Transformational
Healing
Bodywork and Classes
with
Stacey Butcher
Healing
Bodywork and Classes
with
Stacey Butcher
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5 Rhythms® Movement/Dance Practice
"If you put the psyche in motion, it will heal itself" - Gabrielle Roth
Upcoming Workshops, Events and Classes:
(please click on the one you're interested in for more information)
Weekly 5Rhythms class in Mill Valley - Every Tuesday
Weekly 5Rhythms class in San Francisco - Every Thursday
Embodying the Wild Feminine Workshop
in Tallinn, Estonia - March 24 & 25
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Frequently asked questions:
What are the 5Rhythms?
What happens on the dance floor?
How do I start?
Click here to watch a video of the 5Rhythms practice.
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Weekly 5Rhythms Classes:
Waves of Awakening in Mill Valley
with Stacey Butcher and Davida Taurek
Tuesday nights, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Tamalpais Valley Community Center (TVCC)
203 Marin Ave., Mill Valley
For more information, visit
www.5RhythmsWavesofAwakening.com
Embodied Waves in San Francisco
with Stacey Butcher and Charlie Korda
Thursday nights, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Studio Gracia
19 Heron St., San Francisco
(off 8th, between Harrison and Folsom)
For more information visit
www.5rhythmsSanFrancisco.com
What are the 5Rhythms?
The 5Rhythms comprise a simple movement practice designed to release the
dancer that lives in everybody, no matter what its shape, size, age,
limitations and experience. To find your dance is to find yourself, at
your most fluid and creative level. While the practice itself is the
essence of simplicity, it has the power to catalyze deep healing and
creative expression. The primary teaching of this work is: If you put
the psyche in motion, it will heal itself.
The five rhythms are flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness. They come together to create the Wave, a movement meditation practice. Rather than having steps to follow, each rhythms is a different energy field in which you find your own expression and choreography, thereby stretching your imagination as well as your body. Each rhythm is a teacher, and you can expect to meet different and sometimes unknown aspects of yourself as your dance unfolds and your practice of the rhythms deepens over time
The rhythms are the foundation of Gabrielle Roth’s body of work, a series of healing maps for the body, heart, mind, soul and spirit that provide a lifetime of self-discovery and a path to awakening. The 5Rhythms practice starts you on that journey and is the place to which you will always return.
The five rhythms are flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness. They come together to create the Wave, a movement meditation practice. Rather than having steps to follow, each rhythms is a different energy field in which you find your own expression and choreography, thereby stretching your imagination as well as your body. Each rhythm is a teacher, and you can expect to meet different and sometimes unknown aspects of yourself as your dance unfolds and your practice of the rhythms deepens over time
The rhythms are the foundation of Gabrielle Roth’s body of work, a series of healing maps for the body, heart, mind, soul and spirit that provide a lifetime of self-discovery and a path to awakening. The 5Rhythms practice starts you on that journey and is the place to which you will always return.
What happens on the dance floor?
In every class or workshop, there is always a wide range of experience
in the 5Rhythms work—from first-timers to certified Wave addicts. In any
given class, the teacher will be following the energy in the room. So,
while the essential map is one of five rhythms, the teacher might take
the class through the entire Wave or focus on just one rhythm or one
facet of a rhythm.
The rhythms themselves are gateways to literally thousands of different movement landscapes. Like the body, they are alive and designed to catalyze the dancer’s unique movement expression in the moment. You are different every time you walk into the room, so is the group and so is your teacher. Therefore, each class holds completely varied possibilities.
In many of the classes, we explore themes that apply to our everyday lives, and work through the energies of the 5Rhythms. How you are on the dance floor is how you are in life. This practice brings awareness to those places where we are stuck in our bodies and in our lives. Moving through these stuck places brings profound changes.
The rhythms themselves are gateways to literally thousands of different movement landscapes. Like the body, they are alive and designed to catalyze the dancer’s unique movement expression in the moment. You are different every time you walk into the room, so is the group and so is your teacher. Therefore, each class holds completely varied possibilities.
In many of the classes, we explore themes that apply to our everyday lives, and work through the energies of the 5Rhythms. How you are on the dance floor is how you are in life. This practice brings awareness to those places where we are stuck in our bodies and in our lives. Moving through these stuck places brings profound changes.
How do I start?
1. Go at your own pace.
2. Be responsible for your own body (stay aware of injuries and limitations).
3. Keep your eyes open to stay aware of others.
4. Dance barefoot or in dance shoes only – no socks on the dance floor (for safety reasons).
5. Move how you feel and stay open to changing.
6. Know that everything that is alive has a dance, and your only task is to find and express yours.
7. Enjoy yourself!
2. Be responsible for your own body (stay aware of injuries and limitations).
3. Keep your eyes open to stay aware of others.
4. Dance barefoot or in dance shoes only – no socks on the dance floor (for safety reasons).
5. Move how you feel and stay open to changing.
6. Know that everything that is alive has a dance, and your only task is to find and express yours.
7. Enjoy yourself!
See Stacey's teacher, Gabrielle Roth,
explain the 5Rhythms® in the following video:
explain the 5Rhythms® in the following video:
