Month: November 2025

Flow: Accept the natural rhythm of your body and how you move. We even provide you with some easy, simple beginner steps to get you going.

First Things First

The first Joy Rhythm lesson is called “Solo,” and it teaches you freedom of expression: you need to let yourself express yourself without judgment and shyness. With practice, this aspect becomes simpler and more natural.

This dancing style is easy to learn; therefore, you learn to feel good about yourself, move with confidence, and be present in any location, whether it’s a class, a club, or your own living room.

Our second lesson is all on “Connection“: you learn how to connect with people in your community and share your energy with others. At first, this is a little uncomfortable, but that’s where growth comes in. Be present, be aware, and really be in the moment. Listen to your gut. Let your gut feelings guide your actions. Dance to express yourself personally and emotionally, with Joy Rhythm. Joy Rhythm is a movement experience that can help you bring back play, connection, energy, and excitement into your life.

Joy Rhythm methods help you get your confidence back so you can move, play, and shine just as you are, even with simple beginner steps. This is a way to accept yourself, create “you”, and connect with others. Learn how to create a fun and judgment-free space. This feature is a significant plus. You don’t have to worry about “doing everything right.”  It’s about having fun, meeting new people, and sharing your joy.

Let yourself play and feel like a kid again. You become the person you have been aiming to become. Once you master the portable “Take-It-Anywhere” Method, you may use it to bring joy to your living room, lunch breaks, stroll in the park, or even a full-on dance floor, because it helps you feel better. 1) Get out of your head; 2) reconnect with your body; 3) feel part of something bigger.

Dance helps you let go of stress. It’s a strong and safe approach to get relief from the stress in our bodies. Doing it with presence and intention can, however, make you potentially smarter and keep dementia and Alzheimer’s at bay. Even better, take care of your physique.

Your body is a dance foundation that will help you rock any dance floor. You will feel good about moving around at a wedding, a club, a retreat, or a beach bonfire. No more lurking at the fringes. You won’t have to worry about whether you’re “doing it right” anymore. Your body learns how to move, how to be present, and how to be in rhythm.

These are all things that people are subconsciously drawn to. You look like you know what you’re doing the more you do it. Join communal circles (typically Ecstatic Communities) practically anywhere that lets you meet other people who seek the same things—play, health, and happiness—without feeling self-conscious. This is where friendships start, when someone glances across the room and thinks, “We get each other.”

It takes time, but beat synchronization will come effortlessly. When you reset your neurological system, your stress levels go down, your energy levels go up, and your heart rate settles into a rhythm that feels wonderful, not frenzied. It’s akin to invigorating your mind with a clean, fresh breeze. When you get out of your head and into your body, it’s much simpler to connect with other people. It will truly make you smarter as time goes on!  You don’t have to fix yourself before you can have fun again. It takes away the fear of talking to other people and makes it more comfortable.

This practice helps you accept yourself by moving your body. You stop judging your body from the outside and start to feel it from the inside, where the wisdom is. The method helps you stop fighting and start trusting yourself. You who thought you were “too stiff” or “too old” are now smiling at your own personal reflection again. Anyone can do simple, guided dance moves that remove the pressure off “looking good. ” You learn playful, flowing steps that wake up muscles you forgot you had, loosen your hips, lift your mood, and help you feel positive. You feel coordinated—not because you are perfect, but because the moves make sense and feel comfortable.

Joy Rhythm is a movement experience designed to help you get back in touch with play, connections, and physical vitality and to spice up your life. It’s a simple way to reset your soul via dance that teaches you how to move with confidence, feel safe, and have the warmth to step into any venue—whether it’s a class, a club, or your party—with ease and presence. Dance isn’t just fun; it’s a full-body workout disguised as play.  As you wiggle, sway, and groove, your heart rate climbs, muscles engage, and tight spots like hips get a glorious stretch.

Ecstatic Dance came to me not as a performance, not as a technique, but as a lifeline. It is a journey of movement, music, and inner exploration—a practice that blends ancient ritual with modern consciousness work, offering both personal healing and collective joy.
 It is not bound by particular set patterns or rigid choreography. Some call it free-form dancing. For me, it is more than that—it is a way to joy, connection, and self-discovery.
I call my path Ecstatic Dancie Inner National, Joy Rhythm. To become a “Dancie” is to step into a rhythm that is both personal and universal. My style is not about the moves—it is about the intention. That intention is what people feel, even when they cannot name it. Acceptance. Acknowledgement. Connection. Joy. These are the currents that flow through my dance, and they are contagious.
The roots of this rhythm go back to 2016, when illness shadowed my life. I hid it well, or so I thought. Friends and co-workers noticed I wasn’t showing up, but I brushed it off as a collective joke. Then came the moment that changed everything.
I was golfing, proud of a solid swing on the third hole. The next thing I knew, I was in my car, mid-turn at an intersection. My last memory was on the green. Shock washed over me—I realized I had blacked out. My boss and friends had not been joking. I was slipping in and out of awareness without knowing it.
Fear pushed me into action. I resigned from my job, began basic MMS protocols, and moved in with my mother to recover. Within two weeks, the blackouts ceased, though fog and forgetfulness lingered heavily. Autism-like traits surfaced more pronounced, and comprehension was extremely difficult. Still, I pressed forward, determined to heal.
On my way north to Sequim, Washington, I stopped to see my daughter Emerald. She introduced me to ecstatic dance in Oakland and San Francisco. She captivated me, taking me from mainstream gatherings to professional dancer circles. My favorite was the Wednesday night dance in Oakland.
Something shifted. I began to weave my rhythm into every dance I entered. After a while, people asked me to teach them how to dance like me. At first, I laughed—I didn’t know how to teach. But it was clear I was doing something different. It changed the whole room’s character. It was lighter, more fun, and wilder.
So I studied myself. I reflected, experimented, and distilled my practice into four steps. That is how Ecstatic Dancie Inner National, Joy Rhythm, was born. It is not choreography. It is not performance. It is an intention embodied and shared. 
This dance is joy medicine. It is a way of being. It is the rhythm of life itself.

By Paris Humble  JimhumbleAudio.com, for reference to MMS