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# 5Rhythms®NZ

5Rhythms Ecstatic Dance in New Zealand, Movement as Meditation and Medicine

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- [Dancing With Change](https://5rhythms.co.nz/1/) - Dear Dancing Friends, I always feel Autumn as such a time of change in the year, especially here in NZ where we have the dual impulses of growth and dying in any one season. We have a maple tree in our garden and throughout the day leaves make their graceful descent to the earth. I
- [Fabulous Documentary on 5Rhythms and Gabrielle Roth](https://5rhythms.co.nz/fabulous-documentary-on-5rhythms-and-gabrielle-roth/) - A perfect introduction to the 5Rhythms practice and the work of Gabrielle Roth. Enjoy!
- [Making It Personal](https://5rhythms.co.nz/making-it-personal/) - In the 5Rhythms practice there are usually one or more of the Rhythms we feel comfortable and at home in - where we find our groove easily, connect with ourselves and could happily keep dancing on and on. Then, there are those that feel less known, more awkward to us, too slow or too fast,
- [Connection](https://5rhythms.co.nz/connection/) - The earth keeps on moving and most people I know, no make that everyone I know, who is living through this tumultuous time, is experiencing an extreme case of indecision, of not knowing, of not being able to make plans or make decisions and an extreme inability to trust themselves. And the ground keeps on
- [Gabrielle Roth, 1941-2012](https://5rhythms.co.nz/gabrielle-roth-1941-2012/) - Jonathan Horan, Gabrielle Roth's son wrote about Gabrielle on October 18th: Our Mama Raven's wings have lifted her spirit from this lifetime and she is in flight to her next journey, where she will dance in our hearts forever. Om Namah Shivaya. Dance In Peace, Gabrielle. Love, Jonny and Robert. In lieu of flowers, contributions
- [Stillness - a prayer for Gabrielle](https://5rhythms.co.nz/stillness-a-prayer/) - by Ingrid-Rose Nagle A moment of peaceexpanding in time and space.The void of the infiniteembraced by your Being.Body and Mind resting.Heart and Breath slowing down. Unfathomable – yet,how the world will continueits dance, without yours.As for you, all there isis this heartbeat, this breath of Lifein this moment NOW.Once that has left you,there is NOTHING.
- [Gabrielle Roth](https://5rhythms.co.nz/gabrielle-roth/) - Hello Dancing Loved Ones, Over the last few weeks Gabrielle has been moving into stillness. Robert and I have been deeply moved by the love and support pouring in from around the world. We appreciate each and every message and have been watching her smile when we share. We have now entered a time when
- [Surrender Poem by Ingrid](https://5rhythms.co.nz/surrender-poem/) - Giving up this need to understand where all sorrows comes from. How to explain those battlesfighting themselves,Endlessly eating upprecious life force energies. In the danceI remember the songof the rivers natural flow.In staccato, the call for directionwhere the hunter knows to find food.In chaos, giving in to the forces of gravity,trusting its pull to surrenderheaviness
- [Winter and the Mystery of Stillness](https://5rhythms.co.nz/winter-and-the-mystery-of-stillness/) - In the past few weeks on this dark side of the earth, in the potentcy of the winter solstice, have you noticed yourself going inside...reflecting into the internal quieter corners of yourself...the warmer cosier snugglier corners of the house...maybe even the spicier, soupier recipes cooking on your stove. A potent time to turn our attention
- [Ha!  by Rata Gordon at Heartbeat 3](https://5rhythms.co.nz/ha-by-rata-gordon-at-heartbeat-3/) - Ha! It's out, all of it out, out all black spots and grabbed in bits all squashed and silenced things all anger and sweetness, hope, hunger, out ha! ha! ha! Twist like this, and fall too twist fall slop soft depth moving under there is space, take it. Run into the space with this,
- [Sweat, by Bill Goldberg](https://5rhythms.co.nz/sweat-by-bill-goldberg/) - At first self-conscious, I dance until my sweat becomes a river, that takes me to my soul. Eyes closed, I disappear into the waves, and all that’s left is rhythm. Laughter ripples through my body. Joy arises, past walls that were there just moments before. Moving until my sweat erodes those walls that surround my heart. Beyond those walls, is life, real life. See you
- [Nothing in Between](https://5rhythms.co.nz/nothing-in-between/) - Nothing in Between5Rhythms Retreat with GeashPrana, Coromandel27th-30th January 2012 Join Geash for this long weekend 5Rhythms retreat exploring intimacy inside motion. The dance where there is nothing in between us and the living moment. A simple, gentle presence with the unknown. How much of life do we allow in to move through these bodies? Where do we resist and
- [Sweet Surrender Retreat - a thank you poem](https://5rhythms.co.nz/sweet-surrender-thankyou/) - Sacha Paddy and Neal Ghoshal wish to thank all who came to the Sweet Surrender Retreat at Mana Retreat Centre, in August this year. A very beautiful time sharing our wild dance, exploring movement and yoga, singing and chanting up at the sanctuary. Penelope Holmes, wrote this lovely poem about her experience: Your biggest fear is
- [Heartbeat2 at Mana Retreat Centre](https://5rhythms.co.nz/heartbeat2-at-mana-retreat-centre/) - dear Friends, I just wanted to say a huge "THANK YOU!" to everyone who participated in our second Heartbeat weekend workshop at Mana Retreat Centre last weekend. I am overwhelmed by the beauty and magnificence of each of you and am still buzzing from the whole experience. I am always moved by the incredible
- [Thank you from Christina Demmler](https://5rhythms.co.nz/thank-you-from-christina/) - Dear dancing friends, I feel very loved in these difficult days and want to express my deep gratitude to everyone who has shown support in so many ways. The fundraising event was extraordinary and I still marvel at how this lovely evening came together so quickly and how many people supported it by appearance, help
- [Dancing for Christina - from Geordie](https://5rhythms.co.nz/dancing-for-christina/) - Dear Friends, I just wanted to thank you all so much for your part in co-creating such a truly memorable, exquisite and successful fundraising event for Christina & her family at the Boat Club. The evening was filled with so much love, creativity, and generosity of spirit - a beautiful coming together of communities, with
- [Fundraising Dance Event For Christina Demmler](https://5rhythms.co.nz/fundraising-for-christina-demmler/) - Friday June 24th, 7-10pm at Blockhouse Bay Boatclub, Auckland See Map Here DANCE: 5Rhythms Wave with Geordie Jahner & Sacha Paddy MELT: Live Music & Dancing with Fraser Bruce and Co PLUS: Delicious Dessert & Raw Chocolate Elixir, Great Offerings, Silent Auction Entry donation: $25 - all proceeds go directly to Christina & her family
- [Review of Heartbeat2 ](https://5rhythms.co.nz/review-of-heartbeat-2/) - By Julie Forsey Returning home after Geordie’s Heartbeat workshop, I feel different. Not, on the surface of it a trailblazing statement, but one that for me is profound. I feel more grounded, present, focused and also softer, more open-hearted. But the deepest change, the one I am thrilled by; is that after years of spiritual
- [Review of 'Body' workshop](https://5rhythms.co.nz/review-of-body-workshop/) - Embryology for Dancers by Julie Forsey Aaah, Bliss! Two days of dancing down deeper into the body on the shore of the Tasman Sea, dancing the Wave in a sunlit room to the sound of waves massaging the shore. Our first dance was followed by a warm-up exercise with partners, looking at the quality of
- [Dancing The Spirit Sacred](https://5rhythms.co.nz/dancing-the-spirit-sacred/) - by Inspirational Village, April 2011 Dance is a spiritual channel, an opening of metaphysical and sensuous doorways. Every dancer knows her goal: to get to that point where the body no longer stands in the way but becomes the instrument of the soul’s expression, the body, and psyche working together. The feelings of joy, hope,
- [Joining Up The Body](https://5rhythms.co.nz/joining-up-the-body/) - by Julie Forsey It was from Deborah Jay-Lewin, the 5Rhythms teacher from Findhorn that I heard the phrase ‘Flowing elbows’, and my dance completely changed. Part of my brain struggled with this, it stuttered and stammered ‘b-b-but my elbows belong in Staccato!’. My body knew what to do with the information – it let my
- [Trauma Blog, Part 3: Recovering from Trauma](https://5rhythms.co.nz/trauma-blog-part-3-recovering-from-trauma/) - Julie Forsey writes… Sometimes when we have been through a crisis, it can be more than we can deal with and we are left with feelings of sadness, fear, anger or depression. The 5Rhythms™ provides a gentle and effective framework for processing and releasing trauma from our bodies and from our minds – the effect
- [Trauma Blog, Part 2: The Immediate Crisis](https://5rhythms.co.nz/trauma-blog-part-2-the-immediate-crisis/) - Julie Forsey writes .... 5Rhythms™ provides a map that helps us to deal with any situation. It is versatile and adaptable, giving us the structure in which we find our effectiveness, our strength, and keep ourselves safe while we deal with a crisis. The crisis may be a small domestic one or a major disaster
- [Review of Lucia Horan's Endless Waves](https://5rhythms.co.nz/review-of-lucia-horans-endless-waves/) - Julie Forsey writes... After dancing a weekend workshop, ‘Endless Waves’, taught by Lucia Horan, I feel replete. Aaah! That was wonderful! Lucia was visiting New Zealand from her home ‘town’ of New York, and we were fortunate indeed that she made time in her schedule to teach a weekend here in Wellington covering the ‘Wave’ structure
- [Stillness, a poem](https://5rhythms.co.nz/stillness-a-poem/) - by Julie Forsey The mood has softened. From the ecstasy of release we move to a calmer beat. Our bodies highly charged with chaos, we weave our limbs and circle; palm close to tingling palm. A delicious presence between our hands entices us to keep the distance not to break the force that binds us.
- [Trauma Blog, Part 1: How can we respond?](https://5rhythms.co.nz/trauma-blog-part-1/) - Julie Forsey writes... Four days after the Earthquake, we gathered for our weekly class, a fundraiser for Christchurch. With a disaster of such enormity, how can we possibly respond? Isn’t it superficial or facile, to dance in the knowledge of such suffering, like the Emperor Nero who ‘fiddled while Rome burned’? No, my view is
- [Lammas, cacao elixir and 5Rhythms](https://5rhythms.co.nz/lammas-cacao-elixir-and-5rhythms/) - Last night at Blockhouse Bay Boating club with Christina and all the dancers we 'danced in' the Year of the Rabbit aided by a cacao elixir and chocolate heart from Chalice! It is also Lammas this week - the time that is equidistant between Summer Solstice and Autumn Equinox. This is a mixed time of
- [Dancing through a ‘safe’ earthquake](https://5rhythms.co.nz/dancing-through-a-‘safe’-earthquake/) - Today I joined the 5Rhythms tribe downtown for a Sunday session with Geordie. And what a session it turned out to be! ‘Earthquake’ above – invitation to dance deep down into my roots on the floor. The ‘earthquake’ was Black Grace doing final rehearsals for their UrbanYouthMovement Tour. They thumped, tapped, clapped through their dances
- [Travel and 5Rhythms](https://5rhythms.co.nz/travel-and-5rhythms/) - by Julie Forsey When you dance 5Rhythms, you are part of an international community of dancers, from funky free spirits who drop in to the occasional class, to soulful enthusiasts who immerse themselves fully into the practice, soaking it up. If you are travelling, you can drop into a class anywhere in the world and
- [End of Year Celebration Dance by Geordie](https://5rhythms.co.nz/end-of-year-celebration-dance/) - Dances of Grace & Gratitude at Mana, Tuesday Nov 30 What a brilliant end to our dance-year last Tuesday morning in Coromandel. A big juicy "Thank You!" to everyone for all your wonderful participation in our 5Rhythms programs throughout the year. It has been a great year of deepening into our practice together here in
- [Summer: The Time To Dance by Geash](https://5rhythms.co.nz/summer-the-time-to-dance/) - Dear Dancing Friends... It feels like a good time to dance!! I do admit this could easily be a generic opening for any 5Rhythms newsletter or blog at any time of day, night or year! This feels like a good time to dance. As the flowers are blooming color magic, asI can almost see the gardens
- [A Holiday Wave by Sacha Paddy](https://5rhythms.co.nz/a-holiday-wave-by-sacha-paddy/) - Waking in the STILLNESS of the morning, all is calm and slow, gentle water lapping on the beach below, quiet breeze promising another hot summer’s day. I luxuriate in this solitude for a while before going out to meet the day. A morning chat then we wander down for a swim. The water is smooth and clear today, a languorous swim, such a great wake up for the body and FLOWING start to the day....
- [Riding the Waves](https://5rhythms.co.nz/riding-the-waves/) - Many changes for me too as I ride the waves of my first pregnancy, re-finding the dance as my body grows, surrendering to new needs of rest and nourishment and the joy of connecting with the new life within. I feel very supported by the practice of the 5Rhythms, not only the physical movement of it but also the deep philosophy which is grounded within it. The value of trusting our body’s innate wisdom, the allowing our emotions to move through us, the surrender to life’s currents, the holding any experience with lightness and recognising the mystery at the centre of it all.
- [The 5Rhythms Map](https://5rhythms.co.nz/the-5rhythms-map/) - 1) Waves – Physical freedom In Waves level work we concentrate on experiencing and embodying the basics of the physical practice, investigating the specific medicine inherent within each of the five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. We also explore the light and shadow sides of each rhythm...
- [Julie on The Dance of the Witness](https://5rhythms.co.nz/julie-on-work-travel-and-the-5rhythms/) - Dear dancers, I am writing this from London, at the start of my 2 month trip to the UK to visit family and work on the West Coast of Scotland. And – oh joy! – to dance with Oya Moore in Spain for a week. As well as being a teacher of 5Rhythms, I also
- [My first 5Rhythms Workshop, by Callan](https://5rhythms.co.nz/my-first-5rhythms-workshop-by-callan/) - My first ever 5Rhythms workshop was a 5 day workshop in Belgium with Ya'acov Darling Khan. I arrrived in a bit of a state after having spent half the night in a train station in Brussels – followed by a train journey to the belgian countryside, a bus journey further in and finally a walk
- [Welcome to the Blog](https://5rhythms.co.nz/welcome-to-the-5rhythms-blog/) - Welcome to the 5Rhythms New Zealand Blog. Here the teachers in New Zealand - Geash Bowler, Julie Forsey, Christina Demmler, Geordie Jahner and Sacha Paddy - will post up writings, ideas, reflections, and more about the 5Rhythms dance practice. As a reader you can also post up comments and start dialoguing with the teachers, friends
- [Still Moving by Christina](https://5rhythms.co.nz/still-moving-by-christina/) - I went for a walk yesterday in the evening, cold and clear and the light was magnificent and is there for a little bit longer. We are slowly moving upwards again, out of the deepest dark (and wet), first spring flowers show up and Tuis make evening noises. I have been very much in a
- [Dance ~ a poem by Julie Forsey](https://5rhythms.co.nz/dance-a-poem-by-julie-forsey/) - I don’t know your name but I know your body, how you move and turn and trace the story of your life before my eyes. Electrifying space, I feel your passion, your grace, the wisp of tenderness you weave upon the air. And after, when I change my clothes from red and gold into streetwise
- [5Rhythms and Gardening](https://5rhythms.co.nz/87/) - Ok so I’m not the world’s greatest gardener and there is still some serious weeding to be done, but I was reflecting on the 5Rhythms yesterday when I was gardening. First there was Flowing in the sense of gathering information, musing on what might grow in this soil, finding out what Tui’s like to eat,
- [Love After Love](https://5rhythms.co.nz/love-after-love/) - The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome...
- [wave](https://5rhythms.co.nz/wave/) - Dance - Dec 2006 Now speaks the language of the soul Weaving my body into endless turning circles Frenzied fire sizzles and arcs along my sinews Inside, my belly roars The fearsome heat of agony I die in spiral I drown in grief A great liquid wave Deep and dark by loubird
- [Thank you...beautiful connections](https://5rhythms.co.nz/thank-you-beautiful-connections/) - Beautiful connections today that I want to honour. To be seen and held in your awareness for a moment my friends, that moment becomes so satisfying , stepping out of time, and into the preciousness of Now. This state of transformation, that takes me over, so joyful and liberating, is not only for me ( surprise,
- [Returning Home](https://5rhythms.co.nz/returning-home/) - Geordie Jahner returns to New Zealand, Letting go of a life that I created in Maui over these past 21 years has made for a powerfully transformative winter/summer. Add to this the experience of letting go of my Studio business, and witnessing the dying processes of three close women friends going through cancer recently, and you have all the ingredients for a big ‘Phoenix process’. It’s all very well knowing intellectually that death and loss are a natural part of life’s composting process, but this doesn’t lessen the challenge and pain of letting go of old friends, forms and structures. I know that I am not alone in this process at a time when so many of us on the planet are being called upon to reinvent ourselves, to let go, fall into the gap and trust that a new, more sustainable form will emerge - that out of our innate creative wellspring we will discover a new, healthier response to this powerful call for Change. At the deepest level we are being asked to cultivate a kind of fearless receptivity here. We have no idea how things will turn out, and this takes tremendous courage and flexibility. How eternally grateful I am to this 5Rhythms dance practice of ours that has grounded and guided me through the many changes of the past 35 years of my life, and the profound privilege of walking alongside Gabrielle Roth as my teacher, wise friend and colleague throughout my adult life....
- [A story](https://5rhythms.co.nz/a-story/) - I hadn’t connected with anyone in the dance, despite being asked or invited too, I felt too self conscious and wanted to just be with myself thankyou. Then, a loneliness, others were paired, I want closeness too, but who would want to partner me, this mixed contradiction of emotions and I'm all sweaty and can I
- [Experience, Appreciation and Feedback](https://5rhythms.co.nz/experience-appreciation-and-feedback/) - An angelic friend of mine asked me to join her in a 5-rhythms dance class on spontaneous occasions over the past year. The word 'dance' alone, makes my insides perk up before melting into the thought of swaying movement. From the picture of 'freedom' my friend had described, 5-rhythms sounded like a space where I
- [Gratitude](https://5rhythms.co.nz/gratitude/) - I just want to express my Gratitude to my friends and teachers Sacha and Neal and Christina (whom currently is visiting in Europe) for the passion you bring into this practice of dancing and meditating and creating a tribe and a community which I observe with excitement spreading all over New Zealand and further...
- [Resistance To Change](https://5rhythms.co.nz/resistance-to-change/) - Dear friends...happy spring! The kowhai are blazing golden across gardens and forest, fruit trees are in delicate blossom and all seems to have taken on a delicious sweetness here on Waiheke. However the wind and intermittant heavy rains are reminding that the transition towards new growth is not always comfortable. RESISTANCE TO CHANGE Just like in our dance or any practice, we often have to brave those distinctly uncomfortable moments of boredom, of feeling we are stuck, or of feeling annoyed with the practice, music or teacher. I had this recently in my yoga practice when
- [A Sense of Belonging](https://5rhythms.co.nz/a-sense-of-belonging/) - Julie Forsey writes... We have just arrived back in Lower Hutt from our first real holiday since we arrived in New Zealand - a week together, just me and my partner Callan and freedom to explore this beautiful land. We travelled North (they say it’s warmer there) and went skiing, caving, horse riding, and then - oh joy! - three days of 5Rhythms dance, with Christina, Geash and Sacha. The best kind of holiday! ....
- [History of 5Rhythms NZ](https://5rhythms.co.nz/history-of-5rhythms/) - 15 years ago at this time of the year I emerged freshly out of the 5Rhythms teacher training in California. With Gabrielle Roth's blessing , a small rattle as a sign of accomplishment and a lot of enthusiasm I ventured out into the world....
- [My first 5Rhythms class](https://5rhythms.co.nz/my-first-5rhythms-class/) - Another historic moment I was remembering recently was my very first 5Rhythms dance class in Brighton, Uk ten years ago. Someone had mentioned this class to me where you could go along and dance yourself silly with a whole bunch of other explorers. Being a non-dancing, really never ever, not me; sort of person, I was surprised that I felt this big pull to go along and check out the class. I was really nervous...

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- [Welcome to the 5Rhythms Dance Practice New Zealand](https://5rhythms.co.nz/) - 5Rhythms Ecstatic Dance in New Zealand ~ movement as meditation ~ movement as medicine
- [Classes in Auckland](https://5rhythms.co.nz/classes/auckland/) - Sunday Mornings with Sacha Paddy Weekly Sundays - including holiday weekends Please note – NO Sunday Dance on August 30th at Viva Dance Studios in Auckland 10 Newton Rd, Newton, Central Auckland (See Map) 10.45am-12.45pm Plenty of free parking in surrounding streets. $25 - $20 - $18 per class (sliding scale) Cash payment at the
- [5Rhythms on Waiheke Island](https://5rhythms.co.nz/classes/waiheke-island/) - Sacha is teaching classes regularly on Waiheke on Friday evenings. Palm Beach Hall Dances Next dates: August 14th September 4th, 18th, 25th From 7.30 - 9pm, Palm Beach Hall, Waiheke Island, (see map) $20 - $15 per class (sliding scale) Cash payment at the door or pre-payment online. For internet banking pre-payments made before class:
- [5Rhythms Classes](https://5rhythms.co.nz/classes/) - Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms Ecstatic Dance in New Zealand ~ movement as meditation ~ movement as medicine
- [Sacha Paddy](https://5rhythms.co.nz/teachers/sacha-paddy/) - When Sacha discovered conscious dance through Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms in 2000, she loved the sense of freedom as well as the potential of this practice to be a guiding light through life. Sacha is now a certified teacher of both 5Rhythms dance and Open Floor movement practices and has been teaching hundreds of classes and
- [Contact Us](https://5rhythms.co.nz/contact/) - Sacha Paddy sacha@5rhythms.co.nz 021 046 7699 General info & admin dance@5rhythms.co.nz
- [Workshops, Retreats and Events](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/) - Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms Ecstatic Dance in New Zealand ~ movement as meditation ~ movement as medicine
- [Welcome to 5Rhythms®New Zealand](https://5rhythms.co.nz/welcome/) - Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms Ecstatic Dance in New Zealand ~ movement as meditation ~ movement as medicine
- [Workshops with Alex Rodriguez](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/alex-rodriguez/) - Matariki: A 5Rhythms Mid Winter Gathering with Alex Rodriguez 23rd - 26th June 2022 Highden Mystery School Awahuri, Manawatu Each year at Matariki, we gather together to mark the appearance of this star cluster, (also known as the Pleiades), in the winter sky. This star cluster is significant in Aotearoa and in many cultures around
- [More Inspiration](https://5rhythms.co.nz/inspiration/more-inspiration/) - The web is filled with fabulous news and info about the 5Rhythms. Here we post stuff we find, things that inspire us to move into our dance. Gabrielle Roth Radio Interview and Meditation In 2010 Gabrielle Roth made an interview with the Rev. Paulette Pipe at Touching the Stillness - a weekly radio program in the
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- [Wild Grace](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/wild-grace/) - 5Rhythms Dance and Yoga Retreat at Earth Beat Festival with Sacha Paddy and Neal Ghoshal 19th - 21st March 2021 When we give ourselves the opportunity to connect with and trust our body in movement, we create space for a sweet yet wild grace to emerge. We invite you to join us for a weekend
- [Courage with Meredith Davies](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/courage-with-meredith-davies/) - Apologies this workshop has been cancelled due to Coronavirus travel restrictions 5Rhythms Waves/Heartbeat® Workshop Aucklandwith Meredith Davies Easter WeekendFriday 10th April 3pm – 7pmSaturday 11th April 11am – 6pm Early Bird (by 15th March): $170Full Workshop Price: $210Book below >> at Heartsong Dance TempleAccomodation available, contact through link below>> Heartsong Dance Temple2 Te Aute
- [Emotion: Energy in Motion with Meredith Davies](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/emotion-energy-in-motion/) - Emotion: Energy in Motion Apologies this workshop has been cancelled due to Coronavirus travel restrictions A Heartbeat Workshop with Meredith Davies from Melbourne March 27 - March 29 2020 Paekakariki Memorial Hall This is wonderful opportunity to attend a Heartbeat Level workshop of the 5 Rhythms with Meredith Davies from Melbourne. Come along to discover
- [Love Heartbeat workshop with Andrew Holmes](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/love/) - Love - Heartbeat level workshop 5Rhythms workshop with Andrew Holmes Auckland Oct 25th-27th Love is nourishing, warm, and healing, And expansive, powerful, and unifying. We could all do with some more, And we could all give some more to others. We can get attached to the idea that it’s somehow exclusive - We have to
- [Wisdom Of The Moving Body](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/wisdom-moving-body/) - Wisdom of the Moving Body - 5Rhythms® Dance and Yoga Retreat with Sacha Paddy and Neal Ghoshal Mana Retreat, Coromandel 30 August - 1st September 2019 $440 (incl tuition, accom & food) Bookings: manaretreat.com +64 (07) 866 8972 For more information please do email Sacha on sacha@5rhythms.co.nz or phone on 021 046 7699 Our bodies
- [CANCELLED - Endings and New Beginnings - Dec 28-30th](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/new-years-workshop-paekakariki/) - Apologies, this workshop has been cancelled due to family circumstances.
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- [5Rhythms Waves Workshop Series with Alex Rodriguez, Paekakariki and Whanganui](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/movement-meditation-series-with-alex/) - In these workshop series, we explore through 5Rhythms practice, the metaphor and medicine of each rhythm, as we take on the creative task and discover the unique power each has to offer. No prior experience is necessary and the workshops can be attended individually or as a whole series. Whanganui FLOWING - My Body,
- [Lyrical](https://5rhythms.co.nz/the-5rhythms/lyrical/) - Sacha Paddy writes: Lyrical is the Rhythm of Lightness of Being! It is the light shining luminous through the clouds after the storm of Chaos, after we have let go of tensions and struggles in the dance we naturally lift into Lyrical. It can be profoundly expanding as we move beyond a sense of self-consciousness,
- [A Dancing Heart with Andrew Holmes](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/a-dancing-heart-with-andrew-holmes/) - A Dancing Heart - a 5Rhythms Heartbeat Workshop with Andrew Holmes in Wellington Saturday 11th March, 12 - 6pm, $105 Venue - Te Whaea: National Dance & Drama Centre 11 Hutchison Road, Newtown, Wellington. Plus Friday evening 10th March Waves class with Andrew 6 - 7.30pm $15 on the door. Venue -Whitirea Performance Centre, 25 Vivian
- [Music and 5Rhythms](https://5rhythms.co.nz/inspiration/about-the-music/) - It can be a rich and rewarding experience to dance a 5Rhythms wave without any music, just the sound of you breath and your feet! At most classes though you will find teachers using music to inspire the dance. Sometimes they'll choose music on the fly, sometimes they would have spent hours beforehand deciding which
- [Thank You For Donating](https://5rhythms.co.nz/thank-you-for-donating/) - Thank you so much for your donation - it really helps! Neal x
- [The Heart of the Body](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/heart-of-the-body/) - 5Rhythms Dance and Yoga Retreat with Sacha Paddy and Neal GhoshalMana Retreat, Coromandel 19-21st August 2016$360 Early Bird til 30 June (after $395) bookings & info: www.manaretreat.com +64 (07) 866 8972Sacha and Neal are delighted to be offering this heartful weekend at stunning Mana Retreat.Guided by the practices of 5Rhythms Dance, mindful Yoga and meditation,
- [About Lisa Corston-Buddle](https://5rhythms.co.nz/inspiration/5rhythms-artwork-by-lisa/about-lisa/) - 5Rhythms New Zealand is excited to support the artwork of Lisa Corston-Buddle, Dip. Art & Creativity (Advanced). View Lisa's Gallery >> Dancing with the Conventions of Painting What sparks and creates intrigue within Lisa’s creative process is looking at how to bring dance, and the conventions of painting together. Lisa explores the boundary between
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- [Nature Nurture](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/nature-nurture/) - 5Rhythms and Big Stretch Coaching with Sacha Paddy and Rosie Walford 7-9th November at Te Moata Retreat, Coromandel$370 (Early Bird $320 til 14th September) Rosie Walfordthebigstretch.com Sacha PaddyRead More >> Rosie Walford and Sacha Paddy's much-loved annual retreat at Te Moata interweaves dancing with guided exploration of our nourishing connection with nature. 5Rhythms dance carries
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- [Chaos](https://5rhythms.co.nz/the-5rhythms/chaos/) - Julie Forsey writes: Free ~ Surrendered ~ Waterfall - River Rapids ~ Spontaneous ~ Intuitive ~ Release ~ Tornado ~ Stormy Seas ~ Rag Doll ~ Galloping Horse ~ Cairo ~ Driving in India ~ Boiling Water Chaos is about movement and change. It is about release and surrender, surrendering to your own dance, emptying
- [Map of the 5Rhythms](https://5rhythms.co.nz/the-5rhythms/map-of-the-5rhythms/) - Geordie Jahner, Ph.D. reflects on the Map of the 5Rhythms® work: 1) Waves: Physical Freedom In Waves level work we concentrate on experiencing and embodying the basics of the physical practice, investigating the specific medicine inherent within each of the five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. We also explore the light and
- [5Rhythms on YouTube](https://5rhythms.co.nz/inspiration/youtube/) - The web is a great place to find inspiration for your 5Rhythms practice, and YouTube offers some wonderful videos, from Gabrielle Roth introducing the practice through to mini viewings of children shaking out in a chaos dance in Vanuato. Happy viewing! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNH56Vpg-A&w=640&h=385]
- [Recommended Books and DVDs](https://5rhythms.co.nz/inspiration/books-dvds/) - There are some wonderful books on the 5Rhythms Dance Practice by Gabrielle Roth, the founder of the 5Rhythms work. All titles are available from amazon.com, fishpond.co.nz or your local good bookstore. If you only read one book we'd recommend Sweat Your Prayers. Gabrielle is a brilliant and entertaining writer. Warning: reading these books are likely
- [The 5Rhythms Practice](https://5rhythms.co.nz/the-5rhythms/the-5rhythms-practice/) - 5Rhythms Dance is a simple yet profound movement practice which encourages freedom and fluidity in our dance and in our lives. You are invited to let your body move finding your unique dance guided by the 5 Rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Each rhythm offers us its gifts when we surrender to
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- [Flowing](https://5rhythms.co.nz/the-5rhythms/flowing/) - Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms Ecstatic Dance in New Zealand ~ movement as meditation ~ movement as medicine
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- [Stillness](https://5rhythms.co.nz/the-5rhythms/stillness/) - Geordie Jahner writes: Cultivating the witness, holding the high watch…. At the end of the Wave we drift downhill into the slow motion dance of Stillness. This rhythm opens up a moving meditation of gesture, shape and breath that helps us integrate the fullness of our dance experience. Stillness is the place where all the
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- [5Rhythms Artwork by Lisa](https://5rhythms.co.nz/inspiration/5rhythms-artwork-by-lisa/) - 5Rhythms Art by Lisa 5rhythms New Zealand is excited to support the artwork of Lisa Corston-Buddle: Shifting Perceptions The dance within the dancer - A collection of paintings, drawings & sculpture exploring the process of shape-shifting that occurs inside us when we fully dissolve into dance. Lisa is a 5Rhythms dancer and she creates artworks based on
- [Sweet Surrender, 10-12 August](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/sweet-surrender/) - Sweet Surrender a 5Rhythms Dance & Yoga Retreat with Christina Demmler and Neal Ghoshal August 10-12 at Mana Retreat, Coromandel A delicious weekend to soften body, heart and soul with healing movement and ecstatic dance, to deepen connection with self and others with openness and gratitude for all that life has to offer. We will
- [Heartbeat2, Coromandel ](https://5rhythms.co.nz/workshops/heartbeat2/) - Heartbeat2: Awakening Potency & Presence 5Rhythms™ Weekend Workshop with Geordie Jahner, Ph.D. May 27-29, 2011 Mana Retreat Centre, Coromandel (second in a series of five Heartbeat workshops) Heartbeat is a deeper level of the 5Rhythms work which explores the integration of our emotional expression into our dance practice. Heartbeat2 focuses on re-awakening our potency and
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