Thank FUNK it's Friday! - with Ecstatic Dance London- Highbury & Islington

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Dear dancers, I'm very happy to be extending these ecstatic dance classes for half an hour! Yes! so dance with us from 8:30pm to 10:30. There is also a revised payment scheme. Have an amazing year of dance and we look forward to seeing you on the dance floor.

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Thank FUNK it's Friday! with Ecstatic Dance london

A weekly free-style, expressive dance & moving meditation event featuring our headphone based sound system!

"A brilliant way to destress after a hard week of work"

Friday nights - 8:30pm-10:30pm
Sliding scale payment £15/£12 (£10 each if you bring someone new who also joins this meetup group)

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“Each of us is a moving centre, a space of divine mystery. And though we spend most of our time on the surface in the daily details of ordinary existence, most of us hunger to connect to this space within, to break through to ecstatic states of consciousness, to be swept away.” -Gabrielle Roth

What to bring:

Loose comfortable clothing and a Bottle of water

Classes are facilitated by Seth Newman, Seth is an Art of Being© graduate, Bioenergetics (https://www.facebook.com/bioenergetics) practitioner, Tantric Trance Dance (https://www.facebook.com/TantricTranceDance) facilitator and is the pioneer of live music ecstatic dance events in the UK, with his band Urubu (https://www.facebook.com/urubucollective). He brings a wealth of experience holding heart centred spaces.

Events for your calendar:

February 17th-19th Bodywork & Breathwork Residential @ Osho Leela (http://www.urubu.com/events/bodywork-breathwork-retreat-a-bioenergetic-alchemy-weekend-residential/)

April 7th-9th Ecstatic Dance Temple retreat @ Osho Leela (http://www.urubu.com/events/ecstatic-dance-temple-retreat-osho-leela-dorset-weekend-residential/)

June 6th-13th Ecstatic Dance Temple facilitator training - Bali (http://www.urubu.com/events/ecstatic-dance-temple-facilitator-training-bali-june-2017/)

Our Ecstatic Dance/ Movement Meditation classes are an opportunity to find freedom in our own ability to feel and move with all that is and with everything that arises in our body, heart and mind. It is a practice that encourages moving with a grounded body, deepening our ability to be with what is, and connecting with others as we are, without the mask.
There is no experience necessary, just a willingness to move and be moved!

"Our bodies instinctively know what feels good or bad, right or wrong. However, often our heads get in the way. Ecstatic Dance is about finding our way through to what feels good. How can we use dance to consciously transform towards finding joy, without denying our anger or sadness? Ask yourself: what’s my body feeling in this moment? Does it feel good moving this way, or that? Does it feel nourishing to dance with another, or dance solo? Where do I most feel connected with Self? Let your body lead the way." ~ Abigail Harris

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