Teaching Staff

While highly trained in many forms of dance, it wasn't until Kathy's catalytic meeting with Gabrielle 30 years ago that her true calling found her. As Co-Director of The Moving Center School, Kathy was the first person asked to help Gabrielle bring her work out into the world. Over the past 20 years Kathy's teaching has brought thousands of people back to the joy of their own, original movement.

Since stumbling into a 5Rhythms workshop 25 years ago, Lori's full-time devotion has been helping people to recover the spirited dance they left behind or discover the dancer they never met. Co-Director of The Moving Center School, Lori¹s natural persistence and humor coaxes even the most reluctant people to let themselves move, shed tired old patterns that don¹t work anymore, and glimpse themselves with clear yet compassionate eyes.

Gabrielle Roth is an internationally renowned theater director, philosopher, and recording artist who has created her own form of ecstatic dance. She is the best-selling author of Maps to Ecstasy: A Healing Journey for the Untamed Spirit, Sweat Your Prayers: Movement as Spiritual Practice and Connections. Her teachings, for the past forty years, have permeated many areas of the culture and included many diverse settings such as schools, hospitals, corporate offices, theaters and growth centers.

Andrea Juhan, PhD has worked, practiced, and led others in the fields of bodywork, psychotherapy, and movement since 1981.

She was a founding faculty member of the Moving Center School, California, a 5Rhythms organization which she co-directed for fourteen years. Andrea had the good fortune spend her late teens and 20's leading groups, teaching movement, studying Gestalt Awareness Practice, and practicing bodywork at Esalen Institute. It was at Esalen that she first met Gabrielle Roth and fell in love with the 5Rhythms 30 years ago.

Jonathan Horan is Gabrielle Roth’s son and closest collaborator. He has been immersed in the 5Rhythms™ practice throughout his life and continues to be a key catalyst in its evolution. He is also a Strozzi – certified Somatic Coach. As well as leading workshops throughout the world, he has taught at Vassar College and currently teaches for a variety of institutes such as Omega, Esalen and Naropa.

Sylvie Minot has a BA in Dance from San Jose State University, exploring both dance and choreography. She took a 5Rhythms™ class in 1994 at the age of 29, fell madly in love with the practice and has not stopped since then. She is now teaching the 5Rhythms at the Moving Center School in Mill Valley.

She has also studied with Shakti Gawain, Angeles Arrien and various other teachers in different aspects of healing. Through working with a variety of modalities incorporating spirit, mind, and body, she is dedicated to the transformation of one's life and living one's passion.

Claire began practicing the 5Rhythms^® in 1991. The profound changes she experienced ignited a passion for sharing this work with others. Claire is adept at creating sacred space where dancers are invited to discover and express themselves with authenticity. Her open, intuitive teaching style encourages students to deeply engage with the transformative nature of this practice, while her gentle humor helps keep it all moving.

Davida Taurek has a diverse background in body-centered therapies, including six years as massage therapist. A protégé of Gabrielle Roth, she spent 10 years leading dance therapy workshops throughout the U.S., Canada and Costa Rica. Currently, she teaches ongoing classes at Forrest Yoga Circle and is well known for her many years as a professional Doula (personal coach for pregnant and birthing mothers.) In 1999 she received her Watsu/Waterdance diploma from The Watsu Center in northern California. In 2003, Davida became a certified Watsu instructor.

Gary is a long-term student and teacher of the 5Rhythms. In 1999 he started our first Sweat Your Prayers session with 11 students (mostly friends!). Through Gary’s enduring passion for the practice and his extraordinary DJ skills, our Sunday sessions have become both a local and international destination for hundreds of people to come and sweat their prayers.

When I came to the 5Rhythms in 1992, it was like turning on the colour and sound in my life. I've been addicted to dancing ever since -- I hope I never recover. It's been a continuous source of learning and inspiration thorugh the quirkiy mix of my life -- I'm also a physicist, artist, wannabe guitarist, poet, and practising human being. I started teaching in 2008; my greatest desire  is to support more movement, more presence, more understanding and compassion in the world -- one dancer at a time.

Born in Louisiana, Margaret grew up in a culture that's alive with passion and movement.  For the past 9 years Margaret has turned her full devotion to the study of the 5Rhythms, knowing in her heart how this moving meditation has the power to transform.  She brings a wealth of dance and performance experience to her teaching, and has worked extensively assisting Gabrielle and the senior faculty of The Moving Center School to bring the 5Rhythms all over the world.  She's taught 5Rhythms classes at the Omega Institute in New York, and throughout the Bay Area.

I have been a student of expressive dance and movement since 1981 and a 5Rhythms teacher since 2005. I enjoy traveling with my wife, Andrea Juhan, assisting and supporting with her many 5Rhythms workshops and programs. This work has taught me how to be of service and support others as they explore and practice the 5Rhythms.  I live in Big Sur, CA and occasionally lead local classes and Men’s Sweat Your Prayers.