your intentions under the energy of the full moon.
Experience the rapture of movement, the power of release in your body & voice. Sweat, Pray, Play... using your whole body to cast your spells for peace. Be free to be you! Dance your ecstasy, your sorrows, your anxieties and your bliss. Be sexy as you wanna be. Or just come for the fun!
Embody your intentions in a safe space for all women & non binary folx.
This dynamic movement —a practice of being in your body—that ignites creativity, connection, and community. No experience needed. Only the desire to connect, and reclaim your freedom to follow your bliss.
Ecstatic dance is a form of dance in which the dancers, without the need to follow specific steps, release themselves to the rhythm and move freely as the music takes them, leading to trance and a feeling of ecstasy.
🎧DJ Guide Earth G Koreen will offer occasional guidance and prompts to help you go deeper into moving meditation. And also it's just plain ol' fun! dance as sexy as you wanna be. Play with how postures and poses and how your unique energy flows.
Here, in the low lit dance studio, we move our emotions, release and invite in what serves us best. Embody your sprit with us!
🌕Contributions are sliding scale, starting at $15.55 - $40
please register (even if you pay at the door with Venmo or cash) so we can expect you, and send you specific info as needed.
https://tinyurl.com/FullMoonDanceJan14
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🌎𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴 (𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘎 𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘋𝘑𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 & 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.
𝘖𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘍𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘠𝘰𝘨𝘢 & 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘢, 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘑𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, & 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘤𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 & 𝘎𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴. 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘫 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦.
𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘑 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴, & 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦! ...𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 & 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.
𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘋𝘑 & 𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯'𝘴 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦.
🌎 Special guest host: Gabrielle Proefrock
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𝔽𝕦𝕝𝕝 𝕄𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝔻𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 ℂ𝕚𝕣𝕔𝕝𝕖
ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ɢ ᴋᴏʀᴇᴇɴ, regular event on the schedule…
At every Womens' Ecstatic Dance, we start our evening in circle. We collectively set intentions for this coming cycle, starting with this full moon. Various exercises for connection to self and others included. Expect really cool collaborations with embodiment guides, teachers, musicians.
Feel free to dance your booty off, feel free to stretch, lie down, take up space, practice your yoga or meditate as you please. ..as the music moves you.
We have no rules of how to move, we invite individual expression.Expect waves of rhythms by DJ Earth G Koreen & special guests as your guides.
From world music, to soft mantras, to funky disco house, tribal & deep house music. ... and always includes special embodiment exercises, moving meditations, breathwork & primal voice practices. Stillness at the end will ground and help you integrate our evening & the things you learned about yourself.
Expect to have fun, get a little wild, giggle, and feel fricken good in our bodies.
Expect to leave feeling ALIVE. You will leave feeling confident, beautiful, danced, stretched out and attuned to your body and mind!
Open Minds & Earth Goddess Yoga is so excited to welcome back our friend & Qoya Teacher, Zandra. This Qoya workshop will be centered around the theme of: Feeling Safe In Your Body. This Qoya class is a women’s circle.
Qoya is an embodiment movement practice based on the idea that through movement we remember. We gather in a circle to remember that our essence as women is wise, wild and free. Wise, wild and free also draw reference to the movement forms practiced in a Qoya class:
Wise: Calling on the wisdom of yoga, meditation, ritual and contemplation.
Wild: The creative and authentic expression in dance.
Free: The freedom to feel pleasure in the body through feminine or sensual movement by choosing what feels nourishing.
Qoya is also based on the idea that there is no way you can do it wrong. If it feels good to you, that's how you know you are doing it right. It’s a physical movement practice that allows us to shift to be more present in the body, and we do this by tuning into the feeling.
Each class has a theme mixed with rituals, ecstatic dance, community sharing, and a guided journey back into the body with epic music. A Qoya class creates a safe space to support us to drop us out of our heads and into our bodies by following the physical sensation of truth.
We have so much fun moving, sweating, stretching, and being in a community together. Some might find Qoya similar to Earth Goddess Yoga (for those of you who are regulars to Open Minds & earth Goddess Yoga).
Each class theme will build upon the next and move you through a journey of Coming Home To Yourself.
This is a 3 workshop series. Powerful when you take all 3 classes but absolutely wonderful if you can only make it to one!
Fri. Jan 17 register here: for this class or all 3 https://tinyurl.com/qoyaWinterSeries
*25% off early bird discount when you register for all 3 by Jan 10
Fri. Feb 21: register HERE
Mar 28 Fri Register HERE
The theme we are dancing with is: Feeling Safe In Your Body
Cost: $33
Register for all 3 = $99 plus 25 percent off before 1/10/25
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What to wear/bring:
-Something you feel good in and comfortable moving in.
- Water bottle
-Yoga mat
Optional:
-Bolster and or blanket if you want to be come in meditation. (Optional)
-Journal and pen (optional)
-A sacred item that you feel called to bring i.e. stone, crystal, necklace, etc. (optional to place on the altar to be infused with the energies of the dance)
Location: A-Mill Artist Loft Dance Studio
315 SE Main St Minneapolis MN 55414
More Info:
About the teacher:
Meet Zandra! Zandra uses energy healing, bodywork, and somatic therapy tools to guide and empower you to come home to yourself. She supports you in creating more safety and ease in your body so you can experience more peace, joy, and freedom in your life. Practicing and studying energy medicine for over 8 years, she is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, Reiki Master, and Certified Level 1 Cranial Sacral and Healing Touch For Animals. In addition to her healing certifications, she is an Orgasmic Arc ™ Guide (somatic healing) and UPLVL Venting and Processing Coach, (communication framework), Certified Qoya teacher, and she holds a Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies. Zandra prides herself in creating safe, supportive, and healing spaces where people can tap into their inner wild animal, and uncover the truth of who they are. Her work is gentle yet profound. This work is her life— she lives and breathes holistic health as she has also worked part-time at a local food co-op in the wellness department for over five years.
More about Qoya:
Qoya is a guided movement practice that follows a 13-pillar framework. Each class has a unique theme and ritual practices. For more information about Qoya, please visit the website here: https://www.qoya.love/#what-is-qoya
I can't wait to dance with you!!
Open Minds & Earth Goddess Yoga is so excited to welcome back our friend & Qoya Teacher, Zandra. This Qoya workshop will be centered around the theme of: Feeling Safe In Your Body. This Qoya class is a women’s circle.
Qoya is an embodiment movement practice based on the idea that through movement we remember. We gather in a circle to remember that our essence as women is wise, wild and free. Wise, wild and free also draw reference to the movement forms practiced in a Qoya class:
Wise: Calling on the wisdom of yoga, meditation, ritual and contemplation.
Wild: The creative and authentic expression in dance.
Free: The freedom to feel pleasure in the body through feminine or sensual movement by choosing what feels nourishing.
Qoya is also based on the idea that there is no way you can do it wrong. If it feels good to you, that's how you know you are doing it right. It’s a physical movement practice that allows us to shift to be more present in the body, and we do this by tuning into the feeling.
Each class has a theme mixed with rituals, ecstatic dance, community sharing, and a guided journey back into the body with epic music. A Qoya class creates a safe space to support us to drop us out of our heads and into our bodies by following the physical sensation of truth.
We have so much fun moving, sweating, stretching, and being in a community together. Some might find Qoya similar to Earth Goddess Yoga (for those of you who are regulars to Open Minds & earth Goddess Yoga).
Each class theme will build upon the next and move you through a journey of Coming Home To Yourself.
Fri. Feb 21: register HERE
Mar 28 Fri Register HERE
The theme we are dancing with is: Feeling Safe In Your Body
Cost: $33
Register for all 3 = $88 plus 25 percent off before 1/1/25
**
What to wear/bring:
-Something you feel good in and comfortable moving in.
- Water bottle
-Yoga mat
Optional:
-Bolster and or blanket if you want to be come in meditation. (Optional)
-Journal and pen (optional)
-A sacred item that you feel called to bring i.e. stone, crystal, necklace, etc. (optional to place on the altar to be infused with the energies of the dance)
Location: A-Mill Artist Loft Dance Studio
315 SE Main St Minneapolis MN 55414
More Info:
About the teacher:
Meet Zandra! Zandra uses energy healing, bodywork, and somatic therapy tools to guide and empower you to come home to yourself. She supports you in creating more safety and ease in your body so you can experience more peace, joy, and freedom in your life. Practicing and studying energy medicine for over 8 years, she is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, Reiki Master, and Certified Level 1 Cranial Sacral and Healing Touch For Animals. In addition to her healing certifications, she is an Orgasmic Arc ™ Guide (somatic healing) and UPLVL Venting and Processing Coach, (communication framework), Certified Qoya teacher, and she holds a Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies. Zandra prides herself in creating safe, supportive, and healing spaces where people can tap into their inner wild animal, and uncover the truth of who they are. Her work is gentle yet profound. This work is her life— she lives and breathes holistic health as she has also worked part-time at a local food co-op in the wellness department for over five years.
More about Qoya:
Qoya is a guided movement practice that follows a 13-pillar framework. Each class has a unique theme and ritual practices. For more information about Qoya, please visit the website here: https://www.qoya.love/#what-is-qoya
I can't wait to dance with you!!
Open Minds & Earth Goddess Yoga is so excited to welcome back our friend & Qoya Teacher, Zandra. This Qoya workshop will be centered around the theme of: Feeling Safe In Your Body. This Qoya class is a women’s circle.
Qoya is an embodiment movement practice based on the idea that through movement we remember. We gather in a circle to remember that our essence as women is wise, wild and free. Wise, wild and free also draw reference to the movement forms practiced in a Qoya class:
Wise: Calling on the wisdom of yoga, meditation, ritual and contemplation.
Wild: The creative and authentic expression in dance.
Free: The freedom to feel pleasure in the body through feminine or sensual movement by choosing what feels nourishing.
Qoya is also based on the idea that there is no way you can do it wrong. If it feels good to you, that's how you know you are doing it right. It’s a physical movement practice that allows us to shift to be more present in the body, and we do this by tuning into the feeling.
Each class has a theme mixed with rituals, ecstatic dance, community sharing, and a guided journey back into the body with epic music. A Qoya class creates a safe space to support us to drop us out of our heads and into our bodies by following the physical sensation of truth.
We have so much fun moving, sweating, stretching, and being in a community together. Some might find Qoya similar to Earth Goddess Yoga (for those of you who are regulars to Open Minds & earth Goddess Yoga).
Each class theme will build upon the next and move you through a journey of Coming Home To Yourself.
This is a 3 workshop series. Powerful when you take all 3 classes but absolutely wonderful if you can only make it to one!
Mar 28 Fri Register HERE
The theme we are dancing with is: Feeling Safe In Your Body
Cost: $33
Register for all 3 = $88 plus 25 percent off before 1/1/25
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What to wear/bring:
-Something you feel good in and comfortable moving in.
- Water bottle
-Yoga mat
Optional:
-Bolster and or blanket if you want to be come in meditation. (Optional)
-Journal and pen (optional)
-A sacred item that you feel called to bring i.e. stone, crystal, necklace, etc. (optional to place on the altar to be infused with the energies of the dance)
Location: A-Mill Artist Loft Dance Studio
315 SE Main St Minneapolis MN 55414
More Info:
About the teacher:
Meet Zandra! Zandra uses energy healing, bodywork, and somatic therapy tools to guide and empower you to come home to yourself. She supports you in creating more safety and ease in your body so you can experience more peace, joy, and freedom in your life. Practicing and studying energy medicine for over 8 years, she is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, Reiki Master, and Certified Level 1 Cranial Sacral and Healing Touch For Animals. In addition to her healing certifications, she is an Orgasmic Arc ™ Guide (somatic healing) and UPLVL Venting and Processing Coach, (communication framework), Certified Qoya teacher, and she holds a Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies. Zandra prides herself in creating safe, supportive, and healing spaces where people can tap into their inner wild animal, and uncover the truth of who they are. Her work is gentle yet profound. This work is her life— she lives and breathes holistic health as she has also worked part-time at a local food co-op in the wellness department for over five years.
More about Qoya:
Qoya is a guided movement practice that follows a 13-pillar framework. Each class has a unique theme and ritual practices. For more information about Qoya, please visit the website here: https://www.qoya.love/#what-is-qoya
I can't wait to dance with you!!
Soften in your body, build heat with spirals and the rhythms that call to you.
Circle, spiral and waves! Earth Goddess is an embodiment class with Koreen , based in a vinyasa flow …Here wee embody the yogini practices of circles and sharing. Where you can be free to be you in your highest form, without trying to fit your body into boxes and shapes that were never meant for you to be stuffed into.
This is the philosophy behind Earth Goddess Yoga. with Yogini Guide, Koreen V.
Embodiment, sweat, & pray with your whole body. We incorporate somatic practices & breathwork. We Also build heat , go hards and dance our yoga. …Drum Beats. Organica Tribal house music, Conscious dance & Flow. And a little intuitive sacred TWERK & a touch of Buti.
🌹All Levels. Except to sweat. Your practice will never be the same.
SATURDAYS, 10am At the A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 SE MAIN ST , Mpls
$15 pre-registration
Join us for AscenDance: an intentional evening of ecstatic dance curated by resident DJs Earth Goddess Koreen & botanicus. We will gather and dance through rhythmic waves then find stillness with a soothing sound bath.
Dana Kazuko is our musical guide this month. The event will conclude with a special sound bath by Hannah Miller
About Dana Kazuko:
When she discovered dancing, Dana’s life changed. The joy and release inherent in dancing struck something primal and beautiful inside and she has been a mainstay on dance floors ever since. Her love of dance naturally led her to be a voracious consumer of music and then to becoming a DJ. She will bring you music without labels so all can share their joy, energy, and enthusiasm for dance.
About Hannah Miller:
Hannah is a passionate guitar player and singer.
Watch her latest performance at the Acorn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEKbq2R9tFk
-- TICKETS --
Presale: Sliding scale $18-30
At the door: Sliding scale $20-$30
Venmo/PayPal/Cash are accepted at the door.
-- AGREEMENTS --
We follow these agreements and policies to create a safe experience that fosters free expression and protects our community.
1) AscenDance is a consent-based dance. Request and communicate consent when interacting, sharing space, and touching
2) We agree to arrive clean and unscented
3) We agree to refrain from taking photos/videos to protect the free expression of other dancers
4) We agree to not converse in the dance space (verbal consent chats are okay)
6) AscenDance is for dancers aged 16+
We strive to create an intentional container for our dance, where our shared energy is undisturbed by late arrivals and the dance is initiated by all. To honor this, dancers must arrive in the arrival window before the opening circle, as doors will close at the start of the event.
There is plenty of parking behind and adjacent to the building. The dance studio is on floor 2 and can be accessed by stair or freight elevator. Outside shoes are to be removed before entering the dance space.
-- FLOW --
7:45 - 8:10pm - Arrival - Dancers must arrive in this time period
8:10 - 8:30pm - Warm-up & Opening Circle - Doors close and the experience starts
8:30 - 10:15pm - Ecstatic Dance led by Dana Kazuko
10:15 - 10:30pm - Sound Bath by Hannah Miller
10:30pm - Closing Time and Goodbye
-- ABOUT THE HOSTS --
AscenDance is a collaboration between Koreen Valdovinos (Earth Goddess Koreen), Sam Perko (Sammy Sunshine), and Nick Perko (botanicus).
Koreen is the founder of Open Minds Fusion Studio and has pioneered many one-of-a-kind sonic and somatic experiences, including Earth Goddess Yoga, Dark Yoga & Gong Baths, Sound Temple, and Dance Temple Tuesdays. Koreen is known for thoughtful sonic stories crafted for ecstatic dance arcs. She has grown to be a fantastic DJ. She recently joined Dance Church Minneapolis and is now a resident DJ.
Sam is a devoted dancer, community builder and designer. She is the communications lead and host for Dance Church Minneapolis, and is passionate about building the conscious dance community in the Twin Cities.
botanicus (Nick Perko) presents distinguished offerings of organic ecstatic dance music by blending live instrumentation, original productions, and eclectic curations with seamless mixing and improvisational sequencing to guide dancers through an arc of movements and emotions. Nick is the musical director of Dance Church Minneapolis, where he is also a resident DJ/performer. Nick is the founder and CEO of Solar Powered Studios, a Twin Cities audio production studio catering to spiritual and religious clients and specializing in unique projects.
Connect to your sisters in an intimate circle for connecting to self and community.
Circle up for a yogini sensuality practice & sauna social time after.
Yoni egg meditation and an opportunity to take home a yoni egg for your own personal practice.
Expect some short authentic relating practices and speaking your truth.
A 30 min Earth Goddess Yoga practice, followed by a yoni meditation that challenges your to break free from society restraints and self-imposed limitations, inviting your to explore the depths of your pleasure and joy. Engaging with our sensual selves in and act so courage and self-love a declaration that we are worthy of experiencing life in its fullest form. Power up sisters! we need your courage. Let's lift each other up.
Sauna social time after.
$44 for class & sauna
*Yoni eggs are not necessary for this practice but they will b available for purchase in studio from $15-$30
with Earth G Koreen,
Yoga teacher, sensuality coach, women's circle and ecstatic dance DJ/ guide.
Very limited space for class + sauna.
Register soon.
(Class price without sauna: $33)
To Register: email Justyn ONeill, owner of The Seeker Yoga School & sauna.
or go here and scroll to the event to register:
https://www.theseekeryogaschool.com
MORE ON THIS NEW MOON
The new moon is a celestial event that symbolizes new beginnings, fresh starts, and the potential for growth and transformation. It's a time for setting intentions and manifesting goals. You can set intentions for the next 29 days, such as being more compassionate or decluttering your closet.
Regarding this new moon in Sagittarius: Emotions rule. Relationships run harmoniously, as the feminine side is emphasized. Male and female energy combine, making you assertive, yet gentle with all dealings with other people.
This new moon is a good foundation for all business & relationship growth, since you are mentally active, and have good judgment. All preparation for business will lead to success! It is also a good time to communicate emotions effectively to loved ones.
Soften in your body, build heat with spirals and the rhythms that call to you.
A vinyasa like flow & practice …based in the yogini practices of circles and sharing. Where you can be free to be you in your highest form and without trying to fit your body into boxes and shapes that were never meant for you to be stuffed into.
This is the philosophy behind Earth Goddess Yoga. with Yogini Guide, Koreen V.
Circle, spiral and waves!
Embodiment, sweat, & pray with your whole body. We move slow, incorporating somatic practices & breathwork. We Also build heat and dance our yoga. …Drum Beats. Organica Tribal house music, Conscious dance & Flow. And a little intuitive sacred TWERK & a touch of Buti.
Your practice will never be the same.
Earth Goddess is an embodiment class with Koreen , based in a vinyasa flow.
Explore Yoga flow in a new way that allows your body to move as you desire.
🌹All Levels. Except to sweat.
SATURDAYS, 10am
At the A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 SE MAIN ST
$15 pre-registration
A flow designed for 2 people to lean in, listen to your breath and connect to each other in a playful, beautiful way.
A partner yoga, bodywork & assisted stretching workshop for pairs.
Bring a cuddle partner or someone you enjoy getting close to, and let's feel good, share pleasure. Guided Thai yoga massage (with lots of assisted yoga stretching) coupled with Tantric breathwork and guided touch to get those endorphins flowing.
Connection is everything. Connection to each other helps ease our senses, and biohacks the heart.
Yoga partner play, stretchy, blissful, relaxation! Take turns on each other with guidance from Teachers, Koreen Valdovinos & Shira K Charis.
Come with an open playful mind; expect giggles and physical challenges. Leave warmed-up, stretched out and fully massaged!
We kick off class with a short & fun partner yoga sequence to warm up. Each person will then receive, and give, about 45min of Guided Thai bodywork on their partner.
Come with an open mind; leave warm-up, stretched out and tuned in.
-- $69.50 per couple --
*****Limited space, REGISTER HERE or event ticket link:
All bodies, genders and experience levels welcome.
*bring 1-2 yoga mats, and know you will be spending some time on your knees giving bodywork. Optional: Bring a blanket for added cushion.
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More info:
Bring your yoga mats and optional: a blanket or mediation cushion/ bolster.
A fun and sense heightening yoga workshop. Yoga imbued with accessible partner poses for all levels. Accessible, fun and playful with some yoga challenges in the mix. In this yoga flow you will be balancing gently on each other, and also stretching and creating shapes together that requires some effort and cooperation and deep listening. We then will get grounded.
We will be teaching you Thai Yoga Massage and take turns giving and receiving, Direct healing, direct love and warm energy with YOUR hands.
This is about taking a hands on approach to the emotional and physical well being of each other. We will practice giving AND RECEIVING with authenticity, communication and love.
*Teacher info: Shira K Charis - Long time yoga teacher, personal trainer, Thai bodyworker and polyamory coach; leading experiential romantic partner yoga workshops since 2013. www.shira.yoga
*Teacher info: Koreen Valdovinos
As a multifaceted & longtime practitioner, Koreen serves as a Yoga Teacher, Conscious Dance event Creator, DJ, space holder for Sacred Sensuality, Women's Moon Circle Guide, Embodied Movement Coach, and Thai Yoga Bodyworker.
Koreen passionately embraces the belief that the body is a sacred vessel to be celebrated and honored. Her teachings promote individual self study in uncovering the core of love, promoting healing and self-discovery. Her role as a Pleasure Activist, Earth Goddess Embodiment Teacher, and Women's Circle Guide and as a Wellness Events Producer showcases her dedication to fostering a community that embraces the sacred feminine.
45 min of Buti yoga, big beats, Buti Yoga, Earth Goddess style.
Please try to Arrive by 945am so we can share some gratitude practices BEFORE the booty shaking begins at 10am sharp.
Buti Yoga is a cardio-intense workout that combines traditional yoga with tribal dance, plyometrics, and primal movements.
Earth Goddess Yoga (that normally has this time slot) incorporates Buti.
But for this Saturday we are going HARD for JUST 45 min
Many of you have practiced with me for a long time. Today we level up together and bring in more cardio than usual.
What it's like:
Buti Yoga classes are characterized by a mix of tribal, house, electronic, trance, and hip hop music, and constantly changing movements. The classes are designed to be fun and energetic, and participants often yell and scream.
What it's good for:
Buti Yoga is intended to help with calorie burning, body sculpting, and developing body confidence. It's also said to help break through emotional and physical barriers.
How it works:
Buti Yoga uses the Spiral Structure Technique to target the deep abdominal muscles, which helps to stabilize and strengthen the body. The practice also involves holding static yoga poses for a few seconds, then spiraling and adding bursts of high-intensity interval trainin
$17 drop in
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=206577&stype=-7&sView=day&sLoc=0&date=11/29/24
📍in the Dance & Performance Studios At the A- Mill Artist Lofts, Minneapolis.
Led by the Creatrix of Earth Goddess yoga, Koreen.
May all beings be happy and free! We will end with a blissful meditation, leaving you oxygenated, inspired and ready for your day!
Soften in your body, build heat with spirals and the rhythms that call to you.
A vinyasa like flow & practice …based in the yogini practices of circles and sharing. Where you can be free to be you in your highest form and without trying to fit your body into boxes and shapes that were never meant for you to be stuffed into.
This is the philosophy behind Earth Goddess Yoga. with Yogini Guide, Koreen V.
Circle, spiral and waves!
Embodiment, sweat, & pray with your whole body. We move slow, incorporating somatic practices & breathwork. We Also build heat and dance our yoga. …Drum Beats. Organica Tribal house music, Conscious dance & Flow. And a little intuitive sacred TWERK & a touch of Buti.
Your practice will never be the same.
Earth Goddess is an embodiment class with Koreen , based in a vinyasa flow.
Explore Yoga flow in a new way that allows your body to move as you desire.
🌹All Levels. Except to sweat.
SATURDAYS, 10am
At the A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 SE MAIN ST
$15 pre-registration
Circle up with us and set your intentions under the energy of the full moon.
On Friday, Nov 15 we have a special co-host, Laurel Armstrong who will open our circle with Primal Voice practices that can be woven into our dance, at your desire.
Experience the rapture of movement, the power of release in your body & voice. Sweat, Pray, Play... using your whole body to cast your spells for peace. Be free to be you! Dance your ecstasy, your sorrows, your anxieties and your bliss. Be sexy as you wanna be. Or just come for the fun!
Embody your intentions in a safe space for all women & non binary folx.
This dynamic movement and voice practice—a practice of being in your body—that ignites creativity, connection, and community. No experience needed. Only the desire to connect, and reclaim your freedom to follow your bliss.
Ecstatic dance is a form of dance in which the dancers, without the need to follow specific steps, release themselves to the rhythm and move freely as the music takes them, leading to trance and a feeling of ecstasy.
🎧DJ Guide Earth G Koreen will offer occasional guidance and prompts to help you go deeper into moving meditation. And also it's just plain ol' fun! dance as sexy as you wanna be. Play with how postures and poses and how your unique energy flows.
🫦More on Primal Voice practices, out opening practice with Laurel Armstrong:
"Before our species spoke, we sang. Singing is one of the most ancient human technologies for healing, connecting, and alchemizing pain into beauty. (And it has nothing to do with how "good" your voice is.) Remembering and re-learning the primal roots of singing can help us connect back to ourselves, our communities, and the land itself.
When feeling the supportive chorus of other voices, sometimes trapped emotions can emerge in us that may surprise us. Care is always given to where the group is at by listening for what may unexpectedly emerge while holding to a solid structure of support. New avenues for play and connection are also often discovered as part of this process.
In Primal Singing there is no ideal to meet, just your own voice to explore, express, and connect with. We start by grounding into supported breathing and subtle pleasure, then practice some basic vocalizations that help us access our voices in a healthy way. Then we gently explore different sounds and intentions over a drone. Options are given for whatever level of exploration you feel comfortable with or need that day."
Here, in the low lit dance studio, we move our emotions, release and invite in what serves us best. Embody your sprit with us!
🌕Contributions are sliding scale, starting at $15.55 - $40
please register (even if you pay at the door with Venmo or cash) so we can expect you, and send you specific info as needed.
Register here or Ticket link to this event:
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=206577&stype=-7&sView=day&sLoc=0&date=11/15/24
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🗣️ 𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 30 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬-𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭/𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, "𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨", 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘣 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
🌎𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴 (𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘎 𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘋𝘑𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 & 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.
𝘖𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘍𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘠𝘰𝘨𝘢 & 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘢, 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘑𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, & 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘤𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 & 𝘎𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴. 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘫 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦.
𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘑 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴, & 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦! ...𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 & 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.
𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘋𝘑 & 𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯'𝘴 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦.
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𝔽𝕦𝕝𝕝 𝕄𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝔻𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 ℂ𝕚𝕣𝕔𝕝𝕖
ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ɢ ᴋᴏʀᴇᴇɴ, regular event on the schedule…
At every Womens' Ecstatic Dance, we start our evening in circle. We collectively set intentions for this coming cycle, starting with this full moon. Various exercises for connection to self and others included. Expect really cool collaborations with embodiment guides, teachers, musicians.
Feel free to dance your booty off, feel free to stretch, lie down, take up space, practice your yoga or meditate as you please. ..as the music moves you.
We have no rules of how to move, we invite individual expression.Expect waves of rhythms by DJ Earth G Koreen & special guests as your guides.
From world music, to soft mantras, to funky disco house, tribal & deep house music. ... and always includes special embodiment exercises, moving meditations, breathwork & primal voice practices. Stillness at the end will ground and help you integrate our evening & the things you learned about yourself.
Expect to have fun, get a little wild, giggle, and feel fricken good in our bodies.
Expect to leave feeling ALIVE. You will leave feeling confident, beautiful, danced, stretched out and attuned to your body and mind!
Soften in your body, build heat with spirals and the rhythms that call to you.
A vinyasa like flow & practice …based in the yogini practices of circles and sharing. Where you can be free to be you in your highest form and without trying to fit your body into boxes and shapes that were never meant for you to be stuffed into.
This is the philosophy behind Earth Goddess Yoga. with Yogini Guide, Koreen V.
Circle, spiral and waves!
Embodiment, sweat, & pray with your whole body. We move slow, incorporating somatic practices & breathwork. We Also build heat and dance our yoga. …Drum Beats. Organica Tribal house music, Conscious dance & Flow. And a little intuitive sacred TWERK & a touch of Buti.
Your practice will never be the same.
Earth Goddess is an embodiment class with Koreen , based in a vinyasa flow.
Explore Yoga flow in a new way that allows your body to move as you desire.
🌹All Levels. Except to sweat.
SATURDAYS, 10am
At the A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 SE MAIN ST
$15 pre-registration
AscenDance- Ecstatic Dance for everybody, 2nd Fridays at Hot House Dance Studio in NE Minneapolis
Tickets HERE
Join us for AscenDance: an intentional evening of ecstatic dance curated by resident DJs Earth Goddess Koreen & botanicus. We will gather and dance through rhythmic waves then find stillness with a soothing sound bath.
DJ Ike-alicious is our musical guide this month. The event will conclude with a special kirtan song circle by Jordan Love and Peace
About DJ Ike-alicious:
DJ Ike-alicious is an embodied dancer who has trained in Brazilian and African dance styles with Portuguese-influenced rhythms. He started DJ-ing out of necessity to serve the partner dance community here in the Twin Cities. DJ Ike-alicious is on an ever-evolving journey to blend world cultures and music styles and encourage consent-driven connection to self and others. This journey eventually landed him with the honor of offering ideas to the ecstatic dance community. Each moment allows new opportunities to discover movement through time and space. Join Ike-alicious on the dance floor and show us your color palette.
About Jordan Love and Peace:
Jordan seeks heart connection through music and poetry.
-- TICKETS --
Presale: Sliding scale $18-30
At the door: Sliding scale $20-$30
Venmo/PayPal/Cash are accepted at the door.
-- AGREEMENTS --
We follow these agreements and policies to create a safe experience that fosters free expression and protects our community.
1) AscenDance is a consent-based dance. Request and communicate consent when interacting, sharing space, and touching
2) We agree to arrive clean and unscented
3) We agree to refrain from taking photos/videos to protect the free expression of other dancers
4) We agree to not converse in the dance space (verbal consent chats are okay)
6) AscenDance is for dancers aged 16+
We strive to create an intentional container for our dance, where our shared energy is undisturbed by late arrivals and the dance is initiated by all. To honor this, dancers must arrive in the arrival window before the opening circle, as doors will close at the start of the event.
There is plenty of parking behind and adjacent to the building. The dance studio is on floor 2 and can be accessed by stair or freight elevator. Outside shoes are to be removed before entering the dance space.
-- FLOW --
7:45 - 8:10pm - Arrival - Dancers must arrive in this time period
8:10 - 8:30pm - Warm-up & Opening Circle - Doors close and the experience starts
8:30 - 10:15pm - Ecstatic Dance led by DJ Ike-alicious
10:15 - 10:30pm - Kirtan Song Circle by Jordan Love and Peace
10:30pm - Closing Time and Goodbye
-- ABOUT THE HOSTS --
AscenDance is a collaboration between Koreen Valdovinos (Earth Goddess Koreen), Sam Perko (Sammy Sunshine), and Nick Perko (botanicus).
Koreen is the founder of Open Minds Fusion Studio and has pioneered many one-of-a-kind sonic and somatic experiences, including Earth Goddess Yoga, Dark Yoga & Gong Baths, Sound Temple, and Dance Temple Tuesdays. Koreen is known for thoughtful sonic stories crafted for ecstatic dance arcs. She has grown to be a fantastic DJ. She recently joined Dance Church Minneapolis and is now a resident DJ.
Sam is a devoted dancer, community builder and designer. She is the communications lead and host for Dance Church Minneapolis, and is passionate about building the conscious dance community in the Twin Cities.
botanicus (Nick Perko) presents distinguished offerings of organic ecstatic dance music by blending live instrumentation, original productions, and eclectic curations with seamless mixing and improvisational sequencing to guide dancers through an arc of movements and emotions. Nick is the musical director of Dance Church Minneapolis, where he is also a resident DJ/performer. Nick is the founder and CEO of Solar Powered Studios, a Twin Cities audio production studio catering to spiritual and religious clients and specializing in unique projects
🌙DARK YOGA ~ Giant Gong Bath and Shadow Work Journey w/ Plant medicine.
Body work & Breathwork included
Join us for a very special Dark Yoga experience with bonus material for an extra deep deep dive into our shadows.
🌀In addition to our DARK YOGA experience with giant gongs, drones, singing bowls & breathwork, we will be kicking off the event with some workshopping & yoga philosophy to explore our relationship with our shadows, our ancestors and our current physical form. We will approach these ideas through the lens of yoga, and the “dark Goddesses” such as Kali.
This is an invitation to explore & actively integrate shadows and the shadows of our ancestors, with the help of our plant medicine teachers. Enjoy your practice with the addition of Thai Yoga bodywork & reiki during long resting postures and Savasana.
🌘Together we will be honoring, night, DARKNESS and shadows, We will dive into mystery & dreams. We celebrate the seeds that NEED darkness and dark rich soil to germinate. We celebrate the darkness of the womb of all creation.
With our guides:
Teachers:
-Koreen Valdovinos, Earth Goddess Yoga Teacher, Thai Bodyworker & reiki
-Special guest and yoga teacher: Justyn Little Bird of the Seeker Yoga School. Who holds a wealth of yogini wisdom.
-On Gongs, Singing Bowls & Drones:
Frank DiCristina, ("the Gong Guy")
& Nathaniel Tuna Quenzer.
Thematic DARK Yoga and breathwork concert with giant gongs, live instruments & dark drone. A guided journey deep into the womb of creation and back into your skin in the here and now.
As we embark on this vibrational healing journey, with many giant gongs, and a long deep sound bath, we will feel into our shadows and embrace the darkness and the balance of nature. Nature is within.
Feel into your body, mind and spirit as the days get shorter and darker with yin & SLOW yoga, AND go deeper into our minds with guided transcendental breath work.
Our practice will be about progressive darkness in balance with the light in our hearts.
This will be literal, as the room will become darker and darker and we will be using blindfolds to go even deeper into sensory deprivation, to heighten our other senses to feel into light, vibration, healing. And it will be figurative, as you are guided on your own creative journey aided by the soundscape and the use of an optional blindfold to go deeper.
Expect a giant long yummy gong bath. Many giant gongs and multiple sound healers with various instruments to 5D landscape sensation.
WHAT YOU GET:
→An eye mask to use to go deeper & darker
💚5mg vegan Cannabis edible
(by Nood, Microdosing gummy)
OR
🫖Herbal Hot Tea
A blue butterfly pea tea w/ lavender & chamomile (a blue-purple flower tea with no psychoactive properties. Just a simple flowery tea with high concentrations of flavonoids, peptides, and antioxidants such as anthocyanin and consuming the tea is believed to have nootropic effects that may enhance brain and memory functions as well as elicit vivid dreams)
⭐️PRICE
Pre-registration $66
Early bird Before Oct 19: $44
( almost 40% off)
*Day-of/ at the door $70
⭐️ 2 people pre-registration
(You + a Friend) $118 ($59 per person)
Earlybird for 2 people: $84 (huge discount, only $42 per person)
WHAT TO BRING:
-Yoga mat & blanket
-Water bottle
-WEAR LAYERS as you will be relaxing deeply in sound bath
WHERE:
A-Mill Artist Lofts, in the Performance Hall
315 SE Main St Mpls 55414
REGISTER HERE OR IN EVENT TICKET LINK
WHAT TO EXPECT:
A little discussion and workshopping for the shadow. Discussion of the dark Goddess energy, Yoga, Tapas, Day of the Dead.
Dark Yoga And breathwork concert
Moon salutations and somatic flow
Resting Yoga poses + enjoy Thai yoga bodywork and reiki by Koreen During the giant Gong Bath. yum.
*know that all touch is optional, you may opt in, or out, from receiving touch/ bodywork.
Soften in your body, build heat with spirals and the rhythms that call to you.
A vinyasa like flow & practice …based in the yogini practices of circles and sharing. Where you can be free to be you in your highest form and without trying to fit your body into boxes and shapes that were never meant for you to be stuffed into.
This is the philosophy behind Earth Goddess Yoga. with Yogini Guide, Koreen V.
Circle, spiral and waves!
Embodiment, sweat, & pray with your whole body. We move slow, incorporating somatic practices & breathwork. We Also build heat and dance our yoga. …Drum Beats. Organica Tribal house music, Conscious dance & Flow. And a little intuitive sacred TWERK & a touch of Buti.
Your practice will never be the same.
Earth Goddess is an embodiment class with Koreen , based in a vinyasa flow.
Explore Yoga flow in a new way that allows your body to move as you desire.
🌹All Levels. Except to sweat.
SATURDAYS, 10am
At the A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 SE MAIN ST
$15 pre-registration
The Goddess Gala
Reconnect. Rejoice. Reclaim.
I am so excited to be the Ecstatic Dance DJ for the GODDESS GALA. I hope you can come, dress like a goddess and get into your pleasure body with us!
Love, Earth G Koreen
a note from Sara, the Creator of this event:
Dear Radiant Sister,
Welcome to The Goddess Gala, an evening dedicated to rediscovering the joy and power of simply being you.
Imagine a gathering that isn't about competition, small talk or goals, but about embracing the full experience of being alive, together in community.
Embrace the Extraordinary
We live in a time when productivity is valued more highly than pleasure.
We often feel that there is a choice to save the world OR savor the world. What if you could do both? What if the key to open for more is pleasure and sisterhood?
This isn't just another event; it's a reawakening of what's wild and joyful within you, a night to reconnect with your inner Goddess and the collective power of women.
Here's What to Expect:
- Time: 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
- Venue: The Modus Locus Expansion Space: a sanctuary that bridges the familiar with the unexpected
- Dress Code: Come as you feel most powerful, beautiful, and comfortable
- Admission: $40 (Pre-pay to secure your sacred space, limited door sales)
A Night of Reclamation and Joy:
From pleasure hunts to door prizes, every moment of the evening is designed for fun, celebration and nourishment.
Enjoy without the usual small talk—no discussions about jobs, living situations, or backgrounds. Tonight, we delve deeper.
Enjoy themed mocktails and handmade chocolates crafted to delight and refresh.
Move your body or relax with a guided ecstatic dance session.
Our culture wants us to shove everything down and say, “I am good, I am fine.” What if we lived in a way that we will do anything but that? We may not be able to reclaim the whole of who we are in one three-hour evening, but what if tomorrow you felt different in your body than how you did today?
Let’s remember our beauty, our wisdom, our fire and our personal power.
With anticipation,
The Creator,
Sara Czerwinski
Hearts Rewilding
(Event inspired by the original Goddess Gala by Sophie Luxton (@juicysophieluxton, IG) and the teachings of Regena Thomashauer, aka Mama Gena (@mamagena, IG)
This popular workshop is BACK! Namaste Together. (We have 2 fall date planned this one and Sunday Nov 24)
A flow designed for 2 people to lean in, listen to your breath and connect to each other in a playful, beautiful way.
A partner yoga, bodywork & assisted stretching workshop for pairs.
Bring a cuddle partner or someone you enjoy getting close to, and let's feel good, share pleasure. Guided Thai yoga massage (with lots of assisted yoga stretching) coupled with Tantric breathwork and guided touch to get those endorphins flowing.
Connection is everything. Connection to each other helps ease our senses, and biohacks the heart.
Yoga partner play, stretchy, blissful, relaxation! Take turns on each other with guidance from Teachers, Koreen Valdovinos & Shira K Charis.
Come with an open playful mind; expect giggles and physical challenges. Leave warmed-up, stretched out and fully massaged!
We kick off class with a short & fun partner yoga sequence to warm up. Each person will then receive, and give, about 45min of Guided Thai bodywork on their partner.
Come with an open mind; leave warm-up, stretched out and tuned in.
-- $69.50 per couple --
*****Limited space, REGISTER HERE or event ticket link:
Tuesday Oct 22: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=206577&stype=-7&sView=day&sLoc=0&date=10/22/24
Sunday Nov 24: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=206577&stype=-7&sView=day&sLoc=0&date=11/24/24
All bodies, genders and experience levels welcome.
*bring 1-2 yoga mats, and know you will be spending some time on your knees giving bodywork. Optional: Bring a blanket for added cushion.
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More info:
Bring your yoga mats and optional: a blanket or mediation cushion/ bolster.
A fun and sense heightening yoga workshop. Yoga imbued with accessible partner poses for all levels. Accessible, fun and playful with some yoga challenges in the mix. In this yoga flow you will be balancing gently on each other, and also stretching and creating shapes together that requires some effort and cooperation and deep listening. We then will get grounded.
We will be teaching you Thai Yoga Massage and take turns giving and receiving, Direct healing, direct love and warm energy with YOUR hands.
This is about taking a hands on approach to the emotional and physical well being of each other. We will practice giving AND RECEIVING with authenticity, communication and love.
*Teacher info: Shira K Charis - Long time yoga teacher, personal trainer, Thai bodyworker and polyamory coach; leading experiential romantic partner yoga workshops since 2013. www.shira.yoga
*Teacher info: Koreen Valdovinos
As a multifaceted & longtime practitioner, Koreen serves as a Yoga Teacher, Conscious Dance event Creator, DJ, space holder for Sacred Sensuality, Women's Moon Circle Guide, Embodied Movement Coach, and Thai Yoga Bodyworker.
Koreen passionately embraces the belief that the body is a sacred vessel to be celebrated and honored. Her teachings promote individual self study in uncovering the core of love, promoting healing and self-discovery. Her role as a Pleasure Activist, Earth Goddess Embodiment Teacher, and Women's Circle Guide and as a Wellness Events Producer showcases her dedication to fostering a community that embraces the sacred feminine.
The 360 Movement lab invites you to step into the somatic landscape of The Dance to expand awareness, to hone presence, to become a whole united field unto yourself so that you move through the world with a sense of deep intrinsic knowing.
In The 360 Movement Lab as led by Amber Ryan, any of the maps within The 360 Emergence core curriculum might emerge. From physical embodiment, to emotional, from energetic practices to expanded Seership, The 360 aims to meet you and the collective right on the pulse and edge of your own learning. What you bring is where we go and grow. Together, we will dance to shed layers of life’s burden, we will practice the art of seeing and being seen, and weave our exploration and experience into an intentional sacred medicine dance,
For your soul and the soul of the world.
During This Lab You Will:
-Dance
-Practice expanding your detailed awareness of the body as a compass
-Delve into the art and strength of seeing and being seen
- Carve out space for self nourishment and nourishment within the community.
Saturday October 12th 5-8pm
Sunday October 13th 2-6pm
Sign up: https://www.tickettailor.com/.../sattvahealingart.../1371643
SATURDAY ONLY OPTION: $55
SUNDAY ONLY OPTION: $80
Payment options for both days:
2 entries for $250
Sliding scale: $135 or $150
Location
Center for Performing Arts, 55409
Join us for AscenDance: an intentional evening of ecstatic dance curated by resident DJs Earth Goddess Koreen & botanicus. We will gather and dance through rhythmic waves then find stillness with a soothing sound bath.
Our musical guide this month is botanicus. We will close the dance with a soulful sound ceremony by Jade Harmony.
About botanicus:
botanicus crafts ecstatic dance sets by blending live instrumentation, original productions, and eclectic curations into riveting dance experiences for conscious communities. With seamless mixing and improvisational sequencing, he channels the magical energy of the moment to guide dancers through an arc of movements, grooves, and emotions. Known for his ability to progress from pure stillness to utter pandemonium and back again, his sets provide a unique and stimulating adventure for dancers and listeners alike.
About Jade Harmony:
Jade Harmony is a medicine musician and songwriter whose music reflects the beauty of the natural world and the sacred elements ~ emphasizing presence and gratitude for life. by sharing her gift of sacred sounds, jade intends to drop us into a meditative state of Oneness and offer prayers of healing to the collective.
Presale: Sliding scale $18-30
At the door: Sliding scale $20-$30
Venmo/PayPal/Cash are accepted at the door.
-- AGREEMENTS --
We follow these agreements and policies to create a safe experience that fosters free expression and protects our community.
1) AscenDance is a consent-based dance. Request and communicate consent when interacting, sharing space, and touching
2) We agree to arrive clean and unscented
3) We agree to refrain from taking photos/videos to protect the free expression of other dancers
4) We agree to not converse in the dance space (verbal consent chats are okay)
6) AscenDance is for dancers aged 16+
We strive to create an intentional container for our dance, where our shared energy is undisturbed by late arrivals and the dance is initiated by all. To honor this, dancers must arrive in the arrival window before the opening circle, as doors will close at the start of the event.
There is plenty of parking behind and adjacent to the building. The dance studio is on floor 2 and can be accessed by stair or freight elevator. Outside shoes are to be removed before entering the dance space.
-- FLOW --
7:45 - 8:15pm - Arrival Window - Dancers must arrive in this time period
8:15 - 8:30pm - Opening Circle - Doors close and the experience starts
8:30 - 10:00pm - Ecstatic Dance led by botanicus
10:00 -10:15 - Song & sound bath led by Jade Harmony
-- ABOUT THE HOSTS --
AscenDance is a collaboration between Koreen Valdovinos (Earth Goddess Koreen), Sam Perko (Sammy Sunshine), and Nick Perko (botanicus).
Koreen is the founder of Open Minds Fusion Studio and has pioneered many one-of-a-kind sonic and somatic experiences, including Earth Goddess Yoga, Dark Yoga & Gong Baths, Sound Temple, and Dance Temple Tuesdays. Koreen is known for thoughtful sonic stories crafted for ecstatic dance arcs. She has grown to be a fantastic DJ. She recently joined Dance Church Minneapolis and is now a resident DJ.
Sam is a devoted dancer, community builder and designer. She is the communications lead and host for Dance Church Minneapolis, and is passionate about building the conscious dance community in the Twin Cities.
botanicus (Nick Perko) presents distinguished offerings of organic ecstatic dance music by blending live instrumentation, original productions, and eclectic curations with seamless mixing and improvisational sequencing to guide dancers through an arc of movements and emotions. Nick is the musical director of Dance Church Minneapolis, where he is also a resident DJ/performer. Nick is the founder and CEO of Solar Powered Studios, a Twin Cities audio production studio catering to spiritual and religious clients and specializing in unique projects.
Fall SEEKER YOGA IMMERSION
The Yogic Magic of Desire & Surrender
at the Sacred White Buffalo Lodge
with Justyn O'Neill, Meredith Foss & Koreen Valdovinos
October 4th-6th
The path of yoga is so much deeper than asana, pranayama and meditation. Practicing the modalities gives us access to the subtle body of the living energy that is a spiritual practice. Leaning into that force makes Ishvarapranidhana (surrender to the Supreme) an organic act that happens by grace. Trusting your heart is yoga and listening to your intuition is yogic magic. It’s deeper than just doing “whatever you want” from an ego space. It’s intentionally taking the next steps from a place of fearless heart.
The Seeker School invites you to a weekend of self-exploration and inner magic activation. Join Justyn, Meredith and Koreen in a yoga immersion of movement, meditation, mantra and magic practices.
No transformation happens without first releasing something from your being. What we really desire can’t come in if we don’t make room for it. To call a prayer towards you is also to invoke an emptying. - are you comfortable being both full and empty?
Consider what you desire the most, what fears surround you actually stepping into that desire? What are you willing to let go of to make room for what you want?
*wherever you are gripping is the key that opens the gates to receiving.
Inclusions:
~ Meals Friday Evening - Sunday Morning. (Plant-Based, Whole Foods & Indian cuisine) for enhanced yoga practices
~ Daily Yoga/Meditation
~ Earth Goddess Movement
~ Deep dive study on Yoga Philosophy
~ One on one personal guidance
~ Yogini Oracle Wisdom
~ Thai Yoga Massage options
Lodging Options:
Single Room - $900
Double Room - $800
Camping -$600
Want to chat about it or save your spot?
DM Koreen of Open Minds here, or email Justin of The Seeker Yoga school at Justyn@theseekeryogaschool.
Soften in your body, build heat with spirals and the rhythms that call to you.
This week we will be IN THE PARK across the street from the building where you always practice on Saturdays with me. So you can park your cars as normal! We will be in the bandshell next to the stone arch bridge. Exact google Map Location HERE!
A vinyasa like flow & practice …based in the yogini practices of circles and sharing. Where you can be free to be you in your highest form and without trying to fit your body into boxes and shapes that were never meant for you to be stuffed into.
This is the philosophy behind Earth Goddess Yoga. with Yogini Guide, Koreen V.
Circle, spiral and waves!
Embodiment, sweat, & pray with your whole body. We move slow, incorporating somatic practices & breathwork. We Also build heat and dance our yoga. …Drum Beats. Organica Tribal house music, Conscious dance & Flow. And a little intuitive sacred TWERK & a touch of Buti.
Your practice will never be the same.
Earth Goddess is an embodiment class with Koreen , based in a vinyasa flow.
Explore Yoga flow in a new way that allows your body to move as you desire.
🌹All Levels. Except to sweat.
SATURDAYS, 10am
At the A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 SE MAIN ST
$16 pre-registration
Celebrate the darkness, the Equinox, and nature with us! We look to the moon for our thematic DARK Yoga and breathwork concert with giant gongs, live instruments & drone and a guided journey deep into the womb of creation and back into your skin in the here and now.
As we embark on this vibrational healing journey, with many giant gongs, and a long deep sound bath, we will feel into our shadows and brace the darkness of the season. Feel into your body, mind and spirit as the days get shorter and darker with yin & SLOW yoga, AND go deeper into our minds with guided transcendental breath work.
We dive into emotions and the space between breath as well as our own cycles, life, emotions, love, bliss, summer, winter, fall.
With loving awareness.
With:
-Yoga Teacher & breathwork guide, Koreen V.
-Frank DeCristina, "The Gong Guy" on the Giant Gongs and sound instruments
-Nathanial Tuna also on the gongs and good vibes.
Our practice will be about progressive darkness in balance with the light in our hearts. This will be literal, as the room will become darker and darker and we will be using blindfolds to go even deeper into sensory deprivation, to heighten our other senses to feel into light, vibration, healing. And it will be figurative, as you are guided on your own creative journey in your mind's eye during the soundscape with an option to blindfold to go deeper.
Expect a giant long yummy gong bath. Many giant gongs and multiple sound healers with various instruments to 5D landscape sensation.
‼️ tickets 1/2 off now.
Normally $59 for this workshop/concert. but only $28.50 if you register By Sept 19th. All day of registrations will be normal price.
Day of price:
$55 for one
$99 for 2 (you and a friend)
Event starts 5pm. Please arrive early
🔥REGISTER HERE https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=206577&stype=-7&sView=day&sLoc=0&date=09/20/24
* Bring a yoga mat & blanket to cozy up under during sound bath.
*Optional but awesome: a pillow/ meditation cushion/ yoga bolster
*** extra mats, blankets are avail if needed, please see Teacher Koreen before class.
At the Amill Artist Lofts 315 SE MAIN ST, NEAR THE STONE ARCH BRIDGE ON THE RIVER, MPLS.
Diving into intuition, dreams, feeling into the body, the mind, & the spirit with loving awareness.
Once again, we hope you can join Koreen Valdovinos (Earth Goddess Yogini of Open Minds Fusion studio), and Frank DiCristina Harmonic Sound Therapist and Instructor “the Gong Guy,” sound healer with and epic collections of gongs, singing bowls and so much more..).
And Hand Pans and drums from with Musician, David. Drone & singing bowls by Koreen. And with surprise guests & instruments.
More infö for seekers:
This is a journey. We start with a slow guided movement, and then slide into stillness alongside a deep & vibrational Gongs & sounds bath w singing bowls & other healing sound instruments. Yin, & slow fluid movement and stretching included. All levels. Experience your breath, body, mind and darkness to celebrate and integrate the season.
Let yourself be guided through postures and breath techniques. All levels and yoga experience optional. Easy to follow and options to all abilities. From slow flow to long reclining yin yoga poses, and some intuitive movement.
Absorb healing sounds. Feel it in your bones! The soundscape will be full of depth and feeling - mountain peaks of vibrations, drone into feelings of balance like a ship on a calm sea. Watch where you mind takes you. This is the kind of sound you can feel in your bones and has potential for deep healing. Therapeutic sound impacts our nervous system, slowing the heart, brain and respiratory rates down to induce a state of deep relaxation and peace. When the brain waves and body are synchronised, balance can be restored and stress relieved.
We will end class with lights and candles slowly being lit. Reemerging from the dark.
You will be guided back to the light and your sense of sight. At this time you will have an opportunity to grab your journal to sketch, write, process and integrate your journey, your insights, and your heart's desire for the autumn cycle we are entering, riding upon our Mother Earth ship - Fall.
Why? Connecting to the darkness, and remaining open, welcoming all it has to teach is a very powerful skill to harness your full life-force & potential. Our knee jerk reaction is to turn on a light, to flee the darkness, to 'fix' any sense of discomfort we experience, But what if we sit into it. Instead of asking yourself what can we do to be better, what if we sit with how it is, exactly as it is now?!?!
Remember, as Pema Chrodron said, You are the sky, everything else is just the weather.
Join us for AscenDance: an intentional evening of ecstatic dance curated by resident DJs Earth Goddess Koreen & botanicus. We will gather and dance through rhythmic waves then find stillness with a soothing sound bath.
Our musical guide this month is Earth G Koreen. Our gong bath/sound ceremony facilitator is Nat Tuna.
About Earth G Koreen:
Koreen Valdovinos (aka Earth G Koreen) is the
~ Owner, yogini, ecstatic dance guide, DJ at Open Minds Studio & Earth Goddess Yoga
~ Womxn’s circles event producer
~ Senior teacher at Orgasmick Earth Goddess Yoga & Embodiment Practices
~Thai Yoga and event facilitator
~Co-Founder of the infamous Dark Yoga cosmic muzak & Gong Session
~ & resident DJ at AscenDance!
-- TICKETS --
Presale: Sliding scale $18-30
At the door: Sliding scale $20-$30
Venmo/PayPal/Cash are accepted at the door.
-- AGREEMENTS --
We follow these agreements and policies to create a safe experience that fosters free expression and protects our community.
1) AscenDance is a consent-based dance. Request and communicate consent when interacting, sharing space, and touching
2) We agree to arrive clean and unscented
3) We agree to refrain from taking photos/videos to protect the free expression of other dancers
4) We agree to not converse in the dance space (verbal consent chats are okay)
6) AscenDance is for dancers aged 16+
We strive to create an intentional container for our dance, where our shared energy is undisturbed by late arrivals and the dance is initiated by all. To honor this, dancers must arrive in the arrival window before the opening circle, as doors will close at the start of the event.
There is plenty of parking behind and adjacent to the building. The dance studio is on floor 2 and can be accessed by stair or freight elevator. Outside shoes are to be removed before entering the dance space.
-- FLOW --
7:45 - 8:15pm - Arrival Window - Dancers must arrive in this time period
8:15 - 8:30pm - Opening Circle - Doors close and the experience starts
8:30 - 10:00pm - Ecstatic Dance led by Earth G Koreen
10:00 -10:15 - Gong Bath led by Nat Tuna
-- ABOUT THE HOSTS --
AscenDance is a collaboration between Koreen Valdovinos (Earth Goddess Koreen), Sam Perko (Sammy Sunshine), and Nick Perko (botanicus).
Koreen is the founder of Open Minds Fusion Studio and has pioneered many one-of-a-kind sonic and somatic experiences, including Earth Goddess Yoga, Dark Yoga & Gong Baths, Sound Temple, and Dance Temple Tuesdays. Koreen is known for thoughtful sonic stories crafted for ecstatic dance arcs. She has grown to be a fantastic DJ. She recently joined Dance Church Minneapolis and is now a resident DJ.
Sam is a devoted dancer, community builder and designer. She is the communications lead and host for Dance Church Minneapolis, and is passionate about building the conscious dance community in the Twin Cities.
botanicus (Nick Perko) presents distinguished offerings of organic ecstatic dance music by blending live instrumentation, original productions, and eclectic curations with seamless mixing and improvisational sequencing to guide dancers through an arc of movements and emotions. Nick is the musical director of Dance Church Minneapolis, where he is also a resident DJ/performer. Nick is the founder and CEO of Solar Powered Studios, a Twin Cities audio production studio catering to spiritual and religious clients and specializing in unique projects
Chair Dance Yoga
Wednesday, Sept 11 - 630pm
Not your usual chair yoga class. Chair yoga is accessible, adaptable yoga using a chair. AND in this class we level up and layer in chair dance, kundalini yoga and more!
Created for all levels, this gentle class will still challenge your flexibility, balance and strength …no matter where you are at. Every pose and move given will have options/ modifications for all bodies and mobilities. You can choose the flow that fits you
Using a chair to ease pressure on your joints, but also as a tool for going much deeper into asanas when you have a little support.
I am talking to anyone who knows that your body can do so much with a little extra love and support.
Do you want to stay strong, feel sexy & relish the feeling of being alive? We got you!
This playful workshop is a great way to spend an evening with old and new friends.
This class is for anyone who may have trouble kneeling or folding or balancing alone -or who may want to move slower and more deliberately - it is also designed for sisters who have different levels of mobility and really want a healthy girl’s night out.
You may have shoulder or back issues that may prevent you from taking power yoga, or vinyasa classes, but you want to move and flow in adaptable ways where you can feel your heart beat and tune into the power and beauty of your body!
MAYBE you don’t have any mobility issues but want to feel deeply into somatic movement & explore chair dance mixed with yoga simply to gain flexibility and balance. A chair can help every asana to be felt & understood in new ways. Beneficial for all levels!
WEDNESDAY SEPT 11 at 630pm
Drop your preconceived notions about chair yoga, as we add in chair dance, sensual movement, and real challenges that will excite your senses.
Price: sliding scale $15-$35 (Suggested $20)
Register here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=206577&stype=-7&sView=week&sLoc=0&date=09/11/24
Where: at the A-Mill Artist Lofts, Dance studio.
315 SE Main St. Mpls 55414
Chairs provided. Bring a yoga mat if you have one.
Register here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=206577&stype=-7&sView=week&sLoc=0&date=09/11/24
MORE INFO:
First we will move you through some somatic slow yoga movement and a simple all-level chair yoga sequence. Then we take what we learned and bring in some fluid movement that has elements of chair dance.
We will deeply connect to ourselves, our skin, and deep listening.
2nd half of class: We will also connect with each other with rhythm and simple, fun, sexy sequences that can be built upon to suit everybody. Some poses you might find the chair helps you go deeper than you ever could. You might find that you body loves smaller or bigger movements with support. Simple and advanced options will be provided.
In the low lit studio, we will love our bodies in community. We will adore ourselves, banish shame, and experience expansive self-love!, playfulness, and laughter
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About the teachers & their philosophy for this class.
When We created this class, I had in mind my sexy friend who broke an ankle this summer and who can’t work out in the ways she used to. And a student who just can’t get all the way up and down from a mat easily. I thought about my friend who hopes to have hip surgery soon, but her mobility was limited even though she had been practicing power yoga for many years. I keep in mind my own fluctuating body and the desire to care for my joints(!), but also desire to feel strong & to flow in a way that makes me feel good in my skin. I think about my own knees and when I couldn’t kneel even in table top after a roller derby injury. I think about all the shoulder issues many of us experience that make plank pose and chatarunga dangerous and unhelpful for healing.
I think about the toll these mobility issues take not just on our body, but our emotional health.
And I think about how good it feels when we take the pressure off! Take the pressure off your knees, your back! Notice how you can feel successful in balancing pose with the right tools.
The the pressure off your self mentally as well. As we practice our fitness and move in a room of beautiful unique bodies.
And in the spirit of yoga, we connect mind-body-spirit.
We use the chair as a tool in in this yoga workshop, and as a prop to play & dance with.
Angela Ogle, RYT has been teaching Chair yoga for over 5 years and has been traveling the world teaching various styles of yoga. She has experience working with students of all ages and bodies of differing abilities.
Koreen Valdovinos, is the Creator of Earth Goddess Yoga, used to teach hot yoga and Buti Yoga. But now loves bringing in intuitive, primal movement into her rhythmic yoga classes. She is also a Thai yoga body worker and Conscious Dance DJ and Guide.
'“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
-Famous Psychiatrist Carl Jung
An intensive yet playful workshop with social time and, snacks, tea and integration at the end.
REGISTER NOW 40 percent off until 10/19!
So what’s shadow work?
Shadow work explores the unconscious reasons behind your feelings or behaviors, particularly uncomfortable emotions that seem out of character or beyond your control. Jung described the shadow as “the thing a person has no wish to be” or our “blind spots.”
Shadow work is the process of identifying your shadow - commonly known as the “dark side,”- embracing and integrating it instead of avoiding, rejecting, or dismissing it.
-->Have you ever felt like the term, “shadow work” has some kind of weird, illusive, mysterious, “what does that even mean” feel?
-->Have you ever wondered what the process of “shadow work” actually looks like?
-->Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the amount of “shadows” you have to process, and you aren’t sure where to start?
You’re not alone.
We felt the same way, and that is why we created this workshop for YOU.
In this workshop, we are breaking it way down.
In a kinky, playful, somatic way.
Shadow work doesn’t have to be this big, dark, overwhelming process where you have to unravel the whole ball of yarn that you feel is your life.
It can be simpler than that.
We want to show you how.
Cool….Okay….so, why is shadow work important?
When we embrace our shadow (aka the hidden or “darker” aspects of ourselves we don’t show the world for fear of being judged or misperceived) there is gold on the other side.
We dance with the shadow to honor and embrace the wholeness, and messiness of our humanity. To stop bypassing, repressing, and avoiding the crunchy parts. We dance with the shadow to illuminate what parts of ourselves that need healing.
There is GOLD in the shadow.
So you have the what and the why, here is the how →
Imagine this:
A safe, judgment-free space with other women.
Small group container.
Juicy, guided somatic practices.
Authentic, and vulnerable conversation.
2 embodied facilitators.
We are going to get real in this workshop.
You will leave feeling empowered with tools to be in relationship with and uncover your shadow.
You will be tenderly held, and lovingly witnessed in the parts of you that you might hide under a mask.
It’s time for us to get together and discuss what we feel is holding us back. Maybe share some things that were left unsaid.
Let's celebrate each other in our shadows.
DETAILS:
Where: A-Mill Artist Lofts, 315 SE Main Street
When: Saturday, November 2, from 5-9 pm
Cost: $111, early bird promo $44 off through 10/19
What to bring: A yoga mat, journal, water bottle, and comfortable clothes to move in. Eat a light snack or meal before, as we will end the circle with some refreshments for nourishment and integration.
register here:
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=206577&stype=-7&sView=day&sLoc=0
Regular Saturday Yoga will be canceled July 20 & Aug 3 this summer. This class is weekly except for these 2 weekends this summer.
Soften in your body, build heat with spirals and the rhythms that call to you.
A vinyasa like flow & practice …based in the yogini practices of circles and sharing. Where you can be free to be you in your highest form and without trying to fit your body into boxes and shapes that were never meant for you to be stuffed into.
This is the philosophy behind Earth Goddess Yoga. with Yogini Guide, Koreen V.
Circle, spiral and waves!
Embodiment, sweat, & pray with your whole body. We move slow, incorporating somatic practices & breathwork. We Also build heat and dance our yoga. …Drum Beats. Organica Tribal house music, Conscious dance & Flow. And a little intuitive sacred TWERK & a touch of Buti.
Your practice will never be the same.
Earth Goddess is an embodiment class with Koreen , based in a vinyasa flow.
Explore Yoga flow in a new way that allows your body to move as you desire.
🌹All Levels. Except to sweat.
SATURDAYS, 10am
At the A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 SE MAIN ST
$15 pre-registration
Earth G yoga is cancelled due to teacher Koreen guiding a retreat in Duluth, But You are invited!
See the Facebook retreat info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/805533184878855
AUG Retreat info: Are you ready to take a deeper dive into creative conscious movement? Are you ready to explore ecstatic dance with the freedom of a whole weekend event, with the opportunity to join embodied workshops, with sauna and cold plunge in Lake Superior? This event gives you a chance to love yourself through movement and expression to 5 rhythms and other ecstatic dance formats.
The venue for this fun filled weekend is set near the shores of our beloved Lake Superior in downtown Duluth, MN. The dance floor, cuddle cave and workshops will be in a historic Duluth brownstone that is part of the Hostel du Nord in Duluth, MN.
There will be discount lodging available through the Hostel du Nord and participants are welcome to stay at the Hostel or to find other lodging in the area for the weekend. The discount code: DANCE25 gets folks 25% off any booking 8/1-8/4 when they book direct at hosteldunord.com
Event tickets include access to the event space for the duration of the weekend immersion, which includes access to a communal kitchen and a sauna.
Tickets do not include lodging, food, and some of the workshops. There are a range of food options in the surrounding downtown Duluth area.
***SCHEDULE AND WORKSHOP UPDATE****
Friday
6:00 - 7:00pm: Opening Circle and Intention Setting
7:00 - 9:00pm: Guided Conscious Dance with Teresa Reid
9:00pm - 12:00am: Ecstatic Dance Live DJ's: DJ Earth G Koreen and DJ Ike-a-Liscious
9:00pm - 12:00am: Serenity Lounge and Cuddle Cave
Saturday
9:00 - 10:15am: Workshops: Yoga*; Mind Body Skills*; Authentic Relating*
10:15am - 12:00pm: Workshops: Thai Yoga Massage*; Shibari*
12:00 - 1:45pm: Workshops: Contact Improv*; Breathwork*
2:00 - 5:45pm: Free time
5:45 - 7:00pm: Gong Bath with Frank DiCristina*
7:00pm - 01:00am: Ecstatic Dance Live DJ's: DJ Dripsweat, DJ Botanicus, DJ Earth G Koreen
7:00pm - 1:00am: Serenity Lounge and Cuddle Cave
Sunday
9:00 - 10:15am: Workshops: Mind Body Skills*; Embodied Vocal Event*
10:15 - 11:30am: Earth G Yoga with Koreen
11:30am - 2:30pm: Ecstatic Dance Live DJ's: DJ Botanicus and DJ Dripsweat
2:30 - 3:00pm: Closing Circle
3:00 - 6:00pm: Cacao Cuddle Concert with Katie Strand*
(Please note: workshops marked with asterisk (*) are not included in full weekend pass or day passes. The artists may ask for donation. Please realize we weren't able to secure details of costs before creating this event, and we wanted to keep the dancing and access to the space as accessible as possible)
Please see the schedule here for updates: https://docs.google.com/.../12AocoxhmpM7W.../mobilebasic...
Early Bird Pass for the entire weekend is $77 through July 7th. After that, the price goes up to $88. Tickets at the door, and starting 8/2/2024 are $99. Options for full weekend vs. single day passes are available. Purchase your pass now here:
https://north-star-ecstatic.worldclass.cc/
LODGING INFORMATION
HOSTEL DU NORD has reduced lodging at it's location adjacent to the event venue. Options vary from private curtain-drawn full-size beds in a community, co-ed hostel to private rooms. Lodging at The discount code: DANCE25 gets folks 25% off any booking 8/1-8/4.
Hostel Du Nord can be booked here: https://hosteldunord.com/
CAMPING:
Snowflake Nordic Center is located at 4348 Rice Lake Rd, Duluth, MN 55811, which is 4.2 miles from the venue. Snowflake is $20 per night. Reservations are required and can be made by emailing snowflakeduluth@gmail.com. We have reserved a communal site already, so if you'd like to camp nearby other dancers, mention you'd like a site near Isaac.
From the Snowflake website: We offer “Primitive" Walk-in Campsites, no frills except for access to real bathrooms. Our campsites have a mulched tent-pad and a fire-ring with grate. Most of the campsites will accommodate a 4P Tent or 2 small tents, I have a couple that will take a 6-8P tent. The rate for normal sites is $20/night; the large-tent sites are $30/night. The walk from parking/ facilities to campsites varies from 50 yards to 200 yards. We have a cart to assist in move-in/out, but vehicles are prohibited beyond the parking lot.
We can use the discussion tab on the FB event page for sharing accommodations as well.
Are you ready to take a deeper dive into creative conscious movement? Are you ready to explore ecstatic dance with the freedom of a whole weekend event, with the opportunity to join embodied workshops, with sauna and cold plunge in Lake Superior? This event gives you a chance to love yourself through movement and expression to 5 rhythms and other ecstatic dance formats.
The venue for this fun filled weekend is set near the shores of our beloved Lake Superior in downtown Duluth, MN. The dance floor, cuddle cave and workshops will be in a historic Duluth brownstone that is part of the Hostel du Nord in Duluth, MN.
There will be discount lodging available through the Hostel du Nord and participants are welcome to stay at the Hostel or to find other lodging in the area for the weekend. The discount code: DANCE25 gets folks 25% off any booking 8/1-8/4 when they book direct at hosteldunord.com
Event tickets include access to the event space for the duration of the weekend immersion, which includes access to a communal kitchen and a sauna.
Tickets do not include lodging, food, and some of the workshops. There are a range of food options in the surrounding downtown Duluth area.
***SCHEDULE AND WORKSHOP UPDATE****
Friday
6:00 - 7:00pm: Opening Circle and Intention Setting
7:00 - 9:00pm: Guided Conscious Dance with Teresa Reid
9:00pm - 12:00am: Ecstatic Dance Live DJ's: DJ Earth G Koreen and DJ Ike-a-Liscious
9:00pm - 12:00am: Serenity Lounge and Cuddle Cave
Saturday
9:00 - 10:15am: Workshops: Yoga*; Mind Body Skills*; Authentic Relating*
10:15am - 12:00pm: Workshops: Thai Yoga Massage*; Shibari*
12:00 - 1:45pm: Workshops: Contact Improv*; Breathwork*
2:00 - 5:45pm: Free time
5:45 - 7:00pm: Gong Bath with Frank DiCristina*
7:00pm - 01:00am: Ecstatic Dance Live DJ's: DJ Dripsweat, DJ Botanicus, DJ Earth G Koreen
7:00pm - 1:00am: Serenity Lounge and Cuddle Cave
Sunday
9:00 - 10:15am: Workshops: Mind Body Skills*; Embodied Vocal Event*
10:15 - 11:30am: Earth G Yoga with Koreen
11:30am - 2:30pm: Ecstatic Dance Live DJ's: DJ Botanicus and DJ Dripsweat
2:30 - 3:00pm: Closing Circle
3:00 - 6:00pm: Cacao Cuddle Concert with Katie Strand*
(Please note: workshops marked with asterisk (*) are not included in full weekend pass or day passes. The artists may ask for donation. Please realize we weren't able to secure details of costs before creating this event, and we wanted to keep the dancing and access to the space as accessible as possible)
Please see the schedule here for updates: https://docs.google.com/.../12AocoxhmpM7W.../mobilebasic...
Early Bird Pass for the entire weekend is $77 through July 7th. After that, the price goes up to $88. Tickets at the door, and starting 8/2/2024 are $99. Options for full weekend vs. single day passes are available. Purchase your pass now here:
https://north-star-ecstatic.worldclass.cc/
LODGING INFORMATION
HOSTEL DU NORD has reduced lodging at it's location adjacent to the event venue. Options vary from private curtain-drawn full-size beds in a community, co-ed hostel to private rooms. Lodging at The discount code: DANCE25 gets folks 25% off any booking 8/1-8/4.
Hostel Du Nord can be booked here: https://hosteldunord.com/
CAMPING:
Snowflake Nordic Center is located at 4348 Rice Lake Rd, Duluth, MN 55811, which is 4.2 miles from the venue. Snowflake is $20 per night. Reservations are required and can be made by emailing snowflakeduluth@gmail.com. We have reserved a communal site already, so if you'd like to camp nearby other dancers, mention you'd like a site near Isaac.
From the Snowflake website: We offer “Primitive" Walk-in Campsites, no frills except for access to real bathrooms. Our campsites have a mulched tent-pad and a fire-ring with grate. Most of the campsites will accommodate a 4P Tent or 2 small tents, I have a couple that will take a 6-8P tent. The rate for normal sites is $20/night; the large-tent sites are $30/night. The walk from parking/ facilities to campsites varies from 50 yards to 200 yards. We have a cart to assist in move-in/out, but vehicles are prohibited beyond the parking lot.
We can use the discussion tab on the FB event page for sharing accommodations as well.
For our 3rd installment of AscenDance, Dana Kazuko will be taking us on a musical journey. See you there!
Minneapolis is blowing up with conscious dance and now we have monthly evening Dance that will bring your higher! There are no rules on how to move. The only requirement is presence and deep listening. Moving in however the music moves you and staying open as emotions, ideas move you. This is a fun sober dance with dope beats, eclectic electronic and house music. But also waves of softness and slower tempos. This can also be a spiritual practice if you let it be. :)
Listen to Dana's Dance Church mix here: https://on.soundcloud.com/WfNhGBM5BgnX9dCA8
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AscenDance is an intentional evening of ecstatic dance curated by resident DJs Earth Goddess Koreen & botanicus. We will gather and dance through rhythmic waves, then find stillness with a soothing sound bath, every second Friday of the month.
-- TICKETS --
Presale: Sliding scale $15-20
At the door: Sliding scale $20-$30
Venmo/PayPal/Cash are accepted at the door.
-- AGREEMENTS --
We follow these agreements and policies to create a safe experience that fosters free expression and protects our community.
1) AscenDance is a consent-based dance. Request and communicate consent when interacting, sharing space, and touching
2) We agree to arrive clean and unscented
3) We agree to refrain from taking photos/videos to protect the free expression of other dancers
4) We agree to not converse in the dance space (verbal consent chats are okay)
6) AscenDance is for dancers aged 16+
We strive to create an intentional container for our dance, where our shared energy is undisturbed by late arrivals and the dance is initiated by all. To honor this, dancers must arrive in the arrival window before the opening circle, as doors will close at the start of the event.
There is plenty of parking behind and adjacent to the building. The dance studio is on floor 2 and can be accessed by stair or freight elevator. Outside shoes are to be removed before entering the dance space.
-- FLOW --
7:45 - 8:15pm - Arrival Window - Dancers must arrive in this time period
8:15 - 8:30pm - Opening Circle - Doors close and the experience starts
8:30 - 10:00pm - Ecstatic Dance led by botanicus
10:00 - 10:15pm - Sound ceremony with Kevin McEvoy
10:15 -10:30 - Closing Time and Goodbye
-- ABOUT THE HOSTS --
AscenDance is a collaboration between Koreen Valdovinos (Earth Goddess Koreen), Sam Perko (Sammy Sunshine), and Nick Perko (botanicus).
Koreen is the founder of Open Minds Fusion Studio and has pioneered many one-of-a-kind sonic and somatic experiences, including Earth Goddess Yoga, Dark Yoga & Gong Baths, Sound Temple, and Dance Temple Tuesdays. Koreen is known for thoughtful sonic stories crafted for ecstatic dance arcs. She has grown to be a fantastic DJ. She recently joined Dance Church Minneapolis and is now a resident DJ.
Sam is a devoted dancer, community builder and designer. She is the communications lead and host for Dance Church Minneapolis, and is passionate about building the conscious dance community in the Twin Cities.
botanicus (Nick Perko) presents distinguished offerings of organic ecstatic dance music by blending live instrumentation, original productions, and eclectic curations with seamless mixing and improvisational sequencing to guide dancers through an arc of movements and emotions. Nick is the musical director of Dance Church Minneapolis, where he is also a resident DJ/performer. Nick is the founder and CEO of Solar Powered Studios, a Twin Cities audio production studio catering to spiritual and religious clients and specializing in unique projects
Diving into intuition, dreams, feeling into the body, the mind, & the spirit with loving awareness.
Ticket includes a 5mg THCgummy that can be cut in half easily.
…OR for a THC-free herbal journey, enjoy an herbal tea (butterfly pea tea with flowers and chamomile) that encourages dreamy relaxation without TCH.
Also you have an option to buy a full 10 count bag with ticket. Choose your own adventure.
Green Elevator Cannabis is providing the gummies for our journey.
Tickets for this event will be live on Friday June 21 at 8am. We expect to sell out. so buy soon.
Celebrate the Solstice and the arrival of summer! The solstice marks the day of the year with the most daylight, and the turning towards the shortening of days and longer and longer nights.
Alongside the celebrations of light, we bring the honoring of night and DARKNESS !!!... of mystery & dreams. we celebrate the seeds that need dark rich soil to germinate and the darkness of the womb.
Celebrate the balance of nature!
Thematic DARK Yoga and breathwork concert with giant gongs, live instruments & dark drone. A guided journey deep into the womb of creation and back into your skin in the here and now.
As we embark on this vibrational healing journey, with many giant gongs, and a long deep sound bath, we will feel into our shadows and embrace the darkness and the balance of nature. Nature is within.
Feel into your body, mind and spirit and the 5D SOUNDSCAPE as the days get shorter and darker with yin & SLOW yoga, AND go deeper into our minds with guided transcendental breath work.
Our practice will be about progressive darkness in balance with the light in our hearts.
This will be literal, as the room will become darker and darker and we will be using blindfolds to go even deeper into sensory deprivation, to heighten our other senses to feel into light, vibration, healing. And it will be figurative, as you are guided on your own creative journey in your mind's eye during the soundscape with an option to blindfold to go deeper.
Expect a giant long yummy gong bath. Many giant gongs and multiple sound healers with various instruments to 5D landscape sensation.
TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE SOLSTICE: FRIDAY JUN 21
$65 for one spot µd0se or herbal dreamy tea option (see website)
$99 for 2, you and a friend.
* or Choose your own journey with a 10 count bag/larger amount from Green Elevator for $10 dollars more. ($75 for single ticket plus bag of treats. $119 for 2 people)
TICKETS
info on plant medicine options in the full event info here: http://openmindsfusionstudio.com/event-list
What to Bring:
* a yoga mat & blanket
*Optional: a pillow, a blanket and wear layers. If you are prone to getting cold when being still especially. (A few extra mats, blankets are avail if needed)
When doors are before 6pm. Yoga event starts at 630. Come early and check out more Green Elevator products before class start.
Where:
At the A-mill Artist Lofts 315 SE MAIN ST, NEAR THE STONE ARCH BRIDGE ON THE RIVER, MPLS.
Make sure to have some food in your stomach for optimal injection of plant medicine. ...Bring a small snack to eat if you want, as you set up & settle into your meditation/ yoga nest, as this class is 2 hours so plan accordingly.
Once again, we hope you can join Koreen Valdovinos (Earth Goddess Yogini of Open Minds Fusion studio), and Frank DiCristina Harmonic Sound Therapist and Instructor “the Gong Guy,” sound healer with and epic collections of gongs, singing bowls and so much more..) and special sound healer guests with medicine music.
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More info for seekers:
This is a journey.
- We start with a sloooow guided yoga. We transition into building heat with asana and somatic shaking.
- Be guided into breathwork rhythms curated to assist with opening pathways for intuitive insight, create balance and reduce stress or anxiety.
- Slide into stillness alongside a deep & vibrational Gongs & sound bath w singing bowls & other healing sound instruments.
deeper info:
Experience your breath, body, mind and darkness to celebrate and integrate the season.
Let yourself be guided through postures and breath techniques. Experience their effects as you absorb healing sounds. The soundscape will be full of depth and feeling - mountain peaks of vibrations, drone into feelings of balance like a ship on a calm sea. Watch where you mind takes you.
This is the kind of sound you can feel in your bones and has potential for deep healing. Therapeutic sound impacts our nervous system, slowing the heart, brain and respiratory rates down to induce a state of deep relaxation and peace. When the brain waves and body are synchronised, balance can be restored and stress relieved.
We will end class with candles slowly being lit, sage being lit, curtains opening and leaving as the sun sets above Mississippi River in front of the building.
You will be guided back to the light and your sense of sight. At this time you will have an opportunity to grab your journal to sketch, write, process and integrate your journey, your insights.
Why? Connecting to the darkness, and remaining open, welcoming all it has to teach is a very powerful skill to harness your full life-force & potential.
Our knee jerk reaction is to turn on a light, to flee the darkness, to 'fix' any sense of discomfort we experience, But what if we sit into it. Instead of asking yourself what can we do to be better, what if we sit with how it is, exactly as it is now?!?!
Soften in your body, build heat with spirals and the rhythms that call to you.
A vinyasa like flow & practice …based in the yogini practices of circles and sharing. Where you can be free to be you in your highest form and without trying to fit your body into boxes and shapes that were never meant for you to be stuffed into. …This is the philosophy behind Earth Goddess Yoga.
Circle, spiral and waves!
Embodiment, sweat, & pray with your whole body. We move slow, incorporating somatic practices & breathwork. We Also build heat and dance our yoga. …Drum Beats. Organica Tribal house music, Conscious dance & Flow. And a little intuitive sacred TWERK & a touch of Buti.
Your practice will never be the same.
Explore Yoga flow in a new way that allows your body to move as you desire.
🌹All Levels. Except to sweat.
SATURDAYS, 10am
At the A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 SE MAIN ST
$15 pre-registration
Soften in your body, build heat with spirals and the rhythms that call to you.
A vinyasa like flow & practice …based in the yogini practices of circles and sharing. Where you can be free to be you in your highest form and without trying to fit your body into boxes and shapes that were never meant for you to be stuffed into.
This is the philosophy behind Earth Goddess Yoga.
Circle, spiral and waves!
Embodiment, sweat, & pray with your whole body. We move slow, incorporating somatic practices & breathwork. We Also build heat and dance our yoga. …Drum Beats. Organica Tribal house music, Conscious dance & Flow. And a little intuitive sacred TWERK & a touch of Buti.
Your practice will never be the same.
Earth Goddess is an embodiment class with Koreen , based in a vinyasa flow.
Explore Yoga flow in a new way that allows your body to move as you desire.
🌹All Levels. Except to sweat.
SATURDAYS, 10am
At the A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 SE MAIN ST
$15 pre-registration
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