Norfolk Ecstatic Dance and Movement
400 W Olney Rd, Norfolk, VA 23507
About this dance
Ecstatic dance is a freeform conscious movement practice. The space is yours to explore presence, creativity, and compassion at your own pace. It is your time to be free.
We honor the space by embracing silence during the event so that your inner experience, music, and movement can guide the journey. There are no rules, prescribed movements, expectations, or judgment. You don’t even need to dance. You might move with energy, or simply sit in meditation.
You may also choose to explore your emotions. Ecstatic dance has a unique ability to loosen what no longer serves you, creating room for joy, release, and freedom. Our bodies carry stories and memories, and sometimes those stories become stuck. Through freeform movement, you may feel those stories soften and begin to let go, if you set that intention. Not every journey has to go deep; sometimes the medicine is in simply letting the music wash over you.
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Getting there
There is parking behind the building, street parking in front, and just a block away to the east there is a street called Botetourt Gardens that provides ample street parking.
Three simple guidelines
Learn more about ecstatic danceWe dance barefoot
This allows us to connect more fully with the ground. Socks are OK, and dance shoes are fine if a physical condition calls for them.
We dance without words
This makes it easier to be in a meditative state. No verbal instruction from the facilitators, no talking from the dancers.
We dance sober, as we are
No drugs or alcohol, no phones or cameras, no scents. Just be yourself, with respect for ourselves, the space and one another.
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