Yoga Electronica × Full Moon Fusion
The Full Moon Masquerade
Arrive in your head. Leave in your body, completely alive and connected to community.
Yoga Electronica is coming back to Q Studios on Sunday, October 25, and this time it opens a seven-hour day. Doors open at 2:30 PM; the program runs 3–10 PM. Yoga to original electronic music opens into a sober dance floor, then the night keeps going as the Full Moon Masquerade, a collaboration with Full Moon Fusion and Full Moon Chicago, until 10 PM. Arrive in your head. Leave in your body, completely alive and connected to community. Hosted & MC'd all night by Rich Cotter, with 40 people max.
The journey
2:30 PM · Doors open
All night · Host & MC Rich Cotter
2:50 PM · Opening meditation + cacao gratitude prayer with Zacbe
3:00 PM–4:00 PM
Yoga Electronica
David ProrokDavid Prorok leads the Yoga Electronica class from 3 to 4, scored to his own original electronic soundtrack, moving from gentle breathwork into rhythmic flow. We start at 2:50 with an opening meditation and cacao gratitude prayer with Zacbe, and end the class in savasana.
4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Yoga Electronica Ecstatic Dance
DJ SupernaturalAt 4:00, DJ Supernatural plays the Yoga Electronica Ecstatic Dance until 5:30: Chicago house, deep to soulful, free movement all the way through.
5:30 PM–6:45 PM
Cacao Happy Hour + Community Connection
DJ Maubin5:30–6:45: Zacbe opens the hour with a short heart-opening cacao prayer. Somatic Socializers Shruthi Shanti and Shannon Degnan, LSW, help anyone feeling shy find their way in
6:45 PM–8:00 PM
Devia Dev · with Shanti on vocals
Andreas Om & ShantiAndreas Om plays 6:45–8 as Devia Dev, with Shanti on vocals, bringing tribal throat singing, ecstatic dance and live DJ performance.
8:00 PM–8:20 PM
Costume Embodiment + Dance-Off
Breena ShustermanBreena Shusterman leads Costume Embodiment + Dance-Off 8–8:20,
8:30 PM–10:00 PM
Chicago techno · closing the night
DJ Microdotand DJ Microdot closes with Chicago techno 8:30–10.
10 PM · Close
5:30 · The Cacao Happy Hour mixer
At 5:30, the Full Moon Masquerade opens with the Cacao Happy Hour + Community Connection until 6:45: Zacbe opens with a heart-opening cacao prayer, DJ Maubin keeps the grooves going, and our Somatic Socializers, Shruthi Shanti and Shannon Degnan, LSW, offer gentle, optional invitations to connect. No forced icebreakers; this is community hosting, not therapy. Shannon is celebrating 13 years of sobriety with us this weekend, so come raise a mug of cacao with her.
Win $100 for your costume
Costumes welcome: one costume wins a $100 cash prize, judged by the organizers on creativity, embodiment, originality and Masquerade spirit (must be present to win).
Open to eligible event attendees. Winner selected by event organizers based on creativity, embodiment, originality, and overall spirit of the Full Moon Masquerade. Must be present to win. One winner. $100 cash prize. Organizer decisions are final.
A sacred offering · cacao by Zacbe
Zacbe's cacao is a sacred offering. Donation-based: give what it's worth to you. Everyone is welcome, whatever your budget. It's served during and after the yoga class and through the happy hour, until about 7 PM or until it runs out.
Tickets
Tickets are $40 for Yoga Electronica, and you can add $5 at checkout for the whole Masquerade ($45 total). Bring a friend: 2 full-day tickets for $60 for the first 5 pairs, then $70 for the next 5. Full-day door admission is $60; you can RSVP to pay cash at the door on our ticket page (signed waiver, does not hold a seat). Everything is sold on yogaelectronica.com. This one is 18+ only, no children. Work trade is not confirmed until Rich calls: (773) 217-8773.
Good to know
New this time: shoes are optional. Shoes off on the yoga mats, but you're welcome to dance in shoes on the floor, and we'll offer adaptations if you'd rather not touch the floor at all.
Bring sealed, store-bought non-alcoholic cans or bottles for the drink potluck — no homemade mixes.
Checkout includes the event agreements and costume-contest rules, with an optional photo/video consent choice.
See you on the floor, Rich and David
Yoga Electronica · Richie Rich Entertainment LLC · Chicago