The Practice:

The 5Rhythms Wave is a physical and spiritual dance practice which promotes a fullness of life and freedom in movement. At the heart of this comprehensive body of work is the physical experience of your body in motion. 5Rhythms classes and workshops typically include moving meditation sessions in which students dance the five rhythms of flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness. The rhythms together form the wave. While dancing the wave we practice allowing our bodies to move freely as we explore the circular and grounding rhythm of flowing, the shapes of staccato and the release in chaos. We discover curiosity and freedom in lyrical and reverence in the spirit of stillness.

Roots of the Work:

5Rhythms teachers have lived their own deep and meaningful dance practice for years before being extensively trained by Gabrielle Roth and her Moving Center School faculty. Gabrielle Roth formed this body of work over thirty years ago out of the flames of her passion for music, theater and dance. Currently there are 5Rhythms teachers offering classes and workshops in cities, dance studios and retreat centers all across the world.

Spiritual Practice:

The 5Rhythms are a physical, spiritual dance practice that offer a lifetime of discovery. Always beginning with the body in motion, we engage the work of freeing the body, opening the heart and focusing the mind. In this practice we connect to our natural state of being; a fluid body in motion. Through this dance we reclaim our own instinctual nature, and practice being fully alive and present human beings.

Community:

Again and again, on the dance floor, we practice being fully ourselves. 5Rhythms dance floors are safe and supportive places for people to experience and study the 5Rhythms dance practice. This dance practice is for, and currently populated by, seasoned seekers, innocent newcomers, young bodies, old bodies, shy bodies, bold bodies, open hearts, broken hearts and all the different parts that together form this world of humanity.

About Waves Studio:

Waves Studio is the home of a comprehensive body of 5Rhythms classes, Waves Basics workshops, 5Rhythms workshops and On-Going Groups consisting of learning communities of dedicated 5Rhythms students. Also, Waves Studio regularly hosts Moving Center faculty and other accomplished 5Rhythms teachers for workshops. Each summer Waves Studio produces a 5Rhythms Gathering of the Tribes, presenting a variety of 5Rhythms teachers while hosting 5Rhythms dancers from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Waves Studio serves as a regional hub for the 5Rhythms, and the virtual Waves Studio website serves as an educational resource on the value of the practice, as well as being a global link to the 5Rhythms.