Retreats & Festivals

OUR ECSTATIC DANCE RETREATS & FESTIVALS

Over the years we have created and hosted a variety of Ecstatic Dance, Embodiment, Meditation, Tantra & Relaxation retreats, festivals and campouts in Portugal and the UK! We bring wealth of experience, professionalism, dedication and heartfulness into all our offerings.
Join us for Ecstatic Experiences – Ecstatic Dance, Active Meditations, Breathwork, Bioenergetics, Yoga, Sauna, Cacao and much more!

UPCOMING:

• 2024 October 9-13: Ecstatic Dance Autumn Retreat (Dorset, UK)
• 2024 November 13-17 or 15-17 November Restival & Lomi Lomi Retreat (Dorset, UK)
• 2025 Retreats/ Festival dates & tickets to be announced soon!

PAST:

• 2024 July 24-28: Ecstatic Dance Festival (Dorset, UK)
• 2024 April 10-14: Ecstatic Dance Spring Retreat (Dorset, UK)
• 2023 Oct 26-30: RESTIVAL – Yoga, Meditation, Nature-Sauna, Rest & Reset Retreat (Dorset, UK)
• 2023 Sept 6-10: Ecstatic Dance Summer Retreat (Dorset, UK)
• 2023 April 26-May 1:Ecstatic Dance Spring Retreat (Dorset, UK)
• 2022 October: Ecstatic Dance Autumn Retreat (Dorset, UK)
• 2022 July: Ecstatic Dance Festival (Dorset, UK)
• 2021 August: Ecstatic Campout – 4x different Retreats/ Camps(Devon, UK)
  • Roots & Wings – Bioenergetics, Breathwork & Ecotherapy Camp
  • Reclamation – Tantra & Conscious Connections Camp
  • Restival – Yoga, Dance & Relaxation Camp
  • High on Life – Ecstatic Dance Camp
• 2021 June: Ecstatic Dance Summer Solstice Retreat (Yorkshire, UK)
• 2020 August: Ecstatic Campout Retreat (Dorset, UK)
• 2019 August: EcoTantra Retreat (Alentejo, Portugal)
• 2019 June: High on Life Ecstatic Dance Festival (Alentejo, Portugal)
• 2018 August: EcoTantra Retreat (Alentejo, Portugal)
• 2018 June: High on Life Ecstatic Dance Festival (Alentejo, Portugal)
• 2017 September: EcoTantra Retreat (Alentejo, Portugal)
• 2017 June: Ecstatic Dance Temple Facilitator Training (Bali, Indonesia)

WHAT ARE OUR RETREATS/ FESTIVALS/ CAMPOUTS ABOUT?

• Our retreats, festivals & campouts are experiential playgrounds for co-creating transformational experiences.
• We offer life-affirming transformational workshops beyond the old Drug and Alcohol paradigm.
• Our retreats, festivals & campouts are invitations to awaken the dancer within! Dance to feel alive, find your creativity and freedom through conscious dance!
• Live music with outstanding musicians at some of our gatherings.
• Connection with ourselves and our bodies explored through a cross-section of approaches.
• Learn powerful exercises for grounding, releasing fear/stress/ tension/ trauma from the body and developing deeper presence and body awareness.
• Explore as individuals and a group, a wide variety of ecstatic dance and active meditation processes.
• Using music, movement, ritual, and connection to achieve a unified field of being.
• Rest, Relax & Rejuvenate
• Attune to Nature and the living environment, release stress and come home to your Ecstatic-Self!
• We offer experiential not-to-be-missed retreats, festivals & campouts!

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• Beautiful indoor dance and workshop spaces with great sound systems! (weather permitting, we will also run workshops outdoors, surrounded by nature and ancient oak trees)
• A variety of Transformational Embodiment, Wellbeing, Movement and Ecstatic Dance workshops with our main facilitator Seth Newman(Active Meditations, Breathwork, Bioenergetics, Intimacy, Conscious Touch, Hugging, Drumming, Singing, Cacao Ceremonies, Sound Journeys, Authentic Movement, Ecstatic Dance and much more!)
• Additional musical performances & workshops with guest facilitators and DJ’s 
• Saunas & Campfires in the evenings
• Alcohol and drug-free environment
• Delicious vegetarian meals
• Indoor Cafe (for coffee and cake)
• Hangout on the sofas

EXAMPLE DAILY *SCHEDULE:

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Good Morning Meditations

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Yummy Breakfast

9:30 AM – 1:00 PM Morning Ecstatic Dance / Workshops

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Magnificent Lunch

3:00 PM – 6:30 PM Sauna/ Nature Walks / Massages/ Afternoon Workshops

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Delicious Dinner

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Evening Ecstatic Dance / Workshops

10:00 PM – 00:00 AM Campfire/ Sauna/ Evening Performances/ Dance Parties

*PLEASE NOTE: there will be a few different workshop/dance spaces and schedules, this is just an example schedule, all workshops and timings might change slightly as we want to offer some flexibility with the schedule during the festival.