Yoga/Dance/Hooping

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Pass valid for 3 classes and Sweat Your Prayers. Go to www.bodyspiritdance.webs.com for current schedule!

The 5Rhythms® are a powerful yet simple moving meditation practice. There are no steps to follow, no choreography to learn, no way to do it wrong. Everyone is welcome, no matter what shape, size, age, limitation or experience. All that is required is  curiosity and willingness to experience the joy of moving deeply and freely, in order to find inspiration and a direct channel into creativity, awareness, and spirit.

As a spiritual and healing practice they are a deep exploration of body, mind, emotions, creativity and soul, helping us us to cultivate awareness and to have a direct experience of union,  wholeness, and freedom.

The Five Rhythms are Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. Together they create a Wave, and these waves are organic, naturally-mapped journeys and structures that guide us towards a profound encounter with our unique, spontaneous movements; with our individual expression and the fluidity of our emotions; to freeing thoughts and mind and rediscovering the magic and enchantment of our originality; and towards silence, peace and wisdom, eternal and always present at the center of our dynamic, moving self.

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Mati has always been in love with dance... learning ballet, folk, flamenco, and belly dance since an early age. In 1998 she discovered 5Rhythms™ Moving Meditation and began traveling the dancing path under the tutelage of Gabrielle Roth, Jonathan Horan, Kathy Altman, Lori Saltzman, Andrea Juhan, and many other 5Rhythms teachers in New York, California, Chicago, The Esalen Institute, Canada, etc.  She has always been fascinated by body-mind techniques and has complemented her learning and experiences with other body awareness methods, such as SoulMotion™, Feldenkrais™, Authentic Movement™, Gestalt Movement Therapy, Yoga, Pilates, Sufi Whirling, ecstatic dance, and trance dance.    

She completed 5Rhythms™ Teacher Training in 2008 and is now a member of the International 5Rhythms Teacher’s Association, currently teaching regularly in North Texas, Illinois, and Mexico. Her favorite part of facilitating the practice is using music as medicine to support the dance and then presencing the unique way each dancer's spirit dives into freedom of movement and awakens into joy, spontaneity, expression, and creativity.    

Mati grew up in Mexico in a family full of music, art, and teachers, and has lived in the US since 1978. As the only Mexican teacher of 5Rhythms™, one of her main interests is to promote this marvelous practice in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries, so they can become part of the international 5Rhythms™ community that has been growing and expanding for more than forty years in Europe, the United States, Australia, Israel and South America.