Polarities In the Body: How To Shake Anxiety Through Breath & Movement

2521 Jena Street,New Orleans LA 70115

18 September, 2022

Description

We will explore how to use Pilates, Yoga, and Breathwork to face anxiety with a greater sense of self-empowerment. This experience is open to all levels of practitioners - even if you've never done pilates, yoga, or breathwork before. We lovingly welcome you. This is a BODY-POSITIVE & SAFE SPACE for all bodies, genders, expression, and wisdoms. Nothing less than love and respect will be tolerated. Unfortunately, the space is Not ADA accessible. What To Bring: Yoga Mats, Journal, Comfy clothes to move in, positive attitude, and open heart. The Fine Print: Doors open at 11:45a and will be closed and locked 12:10p. Please be punctual/ ARRIVE EARLY. It is important that we begin and end collectively to respect the time of all involved. Once the experience begins, we will be in the momentum of positive energies and disruption is NOT the vibe/we won't be able to hear the front door. Bio: Elana Jacobs // Artistic Director Elana Jacobs is a choreographer and artist living in New Orleans. Since 2011, Elana has served as the Artistic Director of performance company CabinFever. In addition to performances in traditional venues, CabinFever creates and produces site-specific works performed inside people’s homes and historical spaces inspired by memory and architecture. With CabinFever, Elana has created original performances in institutions, most notably at The Marigny Opera House (New Orleans), On The Boards and Town Hall (Seattle), and Links Hall, Soho House, and Hyde Park Arts Center (Chicago). She was also commissioned to create a performance throughout exhibit spaces at the Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago as part of its Merce Cunningham exhibit titled “Common Time.” In 2020, Elana founded The Subtle Grand, a place for body positive Pilates focusing on feminine life cycles while encouraging body literacy. She is a proud mother of two; Franklin Moshe and Netta Sylvia. TheTransformationWizard.com/A. Raheim White (They/Them/Anything In Love) is an experience. Raheim earned their Bachelors of Fine Arts and Masters of Fine Arts degrees in Dance Performance & Choreography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and New York University Tisch School of the Arts, respectively, with a semester study at the Taipei National University of the Arts. While at NYU, Raheim discovered the healing power of Reiki. This encounter shifted the trajectory of their life. With strong curiosity and the need to develop tools for personal healing, Raheim was inspired to dive deeper and learn more. This led to certifications in yoga, Social-Emotional Learning Facilitation, meditation, and Akashic Record Reading. Through continued study, Raheim became a sound healer and certified Reiki Master-Teacher. In combining practices of movement, crystal healing, and art, RahCrystals was born. RahCrystals are unique, exquisite, handmade healing adornments, created with the individual’s Spirit in mind. More at Rahcrystals.com Raheim has graced many stages. They have performed in Taipei, Montreal, Cuba, New York City, Dallas, LA, Miami, Washington D.C., Atlanta, and many other places in the US with various dance companies. This broad experience of culture and art aids Raheim in connecting to others authentically. Raheim is purposeful and intentional with everything they venture to accomplish. They desire to be a beacon of Light to aid others in becoming more authentically embodied through mindfulness, movement, meditation, expansion, possibility, and joy. Raheim is based in Atlanta, GA. DISCLAIMER: By attending the event, you consent to being photographed, filmed and/or otherwise recorded, and to any use, in any and all media, throughout the universe in perpetuity, of your name image, and likeness, of any purpose whatsoever, without compensation, and you hearby release The Vibe Is Right, LLC & The Subtle Grand, LLC and its subsidiaries from liability on account of such usage.