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Dance in your own space –
“Lockdown Wave 2”

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Dear Dancers

Thank you for the warmth of your feedback on the first online Lockdown Wave – here is our second and once again, many of us will dance at the same time…
i.e. Friday night at 8pm as per usual.
And, of-course, the Wave will still be there for you to dance later if that doesn’t suit… or to dance again 🙂

My suggestion is:

  • Warm up to your own choice of music
  • Dance the Wave (it’s an hour)
  • Find you then want to keep moving? Carry on with your own music – it’s great to deepen your dancing relationship with the music you love and choose yourself.

You’ll find a weekly ‘Lockdown Friday’ Wave here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/inrhythm/

Be well, keep dancing, keep connected.

With Love
Bernadette xxx

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Dance in your own space –
“Lockdown Wave 1”

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Dear Dancers

Being as we can’t gather to dance as many of us would prefer, here is your first virtual Wave, so at least you can dance in your own space – and maybe some of us could coordinate to dance at the same time… i.e Friday night at 8pm as per usual.

My suggestion is:

  • Warm up to your own choice of music
  • Dance the Wave (it’s an hour)
  • Find you then want to keep moving? Carry on with your own music – it’s great to deepen your dancing relationship with the music you love and choose yourself 🙂

I intend to create one of these every week – Jon, God bless him, has managed the technology to make this available to you.

You’ll find a weekly ‘Lockdown Friday’ Wave here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/inrhythm/

Be well, keep dancing, keep connected.

With Love
Bernadette xxx

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DMAC Dance studios Closed
5 Rhythms classes suspended

Dear Bristol 5 Rhythms Dancers

You will not be surprised to hear that the evolving national and global situation has overtaken us at DMAC & Hamilton House. In line with government recommendations the DMAC dance studios at Hamilton House (along with the other events spaces) will be temporarily closed. 5 Rhythms classes will therefore be stopping for now.

Please do stay connected – we’re looking at ways to support that, both in words and in musical support of your dances at home (which we very much encourage) – watch these emails, our website, and our Facebook page for any updates/links.

– “This too shall pass”…

Be well, support each other and connect where you can. We look forward to dancing with you, ‘remotely’ for now, and joyfully in person once this collective Wave reaches its Lyrical.

With Love

Jon, for Bernadette & Team

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Covid-19: The importance of ‘moving with this’

UPDATE:

Bristol 5 Rhythms classes are now temporarily suspended
– DETAILS HERE –
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Hard Times Require Furious Dancing

Dear Bristol 5 Rhythms Community

We believe that this is a time to dance deeper, not a time to stop — fear can paralyse, and it is basic 5 Rhythms practice to keep things moving to express them functionally. “For those who are not high risk — continuing exercise, movement and meditation is an effective way to boost immune systems, increase our body’s natural defences, and prepare us mentally to meet the challenges that lay ahead.“ (5RG*)

You will have read/heard the main public recommendations many times – they’re summarised again at the foot…

… and for our Friday classes:

  • Bring your own water (no glass please) – the water fountain is off.
  • Café will continue, for the time being, using compostable disposables.
  • Everyone will understand if you choose to hug less, and greet with a big smile.

There’s more detail here if you wish it; if anything changes we’ll let you know.

Whether you join us on the dance floor soon or connect through the spirit of movement and rest at home, we are with you sending positive prayers of good health and wellness to all.

With Much Love
Jon for Bernadette and Team
xxx

The basics — as you doubtless already know…

  • Self-assess the risk to yourself and your immediate circle
  • Stay at home if you are not well – and for a week after you are better – and/or if you have come into contact with someone who has tested positive, and/or you have recently travelled from a ‘hotspot’
  • Practice good personal hygiene, esp washing your hands before and after class
  • … and please read this longer post if you want more detail…

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Jessica Howie, 5 Rhythms, Oxford

Jessica Howie in Bristol, Friday Feb 28 (drop-in)

Jessica Howie, 5 Rhythms, Oxford
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We got great feedback after Jessica’s last visit in November – do take this chance to dance with her again. I’m personally excited to be here this time, since she co-taught some of the most powerful weekend workshops I’ve ever attended!

“Jessica has been dancing all her life, dancing 5 Rhythms® since her mid-teens, and teaching since her late-twenties. She has studied psychosynthesis, written a self-empowerment book for teenage girls, founded Earth Yoga center in Mallorca, and now runs Wild Honey – two health food shops in Oxford. She teaches regular weekly 5 Rhythms classes and workshops, as well as women only groups and retreats.”

Usual place & time – see ‘Where and When’ for details

And the following week…

  • Bernadette’s back (Mar 6) 🙂

And remember, you can dance here every Friday night, every week, all year* – so see you on the dance floor.

With love

Jon,
for Bernadette & team
xxx

(* We just take the one week off between Xmas and New Year)

5 Rhythms February Fridays:
This month (well, from Jan 31), we have the privilege of dancing with five different teachers – each with their unique teaching style, they share a gift for making the profound both accessible and (when appropriate) playful. They are:
– 31 Jan – Andrew Holmes
– 7 Feb – Bernadette
– 14 Feb – Dawn Morgan
– 21 Feb – Jean Rankin
– 28 Feb – Jessica Howie
Bernadette is back on Mar 6th.
Details of guest teachers can be found on the ‘Dates, Times, Venues‘ page and/or join our mailing list to stay up to date 🙂

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Jean Rankin in Bristol, Friday Feb 21 (drop-in)

Jean Rankin, 5 Rhythms teacher, Glastonbury
more about Jean

We love dancing with Jean – it’s always a joy to welcome her to Bristol, whether to take the class, or sometimes simply to dance with us 😀 – and she seems to be going from strength to strength at the moment.
If you’ve not danced with her recently, come and see what we mean (and if you have, you’ll need no further encouragement from me 😉 )

Here’s what her latest profile on the 5 Rhythms Global website says:

“The dance floor is my palette, my playground and my prayer mat. Music is my lifeline. My moving breathing dancing body is my home and my pleasure zone. From all the way in to all the way out, the Rhythms guide me to my essence, my naturalness, my medicine. Both stimulating and soothing, challenging and relaxing, there is nothing this dance is not, because it is life lived in the moment, in every moment, with conscious awareness.”

(https://www.5rhythms.com/teachers/Jean+Rankin)

See you on the dance floor
With love
Bernadette, Jon, team, & all our fabulous guests xxx

5 Rhythms February Fridays:
This month (well, from Jan 31), we have the privilege of dancing with five different teachers – each with their unique teaching style, they share a gift for making the profound both accessible and (when appropriate) playful. They are:
– 31 Jan – Andrew Holmes
– 7 Feb – Bernadette
– 14 Feb – Dawn Morgan
– 21 Feb – Jean Rankin
– 28 Feb – Jessica Howie
Bernadette is back on Mar 6th.
Details of guest teachers can be found on the ‘Dates, Times, Venues‘ page and/or join our mailing list to stay up to date 🙂

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Dawn Morgan in Bristol, Friday Feb 14 (drop-in)

Dawn Morgan teaching in Bristol this Friday, Feb 14th (yes, Valentine’s Day…)

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Dawn Morgan

What’s your passion?

Let’s dance for Life, Love, Passion and the Heart – and wear something RED (if you like) to symbolise that.

Bernadette’s away, and our lovely friend Dawn from Stroud is back with you this week, with her very own magical mixture of playfulness and depth in her teaching – don’t miss her – drop-in as ever, and usual place, usual time.

See you on the dance floor 🙂

With Love
Jon for Bernadette, Dawn & team xxx

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Andrew Holmes in Bristol, Friday Jan 31 (drop-in)

Andrew Holmes teaching in Bristol this Friday, Jan 31st

We love Andrew Holmes – it’s been a couple of years since his last visit as he’s a busy man, well-known, much loved and respected – don’t miss this chance to dance with him 🙂

I’m really personally delighted to welcome Andrew back to our Friday classes too. One of my favourite teachers, I’ve done many workshops with him, and will continue to I’m sure!

“Andrew has been teaching the 5 Rhythms for twenty years. He studied extensively with Gabrielle Roth, and runs workshops in many countries. For twenty years he also worked as a theatre director, and his workshop The Holy Actor, which combines the embodied aliveness of the dance with the transforming freedom of improvised theatre, has become one of the classic workshops of the 5 Rhythms programme. He lives in England with his partner Sharon and family.

“Andrew teaches with precise subtlety, imperceptibly guiding you deep, without fuss. His gentle compassion creates a safe space in which transformation can happen. He works with a light touch, and an embodied intelligence, bringing great delight to the spiritual practice he loves.”
(Source: 5rhythms.com)

And as if that wasn’t enough… he is a particularly popular teacher of the 5Rhythms ‘Heartbeat’ work… which feels appropriate on a night that some of us might be feeling a bit emotional – come and feel the love together when it’s c-o-l-d outside (literally and perhaps metaphorically) – see you on the dance floor 🙂

With Love
Jon, for Bernadette, Andrew & team xxx

While Bernadette is away, we have the privilege of wonderful guest teachers – each with their unique teaching style, they share a gift for making the profound both accessible and (when appropriate) playful.
Classes the next few weeks are held by:
– 31 Jan – Andrew Holmes
– 7 Feb – Bernadette Ryder
– 14 Feb <3 – Dawn Morgan
– 21 Feb – Jean Rankin
– 28 Feb – Jessica Howie
Bernadette is back on Mar 6th.
[Note: current list of guest teachers is always on our Dates & Times page]

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5 Rhythms Year Group 2020: Journey to the Heart – Early Bird alert

Journey to the Heart

5 Rhythms Year Group 2020

Gower Coast, South Wales – Early Bird expires Jan 15
Journey to the Heart - 5 Rhythms Year Group, Wales UK, 2020
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Happy New Year! It feels like a good year for a Journey to the Heart. To explore the potent, and often subconscious dance between Body, Heart and Mind — where cultivating the capacity to choose our felt responses to life is a key to emotional freedom.

Commitment to a Residential Year Group both opens space in ourselves, and allows the creation of profound trust, mutual support and a progressive unfolding into the precious dimensions and magic of the dance. An experience held and enhanced by the unique Rhossili environment and coastline.

Do join us – it’s still ‘Early Bird’ time. We have a few places at this price, until Jan 15th (or until they’re filled).

What are you looking for? What are you waiting for?

Find out more here*

Looking forward, I hope, to dancing with you soon, whether in Bristol… or in Rhossili 🙂

With love

Jon, Bernadette & team xxx

*P.S. DO call Jon if you have any further questions at all before signing up:
UK: 07970 069 256
Intl: +44 7970 069 256

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