Ecstatic dance at the Himalayan Yoga & Meditation Center
A Sunday-morning ecstatic dance in the studio at the Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center, Palatine — sober, barefoot, live DJ, with a sound bath to close.
Music by Munir, DJ · sound bath by Yolanda, sound practitioner.
Sunday mornings
Doors 9:30 · embodiment 10:00 · opening circle 10:15 · dance 10:30 · sound bath 11:45 · closing circle 12:15 · tea 12:30
Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center
109 W Slade St, Palatine, IL 60067
$25 per dancer
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Sunday morning ecstatic dance in Palatine.
A held, sober container in the HYMC studio: doors at 9:30, an embodiment practice at 10:00, opening circle at 10:15, and free-form dance from 10:30 with our first live DJ set — Munir. Yolanda closes the morning with a sound bath before tea.
☕ Cacao with Zacbe, available throughout the morning. Zacbe will be sharing cacao before, during, and after the dance — an invitation to open ourselves to the experience. Enjoy some as you arrive and settle in, receive more between activities if you feel the call, and again afterward as you carry that openness into the rest of your Sunday. Completely optional, and included with your ticket.
HYMC is a yoga and meditation center, so it's a quiet, shoes-off building. Please arrive gently and keep conversation low in the entry and hallways.
Pick your Sunday
Doors 9:30 · embodiment 10:00 · opening circle 10:15 · dance 10:30 · sound bath 11:45 · closing circle 12:15 · tea 12:30
Choose your tier
Quantity
Up to 6 per checkout · 35 spots per Sunday
Subtotal
$25
The morning
No rush anywhere
- 9:30Doors open — cacao with Zacbe available from now through the end of the morning
- 10:00Embodiment practice
- 10:15Opening circle — try to be in the room by now
- 10:30Dance begins — live DJ set by Munir
- 11:45Sound bath with Yolanda
- 12:15Closing circle
- 12:30Tea and conversation
- 1:00Optional lunch out together
We have this room for the whole morning, so nothing is squeezed. Come early enough to land before the 10:15 circle — and if you need to leave before the closing circle, slip out quietly whenever you need to.
Holding the morning
Music and sound
Munir
Holds the music live from the floor — our first live DJ set of the series.
Yolanda
Closes the morning with a sound bath at 11:45, before the closing circle and tea.
Zacbe
Shares cacao from doors open through the end of the morning — an invitation to open to the experience, available whenever you feel the call.
What to expect
Doors 9:30 AM, embodiment practice at 10:00, opening circle at 10:15, free-form dance from 10:30 with a live DJ set from Munir, a sound bath with Yolanda at 11:45, closing circle at 12:15, then tea at 12:30. Some of us head out to lunch together around 1:00.
How to show up
Wear what lets you move. Barefoot is welcome. Bring water. Phones stay off the dance floor. Try to be in the room before the 10:15 opening circle — and if you need to slip out early, that's completely fine.
Arrive ready
Wear something you can move in, bring water, and leave your phone in your bag. This helps all of us land together in the container.
The room
Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center
A nonprofit yoga and meditation center in Palatine whose upstairs studio — wood floor, warm lamplight, mirrors along one wall — holds our Sunday-morning dance.
The Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center has taught yoga, meditation and philosophy in Palatine since 1998, in the tradition of Swami Rama of the Himalayas.
Its studio is a quiet, held room with a wood floor — a space built for practice, now open on Sunday mornings for ecstatic dance.
Getting here
Where to park, which door to use
109 W Slade St, Palatine — the corner building at N Brockway. Brockway is under construction right now, so here is exactly what it looks like.
- Park in the lot beside the building, or the larger lot just past it. Street parking is limited during construction.
- Walk to the opening on the right side of the building and take the staircase up to the second floor — that door is the studio.
Nearby
Ten minutes from most of the northwest suburbs
Palatine sits next to Inverness, Rolling Meadows, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and Arlington Heights — where our biweekly Sunday container runs at Mainwood Dance Club.
Upcoming Dances
Find your next floor
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- Sunday Ecstatic DanceSunOct 4Doors9:30 AMMainwood Dance ClubArlington Heights$25 · 20 spots