RITMO DO SOL: Afro-House/Brazilian infused Saturday Night Dance & Cacao

ECSTATIC DANCE LONDON presents: 🌎RITMO DO SOL (Rhythm of the Sun): Afro House & World Beats Ecstatic Dance + Cacao Ceremony + Wellness Space (Downstairs). TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE.

with Seth (DJ & live percussion set) & Master Brazilian percussionist Romario

Saturday Night: 7PM–10PM
Fruit Social: 10PM–10:30PM
Kundalini Meditation (optional) 5:50pm-7pm (more info below)
Maida Vale, London

Immerse yourself in an ecstatic dance journey infused with Brazilian, Latin, Afro House , Bossa rhythms, world beats, and live percussion. Move freely, connect deeply, and let the music take you on a powerful journey of embodiment, release and ecstasy.

Join us to welcome and dance into the AUTUMN EQUINOX!

We’ll open the evening with a dance movement warmup, then shift to a heart-opening raw vegan cacao ceremony and positive intention setting ritual, tuning in together before the main dance Wave begins.

Expect:
✨ Uplifting Afro House, Brazilian, Latin, Bossa grooves, and organic world rhythms
🥁 Live percussion bringing fire and soul to the dancefloor
🍫 Raw ceremonial cacao to open your heart and elevate your energy
💃 Freestyle, expressive movement & moving meditation
🍉 Optional fruit social afterwards to nourish and connect

No alcohol, no drugs, just rhythm, breath, and community.
This is one of London’s most loved sober Friday night dance experiences, where you can shake off the week’s stress and celebrate life through movement.

Music Vibe: Afro House | World Beats | Brazilian | Latin

WHY CACAO?

At Ecstatic Dance London, we adore raw ceremonial cacao. It’s a natural heart-opener and gentle energiser that supports emotional flow, creativity, and embodied presence on the dancefloor.

Your complimentary raw vegan cacao is lovingly prepared using ethically sourced, high-quality cacao from Guatemala.
Free from gluten, dairy, nuts, and refined sugar, velvety, nourishing, and deeply delicious.

Cacao + Ecstatic Dance is a potent combination for transformation, connection, and joyful expression.

ECSTATIC DANCE GUIDELINES

• No alcohol, no drugs
• No shoes
• No phones on the dancefloor
• No talking while dancing
• Move however you wish
• Respect yourself, others, and the shared space

This is a zero-tolerance sober space. Please arrive clear-headed; anyone arriving intoxicated will be refused entry or asked to leave. No refunds.

Dancers participate at their own risk. Ecstatic Dance London accepts no responsibility for spontaneous joy, open hearts, or sore cheeks from excessive smiling (or for injury, loss, or damage).

THE PRACTICE

Arrival & Warm-up: Gentle stretching, movement, and intention-setting to ease into the body.
The Journey: A full ecstatic dance soundwave guided by a live DJ set, with light facilitation to support flow and presence.
Integration: The dance typically closes with a deep relaxation to land the experience.

Late arrivals disrupt the shared container. Entry closes 30 minutes after the start, please arrive on time so we can journey together from beginning to end.

SCHEDULE

5:50-7pm Kundalini Active Meditation (more info below)

7:00–7:30pm Doors open & warm-up
(No entry after 7:30pm — please arrive early)

7:30–10pm
Cacao Ceremony • Chakra Journey • Ecstatic Dance Soundwave
(Complimentary raw vegan cacao provided)

10pm–10:30pm
Optional fruit social to nourish and ground after the dance

✨ The Journey

We begin by arriving in the body, with an optional Kundalini Meditation (5:50–7:00pm) for those who want to drop in early.

From there, the Ecstatic Dance journey unfolds:

A guided movement warm-up → our heart-opening cacao ceremony & connection ritual → a slow build into a euphoric, high-energy dance peak → softening into spacious, grounded integration → closing together with a gentle landing and fruit social.

The music moves across afro, rhythm-infused, latin-rich soundscapes, designed to take you out of your head and into your body: with live percussion woven in to ignite rhythm and release.

✨ What to Expect

🎶 Uplifting, immersive global/percussion-driven/afro-inspired ecstatic dance journey
🥁 Live percussion to deepen rhythm and embodiment
🍫 Cacao ceremony & intention-setting to open the night
🔊 High-quality sound in a stunning, atmospheric venue
💃 A safe, playful, non-verbal space to dance freely, express, release & connect
🍉 Complimentary fruit social to ground and reconnect after the journey
💫 A Saturday night out that leaves you energised, not depleted

5:50pm-7pm – Kundalini Meditation

Stress Release • Active Meditation • Ecstatic Movement

Step into the evening with a practice designed to help your whole system unwind. These sessions guide you back to your natural, relaxed state through a simple, powerful active meditation!

Join for Kundalini Meditation (5:50–7pm) and, if you wish, stay on for Ecstatic Dance & Cacao + Wellness space (7:15–10pm), all held in the warm glow of our stunning Grade II listed venue in Maida Vale.

WHAT IS KUNDALINI MEDITATION? | 5:50–7pm

Kundalini Meditation is often described as a “shake-and-dance” meditation, an embodied practice that helps release stress, soften mental noise, and reconnect you to grounded presence.

Rather than trying to force relaxation, we begin by letting the body move in the ways it naturally wants to: shaking, dancing, stillness, and rest. This supports the nervous system to discharge excess activation and settle more easily into calm.

The 4 Stages (60 minutes total)

Stage 1 Shaking (15 mins)
Standing with soft knees, you’ll be guided to allow natural shaking/tremoring. This helps loosen tension, wake up energy, and clear stress from the body.

Stage 2 Dancing (15 mins)
Music opens into free movement. No steps to follow — simply let the body lead, expressing whatever wants to move.

Stage 3 Stillness (15 mins)
You pause and become completely still (standing or sitting). This is where the nervous system can integrate and the mind naturally quietens.

Stage 4 Rest (15 mins)
You lie down and rest. This final stage supports deep integration — letting the practice land in the body.

What you’ll get from the practice

• Release built-up tension in the body
• Soothe and regulate the nervous system
• Shift from “head” into embodied presence
• A clearer, calmer baseline — often felt immediately, and strengthened over time

Shaking, rocking, vibration and spontaneous movement are natural human responses to stress, overwhelm, and even ecstatic states. Variations of these practices appear across many cultures and traditions — a reminder that the body has always known how to come back to balance.

Come shake it off. Move it through. Rest into yourself.

VENUE & PRACTICALITIES:

ADDRESS: The Amadeus, 50 Shirland Rd, London W9 2JA

NEAREST STATION: Warwick Avenue (6 min walk), Maida Vale (12 min) Bakerloo Line, Please check tfl.gov.uk for latest travel updates.

WHAT TO BRING: Bring a reusable water bottle, please if possible come already dressed in comfortable clothing suitable for movement, dress in layers. Changing room and bathrooms are located on the ground floor. Main space is a shoe free zone – please wear socks, soft indoor shoes or grip socks.

FACILITIES: There are bathrooms at the venue but no changing rooms, you can leave your coats, shoes, bags in designated areas.

PARKING: there is limited parking available around venue. Please be aware that the venue is in an Ultra Low Emission Zone and you may be liable to pay the daily fee. Find parking on parkopedia.

BIKES: please lock to the fence or bike racks nearby the venue. No bikes to be brought into the building please.

CHILDREN: unfortunately these sessions are not suitable for children. 18+ only.

EVENTBRITE ORDER CONFIRMATION: Email might be in the spam folder. Please check the email you used to purchase the ticket, might not be your primary email account. Do not print any paper tickets, we will check you in by your name.

CANCELLATION POLICY:

We do not offer refunds/ticket swaps for another event if you cannot attend. You are welcome to pass on your ticket to a friend, colleague or family member. If we (the organizers) need to cancel the event due to unforeseen circumstances, we will issue a full refund.

ANY QUESTIONS? Please send us an email to: info@ecstaticdancelondon.com

PRICES: (INCLUDES CACAO & FRUIT / HERBAL TEAS) TICKETS ARE LIMITED

• ED Only Low waged/ concession £15 + Eventbrite fee
• ED Only Regular waged £20 + Eventbrite fee
• ED Only Abundance £25 + Eventbrite fee

EVENTBRITE ORDER CONFIRMATION: Email might be in the spam folder. Please check. Do not print any paper tickets, we will check you in by your name.

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💛FREE CREW SPACES: We’d be very happy to hear from you if you’d like to help us in exchange for a free ticket! Requirement – you need to have attended at least two indoor events before you can join the crew. Please complete the sign up form and we’ll be in touch.

ANY QUESTIONS? Please send us an email to: info@ecstaticdancelondon.com

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