I was dancing ‘in the womb’ during a Cycles workshop when I first heard someone whisper to me, You have to teach this, you have something to offer, you can’t keep this all to yourself. Disrupted, I stopped my dance and looked around. Everyone seemed...
I'm becoming more and more fascinated by the phrase 'the Dance never ends', what it actually means beyond just sounding like a fancy spiritual idea. I remember vividly Gabrielle demonstrating how we could dance the dishes clean, and for 20 years now I've ...
As we look towards 2019, we invite you on a journey guided by our local and visiting teachers and the 5Rhythms practice. The Moving Center New York presents a unique opportunity to seek and source through four maps in one year — Waves | Heartbeat | Cycles | Mirrors — finding your movement, expression, individuality and truth as we dance deeper together into body, heart, mind and soul. Whether you step in with us in the pulse of New York City or in another 5Rhythms tribe around the world, we wish you many dances for 2019 and beyond…Love, TMCNY
What I love about the 5Rhythms is that it’s a practice. The beauty of it is, for me, that we, you, and me, can trust it for a while. After this time we can witness the effect it has. I claim that the 5Rhythms saved my life. Truth or not, I do ...
“We can’t bring Dad home for Thanksgiving,” Mom texts. It’s the first year Dad won’t be home for Thanksgiving. My Dad has Alzheimer’s. I moved him into the locked unit a year and a half ago. Mom just couldn’t. This year, the thought of bring...
I had a happy childhood, though it was not easy to witness the violence on so many levels in my homeland, Hungary. I felt loved by my family, my life was all I knew. When we crossed the border to Austria as refugees, 200 km away from my birthplace, I saw ...
My first experience with 5Rhythms was in Italy where I had just booked a week of holiday and dancing in a nice centre. It's amazing how one step changed my life, let me fall in love with a practice and ended in my full time profession. At this time we wer...
Veterans, especially ones with service-connected injuries, are notoriously resistant to and skeptical of alternative health practices like Yoga and Dance. Although these have been found effective for rehabilitation and are readily available, they remain ignored and held in contempt because of the stereotype of being perceived as feminine. My own story bears out this reality
by Alexander Litvak, New York City, USA Veterans, especially ones with service-connected injuries, are notoriously resistant to and skeptical of alternative health practices like Yoga and Dance. Although these have …