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Weekly Classes



Periodic Classes

5Rhythms at SF Botanical Garden Next Class 28 Mar 2026 San Francisco Vehllia Tranne
PENINSULA SWEAT YOUR PRAYERS WITH QIBEI Next Class 29 Mar 2026 Redwood City Sylvie Minot
Friday Night Waves Next Class 10 Apr 2026 San Diego Jake Smith
APR BIPOC 5RHYTHMS SWEAT YOUR PRAYERS w/ SYLVIE Next Class 18 Apr 2026 Oakland Sylvie Minot
Threshold Next Class 7 May 2026 Sacramento Majica Alba

Upcoming Workshops



Crossroads in Motion — A 6-Week Wave for Life Transitions

San Francisco - 19 Feb 2026 to 26 Mar 2026
Bettina-Kira Neumann

Crossroads in Motion — 6-Week 5Rhythms Series

Starts Thu, Feb 19 (6 consecutive Thursdays)

Crossroads are the moments life asks for a turn—and your body feels it.

Divorce (or the long aftershocks).

Health changes: diagnosis, recovery, uncertainty.

Life cycle shifts: grief, menopause, relocation, children leaving, aging parents.

The crossroads between life and work: burnout, boundaries, pressure, “something has to change.”

These moments aren’t only mental. They live in the nervous system: breath, sleep, posture, tension, decision fatigue. This series offers a regular, supportive practice to move what’s real—so you’re not carrying it alone.

We use the 5Rhythms as a simple, steady map:

Flowing (ground + arrive)

Staccato (choices + boundaries)

Chaos (release what’s gripping)

Lyrical (space + possibility)

Stillness (integration + next step)

You don’t have to have clarity before you come.

You don’t have to be “in shape” or “in a good mood.”

You just have to show up.

Thursdays: Feb 19, Feb 26, Mar 5, Mar 12, Mar 19, Mar 26

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Forces of Nature Women

Berkeley - 21 Mar 2026 to 21 Mar 2026
Qibei Shen Steiner

 

2026 Dates: Saturdays, 3/21, 4/25, 5/23, 6/27, and more TBA

​​✨ Registration Required: www.qibei.be/forcesofnature


This is a calling. 

A return to the wild, instinctual power that’s been living inside us all along. 

Beneath the noise of culture, 

the weight of shoulds, 

the tight cages of expectations - 

You are your own force of nature. 

Here, we move to remember and come alive. 

To feel the earth rise and fall in our bones, 

ocean waves crashing through our veins, 

the wind whispering on our tongues. 

Let your body speak its ancient dialect. 

Let your heart roar, and taste its own nectar. 

Let us encounter one another - raw, real, fierce, tender, hilarious, fabulous - in the sisterhood of becoming and belonging. 

This is a space for all womxn, who hear the call. 

All colors, all shapes, all stories welcomed here. 

No prerequisites, no “right” way to be. 

Toss away the need to perform, prove, and pretend. 

Come as you are. Dress how you want. Move how you feel. Say fluck it and be free. 


Forces of Nature Women’s Circle is a 3.5-hr workshop where we journey through 5Rhythms® dance movement meditation and creative exploration. Brings snacks and drinks to share for the community connection time toward the end.


✨We ask you to arrival in the studio early or on-time to support the group coherence.

✨ Registration is required. No drop ins. www.qibei.be/forcesofnature

✨ This is a substance-free, scent-free space.

REGISTER TODAY!

Local Teachers

Christina Graham-Smith San Diego, California Teaching Since: 2014 Dancing Since: 2007

“Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.- Martha Graham ”

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Majica Alba Sacramento, California   Dancing Since: 2008

“My job is to hold a sacred space where people can see what is already there.”

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Juliette Kunin Nevada City, California Teaching Since: 2010 Dancing Since: 2001

“Keep dancing with that spark of truth that resides in all of us. Allow it to lead. Have the courage to leap, even when it is scary...”

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Sylvie Minot Sausalito, California Teaching Since: 2001 Dancing Since: 1994

““The body holds stories and old wounds, and medicine as well. It has the antidote to heal itself. Through moving, we release our stories and allow healing to come through.” - Sylvie Minot”

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Tom Truman Santa Cruz, California Teaching Since: 2016 Dancing Since: 2006

“" Your Body is the harp of your soul and it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds" Khalil Gibran ”

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Jenelle Smith Irvine, California   Dancing Since: 1997

“This is the truly creative dancer, natural but not imitative, speaking in movement out of (themselves) and out of something greater than all selves. ~Joseph Campbell”

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Albo Mussmann Arcata, California Teaching Since: 2024 Dancing Since: 2017

“Dance the World into being”

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Bettina-Kira Neumann San Francisco, California Teaching Since: 2024 Dancing Since: 2012

“"The most precious jewels may never see the light—but once they do, they shine." "It is a gift to have the courage to move through your wounds and find your freedom." "Deep wounds once held me hostage—believing I wasn’t good enough, that ”

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Tim Doody New York, New York Teaching Since: 2024 Dancing Since: 2012

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Qibei Shen Steiner Berkeley, California Teaching Since: 2024 Dancing Since: 2013

“In movements, everything is possible. ”

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jacia Kornwise Chico, California Teaching Since: 2004 Dancing Since: 1990

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

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Jake Smith San Diego, California Teaching Since: 2023 Dancing Since: 2015

“If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough”

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Alessandro Moruzzi San Francisco, California Teaching Since: 2014 Dancing Since: 2007

“Rain, oceans are my Flowing. Street traffic, crowds chatting are my Staccato. Waterfalls, pounding jack hammers are my Chaos. Winds, hummingbirds are my Lyrical. Echoes of drops in a cave, my breaths are my Stillness.”

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Vehllia Tranne San Francisco, California Teaching Since: 2014 Dancing Since: 2010

“I dance to rediscover, remember, recreate, and to return to love. It takes courage to live one's truth. Your courage breeds courage in me. Will you join me and dance our truth?”

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Masayo Benoist Los Angeles, California Teaching Since: 2014 Dancing Since: 2009

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Jo Bainbridge Cobbett Los Angeles, California Teaching Since: 1997 Dancing Since: 1988

“this dance is my practice; my presence, playfulness and passion meet
and the truest sense of my self emerges
here i connect to source & know my depth ”

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Margaret Wagner San Francisco, California Teaching Since: 2004 Dancing Since: 2000

“Discover your ground, define your passion and voice, dissolve what holds you back, delight in your originality, dance with whatever is in the moment.”

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Davida Taurek San Rafael, California Teaching Since: 1987 Dancing Since: 1987

“We reside in our body to express the unique and amazing being living inside. Telling the truth through the body liberates us from the confines of social structure and hardened beliefs of self. In other words, dancing ROCKS!”

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Bella Dreizler Sacramento, California Teaching Since: 2008 Dancing Since: 2001

“After all this time I have no doubt: embodied physical practice in the context of a shamanic 5Rhythms wave delivers. Must be present to win. ”

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Daniela Peltekova Los Angeles, California Teaching Since: 2007  

“We are Gods and Goddesses with a global case of human amnesia. We dance to remember, we dance to forget, we dance to let go, to heal the cells of our body-mind and reignite the crystal imprints of our souls.”

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Kiaora Fox Santa Barbara, California Teaching Since: 2016 Dancing Since: 1983

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Jay and Amber Kaplan California Teaching Since: 1994  

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Aaron Lifshin San Francisco, California Teaching Since: 2016 Dancing Since: 2010

“What a surprise it was to find all the answers in the body, not the mind.”

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