Rishi Vlote
World-renowned trance and ecstatic dance drummer and music producer with over 35 years of experience in music and spiritual transformation. He travels the world to share his insights and shamanic rituals – especially TranceDance.
Rishi is re-known for his simple and joyful, yet deep approach to create conscious rituals to develop responsibility for your own life and fate. His music is powerful and a strong factor of his work.
Rishi has extensive experience in music, meditation, trance dance, and other transformational work. He has trained with teachers such as Arthur Hull, Frank Natale, Serge Kahili King, and others. He has been playing music since the age of 12 and has produced CDs with various world music projects and artists such as Hamsafar, Prem Joshua, Snatam Kaur, Milarepa, Ashik, and Subodha.
He is a German musician who plays drums, percussion, and a wide range of other instruments. As a drummer, music producer, and facilitator, he offers events, concerts, workshops, and individual sessions. He collaborates primarily with partners such as Dhwani W. Zapp, Shakya M. Grahe, Harshil Chiostri, and others.
His own productions, “Forget About Limitations” and “The Shamans Return” are widely used in workshops, classes, and seminars, as well as at discos and parties. He tours and performs throughout Europe with his bands, TranceFormation and The Call of the Drums.
TRANCE DANCE
One of the oldest and easiest ways to experience healing Trance states is dancing. Equipped with a blindfold, your feet planted on the ground, using the energizing breathing technique “breath of fire”, the journey begins: ‘Close your eyes, focus on your intention, start the breath of fire and begin to move in the rhythm of the music and you find yourself in trance…’ – in a state of alertness, awake and yet – in a vast inner space where the physical laws are no longer valid… you may encounter wild animals, spirits, angels, spiritual alliances, healers and guides… You may become or meet with other beings, find yourself in the forest or the mountains, in your past or future… Trust your body and let yourself be danced – and when the dance is over you will be richer, more clear, in peace.
TranceDance is one of the oldest ways of reconnecting with our inner forces – empowering, uplifting, energizing, motivating. A great way to step out of old habits and to look at your life in a different way.
Dancing without looking creates a different focus. The energy which is usually used to look out, getting approval, trying to connect with others – is used to look inwards, opening up to our emotions and memories. The approach of TranceDance is opposite to traditional dancing, no steps to learn, no moves to make, no special clothes to wear (except that is as comfortable as possible). Instead you try to let go of control, let the body move by the rhythm.