SomaSpace

An easy to follow dance party that gets you moving and smiling to uplifting beats. This class will get moving while having a great time - it’s a win, win! Ever dance in front of the mirror in your pajamas after a long day just for some light hearted fun!? This class is just like an in home dance party with bumping music and all good vibes. Get sexy, feel the music and practice empowering easy to follow dance moves! …

Moving to Heal is “Movement as Medicine” and is for anybody seeking a gentler movement practice to compliment and facilitate the healing of body, mind, emotions, and spirit. “Healing” as defined by Nia is defined simply by “I feel better.” Moving to Heal teaches people to listen to the voice of the body, sensation. Through sensation, participants learn how to adapt movements to support their comfort and health needs. Classes include soothing, rhythmic soundscapes and simple choreographed movement, shared in…

Explore meditation and the fundamentals of Buddhist practice Tuesday evenings 7:30pm – 9:00pm We explore Mingyur Rinpoche's teachings with the support of our Tergar community of practitioners, and the guidance of a comprehensive meditation group curriculum. This curriculum, based on Mingyur Rinpoche's books, The Joy of  Living and Joyful Wisdom, covers the core teachings of the Joy of Living program and includes guided meditations, experiential exercises, and questions that foster group discussion. Sessions are held on a drop-in basis. There are no prerequisites…

Nia is an expressive body-mind-spirit movement program that offers an artistic and innovative approach to fitness and healing. Blending aspects of Martial Arts, Dance Arts, and Healing Arts, Nia provides a variety of movement dynamics to create an experience that involves body and spirit. The use of eclectic, rich music, guided imagery, powerful kinesthetic cues, and heart-felt joy add to the full experience of a Nia class. Every class guides students to mindfully focus on sensation in their body while…

Playful improvisational theater class to inspire spontaneity & creativity This is not traditional theater improvisation. Participants have no responsibility to be creative, interesting, funny, or ‘talented.’ The goal is, first and foremost, to be present, and second to make and act on creative discoveries and the discoveries and presence of others. What this experience can do for you: ~ Build your presence – own a room, a moment, an audience, the attention of a passerby. ~ Increase your confidence –…

Spiritually-Based Community Dance Sacred Circle has been meeting to dance together in Portland for over a decade. We are a warm and welcoming group of dancers who love to create something really special together.   We encourage people of all ages and abilities to sink into their body in the safe, beautiful and sacred community-created space, to gather and create an beautiful interaction where music and movement happen, and while each person comes into the space with their own story, their…

Gentle Movement & Awareness Exercises with the Feldenkrais Method Chronic pain and injuries influence every aspect of life. Conscious and unconscious limits are placed on your ways of being in the world. Your dance is constrained. Your mind is busy protecting you, restricting your freedom of expression, closing in your world. You may be acutely aware of the limitations or you may have adjusted to this restricted way of walking through life. Either way, come remember how you used to…

A Monthly Women's Gathering Theabroma - from the Greek “thea” meaning “goddess” and “brôma” meaning “food” Cacao - the divine food of the Goddess is and the heart opening inspiration for this monthly gathering of women and femme-identifying folks. Women have been creating gathering spaces to share, heal, dance, play, create, celebrate and support each other since the dawn of human history. In gathering together, we are reaching back to those ancient times, when women were revered as the bringers…

Come However You Are The SomaSpace Women’s Circle is guided by the belief that gathering together with other heart-centered women is essential to your health, growth, and empowerment in these times when women must step up, be loud, and help guide the world back into harmony. The circle holds the value that all people are wisdom-keepers with unique talents, perspectives, and richness to share. When you take the time to sit in circle with other women, sharing from your heart, getting…

S Factor®  incorporates dance, stretching, muscular work, and a deeply unique dancing meditation that enriches the mind+body connection. Throughout this mixed level 1 & 2 8-week series, you will ignite the inherent emotional and erotic fluidity of your feminine body through: ~ Floor work ~ Stripteases ~ Lap Dance ~ And the signature S Routine! And because it is a mixed level beginner class, you will have the opportunity to be exposed to some advanced movement and strips as well!…

You are invited to lie down and rest as you receive the sounds and vibrations of eight classic frosted crystal singing bowls, five advanced alchemy crystal singing bowls, chimes and songs. The crystal bowls create powerful, resonant sounds and vibrations that move energy through us and support us in quieting our minds and bringing us more fully into our bodies. This is a precious opportunity for you to ground into yourself as you make space for your own experience exactly…

Monthly Qigong Temple Dancing in the Wu Wei: This month's temple will focus on the Taoist concept of non-action or Dancing in the Wu Wei. Learning this form of energetic embodied intuition will allow one to add qigong healing principles to all moments and actions in our lives from washing dishes to sharing intimacy with a partner. Allowing each step of life to become an intuitive self healing dance. The Golden Summit Monastery rests at the peak of Mt. Emei,…

A Sensual Ecstatic Dance Class For Women Move the Earth is about repossessing our wild feminine, reclaiming our sexuality and freeing our creativity.  When we allow this, we begin to cultivate our limitless power. Women hold immense power in our creative centers (aka: our second chakra or our womb space), but we are often in conflicting relationship with this place due to the immense cultural programming and collective trauma we all carry in and around our sexuality. We can feel hopeless,…

Movement as Medicine The theme for September's class is Trusting Your Inner Wisdom In this Qoya class, we will explore, through movement and ritual, what it feels like in our bodies to connect with and trust our inner wisdom. What is your inner wisdom trying to tell you? Are you ready to listen?  What is Qoya? Qoya is a movement system based on the idea that through movement, we remember. We remember our essence is Wise, Wild and Free. Wise,…