On March 13th, Johanne Ascoli and Hassti Hamidi will co-create a gentle, guided space where creativity and movement meet.

Theme of the evening is:

Tending the Soil Within: The Space Between Seed and Emergence

Come move with the intelligence of your body, with the wisdom of the Earth, with the strength that emerges when we do this work together.

This is how resilience is grown.

This is how active hope takes root.

This is how we rise stronger, clearer, and connected.

If you feel called to meet yourself honestly in the space in between, to tend the soil of your becoming, and to move with what is ready to emerge, you are warmly invited to join us.

More about the event:

Spring is not only about planting seeds, it’s about tending the soil that allows life to emerge and grow.

This workshop offers a space to pause in the in-between, the liminal space between intention and emergence, between the seeds we’ve planted and their becoming, a place to pause and tend the soil within, to clear of it of any remaining debris so we may offer our seeds of intention the best conditions to grow wild, free and strong.

Through creative expression, embodied reflection and two conscious movement dance waves, we’ll tend what is beneath the surface, naming what has been heavy, releasing what has been held, and inviting the body back into aliveness, play, and possibility.

We are in the in-between.

The seeds have been planted,

In the New Year,

In the soil of our hearts,

In our quiet intentions.

And yet, nothing has fully emerged.

At the threshold we stand,

Between winter’s long nights and the lengthening days of spring,

Between who we have been and what is asking to emerge,

Between the shedding of old skins and the courage to become.

Here we are,

In the pause,

Between dark and light,

Where, below the surface,

Roots are forming,

Growth is asking for patience, courage, and care.

This space between seed and emergence can be tender.

Uncertain. Heavy. Unsettling.

In these times, when the world feels fast, fractured, and demanding,

We are called inward.

Not to escape, but to do the honest work that allows life to rise again.

Meet Johanne Ascoli
Johanne Ascoli is a French Canadian soulcentric expressive arts therapist and dance journey facilitator who tends the thresholds where body, soul, imagination and play meet.
Rooted in trauma-informed, somatic, and earth-honouring practices, she opens creative portals for healing and remembrance, inviting people back into right relationship with their inner worlds, with one another, and with the living web of Life.
Her work weaves expressive arts, polyvagal theory, deep ecology, eco-psychology, creative play, imagination and deep soul listening into journeys to awaken the inner creator, healer, and wise self.
She lives at Abundance Community Farm, a land-based project dedicated to decolonizing minds, bodies, and hearts on the unceded ancestral lands stolen from the Stó:lō People that settlers named Agassiz (British Columbia).

Check out Johanne’s website and social media:

www.expressyourheart.com |IG: @expressyourheart | FB: @expressyourheartwithme

Meet Hassti Hamidi
Hassti Hamidi is an open-format DJ who creates immersive, multi-genre musical journeys. Her sets flow through World music, Ambient, New Age, Melodic House, Progressive House, Techno, Psytrance, Trance, Instrumental, Vocals, Jazz and even a touch of Rock and Roll. Designed to lift you up and bring you back down, her playlists leave dancers feeling saturated, satisfied, and more deeply connected. Hassti loves guiding dancers to unexpected places, inviting embodied exploration through soundscapes inspired by free expression and authentic movement.

🎧 Check out Hassti’s music on SoundCloud or Spotify

General Information:

Venue:

• Bridge & Enrich Lives Society (“BE”) at 718 East 20th Avenue (Fraser and 20th), Vancouver, B.C. V5V 1N3
• Free street parking is available!
• We acknowledge with deep respect and gratitude that we gather on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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Event Details:

Date:Friday, March 13, 2026

Time: 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM

The Door opens at 6:45 PM

The Door closes at 7:15 PM (Please try to arrive on time to land into the space with the community)

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Ticket Price:

• Regular Rate: $55.00
• Supported Rate: $45.00

* To keep Ride the Rhythm accessible to all, we offer a supported rate of $45 for those experiencing financial challenges. We believe in the power of movement and connection, and we’re committed to making this experience available to as many people as possible!

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How to get your ticket:

• Reserve your spot with an e-transfer to ridetherhythmdance@gmail.com (No Security question and answer, auto deposit)
• Tickets are available on Eventbrite (Fees will apply)

• NO Drop-ins unless communicated with us before the event

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Here’s some extra information:

• No experience is required
• Bring your water bottle
• Bring your Journal and pen
• Bring your Yoga mat & cushion (to make yourself comfortable on the floor as you move color onto paper and journal)
• Your existential questions
• Arts materials will be provided
• Wear movement-friendly clothing, preferably in layers
• Wheelchair-accessible space
• The space is drug-free, substance-free, scent-free, and judgment-free, and all participants are expected to respect themselves and one another
• Please share the space respectfully and check in before hugging or touching another dancer (consent practices keep spaces safe)
• The dance floor is a nonverbal space, If you need to have a conversation, however brief, please step outside
• Bring your openness and curiosity

• No street shoes on the dance floor
• Please do not attend if you feel unwell or have any flu-related symptoms.
• Please turn off your cell phone and put it away for the duration of the event

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At Ride the Rhythm, we open our doors to all! We welcome all gender identities, races, sizes, sexual orientations, abilities and disabilities, all languages, and anyone 18 and older!

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What is Expressive Arts and Conscious Movement Journey?

This Expressive Arts and Conscious Movement Evening is a gentle, guided experience that weaves together conscious movement and expressive arts as pathways for self-expression and inner exploration. Rather than following choreography or artistic rules, participants are invited to move, create, and express freely, allowing both movement and creative processes to emerge organically.

Through music, movement, and simple expressive art invitations, this practice supports authentic self-expression and embodied awareness. It offers a supportive space to slow down, release stress, and reconnect with the wisdom of the body, emotions, and imagination. No prior dance or art experience is needed — curiosity and openness are enough.