HEAL & RELEASE Move N Groove at Pier A Park, Hoboken Waterfront

Cultivating wellness & community through holistic disciplines, art, movement & music, GetOpen Sessions & Urban Sanctuary join Move n Groove in association with Jersey City Caribbean Carnival Parade to present HEAL & RELEASE Move N Groove, The Jersey City Caribbean Carnival wellness day party & lime!

We're happy to be, once again, serving as an official event of the 28th annual Jersey City Caribbean Carnival! HEAL & RELEASE brings to the people a day of wellness and fitness workshops and movement therapies featuring all-ages activities in an incredible outdoor atmosphere with an eclectic blend of music & beats as your soundscape. You are all invited to picnic, sun, lounge, LIME & (especially) DANCE with an unmatched view of the NYC Skyline as your backdrop.

The program is still coming together so follow us and stay tuned. For your participation will be yoga, meditation, belly dance & house dance workshops!  Your presence & energy round out the day as music fills the air for a festival that closes with an open air dance party for children of all ages and fitness levels. All are welcome to enjoy our healing village & dance until the sun sets for a view of NYC that you can only get from the NJ waterfront.

Click the Ticket link to register and though not necessary to join us, consider donating if you are able. Your patronage is greatly appreciated.

In the meantime, pull out your picnic baskets, blankets, tents, chairs & come out with the entire family with open hearts and minds and dance shoes and above all, POSITIVE ENERGY! 

Program (workshops and times are subject to change)

12:00 - 1:00    Creating Change through Movement with Kati Inez Mesa

1:00 - 2:00    Beginners Belly Dance with Eva Spheric

2:00 - 3:00    Break Fitness with B-Boy Irv

3:00 - 9:00    Release dance party with Move N Groove + GetOpen Sessions

Through the day... wellness and fitness consultation with facilitators. Lounge, picnic, play on the great lawn then dance as the sun sets with a one of a kind view of the NYC skyline.

FACILITATORS & CURATORS

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Katherine "Kati" Inez Mesa, MA, CAP, CHT (L.A.P. [Love, Awareness & Purpose] Holistic Arts) is holistic Ayurvedic Practitioner, Bodyworker, Mentor & Coach. For 10+ years she has facilitated many gatherings throughout t the US, Cuba, Peru and Colombia providing tools of empowerment, elemental body awareness, ancestral healing, inner child healing, spiritual, emotional, mental, physical healing and life purpose embodiment. Her practices and teaching are rooted within her Cuban & Peruvian tradition and integrated with Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Alchemical Hypnotherapy & Holistic Psychology. She walks her medicine into every space she enters and counsels with a focus in ancestral, inner child, spiritual healing and life purpose embodiment.

"Creating Change through Movement," is a guided elemental movement practice. Where we begin by being aware of how our body speaks through the openings of our inner channels by stretching aka the practice of Yoga and the awareness of our breath as we move. When we create the space to listen to our bodies through movement, we create an opportunity for our bodies to open & embrace the changes that are unfolding. Especially the outside unexpected changes. This practice gives us breath to be embodied & empowered. An essences that comes forward through one's own practice & action

Connect with Kati via IG at @journeywithKati

Julie Green aka Eva Spheric is a Jersey City-based belly dancer, trained in multiple dance forms with a focus on the flow arts and dance props, including fans, hoops, and fire dance. She offers stress relieving belly dance classes that are flow-based, with moving meditations, dance props, and uplifting music.

This workshop is will be an intro to & beginners level belly dance class.

Connect with Julie via IG at @eva_spheric

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David "B-Boy Irv" Isador

Break Fitness with B-Boy Irv is a dance movement / fitness class that he developed by fusing elements of breaking (break dancing) and very low impact movements. The objective is to improve overall mobility, strength and dance move vocabulary. Break fitness can be done by people of all ages with classes ranging from 6 to 60 year olds.

It’s fun, interactive and easy to learn.

Connect with B-Boy Irv Via IG @BBoyIrv

Deep Just aka DJ AQuaBeaT is a DJ/Producer and the founder of GetOpen Sessions. Deep Just is known for his technical approach, thoughtful selection and passionate sets. His productions, like his playing are a soul filled blend of afro inspired rhythms and deep tech beats rooted in musical exploration. 

Connect with Deep Just music here: http://www.mixcloud.com/digrealdeep

Move n Groove is a collective of creators Daniel Scala, Mykael Dawud, DJ Sage, B-Boy Irv, Tweet & Freddy Milan. In there own words, "We believe that abstract movement, such as house dance, can be a way to connect the mind, body and spirit and evoke an evolution of the understanding of this connection. This evolution can be beneficial to our mental, physical and spiritual health."

At Listen & Move, their weekly open dance sessions at Grassroots Community Space in Jersey City, they provide a live DJ set of House, Techno and Experimental Music in a safe space as a platform for anyone to express themselves through movement. Attendees come to dance, stretch, jump or simply listen.

Connect with Move n Groove events & music here: http://abstractmovement.com

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Jersey City Caribbean-American Carnival are a non profit organization who transports residents of Jersey City (better known as "the most diverse city in the world") to the Caribbean for a weekend.

Learn more about them here: http://www.jccarnival.com/

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Urban Sanctuary was founded to bring healing &wellness disciplines to individuals and communities in an open, family-friendly and socially conscious atmosphere.

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GetOpen Sessions is a free form facilitator of dance, music and community building events seeded in Brooklyn but rooted in global soul.

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The GetOpen Sessions Park Tour's mission is the realization of the GetOpen Sessions vision in a community friendly and family oriented outdoor environment by teaming with local events, community groups and holistic service providers.

HEAL & RELEASE NJ is a collaborative initiative. Hosted by Move n Groove. Powered by Jersey City Caribbean-American Carnival. Healing sponsored by URBAN SANCTUARY (New Jersey). Release sponsored by GetOpen Sessions (New York) & Move n Groove (Jersey City).

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Kati Inez Mesa

Julie Green aka Eva Spheric

BBoy Irv

Deep Just

Move n Groove