England

The fastest way to still the mind is to move the body.

Weekly Classes

LIVE WIRE: 1:1 ONLINE GLOBAL SESSIONS WITH LORCA London Lorca Simons

Monday

Monday Evening Waves Bradford Rose Karen Ramsay
Oxford Monday Wave Oxford Irem Luqman
5Rhythms Mondays in Sharrow Sheffield Sarah Blagg
Online Breeze London Jason Rowe
5Rhythms in Liverpool Liverpool Mark Austin
Monday waves London London Dean Kayum
Mondays Presence and Motion Bristol Jessica Howie

Tuesday

LIVE ON THE LINE 1:1 SESSIONS with Lorca Stroud Lorca Simons
The Tuesday Vibration Bristol Tim Barnes
Movement as Metaphor East Sussex Emma Leech
BREAKFAST WAVES - ONLINE London Nikki Ashley
Heart Matters - Closed Group Birmingham Neil Pinnock
5Rhythms Birmingham - Open Classes Birmingham Neil Pinnock
LIVE WIRE: 1:1 ONLINE GLOBAL SESSIONS WITH LORCA London Lorca Simons

Wednesday

LIVE ON THE LINE 1:1 SESSIONS with Lorca London Lorca Simons
ONLINE - Wednesday Waves Birmingham Neil Pinnock
SACR(w)ED London Flow Vulk
Wake Up Waves [online or in person] Leeds Ben Deutsch
We Dance 5Rhythms at the Grove - FORTNIGHTLY Classes London Nikki Ashley

Thursday

T.W.C (formerly Thursday Waves) London Jason Rowe
LIVE ON THE LINE 1:1 SESSIONS with Lorca Stroud Lorca Simons
Rhythm Circle ongoing closed group Bristol Bernadette Ryder
ME Time ~ Moving Energy York Eliza Bouwens

Friday

In person BareSouls 5Rhythms ® class London Katarzyna Kat Pugowska
Private one-to-one 5Rhythms class [ONLINE] Leeds Ben Deutsch
Friday 5Rhythms Bristol Bernadette Ryder
LIVE ON THE LINE 1:1 SESSIONS with Lorca Chalford Lorca Simons
Body & Breath - morning movement meditation [ONLINE] Leeds Ben Deutsch
Friday Waves Oxford Oxford Dean Kayum
Brighton & Hove - Friday Waves Brighton Paul Smith
Simply Being 5Rhythms London Richard Wiltshire
Friday Beat London Stuart Phillips

Saturday

ONLINE Deep Dive Waves London Ewelina Jendrzejczak

Sunday

"Sweat Your Prayers" Sunday Brighton Neda Nenadic
Sunday Mornings 5Rhythms BODY PRAYER - Dec 21st - Extended Session London Ruth Hirst
5Rhythms Sunday Waves London Flow Vulk
5Rhythms Manchester Manchester Alex Mackay
5Rhythms Calderdale Halifax Eliza Bouwens

Periodic Classes

The Rhythms Club for over 60 ONLINE MONTHLY Next Class 6 Jan 2026 London Nikki Ashley
Beginning - ONLINE Next Class 6 Jan 2026 Somerset Andrew Holmes
5Rhythms in Chester Next Class 9 Jan 2026 Cheshire Mark Austin
Dance Kew Next Class 9 Jan 2026 London Irem Luqman
Monthly Dance Labs (Margate) Next Class 10 Jan 2026 Margate Bradley Starkey
5RhythmsÂ® Waves Next Class 10 Jan 2026 Leeds Ben Deutsch
Body Song - For Wom*n Next Class 11 Jan 2026 London Chloe de Sousa
ONLINE Deep Dive Waves Thursday evening Next Class 15 Jan 2026 London Ewelina Jendrzejczak
CambsDance Next Class 16 Jan 2026 Cambridge Irem Luqman
STONE LOTUS Next Class 16 Jan 2026 London Jason Rowe
5Rhythms Auspicious Spiral Next Class 17 Jan 2026 Norfolk Mary Hedger
5Rhythms Energy Wave Next Class 18 Jan 2026 York Eliza Bouwens
Winter Dreaming - ONLINE CLOSED GROUP Next Class 20 Jan 2026 Somerset Andrew Holmes
Pulse Next Class 22 Jan 2026 Totnes Christian de Sousa
Canterbury 5Rhythms Waves: AI Dance Session Next Class 23 Jan 2026 Canterbury Bradley Starkey
Friday Rhythms Malvern @FMH Next Class 23 Jan 2026 Malvern Neil Pinnock
The Art Of Showing Up (Closed Group September 2025-February 2026) Next Class 25 Jan 2026 Brighton Neda Nenadic
Luminance Online Next Class 27 Jan 2026 Totnes Christian de Sousa
Guildford Monthly Wave Next Class 30 Jan 2026 Guildford Irem Luqman
Rituals of Rhythm - drum and dance circle Next Class 31 Jan 2026 Leeds Ben Deutsch
Bust the myth of "I Can't Dance' Next Class 31 Jan 2026 London Stuart Phillips
Reading Monthly Wave Next Class 31 Jan 2026 Reading Irem Luqman
Totnes Dance Collective Next Class 2 Feb 2026 Totnes Christian de Sousa
Dance Kew! Next Class 20 Feb 2026 London Neil Pinnock
Melting the Armour - Closed Group Next Class 9 Mar 2026 London Stuart Phillips
South London Dance Next Class 18 Mar 2026 London Irem Luqman
Brighton Saturday Wave (not active) Next Class 6 Jun 2026 Brighton Paul Smith

Upcoming Workshops

AbunDance Online Workshop

York - 17 Dec 2025 to 7 Mar 2026
Eliza Bouwens

11 Weeks of Self-Healing ∞ 11 Ways to connect body ∞ mind ∞ heart
5Rhythms ∞ Breath Work ∞ Mindfulness

Joining the earth to retreat deeper into your core. Through movement of your own bodily home, rewiring your mind's potential with foundational bodyparts laying out a new structure each week. Opening the windows of air in your life and following your energy, bringing warmth & switching lights back on inside of you.

∞ Saturdays 11:00AM GMT / 06:00AM EST / 10PM AEDT ∞
2 hours class: 20th Dec 2025, 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st Jan, 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th Feb, 7th March 2026

01. Blue Print of Infinity
02. Ignite Your Ego
03. In-tensions
04. Breathe in Life
05. It Socks
06. Take Your Lampshade Off
07. Visibility cloak
08. Gotta get myself connected
09. Compass-on
10. Shake it off
11. New frequency

AbunDance Ticket: 22% discount use "WinterBlues22"
Complete AbunDance Workshop £266 / $360 / € 305
One session £15 / $20 / €17
Recordings will be available

The River 4/4

Lancaster - 11 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026
Mark Austin

Step into The River, a yearlong journey grounded in the transformative practice of 5Rhythms®, with complementary elements of Somatic Movement and Body-Mind Centering® to deepen your exploration of creativity and embodiment.
Led by Mark Austin, an accredited 5Rhythms teacher, supported by Stéphanie Bairet, a certified Body-Mind Centering educator and yoga teacher, this workshop series offers four immersive sessions over 12 months. Each session reflects a season, inviting us to return to the body to explore the creative rhythms of life in alignment with nature’s rhythms.
This is a closed, ongoing group, creating a safe and supportive environment to build trust, go deeper, and nurture lasting transformation across the year.
What to Expect:
- 5Rhythms dance as the core practice, guiding you through the rhythms of Flow, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness.
- Complementary somatic movement principles (Body-Mind Centering and Skinner Releasing Technique™)to support embodied awareness and creativity.
- A committed group space for cultivating connection, self enquiry and shared growth.
- Seasonal themes that mirror the cycles of life and creativity, providing inspiration for personal and collective exploration.
- Time for reflection, creative integration, and application to your daily life.
Event Details:
11:30am until 6pm on the following Sundays
Dates:
16th March 2025 "Spring"
22nd June 2025 "Summer"
5th October 2025 "Autumn"
11 January 2026 "Winter"
Location:
The River Room, Halton Mill, Mill Lane, LA2 4ND
(Close to M6 motorway, Junction 34, Lancaster)
What to Bring:
Comfortable clothing to move in, water, and a journal or notebook for reflections.
Cost/investment options:
- Closed group, 4 Sundays earlybird price (Earlybird, payment received by 1st March): £180
- Closed group, 4 sundays full price (payment after 1st March) £195
- 5Rhythms teacher or spaceholder (please contact Mark markaustin5rhythms@gmail.com)
- Working team (please contact Mark markaustin5rhythms@gmail.com)
- Payment in instalments (£90 non-refundable deposit by 1 March, second payment £110 by 1st June)
About the Workshop:
At its heart, The River is a journey through the dynamic and transformative energy of 5Rhythms, a movement meditation practice that helps us connect with our bodies and make space for us to connect with our creativity. Complementary somatic exercises offer additional depth, grounding, and embodiment insights.
The workshop also takes inspiration from Jamie Catto. "The huge, sexy river of creativity and wisdom is available to everyone in every moment - even this one right now - but it’s through melting and opening not ‘generating’ and ‘do-ing’."
Through this closed group, we’ll move together across the seasons as the River Lune flows by the dance space, creating a foundation of trust and community that allows us to go deeper into the creative and embodied process.
About Us:
Mark Austin is an accredited 5Rhythms teacher offering regular classes in Manchester and LIverpool.
Stephanie Bairet is a certified Body-Mind Centering practitioner, facilitating embodiment principles.
Together, we aim to provide a supportive and inspiring space for movement, creativity, self- awareness.
Spaces will be limited in this closed group. Reserve your spot today to join The River and let your creativity flow!
Booking form:
https://forms.gle/3xEwEGAWoJC9FgxZ8
As Mark is an accredited teacher and 5RTA member, hours accumulated during this series can be included in 5Rhythms Teacher Training Prerequisites.
Travel to the venue:
Approximate travel times to the River Room (car sharing will be coordinated and encouraged where possible)
By car:
Lancaster 12 minutes from Lancaster station
Manchester 1 hour
Liverpool 1 hour 20 minutes
Hebden Bridge 1 hour 25 minutes
Chester 1 hour 30 minutes
Dumfries 1 hour 50 minutes
Public Transport
To Lancaster Station, then 12 minutes by Uber, 1 hour 15 walk on a paved river path or 86 bus which will get you there a couple of minutes after 11:30 according to the current timetable

Local Teachers

Emma Leech London Teaching Since: 2001 Dancing Since: 1991

England

The fastest way to still the mind is to move the body.

Weekly Classes

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Periodic Classes

Upcoming Workshops

AbunDance Online Workshop

The River 4/4

Local Teachers

“Dance is my passion, My Love affair with life on the dance floor....”

“Forget the dancer. Become the dance. That is the meditation. - Osho”

“What a wonderful way to move through life! to dance, to pray, to sweat, to love, to savour every breath!”

“How do we live? How do we heal? How do we better serve those around us? How do we love? How do we rest more often in the arms of Spirit?”

“Plug into the bigger picture. Feel the transformation. - Jonathan Horan”

“Yes to Life!”

“Dance is the 'love language' of my soul!”

“"Respond to every call that excites your spirit" Rumi”

“So much time we spend thinking as adults in the modern world! Let’s get back to the body, feel the music and reconnect with ourselves and eachother!”

“ Have courage. Dig deep to fly high. ”

“The body knows the entire score - it is up to us to TUNE IN to it and learn from it.”

“The beat is a lover that never disappoints and, like all lovers, it demands 100 percent surrender. We dance to fall in love with the spirit in all things. Gabrielle Roth”

“Dancing the 5Rhythms connects me to the ever-present yet invisible divine life force that moves us all. ”

“Sometimes it can take a few steps to get to our deepest truth. As we get closer and closer to it within ourselves, we can feel a huge vibratory shift in our body that signals we have arrived. The vibration is our aliveness returning. - C. Caldwell”

““Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.” ― Osho, ”

“"Do your dance! It's the most natural thing, feet first!"”

“We are the facilitators of our own creative healing journey.”

“I teach as I would like to be taught: with sensitivity, integrity & a deep understanding of the transformative power of the 5Rhythms practice. ”

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Howard Thurman ”

“I'm an artist/improviser and a spacious facilitator-please join me as we explore the generous maps of the 5rhythms. ”

“Each of the rhythms takes us on a journey, the body being the vehicle and the wave our map.....with these we can go anywhere”

“Bring your whole self to the dancefloor.”

““Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.” ”

“'Your soul is born out of the unity of your body, your heart, your mind, and it is moved by universal spirit' (Gabrielle Roth, Connections, Jeremy Tarcher/Penguin, page 114)”

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“Dance until the dancer disappears and only the dance remains OSHO”

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