In this first episode of Dancing The Field, host Chris Cobb sits down with Tom Truman, a 20-year practitioner of 5Rhythms who studied directly with the practice's founder, Gabrielle Roth, and holds the weekly Monday night dance at The Tannery in Santa Cruz.

Tom shares how a chance encounter at the Omega Institute led him to his first Gabrielle Roth workshop, what he recognized in that room that first day, and why he's kept showing up for two decades. Together, Chris and Tom unpack the five rhythm, flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical, and stillness, and explore how the dance floor becomes a mirror for life.

In This Episode:

• How Tom found 5Rhythms through a detour from substances, recovery, and a green-eyed stranger at a retreat center
• What Gabrielle Roth's teaching was like and why her first w ...