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• Feet 1st October with Arisa LaFond

  • When
    01 Oct 2025
  •  
    19:00
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Feet 1st October 2025
  

  
  7 PM BST

  11 AM PDT / 2 PM EDT / 8 PM CEST / 9 PM MSK / (2nd October) 4 AM AEST / 7 AM NZDT
  On Zoom
  with Arisa LaFond
  

  SomaSource leader

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  We will focus on "Cultivating Glimmers and Breath" during our time together.  These times can be so utterly stressful in our world today, therefore we will dedicate our time together to cultivate "glimmers:" sharing, connecting, warming up, moving our bodies, and breathing.  This is an opportunity to find those mini-moments of pleasure and innate health within.  These Micro-moments of presence, joy, belonging and connection can help regulate the nervous system, encouraging a sense of calm, gratitude and well-being. Here we will practice cultivating Dance with Breath and Glimmers!
  

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  Arisa LaFond is the founder of Nectar Arising LLC “cultivating nectar within the cracks of the systems.” She works at the intersection of healing, humanitarianism and movement. Arisa has been blessed by many teachers, and locally by Melissa Michaels with Golden Bridge and SomaSource as well as many Global 5Rhythms teachers of which Arisa is currently on the 5Rs Teacher Training path. She is an advanced Rolfer™ of Structural Integration, body/mind holistic integrator and works with burnout in humanitarian advocacy organizations. Arisa currently is based in Boulder, CO. She is committed to serving our world in eco and soul-centric ways with holistic approaches building cross-cultural connections and creating a better world for future generations. She loves the mountains, waters, good family, friends and food, kindness, beauty and laughter.

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/arisa-lafond-ma/
  

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  1 hour dance and an optional 30 min space for debriefing and informal sharing afterward.

  Click here to get to the recordings of previous sessions. 

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  We all hold space for others a lot. Feet 1st is a space for us to be held by your feet and your tribe!

  Feet 1st is a monthly gathering for ICMTA members: 1 hour of dance followed by 15-30 minutes to hang out together.

  Feet 1st takes place on the 1st day of each month, with different timings each time to accommodate various time zones.
  

  Feet 1st is for teachers, by teachers: any of us can hold a session, and we are all welcome to join in a dance!

  Our yearly rhythm includes:
  

  • 7 or 8 Feet 1st sessions (for ICMTA members only; we sometimes take holidays in August) 
  • CPD events (free for members and open to non-members with an entrance fee) held on 1st March, June & September
  • Community Gathering session on 1st December.
    

  We would love to enjoy your gifts in one of our upcoming Feet 1st sessions! If you feel the call, click here and sign up for an available date that works for you.

  Thank you.

  Looking forward to dancing with you!

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• Feet 1st November with Sonja Hellmann

  • When
    01 Nov 2025
  •  
    19:00
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  

  Feet 1st November 2025
  

  
  7 PM GMT

  12 PM PDT / 3 PM EDT / 8 PM CET / 10 PM MSK / (2nd November) 6 AM AEDT / 8 AM NZDT
  On Zoom
  with Sonja Hellmann
  

  5Rhythms® teacher

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  DANCING BETWEEN THE VEILS – MOVEmber Feet1st
  
  In this threshold time of year, we invite you to gather in movement, remembrance, and connection.
  
  As the days grow shorter and the veils between worlds thin - or as light returns and blossoms emerge - we honour the turning of the seasons all around Mother Earth. Whether you are moving through autumn’s descent or spring’s awakening, this is a time to listen, feel, and remember.
  
  Many cultures pause now to honour the unseen - the ancestors, the spirits, the cycles of death and rebirth.
  
  Through the map of the 5Rhythms© - Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness - we will move together in ritual, allowing the body to speak what the soul remembers.
  
  This session is inspired by traditions such as All Saints, All Souls, Día de los Muertos, and the Celtic festival of Samhain - a time when the ancient peoples lit fires and opened their homes (and hearts) to the presence of the dead. Samhain, meaning “union,” marks both an end and a beginning - a space of reflection, renewal, and deep listening.
  
  You are warmly invited to create a small altar space near you - bring a candle, a photo, or a symbolic object representing a loved one, ancestor, or ancestral connection. These offerings can serve as quiet witnesses to your movement, and gentle anchors of remembrance throughout our time together.
  
  This is a welcoming space for anyone called to explore the sacred through movement - gently, honestly, and with presence. Come as you are. Leave a little lighter.

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  About Sonja Hellmann

   Artist | 5Rhythms® Teacher | Performer | Frame Drummer | Arts Educator and Investigator
  
  I’m an interdisciplinary artist, performer, and certified 5Rhythms® teacher based in Bonn, Germany, with diplomas in both Fine Art and Art Therapy. For over 25 years, I’ve been working across artistic disciplines - blending arts, ritual, rhythm, movement, and creative education in schools, museums, street performances, and sacred spaces.
  
  Born into a family of dancers and artisans on Rose Monday — the peak of carnival season - my life began with art in motion. From jazz and showdance to Butoh and contact improvisation, curiosity and devotion led me to the 5Rhythms in 2003. Since completing the official teacher training in 2018, I’ve been adding this practice in my offerings as a pathway into presence, transformation, and connection.
  
  I founded LichtschachT – art investigation in 2003 as a space for interdisciplinary exploration, and in 2021 created Art & Medicine of Rhythm (A&MoR) - an initiative dedicated to rhythm as a source of healing and community.
  
  On May 1st, 2022, I was honoured to offer the first Feet1st session in remembrance of Mati Vargas-Gibson - and continue to hold this space as a gentle invitation to move regularly with Colleagues.
  
  As a mother of two teenage sons (16 and 19), I bring both grounded presence and creative wildness into my work.
  
  They say:
   “Full of loving madness and deep sensitivity, she holds a space with clarity and experience where trust comes easily.”
  
   www.sonjahellmann.de | www.5rhythms.com/teachers/Sonja+Hellmann | www.instagram.com/sonjahellmann/  |  www.facebook.com/5Rhythmen.Sonja.Hellmann/
  

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  1 hour dance and an optional 30 min space for debriefing and informal sharing afterward.

  Click here to get to the recordings of previous sessions. 

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  We all hold space for others a lot. Feet 1st is a space for us to be held by your feet and your tribe!

  Feet 1st is a monthly gathering for ICMTA members: 1 hour of dance followed by 15-30 minutes to hang out together.

  Feet 1st takes place on the 1st day of each month, with different timings each time to accommodate various time zones.
  

  Feet 1st is for teachers, by teachers: any of us can hold a session, and we are all welcome to join in a dance!

  Our yearly rhythm includes:
  

  • 7 or 8 Feet 1st sessions (for ICMTA members only; we sometimes take holidays in August) 
  • CPD events (free for members and open to non-members with an entrance fee) held on 1st March, June & September
  • Community Gathering session on 1st December.
    

  We would love to enjoy your gifts in one of our upcoming Feet 1st sessions! If you feel the call, click here and sign up for an available date that works for you.

  Thank you.

  Looking forward to dancing with you!

  Show details