C O R E M O T I O N SCHEDULE 2024-2025
“SPACE IS THE PLACE.” Sun Ra
“By opening keys to the body and its energies, Daria Fain’s Internal Alchemy as a Motor for Performance (aka C O R E M O T I O N) radically shifted my idea of what vocal sound could do. Daria Fain is a gifted teacher with rare perceptive capacities, capable of creating communities that are rigorous, warm, and safe environments for discovery.” Samita Sinha
Un experiential exploration to merge creativity, healing, and spirituality by Daria Faïn
Mission:
This comprehensive study program covers multiple interdependent aspects of health, spirituality, and creativity, providing students with a well-rounded education.
My long-term research is inspired by an endless curiosity about the human experience as a means of creating performances, which led me to become an Alexander teacher and a never-ending student of Tao and Tibetan Buddhism.
The program is conceived with different modules focusing on complementary aspects of being.
The seeker of happiness is within us, and strength and fluidity in the body support a mind at rest and vis versa. The program is a journey to unify mind and body as we experience the dynamics of our emotions and psyche within spaciousness in the creative impetus of the art of life.
The program is addressed to all levels of experience.
It is designed to be taken one module at a time, as a combination of modules, or as the program as a whole.
The program will officially begin in January. I will offer a series of teachings from October through December for people who want to try classes.
Registration below in the calendar.
No one will be rejected for lack of funds. If you have financial difficulties, please get in touch with admin@dariafain.net.
Courses schedule 2025
Tuesday and Thursday Weekly classes until the end of June.
DETAILS ON CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS:
Payments are structured with options that reflect how income is distributed:
Tier 1 allocates a percentage to support students with financial difficulties
Tier 2 shows your generosity to the teacher
Tier 3 is the bare minimum to make the teaching happen
Please note that I prefer receiving payment via Venmo @racheldaria-fain-1 or Zelle: 718-450-1356. But you are welcome to use the links below for credit cards and convenience.
If you have financial difficulties, please reach out! There is always a way. No students will rejected for lack of funds.
WEEKLY CLASSES
A new cycle of weekly classes begins in February:
This cycle of 17 weekly classes will focus on the transition from the element of water/winter to wood/spring.
Tues and Thurs 10 am - 12 pm.
April 1, 3, 8, 10, 15 (NO class 4/17), 22, 24, and 29
May 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 28
June 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 14, and 26
LOCATION: 115 Wooster St # 2F Soho NY - All classes are also online via Zoom.
REGISTRATION: Click on the calendar to register for a single class or 10 or 20 classes.
OR with the following links:
Single class: $25
17 classes: Tier 1: $360 — Tier 2: $340 — Tier 3: $323
10 classes: Tier 1: $230 — Tier 2: $210 — Tier 3: $200
WORKSHOPS
SMALL SUMMER INTENSIVE (online and in-person)
June 27-29, 2025
心 xīn The Heart or Infinite Radiance
As you live deeper in the heart, the mirror gets clearer and cleaner. - Rumi
Friday, June 27:
5-7 pm: lecture and meditation
Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29:
10 am-1 pm, 30-minute break 1:30-3 pm
Morning: physical/energetic training and meditation.
Afternoon: emotional exploration and meditation.
After the summer solstice, this workshop offers a time to attune to the summer season associated with Fire and Heart/Blood/Small Intestine.
As we know intrinsically, the heart is the center of our being and feelings.
It mediates the physical and subtle bodies, where we refine our qì and spirits.
Attuning with our heart is to attune to the ‘Heart Essence Emptiness' from which all arise and dissolve.
Attraction and repulsion within our heart/mind set the dynamics of life. Yet, there is a place within the heart where space remains unchanged and blissful, the inner orgasmic sense of love beyond conception, from which knowing-how is experienced.
The workshop will offer a multi-angle approach.
On the physical level, we will practice movements to pump blood throughout the body, liberate knots in the heart, and find playfulness in the immediacy of our movement experience.
On the energetic level, we will work on opening key meridians and connecting with the heart's electromagnetism.
On the Emotional level, we will tap into the symbolic subconscious of the mandala of our psyche.
On the Intellectual level, we'll reference key texts to break open our conceptual mind.
On the meditative level, we’ll attune to the radiance of the heart as a resting space.
All these levels are interdependent and overlap.
DONATION OPTIONS:
The suggestion is between $200 and $350.
As said above, everyone is welcome to donate with a personal gesture of generosity.
For monetary donations: either with cash at the door or Venmo: @racheldaria-fain-1 or Zelle: 718-450-1356
Payment with credit cards is possible:
Tier 1: $350 Tier 2: $280 Tier 3: $220
Tier 1 allocates a percentage to support students with financial difficulties
Tier 2 shows your generosity to the teacher
Tier 3 is evaluated as an hourly rate for 12 hours.
Painting above: Georges de La Tour (1593 - 1652)
St. Joseph the Carpenter, detail of the Infant Christ (c.1640)