5Rhythms® is a shamanic, somatic and ecstatic dance practice. A free form dance of deep surrender, a moving prayer, a medicinal prescription of furious dancing for these graphic times. Founded by Gabrielle Roth, 5Rhythms® is a kickass dynamic moving meditation that journeys the Wave-Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, Stillness
5Rhythms®, practiced for decades by tens of thousands worldwide, is a philosophy, perspective, performance art and a dynamic movement practice rooted in the principle that if you put the psyche in motion it will heal itself. Movement is both the medicine and the metaphor, reaching across all languages, cultures and age groups to transform suffering into art, art into awareness, and awareness into action.
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“When I am dancing, it feels like my prayer. It's like an offering. I offer my head back to the dance, I offer my shoulders back to the dance, my elbows, my hands, my spine, my knees, my feet, my whole self, my bones, my blood, my experience, my suffering... I offer it all back to the dance and I say: take it, do whatever you want with me. Release me.”
— Gabrielle Roth