Lucid Gate Ecstatic Dance
Description
🌀LUCID GATE - ECSTATIC DANCE
A Lucid Gate gathering
Lucid Gate is the portal to yourself. We use sound, breath, movement and depth work to take you there. Tonight is one part of that — an ecstatic dance journey, held with real awareness of what's unfolding underneath you as you move.
No experience necessary. No dress code. All you need is a body, curiosity, and the desire to connect with yourself and others.
This is ecstatic dance with one addition: Rachel opens with a grounded attunement into the body, the subtle layers beneath it, and your own presence — before Yurai opens the dancefloor as sacred space, weaving sound and energy to guide the room into freeform movement. Where most ecstatic dance starts on the floor, this one starts in the body, so what unfolds in movement has somewhere real to come from.
We dance without talking, phones, or substances. The floor holds full presence — nothing to watch, nothing to prove.
What to expect
Guided Drop-In and integration with Rachel — a grounded return to breath, body and presence before the dance begins
Ecstatic Dance with DJ Yurai — 90 minutes of a live, mixed and curated set fusing tribal beats with the uplifting pace of psy trance
Live Drumming with Shigadi — drum is a heartbeat of the dance and we will use it to bring the whole experience to life
Integration & Stillness — a slow close to land back in the body. Bring a yoga mat, blanket or cushion to get cozy for this part
THE FLOW
18:00–18:15 – Doors open, settle in
18:15–18:30 – Guided drop-in: return to breath and body
18:30–20:00 – Ecstatic dance
20:00–20:30 – Integration, stillness, slowness
20:30–21:00 – Tea & connection (BYO cup to reduce waste)
Our agreements
No alcohol. No drugs. No judgement.
The dancefloor is chat-free — rest anytime, drink water, listen to your body.
Doors close at 6:15pm — please arrive within the window.
There's nothing to get right here. Come as you are, move how you move, and see what's underneath.
📍 Balgownie Village Community Centre
🗓️ 10 October 2026
🎟️ $35
🌐 Stay Connected
Instagram: @the_lucid_gate
Website: lucidgate.com.au
✨ Step into the portal to yourself, Lucid Gate awaits.
Lucid Gate Creators
Yurai — Ecstatic dance DJ and space-holder with 20+ years behind the decks, and curating spaces where people feel comfortable to come alive within themselves. Yurai holds the dancefloor as sacred ground — sound as a doorway into the body and modality that can change how to see yourself and world around you. His music takes you on a true journey and adventure across your feelings and deeper parts of yourself.
Yurai is also creator of Sonic Tribe - an education platform for Djs, sound healers and facilitators interested in elevating their events. He is also a co-founder of Epicure Ecstatic Dance Sydney.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yuraimusic/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/yuraimusic
Rachel — Rachel is a Process-Oriented Psychotherapist, somatic sexologist, and tantrika bridging clinical practice and conscious sexuality. Her work integrates Processwork, nervous system science, and embodied approaches drawn from tantra and somatic therapy to support individuals and couples navigating trauma, intimacy, and relational dynamics.
Bringing deep lived experience to her work, Rachel honours the intelligence of the body, the resilience of the nervous system, and the power of erotic expression as a pathway to healing. She supports individuals, couples, and groups to reconnect with their bodies, desires, and inner truth through practices that integrate breath, movement, self-pleasure, and relational awareness — always grounded in compassion, consent, and respect for each person's unique pace and story.
She is also the founder of Liminalis School of Relational Arts, currently launching its flagship offering: the Self-Pleasure Modality™ — a groundbreaking certification training that is redefining how practitioners engage with pleasure, the body, and the erotic field as instruments of healing.
Whether working with clients, facilitating group spaces, or speaking on stage, she meets people at the edge of their becoming — with curiosity, care, and radical presence.
Contact: info@liminalis.co
https://www.instagram.com/liminalis.co
Together they meet people in the fullness of what it means to be human.
Lineup
DJ YURAI
Ecstatic dance DJ and space-holder with 20+ years behind the decks, and curating spaces where people feel comfortable to come alive within themselves.
RACHEL
Process-Oriented Psychotherapist, sexologist, and tantrika bridging clinical practice and spirituality. Rachel honours the intelligence of the body, and the power of life-force energy as a pathway to healing — always grounded in compassion, consent, and respect for each person's unique pace and story.
SHIGADI
Musician, drummer and sound healer.
FAQs
- What is ecstatic dance?
A free-form movement practice — no choreography, no substances, no one watching. At Lucid Gate, it's also a way back to yourself: a chance to drop out of your head and let your body answer instead of your thoughts. There's no right way to move, no sequence to remember — just what's already alive in you, given room to come out. Some of it will look wild. Some of it might look like standing still. Both are the practice.
- Do I need dance experience?
No experience necessary. There are no steps to follow, nothing to get right — just your own body, moving how it moves. Everyone is welcome, exactly as they are.
- Is alcohol or drugs allowed?
No. This is a substance-free space —presence is the point. You will get high enough off the connection and amazing live DJ , trust us on this one!!
- Can I just watch?
You can rest, sit, or move gently at any point. Listening to your body includes knowing when to pause.
- What should I wear?
No dress code. Wear whatever helps you move and feel comfortable to express yourself — bare feet are welcome.
- What time should I arrive?
Doors open at 6:00pm. We recommend arriving early to settle in before the guided drop-in begins at 6:15pm — doors close once we start.
- Can I bring my kids?
15+ only, with an adult present. This one's built for an adult nervous system — the music, low light and depth of the space aren't suited to younger ones.
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