Dance, Yoga, Connection
Hello and welcome
Here you can find more information about my background, my offerings, Rhythm & Prana Flow, upcoming events, and teacher trainings.
You can contact me with questions, to book me for your event, or just to say hi, at the bottom of each page.
Thank you for being here.
- Ariana Bates
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Access pre-recorded on-demand classes anytime below
UPCOMING EVENTS
Get your daily dose of Vitamin J for Joy on the virtual dance floor, and join us for a weekly groove at Rhythm & Prana Flow from 7pm - 8pm PST every Thursday. More info here!
Each event is inclusive (all are welcome!), donation-based, and includes:
Movement meditation
Heart connection
Prana flow yoga
Kriyas
Ecstatic dance
World music
Keep an eye out for upcoming special events at festivals and other (virtual) gatherings.
Meet Ariana
“It is my dharma, my life’s purpose, to share ritual space and movement practices with every person, to awaken their natural dance, to hold sacred space for them to express themselves, and to HAVE FUN.”
ABOUT Rhythm & Prana Flow
Do you know that feeling when the music takes over your body and you’re no longer thinking how to move? It’s a wonderful experience to be in the Sahaja dance zone of bliss. In Sanskrit, the word Sahaja means “spontaneously.” How much of your life is spent in Sahaja, or moving spontaneously?
Rhythm & Prana Flow (also known as Yoga Trance Dance®) created by Shiva Rea, is a contemporary exploration of the spirit of dance within yoga. Beginning with prana vinyasa yoga, the practice flows into an exploration of free-form, breath-driven movement to liberate one’s creative life force and cultivate embodied freedom.
FAQs
How do you incorporate yoga into the practice? How is it connected with yoga?
There is prana flow yoga seamlessly woven into the practice, and it also includes movement meditation and movement kriyas in the dance.
What kind of music do you play?
The music is new for each class. It is a beautiful blend of world music, including meditation type music, down tempo, r&b, hip hop, electronic, dance music, and drums. Each song is so good your body will automatically want to dance.
Oh, I don’t dance, I can’t dance!
You are in luck, because everyone is a dancer. There is no skill required. You may truly love finding your dance with us!
What do you actually do?
It’s best to just experience Rhythm & Prana Flow. For my curious friends, we start slow on our mats in movement meditation, it moves naturally into yoga and later into ecstatic dance with EPIC music. All you have to do is show up and be ready to move :)
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