Kathi Gibson is a well respected artist from Sacramento as well as being involved with healing arts for 19 years. She is a certified therapist for massage, cranial sacral therapy, lymph dranage & hypnotherapy. As an accomplished dancer, Kathi has created a sacred dance circle to allow women to connect as a community through movement. This circle is called "Empowering the Female Heart" and is designed to open the heart without competition, open to the Authentic Self, and provide a modern & ancient approach to movement that recalls body memories to bring life, joy, peace & healing within. 

 

Don Schulz vends his beautiful handmade drums and other instruments at a variety of events. Lotus D'Or is very pleased to have Don on both weekends. He will teach both a drum circle style class for those wanting to learn how to participate in a real drum circle with structure & purpose. No drumming experience neccesary. The next weeknd Don will actually teach students how to make their own drums with natural materials. To read more about this process please check out Don's web site, The Different Drum . This class requires pre-registration due to the cost of materials.

Over the years I've seen lots of tribal jewelry at lots of dance events. The Black Tassel has some of the best I've seen from India, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan. Plus, they have lots of other beautiful handmade jewelry as well. They will only be at Lotus D'Or on Dec. 15th so don't miss this opportunity to check out their goods! 

 

Local artist Kristiana will have a few of her outstanding jewelry pieces available. As the former owner of Lotus Art Studio, she is one of the many treasures of the Coloma-Lotus region. Her art is beautiful, cool, and funky
& unique.  Checkout out her web site to read more about her work at the Silver Trailer

Lotus D'Or's student dance troupe, Sarpika is chock full of artistic talent! Several of the ladies will also have goods for sale, including bath & body products from Beth, jewelry and other whimsy from Pamm, and costuming items from Margo Anderson --professional pattern maker and costumer. A veritable belly dance flea market!

Stacy Green is a local artist who will be bringing mosaics, crocheted scarves and hats, as well as a line of cards called Life with Lloyd and origami crane ornaments. Stacy works at a Christmas tree farm and creates fresh, local, wreaths from the greens at the farm.

 

Cynthia Johnson is a popular local dancer who teaches frequently in the Placerville area as well as American River College. Cynthia offers an exuberant class, with high energy and detailed movement
breakdowns. This is a not-to-be-missed class!

 

 

Suzanne has been a local favorite yoga intructor in the Coloma-Lotus region for several years. She brings her talent back to Lotus D'Or and is graciously offering this class on a donation basis. 

 

Erin Davidson is a local massage therapist and wellness practioner. She is also a certifed NIA instructor. NIA is an incredible way to find joy in movement and make a deeper mind-body connection. To learn more about NIA, please visit the official web site: www.nianow.com

 

Karen is a dancer in Lotus D'Or's troupe Sarpika, as well as a certified yoga instructor & massage therapist. We are pleased to have Karen's many gifts be shared with the community in our studio. 

 

Several months ago Melanie came on board to join Cintia in helping to maintain and promote the vision of Lotus D'Or Studios. She is multi-talented and is an accomplished dancer who frequently joins her husband, Elmar, with music production & hand drumming. In this free class, she will focus on basic belly dance moves with proper body alignment and also include veil work.

 

Cintia took the reins at the studio in July when it became Lotus D'Or Studios. She has been studying Middle Eastern dances since 1990 and is currently teaching American Tribal Style belly dance and directing Lotus D'Or's troupe Sarpika. She will give a free class focusing on some high-energy calorie burning moves.

 

Amanda is a local instructor who is just finishing up the Fall semester teaching yoga through Los Rios Comunity College. Lotus D'Or Studios is hoping to bring her many talents to the studio as well. With her stong background in ballet, Amanda's understanding of body mechanics and safe methods of stretching add depth to her teaching method with yoga.