DESCRIPTION

5Rhythms Fundamentals ~ with Elisa Hollenberg

Date:

September 21, 2025

Time:

9:30am-12noon

(the workshop will start at 9:30 a.m.)

Tuition: $20 - $35+ per workshop

You can buy a ticket in advance by pre-registering through Humantix, or you can drop-in and pay at the door.

Location: Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Rd., 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON, M6H 2X4

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Mini-Workshop Description:

5Rhythms Fundamentals is a 2.5 hour mini-workshop with certified and accredited 5Rhythms teacher, Elisa Hollenberg.

This mini-workshop offers a supportive space to slow down and gently explore how each rhythm moves through us - physically, emotionally, and mentally. Together, we’ll tune into the unique qualities and energies of each rhythm, noticing how they land in the body, touch the heart, and shape our inner experience. We’ll explore what helps us feel more grounded and connected—through breath, body awareness, weight, momentum, and centering. No previous experience is needed—just a willingness to be present with whatever arises.

We will then bring our awareness to all the rhythms through dancing a 5Rhythms wave. We’ll begin with Flowing, creating a sense of grounding and presence. Then, we’ll invite clarity and intention in Staccato, allowing ourselves to express with focus and direction. From there, we’ll practice releasing and surrendering into Chaos, giving space to emotions and sensations that need to move through us. Gradually, we’ll soften and lighten in Lyrical, embracing ease and fluidity. Finally, we’ll return to Stillness—a place of calm, presence, and deep connection within ourselves. Throughout, we’ll move at our own pace, honoring what feels safe and supportive.

When taken together, the 5Rhythms form a movement meditation. The music and our dancing takes us through a process that helps us reconnect and return to ourselves, to become present.

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Important Ticket & Registration Info

When you register at the Supporting or Generosity rate, a portion of your registration fee is applied toward another dancer's reduced-rate spot.

If a lower price will make the classes accessible for you, please register at the Supported or Access rate.

If you know you want to dance regularly, and these prices are a barrier for you, please email elisa.hollenberg@gmail.com for a possible work exchange or partial scholarship.

Single Mini-Workshop Rates:

$25 Sustainability

$30 Supporting

$20 Supported

$12 Access (3 tickets available/class - only available through advance purchase)

$35+ Generosity

Drop-in: Pre-registration is not required. Drop-in dancers are welcome to pay cash at the door, provided we have not yet reached capacity. Please bring exact change. Drop-in tuition is $25-$35 at the door. Please note that there will not be Supported or Access tier single tickets available at the door, so if you would like one of these rates, please reserve in advance.

Service Fees

Humantix dedicates 100% of profits to charity.

(If you would prefer to pay by e-transfer and save the booking fees, please see instructions below)

Credit Card: To pay by credit card, please register on Humantix.

Etransfer: You are welcome to pay by e-transfer Please register on Humantix and use the promo code: etransfer. This will give you a 100% discount at checkout. To complete your registration, send an e-transfer in the amount of the tuition tier you selected, to elisa.hollenberg@gmail.com. Your registration will be complete upon receipt of your e-transfer. No payment reminder emails will be sent, and your ticket will be voided if we haven't received your e-transfer within 24 hours of your booking.

Health & Wellness Agreements

We expect any dancers experiencing cold/flu symptoms to stay home to care for themselves and the rest of the group (please see cancellation policy).

Contact tracing (name, email and phone number of every participant)

If you choose to attend this indoor class, you acknowledge that although we are taking precautions, there is still a risk of contracting an illness as a result of attending, and you are assuming full responsibility for your choice to attend, and any illnesses or injuries that result.

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If you have not attended a 5Rhythms class or workshop before, here is a list of FAQs and community agreements, for this event.

Q. How do I get to this event by public transit?
A. Take the Bloor subway line (the green line) to Ossington Subway station. The studio is a 5-minute walk from the subway from the Delaware exit and about a 7-minute walk from the Ossington exit.

Q. Is there parking near the studio?
A. There is usually free street parking on Dovercourt Road or on nearby side streets.

Q. What is the duration of this mini-workshop and when should I arrive?

A. This mini-workshop is 2.5 hours long, including our closing circle. We start and end our movement journey together. If you have to leave before the end of class, please let the facilitator know before you go.

Q. What is the music like?

A. There will be a variety of songs from a wide range of genres that inspire movements in the 5Rhythms. The facilitator creates a unique playlist each time, choosing music that will suit our dance.

Q. What should I wear and is there anything I need to bring to class?

A. It is suggested to wear comfortable clothing (like yoga pants, leggings, tank tops, t-shirts, shorts, long tunics or skirts/dresses) that you don't mind sweating in and that allows you a full range of motion. You may wish to dress in layers since you may become warmer as we dance, and cooler at the end of class. We dance bare-footed, or in grippy socks or light-soled dance shoes (indoor shoes only). Bring a bottle of water and a small mat to sit on (optional), if you like, for the beginning or end of class.

Q. Do I need to be a dancer, or have a certain level of experience or fitness?

A. All fitness levels and experience with movement or dance are welcome. In 5Rhythms, we move in unstructured ways, and there are no set movements that everyone needs to do in the same way. There are specific energies associated with each of the rhythms that we will learn, and we adapt the movements to our respective bodies. We move according to our abilities on each day. It is possible to dance at our own pace, whether that is slowly, doing a small dance or more vigorously, depending on your energy, abilities and how you are feeling. We also have chairs that you can use to sit and dance, if you would like to get off of your feet and continue to participate in the class.

Q. What is the age-range for this class?

A. We welcome a wide range of ages to this class, starting at 18 years old, up to 100.

Q. Is the venue wheelchair/walker accessible?

A. Unfortunately, this venue is not wheelchair accessible. There are two flights of stairs, up to the 2nd floor studio. The studio has many places to sit on a couch or chair, however, for dancers who need to dance seated during the class.

Q. Will I be dancing on my own, or with others in this class?

A. In 5Rhythms dancing, we mostly dance on our own. However, there are usually some instructed activities and verbal invitations in which the facilitator may invite dancers to dance in groups or pairs. This does not involve any physical contact. Also, any invitation for dancing with others is optional, and you can decide to dance on your own at any time.

Here are some other community guidelines for this class:

-We practice in a sober and substance-free environment (excluding substances used for health reasons)

-We turn our phones off during the class or put them on silent - we do not take photos/videos, or use Shazam.

-We communicate using movement not words, on the dance floor. Please take any verbal conversations, outside.

-We are a scent-sensitive space. Please keep synthetic perfumes and essential oils off the dance floor.

-We welcome all races, religions, gender identities, sexual orientations, shapes & sizes, abilities & disabilities, languages, and movement experience.

I look forward to dancing with you! If you have any questions, please let me know by reaching out to me, at: elisa.hollenberg@gmail.com

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