
AMC Friday Ecstatic Dance w/ Sara Bensman
A guided ecstatic dance wave with warmup and an opening circle, moving from quiet embodied inquiry into a high-energy freeform dance journey. Rumi-inspired “Shapeshifters” intention centers gnosis, empathy, and deep connection through movement.
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