This is a self-paced, lineage-informed online training that teaches you how to facilitate full Ecstatic Dance journeys using music as medicine.
You’ll learn how to:
• Curate and organise music intentionally
• Mix with flow, intuition, and sensitivity
• Read the room and respond in real time
• Guide dancers through grounding, release, activation, joy, and integration
• Open and close dance spaces with care, clarity, and confidence
This training is grounded in real-world facilitation, not theory alone — including live Ecstatic Dance footage and behind-the-scenes teaching from actual events.
What Is the 5Elements Ecstatic Dance DJ Training?
RIGHT NOW is your opportunity to listen to your inner voice, to break out of the rut you've been in, and have the kind of once-in-a-lifetime adventure that will spark a transformation within you.
The Great Reset on your terms!
This training marks an entry point into the global Ecstatic Dance movement - a movement that has been sweeping the planet for decades and continues to evolve as a response to disconnection, burnout, and the loss of embodied ritual.
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Malaika is a pioneer of the conscious dance movement, having created the 5Elements Dance Activation™ and helped seed Ecstatic Dance culture in Australia in the year 2000.
For almost 25 years, she has been bringing communities together in sober, safe, and sacred spaces - to dance, release, remember, and celebrate what it means to be human.
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This online training restores the ancient practice of Ecstatic Dance in a form that is relevant, responsible, and accessible in the modern world.
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The Five Elements as a Journey Map
The Five Elements offer a clear, embodied structure for transformation:
Ether - Arrival, intention, spaciousness
Earth - Grounding, safety, embodiment
Water - Emotional flow and release
Fire - Activation, power, peak energy
Air - Expansion, connection, joy
Ether - Integration, stillness, closure
You’ll learn how to weave these elements into complete, coherent dance journeys — whether you’re playing for 20 people or 200.
DJ Foundations & Technical Skills
What You’ll Learn Inside the Training
• DJ setup, software, and live sound basics
• Cables, mixers, sound systems, microphones
• Mixing fundamentals, phrasing, loops, transitions
• Recording and exporting your mixes
Music as Medicine
• Ethical music sourcing and curation
• Organising music by elemental energy (not genre alone)
• Understanding audio quality and sound integrity
• Developing taste, discernment, and intuition
Facilitation & Ceremony
• Opening circles and container setting
• Agreements, consent, and nervous system safety
• Guiding the full Ecstatic Dance arc
• Closing rituals, integration, and completion
Real-World Demonstrations
• Live Ecstatic Dance footage recorded at Udara
• Real setup, real facilitation, real dancers
• Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether in practice
This Is Not a Typical DJ Course
Most DJ trainings focus on the technical basics:
• How to mix tracks
• How to use equipment
• How to perform and build a set
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This training includes all of that - and goes much further.
You’ll learn not only how to DJ, but how to facilitate Ecstatic Dance with clarity, responsibility, and depth.
This course teaches you:
• How to read the energy of a dance floor in real time
• How to create sets that take people on a coherent, transformational journey
• How to source, organise, and select music with intention
• How to guide nervous systems safely through intensity, release, and integration
• How to hold sacred, sober dance spaces with confidence and care
You’ll learn to DJ from the body, the heart, and the collective field - using the Five Elements as a living map for embodied facilitation.
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” – ~Martha Graham ~
Course Curriculum Overview
Module 1 — An Initiation & Lineage Transmission
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Welcome & Course Overview
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What Is Ecstatic Dance?
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Lineage, Roots & Why Dance Is Medicine
The best thing about being an Ecstatic Dance DJ is making people happy. There is nothing like seeing people go wild on the dance floor or the expression on their faces when they hear a track they love and it helps them to release some emotions in a healthy way.
I also love to educate people on music they may have never heard before to take people on a journey with me around the world.
Who This Training Is Not For
✖ People seeking quick fame or shortcuts
✖ DJs only interested in clubs or nightlife
✖ Anyone unwilling to hold responsibility for group spaces
✖ Those wanting rigid formulas instead of embodied learning
Who This Training Is For
✔ Anyone who loves music and Ecstatic Dance
✔ People who want to learn how to DJ journeys that build real community
✔ Space-holders ready to guide potent, free-expression dancefloors
✔ DJs at any level wanting to master the Ecstatic Dance wave
✔ Leaders who know this is your calling
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Malaika MaVeena Darville is an international modern-day Medicine Woman, acclaimed global movement facilitator, and pioneer of the Conscious Dance Movement, helping seed Ecstatic Dance culture in Australia and globally since 2000. She is the creatrix of 5Elements Dance Activation™ and a revered Ecstatic Dance DJ, teacher, and ceremonial space-holder with over 30 years of lived experience.
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Malaika was the first DJ to bring Ecstatic Dance to Udara in Bali, where she now hosts sold-out Ecstatic Dance journeys every Sunday. She has played at major festivals worldwide and is a favourite DJ at the world-famous Yoga Barn, where she has been playing regularly since 2014 and continues to do so today. For decades, she has facilitated transformational retreats and trainings across the globe.
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Over the years, Malaika has trained hundreds of DJs and facilitators who are now sharing the magic of Ecstatic Dance in communities all over the world. Her work is lineage-informed, deeply embodied, and rooted in direct lived experience, not theory alone.
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Her lifelong commitment to the Shamanic Path has gifted her a profound well of Earth wisdom, which she brings both to the decks and into the way she teaches others to hold safe, coherent, and powerful ceremonial containers where real magic can unfold.
Malaika has gained international recognition for her ability to reunite people with their inner body spirituality, guiding students into deeper levels of awareness, authenticity, and self-love.
Through ritual, ceremony, music, and dance, she supports people to remember their true nature, reconnect with the Earth, and live in greater harmony with themselves and the world.
Through movement, sound, and sacred space, Malaika is devoted to supporting personal and planetary awakening, helping restore balance in our fractured, overly industrialised world - and inviting people to remember why they are here.
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In this training, Malaika will inspire you to go for your dreams and give you all the tools necessary to go from beginner to confidently stepping into your leadership role behind the decks - whether you are starting your own Ecstatic Dance or being invited to play at established ones.
YOUR HOST
Malaika Darville
A Final Invitation
This training teaches you how to DJ with real skill - from clean mixing and flow to shaping a full Ecstatic Dance journey.
You’ll learn how to guide energy through music with clarity, timing, and intention. Here, technical mastery fuels presence, coherence, and care on the dancefloor.
If you’re ready to step behind the decks and create Ecstatic Dance experiences that truly move people, start now. The world does not need more DJs.
It needs facilitators who remember that music is medicine.
What the world needs are DJs who create safe,
heart-opening spaces for full human expression.
If you love music and know it is medicine,
love Ecstatic Dance and trust its power to transform...
and feel ready to learn how to DJ journeys that truly move people,
this self-paced online training is for you.
What You’ll Need to Get the Most Out of This Training
Essential Gear & Software
Whether you’re a complete beginner or experienced DJ, having the right tools will make this training practical and applicable.
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Laptop
We teach using an Apple Mac laptop, and demonstrations are shown on macOS.
If you are using Windows, Traktor Pro works similarly — you may just encounter slight differences in system settings or audio routing. You’re welcome to follow along, though you might need to do a bit of additional research on your specific machine.
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​DJ Software
This course is taught using Traktor Pro 4 — a professional DJ software platform with powerful tools for mixing, beatmatching, looping, and live performance.
DJ Controller
You’ll want a physical DJ controller so you can practice hands-on mixing, cueing, and performance technique.
Recommended options include:
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Traktor Z1 — beginner-friendly, affordable
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Traktor S2 MK3 — strong all-round choic
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Traktor S4 MK3 — advanced, professional-style controller
Headphones (Wired)
Bluetooth headphones are not suitable for DJing because they create latency.
Choose a wired set with good sound isolation.
• Sennheiser, Audio-Technica, or similar DJ headphones are ideal.