Conscious Movement Practice with live music at Ride the Rhythm

As the wheel of the year turns, we gather to honour the spark of light that begins to return, both within and around us.

This month’s Ride the Rhythm features a special collaboration with sound healer, percussionist and multi instrumentalist Eric Bowers, blending live drumming and sound healing with a guided musical journey by Hassti Hamidi. Together, we’ll move through rhythms that awaken warmth, renewal, and the gentle rising of light.

Come as you are. Let your body speak, your spirit move, and your dance become a catalyst for the returning light.

About Eric Bowers

As a musician, trauma therapist, PSIP instructor, and community builder, Eric is passionate about healing, creative expression, and coming alive. Eric has taught Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PSIP) and shared his music in various parts of North America and Europe. The didgeridoo, shruti box, crystal singing bowls, hardpan, shakers, flutes, sansula, and drums, are some of the instruments Eric loves to play for people during his sound journeys.

Find Eric here:
www.roadtocompassion.com
YouTube – The Golden Repair
@road2compassion - Instagram

About Hassti Hamidi

Hassti Hamidi is an open-format DJ who creates immersive, multi-genre musical journeys. Her sets flow through World music, Ambient, New Age, Melodic House, Progressive House, Techno, Psytrance, Trance, Instrumental, Vocals, Jazz and sometimes a touch of Rock and Roll. Designed to lift you up and bring you back down, her playlists leave dancers feeling saturated, satisfied, and more deeply connected. 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, December 19, 2025

Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 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: $25.00
• Supported Rate: $20.00

* To keep Ride the Rhythm accessible to all, we offer a supported rate of $20 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 with an e-transfer to ridetherhythmdance@gmail.com (No Security question and answer, auto deposit)
• Tickets are available on Eventbrite (Fees will apply)

• Drop in and pay cash (capacity permitting)

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Here's some extra information:

• No experience is required
• Bring your water bottle
• 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 RtR, 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 Conscious Movement Practice/ Ecstatic Dance?

Conscious Movement Practice is a unique style of dance that is all about free expression and letting your body move to the beat of your own drum. Unlike traditional dance classes, there’s no choreography to follow or steps to learn. Instead, it’s all about letting go and allowing the music to guide you, enabling authentic movement exploration. Conscious Movement Practice has been demonstrated to help with stress and anxiety reduction, promoting alignment of mind, body, soul, and spirit. During a Conscious Movement Practice session, you’ll find yourself surrounded by a community of like-minded individuals who share a passion for movement and self-exploration. Everyone, regardless of their dance experience, is welcome to participate and enjoy the fun.