Neptune - Oakland Ecstatic Dance @ Sweets Ballroom!

Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sweets Ballroom Sunday April 21st - DJ: Neptune Contact Improv: Juliana Mendonca Yoga: Satya Gita Sound Healing: Amae Love Circle & Meditation: Shannon Sahaja - Timing: (Arrive when you Wish) 9:45am - Doors Open 10am - Contact Improv (Main Floor) 10am - Yoga (Upstairs) 10:45am - Opening Circle 11am - Ecstatic Dance 1pm - Sound Healing / Meditation 1:11pm - Good Day! - Time for Picnic After Dance Picnic is held next to Lake Merritt near the Fairyland Sign by Whole Foods on Grand Avenue & Harrison. Tickets: Available at the door with Cash / Card / Venmo $25 Drop-In $20 Circle Passes sold in 5 packs ($100) @ Sweets Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 19th St. BART Webster Street Garage, 1721 Webster St, Oakland Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 9am sharp! for Opening or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities. - Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sweets Ballroom Sunday April 21st - DJ: Neptune Contact Improv: Juliana Mendonca Yoga: Satya Gita Sound Healing: Amae Love Circle & Meditation: Shannon Sahaja DJ: Neptune For over 30 years, Neptune has been a professional DJ, accumulating one of the most eclectic musical collections in the world with decades of avid record collecting across the entire musical spectrum. He has mastered the art of reading the energy of a room and tapping into the dynamics of the dancefloor, reaching into his musical palette to play the perfect music for the moment with no limitations on style or genre. On a deeper level, Neptune is a sonic shaman of sorts; awakening emotions and calling upon the spirits of dancers as he guides them into their bodies transforming them through music. Through the magic and mystery of a sonic journey, Neptune creates a musical map for the soul’s evolution. He is a rotating resident Dj for most of the Ecstatic Dances throughout Califorina & you can see him on the lineups for many of the concious dance events & festivals throughout the west coast & abroad. Contact Improv: Juliana Mendonca Juliana Mendonca is a Venezuelan Contemporary Dance Performer, Choreographer and Teacher. She is an innovative bodyworker influenced by Latin Traditional Dances, Butoh, Contact Improvisation and Physical Theater. Throughout her career she has developed a unique language with which she can express and create powerful art and healing. She has dedicated many years to creating projects and performances inspired by water: Raíz de Agua, La Naciente, Drop & Drought, Liquidanza, Sono Somatic, water has represented a very important element to understand herself. She currently directs her own proposal for relaxation and dance practice in the water, Liquidanza. She also works with Destiny Arts Center, La Peña Cultural Center, Private Events, and collaborates with other Bay Area Artists. ([hidden]) Yoga: Satya Gita Satya Gita is a long-time, devoted practitioner and teacher of yoga. In her more than 20 years of practice, she has studied many forms of yoga, including Jivamukti, Integral, Ashtanga, Standing Wave Yoga, Forrest, and Anusara. Born in Oslo and raised in Trondheim Norway, she studied dance at The London Contemporary Dance School and on Africa’s Ivory Coast before moving to New York to study and teach at Jivamukti. She was also certified at the Integral Yoga Institute and studied Standing Wave. Satya then created and implemented a yoga program for Harbin Hot Springs, an internationally known retreat center in California. During this time, she founded her own teaching style called Anahatha Yoga, which utilizes physical postures and alignment to open energetic dimensions and pathways in the body. Preparing the body in this way opens the student’s awareness to more subtle dimensions of Being in an embodied way. She has been teaching and developing this form for 18 years, as well as training and certifying others in the approach. She continues to offer classes and workshops using Anahatha yoga to help students deepen in themselves. [hidden] Circle & Meditation: Shannon Sahaja Two decades of holding space for yoga, meditation, and multiple forms of dance. Shannon offers exquisite meditations while creating impeccable sacred space. Participants often reflect on how incredibly safe they feel in her field. [hidden] - Website: [hidden] - @ Sweets Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 19th St. BART Webster Street Garage, 1721 Webster St, Oakland More Info below.