The Team

Sylvie Minot - Teacher & Producer

Sylvie has taught weekly 5Rhythms® classes and workshops since 2000. She has studied psychology, indigenous healing rituals, energy medicine, and sound healing.

Sylvie is often described as a catalytic shape-shifter because of her ability to meet people right where they are and move with them into new possibilities. You can learn more about Sylvie's work at syzygydanceproject.org

Taisiya Kupriyanova - Teacher

Taisiya (pronounced Ta-‘ee-see’ya) was introduced to conscious dance in 2011 and hasn't stopped dancing. Movement practice is one of her main teachers.

Taisiya believes movement practice has incredible potential for tapping into the wisdom of our bodies. She has been facilitating Open Floor dances since 2019. She is also works as a registered dietitian, mostly in outpatient nutrition counseling.

Join Taisiya for a playful and fun inquiry through movement. While conscious dance is not a panacea for everything, two things are certain - you’ll get to freely move your body and learn something new each time you dance.

Steffi Paepcke - Teacher

Steffi enjoys the immense freedom of the 5Rhythms® as a dance form without choreography. Since 2015, she has relied on the practice for meditation, self-reflection, body positivity, connection, experimentation, and creative expression.

In her teaching, Steffi seeks to tangibly connect the 5Rhythms® practice to everyday life, and to hold a space in which dancers can attune to their bodies' intuition.

Jennifer Bader - Teacher

Jennifer has been exploring conscious dance since 2015. During a period of personal struggle, dance became a lifeline, teaching her to trust her body, instincts, and inner wisdom.

Certified in Sylvie Minot’s Outreach Movement Facilitator Training and deeply influenced by years of study in the Open Floor and Soul Motion traditions, Jennifer creates welcoming spaces where people can arrive as they are without needing to know steps or perform.

Through movement, she invites participants to listen more closely to themselves and explore meaningful connection with others. Jennifer believes a weekly dose of vitamin D—dance—is essential nourishment for a joyful and vibrant life.

Sapana Doshi - Teacher

Sapana Doshi, PhD (she/they) is a mind-body teacher committed to healing, justice, and liberation from the personal to the global. Sapana is trained in two embodiment and conscious dance practices: The 360 Emergence and Open Floor. She co-founded Freedom Dance Collective, a movement practice space for BIPOC in Oakland in 2024.

Sapana is also a political geographer and professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Merced where she researches and teaches on global capitalism, body politics and social mobilization, and embodied liberation pedagogy. As a life-long learner and shape-shifter, Sapana is deeply rooted in and humbled by 25 years of Vipassana meditation practice.

Dora Yung - Producer & Teacher

Practicing conscious dance helps Dora connect deeply to herself, others, and Source. The dance serves as a compass as she navigates the chaos and embraces the beauty of life.

With immense gratitude for the dance, Dora was inspired to deepen her practice by bringing it to her Peninsula neighbors. Dora hopes to build a strong and healthy community of dancers and teachers. She is a long time 5Rhythms® practitioner and certified in Sylvie Minot’s Outreach Movement Facilitator Training.

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