Victoria
The oldest 5Rhythms community in Australia, Melbourne is a must-dance destination for lovers of 5Rhythms.
Meredith Davies was the first teacher to start a weekly 5Rhythms class in Melbourne in 2003. Five years later Madhuma Thompson began a second weekly class and initiated a monthly Sweat Your Prayers, and now more than a decade later, with Meredith’s husband David Juriansz joining the teaching field, they have grown a huge dancing tribe. The weekly ‘Tuesday Tsunami Wave’ in North Fitzroy may be one of the biggest weekly 5R classes in the world ~ a pulsating, deep ride for over 150 dancers. With sometimes 6 classes a week, workshops with international teachers, a growing roster of local teachers and more in training, Melbourne is a vibrant 5Rhythms dance community.
Weekly Classes
Monday
ONLINE: Multivitamin - Daily Dose of 5Rhythms Dance Melbourne Natalie Poole5Rhythms in Greensborough Melbourne Renee Yerondais
Tuesday
Recorded Class Series - Replacing Light Waves online Melbourne Meredith DaviesTidal Wave at 75 Reid Street (until June 17)* Melbourne David Juriansz
Light Waves at 75 Reid Street* (until June 17) Melbourne Meredith Davies
Wednesday
Somatic Waves; 5Rhythms Melbourne Natalie PooleFriday
Friday 5Rhythms Online Melbourne David JurianszCastlemaine 5Rhythms Castlemaine David Juriansz
5Rhythms in Frankston Frankston Renee Yerondais
Saturday
Shadow Series Thornbury Rivka WorthShadow Series Thornbury Rivka Worth
Sunday
Sweat, Pray, Love: 5Rhythms Weekly Sunday Sweat Your Prayers Melbourne Natalie PooleWinter Sunday Sweat at the Convent 20 Jul 2025 Melbourne David Juriansz
Periodic Classes
Sunday Sweat at St Brigids Next Class 10 Aug 2025 Melbourne David JurianszUpcoming Workshops
Gateways: Grief & Gratitude
Melbourne - 1 Nov 2025 to 3 Nov 2025Lucia Horan
Gateways: Grief & Gratitude
A 5Rhythms® Heartbeat & Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Retreat
with Lucia Horan (USA)
“Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss and no loss that is not a reminder of the love we carry for what we once held close.” Francis Weller
Through the 5Rhythms ritual dance and trauma sensitive mindfulness, you will be guided through the terrain of the heart. This weekend retreat will be an opportunity to tend to the unattended. We invite you into a circle of safety to hold together what is too big to be held alone. Lucia has spent her life dedicated to understanding the nature of the heart. Her specialized work around grief-wellness is rooted in a lifetime of personal development and study. She comes to share this with you from a place of love as we invest in the path of liberation and compassion. We hope to see you there!
This workshop is designed for everyone, of every age and shape.
We recommend you have attended some 5Rhythms Waves classes prior to attendance. All workshop hours are prerequisites for the 5Rhythms® teacher training.
WORKSHOP DATES
Nov 1 – 3, 2025
Saturday Nov 1: 10-4pm
Sunday Nov 2: 10-4pm
Monday Nov 3: 10-1pm
PRICING
$350 Tier 1
$375 Tier 2
$395 Tier 3
$435 Pay-it-forward
This workshop offers an allocation of tickets at different price points i.e. ‘Tiers‘.
We have a broad range of financial capacity in our community. Please reflect on what you are able to pay and choose accordingly, keeping in mind that there are a limited number of tickets at the lowest price.
If you need a reduced price to attend, please purchase Tier 1.
Payment plans can be arranged. If this would support your attendance please write to us at 5Rhythms@movingessence.com.
If you can afford a bit more, please choose from Tier 2 or 3. There will be an allocation of tickets for each tier and the number of tickets remaining will display in the checkout below.
One additional tier ‘pay it forward’ invites members of our dance community to join us in creating subsidised places for those who need it. Please write to us if you need a subsidised place to be able to attend.
**This workshop is proceeding by an open-to-all dance on Friday October 31
REGISTER TODAY!Local Teachers
Lucine Eusani
Melbourne, Victoria
Teaching Since: 2016
Dancing Since: 2006
“Every child has known God, Not the God of names, Not the God of don'ts, Not the God who ever does anything weird, But the God who knows only 4 words. And keeps repeating them, saying "Come dance with Me, come dance." --Hafiz”
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Natalie Poole
Melbourne, Victoria
Teaching Since: 2014
Dancing Since: 1972
“As a 5Rhythms teacher I see myself as a midwife on the dance floor - supporting the births of our more embodied, more expressive and more alive selves.”
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Renee Yerondais
Melbourne, Victoria
Dancing Since: 2007
“My vision is to transform this world to one of ease, one body at a time.”
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Evelyn Switajewski
Torquay, Victoria
Dancing Since: 1981
“"5Rhythms brings together my greatest passions, the driving influences for change and growth in my life - music, movement, joy and community." Evelyn Switajewski. ”
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Rivka Worth
Melbourne, Victoria
Teaching Since: 2014
Dancing Since: 1992
“Love the dance, it loves you back.”
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David Juriansz
Melbourne, Victoria
Teaching Since: 2010
Dancing Since: 1996
“Our pure flame is only obscured by human strain. The joy in this dance is to see it revealed again and again. Courageous dancing souls Moving Essence.”
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Meredith Davies
Melbourne, Victoria
Teaching Since: 2001
“A deep listening A moving essence A dancing prayer Each breath a surrender to the spirit of life”
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Thais Sansom
Castlemaine, Victoria
Dancing Since: 2000
“as we move and breathe, the dance flows out of us follow my feet trust my breath allow and be with fierce tenderness and curiosity”
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