Queers & Allies Ecstatic Dance — Monthly Gathering ✨

This is a queer-forward space that warmly welcomes allies and the wider community, created especially for anyone who doesn’t always feel safe or seen in typical nightlife or hetero-leaning dance spaces. Whether you’re brand new to ecstatic dance or a longtime mover — you belong here. 🌟

We are intentionally building a new sober, inclusive queer + ally dance community in Santa Barbara — rooted in consistency, care, joy, and real human connection.

Your night is guided by DJ Megi — known for playful, eclectic, heart-opening musical journeys that move through grounding, release, joy, sweat, softness, and collective energy. 💃🌀

No choreography.
No right way to dance.
Just your body, your rhythm, your breath.

🕖 7:00 PM — Opening Circle & Movement Meditation
• Right/left brain balancing
• Spinal health & nervous-system settling
• Drop into your body & into community
(On-time arrival encouraged, late arrival always welcome)

💃 7:15–8:30 PM — Ecstatic Dance Journey
A guided, expressive, DJ-led movement experience

🤍 8:15 PM — Closing Circle
Ground, integrate, and land together

🌈 LGBTQIA+ folks
🤍 Allies
🌀 Nervous first-timers & seasoned dancers
💛 Sober & substance-free humans
💃 All ages • all bodies • all genders
🫶 Anyone who wants to feel safe while they move

✅ A consent-centered dance floor
✅ A sober, substance-free environment
✅ Movement as medicine
✅ Real community
✅ A dance floor that feels like home

❌ Alcohol
❌ Club or bar pressure
❌ Hookup vibes
❌ Being watched, judged, or performed for

This gathering is part of a weekly dance community, with this night offered once a month as a queer-forward ecstatic dance for queers, allies, and the wider community.

Our hope is that this becomes part of your weekly rhythm — a place where friendships form, regulars return, and a new sober, inclusive queer + ally space continues to grow in Santa Barbara. Whether you come once a month or every week, you are part of what’s being built here. 🌈💛

• Water bottle
• Yoga mat (optional — for stretching or grounding)
• Comfortable clothes you can move & sweat in
• Layers for warming up or cooling down
• Anything that helps you feel supported (journal, shawl, small pillow)
• An open heart
• Whatever version of you is showing up that day 💛

• This is a sober, substance-free space
• This is a consent-centered dance floor — everyone honors boundaries
• No talking on the dance floor during the journey (connection happens before & after)
• You’re welcome to dance big, dance small, rest, stretch, or sit anytime
• Shoes off
• Phones off or tucked away to support presence & safety
• You never have to dance with anyone — your autonomy is always respected
• Late arrival is welcome, though on-time arrival is encouraged for the opening circle

✨ Come as you are. Move how you want. You belong here. ✨

Info: ? THE FLOW — OPENING (First 15 Minutes)

**? Opening Circle + Cross-Body Movement Meditation**
We’ll begin by **grounding into the space and into community** with a gentle opening circle led by **DJ Megi**.

Through a **right brain / left brain balancing, cross-body movement practice**, we’ll awaken the spine, get the body moving, and allow the **chi to start flowing**. This is a soft, accessible way to:

* settle the nervous system
* arrive fully in your body
* and gently open into the dance

No experience needed — just come as you are and let your body lead. ?

Info: 1-Hour Ecstatic Journey

A Five Rhythms–inspired wave*guided by **DJ Megi**—moving the body through activation, release, expression, and regulation:

**? Flow** — Slow, grounded beginnings to arrive in the body.
**⚡ Staccato** — House-driven pulse to build momentum and power.
**? Chaos** — The apex: wild, cathartic, expressive release.
**? Lyrical** — Spacious, emotional, and heart-open expression.
**? Stillness** — Gentle landing for integration and rest.

Move however your body wants. No steps to follow—just rhythm, breath, and presence. A complete arc for **creative flow and nervous-system balance**.

Info: ? THE CLOSING CIRCLE — COMMUNITY & INTEGRATION

We’ll gather together at the end of the dance to **sit in the container we’ve created**, settle the nervous system, and gently land the journey. This is a time to:

* share names
* feel the collective energy
* and connect as real humans in the room

You’re welcome to speak or simply listen. This circle is about **witnessing, belonging, and growing into community together**—a soft, grounded return after the wave of movement.

This is where strangers begin to feel like community. ?

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Dance Hub, 22 East Victoria Street, Santa Barbara, United States

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