Biodanza is a system of self-development using music, movement and positive feelings to deepen self-awareness. It seeks to promote the ability to make a holistic link to oneself and one's emotions and to express them.

5 Rhythms celebrating Summer Solstice Come move and groove together as we arrive at camp, celebrating the community, the light, and land on this longest day of the year. We will mindfully mark this Solstice moment with dance and simple ceremony. We will practice literally “coming to our senses”, inviting in a sense of sweetness, of soulfulness, of the pleasures of being fully human, fully here, fully alive. Be warmly welcomed.

Group Partner Dancing

Freeform Movement

Start your day with a sweet and complete moving meditation that combines dynamic movement and deep stretches. Awaken your body, mind and heart as you flow through hatha yoga poses, sun salutations, and relaxing yin poses.

Welcome to Kids Camp!

Made with Love

Freeform Movement

Biodanza is a system of self-development using music, movement and positive feelings to deepen self-awareness. It seeks to promote the ability to make a holistic link to oneself and one's emotions and to express them.

Made with Love

Fusion Dance + African Rhythms

Contact Improv meets Massage

Ah yes, the fresh air that flows through gorgeous extended moments of negative space, and the satisfying, soft colliding in the moment of return. In this contact improvisation class, we’ll explore how to find these dances that breathe - that have solid connection through physical contact, awareness & attention in the negative space, and how we effortlessly transition between the two.

- Unleash your childlike expressive nature in a welcoming, attuned container - Get into the flow state via improv, dance, and authentic relating games - Take yourself less seriously by trying on new ways of being you - Engage in exercises designed to bring this energy into your life In a low pressure, welcoming environment, this class features expressive connection games to help us feel more playful, less inhibited, and more connected from the heart.

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Soul Expanding Duo

Freeform Movement

This class will explore breath to movement, fascia release techniques, lymphatic drainage stimulation, and support the participants nervous system by activating the Vagus Nerve which works in conjunction with the Parasympathetic Nervous System, the expression of rest and digest. Rachel encompasses a unique holistic approach to transformation with her embodiment classes by interweaving hypnotic suggestions to optimize the participant’s overall state. All hypnosis is self-hypnosis meaning that participants will experience what they choose to experience and not be commanded to do anything they do not want to do. Modifications for the yoga practice will be provided through the lens of support, as a tool to become more aware of their own movement patterns through creating a sustainable movement practice. Consider this class as a refresh for the upcoming week, a detox for any lingering residue that is not serving your highest and greatest good, and an exploration of Self by becoming more aware of your congruency between the subconscious and conscious mind through proprioception and flow. The class will end with Rachel’s Hypnotic Intuitive Sound Ceremony to deepen the participants’ results by activating synchronous Alpha Brainwaves which has been proven to decrease stress.

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How can I make the most of my time at Dance camp? With so many opportunities to connect to Dance to be in joy, how do I open my senses to drink it all in? Inviting a let’s start right here right now ‘begin again‘ to this special time we have together. One that we can use from wherever we are. So every moment of my time here can be restorative and satisfying. I can feel nourished and supported and grateful as I go to whatever is next in my life. Jo comes from a 30 yr background in 5Rhythms, Soul Motion & Open Floor among others. Her passion is for the intimacy in this moment and opening hearts to deeper levels of true connection. It’s all an inside job..something that happens because of this unique configuration in this time.

Dance massage is an exploration of somatic movement with an emphasis in weight, gravity, imagination, dance and conscious touch for relaxation and pain relief.

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A flock of birds fly overhead and look down surprised to see a group of humans are doing something quite intriguing, beautiful, slightly chaotic, yet a stunning composition that spontaneously appears and dissolves. The birds ask, are they birds too? In this contact improvisation class we will play with group composition scores, witnessing, and awareness of “audience” from various points of view (even the sky!).

The Erotic Blueprints describe the way we are wired erotically. In this class, participants will dive deep into the embodied learning of the Erotic Blueprints. Through the Erotic Blueprint body quiz each person will gain a sense of their own erotic blueprint map. They will also learn the specific touch of each blueprint and how to better feed their partner's blueprints. There will be teaching + hands on learning + experiencing.

A class rooted in Capoeira fundamentals and geared towards dancers and movers of all stripes. The focus of the class will be on improvisation and responsive partnering inspired by the ins-and-outs, ups-and-downs of the Capoeira game. Students will learn the fundamental Capoeira movement vocabulary, emphasizing qualities of playfulness and flow.

SLOW and gentle.. Blindfolded Contact Dance is a safe and gentle experience—great for both beginners and experienced dancers alike. Wearing blindfolds allows dancers to drop the fear and self-judgment that often inhibits spontaneous movement and authentic connection to self and others. These workshops take participants on a journey of somatic self-discovery and non-verbal consent via solo and group exercises before culminating in a freeform blindfolded jam. No late arrivals.

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Imagine Truth or Dare with a soulful twist. This is an opportunity to courageously show up, be witnessed, see each other deeply, and play. We’ll crowd source questions and dares that help the courageous hot seat holders claim their disowned parts, embody their brilliance, and blossom. Before we do that, we’ll amp up our game skills with titrated truth or dare exercises. Anticipate movement, vocal expression, silly surprises, soulful edges, deeper intimacy, and beautiful connections.

Family fun for all

Freeform Movement

Start your day with a sweet and complete moving meditation that combines dynamic movement and deep stretches. Awaken your body, mind and heart as you flow through hatha yoga poses, sun salutations, and relaxing yin poses.

Made with Love

This Meditation class is an opportunity to drop in deeply with oneself from a place of listening and compassion and to be intimate with the ever unfolding thoughts, emotions, memories, sensations and experiences inside. There is nothing to reject or repress, as wisdom and compassion are deep within us to be with everything even what we are afraid of. As we are intimate with all that is arising, energetic doors open inside into deeper relams of who we are - the ultimate. Come share in a collective field to go deep and learn how to meet, and flow with what is inside through presence and love. This is a culmination of 25 years of spiritual practice, deep personal healing with chronic body pain for 25 years and what I have learned helping people and animals heal through my 30 years in my healing practice.

Freeform Movement

We will explore the fluid dynamics that we are as part cultural beings, part primordial soup, and part stardust through exploring various breaths, sounds, movement, and stillness in our central channel while opening to receive what’s available to us as we reside between the heavens and earth!

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(Trauma-Informer CI) Beneath Contact is a relational movement experience that harmonizes body, mind, and spirit through trauma-informed contact improvisation exercises. Following a lesson on attachment theory, we focus on supporting boundaries, initiating contact, building connections, and regulating our nervous systems. Through dynamic partner games, we explore the imbalance of leading and following, saying yes and no, and cultivating energetic integrity individually and within the community. Together, we create a space for authentic expression, transforming attachment styles into liberation through mindful exchanges of contact.

Come open your voice and heart to engage in making improvised music in the moment! We will play games and practice structures that give us ways of relating with each other and the music that is always streaming through us. New and experienced singers alike invited to come play!

This workshop will flow into altered states with sound, movement, breath, attunement, and thought pattern interrupts... dynamic and stagnant movement... and guided facilitation... to provide a penetration of awareness with every single breath. Participants will curate a sense of feeling seen with minimal words and practicing presence... Omni presence... presence to hold space for another without projecting a desire for anything in return... This catalyst will be the opening to a semi guided fully drenched imaginative dance of stepping into the divine... Personal divine... the divine of the masculine and the feminine in which we all hold.... Rachel has invested deeply in her skillset and will be facilitating multiple ways... routes... and approaches... that will provide participants with pathways to release what is no longer serving their highest and greatest good while utilizing a self-directed neuroplasticity template and deepening results through sound a facilitated group hypnosis at the end of the workshop for participants to become aware of how to hypnotize themselves and to achieve "end state energy.”

A 5Rhythms silent disco. Magic happens when we move our bodies: our lives change, our hearts heal, things that were stuck start to flow again; we allow more aliveness in, we get to be present to the potency and preciousness of each and every day. We will explore the wild grace that happens as we move with the big beauty that is inside us and all around us.

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Heartful, Soulful Song Circle- Join vocal wizard Kid Beyond for a heartful, soulful circle of singing and vocal play. He'll teach you easy-to-learn songs — and we'll make some up on the spot! Side effects include: Vibrant aliveness, serendipitous magic, radical gratitude, universal love... You don't need to be a "good singer" — all voices welcome!

Freeform Movement

Freeform Movement

Yoga for the Whole Self

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Nurture, refresh, and awaken your body! Buddhist teacher Kid Beyond will guide you in Five Elements meditation — a simple set of rich practices for deep embodiment — straight from the teachings of the Buddha.

Freeform Movement

Open Source Forms

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Contact Improvisation is a form of dance and movement practice that emphasizes physical connection and spontaneous interaction between the participants and the space. In contact improvisation, individuals use touch, weight-sharing, and responsive movement to create a dynamic and often improvisational dance experience. It involves a deep sense of listening, trust, and non-verbal communication between dancers as they explore movement possibilities together. Contact improvisation can range from gentle, meditative explorations of movement to more energetic and acrobatic interactions, depending on the preferences and skills of the participants. You don't need any prior experience; this class warmly welcomes both complete beginners and those with experience. Please wear comfortable, sleeved clothing suitable for movement, such as pants and a shirt. If you tend to sweat, bring an extra shirt.

Authentic Relating

5Rhythms - The Zone.... we've all had a taste of that blissful place. Time seems to stop and we are deliciously present. At times a gift from Grace, this state can consciously be invited through the energetic portals of the 5Rhythms: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. This class focuses on the physical gateways to each rhythm, opening the possibilities for deeper access to ecstatic trance beyond the mind.

In this intimate container - we will explore your relationship to your anger and to your boundaries. First, we will explore how your family/society has shaped your relationship to your anger and boundaries and how that is showing up today in all your relationships. Then I will guide you through exercises to free your voice, get in touch with your anger and strengthen your inner power and outer boundaries.

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Join in this Joyful Sing Along

Freeform Movement

Freeform Movement to Live Music

Awaken your-self with Yoga

Welcome to Kids Camp!

Made with Love

For the Whole Body

Freeform Movement

We will explore our heart pathways to cultivate using all 70 trillion cells of us, as body, for moving with, perceiving and receiving, expressing and resting into stillness with all that touches our hearts in this wild and precious life. Through a variety of breaths, sounds, movement, and stillness we can cultivate and expand our capacities to be with the full range of our hearts from grief to joy and everything in between!

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Imagine you pull a challenge or prompt randomly from a hat. You dance with that prompt with others, each with their own secret challenge. Each round goes a bit deeper. Everyone having a deeply personal experience in a communal container, leaning into our zone of proximal development, cultivating a field ripe for risk, play, and profound connection. Like sports, you play full on. Like prayer, you surrender control. Like therapy, you’re willing to grow. And like love, do it with an open heart.

Join us for a fun, upbeat Bollywood dance class to feel joy and aliveness come through you almost as if you were dancing along at an Indian wedding! Some dance experience is required to pick up the choreography and be prepared to sweat! Movements will flow and embody our divine Shakti energy and men are encouraged to join! I’m excited to jam and vibe out with you to my favorite Bollywood songs!

Vocal Contact Improv- Come sing yourself alive — with vocal wizard / Buddhist teacher Kid Beyond. Dancing Voices is like contact improv with your voice: a partnered journey of vocal play and improvisation — with embodiment, movement, emotional expression… deep presence, deep listening, deep trust… heart, soul, spirit, shadow… luminous joy. Come solo, or with a partner. You don't need to be a "good singer." Just bring your heart, and an openness to explore.

- Unleash your childlike expressive nature in a welcoming, attuned container - Get into the flow state via improv, dance, and authentic relating games - Take yourself less seriously by trying on new ways of being you - Engage in exercises designed to bring this energy into your life In a low pressure, welcoming environment, this class features expressive connection games to help us feel more playful, less inhibited, and more connected from the heart.

Made with Love

Family fun for all

Freeform Movement

Freeform Movement

Yoga Exploration

Made with Love

This Meditation class is an opportunity to drop in deeply with oneself from a place of listening and compassion and to be intimate with the ever unfolding thoughts, emotions, memories, sensations and experiences inside. There is nothing to reject or repress, as wisdom and compassion are deep within us to be with everything even what we are afraid of. As we are intimate with all that is arising, energetic doors open inside into deeper relams of who we are - the ultimate. Come share in a collective field to go deep and learn how to meet, and flow with what is inside through presence and love. This is a culmination of 25 years of spiritual practice, deep personal healing with chronic body pain for 25 years and what I have learned helping people and animals heal through my 30 years in my healing practice.

Freeform Movement

A transformative exploration into the Tamalpa Institute’s Life-Art process, where movement and creativity intertwine. We’ll delve into our bodies as living archives by moving through each body part, creating unique dances, and engaging in creative writing and drawing. This immersive experience fosters personal growth and resilience, allowing us to uncover the stories held within our bodies. Together, we’ll culminate with an integrated performance, celebrating the power of movement and the bonds formed in community.

Made with Love

Contact improvisation is a form of dance and movement practice that emphasizes physical connection and spontaneous interaction between the participants and the space. In contact improvisation, individuals use touch, weight-sharing, and responsive movement to create a dynamic and often improvisational dance experience. It involves a deep sense of listening, trust, and non-verbal communication between dancers as they explore movement possibilities together. Contact improvisation can range from gentle, meditative explorations of movement to more energetic and acrobatic interactions, depending on the preferences and skills of the participants. You don't need any prior experience; this class warmly welcomes both complete beginners and those with experience. Please wear comfortable, sleeved clothing suitable for movement, such as pants and a shirt. If you tend to sweat, bring shirts to change to.

We will explore how different models of "love" lead to different outcomes in relationship. Attachment Theory offers a research-based model for how people can work together to overcome past relationship wounds and establish a lasting bond with a primary partner. When wisdom and skill replace allure and magic, our need for secure partnership becomes much more possible.

Embark on an intimate journey into the heart of partner dancing. This class is an invitation to explore and master the intricate dynamics of close-embrace dancing. Focused on nurturing intimacy, connection, mobility, comfort, and safety, our class offers a comprehensive hug-forward approach to develop an intuitive understanding of close embrace movement. Come as a partnership or come solo!

Contact Improv

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Contact Improv

Freeform Movement

Freeform Movement to Live Set

Start your day with a sweet and complete moving meditation that combines dynamic movement and deep stretches. Awaken your body, mind and heart as you flow through hatha yoga poses, sun salutations, and relaxing yin poses.

Made with Love

Taking us to this moment, this ground, this breath, this body. Primal dance has the gateway to surrender to ecstatic connection to restoration of true balance, and soul self and can happen in the briefest of moments and the most expansive. Inviting you to join us however this morning is meeting you in a place of feeling and healing; a place to release judgments and nationalizations to welcome the cycle of beauty into the being completely. Jo comes from a 30 yr background in 5Rhythms, Soul Motion & Open Floor among others. Her passion is for the intimacy in this moment and opening hearts to deeper levels of true connection. It’s all an inside job..something that happens because of this unique configuration in this time.

Somatic Movement

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Micro Fusion to explore refined, intimate movement, as we deepening connection through micro-movements, musicality, and energetic exchange. We'll enhance sensitivity, play with tension and release, and experiment with movement textures. Through partnered drills and guided exercises, we’ll cultivate deep listening, fluidity, and attunement. Incorporating elements of tantra and reiki, this micro-fusion container invites sensual exploration, bringing intimacy and energetic awareness into partner dance.

Discover the joy and power of Belly Dance! In this session we will explore foundational movements of Middle Eastern Dance while embracing a deep connection to the music as it entices individual expression. The rhythms and melodies will invite participants to connect with the divine feminine through flowing movements and sensual expression. Open to all levels of experience.

This 5Rhythms class explores the elemental energy connected to each rhythm. Flowing connects us to our Earthy body, our ground. Staccato ignites our Fire of clarity, expression and passion. Chaos cleanses us in deep, wild Waters, inviting us to surrender and let go. In Lyrical, we lighten up in the open field of Air, expanded, uninhibited and spontaneous. In Stillness, we merge into Ether where all divisions cease and we are connected to all.

Join us for a fun, upbeat Bollywood dance class to feel joy and aliveness come through you almost as if you were dancing along at an Indian wedding! Some dance experience is required to pick up the choreography and be prepared to sweat! Movements will be flowy and embodying our divine shakti energy and men are encouraged to join! I’m excited to jam and vibe out with you to my favorite Bollywood songs!

Made with Love

Let Your Talents Shine!

Freeform Movement

Bheemashakti Yoga is a system of yoga transmitted by Master H.R. Suresh and Jonathan Patriarca. The system is informed by rituals of ancient Swara Yoga in a practical approach for the goal of self-mastery. The Bheemashakti yoga system is based on the 7 DIMENSIONS OF THE BODY CONCEPT, which aim to bring yin and yang into balance by systematically harmonizing the 7 major directions the body can open and energize. All yoga postures are based on a combination/variation of one or more of these dimensions. When the direction of opening has become “energized”, strength, flexibility, and endurance are equally balanced.

How do we move with endings? How do they live in the body? Can we welcome them—feel how they stir something deep within? Can we let them rise, express, and release—pulsing through the Dance of Letting Go? As we continue to move, we loosen the need to hold on. We begin to let go… even of letting go. And as we arrive at the closing—of this dance, of this week together— can we meet it with presence, with breath, with grace? Let the shamanic rhythm of the 5Rhythms move through us as we Sweat Our Prayers. No experience is needed—only a beating heart, a willing body, and the curiosity to explore.