Urban Day Retreats · London
Come home into yourself, dive into your edges, and rediscover embodied joy.
Urban Day Retreats · London
Begin blindfolded, guided through a Tantric-Shamanic dance journey into presence, catharsis and awakening.
Move into Conscious Connections, learning to hold your boundaries and meet others with authenticity, deepened by a guided Ritual Breath.
Rise into the Shamanic Bass Temple as mystical basslines and tribal rhythms carry you into ecstatic dance.
I · Darkness
11:45am – 2:30pm
Through this transformational dance process, you'll be guided into befriending every aspect of your being: your embodied nature, your heart's deep longing and your connection to the Great Mystery.
ExploreII · Connection
3:30pm – 5:45pm
The Gathering invites you to slow down, feel and be seen. Come as you are: this is where inner exploration meets collective awakening.
ExploreIII · Ecstasy
7:00pm – 9:45pm
Mystical, world dub, tribal breaks and global bass carry us into ecstatic dance as movement meditation.
ExploreChapter IDarkness
Our journey begins in the dark.
11:45am – 2:30pm
“You are the fusion of Nature and Spirit, the meeting point of Earth & Sky.”
A truly unique dance experience, blending ancient and contemporary transformational tools with the powerful use of a blindfold, inviting you into a deep state of presence, awakening and celebration.
Skip to Explore The GatheringChapter I · Blindfolded Tantric Trance Dance
01 · The process
Dive deep into this powerful process for awakening. Connect with your inner nature and open your heart.
Through this transformational dance process, you'll be guided into befriending every aspect of your being: your embodied nature, your heart's deep longing, and your personal connection to the Great Mystery.
Ancient & contemporary tools, woven together
02 · The journey within
An active meditation for deeply connecting with your being.
All of these elements, woven together, invite you into a deep state of presence, awakening and celebration.
Waking up to celebrate the one that you are.
Unique musical soundtracks, created specifically for this healing modality, carry you on the journey within.
Through the stages, you begin to strip off layers of muscular armouring and surrender to the dance of the body.
Release the baggage you may have been carrying for years.
Connect with your soul's calling.
03 · Schedule
Please bring a yoga mat, cushion and blanket. Blindfolds are provided, and using one is essential to get the most out of this practice.
04 · Kind words
An exceptional evening, everything I wanted and more! To experience such presence, inner stillness and 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.
Such a beautiful evening; powerful experience! Feeling blessed.
I'm really surprised that I could feel so “high” without having to “intoxicate” myself! A great night and no hangover!
Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!
Wonderful experience. A magical journey into yourself, and an opportunity to just enjoy dance with a lovely group of soul dancers at the same time. Every movement was a blessing. Thank you to Seth Newman for creating this fantastic dance, it has helped me a lot after a hard week. May love connect us all.
Fantastic and deeply moving experience. Powerful and blissful dancing, expertly guided by Seth. Deeply grateful for the experience!
It was a very powerful, letting go, ritual experience. Brilliant!
Excellent, friendly, well-led and a very different experience. Thank you.
Chapter IIConnection
Then we move into connection.
3:30pm – 5:45pm
Slow down, feel and be seen.
A Human Connection Ritual that blends modern breathwork with conscious connection practices. Through embodied practice and conscious breath, we remember what it means to be fully alive, within ourselves and with one another.
Skip to Explore Shamanic Bass TempleChapter II · The Gathering: Human Connection Ritual
01 · The invitation
Open to new possibilities in connection and authentic relating.
First, you'll tune into yourself: sensing your body and your sensations to create safety, a sense of home and self-care. From there, we extend our awareness to include others, meeting in a non-traditional, heart-centred way.
You'll learn to honour your boundaries, enjoy your natural desire for both connection and disconnection, and practise communicating both with authenticity.
A breathwork ritual. Conscious connected breath and eye gazing: a very simple, yet profound, experience.
02 · Guided by Seth Newman
Guided by our experienced facilitator and the creator of this process, Seth Newman.
Slow down, feel and be seen.
Tune into the subtle sensations of your body and breath.
Meet others through eye gazing and breath synchronisation.
Discover the dance between them, and learn to hold space for both.
Access expanded consciousness and emotional release through the magic of the breath.
Become part of a community committed to personal growth and collective healing.
03 · Schedule
The Gathering is a connection ritual that includes conscious connected breathwork.
Used for centuries to promote wellbeing, deepen relationships and catalyse transformation, here you'll have the opportunity to experience its profound effects first-hand.
See Upcoming SessionsChapter IIIEcstasy
And as the sun sets, we gather again.
7:00pm – 9:45pm
Mystical, world dub, tribal breaks & global bass.
Immerse yourself in an ecstatic dance journey of deep global bass, world dub, tribal breaks and live percussion, opened with a heart-opening raw vegan cacao ceremony. Move freely, connect deeply, and let the music carry you through embodiment, release and ecstasy.
Skip to Upcoming Retreat DatesChapter III · Shamanic Bass Temple Ecstatic Dance
01 · The dance
Mystical, world dub, tribal breaks and global bass carry us into ecstatic dance as movement meditation.
Enter an open space and, with bare feet, explore the exhilarating feeling of moving your body freely, true to yourself, in a space we co-create together. Our ecstatic dance embraces ‘all ways’: a practice for self-exploration, connection, fun, healing and community.
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Cacao Gratitude Circle. The evening closes with ceremonial-grade cacao and a moment to attune to gratitude and abundance.
No prior experience of ecstatic dance is necessary. All are welcome.
02 · Your evening
Check in for ecstatic dance. No entry after 7:30pm, so we can all journey together.
Cacao ceremony and positive intention setting, then the ecstatic dance SoundWave until 9:45pm.
An optional fruit social to nourish you after the dance, until 10:15pm.
03 · Guidelines
A few simple agreements keep this a safe, free and sacred space for everyone.
Alcohol, drug, psychedelic and smoke free. We get a natural high through dance and cacao.
Dance barefoot and feel the floor beneath you.
Phones away, so everyone can be fully present.
Let the body do the talking on the dancefloor.
No steps to learn, no right or wrong.
Respect yourself and others.
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.
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.
Urban Day Retreats · London
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