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EMBODY – Dance of Awareness, Bioenergetic Alchemy + Ecstatic Dance + Cacao
December 3, 2023 @ 11:45 am - 8:15 pm GMT
You are warmly invited to join us for EMBODY: a beautiful day full of transformational experiences. TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE.
You’ll be exploring 3 x wonderful practices:
1) The Dance of Awareness™
2) Bioenergetic Alchemy Embodiment & Stress Release Workshop
3) Ecstatic Dance & Cacao in the evening!
You’re welcome to come for the whole day or drop into individual sessions. All are welcome!
WHAT IS THE DAY ABOUT?
Each of our Sunday Sessions offers Londoners a kind of sanctuary space to come and dance, be themselves, dive deep, have fun, release stress, connect with their body, and stretch themselves beyond their usual way of being. You can attend the whole day or just drop-in for single workshops. No experience necessary.
During the day you will have the chance to dance and dive into a selection of some very beautiful and unique movement & relaxation practices.
Join us for this one-of-a-kind transformational retreat combining three powerful modalities!
SCHEDULE:
◈ 11:45am-2:30pm DANCE OF AWARENESS: a new approach to working with movement, dance, and awareness. It is a dance and movement practice that aims to increase self-awareness and self-acceptance. The phases of the cycle follow themes of human development from pre-birth through to around five years. This is the time period associated with the growing sense of self which becomes embodied through early experience, and which sets the patterns for adulthood. Sensing, Grounding, Expressing, Releasing, Connecting and Completing following an energetic wave of charging and releasing over the course of a session. Doors open at 11:45pm, no entry after 12pm.
◈ break 60 min (selection of teas/coffee will be available in the hallway)
◈ 3:30-5:15pm BIOENERGETIC ALCHEMY – Learn powerful Bioenergetic Alchemy exercises for releasing stress, Grounding, and Empowering. These classes follow a format of checking in with the body, warm-ups, grounding and building the body’s energy, then discharging the energy through movement and expression. This is followed by relaxation. The immediate result is a felt sense of security, vibrancy and exhilaration. (Please bring a yoga mat & blanket) Doors open at 3:20pm, no entry after 3:40pm
◈ break 45 min (selection of teas/coffee will be available in the hallway )
◈ 6pm – 8:15pm ECSTATIC DANCE/Movement Meditation with Cacao Circle (with sound system and optional of Silent Disco Headphones to fully immerse into the music! ) We will provide complimentary Raw Vegan Cacao – super yummy, the best in London for sure!
◈ 8:15pm -8:45pm Optional social with refreshing fruit to nourish you after the dance
–> More details about individual workshops, prices, facilitators – please scroll down.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
1. Please come already dressed in comfortable clothing suitable for movement/fitness and dress in layers. Bring a set of dry clothes/small towel as you will probably get sweaty during the dance session. Toilets are available at the venue but there are no separate changing rooms.
2. The main workshop space is a shoe-free zone, you can wear soft indoor shoes or grip socks.
3. a Reusable water bottle. Tap water refill available at the venue, outside the Roof Studio.
4. Yoga mat and blanket (essential for the Bioenergetics class)
5. Packed Food/ Snacks to have during the breaks, complimentary tea/coffee will be available. There are plenty of shops and cafes nearby.
Please consult your medical practitioner first if you experience any of the below:
- Any pre-existing heart conditions
- Epilepsy/ seizures
- High or low blood pressure with history of fainting
- Pregnancy
- Bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, psychosis, personality disorder
- Untreated/ severe PTSD
- Pre-existing lung disease
- Recent major surgery
- History of stroke
- Glaucoma/ detached retina
- Asthma – please ensure you bring your inhaler with you
If you have any medical conditions or concerns, please get in touch via youareyoubeyou@gmail.com
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VENUE:
2 minutes walk from Tufnell Park station (Exact venue details will be in your order confirmation email! Please scroll down in the email to see all details!)
-Nearest station is Tufnell Park. 2 min walk from the station. Please check tfl.gov for latest travel updates.
-If you are driving, please be aware that the venue is in an Ultra Low Emission Zone and you may be liable to pay the daily fee.
-Find parking on parkopedia and use venues postcode. There is no parking at the venue.
-There are bicycle racks at the venue to lock your bike if you are cycling.
-Venue is accessible to wheelchair users.
-Toilets are available at the venue.
PRICES:
+ Eventbrite fee (or pay cash/card on the door)
ALL-DAY WORKSHOPS:
- £45 Concession
- £55 Regular
- £65 Abundance
REFUND POLICY: Unfortunately, we are not able to make refunds but it may be possible to transfer your ticket to another event.
INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS (Concession /Regular price / Abundant):
- Dance of Awareness £15/£20/£25
- Bioenergetic Alchemy £20/£25/£30
- Ecstatic Dance & Cacao 6pm-8:15pm £15/£20/£25
CHILDREN: unfortunately these sessions are not suitable for children.
EVENTBRITE ORDER CONFIRMATION: Email might be in the spam folder. Please check the email you used to purchase the ticket, might not be your primary email account. Do not print any paper tickets, we will check you in by your name.
FREE CREW SPACES:
We also offer limited FREE crew spaces in exchange of you helping us set up and pack down. Please complete the crew sign up form and we will get in touch!
CANCELLATION POLICY:
We do not offer refunds if you cannot attend; however we can transfer your ticket to another dance if you contact us via email or Eventbrite at least 48h prior to the event. Alternatively, you are welcome to pass on your ticket to a friend, colleague or family member. If you are showing any Covid-19 symptoms, please DO NOT attend the session. If we need to cancel the session due to unforeseen circumstances, we will issue a full refund.
If you have any questions, please send us an email to: youareyoubeyou@gmail.com
FACILITATOR:
Seth Newman: The heart of EMBODY seeks the cultivation of awareness in our participants. Awareness can lead to greater health and well-being, creativity, choice, and responsibility. Through developing an embodied awareness, the often hidden sources of inner knowledge, creativity, intuitive wisdom, and healing can be contacted. And most of us need help in contacting and learning to trust our inner mentors and healers, few of us have been encouraged to do this in the past.
I see the primary role of my work as a humanistic psychology practitioner & embodiment coach to be that of facilitating participants in the process of discovering their innate wisdom and potential for healing, growth, and creativity, and supporting them as they learn to trust, use wisely and celebrate those innate powers.
My fundamental belief is that the deepest, ultimate nature of each individual is essentially loving, wise, compassionate, and full of joy.
“In a culture that is primarily oriented towards mental and verbal processing and communication, as ours is, bringing awareness to the subtleties of bodily processes, sensations, and unconscious movement patterns offers a particularly powerful way into accessing the lost or hidden messages of the unconscious…” – Linda Hartley
Our body’s own innate intelligence and healing powers can be accessed through Bioenergetics and somatic movement processes. Working with the body is an effective approach for many people. This is especially so in our modern culture where historically the body has been repressed and disavowed…
Ultimately, the seeds of healing, wisdom, and transformation can be most directly contacted through unlocking the innate powers within.
MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS:
⋘ ─ ∗DANCE OF AWARENESS∗ ─ ⋙
11:45AM – 2:30PM
Dance of Awareness™ is a new approach to working with movement, dance, and awareness. It is a dance and movement practice that aims to increase self-awareness and self-acceptance. And when practiced regularly, can be a very powerful resource for our well-being – body, heart, and soul.
“This is a dance process for self-expression and personal discovery in a safely held space.”
Dance of Awareness™ has five main streams of influence: Neo-Reichian body-centred psychotherapy; Five Rhythms dance; Authentic Movement; Dance Movement Psychotherapy; and the experiential exploration of Awareness itself.
ROOTS IN DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY
“How did you, become you?”
The Dance of Awareness™ is similar in structure to the Five Rhythms wave developed by Roth (1999), but has been adapted to take account of psychodynamic theory and developmental psychology. The phases of the cycle follow themes of human development from pre-birth through to around five years. This is the time period associated with the growing sense of self which becomes embodied through early experience, and which sets the patterns for adulthood. This gives the mover the opportunity to re-experience the formative years of early development, explore old imprints, and discover new patterns of moving and relating.
The Dance of Awareness™ works with 6 cycles:
Sensing, Grounding, Expressing, Releasing, Connecting and Completing following an energetic wave of charging and releasing over the course of a session.
Dance of Awareness™ is an open and allowing space where the dancer-mover can express and explore both 1) old adapted ways of moving and being and 2) new possibilities in moving, being, and relating.
As you journey through the cycles, and with some direction from the facilitator, explore the creative movement impulses which are ready to emerge.
Dance of Awareness will help you to explore both, dancing out all that is ready to be released, and dancing in more of your life-giving, life-affirming creative potential!
⋘ ─ ∗Bioenergetic Alchemy® Workshop∗ ─ ⋙
◈ 3:30-5:15pm Bioenergetic Alchemy
What Is Bioenergetic Alchemy®?
Bioenergetic Alchemy® is a very powerful body-mind approach to psychological, physical and emotional health and well-being.
Bioenergetic Alchemy® works to melt the frozen history in the body, through a series of gentle and powerful exercises, bringing to consciousness the holding patterns, and releasing the energy that has been blocked. Tense areas of the body are gradually opened so that the energy can begin to move more freely, allowing the body to regain its natural aliveness and vitality, harmonising the relationship between the body, mind and spirit.
At the personal level, the highly experiential nature of Bioenergetic Alchemy® is a catalyst for transformation, as participants work in the laboratory of their own process and their relationship to others. The work opens the heart, brings grounded empowerment to the personality, and a deeper connection to the core; center of your authentic self.
These Bioenergetic Alchemy™ sessions are for individuals interested in their own self-development and/or healing processes. The classes offer deep experiential learning about the body-mind and participants are encouraged to develop skills in present-moment listening, sensing, and emotional/feeling awareness related to the body-mind.
The class is an experiential, deep-dive into yourself and your relationship with your body, and your life energy!
Feedback from our previous workshops:
“Thank you Seth. The weekend was an exceptional experience of deep healing, awakening, and opening. I feel so light, peaceful, and full of Love. Through the journey we took, I touched some of my wounds, gently but deeply releasing and healing what was ready to be alchemised. Thank you to all the other lovely participants. Please organise the next one soon :-)” Tanja
“A truly awesome experience. A wonderful and safe space to learn and experience bioenergetic alchemy. Thanks again to Seth for the expert guidance and support.” Amo
“Like the Bioenergetic Alchemy classes, but better. The weekend gave me the opportunity to go deeper into my body and discover new experiences which I hadn’t been able to tap into before. It was a good mix of different exercises, and I had a really blissful experience with the breathwork.” Vijay
” I feel so grateful I had the opportunity to attend this weekend event. I felt that Seth, through his presence, allowing, way of being, created a very unique, safe space in which I could release, discover, explore and meet different aspects of myself. I was amazed how during the two days I was – often unexpectedly and gently – led to bring forth and embrace a child, an ancient woman, an animal, a spoiled brat, a mother, a lover, a goddess… Also through Seth’s guidance and suggestions I felt within very short spaces of time both my immense sorrow/yearning/pain and my immense joy/gratitude, realising how close to each other these seemingly opposites are. Today I feel a more solid belonging in the world, and a heightened awareness of the soles of my feet on the floor, like the earth was more magnetic!” Maria
⋘ ─ ∗ ECSTATIC DANCE & CACAO CEREMONY ∗ ─ ⋙
6PM – 8:15PM
Brought to you by: Ecstatic Dance London – We love to dance. We love music. We love to inspire, to connect, to heal and transform!
Discover dance as a moving meditation, body ritual, awareness practice & ceremony
In our Sunday Ecstatic Dance sessions, the musical focus will be more of a World/Medicine music, Afro-House & a Tribal Flow vibe. Our Saturday Ecstatic Dance sessions tend to be more of a celebration with a light-hearted party atmosphere, in these new Sunday Dances, you’re invited to explore “movement as meditation” with beautiful music to accompany your journey…
Ecstatic Dance is a dance/movement practice to explore the exhilarating feeling of moving your body freely. You are invited to move, play, connect, sweat, stretch, sound, unwind, renew, release, improvise, transform. Be true to yourself, while respecting your body, in this space that we co-create together. Move your body, unleash the wild dancing self without caring what people think, claim your freedom, open your heart & touch the infinite!
Our Ecstatic Dance classes create a safe and respectful environment that embraces ‘all ways’. We offer a movement practice that supports your free expression of emotions and inner space through movement and music. Our intention for these Ecstatic Dance classes is self-exploration, connection, fun, healing, expanding human potential and community building through freestyle ecstatic dance.
Enter an open space…and with your bare feet explore the exhilarating feeling of moving your body freely. You are invited to move, play, connect, sweat, stretch, sound, unwind, renew, release, improvise, transform. Be true to yourself, while respecting your body, in this space that we co-create together.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
-World/ Medicine, Afro-House, Tribal Flow conscious, inspiring and diverse dance music journey with live percussion!
-A unique movement mediation experience!
-A beautiful, sacred, heartful, fun & safe space for you to dance freely in
-Yummy, velvety tasting raw vegan cacao drink and intention setting ritual
-Superb sound system and optional silent disco headphones for more immersive experience
-Vibrant people who love to dance and love music!
-Optional social with refreshing fruit to nourish you after the dance
PRACTICE SPECIFICS: Warm-up: stretch, move/dance and reflect on the intention for the dance to a gentle sound wave. The Practice: freestyle dancing to a large sound wave featuring Live DJ set. Some guidance & facilitation will be provided. And then we will let the music, the community and our own inner space direct our steps, our movements, our expression, our journey. Relaxation: Ecstatic Dance usually ends with a deep relaxation.
ECSTATIC DANCE GUIDELINES:
No late comers please. This is a shared journey from the beginning to the end and we aim to create a safe container for all dancers. If you are more than 30 min late, arriving after 6:30pm, we won’t be able to let you join the session, this is so we can all journey together.
1. No talking during the dance (if you wish to talk to, you are welcome to chat before/after dance outside the building). When we dance without the chitchat, something alchemical can happen on the dancefloor. A unified field of Being emerges and we feel both wild and free, contained within ourselves And connected to something much, much greater than our individual selves.
2. Drug-Free, Smoke-Free, Alcohol-Free environment
3. No photos or videos, Mobile phones muted and out of sight
4. Care/Awareness for the co-created space and each other
5. Move your body however you wish
6. No spectating. Stay connected to your own body, sensations, emotions, and feelings. Ecstatic Dance is about you and your relationship to the Dance. Dancers feel uncomfortable when being spectated at. Come prepared to Dance yourself free from inhibitions!
7. You can dance alone, or with as many partners as (you) like to join. (If you’d rather not dance with someone, thank them for the offer by placing your hands in prayer position at your heart – Namaste.)
8. This is not a pick up place. Please respect all dancers (especially women) and do not ask for anyone’s contact details. If you wish to stay in touch with someone, give them your email instead of asking for their contact details. No means no.
“Our bodies instinctively know what feels good or bad, right or wrong. However, often our heads get in the way. Ecstatic Dance is about finding our way through to what feels good. How can we use dance to consciously transform towards finding joy, without denying our anger or sadness? Ask yourself: what’s my body feeling in this moment? Does it feel good moving this way, or that? Does it feel nourishing to dance with another, or dance solo? Where do I most feel connected with Self? Let your body lead the way.” ~ Abigail Harris
No experience necessary. All welcome.
CACAO CIRCLE
At Ecstatic Dance London we LOVE chocolate, RAW chocolate-CACAO! We will provide complimentary Raw Vegan Cacao to superfood charge your dance with us!
Cacao is the ultimate heart opener, it will give you energy, revitalise your BodyMind inviting you to express, release & unleash your creativity during the dance!
Our Raw Vegan Cacao is prepared lovingly by Diana (who makes the best, velvety tasting cacao in town for sure!). She uses ethically sourced, highest quality ingredients from Guatemala, directly from a reliable cacao bean farmer.
Join us to explore Cacao + Ecstatic Dance as a potent synthesis for Transformation. After the dance warm up we will take a moment to attune and connect to what we are grateful for, giving thanks for all the abundance in our life.
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