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[[File:5Rhythms Logo.jpg|thumb|The 5Rhythms logo]]
'''5Rhythms'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Trade mark number EU005669874 |url=https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/4/EU005669874 |publisher=[[Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)|Intellectual Property Office]] |access-date=18 February 2019 |quote=Trade mark Dates  Filing date     07 February 2007  Date of entry in register     27 March 2008  Renewal date     07 February 2027}}</ref> is a movement meditation practice devised by Gabrielle Roth in the late 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |last=North |first=Madelaine |title=TALK OF THE TOWN: Just do it Rhythm is a dancer |work=Independent on Sunday |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20050220/ai_n9771257 |date=20 February 2005}}</ref>  It draws from indigenous and world traditions using tenets of shamanistic, ecstatic, mystical and eastern philosophy.  It also draws from Gestalt therapy, the human potential movement and transpersonal psychology.
Fundamental to the practice is the idea that everything is energy, and moves in waves, patterns and rhythms.

Roth describes the practice as a soul journey, and says that by moving the body, releasing the heart, and freeing the mind, one can connect to the essence of the soul, the source of inspiration in which an individual has unlimited possibility and potential.

==The practice==
The practice of the 5Rhythms is said by Gabrielle Roth to put the body in motion in order to still the mind. The five rhythms (in order) are Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness.<ref>USPTO Registration #'''&nbsp;4840073''' European Union (https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/)  Registration #&nbsp;'''014276281'''</ref> The 5Rhythms, when danced in sequence, are known as a "Wave." A typical Wave takes about an hour to dance.<ref>Gabrielle Roth. ''Maps to Ecstasy'', 1989.</ref>

Longer workshops may, according to ''The Dancing Path'', explore emotion, the cycle of life, the ego, relationships and spiritual vision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gabrielleroth.com/ |work=5 rhythms global |title=The Dancing Path |access-date=28 January 2012 |url-status=dead  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912075641/http://www.gabrielleroth.com/ |archive-date=12 September 2012 }}</ref>

==The 5Rhythms Maps==

The work is taught through a series of maps that explore the terrain of the inner and outer worlds of individuals, their relationships to others and the space around them. The maps offer a soul journey by exploring embodiment, emotions, the life cycle, the psyche, and the archetypes. The rhythms offer understanding of people's innate powers – being, loving, knowing, seeing and healing.<ref name="Maps">{{cite web |title=The Maps of the 5Rhythms |url=https://www.5rhythms.com/gabrielle-roths-5rhythms/workshops/ |publisher=5Rhythms |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>

The first map, "Waves" teaches embodiment of the five distinct rhythms. To embody the rhythms means to access the deep internal wisdom that human bodies contain. The "Heartbeat" map teaches how people have embodied and how they express the emotions of fear, anger, sadness, joy and compassion; while the "Cycles" map provides insight and understanding about how one has internalized conditioning and relationships throughout the life cycle, specifically in the stages of birth, childhood, puberty, maturity and death. Insight and understanding of the ego is delivered through the psyche map, "Mirrors".<ref name="Maps"/>

Roth drew a circular "Medicine Mandala" that related each rhythm to an emotion, a stage of life, a way of perceiving, and an aspect of the self.<ref name="Mandala">{{cite web |title=Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms |url=https://www.5rhythms.com/gabrielle-roths-5rhythms/ |publisher=5Rhythms |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ style="text-align: center;" | The elements of Gabrielle Roth's "Medicine Mandala"<ref name="Mandala"/>
|-
! Rhythm !! Emotion    !! Stage of life     !! Way of perceiving !! Aspect of self
|-
| Flowing    || Fear       || Birth         || Being             || Body
|-
| Staccato   || Anger      || Childhood     || Loving            || Heart
|-
| Chaos      || Sadness    || Puberty       || Knowing           || Mind
|-
| Lyrical    || Joy        || Maturity || Seeing            || Soul
|-
| Stillness  || Compassion || Death         || Healing           || Spirit
|}

==Schools and teachers==
Roth founded ''The Moving Center''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.5rhythms.com/the-moving-center-new-york/|title=The Moving Center NY}}</ref> in New York in 1977 as a base for her workshops, and to train and develop teachers.<ref>[http://www.5rhythms.com/the-moving-center-new-york/ 5Rhythms: Moving Center New York]. Retrieved February 4, 2014</ref>  ''5Rhythms Global'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.5rhythms.com/who-we-are/5rhythms-global/|title=5Rhythms Global|website=5Rhythms.com}}</ref> was founded in 2013 as the international Institute training 5Rhythms teachers worldwide. The 5Rhythms Teachers Association<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.5rhythms.com/who-we-are/5rhythms-teachers-association/|title=5Rhythms Teachers Association}}</ref> was founded in 2007 as a professional association serving the continuing education of accredited 5Rhythms teachers. The 5Rhythms movement spread worldwide, and in 2017 there were 396 certified teachers and SpaceHolders<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.5rhythms.com/5rhythms-sweat-spaceholder-program/|title=5Rhythms {{!}} 5Rhythms Sweat SpaceHolder Program|access-date=2017-07-14|language=en-US}}</ref> in 50+ countries.<ref name="5Rhythms Global, Find A Teacher">{{cite web|title=Find A Teacher|url=http://www.5rhythms.com/TeacherSearch.php|website=5Rhythms Global|access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref> 

5Rhythms teacher training is recognised by the International Conscious Movement Teachers Association (ICMTA), and graduates and teachers in training are eligible for membership in ICMTA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Join ICMTA|url=https://www.icmta.com/membership|url-status=live|website=International Conscious Movement Teachers Association|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161017040114/http://icmta.com/membership  |archive-date = 2016-10-17  }}</ref>

==Reception==

Charlotte Macleod, writing in the ''London Evening Standard'' in 2009, describes dancing the 5Rhythms as a kind of antidote to life in a large city, and how she was attracted to a dance class by a video of Thom Yorke. The class leaves her "mentally and physically refreshed, and oddly connected to the other dancers." The dance was "a kind of moving meditation" for her.<ref name="EveningStandard">{{cite web | url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/thom-yorke-and-the-new-5rhythms-dance-craze-6389419.html | title=Thom Yorke and the new 5Rhythms dance craze | work=London Evening Standard |  date=April 6, 2011 | access-date=March 17, 2012 | author=Macleod, Charlotte}}</ref>

Christine Ottery, writing in ''The Guardian'' in 2011, states that "ecstatic dancing has an image problem" and "encompasses everything from large global movements such as 5Rhythms and Biodanza to local drum'n'dance meet-ups". She suggests that readers may "find 5 Rhythms a good place to start", and does so herself: "Nervously, I stretch and warm my muscles. As the rhythms take off, I shake off my shyness." She dances in different ways, alone or with partners. "My body is expressing itself - it's utter abandonment and a complete high."<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/21/ecstatic-dance?INTCMP=SRCH | title=Ecstatic dance: rhythm to beat the blues | work=The Guardian | date=21 July 2009 | access-date=March 18, 2012 | author=Ottery, Christine}}</ref>

Jed Lipinski, writing in ''The New York Times'' in 2010, notes that 5Rhythms is suitable for all ages, unlike some other forms of dance and movement. He observes that "At a recent 5Rhythms class ... in Manhattan, more than 100 people were gleefully writhing and leaping to  tribal drumming  courtesy of Ms. Roth's husband, Robert Ansell... Dancers occasionally released  guttural howls, as if exorcising the demons of the workweek."<ref name="NYT">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/fashion/05Sober.html?_r=1 | work=The New York Times | department= Fashion and Style | title=Dance, Dance, Dance. And That's It. | date=4 August 2010 | access-date=9 June 2012 | author=Lipinski, Jed}}</ref>

''The Daily Telegraph'' writes of 5Rhythms in 2007 that "I love it precisely because it isn't based on learned steps. Instead, the idea is to find your own dance by moving your body in whatever way you fancy. For those of us keen to improve our fitness, it can also be an energetic aerobic workout."<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/3346805/Feel-the-rhythm-from-head-to-heal.html | title=Feel the rhythm from head to heal | author=unattributed | publisher=Telegraph.co.uk | date=6 January 2007 | access-date=1 July 2012}}</ref>

==Research==

Academics working in mental health and other fields are starting to carry out research about the 5Rhythms. The Mental Health Foundation, a UK charity published the 'Dancing for Living Report' describing a group of women's experience of 5Rhythms dance and the effects on their emotional wellbeing.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cook |first=Sarah |last2=Ledger |first2=Karen |last3=Scott |first3=Nadine |year=2003 |title=Dancing for Living Report: Women's experience of 5 Rhythms dance and the effects on their emotional wellbeing | location=Sheffield |publisher=UK Advocacy Network | url=http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/dancing-for-a-living/}}</ref> The 5Rhythms have been the subject of PhD theses.<ref name="WorldCat Listing of Andrea Juhan's Thesis">{{cite book |last=Juhan |first=Andrea |title=Open floor: dance, therapy, and transformation through the 5rhythms |publisher=Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Union Institute and University Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences |year=2003 |oclc=60710012}}</ref><ref name=Hogya>{{cite web |last=Hogya |first=Anne Marie |url=http://boldgirldance.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Anne-Marie-Hogya-5Rhythms-Selected-Thesis-Chapters-May-16-.pdf |title=5Rhythms in the Workplace: Exploring Movement as a Corporate Training Approach |publisher=Royal Roads University |date=March 2004 | access-date=March 17, 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |title=Maps to Ecstasy: Teachings of an Urban Shaman |year=1989 |author1=Roth, Gabrielle |author1-link=Gabrielle Roth |author2=Loudon, John |publisher=New World Library |isbn=978-0-931432-52-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/mapstoecstasytea00roth }}
* {{cite book |title=Sweat Your Prayers: Movement as Spiritual Practice |year=1997 |author=Roth, Gabrielle |author1-link=Gabrielle Roth |publisher=Tarcher Putnam |isbn=978-0-87477-959-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/sweatyourprayers00gabr }}
* {{cite book |title=Connections: The Five Threads of Intuitive Wisdom |year=2004 |author=Roth, Gabrielle |author1-link=Gabrielle Roth |publisher=Tarcher |isbn=978-1-58542-327-9}}
* {{cite book | last=Stewart | first=Iris | title=Sacred woman, sacred dance : awakening spirituality through movement and ritual | publisher=Inner Traditions | year=2013 |orig-year=2000 | isbn=978-1-62055-250-6}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.5rhythms.com Gabrielle Roth and The Moving Center NYC]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOKsSBRHOIg ''Peep Show'', Rainbow Rhythms on Channel 4] 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306163327/http://www.everthenomad.com/blog/2009/06/the-surprise-of-5rhythms/ The Surprise of 5Rhythms]
* [http://issuu.com/consciousdancer/docs/conscious_dancer_4 ''Conscious Dancer'' magazine]

== Attribution ==
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