Ecstatic Dance Silent Disco with Keena Maya

Saturday, October 17Ecstatic Dance Silent Disco with Keena Maya3- 5 PMat Tweefontein Herb Farm4 Jenkins Lane, New Paltz, NY 12561Hosted by Hudson Valley Silent Disco, wireless headphones will be provided!Tickets are limited, $20 Advance/ $25 Day OfKids under 12 are invited to dance for free!(No one will be turned away due to lack of funds, if you want to volunteer, please email [email protected])Ecstatic Dance is an opportunity to connect with your body and community with free form expressive dance. We will be honoring the container of the space, which includes:✨ limiting conversation on the dance floor, this keeps the energy flowing (there will be a designated space and time to chat)✨ we invite you to explore the shoe-less experience of dancing barefoot on the Earth✨this is a substance free event✨phone-free dance floor✨this is a judgement free dance journey, feel free to express yourself!Our featured artist for this dance is Keena Maya!The depths of Keena Maya's sound are incantations, drawing us down into our roots, grounding us into our bodies, and invoking the incandescent deity within us to rise.As a sound artist, DJ, instrumentalist, and guide, she passionately creates intentional dance rituals for somatic awareness, heart expansion and collective remembrance - connecting the self, the community, the Earth, and the Sacred.She is a resident DJ ofEcstatic Dance NYCand shares her signature BASS BLISS sets with ecstatic dances around the world.With her beloved Joro-Boro, she is half of the ritual bass projectb e i n g. s o u n d. They perform live electronic/acoustic ambient music, guide binaural bass meditations, and create immersive sound art & installations.Keena Maya is here to empower and uplift the creativity of others and does this through her work as a pillar of the feminine poweredCollective BAEand as a teacher with theBeyond Academy.Roots in Brooklyn and currently stewarding life in the Hudson Valley of New York with her daughter and husband. Keena Maya is, so that we may become.WEBSITEhttps://keenamaya.com/SOUNDCLOUDhttps://soundcloud.com/keenamayaBANDCAMPhttps://keenamaya.bandcamp.com/INSTAGRAMhttps://www.instagram.com/keena.maya/?hl=enYOUTUBEhttps://www.youtube.com/@keenamayaClosing Sound Meditation with Melissa officinalis & Matthew BeckWe will gently land our dance with a special Closing Sound Meditation, featuring live instruments such as guitar, shruti box, koshi chimes, harmonium, shakers, rain stick, singing bowls, and vocals, including call and response mantra, and guided meditation. Please feel welcome to bring a blanket to sit or lay on for this experience.Melissa officinalis (Melissa Scheibner) is a sound meditation practitioner, ecstatic dance facilitator and DJ, herbalist, and community organizer. Her artist name comes from the botanical name for the plant Lemon Balm, whose plant spirit medicine is uplifting and grounding.She is passionate about bringing community together for holistic experiences, connecting with mind, body, spirit, and nature.IG @glitter.and.sageMatthew is an Intuitive Reader, Energy Healer, and Sound Bath Facilitator who creates soundscapes with live-looped flutes, guitar, percussion, bowls, rattles, spoken wordand recordings from nature. He weaves music with the intention to transport listeners beyond the surface into their ethereal nature, essence and formless dimensions within the body.In addition to his healing practice, Matthew runs the creative agency, Elevate Living Courses where he has supported over 400 healers, therapists, organizations, and spiritual teachers in developing their businesses and professional trainings.IG @subtle.energeticsReiki/Craniosacral mini sessions with Austin Vryhof: 20 mins/$40, sign up for a time slot with him at the dance SCHEDULE:3 PM Check in3:15 PM Opening Circle3:20 PM Ecstatic Dance live DJ set4:40 PM Closing Sound Meditation5 PM Closing CircleParking is limited, please carpool with friends if possible .See you in the garden!Connect with Hudson Valley Silent Disco:Instagram: @hv.silentdiscoJoin our Facebook Group for Ecstatic Dance Hudson Valley!https://m.facebook.com/groups/928362491103306/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvFRefunds are only issued in the occurrence of event cancellation.