Alixir Dance - Dance studio in Mountain View, California
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Alixir Dance

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890 Church Street

Mountain View, California 94041

Opening Hours
  • Monday: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: Closed
  • Thursday: Closed
  • Friday: Closed
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed
27 programs

About Alixir Dance

Alixir Dance, nestled in Mountain View, California, is a vibrant studio dedicated to fostering self-discovery and connection through movement. Under the guidance of Donna Vorst, a seasoned dance facilitator and therapist, the studio offers a unique, holistic approach that integrates movement with wellness. Alixir Dance champions a space where movement transcends mere physical activity, aiming for personal transformation and a profound sense of belonging. The studio's curriculum draws inspiration from various esteemed teachers and methodologies, exemplified by Donna's extensive background. Alixir Dance explores the transformative power of movement through embodied practices, somatic awareness, and inquiry, as highlighted by workshops such as the "Love & Affection Workshop with Andrea Juhan, PhD." These events, featuring individuals like Andrea Juhan, PhD, who brings experience from "Bodywork, Yoga, dance of all kinds, hiking, living life, being a mother, a lover, Somatic psychotherapy, meditation," underscore Alixir Dance's commitment to a deeply personal engagement with movement. Formerly Ecstatic Dance International, the studio provides opportunities for uninhibited expression, aligning with the principles of ecstatic dance where participants can explore altered states of consciousness and transcend their ordinary sense of self. They host workshops, including an upcoming session with Open Floor Co-Founder Andrea Juhan from March 27-29, 2026, further enriching the experience. Alixir Dance aims to charge up bodies and nurture spirits through their vibrant movement practice in a fun, community-minded environment. The studio is proudly woman-owned and operated.

Programs from Alixir Dance

27 programs available

Classes

ALIXIR DANCE

People who have never gone to ecstatic dance ALIXIR DANCE often tell me they’d like to try it, but they’re nervous to dance in front of others. I tell them to take a leap of faith and go.

ALIXIR DANCE

We’ve changed the name Ecstatic Dance International to ALIXIR DANCE. We’ve been doing a lot of reflecting and planning during the pandemic, and are stoked to be relaunching.

ecstatic dance

Going to ALIXIR ecstatic dance requires courage. Every time. We show up, yet we have no clue who will be there, what the music will be like, or what will emerge. We might dance solo, or with another.

somatic coach

Caitlin Clarke is a somatic coach for highly sensitive, high-achieving women who are struggling with stress and overwhelm and want to create soul-satisfying lives. She's coached individuals and groups for over 8 years, and her trauma-informed approach includes mindfulness, applied neuroscience, and Buddhist principles.

Spacial Dynamics®

Shay Marie has studied Spacial Dynamics®, a discipline that explores the relationship between the body and its environment. By understanding how to move space around the body, she helps individuals and groups improve their movement abilities, enhance connection and flow, and cultivate greater awareness.

movement

Her expertise lies in movement, energy healing, hypnotherapy, intuition, and relationship skills. Along with certification in Somatic therapy, Hypnotherapy, and Energy Medicine, Shay Marie has studied Spacial Dynamics®, a discipline that explores the relationship between the body and its environment. By understanding how to move space around the body, she helps individuals and groups improve their movement abilities, enhance connection and flow, and cultivate greater awareness.

Cocréa

Teaching partner dance internationally as a practice for mindful, authentic living by facilitating his signature modality Cocréa, is his joyful service. Using movement, he guides people towards right-relationship through listening and responding to, as well as inviting, allowing and embracing change.

partner dance

Teaching partner dance internationally as a practice for mindful, authentic living by facilitating his signature modality Cocréa, is his joyful service. Using movement, he guides people towards right-relationship through listening and responding to, as well as inviting, allowing and embracing change. He is a celebrated TEDx speaker, featured author in “ReInhabiting the Village” and proponent of pioneering a new renaissance through connection and consensual touch.

5Rhythms Teacher

Dr. Rachel Jordana Horodezky, Psy.D is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified 5Rhythms Teacher. In her teaching, she incorporates music and intentional guidance to evoke trance, emotional process, and deep healing. She lives in Santa Cruz, California where she has a full-time private practice and two rambunctious little boys.

5Rhythms®

She is also a Certified 5Rhythms® Teacher. Majica Alba is a creative visionary, deeply immersed in the worlds of art, music, and dance, which she uses as therapeutic vehicles. Majica has two decades of experience as a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist focused on emotional, attachment, and creative arts therapies.

Dunham Dance Technique, Afro-Latin, Afro-Haitian, Brazilian, Diaspora, as well as Modern & Contact Dance

She is the Creator of Visionary Leadership Embodied Wisdom Path. Supporting individuals, couples, and communities to manifest their vision into the world. She brings through the many modalities of offerings throughout her 25 years of facilitating groups and sitting with clients. A Dancing Alchemist Facilitator trained in the Dunham Dance Technique, Afro-Latin, Afro-Haitian, Brazilian, Diaspora, as well as Modern & Contact Dance.

Dancing Alchemist Facilitator

A Dancing Alchemist Facilitator trained in the Dunham Dance Technique, Afro-Latin, Afro-Haitian, Brazilian, Diaspora, as well as Modern & Contact Dance. She has mentored & assisted with Gabriel Roth 5 Rhythms, Miguel Ruiz 4 Agreements, S. Nicole Hill -Sound Movement Integration/ Institute of Indigenous Arts as well as 25 years of study and initiations on the path of awakening.

dance based rites of passage program

Tess also runs a dance based rites of passage program for contemporary city dwellers which explores how creativity, community and connection can make our lives more meaningful. She relishes and cherishes space, sky, sea and stillness.

outdoors dance events

She regularly leads these outdoors dance events where participants can be deeply nurtured by nature. Tess also runs a dance based rites of passage program for contemporary city dwellers which explores how creativity, community and connection can make our lives more meaningful.

5Rhythms®

I trained in 5Rhythms® with Gabrielle Roth in 2005 and with the support and partnership of Andrea over the years I have come to feel at home in the group field. I am also a man of many other interests. I am a playful technocrat. I own my own consulting business. I am a father, an artist, and have built my own “super green” house off the grid in the Big Sur mountains.

conscious dance events and programs

Over the past two decades, Donna has been instrumental in producing and teaching numerous conscious dance events and programs as the founder of Alixir Dance. As a leader, she harnesses the power of movement, mindfulness, and music to foster transformation, connection, and a sense of belonging for her clients.

Alixir Dance

The Alixir Dance method is enriched by her studies with esteemed teachers including Andrea Juhan of Open Floor International, Daria Halpbern of Tamalpa Institute, and Jenny Sauer Klein of AcroYoga. Donna is a dance facilitator and dedicated recovery counselor who is deeply committed to helping people thrive. Her approach is rooted in patient, steady support, and her embodiment skills enable her to deeply listen to her clients, facilitating exploration of their deepest motivations toward creating lives of purpose and fulfillment.

Ecstatic Dance

The experience is a 2 hour ecstatic dance. We finish with a meditation. Donna Vorst, founder of ALIXIR DANCE, has created an experience to help you get out of your head and into your body. Utilizing a focused ecstatic dance session with light facilitation creates the ideal conditions for transformative experiences.

Alixir Dance

Donna employs experiential and embodied therapeutic techniques including Healing Through Creativity, Inner Child Inner Voice, EcoTherapy, and Sundo Practice, in which she holds a red belt. Her approach is rooted in patient, steady support, and her embodiment skills enable her to deeply listen to her clients, facilitating exploration of their deepest motivations toward creating lives of purpose and fulfillment. Her method, Alixir Dance, is enriched by her studies with esteemed teachers.

Ecstatic Dance

Alixir Dance is a spiritual experience that encapsulates mind, body and soul. Dancers run the gamut from slow and soft to loud and wild. It’s about how it feels, not what it looks like. You don’t have to know how to dance, or even have rhythm, to have fun. We start the two-hour experience with slow warm-up music to help you get in the mood for the ecstatic dance journey. We finish with a cool down and live meditation.

Ecstatic Dance

When bodies, minds and spirits gather in a fun, community-minded dance experience. Challenge your body and recharge your spirit with freeform ecstatic dance.

ecstatic dance

The Monday night Mountain View ecstatic dance was winding down. I sat at the altar and looked at the tarot cards that had been chosen by other dancers and lay face up on the black cloth.

Alixir Dance
$25.00

A lightly guided, heart-centered dance space where we move to heal, connect, and expand. We dance to remember who we are, to feel our belonging, and to step into what’s next. Want to feel more alive? Craving deeper connection—with yourself and others? Looking for a community that’s real, grounded, and transformative? This is it. Every week, we gather to create a field of presence, play, and possibility. No experience necessary. Come as you are.

Monday 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
ecstatic dance

I remember the first time I went to the Wednesday night ecstatic dance on the Big Island of Hawaii as if it were yesterday, though it happened 15 years ago. Do you remember your first time?

Workshops

A Dance Workshop with Master Teacher Andrea Juhan

Early in the morning, I sit in a corner of the dark dance floor next to a pile of pillows. I’m overcome with tears of recognition. This is home—dance, transformation, an altar, and a smooth, worn wood.

Open Floor Workshop with Andrea Juhan, PhD
$375.00

In a world that often pulls us apart, what does it mean to move in solidarity? To feel another’s rhythm and root into shared ground? This workshop invites us to enter the field of solidarity, not as a concept, but as a pulse, a breath, a shared weight. Solidarity in motion is not about uniformity or agreement. Instead, it calls for presence. For staying rooted when another shakes, to witness difference without retreat. It is the embodied act of saying: I see you. I’m with you. In movement, we practice the art of holding and being held. We explore how to lean without collapsing, to stand without hardening, to walk beside another without needing to lead or follow. Whether you're seeking community, clarity, or a place to root your voice and values—this is a space to deepen your felt sense of what it means to belong with.

Friday: 11 am - 6 pm Saturday: 11 am - 6 pm Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm
Workshop with Open Floor Co-Founder Andrea Juhan

September 26-28, 2025

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I contact Alixir Dance?

Call Alixir Dance at (510) 206-8617 or visit https://www.alixir.dance/weekly-dances/mountain-view.

What city is Alixir Dance in?

Alixir Dance is in Mountain View, California.

What days is Alixir Dance open?

Alixir Dance is open on Monday.

What is Alixir Dance's phone number?

You can phone Alixir Dance at (510) 206-8617.

What is the best way to contact Alixir Dance?

The quickest way is to call (510) 206-8617 or visit https://www.alixir.dance/weekly-dances/mountain-view.