Following Gabrielle Roth’s elegant 5 Rhythms maps, we will inhabit the moment, reclaim lost energy from the past and call back our attention that drifts into the future. When we use imagination and creativity in our movement practice, we keep things true, alive, ever-changing and heart connected. You can book for the whole 5 day workshop, or it is possible to book for some of the adventure as you choose.
Intention for each day:
Thursday 28th: Maps to now.. seeking awareness of how we travel out of the moment into the near of far past and future. Developing skills to help us find the way back to the riches of being here now
Friday 29th: Healing from our own life: Sending love to our former selves, connecting with the energy and perspective from younger days, seeking wholeness and letting healing flow in both directions
Saturday 30th: Ancestors: Dedicating our dances to our ancestors, known and unknown. Opening to the truths and experiences of our ancestors, how they lived and loved
Sunday 31st : All the way: Expanding our connection with all of life, travelling through time all the way back to when we were stardust, returning through different eras and soundscapes, supported by live music
Monday 1st: Future Dreaming: Turning our attention towards the future and how we can dream and create a positive way forward, individually and collectively. Sending our intentions into the unknown future as we also honour the past and live here in the present.
The first of four residential workshops for those who
Elemental Rhythms is a series of four workshops, each devoted to the teachings of one of the elements: Earth, Fire, Water and Air.
The workshops can be done individually, but they will also build on each other in a progressive sequence – each element being a gateway to a deeper connection with our world, our-selves, and our potential.
In Workshop 1- EARTH, we are working particularly with Flowing, the body, the physical, and the feminine – teaching the power of being:
Most of us long to deepen into fundamental connection with the earth mother, who birthed our physical nature, and who nourishes the sensual experience of life. When we actively engage with earth energy, we step through a portal into the mysteries of the physical.
In this dimension, we can deepen into the teachings of flowing, the body, and the feminine principle. We can connect with, and make sense of, primary patternings in our persona which have emerged through our experience of being mothered. This opens the opportunity both to heal core woundings and to evolve beyond them, as we learn and grow into the power of being.
In our chosen residential setting – with its rolling moorland, secluded beaches and windswept cliffs – the elements are so powerfully present that opening to their potency, and letting them guide and inspire our work is both easy and obvious.
Add to the stunning location: a supportive community of dedicated dancers, nourishing whole earth food by the celebrated MAJiC Times, an exceptionally experienced and committed teacher, and we have all the ingredients needed to facilitate deep healing and nourishing work
The greatest gift of the 5Rhythms is that, when engaged with deeply and fully, it takes us on a journey of progressive expansion towards our full potential as creative, loving beings. Catalytic in nature, it works to free the body, open the heart, still the mind and awaken consciousness. Ultimately, this entirely physical practice is a spiritual experience.
(See website for details of the full series, and for participant feedback from previous workshops in this location.)