5Rhythms® Workshops
Spring
Drawn to Dance workshop online
with Sarena Wolfaard and Jenny Smith
Sat 13 March 10am – 6pm (with a 2-hour lunch break)
As nature wakes up with new leaves and sprouts, let’s explore what’s stirring within us. Spring is a playful day of movement, colourful paper cut-outs, body painting, reflection and sharing.
From previous participants:
I don’t think any description could do this justice, it’s something you need to experience.
Gilly Gordon
It worked surprisingly well from home, It was amazing to have this connection with others. Creating visual imagery along with the dance works perfectly.
Eileen Ogg
Cost: including materials posted out
£65 (waged)/ £55 (low waged)/£45 (unwaged). Follow the link to book.
12 places available.
Book by midnight Sun 7 March to receive your parcel in the post.
Nobody will be excluded through lack of funds, at this time. Please get in touch if you are struggling.
Any questions please email Jenny jenny@drawnto.org.uk or Sarena sarena@movetobestill.com
You will receive in post:
Coloured papers
Face paints
Please have:
Bluetooth speakers to enhance the sound/cable free headphones.
Water to drink A warm space will be advisable and layers of clothing.
Scissors
Glue Stick
Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and in the afternoon, have as much arms and legs accessible to paint as you are comfortable with.
More about Sarena
More about Jenny www.drawnto.org.uk
Drawn to Dance workshop online
with Sarena Wolfaard and Jenny Smith
Sat 13 March 10am – 6pm (with a 2-hour lunch break)
As nature wakes up with new leaves and sprouts, let’s explore what’s stirring within us. Spring is a playful day of movement, colourful paper cut-outs, body painting, reflection and sharing.
From previous participants:
I don’t think any description could do this justice, it’s something you need to experience.
Gilly Gordon
It worked surprisingly well from home, It was amazing to have this connection with others. Creating visual imagery along with the dance works perfectly.
Eileen Ogg
Cost: including materials posted out
£65 (waged)/ £55 (low waged)/£45 (unwaged). Follow the link to book.
12 places available.
Book by midnight Sun 7 March to receive your parcel in the post.
Nobody will be excluded through lack of funds, at this time. Please get in touch if you are struggling.
Any questions please email Jenny jenny@drawnto.org.uk or Sarena sarena@movetobestill.com
You will receive in post:
Coloured papers
Face paints
Please have:
Bluetooth speakers to enhance the sound/cable free headphones.
Water to drink A warm space will be advisable and layers of clothing.
Scissors
Glue Stick
Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and in the afternoon, have as much arms and legs accessible to paint as you are comfortable with.
More about Sarena
More about Jenny www.drawnto.org.uk
5Rhythms EARTH DANCE Retreats 2020
with Gillian
Re-connect with the elemental nature of your BEING
Spring Equinox 20th - 22nd March
Summer Solsitce 19th - 21st June
Autumn 25th - 27th Sept
Mid Winter 11th - 13th Dec
Cost £185 per weekend
Come be on the land…dance, dream, rest, play, create…… as we journey to explore the inherent gifts and teachings of the seasons....moving from darkness to light, dormancy to abundance and harvest to rebirth. With the 5Rhythms map as our guide and the natural world as our inspiration we will dance to deepen our connection with the magic and the mystery of these elemental cycles. The venue is set within 3 acres of beautiful walled garden and wooded land, where we will immerse ourselves in the wonder of nature……. with early morning walks, late night bon fires, guided movement sessions both inside and outside on the land. Situated near Edinburgh.
For further information contact: gillian@creativemoves.plus.com
All is Full Of Love
5Rhythms Heartbeat with Alex Mackay
Edinburgh July 10-12, 2020 (postponed to 2021 - date to be confirmed)
Deepening our dance practice through the Heartbeat maps, we will find the shapes of the essential feelings as they move through us in the moment, and transform leftover fragments of old emotion into aliveness.
We prepare the field – the emptiness in which love thrives. The power of loving means allowing a full expression of feelings in ourselves and each other, being with any feelings; fear, anger, sorrow or joy, and increasing our capacity to be true and kind to ourselves as we respond to the mystery of another.
As human beings, we are built to know what others are feeling – there is a part of the nervous system that does this but we may have trained ourselves to shut it down. It is an instinctive animal part of us worthy of our curiosity and respect. In All is Full of Love we will be seeking the conditions when we can act from instinct, inhabit intimacy, and work directly from divine intelligence. We will practice the embodiment of the heart, valuing all the times when we can say yes to love.
Venue: Edinburgh Academy, 42 Henderson Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5BL
Cost: £210 Early bird deadline if paid in full by 1 June 2020: £195
Times: Friday 6:30-9:30pm, Saturday 11am-6pm and Sunday 11am – 5pm
To book: sarena@movetobestill.com
About Alex:
Alex has been teaching 5Rhythms Waves for over 2 decades, and trained with Gabrielle Roth to teach Heartbeat in 2006/7. She is currently one of only 2 teachers in the world to offer the archetypal workshop 'God, Sex and the Body'.
She is known for light and depth in her teaching, using few well-chosen words and opening a sense of wonder. She is energetic, embodied and creative and loves to dance with the group. This will be her first workshop in Edinburgh.
“I want to say I always love your invitation to dance just as you are - what it does for me is take away pressure to even dance the rhythms as they are meant to be danced which is such a relief when things aren’t going like you think they should!! this means that your workshop is always fun for me from start to finish.”
Mira, Minorca
“I really liked how direct, insightful, straight and tender yet decisive and straight forward you were. I found that calming and invigorating.
As well I loved your music - you had beautiful songs. Punky, fun, exhilarating, lifting songs as well as deeply touching, sphere transforming, grounding and nurturing songs. To me it was one of my most wonderful and intimate experiences I had in my life. I felt so much bliss, joy, admiration for myself and everybody else. I felt so at home and secure and content.”
Britta, Canada (5-day Heartbeat)
5Rhythms Heartbeat with Alex Mackay
Edinburgh July 10-12, 2020 (postponed to 2021 - date to be confirmed)
Deepening our dance practice through the Heartbeat maps, we will find the shapes of the essential feelings as they move through us in the moment, and transform leftover fragments of old emotion into aliveness.
We prepare the field – the emptiness in which love thrives. The power of loving means allowing a full expression of feelings in ourselves and each other, being with any feelings; fear, anger, sorrow or joy, and increasing our capacity to be true and kind to ourselves as we respond to the mystery of another.
As human beings, we are built to know what others are feeling – there is a part of the nervous system that does this but we may have trained ourselves to shut it down. It is an instinctive animal part of us worthy of our curiosity and respect. In All is Full of Love we will be seeking the conditions when we can act from instinct, inhabit intimacy, and work directly from divine intelligence. We will practice the embodiment of the heart, valuing all the times when we can say yes to love.
Venue: Edinburgh Academy, 42 Henderson Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5BL
Cost: £210 Early bird deadline if paid in full by 1 June 2020: £195
Times: Friday 6:30-9:30pm, Saturday 11am-6pm and Sunday 11am – 5pm
To book: sarena@movetobestill.com
About Alex:
Alex has been teaching 5Rhythms Waves for over 2 decades, and trained with Gabrielle Roth to teach Heartbeat in 2006/7. She is currently one of only 2 teachers in the world to offer the archetypal workshop 'God, Sex and the Body'.
She is known for light and depth in her teaching, using few well-chosen words and opening a sense of wonder. She is energetic, embodied and creative and loves to dance with the group. This will be her first workshop in Edinburgh.
“I want to say I always love your invitation to dance just as you are - what it does for me is take away pressure to even dance the rhythms as they are meant to be danced which is such a relief when things aren’t going like you think they should!! this means that your workshop is always fun for me from start to finish.”
Mira, Minorca
“I really liked how direct, insightful, straight and tender yet decisive and straight forward you were. I found that calming and invigorating.
As well I loved your music - you had beautiful songs. Punky, fun, exhilarating, lifting songs as well as deeply touching, sphere transforming, grounding and nurturing songs. To me it was one of my most wonderful and intimate experiences I had in my life. I felt so much bliss, joy, admiration for myself and everybody else. I felt so at home and secure and content.”
Britta, Canada (5-day Heartbeat)
Paint, Pattern and Passion
a drawn to dance workshop
With Jenny Smith and Sarena Wolfaard
21 and 22 November 2020
“The stories of my body lie buried in my bones
waiting for the pull of muscle and sinew
and the tickle of a deep, deep breath
to float them to the surface of my skin.” (Rae Johnson)
Join us in the dance of creativity. The invitation is to move with paint and paint with movement in the spirit of playfulness, reflection and enquiry. Our canvas is the body as we step into deeper layers. Re-kindle the fire of your passion and re-discover your playful nature with the body as inspiration and medium. No previous art or movement experience necessary, but if you do have experience of either it will add to your palette.
From previous participants:
"prepare to push boundaries and tip into a freer more creative explorative self." Janis
"This is a fun filled unique experience that is full on and takes you to your edges in the most fantastic way!" Carol Angel
Jenny Smith has been a professional artist for 25 years, with experience of teaching and exhibiting in a wide variety of contexts. She is a qualified Holistic Practitioner and has been dancing 5Rhythms for several years. Jenny has a deep, intuitive and playful approach to holding space. Convinced everybody has creativity, she delights in facilitating it’s emergence. www.drawnto.org.uk jenny@drawnto.org.uk 07713901730
Sarena Wolfaard has been facilitating 5Rhythms for over 16 years and is a qualified Open Floor teacher. She is a Publisher and a Process Worker, a body-based therapy focusing on expanding awareness. She teaches from a personal experience in the present moment, allowing space for what is emerging in the dance, encouraging freedom and the unexpected into the dance. www.movetobestill.com sarena@movetobestill.com 07941883040
Venue: Restoration Yard, Wellbeing Lab, Dalkeith Country Park, Edinburgh, EH22 1ST
Is this right venue for paint – mess wise? Not sure, on reflection… let’s discuss on Fri
Cost: £140 Refreshments & Art Materials Included.
£120 early bird fee, if paid in full by 1 Oct 2020.
£60 non-refundable deposit will secure your place.
Time: Sat: 10.30am – 6pm Sun 11am – 5pm
To book: sarena@movetobestill.com or jenny@drawnto.org.uk
a drawn to dance workshop
With Jenny Smith and Sarena Wolfaard
21 and 22 November 2020
“The stories of my body lie buried in my bones
waiting for the pull of muscle and sinew
and the tickle of a deep, deep breath
to float them to the surface of my skin.” (Rae Johnson)
Join us in the dance of creativity. The invitation is to move with paint and paint with movement in the spirit of playfulness, reflection and enquiry. Our canvas is the body as we step into deeper layers. Re-kindle the fire of your passion and re-discover your playful nature with the body as inspiration and medium. No previous art or movement experience necessary, but if you do have experience of either it will add to your palette.
From previous participants:
"prepare to push boundaries and tip into a freer more creative explorative self." Janis
"This is a fun filled unique experience that is full on and takes you to your edges in the most fantastic way!" Carol Angel
Jenny Smith has been a professional artist for 25 years, with experience of teaching and exhibiting in a wide variety of contexts. She is a qualified Holistic Practitioner and has been dancing 5Rhythms for several years. Jenny has a deep, intuitive and playful approach to holding space. Convinced everybody has creativity, she delights in facilitating it’s emergence. www.drawnto.org.uk jenny@drawnto.org.uk 07713901730
Sarena Wolfaard has been facilitating 5Rhythms for over 16 years and is a qualified Open Floor teacher. She is a Publisher and a Process Worker, a body-based therapy focusing on expanding awareness. She teaches from a personal experience in the present moment, allowing space for what is emerging in the dance, encouraging freedom and the unexpected into the dance. www.movetobestill.com sarena@movetobestill.com 07941883040
Venue: Restoration Yard, Wellbeing Lab, Dalkeith Country Park, Edinburgh, EH22 1ST
Is this right venue for paint – mess wise? Not sure, on reflection… let’s discuss on Fri
Cost: £140 Refreshments & Art Materials Included.
£120 early bird fee, if paid in full by 1 Oct 2020.
£60 non-refundable deposit will secure your place.
Time: Sat: 10.30am – 6pm Sun 11am – 5pm
To book: sarena@movetobestill.com or jenny@drawnto.org.uk