A powerful and sensitive wave, from what became our Grieving Session, just before the Spring Equinox, when many dancers were letting go of dreams, home, relationships... Surrending to pain, desilusion, exploring all the colors of grief to slowly open to hope and to the unknown. Resting in the deep trust that everything is happening for our highest good. 

This too shall pass. Enjoy the wave.
In Lak'ech' Ala Kin

If you live in Alentejo/Algarve, and want to attend live session, reach out :)
www.anaistamen.com/dance

° Divine Overtone Chanting by Istvan Sky
https://soundcloud.com/user-553901821/impossible-shamanic-voice-by-1
https://soundcloud.com/istvan-sky-kek-eg
° Hut Song by Baka Pygmies
° Cumbia Del Olvido by Nicola Cruz
https://soundcloud.com/zzkrecords/04-cumbia-del-olvido
https://soundcloud.com/nicolacruz
° Yanima by El Buho
https://soundcloud.com/shikashikacollective/el-buho-yanima
https://soundcloud.com/el-buho
° The Snake and the Moon by Dead Can Dance
° Approach with Caution by Quakers & Sampa The Great
https://soundcloud.com/sampa-tembo
° Monak by DahaBrakha
https://soundcloud.com/dakhabrakha/monakh
@dakhabrakha
° Breadfruits (STW Première) by Sons of Kemet
https://soundcloud.com/stampthewax/premiere-sons-of-kemet-breadfruit
° Tshunga by Aero Mayelo
https://soundcloud.com/aeromanyelo-herbal-3-rec/tshunga-1
https://soundcloud.com/aeromanyelo-herbal-3-rec
° Noble by Guem
https://soundcloud.com/guem
° Flip This by Peaches
https://soundcloud.com/peachesnisker
° Tutti Frutti by Adrian Simionescu & L'Orchestre Marin Ioan
https://soundcloud.com/filmhafizasi/adrian-simionescu-tutti-frutti
https://soundcloud.com/adrianminune
° Convite para Vida by Seu Jorge, Antonio Pinto, Ed Cortes 
° Beethoven « Tempest Sonata », Allegretto by Grigory Sokolov
https://soundcloud.com/grigory-sokolov-official
° The Inexorable Adavance of Mr Delaney by Max Richter
https://soundcloud.com/max-richter
° The Onrush of Events by Max Richter
https://soundcloud.com/max-richter
° De Usuahia a la Quiaca" by Gustavo Santaolalla
https://soundcloud.com/gustavo-santaolalla
° Cura Sana (Andrés Cordoba cover) by Danit Treubig
https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Danit%20Treubig%20cura%20sana
https://soundcloud.com/danit-treubig
° The Sky is Broken by Moby
https://soundcloud.com/moby
° Lullaby (trance) by NanaMaya
https://soundcloud.com/apechimba/nanamaya

OHD - the Grieving Session

Enjoy the mix this powerful wave to celebrate, surrender, release and open up wide to the infinite source of Love, within us and all around.

Open Hearts Dance - session#81 - 18/09/2021 - Alentejo

Deya Dova - Grandmother Tree & The Feathered Serpent : https://soundcloud.com/deya-dova/grandmother-tree-the-feathered

Peter Power - Mori Baka (Original Mix)
https://soundcloud.com/multiculti/peter-power-mori-baka

Jaja - El Ritmo
https://soundcloud.com/sebas-bruno/jaja-el-ritmo-nicolas-jaar-flying-hair?in=kunturimusic/sets/jaja-tropical-bird-club

Kiasmos - Orgoned
https://soundcloud.com/kiasmos/orgoned

Petit Biscuit - Midnight Sky
https://soundcloud.com/electropose/petit-biscuit-midnight-sky

Orchestre National de Barbes  - Break Beat
https://soundcloud.com/deejay-raid-one/orchestre-national-de-barbes-break-beat

Sons of Kemet - Bredfuruit (STW Premiere)
https://soundcloud.com/stampthewax/premiere-sons-of-kemet-breadfruit

David Arkenstone - Shaman’s Dream
https://soundcloud.com/davidark

Peaches - Flip this
https://soundcloud.com/peachesnisker

Quantic & Nickodemus - Mi Swing es tropical
https://soundcloud.com/nickodemusnyc/mi-swing-es-tropical

Pink Martini - No Hay Problema
https://soundcloud.com/pink-martini-official

Jacques Brel - La Valse à mille temps
https://soundcloud.com/jacques-brel-official/la-valse-mille-temps-1

Alice Sara Ott - Chopin: Waltz No.10 In B Minor, Op.69 No.2
https://soundcloud.com/alice-sara-ott-official

Ghalia - Acceptance
https://soundcloud.com/kalighalia/ghalia-benali-acceptance

Joan Jeanrenaud - Metamorphosis Four
https://soundcloud.com/azulie/joan-jeanrenaud-metamorphosis-four

Philip Glass - Metamorphosis II
https://soundcloud.com/armel-jurysta/philip-glass-metamorphosis-ii

NanaMaya - Lullaby (trance)
https://soundcloud.com/apechimba/nanamaya

OHD - Release & Celebration

A Powerful and firey transformative journey of 2 hours. Pace yourself not to collapse at the end ;) enjoying all the colors ans seasons that rise and pass in your inner landscapes
The chaos can be intense but remember that everything is allowed. So you may enjoy a subtle vibration during chaos, or even stillness, the only thing that matter, is being present to yourself and your needs and emotions in the moment.

If you live in Alentejo/Algarve, and want to attend live session, reach out :)
www.anaistamen.com/dance

Didgeridoo, Gary Thomas 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SRzPevNr0o

Goatherder, Capitol K
https://soundcloud.com/capitolk/goatherder

Everyday, Cinematic Orchestra
https://soundcloud.com/the-cinematic-orchestra-official/everyday

Beautiful tango (temple-edit), H indi Zahra
https://soundcloud.com/tmmmpl/hindi-zahra-beautiful-tango-temple-edit

Mother Night (feat. The Mirrors), Gabrielle Roth
https://soundcloud.com/gabrielleroth/mother-night-feat-the-mirrors

Way Home, Jorge Cunha Machado
https://soundcloud.com/jorgemachado/way-home

Break Beat, Orchestre National de Barbès 
https://soundcloud.com/deejay-raid-one/orchestre-national-de-barbes-break-beat

Close to me, Matthieu Chédid (M)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5WI87Pz6kY

Hanoi, Red Axes
https://soundcloud.com/redaxes/hanoi-feat-co-o-i-thu-o-ng-nga

Siete, Nicola Cruz
https://soundcloud.com/zzkrecords/nicola-cruz-siete


Shaman's Dream, David Arkenstone
https://soundcloud.com/davidark

Nlreb Mra Alrrih (Playing With The Wind), Sahalé
https://soundcloud.com/sahaleprods/sahale-nlreb-mra-alrrih-playing-with-the-wind

The Song of the Golden Dragon, Estas Tonne
https://soundcloud.com/estastonne/02-the-song-of-the-golden-dragon

Ki Chororo, Laura Lopez Castro
https://soundcloud.com/laura-lopez-castro/ki-chororo

Glósóli, Sigur Rós
https://soundcloud.com/sigur-ros/gl-s-li

Metamorphosis II, Philip Glass
https://soundcloud.com/armel-jurysta/philip-glass-metamorphosis-ii

En El Cielo Y En La Tierra, Mireia Berdún Colom - Ukehka
https://soundcloud.com/mireialunna/en-el-cielo-y-en-la-tierra

Aurora, Joanna Brouk
https://soundcloud.com/joannabrouk/aurora

When We Find That We're Free, Boudica
https://boudica.bandcamp.com/album/a-gua-um-ser

OHD - harvesting

A short wave with a strong punchy core and time to enjoy the release.

Ashe ~ Alex Forster
Break Beat ~ Orchestre national de Barbes
Violet ~ Hole
The Inexorable Advance of Mr Delaney ~ Max Richter
Onrush ~ Max Richter
Forever ~Julianna Barwick

20min OHDmix

Poetry - How does it feel now ~ Akua Naru 
Midnight Sky ~ Petit Biscuit
Niafiye ~ Ami Yéréwolo & Badd Lime
Lecieli Zurauli ~ Laboratoirium Piesni
Mu Ustit Engeliid Sogalas ~ Mari Boine 

Artwork : Tim Okamura

19min OHDmix

Happy to share the core mix of a session from May 2022, during which we first explored being supported and supporting others in feeling our body as a totality, as whole, and bringing attention, breathe and movement to our blind spots, to those areas that we may skip in the dance, or are less mobile and nourished from our inner loving gaze.

The first track is repeated at the end, so we can sense more easily what our inner journey brought. 

Slow start. To land fully in our beathing body before more spectacular outer expressions ;)

May it brings you ease, insights, releasing sights and pleasurable sweat !

To Speak of Solitude - Brambles
Noche Electrica - Milo Manzana
Heartbeat : Oikaïdo Drum and Tibetan Bowl - Sandra Ingerman with Taiko Sol
Spine Tingles - Peter Piwer
Siete nicola Cruz
Drinkee - Sofi Tukker
Te Vaka - Magalogalo
Interior Excavation
Acceptance - Ghalia
Cheshmhaye Tagriban Negaran  - Fardin Khalatbari
La Grande Cascade - René Aubry
Pale Blue Dot - Roger Goula
To Speak of Solitude - Brambles

OHD - Embracing Totality

A short wave with a slow entrance  as we danced it our our last session. A clear introduction to the 5 rythms of Gabrielle Roth, specially mixed for this didactic purpose.
Enjoy & share

29min OHDmix

So this is not a music mix :) but a short guided practice to feel the different rythms in classic 5 rythms wave. To experiences their qualities trough activating and moving one part of your body : your hands. You can of course adapt and use any other parts, like your face or just your eyes, your pelvis, your elbows...
Wishing you a fruitful research! 

Hands Wave - spoken guidance no music

Enjoy !

Purusha - Deep Sleep Music Collective

Rêve de Dromadaire - Manuel Hermia
https://soundcloud.com/manuel-hermia/reve-de-dromadaire-featuring

Pick-up(Four Tet mix edit) - Bonobo
https://soundcloud.com/cheshire-puss/bonovo-pick-up-four-tet-mix-double-trash-mix-by-cheshire-puss

Dimitro (Carbalido Remix) - Islandman
https://soundcloud.com/music-for-dreams/islandman-dimitro-carbalido-remix

Waltz - Balanescu Quartet

And Still They Move - Sarah Neufeld & Colin Stetson
https://soundcloud.com/peterbalance-757516953/colin-stetson-sarah-neufeld-never-were-the-way-she-was-04-and-still-they-move

30min OHDmix

DJ Set on a sunny sunday @ Azula, Alentejo, April 2023. 

There is a drop of sound at the beginning as I was talking but only the last sentence of my prayer was recorded. I was giving thanxs to the land, the people who were tending to this land, now and in all time, the indigenous people who were here long before us, and the nature spirits welcoming us and supporting us. 

A nice one to dance on. Enjoy !

Live @ Azula April 2023

Jhala, John de Kadt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsLzkKhUSj4

Underwater, Benjy Wertheimer & John de Kadt
https://benjywertheimer.bandcamp.com/track/underwater

Hadouram (Selfmade Water drum) by Aki-Ra Sunrise

Pulses, Steve Reich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ou9J844io0

Be Water, Illuminati Congo
https://illuminaticongo.bandcamp.com/track/be-water

Underwater Love, Smoke City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuLjsW8XhY4

Bubbles, Yosi Horikawa 
https://yosihorikawa.bandcamp.com/track/bubbles

Deep Water (SavaBorsa Rework), Andrea Szabadi
https://savaborsa.bandcamp.com/track/andrea-szabadi-deep-water-savaborsa-rework

Bodyrock, Moby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hfQ5uIKrlw

Tshunga, Aero Manyelo
https://soundcloud.com/aeromanyelo-herbal-3-rec/tshunga-1

Amazonas, Glen Velez
https://emotional-rescue.bandcamp.com/track/amazonas

Interior Excavation, Byron Metcalf
https://soundcloud.com/byronmetcalf/interior-excavation

Water Dream, Boudica
https://boudica.bandcamp.com/track/water-dream-2

Metamorphosis II, Philip Glass
https://soundcloud.com/armel-jurysta/philip-glass-metamorphosis-ii

There She Is Again, Leah Free
https://soundcloud.com/leahlivefree/there-she-is-again

El llamado de los delfines, Milo Manzana
https://milomanzana.bandcamp.com/track/el-llamado-de-los-delfines

OHD - The Oceanic Body

KITOKU - KOMA ICHIKOTSUCHOU KONETORI, Japanese Traditional Music
Fujara Solo, Winne Clement
Al-Mawlawi, Munir Bachir
Eternal Dance, Gabrielle Roth
Felenko Yefe, Momo Wandel Soumah
The Evil Theme, Henry Mancini,
Semi-Pileathed Human , Glen Velez
Improvisacio n°1 (appal re-interpretation), Bobby McFerrin
Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix), Massive Attack
La del ruso, Gotan Project
Fransa, Kel Assouf
Free Tibet, Hilight Tribe
La Cosecha, El Santo Golpe
Rosa, Rainer Scheurenbrand
Summertime, Janis Joplin
Purple Rain, Prince & the Revolution
The Departure, Max Richter
The Jasmani Garden, Deya Dova
20210310, Ryuichi Sakamoto

OHD - Eclipses

DJ Set for Free My Fairy #2

Isla - Milo Manzana
Insight I, II & XLI - Julien Marchal
The Mistral Noir - Slow Eastbourne Train
Healing - Sampa the Great
La Voz de la Nostalgia ft Wabi Sabi
Djorolen (Bernu Edit) - Béla Fleck & Oumou Sangare 
Totem - Gabrielle Roth
Invocation - Gabrielle Roth & The Mirror
Interior Excavation - Byron Metcalf
I Wish I Knew It Would Feel to be Free - Nina Simone
Wamps Dance - Andy Benz
Blessed We Are (Cover) - Orka
Metamorphosis II - Philip Glass
Experience - Ludovico Einaudi
Thema - Andy Benz
The Jasmani Garden - Deya DOva

OHD - Home

Music : Richard Skelton  - The Complete Landings
02 Noon Hills Wood & 04 Threads Across the River

BODYSILK

you are silk
a spider is stretching you very slowly 
in the space
each movement leaves silver traces 
in the space
as you reach the end 
you roll yourself back into a cocoon
in the cocoon you become an unborn human baby
you discover your limbs, your mouths, your hands, the sole of your feet
in the space
your hands discover your face for the first time
you feel time 
your face is ancient
you feel all your life under your hands
your hands explore your body
hold, rest, feel
they perform their own ritual of honouring time
on your body
honouring your life

Explo Bodysilk

Seeding the Light - Imbolc ritual @ Adamãe

Sprit - Ganga Giri
Eternal dance - Gabrielle Roth
Grandmother tree and the feathered Serpent - Deya Dova
Dandaro - Rona Hartner, Valentin Rotary & Petre Badea,
Who I Am - Maya Luna with Pattern Disrupt
Earth Spirit Drumming - Wychazel
La Voz de la Nostalgia ft Wabi Sabi - Joaquin Cornejo
Djorolen (Bernu Edit) - Bela Fleck & Oumou Sangare
Deixa A GIra Girar (jgb edit) - Os Tincoãs
Tautumeitas - Raganu Nakts
Te Vake - Magalogalo
ARIA II - Maria Arnal & John Talabot
Viento de Atacama - Ayla Schafer
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free - Nina Simone
Viento - MILU
Re - Nils Frahms
Isla - Milo Manzana

Seeding The Light - Imbolc womxn ritual @ Adamãe

Warm up mix for a Libido Fudamentals workshop with Monika Körshner, in February 2024.

Sombrio Sprit, Tumbara
Poetry How Does it Feel Now, Akua Naru
Freed from desire, Gala
The Song of the Golden Dragon, Estas Tonne
Fever, La Lupe

Extra :
Ich & Elain (2Raum Club Mix), 2-Raumwohnung 
Venus as a Boy, Björk
Insight XXXVII, Julien Marchal

Dancescape OpenFloor Libido#1

Mix for a warm-up, during an Open Floor Libido Fundamentals workshop with Monika Körshner in February 2024.

Diving Deeper, Remembering Love, Joanna Brouck
Es Vedra, B-Tribe
Touch, Holy Other
That Look You Gave that Guy, Eels
Love me Unique, Michael Franti
Kiss, Prince & The Revolution
House of Jealous Lovers

Extra :
Belly dance, Trommesolo
Shaolin Bossa, John Zorn
Re, Nils Frahms

Dancescape OpenFloor Libido #2

Everyday Cinematic Orchestra
A Taste of Eternity, Manuel Hermia
There She Is Again, Leah Free
With or Without You, 2Cellos
ARIA II, Maria Arnal + John Talabot
Joe LeTaxi, Butch
Hideway, Kieza
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free, Nina Simone

Bonus tracks (to settle) :
The Smallest Piece, Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild soundtrack)
Particules of the Universe Heartbeat, Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild soundtrack)
An Echo of Night, Brian Eno & Harrold Budd

Dancescape OpenFloor Libido #3

Blindfolded Dance session on Dissolving Thoughts and Stories

Singing Bowls & Bells, Jane Winther
Diving Deeper, Remembering Love, Joanna Boruck
The Mistral Noir - Slow Easthbound Train, Daniel Herskedal
Tanzen, Pole
Silent Stars, Koos aka Kuniyuki
Raga 04, unknown artists
The Righteous Wrath Of An Honourable Man, Colin Stetson
Bhodhran, Glen Velez
Goatherder, Capital K
ocean sounds from underwater,
Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes On The Street, Jon Hassell
Drumming, Part III, Steve Reich
Brier (many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters), Liz Hanks
Storms of Prayers, Craig Kohland & Shaman’s Dream
Singing Bowls & Bells, Jane Winther

Dissolve BlindFolded

Music to drop in, 
sense, feel, breathe, 
harvest your soul honey, 
your heart darkest propolis, 
to splash share shake it 
all around, 
senses' ravish turner

Music to rest
to forget
to remember


(Activate & settle - Bones - Authentic Relating & Secure Attachment)

OHD - Soul Honey Heart Propolis

Brier (many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters) - Liz Hanks 
Singing Bowls & Bells - Jane Winther
Rezo Agua in Nazca Session - Mariana Root
The Lighthouse I - Colin Stetson
The Lighthouse IV - Colin Stetson
Won't Be a Thing to Become - Colin Stetson / Sarah Neufeld Duo
Physical Self Awakening - Avital Califa
Walking Trail - Avital Califa
Disparaitra - Rona Hartner, Valentin Rotary & Petre Badea
The Snake and the Moon - Dead Can Dance
Timini - El Buho
Baddy On The Floor - Jamie xx feat. Honey Dijon
Trumpet Tribal 
 Semi-Pileathed Human - Glen Velez 
Hammers - Nils Frahm
La Grande Cascade - René Aubry
Summer 1 - Max Richter
Summer 3  - Max Richter
Summer Time - Janis Joplin
Wicked Game - Cross Record
Feeling Good - Ane Burn
Arvo Pärt - Christine Hoock

OHD Summer Solstice

Take 1, Nounya Sidhe & Walther Suk
Singing bowls & bells, Jane Winther
La Habana, Ana Carla Maza
Upcoming Funeral, Ali Samadpour 
Hara, Jean du Voyage
In Spite of Everything, Henrik Schwarz & Bugge Wesseltoft
Tuur Mqng Welten, Niklas Paschburg
Asia, Sofiane Pamart
And Still They Move, Colin Stetson / Sarah Neufeld Duo
Re, Nils Frahm

Grief Ritual Dancescape

Sacudete - Gotopo
Idontknow - Jamie XX
The Rain Like Curse - Colin Stetson
The Sun Roars Into View - Colin Stetson / Sarah Neufeld Duo
Winter Morning  - Woodkid & Nils Frahm

original artwork : Stephan Nitolawski.

16min Release OHDmix

Poem : Chimeras by Brian Sneeden 
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162831/chimeras

Music :
Space 26 (epicardium) - Max Richter
And Still They Move - Sarah Neufeld & Colin Stetson
Zikr - The Aeon Tree
Dream (Arr. M. Barbetti for Viola & Piano) - Maurizio Barbetti
Winter 2 - Max Richter
Sombrio Spirit - Tumbara
Origins - Gelen Velez
The Deep Abzu - Deya Dova
Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix) - Massive Attack
In Spite Of Everything - Henrik Schwarz, Bugge Wesseltoft
Hammers - Nils Frahm
Humbleness - Mark Eliyahu
Huayno - Ana Carla Maja
Russian Gypsy Music - Two Guitars
Sweet River - David Darling
A Call to Prayer (feat. Zola Dubnikova) Estas Tonne
Flora - Ludovico Einaudi

OHD ~ The Wolf Singer (with poem from Brian Sneeden)

An invitation for refined sensorial perceptions & explorations with a firery organic chaos in the middle. Enjoy your dancing journey !

Peaceful being - Maneesh de Moor
Recording in a 3000 Years Old Tree - Deya Dova 
End of Carnival - Armand Amar
Deixa a Girar  Girar (JGB Edit) - Os Tincoas
Orgoned - Klasmos
Deep Water (SavaBorsa Rework) - Andrea Szabadi
Shaman’s Dream - David Arkenstone
Winter in TLV - Borgore
Aguila de Oro - Little Whale 
Lovely Spring - Dijvan Gasparyan
Against the Sky -  Brian Eno and Harold Budd

OHD - 1hour mix

Organic dance spaces
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Alentejo, Portugal

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