Soul Seed ~ Oakland Ecstatic Dance @ Sweets Ballroom!

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Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sweets Ballroom
Sunday Dec 15 - DJ: Soul Seed
Contact Improv: Merrick Jacob
Yoga: Satya Gita
Circle & Meditation: Katie McClung

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

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

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

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

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

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DJ: Soul Seed
Soul Seed is a gifted DJ and producer who believes that music is medicine. A connection to source. With a background in dance, and a lifetime of music festivals, she discovered her passion for Producing and Djing. Her ability to curate the perfect vibe on the dance floor is her ultimate offering, creating a space where people can connect, celebrate and flow. Soul Seed based out of Grass Valley has been influenced by a wide variety of genres and you can hear it in the sounds she plays, including drippy sexy bass, Downtempo, RnB, conscious hip hop, electronic, world fusion, house, afro beats, jungle, breaks and folk. Her music is infused with diverse juicy bass lines, sexy goddess whomps, and the rhythms of the world. The music that Soul Seed produces is beautiful a mixture of acoustic and electronic and has vocals weaving through. Above all, Soul Seed is committed to sharing her musical journey with others, helping them connect with their purpose and find joy on the dance floor.
https://soundcloud.com/soul-seed

Contact Improv: Merrick Jacob
Merrick Jacob (she/her) is a lover of movement, continuously in awe of the body and its potential for unique expression, creativity, & authentic connection. Influenced by her background in figure skating, AcroYoga, hand-balancing, Gaga, and contact improv, she guides playful movement experiences as an opportunity for deep listening, exploration, and co-creation. She is a certified AcroYoga Teacher with AcroRevolution & AcroYoga Montréal. Merrick studied a variety of somatic movement therapy modalities with Dynamic Embodiment & The Moving On Center: School of Participatory Arts & Somatic Research, focusing on BodyMind Centering & Laban Movement Analysis. For more contact improv with Merrick, she hosts 2x a month at The Center SF. Say hi to her here: https://merrickjacob.com/

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

Circle & Meditation: Katie McClung

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All are Welcome.

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

Ecstatic Dance can be your: