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DESCRIPTION:Dana Cafe is a monthly gathering in Oakland California offering 
 transformational teachings at no cost to participants. Each month on 1st 
 Sunday Dana Cafe invites different social change educators, teachers and 
 facilitators from various arts and healing traditions to lead a session.  
 Our monthly classes are offered for Dana (give as you able and inspired) 
 and there is no set fee to attend.\n\nWe are delighted to welcome Kris 
 Freewoman and Larissa Montfort to the next Dana Cafe session October 4th! 
 Kris will be leading us through Body Rhythm Goddess™,  a fusion of 
 African dance, active healing movements and dynamic stretching. It 
 re-connects the body to its natural state of well being that is abundant 
 with health and vitality. This movement increases stamina and energy, 
 strengthens the legs and core muscles and is fun and exhilarating for every 
 fitness level. No experience necessary! So…. forget about perfection and 
 REACH for delight… go barefoot...DANCE freely…. BREATHE deeply … and 
 CELEBRATE your divine sacredness everyday! Larissa will be offering live 
 drumming to accompany this dance ritual.  \n\nMuch of the Dana raised 
 during the October session will be offered to Mabiba Baegne - who is 
 raising funds to go back home to the Congo - Mabiba has served hundreds of 
 people all over the world in West African Dance and Drumming - and Kris is 
 dedicating this session towards helping her return home.\n\nAbout Kris 
 Freewoman: \nKris is the founder and producer of the Rhythm Workout 
 Program. This program has inspired instructors in the U.S., Europe, Japan 
 and Canada to teach an African dance fitness class. She has produced four 
 drumming CDs, two Rhythm Workout Instructor Training DVDs and Body Rhythm 
 Goddess DVD. Kris currently lives in the East Bay and works at Title Nine 
 sports and fitness wear for women. She will soon be teaching her specialty 
 class; Rhythmic Core, a core strengthening class to World Beat rhythms.  
 She will soon be teaching in the East Bay. If you are interested, please 
 contact her at: krisfreewoman8@gmail.com\n\nAbout Larissa 
 Montfort:\nLarissa Montfort has been exploring her passion for West 
 African, Congolese, and Afro-Cuban rhythms since 1995 with many teachers, 
 traveling to Guinea, West Africa to study dance with Youssouf Koumbassa and 
 Yamousa Souma and djembe and dunun with Amadou Camara and Lamine Dibo 
 Camara. Larissa continues to apprentice with her primary mentor, Afia 
 Walking Tree. She performs with Afia Walking Tree’s Spirit Drumz ensemble 
 as well as with Mamayah, a Sonoma County-based women’s West African drum 
 ensemble. Larissa assisted Ubaka Hill at Michfest where she helped teach 
 and direct the Drumsong Orchestra.  In her own words Larissa shares: 
 “Drumming allows me to express my joy, strength, and freedom, while 
 serving the spirit of the music, the dance, and the empowerment of 
 women.”\n\nAttached painting by Carmen B. Costello 
 \nhttp://www.carmenbcostello.com/#!\n\n********************************\n\nDana 
 Cafe is held at Temescal Art Center\n511 48th St. @ Telegraph Ave. 
 Oakland\n5:45pm-7:30pm\n\nThis gathering is offered for dana (give as you 
 are able and inspired)\nDress comfortably and bring a water 
 bottle\n\nPublic Transportation\nMacArthur BART Station\nAC Bus lines 1, 
 1R, 12, and 
 57\n\nhttp://www.facebook.com/groups/danacafe/\nhttp://www.facebook.com/DanaCafe\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/09/25/18778087.php
SUMMARY:Dana Cafe: BODY RHYTHM GODDESS : A Dance Ritual for the Body and Soul with Kris Freewoman
LOCATION:Dana Cafe is held at Temescal Art Center\n511 48th St. @ Telegraph Ave. 
 Oakland
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/09/25/18778087.php
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