Christina Lola Amar
Lola has an extensive and diversified background in music and dance. She grew up in the bay area and Vina del Mar, Chile and later graduated from the University of Hawai’i where she embraced the outdoors and cultivated a deep love of nature and healthy living. Growing up she studied gymnastics, music (voice, violin, guitar), and jazz dance. Lola has a wide range of experience with yoga, dance and music. Her esoteric, dance and music studies range in subject matter from Gyrotonic, Hatha Yoga, Naam Yoga, Pilates, Jungshin Martial Arts, Easter Island Dances, Harmonyum, astro-physics with the Resonance Project, Merkabah Meditation, Theta Healing, Classical & Jazz Vocal Studies, and music production. She also enjoys regular practice of ethnic and eclectic dance genres such as Vogueing, West African Dance, Afro- Brazilian, Belly Dance, Bollywood, Bhangra, Samba Showgirl and Burlesque, she did these professionally with The Hot Pink Feathers Dance Company in San Francisco and teaches her own style of dance class- Global Dancer Untaming the Tiger. Most recently, she focuses her energy on Partner Yoga, dance and producing her music. In addition, she likes to explore ancient and modern healing techniques while inquiring within her own heart and higher sprit for guidance to a more sustainable and healthier way of living, such as permaculture (permanent agriculture), crystal healing meditation, living in integrity and tea ceremonies.
Scheduled Workshops
Christina Lola Amar
Day: Friday | Duration: 60 min. | Location: Wise Owl in the TreesUntame the tiger is a dance workshop that revisits the sensuality of belly dance, the joy of Brazilian samba, the rawness of American burlesque, the strength of West African dance and the fabulousness of vogueing as we shimmie, pop and get down on the pachamama dance floor. Priority is placed on the joy and expression of dance rather than skill and dance lines. However, we do go over the basic movements of each dance step and layer according to ones own dance comfort wether your new to dance or a seasoned dancer. Class starts with warming up the body and spine and getting familiar with the beat as well as our higher dancing spirit. In global dancer workshop we move across the floor, dance with ourselves and dance with each other. Tremendous healing comes when we dance with ourselves and we will learn to 'untame the tiger' and access our healing energy to heal ourselves and experience the liveliness of the moment as we dance with each other. Together lets untame the tiger as we dance across the globe and experience the joy and the passion of all our dancing ancestors. Global dancer is centered around the goddess but gods won’t be turned away.