Free style Dance Jam
Free style Dance Jam is our weekly practice of dancing and sounding ourselves alive.
It is the cheapest,preventative health insurance on this planet!
We are exploring breathing Spirit into Body and transforming the vibrational energy field individually and collectively in co-creation.We are contributing to a frequency of LOVE and respect for all living form. We are celebrating our aliveness with our- selves, each other and community in PEACE.
Freestyle dancing and sounding is a spiritual practice for our daily lives: showing up, setting boundaries, opening doors, making contact, going inside, moving out & about, falling flat, kissing the ground, sitting down, waking up to
our beautiful conscious SELF that lives beyond self-consciousness.
We leave our judgmental grown-up mind at the door & sign in for reclaiming the amazing beauty, joy and outrageousness of the playful child.
We are all ONE of a kind and thru our utmost uniqueness join into the universal ONE.
Conscious play is serious business: by moving into the center of our heart where the playful child, the FOOL, resides, we move into the core of our humaneness.
As cosmologist Brian Swimme points out: “What is the true habitat of the human? Adventurous Play. A human denied this habitat of adventure and surprise and play is denied the opportunity to become truly human. Play, fantasy, the imagination and free exploration of possibilities: these are the central powers of the human person. The development of the Earth depends on the development of the human into its destiny as the self-portrait of adventurous play.”
We play music from 8 -10pm and then allow the closing circle and “sound choir” to happen magically, organically from the inside out. We open the circle for sharing from the heart and close with announcements….so come and join and get inspired by a variety of Djs and fellow players…open to all ages, alcohol and smoke-free environment, bring your own water.
CHAUTAUGUA HALL is a great Spirit Hall. It is our Sacred Dance Temple, located in downtown Pacific Grove on Central Ave (between 16th & 17th St.)
Friday nights: 8-10 pm Chautaugua Hall
admittance:$10 ($5 first timers and youth)
for more info contact: Heike Be: 831-224-0344 or
heike@movingbodyarts.com
TESTIMONIALS on Freestyle Dance Jam
The Dance Jam of Pacific Grove, created and hosted by Heike Be and Donna Kaufman has basically changed my life. It is an alcohol and drug free place, where community can meet and have a wonderful, health fun time. Every Friday, I have wonderful physical, emotional and spiritual experiences while dancing there.Thank you Heike for creating this safe haven for us dancers.
Florence Lesur - Masters in Translation and Conference Interpretation from the Monterey Institute of International Studies -
I know Heike Bollhorst as a leader and founder of the Free-style Dance Jam in Pacific Grove. This end-of-the-week event has become a refuge and a celebration of life for me and many others. As a partially disabled person I deeply appreciate the sense of inclusion and community fostered by the dance jam and I am grateful to Heike for the creativity and focus that she has provided to originate this important function, and keep it flourishing.
Kim Myers - Carpenter on disability
I experience Dance Jam as a community of loving and deeply connected people who, through their free-flowing movement, communicate the joy of living, the miracle of the human body and the tenderness of the heart. Dance Jam encourages my creativity and serves as a living celebration of our common humanity. If all the world was a Dance Jam we would be at peace.
Nancy Bennet - Grandmother, retired bookkeeper, counsellor
That we have the Dance Jam in our community means a lot to me. I love the free flow movement of my body to music. The set up is wonderful; the altar, the lights. The whole space feels open and inviting. I like having different DJs each time, giving their unique flavor to the evening. One of the things I like the most is that the music starts with a slow rhythm, then builds to a faster rhythm as the evening progresses. Dance Jam also offers the possibilty of meeting different people from the community. I made some very good friends and am grateful to Dance Jam for it.
Rabia Erduman - Hypnotherapist, Spiritual Healer, Cranio-sacral Therapist
Dance Jam is a very special place, with extraordinarily positive energy. I treasure my partici-pation deeply. Magic happens regularly at Dance Jam. We have a wonderful community that moves bodies and energy ever so playfully, with grace and power, freedom and creativity, rooted in greatness of heart and spirit.
David Ginsberg - Graphics & Media Designer