This class is an 8-week series for $100, open to all ages. No dance experience is required.

It is an excellent starting place for anyone who struggles to enjoy conventional exercise programs and is looking for fun, alternative ways to get fit, toned, and energized, or just to have fun and experience something new.

In this class, you will learn the foundational movements and techniques of belly dance. You will also learn to understand and appreciate how your body works during dance and how to isolate specific muscles and breathe through movement. Belly dance can increase confidence, relieve stress and tension, and create a time that is just for you to relax and celebrate your body and how it moves.

This beginner series will focus on proper posture and technique that will allow you to learn the foundations of belly dance. From there we will build up to movement combinations. Students should wear comfortable exercise clothes and either bare feet or socks.

So if you're looking for a fun new way to build strength, stamina and increase flexibility, in a safe and nurturing environment, come dance with us!

Series consists of 8 weekly one-hour classes. $100 for the 8 week series.

This class is open to all ages, and students should have taken at least one beginner Belly Dance class with Shanrae or another instructor with a minimum of 6 months of belly dance experience.

Belly Dance is for anyone who struggles to enjoy conventional exercise programs and is looking for fun, alternative ways to get fit, toned, and energized, or just to have fun and experience something new.

In this class, you will continue to build on the foundational movements and techniques of belly dance learned in the Beginner class.

You will continue learning to understand and appreciate how your body works during dance and how to isolate specific muscles and breathe through movement while enjoying movement combinations and short choreography. Belly dance can increase confidence, relieve stress and tension, and create a time that is just for you to relax and celebrate your body and how it moves.

This Intermediate class will focus on continued use of proper posture and technique that will allow you to build on the foundations of belly dance and begin exploring more in depth movements, isolations and layering of movements.

So if you're looking for a fun, new way to build strength, stamina and increase flexibility, in a safe and nurturing environment, come dance with us!

$100 for the 8 week session.

Dive deeper in relationship with Ram Dass and your loacal community right in Canton, Ohio at Yoga Central! At our local gatherings, we explore Ram Dass's trachings as we learn to navigate our spiritual and human journeys with humor, honesty & harmony. We focus on topics relevant to our daily lives, including love, compassion, meditation, mindfulness, expanding consciousness, service & spcial action, relationships, death & dying, and much, much more.

Hosted by Brandon and May.

All sessions are donation based!

Friday Night Mantra Music Concert
(2 hours) 7-9pm

Evening #1 of interactive, soul-stirring ancient mantras given new voice through dynamic songs that merge conscious lyrics and New Orleans roots, rock, gospel, and world grooves. (The band will play a completely different set of music on Saturday night.)

The event highlights the release of the band's last album MYSTERY. Their previous album UNITY debuted #1 on the iTunes World Music Chart and #3 on Billboard. Their songs have appeared on Putumayo World Music, and they are the first mantra-based band to ever play The New Orleans Jazz Festival.

$40
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Live Music Flow: Bhakti On The Mat
(2 hours Sat. morning) 10:30am-12:30pm

Merge the heart-opening qualities of bhakti yoga with the sensuality and vitality of āsana. This deep and playful all-levels practice includes storytelling from the mythical world of yoga, soul-stirring kirtan, graceful vinyasa sequences, imaginative meditations, and evocative live music. Some experience with yoga is recommended. Sean and the band have guided this workshop at festivals and conferences across the country including sold-out attendance at The Yoga Journal Conference and Bhakti Fest.

$40
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Saturday-Night Mantra Music Concert
(2 hours) 7-9pm

Evening #2 of interactive, soul-stirring ancient mantras given new voice through dynamic songs that merge conscious lyrics and New Orleans roots, rock, gospel, and world grooves. The band will play a completely different set of music from Friday night.

The event highlights the release of the band's recent album MYSTERY. Their previous album Unity debuted #1 on the iTunes World Music Chart and #3 on Billboard. Their songs have appeared on Putumayo World Music, and they are the first mantra-based band to ever play The New Orleans Jazz Festival.

$40
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Sunday Morning Sanctuary: Deep Peace -- Chanting & Live Music Chill Out
(2 hours) 10:30am-12:30pm

Indulge yourself, relax and recharge with this mellow, all-levels practice guided by Seán and supported by the soothing live sounds of the band. The class includes serene lullabies and chants to support deep calm and rest.

$40
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New Orleans' Seán Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band create a universal style of cross-cultural spiritual music filtered through the depth, sincerity, and soul of their own American and ancestral roots. Their music merges conscious lyrics, sacred chants from the spiritual traditions of yoga and beyond, and roots, rock, gospel, and global grooves. They are known for creating interactive, soul-stirring songs to dance and sing along with as well as to grieve and heal.

In 2005, Seán founded the band as a post-hurricane Katrina philanthropic music project, raising funds across the country for relief from the devastation of the storm. The theme of searching for grace and inspiration amidst challenge and destruction has permeated their music ever since. In 2007, they released their first album, ‘Calling The Spirits’ which caught the ears of pioneering Canadian record producer Terry McBride, founder of Nettwerk Records and Lilith Fair. McBride signed the band to Nettwerk for the release of their follow-up album, ‘Devaloka.’ When Putumayo World Music founder, Dan Storper heard ‘Devaloka,’ he chose music off the record to be featured on Putumayo’s first compilation of music designed for yoga. Inclusion on three Putumayo albums has helped propel the band’s music to listeners across the globe. Their last album ‘Unity’ debuted #1 on the iTunes World Music Chart and #3 on Billboard. Their new album Mystery was just released on Be Still Records, and was named one of the best 50 albums released by Lousisiana musicians this year by Offbeat Magazine. They are a favorite headliner at conscious music festivals across the U.S. and have played The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on multiple occasions.

The band features vocalist/lyricist/harmonium player Seán Johnson; Alvin Young on six-string fretless bass and electric guitar; Narada Wise on drums; and we will also have Chris Rosser, who is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist whose instruments include the Indian dotar, Turkish cumbus oud, melodica, piano, guitar, and bass.

Entire weekend of 4 events is $140 (Early-Bird $130). Friday evening alone is $40; Saturday morning is $40; Sat. evening is $40; Sunday morning is $40.