Deora Dé The 5 Rhythms® Dance Practice

I have always loved dancing but had begun to box dancing into a corner of my life that came out at discos, weddings and céilithe. In 1992 I was introduced to the 5 Rhythms®. It was my first experience of dance as a way to meditate i. e. to come into the present moment. It was also the beginning of me seeing dance as a physical language which I had lost a lot of my fluency. Over the next 5 years I studied the 5 Rhythms® with the following teachers Gabrielle Roth, Andrea Juhan, Lori Saltzman and Kathy Altman, Susannah and Yacov Darling Khan. I began to find freedom in physical movement. As I participated in workshops and practiced I discovered that my body was carrying all the experiences of my life in the muscles, bones and movements. Thus I embarked on a journey to heal past hurts, to let go of situations and habits that where keeping me from living life from a wholehearted and creative perspective.

In 1997 I studied with Gabrielle and became the first accredited 5 Rhythms® teacher in Ireland. In 2007 I participated in Advanced training in the emotional work of Gabrielle called Heartbeat.

My style of teaching is practical, down to earth and injected with plenty of humour.

I love my work and feel very privileged to be able to teach such a profoundly healing and transforming body of work. I have had the opportunities to travel almost this entire island teaching groups of people involved in all areas of life in Ireland, north and south. I could almost become a one woman tourist agency!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many people have made the 5 Rhythms® their spiritual practice as it brings them more deeply into the present and allows them to live their lives in a more wholehearted way.

I thank Gabrielle Roth for putting such a body of work together and sharing it with many of us throughout the world. Over the past 10 years I have made many deep and longstanding friendships through this practice for which I am very grateful. I hope I will have the chance to make many more as I continue to teach the 5 Rhythms®.