COME TO DANCE

Movement isn't only meditation;
it's also medicine that heals the split between
our minds and hearts, bodies and soul.
-Gabrielle Roth

Short Wave  is a condensed ecstatic dance meditation consisting of a single 45-minute wave. No facilitation. Just dance and community hosted by two ecstatic dancers with 20 years of experience. Dancers will find a safe, intentional space for healing, connection, and rejuvenation.

Short Wave is an experimental ecstatic dance format. We wanted to create time and space in our busy schedules (and budget) for more intentional movement. It is not intended as a replacement for other community ecstatic or conscious dance options that we also attend but rather as an adjunct to them. We longed for dance mixes (and the sacred spaces that hold them) inspired by the ecstatic dance traditions of the 70s and 80s as they were reimagined in the Los Angeles ecstatic dance scene of the early 2000s. 

In those spaces, we found the safety to work through pain, emotional bottlenecks, express joy and wonder, reconnect with our inner selves, and enter trance states, if we felt called to do so. No disruptions. No judgement. Just a growing flow of energies and our awareness of them within and all around us as we moved. We invite other experienced ecstatic dancers seeking such a space to experience this sympathy of movement. Bring your practice and join us.

Dancers with at least 5 years of consistent ecstatic dance practice or workshop experience in 5Rhythms, Soul Motion, Nia, JourneyDance, etc. will likely appreciate this dance format.

Beginners are also welcome when accompanied by a more experienced dancer.

About Two Suns Rising:

Two Suns Rising is a spiritual dance project started by my husband, Christopher Brannan, and myself, Kai Dailey, for the purpose of creating enriching movement experiences for each other, and for those in the community who may feel called to join us. We developed the Short Wave format to add to our busy schedules an additional weekly dance dedicated to advanced ecstatic practice. We named the project after the following Rumi poem,  

What a day today. There are two Suns rising! 

What a day, Not like any other day. 

Look! The Light is shining in your heart, 

The wheel of Life has stopped. 

Oh, you who can see into your own heart, 

What a day, This is your day. 

-Rumi

About Dance Hosts:

Christopher Brannan discovered ecstatic dance in Los Angeles with Jo Corbett and Micheal Molin-Skelton in 2005. He is an inspired mix master with a sense of the funky and the sacred. Email: racebrannan@gmail.com.

Kai Dailey attended ecstatic dance for the first time at The Electric Lodge in Los Angeles with Micheal Molin-Skelton in 2008 and continued her study of ecstatic dance with Michael through workshops. She is a registered Yin Yoga instructor through the Yin Yoga Foundation. Her spiritual influences include Deng Ming-Dao and American Daoism, Pema Chodron and Shambhala Buddhism, archetypical psychology, hatha and taoist yoga traditions. Kai has received personal training with Paulie Zink, Dr. Clarissa Estes, and Michael Molin-Skelton. She has taught yoga, meditation, chi kung, and ecstatic dance in Spokane, Billings, and in The Berkshires at Kripalu.  Email: kai@thesacredcrane.org

We dance in bare or stocking feet.

We express ourselves through movement.

We save voice conversation for the hallway or after dance.

We wait to be invited before touching another dancer.

We move as we feel called to do so.

June 28, 2025
11:00am to 12:00pm
Patera Lounge (formerly The Clutch) 1507 E Sprague Spokane 99202

July 5, 2025
11:00am to 12:00pm
Patera Lounge (formerly The Clutch) 1507 E Sprague Spokane 99202

July 12, 2025
No Dance

July 19, 2025
Dance Canceled (Patera Lounge scheduling conflict)

July 26, 2025
11:00am to 12:00pm
Patera Lounge (formerly The Clutch) 1507 E Sprague Spokane 99202

We're moving to a new location!!

Beginning August 2, 2025 join us at Yasodhara Yoga in Browne's Addition. Check out their full calendar of classes. We are thrilled to be able to offer dance in such a beautiful, peaceful space. In the summer months, enjoy the Saturday farmers market in the park across the street.

Duration 

1-hour

Weekly Format (*except first Saturdays)

Music begins at 11:00 am
Silence and reflection 11:45 am
Clean up 12:00 pm
We leave the studio ready for the next folks by 12:25 pm

August 2, 2025 *First Saturdays of each month dance begins 15 minutes early.
10:45 am to 11:45 am
Yasodhara Yoga Spokane 406 S. Coeur d’Alene St., Ste. T Spokane, WA 99201

*First Saturday format:
Music begins at 10:50 am
Silence and reflection 11:40 am
Clean up 11:50 am
We leave the studio ready for the next folks by 12:00 pm

August 9, 2025
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Yasodhara Yoga Spokane 406 S. Coeur d’Alene St., Ste. T Spokane, WA 99201

August 16, 2025
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Yasodhara Yoga Spokane 406 S. Coeur d’Alene St., Ste. T Spokane, WA 99201

August 23, 2025
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Yasodhara Yoga Spokane 406 S. Coeur d’Alene St., Ste. T Spokane, WA 99201

August 30, 2025
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Yasodhara Yoga Spokane 406 S. Coeur d’Alene St., Ste. T Spokane, WA 99201

September 6, 2025
10:45 am to 11:45 am *First Saturdays of each month dance begins 15 minutes early.
Yasodhara Yoga Spokane 406 S. Coeur d’Alene St., Ste. T Spokane, WA 99201

*First Saturday format:
Music begins at 10:50 am
Silence and reflection 11:40 am
Clean up 11:50 am
We leave the studio ready for the next folks by 12:00 pm

September 13, 2025
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Yasodhara Yoga Spokane 406 S. Coeur d’Alene St., Ste. T Spokane, WA 99201

September 20, 2025
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Yasodhara Yoga Spokane 406 S. Coeur d’Alene St., Ste. T Spokane, WA 99201

September 27, 2025
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Yasodhara Yoga Spokane 406 S. Coeur d’Alene St., Ste. T Spokane, WA 99201