Ecstatic Dance w/ Sundaze

Welcome, beautiful dancing people 🌞✨ We’re excited to invite you into a space where movement meets freedom. This is your chance to let go, explore, and express yourself without judgment or expectation. Here, it’s all about being present—tuning into the music, connecting with your body, and moving in ways that feel natural and true to you. Whether it’s big, bold steps or quiet, subtle motions, every movement is welcome. Together, we’ll create a safe and open environment where you can unwind, recharge, and simply enjoy the joy of dancing. 🕊️ 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 🌊 Ecstatic Dance: A Journey Through Movement and History 🌊 Ecstatic Dance is a free-form, expressive dance practice that invites participants to connect deeply with their bodies, emotions, and the rhythm of music. Rooted in ancient traditions, it traces back to indigenous and spiritual rituals, where dance was a sacred act of celebration, healing, and connection to the divine. From the shamanic dances of Africa to the trance movements in Sufi practices in the Orient, ecstatic dance has always been a universal language of freedom and self-expression. Today, it continues to honor its rich history by creating safe, non-judgmental spaces for individuals to explore movement, release energy, and experience profound joy and transformation 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 🌌 The flow of the event 🌌 🧘🏼🧘🏽‍♀️We will begin by coming together in a circle to connect with each other and sink into the space 🍫☕️*Ceremonial Cacao will be served to tune in into our hearts and our intentions 🤸🏻The Ecstatic Dance journey begins! We will dance barefoot, without mobile phones and without talking to each other so we can just tune into our bodies and feel the music taking over our emotions ✨We will then come together in a closing circle, offering space for sharing our experiences, reflections, and gratitude. This is a moment to connect deeply with the group, honor our journey, and carry the energy of the evening into our lives with open hearts ❤️‍🔥 * Ceremonial Cacao is used in ecstatic dance as a sacred plant medicine to open the heart, enhance connection, and deepen the experience of movement. Rich in theobromine, tryptophan (a precursor to serotonine) and other natural compounds, it promotes a gentle, uplifting energy, fostering clarity and emotional release. With its roots in ancient Mayan and Aztec traditions, cacao has long been celebrated as a tool for spiritual connection and transformation. In ecstatic dance, it acts as a bridge, helping participants enter a state of flow and presence, amplifying the joy and freedom of expression through dance 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 🌌 Meet your hosts 🌌 Sundaze 🌞, the musical identity of Sorin, began his journey as a DJ in 2016, exploring the world of Drum 'n Bass and later expanding into Minimal House & Techno. From the very beginning, he sought to deliver an organic experience through sound, crafting stories with rises and falls in a crescendo spiral, harmonized with the environment and season he found himself in—converting life into music. 🪷 Hailing from Romania, Sundaze draws inspiration from his cultural roots, as well as diverse influences from around the globe. His DJ sets incorporate elements from the Orient, Africa, the Balkans, South America, folk music, dub music, downtempo, tribal afro house, psytrance and drum & bass, to name just a few. 🌍💫 The concept of Ecstatic Dance came to him as an 'upgrade' full of synchronicities, offering a space to unleash his imagination and create boundless musical selections. These selections are designed to help participants slow down their inner rhythm and listen to the intelligence within. Through this journey, his music provides a space for releasing tensions accumulated in the rush of everyday life, gently guiding people back home—to the here and now. ⛩️ 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 ⚖️ Price - 4000isk 🕰️ Date - Sunday, 16.02.2025, 18:00 🛖 Location - The White Lotus Venue, inside the building of Mama Reykjavik Address: st. Bankastræti 2, Reykjavik *🍃 we advise you to come in comfortable clothes to dance freely 🍃* ______________ Stay radiant, Sorin & The White Lotus Team 🌞✨🪷