Way of the Wave
5Rhythms practice in community in Quw'utsun
Healing is movement. Disease is inertia. If you put the body in motion, you will change. 
​~ Gabrielle Roth, creator of 5Rhythms
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With the odd exception  (because life!)  please arrive on time and stay for the whole practice.
It matters for your practice experience and for the group field.

I offer 5Rhythms in acknowledgement of our human condition and creativity in unstable times.
These classes are invested in deepening realism, responsiveness and balance in our personal and communal life.
We can engage the 5Rhythms to support and cultivate our capacity to know ourselves, be basically well, and deliberately direct our attention.
Care and awareness directed inward prepares ground for extending care and engagement to extend outward.
We can be simultaneously bruised and capable of restoring, inundated and insightful, in need and generative.
We can show up, decompress, relate, and leave strengthened and sparkled. We carry potential for positive movement.

​I create  classes with people across and between cultures, colours, creeds,
genders and sexualities, sizes, life stages, (dis)abilities, and health situations in mind and in respect.

 I hold practice with justice, equity, and liberation intent, ​and with a commitment to continually learn.
​Chairs available for seated dance.  All 15 + welcome.

COMMUNAL HEALTH NOTES
DO NOT ATTEND if you are symptomatic with any communicable disease.
MASKING IS WARMLY WELCOME but not required. 

Pay at the door: cash or card.
E-transfers also accepted
([email protected])

​I set class fees guided by 3 non-negotiable needs: transparency, sustainability, and solidarity.

Transparency:
Offering these classes is not profitable.
This is not a 'pay what you want' sliding scale. It's compassionate pricing, and it requires mutual honesty to succeed.

Sustainability:
Sustaining weekly practice without creating barriers for dancers or undermining myself is tricky.
If you require subsidized fees now, that's totally okay. Please increase your fee if your financial picture improves.

Solidarity:
I give my solidarity by offering reduced fee options and by welcoming anyone who can't pay.
You can give solidarity by carefully reading and digesting this, and by choosing your contribution from integrity.

Thank you!   :)

$20   :   STANDARD
This represents the bare-bones cost of running classes. Dancers paying under $20 are underwritten by other dancers and me.

$25 *or more!*   :   SPONSOR
Donating any amount over $20 supports my ability to sustain classes, and supports community members who face money barriers to participation.

$15   :   SUBSIDIZED
This fee is for those able to meet basic needs but with little to no expendable income.
It's for those for whom paying for class is a sacrifice, but does not create hardship.

$10   :   SPONSORED
This fee is for those who struggle to meet basic needs, ​and for whom paying standard fees for this class would create significant hardship.

$5   :   SCHOLARSHIP
This is for those who cannot afford other levels.

Bottom line   :   I do not exclude people due to finances.


Alexis J. Cunningfolk of Worts + Cunning Apothecary's  "The Sliding Scale: A Tool of Economic Justice" 
​expanded and supported my analysis and approach to a capitalism-resisting, managed sliding scale.  Thank you, Alexis!