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Would You Like to Embody Presence Through Your Full Range of Human Experience?
Do you feel disconnected from your body's natural wisdom, rhythms, and aliveness?
Feel stuck in one gear, either always pushing yourself to keep going, or feeling held back from expressing your natural vitality?
Lose your center and feel swept away when life gets intense—or emotionally charged?
Feel challenged to be open and connected in groups of people?
Long for a safe community, where you can express your full range without hiding "parts" of yourself?
What if you didn't have to choose between spiritual depth and your full human expression?
A Truth About Embodying Presence
Many people, even those who regularly experience deep inner peace and clarity,
can lose their calm when life gets intense or complicated.
That’s not just a human condition—it can also be an invitation.
Embodying presence is not only about being aware, open, and connected when you're still—it’s about bringing all three of those qualities into the messy, unpredictable flow of life.
3Wave Dance offers a safe space to explore this, where movement, music, and the presence of other people provide just enough intensity to make it a living practice—and discover another kind of freedom.
When you learn to embody that way of being beyond the dance floor, it opens a doorway into a richer, more connected way of living.
Let's Discover What's Possible for You
Awaken Your
Authentic Flow
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Reconnect with the innate wisdom of your body
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Surrender to riding the tide of your authentic energy rather than pushing through
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Embody a felt intimacy with Presence as you transform from dancing to being danced from within
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Discover the unique physical expression of your deeper self
Embody Your
Full Range of Being
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Experience the power of honoring your vulnerable, tender sensitivity
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Thrive in the aliveness that arises from trusting and expressing your natural instincts
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Taste the quiet joy of your inner stillness, humming and expanding through your entire body
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Flourish in the unfolding of your intrinsic wholeness
Celebrate Oneness
within Community
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Discover the rare joy of connecting with people in the pure space of Presence, before personality
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Reunite with your own humanity through sharing genuine sadness, laughter, play, and celebration
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Nourish your soul in the collective dance of body prayer, love, and reverence
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Feel your social nervous system reshaped by the healing power of community
"That was the most intimate experience of my life."
~ Suzanna Roll (Yoga Teacher)
What Happens at a 3Wave Dance?
If you’ve ever been to an ecstatic dance, you know the arc of the tribal music—how it starts low, builds to a peak, and then brings you back down. I’ve often enjoyed that journey, but after about ten minutes at the peak, I’d lose interest. Sure, when I wanted to push my body, I could keep moving and sweat for 45 minutes straight, and feel great. More often though, I wanted the music to meet me across the whole range of my expression—not just the high energy. I wanted the still, the slow, the tender, and the playful.
That's why in 2024, I drew from my 20 years as a dancer, 40 years of composing music, and 12 years as a spiritual awakening mentor to create the 3Wave Dance format. Instead of staying at high energy for 45+ minutes, the music moves through three distinct waves, each with five phases—Move, Groove, Peak, Coast, and Still. This allows dancers to experience a more full and fulfilling spectrum of human expression.
By the end, rather than feeling wrung out like after a workout—you feel buoyant, alive, and blooming from the inside out, regenerated by the waves of your own nature.
“The consistency provided by the structure in the music supports a level of trust to flourish. It’s a joy to watch as the bodies of newcomers and veterans alike transform through the five phases of each wave,
going deeper into our shared experience of the music."
~ Suzanne Connolly (OneBody Dance co-creator and community fairy godmother)
6 Reasons I Recommend 3Wave Dance
With the structure creating trust, presence naturally deepens—transforming how we move together. That’s what makes 3Wave Dance more than just a dance event. It’s also a unique container to support awakening—opening the door to the primal intelligence that lives beneath the mind. From there, authentic expression, deeper connection, and embodied freedom emerge in ways we can't predict—yet always feel profoundly right.
1. Slow Gear Development: Many people in our culture are used to going fast and big all the time. Living awake—realizing, stabilizing, integrating, deepening, and embodying your true nature—requires being able to slow down. 3Wave Dance can gradually train this capacity into the body, so shifting into slower gears becomes more natural both on and off the dance floor.
2. Musical Support: Even after deep awakening, life can be challenging for those with heightened sensitivity. The right music can ground us when we feel scattered, lift us up when we feel low, and open doors to emotions we rarely touch in daily life. In 3Wave Dance, the playlists are crafted to guide us through this range, becoming our allies for greater self-expression and emotional depth—and for weaving those qualities into how we live.
3. Bridging Stillness and Flow: 3Wave Dance offers a rare space to experience a different flavor of the same essence you know when you're alone and still—while being in motion, expressing, and sharing space—so your spiritual depth is lived in both your body and in connection with others.
4. Awareness Through Range: Do you feel uncomfortable being still, going slow, or feeling vulnerable? What about expressing your aliveness in a big way—or feeling your sensuality in a way that is in integrity with yourself and those around you? Listening and moving to the music of a 3Wave playlist creates a safe place to explore your full range—at home, and on the dance floor. In this way, you grow your capacity to be aware and curious while experiencing a wide spectrum of physical and emotional states. I call this living the Way of the Wave.
5. A Safe Place to Practice: Doing all of this with music, while in the company of others exploring the same territory, is not only fun and deeply human—it’s also a powerful way to practice embodying presence in real time with people where you feel safe. The safety of the container allows you to experiment, stretch, and grow in ways that can be more difficult to access away from the support of the sanctuary.
6. Nervous System Transformation: All the above helps us develop our awareness and embodiment "muscles" for living beyond safe containers—helping our nervous system feel and express more of our range, not just when we're alone, but also in company. This is great practice for being in the wider world when we don't feel as supported—so we can meet life with more ease, adaptability, and flow.
This isn't just about dancing. It's Live Awake practice embodied in communal movement.
"There's nothing else like this out there!"
~ Mary Neumann
How to Step into the Dance
Step 1: Arrive and be welcomed—Join us for a 3Wave Dance event in Boulder, meet the OneBody community, and let yourself be greeted by Robear, Suzanne, or Tara.
Step 2: Hear and feel the music—Allow your body to be moved however it wants to move, letting the music guide you into your own authentic flow—while being with others who are doing the same.
Step 3: Bring 3Wave Dance into your life—Receive two new playlists each week so you can carry this presence and flow into your everyday living—integrating the Way of the Wave beyond the dance floor.
The OneBody Connection
OneBody Dance in Boulder, Colorado is the birthplace of 3Wave Dance—a vibrant space for freeform movement and genuine human connection. While Robear no longer runs this event, as a co-creator he supports it however he can and loves dancing with the community.
Note: Though OneBody has its own culture, distinct from Live Awake Mentoring, both share a spirit of presence, openness, and authentic connection. Whether you join OneBody or a Live Awake group, both invite you into the full expression of your deepest self.
Join us for this transformational journey
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Bridge your embodiment of presence from stillness to motion within a supportive community
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Feel, embody, and express your full range in a safe and welcoming shared space
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Gently transform your nervous system to meet life more aware, open, and connected.
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Cultivate your capacity for centered, authentic expression with others in your everyday world.
OneBody Dance Details
Saturdays 10:15 am - 12:30 pm Wednesdays 10:15 am - 11:45 am
10:15 am: "Warm Down" begins 10:15 am: "Warm Down" begins
10:30 am: Dance Journey begins 10:30 am: Dance Journey begins
12:00 pm: Closing Circle begins 11:30 am: Closing Circle begins
12:30 pm: Closing Circle ends 11:45 am: Closing Circle ends
Location: The Avalon Ballroom
at 6185 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303
We dance in Sodal Hall, located past the main ballroom.
Enter through the double doors and it's first dance space on the right.
Contribution: $25 to $10 (recommended amount: $20). Please pay what you can while honoring the value you receive. Your support helps keep this offering alive for the community. Payment can be made via Venmo or cash at the door.
Community Care Reminder
If you are feeling unwell, please rest and join us again when you're healthy. Thank you for caring for the community.
What to Expect
You'll be welcomed into our sanctuary and we'll be glad you're here. As you enter, if you need to speak, please do so softly, slowly, and sparingly to support the depth of the container.
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Each movement journey begins with a 15-minute "warm-down" period of music, inviting you to drop your awareness deep into your body before the first wave begins.
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The 90-minute 3Wave Dance (or 60-minute 2Wave Dance on Wednesdays) begins and ends in stillness. In between, your journey progresses through three waves. Each wave moves, grooves, peaks, coasts, and returns to stillness.
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Throughout the dance, brief well-placed moments of silence between songs offer space to feel your body, and breathe, integrating your experience—resourcing your natural energy rather than pushing through—Embodying the Way of the Wave.
Want to host a 3Wave Dance or start a community?
The support is here—let’s bring your vision to life and transform your community into one that
moves, grooves, and thrives together.
Vision for Global Transformation
3Wave Dance is designed to spread globally, like Ecstatic Dance and 5 Rhythms, nourishing people in ways that honor the complete range of human expression—from tender sensitivity to primal aliveness to divine radiance. As author of The 3Wave DJ's Handbook, Robear is available to empower others to start 3Wave Dance communities worldwide through DJ training and playlist creation workshops—both in Boulder, Colorado and live online.
Contact Robear if you’d like to create a 3Wave Dance Community.
“Learning how to put music into a 3Wave playlist has brought me so much joy."
"Not only has it given me a skill that I can serve my community with, it has changed the way I hear music and even how I see my life. I feel it’s a powerful tool that will serve many communities to come and am honored and blessed to share it with the world.”
~ Tara Joy (OneBody Dance co-creator and 3Wave DJ)
"After dance people have often said how they wish they could bottle up how they feel and share it with the world. Your body IS the bottle. Come join us in the dance!"
~ Robear
* The beautiful altar images throughout this page were lovingly created by Suzanne Connolly at OneBody Dance.*