DANCEGIVING Ecstatic Dance Workshop to Energize and Heal

Name: DANCEGIVING Ecstatic Dance Workshop to Energize and Heal
Start: 2026-01-25T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-25T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Mount Ida Preservation Association

Schedule

Sun Jan 25 2026 at 12:00 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Mount Ida Preservation Association | Troy, NY

Get ready to dance your heart out and find your inner peace at DANCEGIVING Ecstatic Dance Workshop - a healing experience like no other!
RSVP HERE: https://shorturl.at/sWkPk
Dancegiving is an invitation to move your body, open your heart, and step joyfully into new beginnings, together, in motion.
Ready to shake off stress, awaken your life force, and dance your gratitude forward?

This special Ecstatic Dance Enjoy Troy gathering is a full-bodied journey guided entirely by Isha, featuring:
🎤 A guided vocal & embodied warm-up to awaken breath, sound, and presence
🎶 A deep, high-vibe Ecstatic Dance DJ set
🔔 A sound healing cool-down to integrate, soften, and ground
Expect a dance floor where you can stretch, swirl, stomp, release, and celebrate whether your gratitude is quiet, wild, tender, or fierce. 💃🕺✨

📍 EVENT DETAILS
WHEN: Sunday, January 25th | 12:00–2:00 PM
WHERE: Mt Ida Preservation Hall
548 Congress Street, Troy, NY

BRING: Water, comfy clothes, and your open heart
PARKING: Street parking available. Additional parking at the Cookie Factory or Greenhouse Dispensary lots nearby.

New 2026 Pricing
With rising venue rental costs, we’ll be making a small pricing adjustment in 2026. This allows us to keep creating safe, intentional, and nourishing spaces for our community. Thank you for being here and for valuing this work alongside us.
EARLY BIRD $18 up to two weeks before the event
ADVANCE GROOVE $25 available 2 weeks before the event
DAY-OF GROOVE $33 day of event

🌀 FLOW OF THE DANCE
12:00 – 12:15 PM
Arrive, settle in, feel the room
12:15 – 12:25 PM
Opening the space together
12:25 – 12:40 PM
Warm-Up: Sprouting with Laura Baron
We'll land in the body through gentle movement and breath, then invite energy to rise through rhythmic, Kundalini-inspired exercises to awaken deep presence and prepare the body for the freedom of ecstatic movement.

12:40 – 1:40 PM
🎶 Ecstatic Dance with DJ ISHA
A freeform, expressive dance journey through organic house, Afro rhythms, world beats, and soulful soundscapes. Come as you are. Dance how you feel.
1:40 – 1:55 PM
Cool-Down: Rooting with Laura Baron
We’ll slow with softer movement and breath, sensing into the powerful, dynamic spaciousness within. By grounding awareness through the body, we’ll practice rooting this presence so it can be carried with us as we return to daily life.
1:55 – 2:00 PM
Closing circle & sweet send-off

💛 COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS (ECSTATIC DANCE CONTAINER)
Be Present – no phones or cameras
Embodiment – no talking on the dance floor
Clear Mind – sober space (no intoxicants)
Consent Always – eye contact & a clear “YES”; crossed arms or turning away means “NO”
Grounding – barefoot encouraged (outside shoes permitted)
Freedom – dance how you want, no judgment

🌈 ABOUT YOUR GUIDES
Isha Justyna Kostek is a facilitator of movement, music, and embodied transformation. A certified OSHO Active Meditation facilitator and sound healer trained in India, she is the founder of abunDANCE, blending somatic release, ecstatic movement, and ritual to awaken joy, presence, and abundance.
With a background in theater, trauma-informed healing, and equine-assisted work, Isha creates spaces that are playful, grounded, and deeply human, where people feel safe to express, release, and reconnect.
Since 2024, she has been leading Ecstatic Dance Oneonta and Ecstatic Dance Enjoy Troy, igniting dance floors with soul-stirring journeys that honor both depth and delight.
When she’s not DJing or dancing barefoot, she’s likely with horses, listening closely to what the body and the moment are asking for. She hosts Equine Assisted Personal Development Workshops with Fire Horse Healing.
🌈Laura Baron is an energetic and grounded movement guide with over a decade of practice, including Vinyasa, Kundalini, AcroYoga, and aerial arts. She holds a doctorate in behavioral neuroscience, which informs her interest in how movement, rhythm, and breath shape our nervous systems and emotional lives. Known for cultivating spaces of warmth, equality, and trust, Laura blends playfulness with depth to invite presence, release, and joy through embodied movement.

🌱 ACCESSIBILITY & CARE
Sober event
Kid-friendly | All ages welcome
No one turned away for lack of funds
Email [email protected] to request a hardship ticket or volunteer for set-up/breakdown.
This event is produced by Just More Theatre Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
✨ Come to reconnect.
✨ Come to release.
✨ Come to dance your gratitude into what’s next.
Let’s Dancegive, and begin again, together.