Urban Day Retreats · London

Ecstatic Dance Festival in the City

A taste of our much larger festival in July.

Dive into daytime and evening ecstatic dances and different movement practices and workshops, and meet like-minded people in a sober, heartfelt and fun environment.

Morning dances
Afternoon connection workshops
Evening ecstatic dance + Cacao

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Urban Day Retreats · London

A full day of festival vibes.

Start the morning dancing, wild and free on the dancefloor or deep within a blindfolded trance dance.

Move into connection in the afternoon, through ritual breath or a slow movement workshop.

Rise into the Shamanic Bass Temple as mystical basslines and live percussion carry you into the night.

A taste of a previous festival. The line-up on this page is from a previous Ecstatic Dance Festival in the City and is shared as an example. The schedule, DJs and facilitators can change, and the programme for our next one will be updated here soon.

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I · Morning

11:45am – 2:30pm

Ecstatic Dance or Trance Dance

Start the day off dancing: wildly and free with a guest DJ, or deep within a blindfolded tantric trance dance.

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II · Afternoon

3:45pm – 5:45pm

Conscious or Moving Connections

Choose between a meditation and ritual breath or a slow movement workshop. Both work on deeply connecting with others.

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III · Evening

7:00pm – 9:45pm

Shamanic Bass Temple

Mystical, world dub, tribal breaks and global bass carry us into ecstatic dance as movement meditation.

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Each of our all-day Saturday sessions offers Londoners a sanctuary to come and dance, be themselves, dive deep, have fun, release stress, connect with their body and stretch beyond their usual way of being.

Come for the whole day
Or drop in for single workshops
No experience necessary

Previous line-up · example

Chapter IMorning

Start the day dancing.

11:45am – 2:30pm

Ecstatic Dance or Trance Dance

Dance wild and free, or go deep with a blindfolded tantric trance dance.

Two dances run side by side, so you can begin the day your way: a daytime sober rave with a guest ecstatic dance DJ, or Seth Newman's Tantric Trance Dance.

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Morning · Previous line-up

01 · Previous guest DJ

Daytime sober rave ecstatic dance

Last time we had DJ Amaya Garcia: a London-based sound weaver guiding dancers through journeys of presence, connection and awakening.

From soft and meditative to ecstatic and wild, her sets blend earthy rhythms, shimmering electronics and world-inspired sounds, creating spaces where music becomes ceremony and the dancefloor becomes a place of transformation.

Amaya has played at

Buddhafield Festival
Ecstatic Dance Festival UK
Rumble Festival
Elevate Festival
Ecstatic Dance London
Sober Rave UK
Ecstatic Dance Playa (Mexico)
Somos Avalon Riviera Maya (Mexico)

02 · Led by Seth Newman

Tantric Trance Dance

A transformational dance process that guides you to befriend every aspect of your being: your embodied nature, your heart's deep longing and your connection to the Great Mystery.

A truly unique dance experience, blending ancient and contemporary tools with the powerful use of a blindfold. Woven together, they invite you into a deep state of presence, awakening and celebration.

Tools woven together

Bioenergetics
Ecstatic Dance
Catharsis
Chakra Journeying
Vipassana Meditation
Latihan
The blindfold

Waking up to celebrate the one that you are.

03 · Good to know

Two paths, one morning

Choose your dance
Dance wild and free, or go deep with a blindfolded trance dance.
No experience needed
Both are open to everyone. Just bring yourself and an open heart.
Line-up may change
DJs and facilitators vary from festival to festival.

From a previous festival

This line-up is from a previous Ecstatic Dance Festival in the City, shared as an example of what to expect. The schedule and facilitators can change, and the programme for our next one will be updated here soon.

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Chapter IIAfternoon

Then we move into connection.

3:45pm – 5:45pm

Conscious Connections or Moving Connections

Choose a meditation and ritual breath, or a slow movement workshop.

Both workshops are about deeply connecting with others: in a safe, respectful space, with choice and care.

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Afternoon · Previous line-up

01 · Led by Seth Newman

Conscious Connections & Ritual Breath

Simple exercises in a safe, respectful space that strengthen our ability to connect, and to become more comfortable with honesty and vulnerability.

Honour your boundaries
Learn to honour your boundaries, enjoy your desire for contact, and communicate both with authenticity.
A guided Ritual Breath
Breath alters our state of consciousness, offering a fresh perspective and connecting us to the body's innate wisdom.
Back to the heart
Slow down and bring your awareness back to the present, your body and simple, precious moments.

02 · Guest facilitator: Julia Samel

Moving Connections

An embodiment practice with time to connect with ourselves and others, with choice and care.

We begin with exercises that evolve through different stages of connection, exploring all we can experience as we meet other human bodies and souls in different ways.

Every Moving Connections session is different.

Reflect & witness
Time to reflect, witness, notice and discover creative, unique ways to meet each other.
Free-flowing exploration
Choose where and how you'd like to be: sometimes with others, sometimes in your own space.
Always at choice
Whether it feels very new or somehow familiar, you move in your own way, always at choice.

03 · Good to know

Two paths, one afternoon

Choose your workshop
A meditation and ritual breath, or a slow movement workshop. Both deepen connection with others.
Always consent-based
Every invitation is a choice, and every choice is respected.
Line-up may change
Workshops and facilitators vary from festival to festival.

From a previous festival

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Chapter IIIEvening

An evening of mystical & uplifting medicine music.

7:00pm – 9:45pm

Shamanic Bass Temple Ecstatic Dance

Mystical, world dub, tribal breaks & global bass.

MysticalWorld DubTribal BreaksGlobal BassLive Percussion

Immerse yourself in an ecstatic dance journey of deep global bass, world dub, tribal breaks and live percussion. Move freely, connect deeply, and let the music carry you through embodiment, release and ecstasy.

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Evening · Shamanic Bass Temple Ecstatic Dance

01 · What to expect

Medicine music

We open the evening with a dance movement warm-up, then a heart-opening raw vegan cacao ceremony and intention setting, before the main dance wave begins.

Uplifting sounds
Dub and bass-heavy breaks, mystical shamanic soundscapes, drum & bass and organic world rhythms.
Live percussion
Bringing fire and soul to the dancefloor.
Raw ceremonial cacao
To open your heart and elevate your energy.
Freestyle movement
Expressive movement and moving meditation.

The DJ in headphones playing medicine music under violet light

A dancer with eyes closed, lost in the music

02 · Your evening

As the sun sets

7:00pmDoors open & warm up
Check in for ecstatic dance. No entry after 7:30pm, so we can all journey together.
7:30pmCacao & SoundWave
Cacao ceremony and positive intention setting, then the ecstatic dance SoundWave until 9:45pm.
9:45pmFruit social
An optional fruit social to nourish you after the dance, until 10:15pm.

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03 · Guidelines

How we dance

A few simple agreements keep this a safe, free and sacred space for everyone.

No booze
Alcohol, drug, psychedelic and smoke free. We get a natural high through dance and cacao.
No shoes
Dance barefoot and feel the floor beneath you.
No phones
Phones away, so everyone can be fully present.
No chit-chat
Let the body do the talking on the dancefloor.
Move however you wish
No steps to learn, no right or wrong.
Respect
Respect yourself and others.

No late arrivals

This is a shared journey from beginning to end, and we hold a safe container for every dancer. If you're more than 30 minutes late, unfortunately we can't let you join, so please arrive on time.

Zero tolerance for drugs & alcohol

This is one of the very few places Londoners can dance on a Saturday night in a safe, sober space. If you arrive drunk or high, you'll be refused entry or asked to leave, with no refund.