OlyWaves

Sweat Your PrayersInner Wave

Who We Are

OlyWaves is a community-centric organization led by Ronny Temple that offers and supports ecstatic and sacred meditation practices such as Conscious Dance and Kirtan. Our offerings include weekly 5Rhythms® classes, 5Rhythms®, Open Floor, and Soul Motion®, workshops, and Kirtans with world renown musicians. Our vibrant and open-hearted community has been dancing together since 1998 and spans the globe. We Welcome All: All races, all religions, all gender identities, all sexual orientations, all abilities, all languages, all ages. We stand (and dance) together!

Guest House

This being human is a guest house,
every morning a new arrival…a joy, a depression, a meanness.
Some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all.
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows
who violently sweep the house empty of its furniture.
Still, treat each guest honourably.
He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whomever comes
because each has been sent as a guide
from beyond.

-Hafiz