CommUnity Sol Dance

Come enjoy the warm vibe, moving music and the space to be you, move, dance and connect 🎶👣Annetta is holding space tonight💚

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What makes ecstatic dance feel so different? It’s not just the music. It’s the intention behind the entire experience. From the moment we gather in the opening circle, we create a shared agreement to honor ourselves and one another. The guidelines aren’t there to limit you—they’re there to create a space where you can truly let go. No choreography. No talking on the dance floor. No drugs & alcohol. No pressure to perform. Just 90 minutes to unplug from the outside world, get out of your head, and reconnect with your body through movement. If you’ve never experienced it before, maybe this is your sign. 💛 Join us every Sunday at Venice Beach. Indoor dances once a month @primalmovesvenice 🎟️ Tickets & Info www.ecstaticdancela.com 🫶 #ecstaticdance #ecstaticdancela #movementmedicine #venicebeach #dancefreely

Some more on the medicine of dance exploration and play🎶💛👣✨️
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There is so much power in dance beyond the physical benefits. Read our blog for the full post including cited studies. 🤍 #dance #wellness #fitness #psychology #movement

And we are made to hold space for your ever changing dance👣Shakti's playlists will be moving us tonight🎶 You are always welcome 💛

Lee's playlists will be lifting our wings and inspiring the dance tonight. You are always invited and all of you is welcome 🎶👣🪷

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Several clinical trials have found that structured dance therapy can reduce depression symptoms, especially when it’s added to standard care.  What’s interesting is that the benefits don’t come from pushing harder, getting fitter, or “thinking more positively.”  Dance works by engaging the brain through movement, rhythm, and physical sensation all at once. These systems help regulate emotion, but in depression they often stop working smoothly together.  Rhythmic movement sends steady signals from the body back to the brain, which can help calm and organise emotional processing from the ground up. This helps explain why dance can reach emotional states that talking alone doesn’t always shift.

Sources:
Dance movement therapy for depression
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009895.pub2

The Physiological and Psychological Benefits of Dance and its Effects on Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.925958

The Effects of Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01687

Social dance and movement for mental health: A narrative review
https://doi.org/10.1002/mhs2.62

Evidence of the Effects of Dance Interventions on Adults Mental Health: A Systematic Review
https://doi.org/10.1177/1089313X231178095
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Rainy days and Mondays' ecstatic dance are lifting us up today 🌦🌈 Elizabeth is holding space and delivering the 🎶 tonight 👣Come move, play, and be with CommUnity💗

Here’s the beautiful poem Kent read in our opening circle on 6/29….💫

Celebrating our freedom and diversity of expression in dance tonight🎶 Leta will be bringing the music and tending our space 🎶💙👣

It's a great Monday! CommUnity Sol Dance, the full moon and Kent's playlists guiding us to our personal groove🎶👣🌕 come free yourself of the mind for awhile and move, dance, play or simple be in commUnity with 🎶 tonight💙🌕💙

Art credit: Skeletons Dancing in the Moonlight; Watercolor Wonderland