Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms® Dance Movement Meditation
Dance classes for Self-Development & Spiritual Connection
Feb 4, 1:00pm – 3:30 pm
Mar 3, 1:00pm – 3:30pm
Mar 31, 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Cost: $20 each, $15 students/elders/waged newcomers, $10 unwaged newcomers.

The 5Rhythms® of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness form a ‘Wave’ that can take us through and beyond our selves into embodied feeling and fluid creativity. As we connect to ourselves and to others, we bring body, heart, mind & soul into movement, on the dance floor & out in the world. There are no steps to learn and it can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of age, fitness, ability, or experience.

Newcomers and old-timers alike are welcome to these carefully paced classes in this tender, cathartic, joyful, insightful, and wild Spiritual Movement Practice. We have a beautiful group at Studio34 and we love teaching here. Come & join us!

Richard Jerram has been dancing the 5Rhythms for 15 years and teaching for 11 years in London, Lisbon, Melbourne, Philadelphia, and the Atlantic States. See http://www.facebook.com/Richard.Jerram.dance?sk=info for his schedule, and see http://www.meetup.com/dance-5Rhythms for full details and updates of each class.

By the way, here's our class schedule for February 2012

Queer & Trans Yoga
A 2-hour workshop with Jacoby Ballard
Saturday, February 25th, 12:30pm–2:30pm
Tuition is sliding scale: $10-$20

Jacoby Ballard returns to Studio 34 to teach Queer and Trans Yoga! This a class for queers of all stripes, for those with all levels of experience in yoga. The intention for this class is to create a space where we are invited into our bodies, and are working to open our hearts, in community with other queer people. Expect some time sitting still(ish) in meditation, some time building heat in your body, and some time working with others in different postures.

About the Instructor:
Jacoby Ballard is a queer guy who came out as trans through his process and practice of becoming a yoga instructor. He teaches 2 weekly classes in New York for the queer community, Queer and Trans Yoga at Third Root Community Health Center and Yoga for All Genders at the NYC LGBT Center. Jacoby is also part of a seasonally-produced Queer and Trans Yoga Jam, a Saturday night yoga practice for queers to spend time in their bodies, connected to their hearts, and from that place, connecting with others. Jacoby is also an herbalist and social justice organizer, and is currently studying Ayurveda at the Dinacharya Institute in New York.

See a video interview with Jacoby at http://thisissignified.com and read more about Queer & Trans yoga here.

By the way, here's our class schedule for January 2012

Pecha Kucha Night Philadelphia

WHAT: Pecha Kucha Night Philadelphia Vol. 9
WHEN: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 7:30pm-10:30pm
WHERE: Studio 34: Yoga | Healing | Arts, 4522 Baltimore Avenue in West Philadelphia
HOW MUCH: $5 suggested donation
MORE INFO: http://pecha-kucha.org/night/philadelphia/

What’s Pecha Kucha? It’s rapidfire creative show-and-tell governed by a simple rule: show 20 PowerPoint slides, talk about each one for 20 seconds. (It’s also the Japanese word for the sound of conversation.) Wired magazine called Pecha Kucha: “Say what you need to say in six minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images and then sit the hell down.” We call it an evening of fun, sociability, and a little learning thrown in. Devised by Tokyo architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, Pecha Kucha (say peh-CHAK-cha) events have been held in more than 200 cities.

By the way, here's our class schedule for January 2012

Partner’s Yoga Workshop with Brittany Policastro
Sunday February 12
1:00 – 3:00pm
$40 per pairing

Do you want to practice partner yoga and celebrate Valentine’s Day but aren’t part of a couple? Are you a couple that can’t make the longer Saturday workshop? Then this is for you! Let’s celebrate Love for the sake of it: by loving ourselves and those who enrich our lives. This workshop if for you and your best friend, mother, father, sister, brother, massage therapist, mailman, dog…Ok, not your dog. But really, bring whatever human you would like. We will practice a series of partner poses to build confidence, create unity, and instill a sense of childhood fun! No previous experience is required.

By the way, here's our class schedule for January 2012

Valentine’s Day Couples Partner Yoga Workshop
Saturday February 11
12:30pm-3:30pm
$50 per couple

Did you know that around 1 billion greeting cards are bought worldwide for Valentine’s day? Not to mention 189 million red roses in the US! There has to be a better way to celebrate your love?! Actually there is! Save a ton of trees and spare your fingers from prickly thorns by joining Brittany Policastro @ Studio 34 for some yoga fun!

Back by popular demand, Brittany (assisted by her non-yogi boyfriend) will be offering a collection of partner poses, meditations and body work techniques to help you celebrate in a much more fun, therapeutic and healthful way. Yoga experience is not required to attend. Just an open heart, ability to follow directions and a desire to connect with your partner in this very special way! Last year this sold out so register sooner than later to get a spot for you and your honey!

Not a couple? Saturday doesn’t work? Check out the Sunday version! A Partner Yoga Workshop for friends, lovers or anyone who wants to do some fun co-yogaing! This one will not be geared towards couples. Shorter length: 1-3pm. $40 per couple.

By the way, here's our class schedule for January 2012

Childbirth Preparation
Wednesdays in March
3/7, 3/21, 3/28, 4/4
6:30pm – 9:00pm
(Registration ends February 15th)

This Childbirth Preparation Series will take place over the course of four weeks. During that time the group will learn about the natural progression of labor and birth while gaining a deeper understanding of its physiological and emotional aspects. We will give special attention to learning the following: strategies for coping; the role of a support person; the possibility of a cesarean section; and mother and baby adjustments in the postpartum period, including breastfeeding basics. Our overall goal is to provide you with information to minimize your fears and help you make informed decisions toward your ideal birth. This class will be informal, accessible and informative, tailored to the priorities and learning styles of each particular group.

For questions and registration please contact: Stacy McIntosh-Brix at yourphillybirth@gmail.com or 651.271.4800.

About Stacy:
Stacy is a DONA certified Labor and Postpartum Doula, a Certified Lactation Counselor, and a Childbirth Educator. She entered into doula work in 2008 after training with Debra Pascali-Bonaro and has since completed numerous courses in breastfeeding counseling and has studied labor and birth practices in Central America. She believes each woman has the right to have an experience of birth that is normal, joyful and ultimately empowering for her and her partner, a belief that informs her work as a doula and as a childbirth educator.

By the way, here's our class schedule for January 2012

HOOP DANCE CLASSES AT STUDIO 34
Starting Feb. 21, 2012

Beginning Hoop Dancing: 6-week class series
Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30pm
$60 (6-week series) with advanced registration
$70 day of first class

2/21-3/27

4/3-5/8

5/15-6/19

6/26-7/31

8/7-9/11

9/18-10/23

10/30-12/4

Spin your way to improved health and happiness with hoop dance! Jen Web will teach you the fundamentals of hoop dance and mesmerizing tricks that you can incorporate into your own dance style. Strengthen your body as you learn to spin the hoop around your waist, neck, hands and legs. Meditate and relieve stress as you discover your inner rhythm. Hoop dance is the perfect mind/body exercise for those who want to get fit and have fun!

Take your hooping to the next level! In Jen Web’s Intermediate/Advanced Hoop Dancing class you will learn plenty of hot new moves to spice up your routine. Areas of focus include hooping on the vertical plane, off-body moves, step-throughs, jumps and more. Increased intensity will keep your heart rate up so you shape up and look your best. Each class will start off with a warm up and then transition into a fast paced section of new moves and combinations. *Recommended prerequisite: Beginning Hoop Dancing 6-week series.

By the way, here's our class schedule for January 2012

Beginning Tai Chi: Ten-week Series!

Starts January 4
Wednesdays 7:30 – 8:30 PM
Vicki

A weekly $10 drop-in class, structured as a series with some information building on material from previous classes. Students may join up to the 3rd class in the series.

The class will introduce the new student to the principles of this ancient “internal” martial art and provide instruction on the Yang Style Short Form from the lineage of Professor Cheng Man-Ch’ing. Tai chi is physical exercise and moving meditation in one, providing benefits to the heart, joints, muscles and mind. Start now for a healthier, calmer you.

By the way, here's our class schedule for January 2012

The 8th Annual Fun-A-Day Art Show
Friday Feb 10: 7-11pm
Saturday Feb 11: Open Mic Reading event 5:30-7:30pm, Main Show 7:30-11pm
Free, All Ages

Our friends and neighbors have spent an entire month creating marvelous works of art! Come celebrate their creative ingenuity at the 8th annual Fun-A-Day Art Show!

www.artclash.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fun-a-Day-Philadelphia/208489292567077

By the way, here's our class schedule for January 2012

Self-Care in the Wintertime: A Panel Discussion and Community Q&A Forum
Tuesday, January 3
7:30 – 9:00 pm

In this panel discussion and community Q&A forum, Studio 34 Wellness Providers offer valuable insights and practices from their professional experience about wellness and self-care in the winter months.

Come with your questions, interests, and wellness desires!

After the panel there will be time to connect individually with providers, learn about opportunities to work with them during and beyond Wellness Week! Bring your calendars if you want to schedule a session!

Wellness Week Gift certificates and Wellness Passes will also be available for purchase at this event.

By the way, here's our class schedule for January 2012