5 Rhythms Dance

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The 5 Rhythms

Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms® is a map of how energy flows – through the body, through our lives. 5 Rhythms is a movement meditation practice, an ecstatic dance, with no steps to learn, no one right way, just fantastic music that keeps calling you to dance, and guidance to take you beyond inhibition into expansion.

Flowing
first of the 5 Rhythms

Flowing is the state of being receptive and flexible. Teaching us to free the body, connect with the earth and experience the power of being. When this energy becomes stuck we experience inertia, an inability to get going and resistance to change.

Staccato
second of the 5 Rhythms

Staccato is the rhythm of action. It brings clarity and direction and establishes boundaries. This central teaching of staccato is the expression of the heart, how to free the emotions to experience the power of loving. When stuck this energy becomes rigid and we become inflexible and controlling.

Chaos
third of the 5 Rhythms

Chaos is the dance of surrender. The practice of riding life’s unpredictable and ever changing waves, whilst holding a deep sense of purpose, presence, clarity and balance. It enables us to release from the clutter of our thoughts, teaching how to empty the mind, open to intuition and the power of knowing the self. The shadow of chaos is a loss of clarity and balance. The stuck energy leaves us ungrounded, confused and unable to cope with life.

Lyrical
fourth of the 5 Rhythms

The dance of Lyrical holds a lightness of being. In this energy field the maturity and responsibility of the adult merges with the creativity and playfulness of the child, engendering an on-going passion for life. It is the expression of the soul, which manifests as we learn to bring body, heart and mind into alignment, enabling us to experience the power of insight. Its shadows disconnect us from reality, leaving us spaced-out, with big dreams but no capacity of manifestation.

Stillness
fifth of the 5 Rhythms

From Lyrical, we drop down into the deep meditation of Stillness. When this energy becomes stuck, we feel deadened and numb. But when moving fully it takes us to the stillpoint at the centre of our being, revealing our unity with the infinite and offering the experience of the power of healing.

The 5 Rhythms®

FLOWING STACCATO CHAOS LYRICAL STILLNESS ®

The 5Rhythms is a simple, powerful moving meditation that anyone – of any age, size, or physical ability – can practise. There are no steps to follow, no choreography to learn, no way to do it wrong. The only requirement is a body that is still breathing, a heart that is still beating, and mind that is still curious!

Just like light, sound or ocean waves, a dancing body when moving freely passes through five distinct rhythmic patterns. These patterns continuously repeat themselves in a wave of motion.

Each of the 5 Rhythms is illustrated in this video (and described above).

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The 5 Rhythms, the foundation of the the work of Gabrielle Roth, is a map of how energy flows – through the body, through our lives…

The late Gabrielle Roth, originator of the 5 Rhythms explains more in this short video.

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Beyond the extraordinary power of the work itself, many people also find a connection with the land, and a depth of experience of community with other participants in workshops, that is hugely reconnecting and healing.
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For more about the 5 Rhythms see
www.5rhythms.com

In-Rhythm

5 Rhythms Dance with Bernadette Ryder