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5Rhythms Sweat Your Prayers® on Weds Nights hosted by Karen
June 25, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:45 pm
$15 – $25
Embody and Embrace Summer!
Summer is the season for heat, playful times, time to explore the outdoors and time to sit and enjoy a cold beverage! We will celebrate the Summer Season and all that it has to offer. How does the body embrace the Summer? Are you open, closed or both to that the Summer Season has to offer? Does your body expand, contract or both to the Summer Season? Join us for this exploration in movement.
Homewood, 19 Zillicoa St. Asheville, NC, 5:00-6:45pm, $15-25 sliding scale, no one turned away.
Community Potluck: Join us to gather together for sharing food and good conversation in the park across the street from Homewood after dance, Weather permitting! Please bring a blanket and healthy snacks to share. I will provide plates, utensils, trash bag and napkins. I look forward to seeing you all there!
About 5Rhythms®
Created by Gabrielle Roth and practiced by tens of thousands worldwide. 5Rhythms® is a dynamic movement practice rooted in the principles that if you put the psyche in motion it will heal itself.
About Karen:
5Rhythms dance is for everyone. This meditative freeform dancing practice was created by dancer and visionary Gabriellle Roth. Accredited 5Rhythms teacher Karen Chapman has been hosting dances in Asheville and around the country for 9 years. Through the dance, Karen acts as a guide for the dancer on their journey through the rhythms. Karen is interested in how energy moves on the dance floor through the Breath and Body!
Dance movement timeline:
Doors open at 5 PM for warm up and close at 5:45 for the opening circle. The wave is complete at 6:45PM. If you can arrive at 5 PM that is best but you are welcome to come to the dance anytime before 5:45 PM.
5 PM: Warm-up, Meditative stretching and dancing.
5:45 PM: Doors Close, Opening circle
Demonstration of the 5 Rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness.
6 PM: Dancing the wave of the 5 Rhythms
6:45: Closing Circle/End
Thank you and see ya on the dance floor soon! Love K
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