Ella Mesma Company offer a movement class which they call an Embodied Alchemy: MMMM Movement Meditation Mudra Mantra. This class marries Graham and Dunham contemporary techniques with elements of yoga and Cuban Contemporary, Afro Cuban, Afro Brazilian and other folkloric styles. The sequences (when not in lockdown) tend to move seamlessly in and out of the floor and can often be grounded, fluid and energetic. This is a movement class which is designed to move through the Orixás/Orishas/archetypes/chakras to release the emotions and stress and wake up our creativity. We describe the class as a morning movement ritual or mantra.

Technique Classes: Movement Meditation Mudra and Mantra

 Embodied Alchemy MMMM Session with Ella Mesma: Movement, Meditation, Mudra and Mantra by Maya Gandaia

“As above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul…”

Maya Gandaia is about Moving from Illusion to Joy, and this session is designed to move through the archetypes to release the emotions and stories no longer serving us through motion and into our highest self. 

This session starts with a chakra alignment to ground in ourselves, to connect to our genius and to open up to a deeper level of creativity, followed by a meditative flow to move to a place of heart, to limber up the hips and spine and to breathe into the infinite universe.

This session is a physical and meditative flow to move to a place of heart. The class focuses on shifting and articulating the whole body with a focus on breath.

This class uses the floor and draws origins from contemporary dance, yoga and Brazilian and Cuban dance practises, whilst also allowing room for flow and individual experimentation.

“I had a wonderful time, you are absolutely a joy to watch and your class is a true reflection of our beautiful culture”. Ana Terra Carvalho, Brazilian Embassy, Pretoria, South Africa

To read about the dance styles our company dancers teach and practise, click here