"Awareness Magazine" wrote that the music pulsed, "creating a rhythmic aura that transports the listener", in a way that was perfect for yoga. Michael Riversong wrote of "Silver Desert Cafe" on "Tongues" that "I always dance when it comes up". Roth and the Mirrors provided music for Michelle Mahrer's film, "Dances of Ecstasy", in which Roth has an acting credit, appearing as herself. The "New York Times" review noted that "Whirling Dervishes from Turkey, Orisha Priestesses from Nigeria and Brazil, shaman healers from the Kalahari and dancers in a Gabrielle Roth workshop in New York, pulse to the same beat". The 5Rhythms movement system, founded by Roth in the late 1970s, focuses on five body rhythms: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness and is "a way to become conscious through dance". The movement has spread worldwide with 245 registered teachers. The 5Rhythms have been the subject of at least one Ph.D thesis, and some academic publications. The "Huffington Post" described Roth as "an incredibly influential teacher of meditative dance". Charlotte Macleod, writing in the London "Evening Standard", describes dancing Roth's 5Rhythms as a kind of antidote to life in a large city, and how she was attracted to a dance class by a video of Thom Yorke. The class leaves her "mentally and physically refreshed, and oddly connected to the other dancers." The dance was "a kind of moving meditation" for her. Christine Ottery, writing in "The Guardian", states that "ecstatic dancing has an image problem" and "encompasses everything from large global movements such as 5 Rhythms and Biodanza to local drum'n'dance meet-ups". She suggests that readers may "find 5 Rhythms a good place to start", and does so herself: "Nervously, I stretch and warm my muscles. As the rhythms take off, I shake off my shyness." She dances in different ways, alone or with partners. "My body is expressing itself - it's utter abandonment and a complete high." In 2007, Roth founded the non-profit "5Rhythms Reach Out" which offered classes in 5Rhythms to various groups, including those suffering from Alzheimer's disease, other dementias, and cancer. 5Rhythms later also became part of the Open Floor movement practice designed by Andrea Juhan.