Davida danced for many years with Gabrielle Roth -
author of Maps to Ecstasy, and Sweat your Prayers: Movement as Spiritual Practice, and the creator of The Roth's 5 Rhythms™.
Davida was on the Moving Center faculty in New York, where she
taught weekly classes and workshops.
She continues to explore dance
as a means of self-realization.

During 8 of her 10 years in New York City,
she also had the invaluable gift
of working with Baba Olatunji, world renowned
African drumming and recording artist.

Combining her skill as an African drummer and dancer with
Gabrielle Roth's work has helped Davida develop a unique approach to
therapeutic dance.

What are the 5RhythmsÆ?

The 5Rhythms are a simple, powerful moving meditation that anyone – of any age, size, or physical ability - can practice. 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 5 distinct rhythmic patterns. These patterns continuously repeat themselves in a wave of motion.

The 5Rhythms are:

* FLOWING – the fluid, continuous, grounded glide of our own movements

* STACCATO – the percussive, pulsing beat that shapes us a thousand different ways

* CHAOS – the rhythm of letting go, releasing into the catalytic wildness of our dance that can never be planned or repeated

* LYRICAL – the rhythm of trance, where the weight of self-consciousness dissolves, where we lighten up and disappear into our own uniqueness

* STILLNESS – the quiet emptiness, where gentle movements rise and fall, start and end, in a field of silence

The 5Rhythms directly touch the essential human need to move and be moved, to connect gracefully and intimately with other human beings, to be part of a community of diverse yet like-minded souls.

As we practice the 5Rhythm moving meditation over time, the effects spiral through our bodies, hearts and minds:

* We feel radiantly alive and calm at the same time

* We move from thinking about life to intimately feeling life with our bones, our feet, our muscles, our blood

* We enjoy the miraculous bodies we have, rather than lamenting their limitations

* The tight spots in our hearts soften – so we can cry when we’re sad, jump when we’re joyful, reach out when we’re touched, love and be loved without hesitation

* Our minds settle, and the jagged world of thinking, planning and strategizing fades into a sense of peaceful silence

The quickest way to still the mind is to move the body. ~Gabrielle Roth
Endless Waves on-going, drop in Classes
TUESDAYS • MILL VALLEY

6:30-8:30pm

Tamalpais Valley Community Center (TVCC)

203 Marin Ave., Mill Valley 94941

$18 drop-in, $90 for a book of 6 tickets

WEDNESDAYS • SEBASTOPOL

7:30-9:00pm

Sebastopol Community Center

390 Morris Street, Sebastopol

$15 drop-in, $60 for a class card of 5 tickets

for more info, call (310) 994-5405