Karuna Center for Yoga & Healing Arts
25 Main Street, Northampton MA, 3rd floor
2 pm -4 pm
doors close at 2:30 pm
Please time for street parking
Or, there is a parking garage and a parking lot
about a 5 minute walk away
take stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor
wheel chair accessible
Cash or Venmo at the Door
$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
About the 5Rhythms®
The 5Rhythms comprise a simple movement practice designed to release the dancer that lives in every body, no matter what its shape, size, age, limitations and experience. This practice itself is simple, there are no steps to follow. We dance not for a mastery of the practice, but for its medicine. The class is guided by a certified teacher, who may offer some prompts or invitations to bring dancers into the practice. We will dance through each of the 5 rhythms – Flowing, Staccato, Lyrical, Chaos and Stillness.
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A word about touch, courtesy & consent
By participating in this class you agree to be a partner in co-creating a safe and brave space for our collective dance practice. Since this dance practice is non-verbal, please make eye contact with other dancers before touch. Even if it’s your best friend or partner, on the dance floor we honor sovereignty. Someone may be having a deep experience, some dancers dance with eyes closed or half mast and touch could be disruptive or dis-regulating. On the dance floor, please use your eyes as a means for engagement. After eye contact, if you are not open to touch, please say or signal to your partner that you are not a yes to physical contact (ie; offering a Namaste 🙏🏻 or arms crossed or by walking away).
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Welcome Statement
We recognize and welcome all. All races, all religions, all gender identities, all sexual orientations, all abilities, all shapes and sizes, all languages, all ages.
This dance practice can bring dancers into a deeply meditative space. As such, all children under 18 years of age must be under the care of an adult throughout the class, to maintain safety in the room for dancers of all ages.
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Land Acknowledgement
This is land belonging to the Nipmuc, Pocumtuc, Nonotuc people. The Native American settlement at what is now Northampton was called Norwottuck, or Nonotuck, meaning: "the midst of the river." It consisted of a core area where clan meetings and elders' councils were held. This area included communal cemeteries and probably sweat lodges used for curing.
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Dance Space Etiquette
We come together to practice 5Rhythms.
We are drug- and alcohol-free.
We are adults responsible for our own wellbeing.
We are aware of and respect each others’ bodies and boundaries.
We communicate using movement not words.
We use our words if necessary to express our boundaries
We make eye contact and gain consent before any physical touch
We dance barefoot, in grippy socks or soft dance shoes.
We avoid synthetic perfumes.
We turn our phones off.
We do not take photos/video or use Shazam.
We participate, we do not spectate.
We start and end our dance journey together.
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