Jada Jane and Yiannis Thrasyvoulou
Jada Jane, also known as JJ, has worked in the financial industry as an Oil Broker and Bonds Broker over 15 years, quit her corporate life back in July 2015 and has been living between Singapore and Bali; Ubud. She is an Ashtanga practitioner for 13 years which keeps her grounded and has since from the practice developed a discipline in life for showing up fully whether on or off the mat. She is a dancer at heart, a dancer in life where she is continuously exploring and experiencing her essential self through connecting with people around her. In the often moments of solitude; she is diving into the stillness of just Being and living a simplistic life. It is her inspiration to share with people the holistic healing of the Body; Mind; & Spirit through movement meditation. She has travelled to USA, Europe, and Australia in the last 3.5 years intensely dancing in different 5Rhythms workshops to be a fully certified 5Rhythms Waves facilitator. She currently teaches in Ubud and Singapore for 5Rhythms Waves classes.
What is 5Rhythms?
5Rhythms transcends dance. The movement is the medicine, the meditation and the metaphor. Together we peel back layers, lay masks down, and dance till we disappear…Only to rediscover ourselves through it all.
Created by Gabrielle Roth and practiced by tens of thousands worldwide, 5Rhythms® is a philosophy, perspective and dynamic movement practice rooted in the principle that if you put the psyche in motion it will heal itself.
Each rhythm is interpreted by individuals in a uniquely personal way, opening them to a new sense of freedom and possibility that is both surprising and healing, exhilarating as well as deeply restorative. It is, in essence, “exercise for the right brain.” When we practice 5Rhythms, we learn to creatively express aggressiveness and vulnerability, emotions and anxieties, edges and ecstasies. It reconnects us to cycles of birth & death and hooks us into humanity and the spirit of all living things.
Workshop:
5Rhythms® Back to Basics Waves
In this session we will explore the fundamentals of the 5Rhythms coming back to the basics of connecting with the earth (FLOWING) through our feet; drawing energy to our hips expressing ourselves (STACCATO) in our fire through the beating of our hearts carrying the message outwardly from our hands: extending to the big unknown of ourselves letting go of our control and beliefs by allowing the shoulders and head to loosen up in (CHAOS) surrendering deep into the ocean of trust: shape shifting ourselves from our stories to the creator of who are meant to be here sharing our gifts and light (LYRICAL) and finally coming home to what IS, integration of all these rhythms inside and outside of us. We are not separated from all but One with (STILLNESS).
To understand better these rhythms and the elements that are inherent in us as well as in nature, through moving our physical body connecting within our inner truth of what’s happening in the moment and allowing it space to expressing it out in our dance. We will use the gateways for each rhythm to help us to loosen up the body by working through different parts of our body.
This is a free-styled dance where there are no steps to follow, but a dance that is awaiting for you to create your very own unique expressions connecting you to your mind, body, and spirit. https://www.5rhythms.com/teachers/Jada+Jane+Boh
Yiannis Thrasyvoulou
Yiannis teaches movement as spiritual practice.
He has been deeply humbled, broken open and woven back together again by the dance enough times to be able to hold space for others to do the same.
He wholeheartedly believes in the power of movement as a way of reminding us of our true essence: that we are all creative, wild and free and have a huge capacity to love and be loved.
Yiannis has been dancing 5Rhythms for 10 years and feels called to be in loving service of others on their movement path of self-discovery.
Yiannis is a certified 5Rhythms teacher, holds a degree in creative arts therapies and has experience working in mental health and healthcare setting with both adults and children.
Workshop:
Spirit Waves
Taking into the whole structure of the 5rhythms that make up a Wave, this workshop is simply dropping into listening to the body and move with the carefully curated playlist of music that enables dancers to move in their own expressions.
There will be partner or group exercises in this session as every rhythms will be verbally guided throughout the 2 hrs dance journey.
~Flowing invites us to into our feminine essence, to release our feet into fluid motion and arrive in the physicality of the body.
~Staccato invites us into our masculine essence, to release our hips and connect to heart, fire and life force energy.
~Chaos invites us into our adolescent essence, to release our head and connect to the part of us that wants to surrender, be wild and be free.
~Lyrical invites us into our mature essence, to release our hands connect to the part of us that is generous, playful and creative.
~Stillness invites us into our compassionate essence of our spiritual essence, to breathe deep and breathe more.
Rather than having steps to follow, each rhythm is a different energy field in which you find your own expression. All ages, sizes are welcome and no experience is necessary to attend this session.
