@purrriestess always growing and glowing through the sacred wild fires of spiritual transformation, ill see you on the other side 💗🎧🦋

snafu with the pitch fader in that mix, kind of still works ok tho. interesting...

Love this set so much, the sonnet inspired me to be free with no shame and your care and dedication set is impressive! Love you Micah! 💚 🦋

Wish I could come to your sets live.  Please let me know if youre ever in Cali.

Your transitions are smooth.  Appreciate the attention to detail that many DJs overlook.

All of my ecstatic dance sets from 2023. This year I've played more frequently and for a variety of different events so there is an emergent variety of styles represented.  I've also started to blend sound baths with my gong and singing bowls into the closing stillness section of my sets.

Thank you for listening and enjoy the journey(s) into the cathartic power of music movement, and sound.

Ecstatic Dance Sets by MIKAYA from 2023-25

Inspired by love and all the emotions involved this set is an opportunity to reflect and feel into the state of our hearts. My intent and prayer to you is that the music helps to heal any blocks that inhibit the flow and opens your heart to receive infinite love :)

Dance Temple Feb 12, 2023 ~ Matters Of The Heart~

DJ Medicine Fox live set at the Earthsong Village Party

Live at Earthsong Village

Support Artist

DJ Medicine Fox ~ Live at Earthsong Village

Live ecstatic dance set prerecorded for Asheville Movement Collective 3.12.23

Here's to the divinely raw human experience of feeling our feelings. May we have the courage to feel it all, for the potential of emotion is devotion.

Enjoy the journey, love love love ❤️‍🔥

{Purrriestess} - Feeling It All 3.12.23 ❤️‍🔥

this set represents the dynamic dance between masculine & feminine archetypal energies. 
“snake dance” is inspired by the lived experience as an embodied feminine in relationship to her experience with the masculine in the down & dirty duality of 3D. 

in this dance as old as time, the masculine is initiated by the feminine and in turn she is inspired & supported to embody the most full spectrum expression of herSelf. in her power she lifts up other women and holds safe space for the masculine to open his heart and muses him to embrace differentiation…

and the dance goes on & on:
activating, shapeshifting, complementing, inspiring, collaborating, aspiring. 
the snake charmer smiles to herSelf, contemplating who is charming who. 
this collaboration for healing & transformation is a vehicle for a willfully devoted divine union in physical expression.

artwork by Sarah Mathilda Stewart @rattlesnakesandrainbows on IG

snake dance | BassWitch ° spring

Mash-up by Mikaya

Tracks used:
Sunset Blvd by Lorelei Carlson
Down and Out by Boozoo Bajou

Lyrics

I picked you up on sunset
You hid behind your cigarette,
I picked you up on sunset
You hid behind your cigarette,
The world was rich and drunk and closed,
But you and I were so composed.
Too bad I'll never get to see you grow o-o-old
But here we are...
Quite untold...
And everything just flows, o-oh...

Like a mid summer's light breeze blows
And everything just flows, o-oh
Like a mid summer's light breeze blows
I didn't have to try
Too hard, on the boulevard
Too hard, on the boulevard
(Didn't have to try)
Too hard, on the boulevard
Too hard, on the boulevard
(Didn't have to try)
Too hard, on the boulevard
Too hard, on the boulevard
(Didn't have to try)
Chasing the velvet skyline
Spinning time on a little lie
We didn't need die alone
We had faces to live a flock 
Too bad I'll never get to see you so far-r-r
So here we are
Found, and lost...
But everything just flows o-oh
Like a mid summer's light breeze blows
And everything just flows o-oh
Like a mid summer's light breeze blows
I didn't have to try
(Too hard)
On the boulevard
(Too hard)
On the boulevard
(Didn't have to try)
Too hard
On the boulevard
Too hard
On the boulevard...
(I didn't have to try)
No I didn't have to try.
And everything just flows o-oh
Like a mid summer's light breeze blows
And everything just flows o-oh
Like a mid summer's light breeze blows
I didn't have to try
Too hard on the boulevard
Too hard on the (didn't have to try)
Too hard on the boulevard
Too hard on the boulevard...

Cover art is a 3D modeling "Ruby Tears of Motherland" by Gerard Kravchuk

Down & Out on Sunset Blvd {Lorelei Carlson X Boozoo Bajou - Mashup by MIKAYA}

Engagement request: please like, repost, and send me a direct message asking for the playlist and I'll send it ova. Thank you! Engagement is a huge help on this platform for all of us artists. 

Played originally at Asheville Movement Collective on May 12th, 2023. Re-recorded and refined some transitions before publishing it two days later.

The theme for this dance is inspired by a poem referenced in many Hollywood films, perhaps most notably in the blockbuster movie “Interstellar.” Written by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in 1947, it has been suggested that it was written for his dying father.   

“Do not go gentle into that good night” 
by Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

More info here about the poem can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night

This ecstatic dance set explores the theme of interstellar and inter-dimensional travel both through the portal of dying, and through the portal of distorted perceptions caused by love, desire, fear, angst, and rage. It will resolve itself into a space where surrender, grief and courage can take root before taking flight.

Cover art by Artbyagni on ETSY

Interstellar Night {Ecstatic Dance Mix by MIKAYA}

Mini-Mix demo for Play Party

Pls like, repost and drip your musings into the comment section. 

Cover by ArtByAgni

Get the Crop {Play Party Mini-mix by MIKAYA}

Dj set recorded live 7.7.23 at Asheville Movement Collective Ecstatic Dance.

“Curious & Curiouser”

Tumbling, tumbling
She falls down, down, down….
Humbled and wide eyed, 
she gazes up from the ground.

She is Alice, 
being asked to grow up
Innocent eyes, 
being all shaken up

All alone Alice, 
no Carroll in sight.
Wake up little Alice!
Wake up to your light!!!

Stop eating all 
those Wonderland treats
Don't have any more
of the “Drink me potion” drink…

Dearest girl,
Don't you see?
Lying deep down inside
Is all the wonder you need

It’s there all along,
In each precious moment we hold
Curious how most,
Forget in growing old

So dear Alice, 
stop chasing white rabbits,
Stepping through mirrors 
Taking this life for granted

Create your world
in the here and now
Stay true to your wonder 
as you pierce through the veil  

Break free of illusion, 
open your eyes heart & mind
For to be curious & curiouser, 
Alice, is oh so divine ✨

{Purrriestess} ~ Curious & Curiouser Live Set @ Asheville Movement Collective 7.7.23

Please like, repost, and leave 3 comments and I'll DM you the set list. This is a live dj recording played at Asheville Movement Collective on July 9th, 2023. 

I wrote the sonnet below as the intention and theme for the dance.

Fly Butterfly Fly

Upon this morning sun with golden ray,
Did paint the sky in hues vibrant and new,
A butterfly, in graceful, bright display,
Took flight, and from the meadows, upward flew.

Its wings, a tapestry of colors rare,
Did catch the light, and glistened in its glow,
A wondrous sight, it floated through the air,
Its path uncharted, yet it seemed to know.

As winds whispered softly to its frame,
It danced and fluttered, free from all tether,
Through boundless skies, with never a hint of shame,
It journeyed on, with courage and splendor.

Oh, butterfly, your flight inspires me,
To venture into the unknown, this time free.

Cover by ArtByAgni on ETSY

Fly Butterfly Fly {Ecstatic Dance Mix by MIKAYA}

Ecstatic Dance live dj set played for Asheville Movement Collective 8.20.23

~Express Yourself~

Dance yourself
Dance yourself to express

Abandon restraint
Let yourself be a mess

Believe in yourself
As you are now 

Risk your revealing
(riskier not to anyhow!) meowwww

Be dramatic
Be big and be bold

Shine like the sun
That you are in your soul

And I’ll shine right back
Cause your light makes me brighter

Listen up sunshine
To these words of the wiser:

“Today you are You
that is truer than true. 

There is no one alive   
who is Youer than You.”

So like Doc Seuss
I’ll prescribe you this order

For life is a stage
And you are the performer!

Don’t play small
Don’t hold back who you are

Express yourself
You beautiful star!

Let the music move you
dance the beat of your heart

And in  expressing yourself
your dance becomes art 💜
~~~~~~

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that expresses the human spirit ✨

{Purrriestess} Expurrrress Purrrself ~ Ecstatic Dance Live Dj Set 8.20.23

Ring in the holiday season! Step into a snowy wonderland brimming with mystique, playfulness, and warmth. Spread the joy, and happy Yuletide.

Ecstatic Dance Christmas!

Intention: Dynamic Range 

Referring to the range of values that a system can capture, represent, or reproduce. Dynamic range can be applied to audio, photography, or dance. In audio, it pertains to the difference between the softest and loudest sounds a device can accurately handle. In photography, dynamic range refers to the range of tones, from the darkest to the brightest, that a camera can capture.

In the context of ecstatic dance, dynamic range refers to the spectrum of movements and expressions a dancer can embody using motion, energy, and emotional states with fluidly and curiosity. From subtle and gentle motions to bold and powerful movements, this dance aims to stretch the dancer to their limits, in order to create a more immersive and transformative dance experience. 

Played on 1/5/2024 @ Haw Creek Commons, Asheville, NC. Pls like, repost and comment to feed my algo-rhythm. Danke!

Cover Art: Unknown Source

Dynamic Range {Live Ecstatic Dance Set by MIKAYA}

Deep in the jungle, there lies a fern gully. 
What lies within, can only begin...

Closing set for Fiddlehead's Frosty Ferngully Fiesta at The Landing on Jan 13th, 2024.

Special thanks to the Ferns and Fractals that came to celebrate this amazing man, and dear friend. We love you, Clay. Happy 4-0.

Fiddlehead's Fern Gully {Live Sensual set by MIKAYA}

Curated in the depths of winter at Beat Church Asheville on Feb 11th, 2025.

May those icy frozen parts of us, fractured from our past, melt back into the nurturing waters that flow through us, dissolving, returning into one.

Num.	Title		Artist
1	Flow State	Triniidadii
2	Deep Sands	Ion Driver
3	holdon.	YATES!
4	Batanga	PHURN Lowcation
5	Geeked Up	Skinny Limbs
6	Arrive [nuo stems]	5AM
7	Miles Apart [nuo stem]	PHURN
8	FYA dub	Shaka Lion Singularis
9	Lovas [nuo stem]	Shaka Lion
10	Everglade March	Of The Trees
11	Mystic Physics	Hedflux
12	Taksim	Guns
13	What I Can Do "ENERGY"	CONTRA Saturna
14	Poetry In Motion [nuo stem]	AtYyA Finnoh
15	6AM (Perkulat0r Remix)	Of The Trees
16	Bellydancer	Kuni
17	Bad Karma (Original Mix) [nuo stems]	Axel Thesleff
18	Goober Time - PEAK	Jade Cicada
19	Wubbalubbadubdub	Jade Cicada
20	Like a Drum (Original Mix) [nuo stems]	Not The Father
21	Ric Flair Drip (with Metro Boomin)	Offset
22	vanish.	YATES!
23	Evacuate 1:06	Skinny Limbs
24	Siren's Call	Psyoptic
25	COLA	XRAY
26	Koté mwin	Sskyron
27	Truth or Dare	Tyla
28	Love in Space	Matt Becks
29	YOKO	Sskyron Bioz
30	Wanting You [nuo stem]	PLAZA
31	Sprout	Hudson Lee
32	Sunflower	Hudson Lee voljum
33	Borderland Sorrows	Slow Meadow

Remastered by Luo Rawls

Ice Becomes Water {Live Beat Church AVL Set by MIKAYA}

Wubbed in Dub is an ecstatic dance set in homage to the bass heavy sub cultures of dub. This set is structured by the classic ecstatic dance wave progression. We will wub shoulders with the music of psychill, psydub, reggae, reggaeton, dubstep, melodic bass, eclectic intelligent dance music (IDM) and a few heart openers to close it out. 

See you on the other side. 

Played on Feb 28th, 2025 in honor of Asheville Movement Collective's 25th Anniversary. Thank you Jeannie Adair for inviting me to play on such a memorable night. 

Photo cred to the interwebs.

Wubbed in Dub {Ecstatic Dance Mix by MIKAYA}

Euphoria

MIKAYA's Upcoming 2025 Event Schedule:
Sun, Sept 7th - Asheville Movement Collective
Sat, Sept 13th - TBA

MIKAYA (Micah Swabb) is an Ecstatic Dance DJ and facilitator for cathartic dance events. MIKAYA’s mixes inspire meditation through movement in ways that widen the scope of one's self-awareness and self-expression. For booking MIKAYA (Micah Swabb) please email micahswabb@pm.me. 

These musical journeys begin peacefully, build momentum and contrast, and then land softly with resolution and grace. MIKAYA also produces mash-ups and mixes in various genres. He teaches people how to make world class ecstatic dance mixes both from his home in Asheville, NC and virtually online.

Micah Swabb is also a regenerative real estate agent and eco-flipper in the Asheville, NC area. If you'd like help buying, selling or rehabbing homes or raw land please reach out. Regenerative Real Estate is all about living in harmony within the eco-systems of nature, society and personal well-being.

With deep gratitude... may we grow and glow together with love, courage and freedom.

Fly Butterfly Fly {Ecstatic Dance Mix by MIKAYA}

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