Open Floor Workshops
Bare Bones: the essentials of physical embodiment
Open Floor Movement Practice with Aileen Reid and Subhanaya
In deep winter the land and weather can feel unchanging. Our own dance - and our lives - can feel much the same. Week in, week out, the same patterns of life, the same patterns of movement.
In this weekend in the depths of winter we’ll rekindle our love of being in movement and music — exploring the potential for generating new movement, finding fresh expression in the body, and maybe even surprising ourselves with new ways of loving life.
Times: Saturday 10.30am-5.30pm, Sunday 10.30am-4.00pm
Location: Edinburgh Steiner School, 60 Spylaw Rd, Edinburgh EH10 5BR
Cost: Early Bird price £145 until 31st Dec 2025. Full price £175 after 1st Jan 2026. £50 deposit secures your place.
More info and booking: subhanayadance.com/bare-bones
Open Floor Movement Practice with Aileen Reid and Subhanaya
In deep winter the land and weather can feel unchanging. Our own dance - and our lives - can feel much the same. Week in, week out, the same patterns of life, the same patterns of movement.
In this weekend in the depths of winter we’ll rekindle our love of being in movement and music — exploring the potential for generating new movement, finding fresh expression in the body, and maybe even surprising ourselves with new ways of loving life.
Times: Saturday 10.30am-5.30pm, Sunday 10.30am-4.00pm
Location: Edinburgh Steiner School, 60 Spylaw Rd, Edinburgh EH10 5BR
Cost: Early Bird price £145 until 31st Dec 2025. Full price £175 after 1st Jan 2026. £50 deposit secures your place.
More info and booking: subhanayadance.com/bare-bones
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States of Being ONLINE
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Woven YAMA Studios, Glasgow
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Dance of Awareness: Weekend Urban Retreat
Open Floor Movement Practice and Meditation with Subhanaya, Jane Belshaw and Maitrivira
A weekend of dance and meditation - taking an embodied approach to the traditional Buddhist teaching of the four foundations of mindfulness - of body, feelings, mind and awareness.
We’ll practice slowing down and sensing into the subtle details of arising experience in dance and meditation, weaving between and combining these two aspects of practice – movement and stillness – to explore and deepen qualities of presence and aliveness.
Dates: Fri 10th-Sun 12th April 2026
Times: Friday 6.00pm-8.00pm, Saturday 9.30am-5.30pm, Sunday 9.30am-2.30pm
Location: Yama Studios, 7 Milnbank Street, Glasgow G31 3AQ
Cost: Sliding scale from £180
More info and booking: subhanayadance.com/dance-of-awareness
Open Floor Movement Practice and Meditation with Subhanaya, Jane Belshaw and Maitrivira
A weekend of dance and meditation - taking an embodied approach to the traditional Buddhist teaching of the four foundations of mindfulness - of body, feelings, mind and awareness.
We’ll practice slowing down and sensing into the subtle details of arising experience in dance and meditation, weaving between and combining these two aspects of practice – movement and stillness – to explore and deepen qualities of presence and aliveness.
Dates: Fri 10th-Sun 12th April 2026
Times: Friday 6.00pm-8.00pm, Saturday 9.30am-5.30pm, Sunday 9.30am-2.30pm
Location: Yama Studios, 7 Milnbank Street, Glasgow G31 3AQ
Cost: Sliding scale from £180
More info and booking: subhanayadance.com/dance-of-awareness
Minding Movement - Drop-In Session ONLINE
1.5 hour online session focusing on embodied supervision for professionals with Deborah Lewin
Insight and support for practitioners through a creative and embodied lens.
- Open for all practitioners (including Open Floor Teachers) looking for somatically informed supervision.
- Attending a Taster Session is a prerequisite for joining the 6 week ‘a Step Up’ series.
Next Session:
1.5 hour online session focusing on embodied supervision for professionals with Deborah Lewin
Insight and support for practitioners through a creative and embodied lens.
- Open for all practitioners (including Open Floor Teachers) looking for somatically informed supervision.
- Attending a Taster Session is a prerequisite for joining the 6 week ‘a Step Up’ series.
Next Session:
- Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026
Times 4 PM - 5.30 PM, UK time (check your timezone)
Price £35 - Deposit of £15 secures your place
Minding Movement - 'a Step Up' ONLINE
6 sessions supervision group for professionals with Deborah Lewin
Insight and support for practitioners through a creative and embodied lens.
6 sessions supervision group for professionals with Deborah Lewin
Insight and support for practitioners through a creative and embodied lens.
- - Open to professionals who have taken part in a previous Minding Movement group or Drop-In Session
- - Develop an enhanced embodied tool kit, using the curriculum from Open Floor Movement Practice, to resource you personally & professionally.
- - Experience the delightful efficiency of problem solving when including the language of the body.
Next Group: - Dates: 27 May - 1 July 2026
Times Wednesdays 4 PM - 5.30 PM, UK time (check your timezone)
Prices - Generosity £788 | Supporting £473 | Fair £315 | Accessible £158
*20% discount off Fair Price for Open Floor Teachers.
Deposit of £65 secures your place
Embracing Change Universal Hall, Ecovillage Findhorn
5 Day Open Floor workshop with Deborah Lewin
Embrace life’s changes with a dance and movement workshop
Change is inevitable, unpredictable, and often out of our control. The enormity and pace of personal and planetary change can leave us feeling helpless and off-balance. How do we adapt to shifting circumstances without losing our footing? Can we face change from a place of resource?
Embody change with seasoned conscious movement practitioner, Deborah Lewin and learn to meet yourself and your response to change with compassion and curiosity. Pay a deposit today to reserve your place and discover how to embrace change from a place of emotional and physical equilibrium and strength.
Venue: Universal Hall, The Park Ecovillage, FINDHORN, Scotland
Dates: 12 - 16 August 2026
Times: Registration on Wednesday 1.45pm (first session 2.30pm). Closing at 5.00pm on Sunday.
Price: Early Bird: £300 until 17 June | Full Price: £375 from 18 June
Full details + booking: www.vitalmoves.co.uk/embracingchange
5 Day Open Floor workshop with Deborah Lewin
Embrace life’s changes with a dance and movement workshop
Change is inevitable, unpredictable, and often out of our control. The enormity and pace of personal and planetary change can leave us feeling helpless and off-balance. How do we adapt to shifting circumstances without losing our footing? Can we face change from a place of resource?
Embody change with seasoned conscious movement practitioner, Deborah Lewin and learn to meet yourself and your response to change with compassion and curiosity. Pay a deposit today to reserve your place and discover how to embrace change from a place of emotional and physical equilibrium and strength.
Venue: Universal Hall, The Park Ecovillage, FINDHORN, Scotland
Dates: 12 - 16 August 2026
Times: Registration on Wednesday 1.45pm (first session 2.30pm). Closing at 5.00pm on Sunday.
Price: Early Bird: £300 until 17 June | Full Price: £375 from 18 June
Full details + booking: www.vitalmoves.co.uk/embracingchange
'becoming - where to from here?' Universal Hall, Ecovillage Findhorn
Open Floor Movement Retreat with Deborah Lewin
Join me close to midwinter in Scotland, at a time when our bodies need the warmth and joy of movement. Come and delight in the chill and the dark that we will light up with movement, connection, glittering stars, candles and an optional hot tub….
Taking the time to gather close to the winter solstice and the end of the year, we will explore how Open Floor movement practice can support the discovery and integration of what has been and who we are becoming.
Dates: 3-6 December 2026
Times: Registration on Thursday evening 6.45pm, ending Sunday 1pm.
Price: TBC
Deposit: £150 secures your place
Full details + register your interest: www.vitalmoves.co.uk/becoming
Open Floor Movement Retreat with Deborah Lewin
Join me close to midwinter in Scotland, at a time when our bodies need the warmth and joy of movement. Come and delight in the chill and the dark that we will light up with movement, connection, glittering stars, candles and an optional hot tub….
Taking the time to gather close to the winter solstice and the end of the year, we will explore how Open Floor movement practice can support the discovery and integration of what has been and who we are becoming.
Dates: 3-6 December 2026
Times: Registration on Thursday evening 6.45pm, ending Sunday 1pm.
Price: TBC
Deposit: £150 secures your place
Full details + register your interest: www.vitalmoves.co.uk/becoming