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SPRING EQUINOX 2022 – Awaken the Senses – Ecstatic Dance, Cacao & More

March 20, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 5:30 pm GMT

SPRING EQUINOX: Awaken the Senses
with Cacao ~ Ecstatic Dance ~ Meditations ~ Boundaries ~ Conscious/Healing Touch & More

SPRING AWAKENING: Awaken the Senses

Join us for Spring Equinox, and explore a day of cacao, ecstatic dance, boundaries and healing touch.

Spring Equinox is the time of Awakening. It’s the time for expansion and growth. So we’re offering a day of self-love, of awakening our senses to the beauty of life.

Join us for a luscious day of cacao, connection, and multi-sensory play! Throughout the day we will explore a myriad of exercises to awaken our senses, to access greater pleasure while weaving meaningful connections with one another. Ignited, we will carry this flame into the world to shine our light this Spring.

Cacao ~ Ecstatic Dance ~ Conscious Connections ~ Guided Meditations ~ Boundaries ~ Conscious/HealingTouch ~ Eye Gazing Meditation & More

You’re welcome to come for the whole day or drop into individual sessions. All are welcome!

WHAT TO EXPECT:

A beautiful Cacao Circle to connect with and open the heart
Guided Sensory Awareness meditation and Breath practice
Eye gazing
Conscious/Healing touch and boundaries
A safe and sacred confidential container to express, connect, and explore
Ecstatic Dance journey and embodiment exploration

SCHEDULE:

◈ 12:30pm – 3pm Awaken the Senses PART 1

◈ break 45min (selection of teas/coffee will be available in the kitchen)

◈ 3:45pm-5:30pm Awaken the Senses PART 2

◈ break 30 min (selection of teas/coffee will be available in the kitchen)

◈ 6pm – 8:15pm Ecstatic Dance/Movement Meditation with *Cacao Gratitude 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 – Workshop ends

◈ 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 and dress in layers, there are changing rooms located on the 1st floor. Wear clothing that is comfortable for movement, and feel free to dress in a way that inspires sensuality and the divine within you. Bring some clothing layers, and a water bottle.

2. We dance barefoot, in 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. Blindfolds will be provided.

5. Packed Food/ Snacks to have during the breaks,

VENUE:

Siobhan Davies Dance Studio, 85 St George’s Rd, London SE1 6ER

Nearest station Elephant & Castle, please check tfl .gov for latest travel updates. If you are driving, please be aware of congestion charge, find parking on parkopedia. There is a bicycle rack in the courtyard to lock your bike if you are cycling.

WHEN: Sunday, 20 March 12:30pm-5:30pm

COST: Honesty-based pricing system is in effect!

AWAKEN THE SENSES WORKSHOPS 12:30PM-5:30PM

£35 Lower waged (stay on for the Ecstatic Dance & Cacao 6pm-8:15pm – £50)
£45 Regular (Stay on for the Ecstatic Dance & Cacao 6pm-8:15pm – £65)

PAYMENT: We have set a donation option to reduce your ticket fee cost, feel free to donate more and give from abundance. Please enter amount to purchase your ticket. Thank you in advance! Any tickets booked below the indicated donation amount will be refunded immediately. 1 ticket per transaction please. Limited spaces & ticket availability. Please book via Eventbrite .

EVENTBRITE ORDER CONFIRMATION: Email might be in the spam folder. Please check. 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/or pack down. If you would like to crew, please send us an email to youareyoubeyou@gmail.com (*Requirement – you need to have attended at least two of our indoor events at Siobhan Davies Studios before you can join the crew)

CANCELLATION POLICY:

We do not offer refunds/ticket swaps for another event if you cannot attend if less than 72h notice if provided. You are welcome to pass on your ticket to a friend, colleague or family member however please let us know the date & time of the booked session, name and email address of the person attending in your place for track & trace purposes. Send us an email with replacement person’s details to: youareyoubeyou@gmail.com

If we need to cancel the class due to unforeseen circumstances, we will issue a full refund. If you have any questions please feel free to send us an email: youareyoubeyou@gmail.com

FACILITATORS:

Seth Newman: As a coach, Seth is dedicated to helping people calm, empower and rejuvenate their busy minds and bodies to achieve the best versions of themselves. Seth brings a wealth of experience holding heart-centered spaces.

As a musician, Seth is passionate about rhythm & drumming, has an MA in Community Music from Goldsmith College, worked as a world music percussion teacher in East London schools for almost 20 years and started URUBU collective back in 2009 as a Live Music Ecstatic Dance experience with Afro-Brazilian drummers & musicians.

Seth has been running various body-mind integration classes and workshops for many years. His inspiration comes from many sources including Humanistic & Body Psychotherapy, the Human Potential Movement, 5 Rhythms, Tantra and Active meditations.

Diana Upite: Trained in classical music from a young age, and later in contemporary music, Diana carries a life-long passion for singing, improvising, and re-imagining traditional Celtic and folk songs with her own melodic vision. A singer at heart, she connects deeply with the melodies and harmonies of ancient Europe and beyond.

Diana is passionate about bringing practices of rest and embodiment to others. Through her singing, her intention is to guide you on a journey of reconnection and self-discovery, reuniting you with the source of who you are.

Diana also has a keen interest in making delicious raw chocolates and raw cacao drinks for cacao ceremonies, private clients and is constantly experimenting with new flavours. She is a co-creator of many URUBU wellbeing classes, workshops and retreats.

MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

⋘ ─ ∗SPRING EQUINOX: AWAKEN THE SENSES∗ ─ ⋙

We’ll be creating a safe and respectful space, to explore simple exercises aimed at strengthening our ability to connect with ourselves, and to our body, first of all. And then expanding into connecting with others, becoming more comfortable with honesty and openess.

Learn to honour your personal boundaries.
Learn to enjoy your desire for intimate contact, and to communicate both with authenticity.
Become more grounded and vital,
Become more sensual and more connected with your feelings and your heart.

For us, the Spring Equinox workshop is an invitation into the total experience of life, multi-dimensional human life! Of course, it being Spring, sex and sexuality are a part of life, we wouldn’t be alive without it. But it is not the main focus of our work. The main focus is on deepening our connection to the Heart! This workshop is a potent invitation to slow down and bring your awareness back into the present, back to your body and felt sense and to simple, yet, precious moments.

Our Spring Equinox workshop is about: -Developing our sensitivity to ourselves and what we are experiencing, – Allowing ourselves to be, and to be seen,- Developing love and acceptance for ourselves, – Becoming aware of the ways we shut down.

Physical contact: Some exercises will invite physical contact. And we will offer practices for saying no and setting boundaries. All physical contact will be optional. ”Please never do anything, that you don’t want to do” is our mantra. Listen to your body and honor your body’s signals, and speak your truth!

FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS CONSCIOUS CONNECTIONS WORKSHOPS:

“I felt so amazing after. I woke up the next day feeling so present and full of love for every moment and for every person I met! Amazing. Thank you, Seth, for creating all these different ways for self-exploration and fun and healing! Big hugs to all the lovely people who were there!”

“An exceptional evening – everything I wanted and more! You know to experience such presence, inner stillness, sacred connection with other people, in such a short time with strangers here in London is rare to find. The body – movement – connection – presence – passion and love. I felt it all… Grateful” – Alison

“At the end of the group, I feel a greater sense of my own identity. I feel accepted. During the course, I have taken risks with emotional connections. I found people exceptionally loving and supportive and tolerant. It gave me great strength and confidence.”

“I want to thank you all for being part of my journey. I’ve really enjoyed sharing my time and space with you and feeling that connection – I can still feel it. I think I’ll always remember “meeting” people in such an intimate way, trusting and loving and sharing.“

“Thank you, Seth, for your facilitation of a very grounding and loving EcoTantra group. I have done quite a few tantric events, but Seth’s was different and special for me. We grew in trust and friendship, together. When I think back over the highlights, it was the music and dancing, the open circles and all the sharing closeness and humour. I grew to love all of you. The regularity and certainty that we would meet was comforting and helped to create the tenderness and depth of spirit. It was fun and safe. It was a soft and gentle process and it was perfect. I felt safe.”

SAFETY GUIDELINES & PREVENTION MEASURES:

COVID UPDATE:

We are working closely with the venue and are taking appropriate steps to ensure our indoor dance sessions are covid-secure.

We kindly ask that you respect and follow Siobhan Davies Dance Studio safety guidelines. We reserve the right to exclude and ask to leave any participant who does not honour the below safety guidelines:

SYMPTOMS: If you are showing any Covid-19 symptoms, please DO NOT attend the class. Any participant repeatedly coughing in the space will be asked to leave immediately.

CHECK IN: please arrive ON time for the check in (not before the indicated time). This is to avoid overcrowding and ensure smooth check in and changeover between the sessions.

FACE COVERING: optional.

HAND WASHING: Wash and sanitise your hands regularly and after using the bathroom. All touch hotspots will be regularly cleaned with disinfectant between each session.

CONTACT DETAILS: name and contact details will be kept for 21 days by the venue for track and trace purposes. If you have booked 2 or more tickets under your name, we will need to obtain name & email address from other attendees.

BATHROOMS: please ONLY use bathrooms on the 1st floor by the lift as these are for Roof studio users only.

CHANGING ROOMS: located on the 1st floor. Where possible – please come already dressed in comfortable clothing and dress in layers.

WATER REFILL: please top up your water bottle from the flasks provided outside the Roof studio. It’s tap water.

FRESH AIR: venue has windows that will be opened and fans placed in front of the windows to allow more air flow in the space. There is also a back door fire exit which will be opened in between each session to ventilate the space.

CACAO: our Raw Vegan Cacao is carefully prepared in a clean kitchen and will be poured in eco friendly paper cups and served on a tray.

SILENT DISCO HEADPHONES: clean set & head bandanas will be provided.