DANCE SANCTUARY 4.1: Gentle Beginnings | Open Floor Embodied Ritual Movement | First Dance of 2025

As this Gregorian-calendar shifts digits, nature is VERY much in a deep time of stillness, darkness, regeneration, in a sacred PAUSE.

And yet, of course we are influenced by the collective-stir of “beginning a new year”, and all of the dynamics that brings: hope, expectation, resistance, excitement...

Let's gather to honor this special time of the year: anchoring in our intentions/visions, softening into gentle beginnings, honoring the power of our inner/outer nature, and coming together to DANCE COMMUNALLY.

Life is a constant dance in CHANGE: let's gather as we call the Ancient-Modern-Medicines of DANCE, MUSIC, CONSCIOUSNESS & RITUAL-TOGETHERNESS--into the heart of our Berlin urban landscapes—as resourcing tools to MOVE with the complex landscapes of Life & living in these times.

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These evenings will be guided by the embodied-dance teachings of Open Floor: a resource-based dance-practice that honors the inter-connection between our bodies-minds-emotions & soul, and summons an anchoring of embodied-presence into the body...Open Floor is a profound—yet simple--sensual-embodied-practice for healing and transformation through the powerful grace & healing art that is DANCE.

These evenings will be guided by Alma Omega/Maegan Gorbett, a Mystic-Creatrix-Rebel-Healing-Artist who has been professionally Djing for over 20 years, a devote dancer of various (underground) cultures for life-times, a certified Open Floor Dance facilitator, and is currently returning to Berlin to ANCHOR in the practice & exploration of dance-movement-ritual-community for both inner & outer transformation. Holy Shift is this inquiry and this prayer, and Dance Sanctuary is the space in which we have the privilege to freely dance-move-explore together.

Let's get better at moving with this holy messy dance of Life, shall we?

Dance Sanctuary Flow:

• WELCOME: Doors open at 19.15 and close promptly at 19.45. Please note entry after 19.45 isn’t possible.

• OPENING YOUR ATTENTION: From 19:30 you're welcome to drop into the space and warm up: Please enter the dance-space in a non-verbal fashion (leave your words in the changing room), and dive into WARMING UP your body, arriving, sensing what is alive, what are you bringing with you, what is longing to be moved? Give yourself permission and time to drop in.

• ENTERING & EXPLORING: After a juicy warm-up, we'll gather to explore the theme for the evening (based on the Core Movement Resources of Open Floor), move into various embodied-explorations together (solo, in contact, as a group, & with connection to spirit/life-force), as well as having plenty of space to “just dance”...the space will be guided verbally with prompts, invitations & inspirations to support a deeper anchoring into the dance. You are invited to FULLY follow the AUTHENTIC wisdom of your dance, your expression: however that looks like...The guidance is intended to aid in MOVING and INCLUDING whatever is present, and bring it into transforming-movement.

• SETTLING: we'll take time to settle at the end of these explorations & the larger dance flow: to allow the impulses and experiences to find their end-pulse...the space will be open afterwards to connect, reflect, harvest before you enter out into the Berliner-Saturday night.

Practical Details:

• Doors open at 19:15: Class is from 19:30-21:30 (doors close at 19:45)

• Center for Dance in der Kulturbrauerei Studio A: Schönhauser Allee 36, Studio A Berlin, 10435 Germany

• 2 Saturdays a night: the other Saturdays are hosted by the amazing 5 Rhythms teacher Samar Linn: https://samarlinn.com/

• Upcoming Dates for 2025: 4.1, 11.1, 1.2, 15.2, 8.3, 22.3

• Prices:
  • 12,- reduced

  • 15,- regular

  • 20,- supportive

  • If money is an issue for you (or if you would like to support the team with the space) please reach out to me: alma@alma-omega.world

What to bring/expect:

• Wear clothes you love to move in, and love to sweat in: there is a shower and a proper changing room at Center for Dance (to freshen yourself for Berghain ;)).

• Bring a water bottle to stay hydrated, maybe a snack for afterwards: try not to eat TOO much before moving, but also don't come too hungry. Nourish yourself.

• Leave your phones off/in your bag, and please do not interact with them during the dance (No shazamming-talk to me after the class if you like a track!).

• A WHOLE VARIETY of different music styles will be played (on a REALLY NICE sound system by the way): to represent the various colors and textures of life...you are invited to use the music to aid in the mindfulness of your dance: and be authentic with what is moving YOU (not just how the music is moving others)

• This is a substance-free space: please refrain from coming to this space if you have ingested any substances that alter your mind/body.

• This is not a DJ set or an Ecstatic Dance: I will be on the microphone to guide various moments on our journey...this is more of an exploratory embodied-laboratory: see how the guidance given can support you...and you are the master of your dance (and your life), so also follow your own guidance over anything else.

• EVERYONE IS A DANCER: may we bring in this prayer of remembering this truth...this is not a performative art, but a healing and transformational art...allow yourself to be surprised, and open yourself to witness whether you are moving out of HABIT or CHOICE...let's embody the freedom of consciousness that aids in this exploration.

• THIS IS A SANCTUARY: a space for refuge, reflection, expression, embodied-nourishment on various levels of our being...and it takes a sudden village to hold such a space. Please come exactly as you are (I seriously mean that), and please come with honor and respect for what others are bringing with them...let's remember the art of being human, as we also remember the art of leaning into the “more-than-human” world that longs to deeply support us...May we be DANCED: by life, by spirit, by these miracles of our bodies and souls in flesh.

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