The Silence Of Winter

LED BY FRANCIS ELIOT & BLANCHE MULHOLLAND

AT THE STUNNING HEBDEN BRIDGE SANCTUARY
www.hebdenbridgesanctuary.co.uk

As we journey towards the turning of the year, we’ll take this time to let our hearts & our moving bodies recount the opportunities, challenges & gifts that 2024 has offered us, & we will call upon our sacred allies of courage & wild wonder in order to give form & movement to our individual & collective vision for 2025.
5 Rhythms dance, Somatic Movement & Meditation will be our practices & our moving bodies will guide the way as we dance, pray, commune & rest in the spirit of friendship & nourishment.
Held by the breathtaking nature that surrounds the property, we will embrace the silence that the season offers us, while reawakening our bodies to the exquisite art of resourceful movement.
We will journey into the forest & allow our senses to take in the sweet nectar of raw nature & those who wish to can bathe under the waterfall in the hidden valley.
Following a delicious banquet, we will cross the threshold into 2025 with an exquisite fire ceremony combining silence with celebration.

• Hot tub, sauna, outdoor fire, walks in the forest, 5Rhythms dance, somatic movement, ceremony, visioning, and more.
• Dec 28th, 5pm – Jan 1st, 4pm
• Cost: £450 residential, £395 non residential
• Breakfast and supper included in the residential price. Lunch will be self catered (there are shops and cafes nearby & cooking facilities available)
• The venue is 15 mins walk from Hebden Bridge town centre & train station. Parking available at the venue.
• Booking: francis@awakenedpresence.org

Blanche: “I love sharing my passion for embodied movement and nature-based meditation. I’m a Somatic Movement facilitator, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (body-based trauma therapist) and bodyworker with my private practice Somatic Alchemy. I am an experienced facilitator, guiding individuals and groups to explore creative organic movement for healing and connection”. www.somatic-alchemy.co.uk

Ouroboros -New Year 2024/25

Step into a Dance of Transformation.

As the year turns, we are called to honour the journey we’ve walked, to shed old skins, and to step forward renewed. 

Join us for an inspiring three-day 5Rhythms® gathering:

a sacred space to reflect, release and rejuvenate.

 To create new vision through the power of movement, connection, and community.

Together, we will:

♾️Reflect: Honour the blessings and challenges of the year gone by.

♾️Release: Shake off what no longer serves through the alchemical power of the Wave: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness.

♾️Reimagine: Create a new vision & focus, rooted in the integrity of your body, heart, mind, and soul.

Ouroboros is an ancient symbol representing unity and the natural eternal cycle of constant destruction and re-creation.

Ouroboros reminds us of our cyclicality and that we have the power to re-create ourselves.