Bioluminosity - edge of trance dance, meditation, playground ZOOM Dance

* Listings last Updated Nov 13th 2022 *

Where:    Zoom Link to Bioluminosity Zoom Dance

                 or ZoomID :  815 9120 5664    pwrd : 538639

                 Facebook Link:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/479736038779305
When:  Every Wednesday (weekly)   
Times:  5:00 PM to 7 PM West Coast Pacific time shown below as GMT-8.    8 PM for East Coast

Dance:  This is a journey and the music starts slow and builds up.  Arriving 35 minutes after the start will most certainly be different music than the first 30 minutes.

Cost:    Dance is free, however if desired, a $10 - $15 donation can be made via PayPal - fireUrchin@mac.com (using send to a friend)  Funds Used to purchase extra tracks, and paying forward to dance facilitators who need the income.

Core statement : Bioluminosity = process is based on INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, ACCEPTANCE, ONENESS, bringing a probable end state of BLISS, BALANCE, OPENNESS and FEELINGS of CONNECTION to the participant who uses the entire process.

Changing Themes:  An Example theme could be: "summer streams & rivers".  Keeping rhythm with the season, pacing our body to the heat and immersing in cooling waters. 

Music sources: From the DJ:  My role in the preparation process is curating the music flow.  I select music in a flow through the 7 chakras - from 1-7.   For those who are unfamiliar with the chakras they are simply energy centers in the body that have been identified in Hinduism and Tantric Buddhism, but also Pueblos have a similar energy center system. Normally this is used for meditation and Kundalini yoga, but we have applied the concepts of where energy is brought to be felt by different music and the same idea of clearing in a more active way usually than sitting meditation.

Also there is a commitment from me to choose music from diverse cultures. This enables participants to feel the way diverse cultures’ music uniquely speaks through embodiment, to increase our connections and openness to what may start out as unfamiliar.  

In the same vein, I am committed to exploring various music styles and try not to repeat music too often in playlists, to give our brains unfamiliar / unexpected music, to increase the pathways of discovery, inspire new noticing & connections within our thoughts - building abilities to respond to surprises instead of react to them. Many times, I may use an underlying theme to focus on in the music playlist, or as a suggested visualization for exploring in the opening circle group. 

Parking :  In your usual parking space right inside your door, next to the couch, in your backyard, on the roof...

Clothes : Everything from your yoga work out to your Burning Best. Always good to bring funny furry animals.

The Scene:  The DJ creates an entire musical journey from rest to punch it out.  Tempo changes about 35 minutes after the start.  Usually 8+ dancers beginning to end with some nights hitting 15 - 20 dancers. Slow start, then after 20 minutes it picks up.  One of the best scenes and closest to the spirit of Ecstatic dances but much more variable on the music. 

The DJ: