Energising and calming — a silent disco followed by an evening swim

If you love music and dance and want to be in a space where you feel connected and not judged, this might be for you. Personally, I’m feeling alive, lithe, and flexible after just two sessions

5 Rhythms - dance as a liberator

I've survived the Leaving Cert and Junior Cert (as a mammy) and as exam students around the country finally let their hair down, I equally feel the need to let loose. So, when 5 Rhythms teacher, Jenny Fahy, said she was putting on a silent disco dance on the shores of Lough Derg followed by an evening swim and a stint in a mobile sauna, I thought, ‘yup, sign me up’.

5 Rhythms is a movement mediation mind-body dance experience, started by American Gabrielle Roth in the 1970s — it draws on shamanistic and ecstatic traditions. In 5 Rhythms a teacher guides you through an energy wave incorporating flow, staccato, chaos, lyrical, and stillness by using different music and encouraging words. Generally, things start slow, get faster, and end in stillness, energising the body and calming the mind.