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B E R L I N - Very honored to have special guest Julia Mercurio tonight holding the space on our dance floor.
Julia will guide us into the wisdom our bodies carry far beyond our thinking mind to get in touch with that innate embodied intelligence.
Saturday ✦ March 7
Center of Dance, Kulturbrauerei, P`Berg 19.30 - 21.30
✦ About Julia ✦
JULIA MERCURIO is a certified 5Rhythms teacher with 15 years of dancing experience. She has trained with Gabriel Roth’s 5Rhythms Global in New York. Her work is infused with her love for soulful music, her experience of being a woman in this world, years of bodywork and somatic practice, as well as an animist worldview. A core theme of her teaching is how to fall in love with ourselves and the world through embodiment as a natural source of healing.
☍ Link in Bio / www.samarlinn.com/events
#5rhythmsberlin #5rhythmen #5rhythmenberlin #ecstaticdanceberlin #centerofdance
Mar 7
“Je est un autre”
“I is another”
— Rimbaud .
I love this sentence. I love the way that grammar is used to evoke a question to the belief in a single, determined “self”.
That the identity of self is fluid, undefined and mysterious.
I love that I can shape shift, discovering and uncovering new personas. I love that these personas get to play and create, and that the er0t-c energy is ripe for them to emerge.
╰┈➤ How does this quote feel to you?
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My Other Sides Retreat is a 4-day Retreat to develop (a better) awareness of your er0t-c personas, how to express them and how embracing the attributes of them in saf(er), experimental space brings freedom x fun x creativity to life. Together, we will drop away from daily surroundings, and gently land into ourselves to meet our eroticism through the body x dance x creativity.
Join us and approach your eroticism as the creative force it is, reaching far beyond a narrow understanding of eroticism as “s e x”.
| PRACTICALS |
Dates: July 16-19
Venue: Seminarhof Drawehn 2 hours from Berlin or Hamburg
⟢ Workshop CONTRIBUTION ⟣
⟢ Early Bird – ends April 30
Individual: Reduced: €240 | Regular: €280 | Supportive: €320
Couple: Reduced: €430 | Regular: €500 | Supportive: €570
⟢ Accommodation, including delicious meals:
Single Room €105.0 per person/night = €315 (3 nights)
Double Room €85.00 per person/night = €255 (3 nights)
☍ Link in Bio / www.samarlinn.com/links
#5rhythms #ritualperformance #ritualtheatre #5rhythmsworkshop #sexologicalbodywork
Mar 6
wave 019 | Beginnings
☍ www.soundcloud.com/samarlinn/wave-019
When does something begin?
How much awareness do you offer into a beginning?
Without holding onto it ... without expectations of it ... without pushing to any other moment.
How much curious space can you give beginnings, how much openness is available for you to be with others in a beginning?
Do you allow yourself to begin again, as if for the first time?
☍ www.soundcloud.com/samarlinn/wave-019
#5rhythmsdance #danceathome #5rhythmen #5rhythmsdance #beginnings
Mar 2
Bouncing into some sunny March days, we dance every single Saturday starting with a special guest, Julia Mercurio, on March 7.
Traveling dances and workshops are coming up (stay tuned) and the yearly summer retreat at Seminarhof Drawehn is taking place July 16 - 19. Early Bird tickets (individual / couples pricing) available until
❥ Save this post, pass it on, and most certainly come and dance with us.
☍ Link in Bio: www.samarlinn.com/links
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❖ March Offerings ❖
❖ 5Rhythms with special guest, Julia Mercurio | Inhabiting the body via a 5Rhythms Dance Journey
Saturday ✦ March 7
Julia will guide us into the wisdom our bodies carry far beyond our thinking mind to get in touch with that innate embodied intelligence.
❖ x-dance | Creativity in Motion via a 5Rhythms Dance Journey
Saturday ✦ March 14 + 21
Rooting us in the 5Rhythms practice, we`ll explore how we connect to ourselves, each other and the wider field via the 5 essential energies (rhythms).
❖ CLOSER x-dance | An Er-t-c 5Rhythms Dance Journey
Saturday ✦ March 28
Bringing awe to what arises when there is permission for the erotic to have space to dance, this evening especially offers invitations to play with clothing, sensations and dropping our perceptions of eroticism = s-xuality. Rather, we make space for the energy to light our creativity, integrity and freedom of expression in its sacred aliveness.
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🜂 Workshops / Retreats 🜂
🜂 Earth Beat | A 5Rhythms Dance Journey in honor of Earth Day
Wednesday ✦ April 22
A potent way to connect with yourself, community and nature all around us.
🜂 in here x out there | A 5Rhythms Workshop on Relating
Friday - Sunday ✦ April 22-26
Freedom is when we can choose (vs react) to when and how we want to be in these different constellations of relating: Alone. With another. In a triad. In a Group.
🜂 My Other Sides | A 5Rhythms x Erotic Retreat
Thursday - Sunday ✦ July 16 - 19
Together, we will drop away from daily surroundings, and gently land into ourselves to meet our er-t-c personas through the body x dance x creativity.
#5rhythms #5rhythmsworkshops #consciousdancefestival #selfdevelopmentworkshop #conscioushealing
Mar 1
My Other Sides: a 5Rhythms x Sensual Retreat
My Other Sides is an invitation to explore our inner x outer selves with curiosity and a sense of play (openness).
Using a variety of creative, body-based methods, we will get to know ourselves and each other as explore the erotic pulse x creativity:
✧ In what ways may I sense different sides of myself, may I meet them in myself and others?
✧ How may I give them expression within an experimental and safe(r) space?
✧ What if (another) side of me could offer me a new way of relating to myself? To others?
✧ What forms of expression emerge when “identify” is allowed to bend – to play and create?
This Retreat takes place in the gorgeous Seminarhof Drawehn, a historically protected retreat centre, that serves home-grown and regional vegetarian and vegan meals. We will dance in their signature Mandala room, that will infuse our exploration with nature, light and love.
☍ link in bio with (many) more details, FAQs, contribution amounts .....
#5rhthyms #sensualretreat #5rhythmsworkshop #sexologicalbodywork #berlinworkshops
Feb 19
words are really not my thing .... I`m so grateful for the abundance of music and sounds to nourish our native tongue - dance.
How fascinating that our very first language of communication is movement and how often we forget that.
The 5Rhythms Wave offers a holding for our exploratory dances, freedom of expression and curious discovery about ourselves and others.
Come and dance with us tonight, practice your native tongue.
x-dance: Creativity in Motion via 5Rhythms
| PRACTICALS |
Date x Time: Saturday, Feb 14 @ 19.30
Venue: Center of Dance, Kulturbrauerei
⟢ CONTRIBUTION ⟣
⟢ €15 - €20 Sliding Scale
⟢ Buy online or cash at the door
🔗Link in Bio
#5rhythms #nativetongue #dancelanguage #5rhythmsberlin #5rhythmen
Feb 14
Oh I love the snow. Curling up some days, long sleeps, slow conversations. This is delicious.
Yet some days, some days, the grey of winter seeps deep into my bones.
And so, there are these moments where I sweat and move and connect in my body, with others to music that seduces me, holds me. To the creative expression that lights my fire and enlivens me. This is so nourishing too.
❥ Come x-dance with us this February
☍ Link in Bio: www.samarlinn.com/links
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❖ February Offerings ❖
𖣘 x-dance | Creativity in Motion via a 5Rhythms Dance Journey
Saturday ✦ Feb 7 + 14
Rooting us in the 5Rhythms practice, we`ll explore how we connect to ourselves, each other and the wider field via the 5 essential energies (rhythms).
ৡ CLOSER x-dance | An Er-t-c 5Rhythms Dance Journey
Saturday ✦ Feb 28
Bringing wonder to what arises when there is permission for the erotic to have space to dance, this evening especially offers invitations to play with clothing, sensations and dropping our perceptions of
s-xuality. Rather, we make space for the energy to light our creativity, integrity and freedom of expression in its sacred aliveness.
❍ Integrative Coaching. For focused individual support with a holistic approach. These are one to one sessions, or open for couples, looking for ways to deepen awareness and transformation.
Feb 6
Here`s a little taste of x-dance: Creativity in Motion via a 5Rhythms® Dance Journey.
5Rhythms dance is the art of surrender and creative self-expression, of letting go and allowing your unique movement to arise moment by moment. Without restriction or constraint.
Using the 5Rhythms framework, we will explore 5 fundamental life energies (rhythms) through the dance. The music is played like a “wave” where it goes up and comes back down again.
There are 3 essential ingredients to each event:
✺ Freedom to be: You’re invited to let go of the thinking mind, explore physical and emotional landscapes without any pressure of performance or “getting it right”
✺ Invitations, not instructions: You’ll receive impulses and ideas to explore different aspects of movement and self-expression. Most importantly, you’ll be encouraged to follow what feels true for you.
✺ Presence: Dance becomes a meditation in motion, inviting presence directly through the body in each movement. As you feel the music and let the dance move you, your thoughts will be allowed to quiet down.
❥ These experiences are best experienced so come dance with us and check it out for yourself.
☍ Link in Bio
☍ www.samarlinn.com/events
Feb 6
funk me with some givin` + takin`
☍ soundcloud.com/samarlinn/dance-006
#funk #soulmusic #souldance #soundclouddj #soulfuel #danceit
Jan 23
how much space do you allow your blessed, beating heart?
Jan 22
what a day .... and a reminder to pause. even these linearly short moments can be so expansive.
what are your tools when you notice you`re getting carried away from yourself?
#dailypractise #powerofbreath #righthererightnow #onedayatthetime #oneminuteatatime #reset #pause #restart #rest #presence
Jan 21
After launching a new experiment in May 2025, Longplay x-dance is here to stay - thanks to the x-dance community for their openness and their immense creativity. I am in such a magnetic love affair with you all.
Past Albums
౿ Björk, Post
౿ Jlin, Autobiography
Albums are not announced in advance so we may allow for the spontaneity on the dance floor to emerge and the call to join the dance arise from curiosity.
☍ Link in Bio
☍ samarlinn.com/events/x-dance-lp
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𖣘 Longplay x-dance | Traveling through an Artistic Oeuvre
After a 5Rhythms warm-up to bring greater presence and fluidity to the body, we`ll dance through one full album. This exploration allows for a special flavor of creativity as we immerse ourselves into an artistic story and surrender to the album`s journey.
Longplay x-dance is an open and non-judgemental space that invites you to come exactly as you are. No previous dance or other experience required.
| PRACTICALS |
Saturday ✦ Jan 3
Center of Dance, Kulturbrauerei
⟢ CONTRIBUTION
⟢ €15 (Reduced) | €20 (Regular) | €25 (Supportive)
⟢ Buy online or cash at the door
☍ More Info + TIX: Link in bio
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⋰ WHAT TO EXPECT ⋱
⋰ Doors open at 19.15 and close promptly at 19.45. Please note entry after 19.45 isn’t possible.
⋰ Welcome + 5Rhythms Warm-up: We will begin the evening with a full 5Rhythms wave – 5 fundamental life energies (rhythms) through the dance. The music is played like a “wave” where it goes up and comes back down again.
⋰ Album Dance: After our warm-up and a gentle transition for water etc, we will move to one full album.
⋰ Take it Further - Gathering after class: Once the official dance is over, we open the space for all who want to stay and connect. There will be snacks, opportunities for exchange and spaces for quiet reflections, too.
⋰ No phones: To allow for greatest spontaneity, creativity and freedom of expression, no phones on the dance floor.
#5rhythmsdance #5rhythms #5rhythmsberlin #listeningsession #album #artistic #danceislife #creativehealing #backtoanalog #followtheflow
Jan 15
