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, DJ-led, with a sound bath to close.
Opening circle with David · sound bath with Yolanda · tea and integration with Vilija.
Sunday mornings
Doors 9:45 · opening circle 10:00 · dance 10:30–12:00 · sound bath 12:00–12:30 · tea 12:30
Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center
109 W Slade St, Palatine, IL 60067
$25 per dancer
Sunday, August 30, 2026 · Sunday, September 13, 2026 · Sunday, October 11, 2026
Sunday morning ecstatic dance in Palatine.
A held, sober container in the HYMC studio: doors at 9:45, opening circle at 10:00, and free-form dance from 10:30 to noon to a DJ set. Yolanda closes the morning with a sound bath, then tea and integration with Vilija at 12:30.
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 9:45 · opening circle 10:00 · dance 10:30–12:00 · sound bath 12:00–12:30 · tea 12:30
Choose your tier
Quantity
Up to 6 per checkout · 35 spots per Sunday
Subtotal
$25
The morning
No rush anywhere
- 9:45Doors open
- 10:00Opening circle with David — try to be in the room by now
- 10:30Ecstatic dance — a DJ set holds the floor
- 12:00Sound bath with Yolanda
- 12:30Tea and integration with Vilija
We have this room for the whole morning, so nothing is squeezed. Come early enough to land before the 10:00 circle — and if you need to leave early, slip out quietly whenever you need to.
Holding the morning
Who holds it
Yolanda
Closes the morning with a sound bath from 12:00 to 12:30, after the dance.
Vilija
Holds the tea and the landing at 12:30, so the morning has somewhere soft to end.
What to expect
Doors 9:45 AM, opening circle at 10:00, free-form dance from 10:30 to 12:00, a sound bath with Yolanda from 12:00 to 12:30, then tea and integration at 12:30. Some of us head out to lunch together after.
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 10:00 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, to the right of the Brush Salon, 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.
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