Celebrate Your Wholeness Ecstatic Dance. We are not broken, nor incomplete. We are truly whole as we are. Enough as we are, even when we don’t believe it. We are made up of various parts, shaped from childhood, conditioning, nature and nurture, relationships and our life experiences. It is perfectly okay to have various parts. However, we may carry fragmented parts that feel separate from each other and loving kindness, awareness and integration and retrieval of these parts is paramount to re-membering our wholeness. This dance and the mediation/rituals/practices shared before the dance, will guide us in celebrating our unique tapestry of parts that make up the totality of us. We get to be exactly as we are. Show up however we are. No need to fix, change or mask certain parts. Welcome loving kindness, compassion and presence that truly values, cherishes and honors each of our fullness and authenticity. May we practice balancing our masculine and feminine qualities (beyond gender, as we all carry masculine and feminine energies within) and celebrating ourselves and each other in the sacred container of dance, community and beyond!
Date: December 13th, 2025
Time: 12-2 pm
Location: 333 Cesar E Chavez Ave SW, Grand Rapids MI
(AllArtWorks, free street parking available next to and near venue)
Payment/energy exchange: $20 (PayPal or Venmo @lexamaxdi or cash at the door). Email mailto:
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*Email mailto:
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$5 dollars from each ticket will be donated to AllArtWorks.
Thank you AllArtWorks for the opportunity to share ecstatic dance!
AllArtWorks is a unique organization that promotes artists and allows one to browse art online and bring beloved pieces home. They have regular events and rotating art in their gallery. It’s an organization that exemplifies dedication, care, passion for sharing art and community connection. Learn more at
https://allartworks.com
About Ecstatic Dance:
It's a free form dance, with no choreography. Simply intuitive movement. The dance playlist creates a wave of rhythms to facilitate journeying. The intention is to form community connection and connection with one's body/mind and soul.
Ecstatic Dance Guidelines:
-This is a substance free event. Refrain from being under the influence of substances, including marijuana, vaping etc. when you show up to the dance and no substance use during the event. Please show up as you are.
-No photographs or video recording is permitted, unless the whole group consents.
-No verbal communication on the dance floor. Feel free to leave the dance floor if you need to speak with someone.
-You may dance with or interact with others during the dance but provide clear nonverbal communication to say yes or no to engage with another. Honor your needs!
-Have fun, respect the collective space and yourself and listen to your body!
-Ages 18+
*EVERYbody is welcome, regardless of ability. This event is a supportive space to move your body as much or as little as you'd like. Listen to what your body needs throughout the dance and feel free to honor it's needs.
River Noel/Alexa Magsoudi’s Bio:
Dance has been a soulful companion throughout my life. I first discovered ecstatic dance in the Red Woods of California in 2019 and became inspired to share this embodied, community driven and holistic practice. It has been a gift to host and co-create events in Lansing, Grand Rapids and Traverse City, Michigan, along with British Columbia, Canada. Ecstatic dance offers organic body movement, feeling waves of e-motions and connecting in a space that is supportive and liberating. Dance feels like home and sharing it is a calling and return to love.
~Osteopathic Healer, Artist and Ecstatic Dance Facilitator~
Connect with River/Alexa via email at mailto:
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