GROOVE CIRCLE

(Think "kirtan singing meets sober rave")

👋🏽Hey there aging ravers, wise young souls, raging (peri)menopausal femmes, spiritual seekers, diaspora queerdos, AFAB enbys & third-culture kids-at-heart:

If you're bored of bar-hopping, tired of pub crawls, so over hangovers, and fed up of dead-end connections...

...you're warmly invited to this sober-curious, soft-clubbing-style conscious creative communal gathering instead! 💃🏾

Together we'll sing and move, hum and wail, shake and shout, tune in and drop out, soften and deepen and open in truthful and honest expression -- all supported by original tunes, funky beats, groovy basslines...and a super fun 80s aesthetic that your inner child will LOVE.

Plus you can be in bed by 10pm!

• ✨ Arrival & check-in: 7:00-7:25pm (strictly no entry after 6:55pm)
• ✨ Circle opens: 7:30pm
• ✨ Circle closes: 9pm

• 💛 There is 1 flight of stairs to navigate up to the studio (no elevator)
• 💛 In the studio we will be primarily standing/moving/floor-sitting (bolsters, meditation cushions, and some firm-backed floor-chairs available). If you need a regular chair, we can pull one in from another room.
• 💛 Masks optional — please mask up if you are safest that way
• 💛 This is a queer, feminist, LGBTQIA++ & BIPOC-affirming space
• 💛 Respect, acceptance, love, mutual support and psychological safety are our cultural codes

• 🚫No food or alcohol at this event
• 🚫No outside shoes in the studio -- barefeet or grippy indoor foot coverings only
• 🚫No phones/screens on the dance floor
• 🚫 No chitchat during the circle (come early or hang out after for community time! 🥳)

• ✅Those who wanna learn how to groove on the 2s and 4s
• ✅Those who want to feel more connected to their body and its innate creative wisdom
• ✅Those who have a hard time sitting still with their eyes closed on a mediation cushion but crave a way to rest their racing minds
• ✅Those who want to dismantle the patriarchy through collective feminist art-making
• ✅Those who want to grow their self-confidence, self-expression, and self-respect
• ✅Those who want to remember what it's like to feel both energized and relaxed
• ✅Those who want to experience the collective healing power of rhythmic chanting & movement

Host or Publisher Rayna Jhaveri