About this Event
Join Nogol Mesgarani, Expressive Arts and Somatic-Informed Therapist, and Hassti Hamidi, Open-Format DJ, for a mindful and immersive evening exploring The Spectrum of Aliveness.
Emotions are living energies, sensations that move, shift, and carry meaning. Guided by music, movement, and art, you will be led through a range of emotional states: what is already present within you, and what can be consciously accessed and experienced. This space holds curiosity, permission, and embodiment, an invitation to engage with powerful feelings in a way that feels grounded, open, and authentic.
“Radical aliveness is the capacity to meet powerful emotions fully, allowing them to be felt without controlling or silencing them.”
You will leave with expressive arts and movement practices to externalize and witness what lives inside you, a felt sense of your own emotional landscape, and a deeper knowing of your aliveness, held within a community container that is safe, embodied, and permission-giving.
Come as you are. Leave knowing yourself more fully.
Meet Nogol Mesgarani
Nogol is a cross-cultural human, Registered Clinical Counsellor, and expressive artist living at the meeting place of psyche, body, and soul. She is devoted to the transformative power of expression — not the polished kind, but the honest kind. The kind that rises from somewhere deeper than thought and lands somewhere truer than words. Drawing from somatic depth and creative embodiment, she creates spaces that are as safe as they are alive — where you can feel what you’ve been holding, move what has been stuck, and remember that your body has always known the way.
Learn more about Nogol at https://www.helloheart.org/
Check out her Instagram at @mysticalminute
Meet Hassti Hamidi
Hassti Hamidi is an open-format DJ who creates multi-genre musical journeys. Her sets flow through World music, Ambient, New Age, Melodic House, Progressive House, Techno, Psytrance, Trance, Instrumental, Vocals, Jazz and even a touch of Rock and Roll. Designed to lift you up and bring you back down. Hassti loves guiding dancers to unexpected places, inviting embodied exploration through soundscapes inspired by free expression and authentic movement.
🎧 Check out Hassti’s music on SoundCloud or Spotify
General Information:
Venue:
- Bridge & Enrich Lives Society (“BE”) at 718 East 20th Avenue (Fraser and 20th), Vancouver, B.C. V5V 1N3
- Free street parking is available!
- We acknowledge with deep respect and gratitude that we gather on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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Event Details:
Date: Friday, May 08, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Door opens at 6:45 PM
The Door closes at 7:15 PM (Please try to arrive on time to land into the space with the community)
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Ticket Price:
- Regular Rate: $55.00
- Supported Rate: $50.00
* To keep Ride the Rhythm accessible to all, we offer a supported rate of $50 for those experiencing financial challenges. We believe in the power of movement and connection, and we’re committed to making this experience available to as many people as possible!
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How to get your ticket:
- Reserve your spot by e-transfer to either of the following email addresses:
(No security question required — auto-deposit enabled for both emails)
- [email protected]
- [email protected] - Tickets are available on Eventbrite (Fees will apply)
- NO drop-ins unless communicated with us before the event
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Here's some extra information:
- No experience is required
- Bring your water bottle
- Bring your Journal and pen
- Your existential questions
- Arts materials will be provided
- Wear movement-friendly clothing, preferably in layers
- Wheelchair-accessible space
- The space is drug-free, substance-free, scent-free, and judgment-free, and all participants are expected to respect themselves and one another
- Please share the space respectfully and check in before hugging or touching another dancer (consent practices keep spaces safe)
- The dance floor is a nonverbal space, If you need to have a conversation, however brief, please step outside
- Bring your openness and curiosity
- No street shoes on the dance floor
- Please do not attend if you feel unwell or have any flu-related symptoms.
- Please turn off your cell phone and put it away for the duration of the event
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At Ride the Rhythm, we open our doors to all! We welcome all gender identities, races, sizes, sexual orientations, abilities and disabilities, all languages, and anyone 18 and older!
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What is an Expressive Arts and Conscious Movement Journey?
This Expressive Arts and Conscious Movement Journey is a gentle, guided experience that weaves together conscious movement and expressive arts as pathways for self-expression and inner exploration. Rather than following choreography or artistic rules, participants are invited to move, create, and express freely, allowing both movement and creative processes to emerge organically.
Through music, movement, and facilitated invitations, this practice supports authentic self-expression and embodied awareness. It offers a supportive space to slow down, release stress, and reconnect with the wisdom of the body, emotions, and imagination. No prior dance or art experience is needed! Curiosity and openness are enough.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bridge & Enrich Lives Society, 718 East 20th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5V 1N2, Canada
CAD 54.58 to CAD 59.91
