ONDAS is a new platform presenting a range of classes, workshops and events that combine yoga, expressive dance, music, meditation, and restorative movement, centered around Ondance, our core practice.

Ondance

We release, we flow, we rise.

Through Ondance, we invite you to fully surrender to a musical journey, allowing your body to respond and express itself through playful dance movements that feel most natural.

Gathering in an enchanting space with others who have also heard the call to Ondance, you will be guided and encouraged to let go of any stagnant energy and emotions you may wish to release and send back to the light.

Your steps will become lighter and your movements freer the further into the musical journey we dance. The connection between your mind, body and soul will realign through joyful movement and connection and after Ondance, you will dance on your merry way with a clearer mind and a more open heart.

Ondance Events

Our core Ondance events typically last 2.5 hours and include the following three phases:

Opening Circle

(The Release)

We commence with an Opening Circle in which each participant is invited to share something they wish to release. Through holding space and time for each other, connection is sparked and intentions become all the more powerful.

Movement

(The Flow)

As a DJ set that has been carefully curated for the time and place unfolds, we warm up with gentle guidance in nourishing movement, eventually giving way to individual creative expression through free-flowing dance.

Closing Circle

(The Rise)

The circle will form again. Each person is invited to share and reconnect. We then lie down and are guided through a relaxing meditation to ground our practice so we leave feeling lighter and freer to rise in the world beyond the Ondance floor.

Ondance Classes

Ondance Deep

This is a fully guided 90 minute workshop in which you are invited to explore a sequence of deep nourishing movements against a beautiful dreamy soundtrack of subtly changing frequencies.

Commencing with a breathwork session, Oncance Deep presents an opportunity to slow down and take time out of the fast-moving world to return to self. Through meditative movement and somatic release, you will descend from the busy mindscape to your heart space, warm, welcoming and overflowing with love.

Through gentle graceful embodiment, you will be guided to go deep within, recharging your cells with dancing light and bringing emotions to the surface so they can be felt and released in the company and comforting presence of other deep-diving dancing souls.

We dive within.

Ondance Reset

A gentle restorative 60-minute yoga-centric class, combining elements of dance, music and sound healing.

Incorporating breathwork, mindfulness and slow-moving stretches, Ondance Reset is an invitation to rest and reflect.

This class opens a window of time and space for you to reconnect with your being, nourish your body and realign the mind, soul and heart connection.

You will leave feeling deeply rested and fully reconnected with your sense of self and presence.

We recharge through movement.

Workshops & Retreats

Our Ondas events are hosted in and around some of Portugal’s most beautiful studios and spaces. They can be expanded to create a retreat day and tailored to combine any or all of the following elements:

Breathwork

Yoga

Guided Meditation

Energy Clearing

Sound Healing

Our Story

Founded by Margarida Pialgata and Elizabeth Gaffney, the name ONDAS is inspired by the eb and flow of natural rhythms and energy, as well as the coastal location of the platform’s birthplace in Lisbon.

The concept emerged organically under the light of the summer solstice after Margarida suggested that Elizabeth curate a playlist for one of her yoga classes the following week. This sparked the idea for a collaboration between the Yoga Instructor and DJ and the vision for a new events platform unfolded.

Margarida Pialgata

Actress & Yoga Instructor

Margarida Pialgata is a professional actress and certified yoga teacher and breathwork specialist, who has been teaching classes for over 6 years.

  • Growing up in Costa Da Caparica, Margarida was first led into yoga through her love of movement. She is passionate about dance and performance and brings this passion along with her improvisation and acting skills to her yoga classes and workshops across Lisbon.

    Absorbed through her Atlantic Ocean upbringing, Margarida embodies the high energy and emotional depth of the sea. These forces are innate and mindfully brought to her yoga practice and roles as a group leader and healing facilitator.

Elizabeth Gaffney

Music Producer, DJ & Energy Healer

Elizabeth Gaffney is a DJ and music producer who has been creating and playing music under the artist name Channel 11 for over 10 years.

  • She grew up between the UK, Canada and Ireland and after several years working as a designer in London, she followed her soul’s calling to Lisbon in 2022.

    Having always been very sensitive to energy and guidance from other realms, Elizabeth embarked on various spiritual learning paths in 2011 and she has been practising as an energy healer and spiritual guide alongside her creative endeavours for over 6 years.

    Through ONDAS, she is excited to combine her passion for music with her love for helping people heal and strengthen their connection within.