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✶ Required Space Guidelines:
– Please do not come if you are experiencing any symptoms of illness on the day of, or up to two weeks before the dance (tickets can be transferred or refunded).
– All bodies are welcome.
– Bring your own water.
– Avoid wearing strong scents.
– Do wear deodorant, and please take care of stinky feet before entering the dance space.
– Cacao consumption is completely optional and is not required for participation. Cacao is not advised for anyone taking pharmaceutical anti-depressants, or anyone with epilepsy. It is also not advised for anyone with a heart condition to have a 40 gram or higher serving of pure cacao.
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✶ Required Dance Guidelines:
– Talking, cell phones, photography, and alcohol are left outside the dance space. Shoes are as well, unless you need them to dance. Playfulness, curiosity, and a welcoming spirit are invited in.
– To invite a participant into a shared dance, make eye contact and a gesture of open hands.
– To refuse an invitation, make eye contact w/ your palms together at the chest as a sign of “no thank you,” or ignore the invitation.
– To finish a shared dance, make eye contact w/ your palms together at the chest as a sign of “thank you, I am done,” or just dance away.
– Keep the intimacy found in a shared dance/communication exclusive to the Ecstatic Dance container. (Remember that it doesn’t automatically translate to that same person or group in a different container or space)
– Refrain from acting on sexual arousal in shared dances. (Feeling sexual energy is ok)
– Give extra space to anyone wearing a red fabric. Clean Red Fabric is available at the sign in table.
✶ Tickets are Available ✶
✶ Dance Location ✶
Ahimsa Yoga in Oak Park
441 South Blvd, Oak Park, IL 60302
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