Zen Zone at Mind and Body Fitness Connections

07/16/2026

✨ Sometimes a vision begins long before it becomes a community.

This week, we're excited to welcome DTO (Dave the Organism) to Oklahoma for the very first time!

Traveling from Embody Costa Rica, the wellness and retreat center he co-founded, Dave will be spending the next couple of weeks sharing his music and talents in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and the Dallas area.

As his visit approaches, I've been reflecting on where this journey began.

Back in 2022, before Ecstatic Dance OKC had really found its footing, Dave joined me and our original organizing team for an online conversation about our vision, why we felt called to create this community, and the personal journeys that inspired each of us to help bring conscious movement, music, and authentic connection to Oklahoma City.

Since then, our community has grown in beautiful ways.

Some of the original team members have moved on to new chapters in their lives, and today we're blessed with an incredible team of volunteers and leaders who continue to nurture this space with love and intention. Every person who has contributed along the way has helped shape Ecstatic Dance OKC into the community it is today, and I'm deeply grateful for each of them.

Now, after years of collaborating from afar, we finally have the opportunity to welcome Dave here in person. It feels like a full-circle moment, and I couldn't be more excited to share his gifts with our community.

If you're new to Ecstatic Dance OKC, I hope this interview gives you a glimpse into the heart behind what we do. And if you've been with us since the beginning, perhaps it will remind you just how far we've come together.

🎥 Watch the interview here:
https://youtu.be/cBQky9bgdqo?si=OLvIt8owOx4Vhw5O

Whether you'll be joining us for Ecstatic Dance on Friday, the Fire Element Activation on Saturday, or our Midweek Reset on Tuesday, we can't wait to share this special experience with you.

❤️ Here's to honoring where we've been, celebrating where we are, and welcoming what comes next.

To Learn more about upcoming workshops visit https://linktr.ee/zenzoneokc or visit Ecstatic Dance OKC for tickets to Friday's event.

OKC Ecstatic Dance team inter view with Dave Kemp (DTO)

07/01/2026

🌿 Qigong for Health: Heart Coherence at Radiant Healing Arts Center

📅 Fridays: July 10, 17, 24 & 31
🚫 No class Friday July 3
⏰ 4:30 PM

This July series is centered on Heart Coherence—a state where breath, heart rhythm, brain activity, and hormonal responses come into sync. When this alignment is present, the nervous system settles, emotions stabilize, and the mind becomes clearer and more resilient.

Over time, this practice supports a new inner baseline—helping us step out of repetitive stress patterns and into greater calm, presence, and emotional balance.

We’ll explore this through breathwork, gentle movement, meridian stretching, self-massage, and meditative Qigong practices designed to release tension and restore grounded vitality.

✨ Each class includes:
• Gentle Hatha yoga warm-up
• Qigong forms for metabolic & energetic support
• Breathwork + visualization
• Integration & Q&A

💰 Enrollment options:
• 4 classes: $88
• 3 classes: $69
• 2 classes: $50
• Guest drop-in (first time): $15
Purchase: https://checkout.square.site/buy/63HQHP5DSXCZBS7ZGX7VLQI6

⚠️ Pre-registration required
Enroll anytime during the month. Classes do not roll over to the next month.

06/29/2026

I couldn't be more excited to welcome DTO to Oklahoma City this month!

I've admired the way he uses music as a catalyst for presence, movement, and authentic human connection. As an award winning artist, music producer, and facilitator, he's currently traveling the country sharing his work through Ecstatic Dance communities and yoga festivals, and I'm honored that our community will be one of his stops.

Together, we've created three very different opportunities to experience his artistry:

💃 Friday, July 17 | Ecstatic Dance OKC
An evening of free-form movement, incredible music, and joyful community connection.

🔥 Saturday, July 19 | Fire Element Activation
2:00–4:00 PM | Plaza Yoga & Bodywork | $40

This two-hour immersive experience blends Heart-centered Qigong, breathwork, and live music with an ambient sound journey designed to cultivate vitality, regulate the nervous system, and awaken the qualities of the Fire Element—joy, connection, and authentic expression.

🌿 Tuesday, July 21 | Midweek Reset
6:00–7:00 PM | Radiant Healing Arts Center | $25

A gentle one-hour breathwork and sound experience created to help you release stress, restore balance, and reconnect with yourself through the powerful combination of intentional breathing and DTO's immersive sonic landscape.

Whether you're looking to dance, explore the transformative effects of sound, or simply carve out time to reconnect with yourself, I truly believe there's something here for everyone.

I hope you'll join us for one—or maybe all three! I can't wait to share these experiences with you.

Purchase tickets at https://linktr.ee/zenzoneokc or visit the FB events pages and use the ticket link

06/10/2026

What a full and fun weekend we have planned!!!

This Saturday is the 5 Year Anniversary Celebration for Ecstatic Dance OKC happening at Mettawing from 1 to 10pm where I will be opening the dance with a Qigong warm up practice designed to get us ready to dance and move some energy! This will be after a full day of workshops, drumming, cacao and community time!!

Then, on Sunday at 2pm Natalie and I will be offering our seasonal Qigong and Sound Event at Radiant Healing Arts Center where we will experience forms that help support the Heart, along with a divine multi- instrumental sound bath led by Natalie McCalla

06/01/2026

Mark Your Calendars for the next Massage CE Course!!!

Lower Body Focus | 12 CE Hours (can be used to renew state license)
📅 Sat & Sun, July 25–26
⏰ 1:00–7:00 PM (both days)
📍 Plaza Yoga & Bodywork
💰 $250
👥 Limited to 10 participants

Register at: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/M233HVAQ3R7AN/checkout/OU5GOJFG2XOTHTNSEW6NKP54

Join Instructor Gwyn Davis for this in-depth, hands-on 12-hour continuing education course focused on Advanced Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) and Myofascial Release techniques for the lower body.

Muscle imbalances—whether caused by acute injury or repetitive use—can lead to faulty recruitment patterns in the nervous systemThis training is designed for massage therapists and movement professionals who want to better understand lower body pain patterns, postural imbalances, and dysfunctional movement, and learn practical tools that support lasting change.

This course will help you understand why pain shows up where it does and how to address it skillfully.

Course Breakdown:
🌀 Day 1 – Foundations & Assessment
🔹 Theory and principles of Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) and Myofascial Release
🔹 Posture assessment
🔹 Anatomy of the lower body
🔹 How to create an effective treatment plan
🔹 Lower body massage protocol (hands-on)
🔹 Self-myofascial release techniques for the lower body

🌀 Day 2 – Integration & Application:
🔹 Review of assessments, anatomy, and treatment planning
🔹 Understanding the autonomic nervous system
🔹 Lower body massage protocol (hands-on)
🔹 Corrective stretches for the lower body
🔹 Corrective exercises for the lower body

About the Instructor
👤 Gwyn Davis, LMT
Gwyn graduated from massage school in 2003 and brings over 20 years of clinical experience, having maintained an active private practice in chiropractic offices, wellness centers, and private gyms and studios. She is an OBPVS-approved instructor whose teaching style blends anatomical precision, intuitive hands-on work, and corrective movement strategies to support meaningful, long-term outcomes for clients.

✨ Spots are limited—early registration is encouraged.

05/29/2026

As we move into the energy of early summer, our June Qigong for Health series will focus on the Triple Warmer & Pericardium meridians — pathways deeply connected to emotional balance, nervous system regulation, circulation, energetic boundaries, and the body’s ability to adapt to stress.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Pericardium is known as the protector of the Heart, helping us cultivate emotional openness, connection, and inner calm, while the Triple Warmer supports the harmonious communication between the upper, middle, and lower body systems. Together, these meridians help regulate qi flow, fluid balance, resilience, and the relationship between mind, body, and spirit.

Through breathwork, gentle movement, meridian stretching, self-massage, and meditative qigong practices, we’ll explore ways to release tension, calm the nervous system, and restore a greater sense of grounded vitality and ease.

Join Gwyn for a Qigong class designed to balance the energy of these meridians by tapping on specific acupressure points as well as using qigong forms, breathwork and visualization techniques.

Each class includes:
• Hatha Yoga warm-up to prepare joints, spine, and muscles
• Qigong forms
• Breathwork & visualization
• Time for questions, feedback, and integration

Dates: June 12th, 19th, 26th

Options to enroll include:
3 classes for $69
2 Classes for $50
Bring a friend, first time guest price $15

Register at: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/M233HVAQ3R7AN/checkout/2QIWIDI2MQZ5KVL4IM5JOR3Q

This is not a public drop in class
Prior enrollment is required
Enroll at any time of the month

If you know you will be unavailable to attend certain weeks, or if you are joining partway through the month, you have the option to purchase less classes as shown above (classes do not roll over from one month to the next).

05/28/2026

Awakening the Fire Element | Joy, Connection & Vitality

Join us for a nourishing Qigong & Sound experience aligned with the Fire Element in Traditional Chinese Medicine — the element of warmth, joy, connection, and radiant vitality ☀️

The Fire Element is uniquely powerful, associated with the Heart & Small Intestine, and the Pericardium & Triple Warmer. These systems govern not only circulation and digestion, but also our emotional landscape — our capacity for joy, love, connection, and authentic expression 💫

When Fire energy is balanced, we feel vibrant, open-hearted, connected, and at ease in our relationships. When out of balance, it can show up as anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, tension, or emotional extremes such as agitation or disconnection.

🌿 What to Expect
🌀 Fire Element Qigong & Breathwork
Led by Gwyn Davis, this dynamic yet grounding practice weaves together flowing movement, gentle tapping, breathwork, and intentional awareness to support the Heart and its related meridians.

We’ll explore practices that:
✨ Open the chest and regulate the nervous system
✨ Circulate Heart Qi and improve emotional balance
✨ Release tension and stagnation through rhythmic movement
✨ Cultivate resilience, connection, and inner warmth

Through movements like “Coming Home to the Heart” and Lotus Flow, we soften into presence, awaken circulation, and create space for joy, compassion, and authentic expression 🌸

🔔 Immersive Sound Journey
Sink into a deeply supportive soundscape with bowls, gongs, handpan, and other healing instruments, lovingly offered by Natalie McCalla 🎶

Sound vibration helps to calm the mind, regulate the heart, and gently dissolve energetic blockages — supporting deeper sleep, emotional clarity, and a sense of inner harmony.

This portion of the experience allows the body to integrate the movement practice, opening the “river” of energy flow and restoring ease, connection, and vitality 🌊✨

Event Details
🗓 Sunday, June 14th
⏰ 2:00 – 3:30 PM
📍 Radiant Healing Arts Center
💵 $30
Limited Spots Available, Pre register at: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/M233HVAQ3R7AN/checkout/VB5JMM3EK6MEAR6GEPJPHOCO

05/27/2026

Every year our Anniversary Celebrations get better and better!!! We have amazing and beautiful humans sharing their talents with us on June 13th at Mettawing and I am exctied to open the evening dance with a short Qigong Warm Up practice to get us ready to move!

We cannot believe it’s been FIVE whole years of Ecstatic Dance OKC 🥹🦋🎉💫

To celebrate and honor this milestone we’ve prepared a full day of activities including workshops, vocal performance from medicine singer Matia Kalli, drumming, cacao, and of course, the dance, featuring OKC favorites and an exciting new edition to our DJ roll 🥳 all set at our original home base, magical mettawing!

We are elated to share this journey with such an incredible community. Seeing you grow alongside us makes it all feel worth it. We truly couldn’t do it without you!
See y’all soon, under the trees and skies 🦋🌳🌌💖

🗓 Saturday June 13th, 1pm-10pm
📍 Mettawing
🎟️ Tickets at the event link below 👇
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLDJT72DVTDWQ/checkout/F446MUZOQ6QEDJ3GS6AITOWX

Visit the FB Event page for upcoming posts about the artists and workshops: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550776896452

Ecstatic Dance OKC 5 Year Anniversary Celebration!

✨Ticket options include:
🦋Full Day Pass: Includes workshops, cacao, vocal performance, and dance for $100
❤️‍🔥Cacao and Concert: Includes provided cacao, vocal performance, and dance for $50
🌌 Dance Only: Includes full ecstatic dance and closing performance for $30
Limited scholarships available 💫 DM us for availability!

05/26/2026

🌀 Fire Element Qigong & Breathwork

This dynamic yet grounding practice weaves together flowing movement, gentle tapping, breathwork, and intentional awareness.
We’ll explore practices that:
✨ Open the chest and regulate the nervous system
✨ Circulate Heart Qi and improve emotional balance
✨ Release tension and stagnation through rhythmic movement
✨ Cultivate resilience, connection, and inner warmth

Workshop Experience Includes
✅ Introductions and intention setting
✅ Overview of the Fire element in Traditional Chinese Medicine
✅ Exploration of Heart, Small Intestine, Pericardium and Triple Warmer Meridians
✅ Guided Qigong forms to support seasonal balance
✅ Breathwork and visualization practices
✅ Restorative integration and closing

Event Details:
🗓 Saturday, June 6th
⏰ 2:00 – 4:00 PM
📍 Soul Yoga
💵 $35

Visit the Soul Yoga Schedule to register for the class: https://soulyogaokc.com/schedule/

03/24/2026

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