SESSIONS CONDUCTED BY TIM DOODY,
A CERTIFIED 5RHYTHMS TEACHER AND MEMBER OF THE 5RHYTHMS TEACHER ASSOCIATION.
WE MOVE THROUGH WAVES, WHERE THE MUSIC MOVES YOU AND YOUR BODY IS THE TEACHER. THE MUSIC GOES FROM  REALLY CHILL TO FULL-ON AND BACK DOWN AGAIN—AS DO THE RHYTHMS.

I’VE TRAVELED A CROOKED PATH TO THE PRACTICE OF 5RHYTHMS. NIGHTLINE ONCE PUT ME ON A LIST OF "PARTICULARLY TROUBLESOME, EVEN DANGEROUS, ANARCHISTS." AND I PUBLISHED A BUNCH OF STORIES, INCLUDING "THE HERETIC", WHICH POPULARIZED MICRODOSING. BUT WAY BEFORE ANY OF THAT, I CAME OF AGE AS A QUEER MORMON KID WITH ADHD. GOOD LUCK, RIGHT?

DANCING 5RHYTHMS TEACHES ME TO MOVE WITH WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING - TO MOVE TO IT AND THROUGH IT. TO SHAKE IT OUT UNTIL MY SECOND GUESSES GIVE WAY TO FLOW, AND MY EGO CAN’T KEEP UP. TRUTH COMES OUT. I MOVE FROM THE GROUND I KNOW INTO THE EPIC POSSIBILITIES BEYOND IT. I CYCLE BACK. I FIND MY FIERCENESS. I FACE—OR AT LEAST PEEK AT—MY FEARS.

I MIGHT WALK IN TO A SESSION FEELING SHUT DOWN BY DOUBTS AND PAST HURTS. BUT THE MUSIC COMES ON, THE DANCING MANIACS AROUND ME STIR, AND, SURE ENOUGH, I ALWAYS GET THERE TOO.

SHAMANIC RITUALS INVOLVING MOVEMENT AND MUSIC HAVE BEEN THE BACKBONE OF SO MANY TRIBES ACROSS THE PLANET AND THE AGES. AND IT’S NO WONDER. “PUT YOUR BODY IN MOTION,” GABRIELLE ROTH SAID, “AND THE PSYCHE WILL HEAL ITSELF.” I HOPE TO KEEP HEALING. AND I HOPE TO CO-CREATE BEAT-DRIVEN, KINETIC RITUALS WHERE DANCERS HEAL TOO, AND SHAKE OUT THEIR DEEPEST TRUTH.