Ecstatic Dance with Movement Lab

Sunday, May 21 | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Movement Lab
$10-$20 sliding scale 

Trey and Nadine (MovementLab) have been facilitating ecstatic dances for many years, and bring their work in performance, music, and therapeutic practices to the dance experience.  They traditionally open the dance with a 30-minute facilitated mindful movement practice, offering a little taste of the 3Bodies class, a movement class that explores our range in the physical, mental and heart stuff, therapeutic and fun in nature.  Their love for a wide range of music will get you dancing! (Movementlab.dance)

We hold a dance weekly with various facilitators, artists & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Free-form dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Ecstatic Dance with Salamander Collective

Sunday, May 14  |  11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Salamander Collective
$10-$20 sliding scale 

Salamander Collective is an ever-evolving cast of creators and visionaries in service to the present moment, using the jam as a vehicle for exploration and transformation, allowing its members to dive deep with one another and create music that is beyond the sum of its parts.

Links to all Social and Streaming Platforms:

https://www.salamandercollective.com/

https://www.facebook.com/salamanderjams

https://www.instagram.com/salamandercollective/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6vj0F7zgz0mgY8iuMkHkR9?si=dHuwA8W0TxCW-pxF09cixA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2873t5pVGQ

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Ecstatic Dance with Magic Woman

Sunday, February 26 | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Magic Woman
$10-$20 sliding scale

Magic Woman is Arielle Vakni - vocalist, songwriter & DJ most known for her band ANIMA! She spins a mix of genres including Indie, Electronic, House, Hip Hop, Disco, Pop, World & Funk featuring some originals with live vocals.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Embodying Lakshmi with Sharon Rose

Sunday, April 30 | 2 pm - 5 pm ~ Sharon Rose
$20-$40 sliding scale

Experience the beauty and richness of manifest existence. Feel the sacred nectar of Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of sensuality, abundance and joy, love and sensuality pour through you.

In this transformative presentation, Sharron Rose introduces ancient yogic techniques of meditation, visualization, expression, gesture (mudra), chant (mantra / kirtan), movement and rhythm from the Sacred Dance traditions and Tantric and Yogic texts of India. These techniques will enable you to not only perceive, decipher and envision the mythic and symbolic expressions of Lakshmi but also to speak their sacred language through the temple of your own body.

Join us for a powerful immersion in the true nature of bliss through the beauty and power of the universal languages of dance, rhythm, myth and chant.

About Sharon Rose: Sharron Rose, M.A. is a documentary filmmaker, author, composer, choreographer, healer &Master teacher in World Dance, Music & Mythology.  She is the President of Sacred Mysteries Productions and winner of the Filmmaker of the Year award from the “20th World Congress on Qi Gong, Tai Chi, TCM & Natural Healing.

Sharron is the Producer/ Director of the forthcoming series, "Quantum Qi." and numerous other documentaries in the realms of ancient cultures, the healing arts, yoga, and alchemy. 

As a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar to India, she became the first American disciple of early Bollywood star, renowned North Indian classical dancer, & Tantrika, Sitara Devi. From this powerful, initiatory experience, she began her journey into Sacred Dance, music, healing practices & teachings on embodiment of the Goddess in ancient Egypt, Tibet, Kabbalah, Africa, Tibet, Shamanism, Gnosticism, & Taoism. 

Sharron has lectured, performed & presented her films in numerous schools and universities, spiritual centers, cultural organizations, and museums and has been a consultant to the National Endowment for the Arts.

She is the author of the “Visionary Award” winning book, The Path of the Priestess: A Guidebook for Awakening the Divine Feminine, & is currently completing a global fusion cd, book, and performance project, The Nectar of Bliss, dedicated to the healing power of the Divine Feminine in cultures throughout the world.

Interview with Sharon - https://vimeo.com/807602239

Ecstatic Dance With Aria Tau

Sunday, April 30 | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Aria Tau
$10-$20 sliding scale

Aria Tau is a spiritual vocalist and DJ who channels healing melodies and songs that uplift and transform.

With a background in jazz, opera and shamanic vocals, Aria's ethereal voice floats over the beat to raise the ancestors and connect with the ancient wisdom within each of us.

She plays a tribal blend of rhythms that take dancers on a journey through diverse genres. From deep house to techno to bass to spiritual organic, her ecstatic dance sets surprise in their unexpected boldness.

Aria is a daughter of the Earth, born and raised in South Africa with ancestry in India and the Middle East, she has traveled the globe to learn musical and healing techniques and modalities and is now based between Portland, Oregon, and Cape Town, South Africa.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aria.tau/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aria.tau
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ariatau

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Quantum Qi Film Screening and Qigong Experience: Enhance your life force energy

Sunday, April 29 | 7 pm - 9 pm ~ Sharon Rose
Suggested donation $20

Wishing you had more energy, strength, and ability to heal? 

The Quantum Qi series is designed to play a valuable role in the world of health and wellness by bringing the power of Qigong, to students throughout the world. The wisdom shared in these ancient techniques for self-healing, energetic protection, sexual vitality, longevity, optimal health and inner peace, gives this series the potential to be of tremendous benefit to us all.

Quantum Qi will:

  • Empower YOU to discover your innate potential to heal yourself on every level.  

  • Illustrate how to expand your perception, visualize and feel how life force energy flows between you, others, nature, and the universe.

  • Reveal ancient secrets of gathering and circulating Qi (life force energy) throughout your body and acupuncture meridians.

  • Offer gentle movement practices, self-applied massage, breathing exercises, and meditations to lower stress & anxiety, boost immunity, prevent illness, and revitalize your body, mind, and emotions.

Trailer for episode one https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XdWdSi6SkLM
Trailer for Episode two https://youtu.be/jVj496bFOOY

Crystal Bowl Sound Bath with Jvala Moonfire

Sunday, April 23 | 4 pm - 5:30 pm ~ Jvala Moonfire
$20 (or sliding scale available)

Come immerse yourself in a prayerful field of Harmonic Resonance and deeply Transformative Sound as Crystal Singing bowls and Mantra guide you into a state of deep Relaxation and Healing.

Jvala, a local Taos sound healer, lived in India studying the Yoga of Sound for over 14 years. Through the vibration of awakened mantra, she beckons the spirit and speaks to one's innate healing potential as the frequencies create a field of expanded awareness.

RSVP REQUIRED Space is Limited!
To RESERVE your space Contact Jvala via text: 575-224-1561 or email moonfireji@yahoo.com

Salsa Dance Workshop

Saturday, April 22 | 4 pm - 5:30 pm ~ Deollo Johnson
Pre-Register: $15
Drop-In: $20

All levels are welcome!

Send pre-registration payments to PayPal: www.paypal.me/dejo8 or Venmo @Deollo-Johnson

Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.

Ecstatic Dance with Vic Hennegan

Sunday, April 16 | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Vic Hennegan
$10-$20 Sliding Scale 

Vic Hennegan has been writing, recording, producing, and performing electronic music for several years. As a live performer he has performed at such shows as The Gathering Concert Series in Philadelphia, Cyberstock of Los Angeles, Ecstatic Dance, 5 Rhythms Dance, Soul Motion, Northern California Dance Collective, and many other venues around the world. With computers, samplers, vocals, and synthesizers, Hennegan’s instinctive hand creates techno-trance and ambient music in a wildly fun, uplifting spiritual experience that will take your soul on a journey to the center of ecstasy.

"A unique warmth emanates from Hennegan's music moving the listener to a state of euphoria. Through complex and insistent rhythms and vocals, Hennegan accomplishes a lush dynamic that relentlessly strives to entertain.” (Matt Howarth, Sonic Curiousity.com)

Hennegan’s music is complemented by the guest artists he works with such as Surface Ten’s synthesist extraordinaire, Dean De Benedictis; and Becca Fuchs, whose incredible vocal range spans from operatic to soulful and sexy. His music is streamed on radio shows such as Pandora, Spotify, Alien Air Music, Star's End, Echoes, Apple Music, Hearts of Space, and much much more!

Hennegan’s compositions are featured on three different "Echoes" compilations: “Soundscape for Echoes” on the release “Refractions: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Volume 12,” with internationally renowned electronic musicians Andreas Vollenweider and Michael Brook; and Echoes Location, The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Volume 17, featuring a live version of his most popular iTunes download, "Patagonian Rain." And the 2014 release, Transmissions: Echoes Living Room Concerts V19, featuring the song "Desert Vortex." The host of "Echoes," John Diliberto, personally invited Vic Hennegan to participate in all of the Echoes compilations and has placed Hennegan's 2011 release "Field of Worlds and Mirrors," as one of the top 25 albums of the year.

Vic Hennegan is excited to be working with his top favorite synthesizer companies: U-he, Tal- Tugo Audio, Rob Papen, Synapse Audio, AudioRealism, and Novation.

Hennegan’s music may be found on Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, CDBaby, Rhapsody.com, Apple Music, Yahoo.com, Amazon.com, and MusicZiet.com.

Hennegan is a practicing Buddhist. This faith aims to manifest enlightenment in the lives of its practitioners. By tapping into an individual's creative potential, one can create a thriving and peaceful community. Through his faith and his music, Hennegan invokes the timeless tradition of music’s healing powers. He believes that “We are the creators of our own universe. I seek to help people understand this very fact through my music.” 

Ecstatic Dance with Ama

Sunday, April 9 | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Ama
$10-$20 sliding scale

We will be holding a dance weekly with various facilitators, artists & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Free form dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Ama’s Bio: AMA creates art through the perspective of being a multiracial indigenous two-spirit mama. She received training in curating transformational music scores by her teacher Samadhi Love of the Ecstatic Dance Evolution Network. She approaches every ecstatic dance as a sacred and unique constellation that carries on an ancient wisdom lineage. AMA creates intentional space to tend to our inner temples and tap into a deeper truth that only our bodies can tell us.

Ecstatic Dance With Alejandrina

Sunday, March 26 | 11 am - 12:30 pm ~ Alejandrina
$10-$20 sliding scale

Alejandrina is no one defined by words. She flows gracefully and ferociously through life with sound and rhythm as her compass. Her passion is to move & inspire others through healthy psychological development of authentic happiness and pleasure. Music is one of her most effective tools and weapons.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

HFL 6 Year Anniversary Party!

Join us for our 6-year Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, March 25 | 6 pm - 10 pm

We are so grateful for all of the love & support from our community that has kept us around for six years! Join us for a fun-filled evening of performances, demos, live music, a raffle, a bake sale, & dancing! Light snacks will be provided. Have a chance to meet all our teachers! It’s a celebration not to be missed and fun for the whole family!


The Line Up:

6:00PM

~ Crystal Bowls/Opening Meditation- Alana

~ Cacao opening circle - Andrea

~ Drum Circle

~ Tribal Fusion Belly Dance - Alana Grier & Company

~ Martial Arts Demo - Kajika & students

~ Clown Act - Che Che the clown & company

~ Pain Free Posture Demo - Shiphra

~ Poetry - Matt the Poet

~ African Dance with Live Drumming - Deollo & Fred

~ AcroYoga/Acrobatics - Alana & Matt

7:30 Intermission:

8:00PM

~ Live Music: Karen Criswell, Madalyn Love, Mike Virga, Robert Quijano

9PM RAFFLE Drawing

9:15pm

~ Fire spinning - outdoors

~ DJ Dance Party

A HUGE Thank you to all our sponsors for our amazing RAFFLE:

~ Her Sacred Alchemy: Tea & Crystals

~ Koko’s: $25 gift certificate

~ Cosmic Cranial $100 Value - Nancy Lee

~ Salty Little Sweet Shop Gift basket

~ Plant Based Cafe $25 gift cert

~ HFL: CBD oil by Hempin $40 Value

~ Karmahigh Creations Body scrub $25 Value

~ Bent Street Grille $25 gift cert

~ Private session with Alana Lee $75 value

~ Private session with Barbara Agnello $75 Value

~ Ninja adventure in the woods with Kajika $150 value

~ HFL 5 class pass $60 Value

~ HFL Unlimited Monthly $99 Value

~ Remote Clearing Session with Annie

~ Iridology Session - Amy

~ Interior Transformation - $100 Value with Kimberly (choose one: 2 hrs Organizing/Decorating, Empowerment Healing or two Life Coaching)

~ Taos Co-op Gift Certificate

~ Cafe Sagrado - Gift Certificate

Thank you to our Bake Sale sponsors:

~ Chokola

~ Koko’s

~ Pizzano’s: Brownies

~ Cassie

~ Alana & Barbara: Orange pound cake slices, Lemon pound cake slices, Shortbread cookies, Peanut Butter cookies

Additional Activities:

~ Food by HFL

~ Elixirs by Mythos Libations

~ Projections by Karen Criswell

~ Chair Massage w/ Nick

~ Kids: art station, bouncy balls & balloon animals

~ Cbd samples

~ Karmahigh Creations (Vendor)

Musician bios:

Karen Criswell has a long and varied career in theatre, film, music and performing arts, including a long tenure at Dreamworks Studios in Los Angeles.  She left the studio in 2014 to pursue development of her independent film company, Koncept Films, and has provided production, consulting, and creative work for documentary, film and emerging new media. Now living in Taos, New Mexico she is pursuing compelling stories from underrepresented voices in pursuit of furthering opportunities for local and indigenous filmmakers.  She is an avid traveler, bareback horse rider, fire spinner, photographer, and musician!  All pursuits fueled by her love of nature, and exploration of a minimalistic lifestyle that works to conserve our environmental resources. 

Madalyn Love is an intuitive singer songwriter, who weaves deep and uplifting transmissions that are medicine for the heArt, mind and soul. She writes songs while working with ceremonial cacao, and allows the support of Cacao to weave its creative spirit into all that comes through her. She has been living in Taos on and off the last 4 years, and has recently fully moved back to the area & is excited to deepen in the Taos CommUnity more than ever.

Robert Luis Quijano is a guitarist, songwriter, composer, music teacher, and insatiable listener of Earth music far and wide. He plays locally as a solo artist, as a guitar accompanist for others, in string ensembles playing a blend of Oldtime Appalachian, Bluegrass, and Irish/Scottish traditional music (The Arcane Ramblers and The Cracked Pot Ramblers), and as a member of the world fusion supergroup Roots & Wires Allstars.

Michael Virga is a singer, guitarist, poet, and composer. He performs occasionally in Taos as a solo artist, but is most dedicated to the crafting of music with his band The Second Wind Endeavor, who are presently in the midst of recording their second album.

Documentary Night: EQUAL MEANS EQUAL

Saturday, March 18 | 5:30 pm - 7 pm
Donations welcomed

Taosenos unite for equal rights! Come learn about the rights of women in the US with a showing of Kamala Lopez' documentary:

EQUAL MEANS EQUAL offers an unflinching look at how women are treated in the United States today. Examining both real-life stories and precedent-setting legal cases, director Kamala Lopez uncovers how outdated and discriminatory attitudes inform and influence seemingly disparate issues, from work place harassment to domestic violence, rape and sexual assault to the foster care system, and the healthcare conglomerate to the judicial system. Along the way, she reveals the inadequacy of present laws that claim to protect women, ultimately presenting a compelling and persuasive argument for the urgency of ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment.


We will have a discussion and plan a year of activism in Taos starting March 22, 2023.

A HUNDRED YEARS
of working for the
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT (ERA)!

On January 27th, 2020 the thirty-eighth state ratified the Equal Rights Amendment! Yet now the administration is blocking ERA from being added to the U.S. Constitution.

https://equalmeansequal.com/trailer/

Here's my ERA Now song links:

https://youtu.be/sA7PLlwtnjk

https://soundcloud.com/alana-grier/era-now-mastered-version

Salsa Dance Workshop

Saturday, March 4 | 4 pm - 5:30 pm ~ Deollo Johnson
Pre-Register: $15
Drop-In: $20

All levels are welcome!

Send pre-registration payments to PayPal: www.paypal.me/dejo8 or Venmo @Deollo-Johnson

Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.

Healthy Happy Hour

Friday, February 17 | 6:30 pm - 8 pm ~ Amy Krynicki
Suggested donation - $10-20

Please RSVP to info@highfrequency.com. Space is limited!

Let go of stress and ground into a guided journey with sound, reiki, and quantum frequency. After, we will have a group discussion on regenerative health, healthy detoxing, and rejuvenating on a physical, emotional, and mental level while sipping on healthy drink samples. 

Lead by Amy Krynicki, Certified Regenerative Health Practitioner, Clinical Iridologist, Reiki Master, Sound Healer, and Frequency Facilitator. By coming, you can book a free one-on-one consult with Amy after the event.

Learn more about Amy at regenerativevibration.com and follow her on Instagram @regenerative_vibration

Ecstatic Dance with Wildcat

Sunday, Febraury 12 | 11 am - 12:30 pm ~ Wildcat
$10-$20 suggested sliding scale

We will be holding a dance weekly with various facilitators, artists & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Free form dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Bio: Wildcat was born in the Oklahoma Seminole Nation and moved around a lot growing up, living in a number of different cultures in this country and traveling abroad. Music (especially singing and drumming), dance, and the psychedelic sacrament medicines are important parts of his spiritual relationship with reality, as are meditation, asana, and time in nature. His family includes 3 dog women and his romantic partner, all of whom spend as much time playing outdoors as possible. He studied mathematics and mechanical engineering in school then left it all behind to do regenerative ecology work, focusing on the restoration of biodiversity above and within the ground, with an emphasis on fungi. He’s been DJing for 20 years, exploring the world of musical styles in the process.


Music: Wildcat’s musical focus is on the beautiful, the psychedelic, the emotionally stirring, the deeply funky, the healthy sexy, and on soundscapes that paint vivid pictures within him. He loves organic indigenous musical traditions from around the world, African and Afro-Caribbean rhythms, modern combinations of these old traditions, and the new spaces where modern electronica production styles interface with them. His favorite dance tracks have the rooted, Earthy, indigenous elements grounding them, the core-centered strong sexuality, the chest-centered urban style cool funk sensibility, and the powerful psychedelic spiritual science informing his spirit as he moves with them. In his life in general and as a musician, Wildcat focuses on bringing good medicine.

Ecstatic Dance with Herbert Foster

Sunday, February 5 | 11 am - 12:30 pm ~ Herbert
$10-$20 Sliding Scale 

We will be holding a dance weekly with various facilitators, artists & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Free-form dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment

Ecstatic Dance with Movement Lab

Sunday January 29 | 11 am - 12:30 pm

Trey and Nadine (MovementLab) have been facilitating ecstatic dances for many years, and bring their work in performance, music and therapeutic practices to the dance experience.  They traditionally open the dance with a 30 minute facilitated mindful movement practice, offering a little taste of the 3Bodies class, a movement class that explores our range in the physical, mental and heart stuff, therapeutic and fun in nature.  Their love for a wide range of music will get you dancing! (Movementlab.dance)

We hold a dance weekly with various facilitators, artists & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Free-form dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.

Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.

This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment