5 Rhythms™ Workshop

“When we dance, The Journey itself is the point As when we play music, The playing itself is the point And exactly the same thing is true in Meditation Meditation is the discovery that the point of Life is Always arrived at in the immediate moment ” - Allan Watts

Every body that breathes moves, through 5 rhythmic patterns that continuously repeat themselves in an energetic wave of motion. From the Flowing, a fluid, gentle glide of movements, to an increasing pulse of Staccato, an insistent percussive beat, leading to a letting go of wild, catalytic Chaos, then dissolving into the trance-like Lyrical and finding Stillness, the rhythm of emptiness, and then repeating this energetic wave in a cyclical pattern until our minds and bodies move from thinking about life to intimately and vibrantly feeling the life and emotions within us.

We are born in bodies that express the circulation of life force within us. However, from babies through adulthood, we often encounter circumstances and emotions which we are unable to express in this elemental fluidity. The result is a holding pattern that hardens and blocks the fluidity within. This stagnant energy locked inside us is what makes us feel stuck and ill. Practising the 5Rhythms™ meditation encourages us to release this trapped vitality and give more freedom and fluidity in our lives so that we can experience and express life more fully and creatively physically, emotionally and spiritually.

About Jan Lee

Jan Lee became an accredited teacher of the 5 Rhythms™, in 2001, following a training with Gabrielle Roth at The Moving Center, New York. Prior to this, she studied for 10 years in Europe with Susannah and Ya'acov Darling Kahn, teachers and directors of The Moving Centre School, UK. Jan has a background in other dance forms, including ballroom, latin american and stage dance. She is also a comedy theatre performer and entertainer.

Additionally, she has studied massage in Thailand and England, is a Reflexologist and intuitive counsellor. She loves writing and all forms of creative expression. She is also passionate about animals, and their welfare.

Jan divides her time between the UK and Thailand, where she has been working both managing a small restaurant and resort in Koh Phangan, teaching yoga and studying Thai and ayurvedic yoga massage, feeding elephants, dogs, cats and a monkey!

She believes in following ones heart, finding spontaneity and humour in both the sacred and profane; and finds dancing the Rhythms a great container for this.

Date:
1 & 2 July 2006 (Saturday & Sunday)
10.30am to 1pm, 2.30pm to 5pm

Fees:
$145.00 per day / $238.00 for full workshop

Please call 64422881 or email info@oasisholistic.com to register.

What to bring / wear:
Loose comfortable clothes, in layers, for sweating, and cooling down
Extra change of clothes if necessary
Minimum jewellery
No watches
Bare feet or very light dance shoes

Venue:
Oasis Holistic
Block 10 Selegie Road #01-50,
Selegie House
Singapore 180010

Phone: (65) 64422881
email: info@oasisholistic.com
web: http://www.oasisholistic.com