18th Annual Tribal Gathering for Conscious Dance

Conscious Dance inspires and invites us to open to, move with, express, and release all the many aspects and energies that make up our individual (and collective) humanity. It is a practice that welcomes the totality of who we are. That welcome is not just for the parts of ourselves that we are happy, accepting, and OK with. It is also for the bits that we push away and deny. Giving those parts even just a little bit of freedom to breathe and move leads to wholeness of being and liberates, for our use and enjoyment, vast amounts of energy that are otherwise locked down. All of Me is a celebration of the totality of who we truly are!

Each year we call together the greater dancing tribes from the four corners of the earth. Set right in the heart of summer, this workshop features five amazing movement teachers, representing 5Rhythms, Open Floor, Azul, and Soul Motion, each with a unique offering on this year’s shared theme. Our Gathering is composed of embodied dancers from around the world and a fabulous catered celebratory dinner together. Join new friends and old for a remarkable weekend of movement and discovery.

Workshop Hours:

Friday, July 19th 7pm-9pm

Saturday, July 20th 11am-6pm (includes Celebratory Dinner)

Sunday, July 21th 10:30am-4pm

Workshop Location:

Fusion, The Integrated Body

302 Columbia St NW

Olympia, WA 98501

Event Fees:

$275 until June 9, 2024.

$325 after June 9, 2024

Contact Ronny Temple, 360-485-2013, to pay by cash, check, and at the door.

Discounts are available to 5Rhythms, Open Floor, Soul Motion, and Path of Azul certified teachers. Contact Ronny Temple for more information.

Gathering Faculty

Valerie Chafograck

Valerie Chafograck is a Black/mixed heritage, California-based embodiment and conscious dance facilitator. She has been teaching since 1992 and is the founder of Dance Sanctuary and Movement Liberation. Blending Soul Motion™ practice, somatic and social justice perspectives, she offers classes and workshops in the USA and abroad to advance personal & collective transformation, healing, and liberation. Learn More about this wonderful teacher.

Chantell Foss

Chantell Foss (she/they) teaches 5Rhythms, Open Floor, and yoga in and beyond Quw’utsun (Cowichan) B.C., with a focus on our current human condition and our kinship with our fellow beings and Earth. She works to create caring spaces for respectful communal movement practice that can realistically acknowledge and bridge our differences and changing states—with the aim of strengthening all of us. Learn More about this wonderful teacher.

Chloe Goodwin

Chloe has been a committed Conscious Dance practitioner for 25 years, and a certified 5Rhythms™ teacher since 2011. She is a licensed masters level Social Worker, artist, community maker and soundscape maven based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She facilitates brave movement journeys and leads with heart. Learn More about this wonderful teacher.

Alison Beard

Alison has delighted in movement practices since childhood. In her twenties, she began immersing herself in the study of energy and initiated training in Traditional Chinese Medicine. After experiencing her first conscious dance workshop, she discovered home—a merging of her love of movement with her passion for deepening into the healing arts. She is now dedicated to fostering inclusive, sacred, and playful movement spaces that empower others to connect with their inner intuitive healer and their essence. She currently facilitates weekly Azul classes on Maui and online worldwide. Learn More about this wonderful teacher.

Ronny Temple

Based in Olympia Washington, Ronny is a certified 5Rhythms Teacher with a wide breadth of experience in movement meditation and leadership that serves him well as he holds and guides OlyWaves. His most salient experiences though are in the realm of meditation and spirit. Ronny fell in love with the 5Rhythms practice around 2003 and twenty-two years later is still in the honeymoon phase. A cross between a wise man and a wise guy (OK, a bit more the latter), Ronny focuses on nurturing a light heart on and off the dance floor. Learn More about Ronny & OlyWaves.