Compassion & Connection

 Compassion & connection are keys to finding peace & happiness in a world suffering from fear & isolation. Cultivating compassion can relieve stress & foster kindness. The connected heart knows how to love & be loved.

Through the 5Rhythms Heartbeat map we become fluid emotional athletes. Navigating emotional terrain without getting stuck, holding on, or pushing away, transforming us into more powerful & resilient human beings.

You will learn embodiment techniques to work with emotions in a healthy & creative way. Dancing with fear & courage in Flow, anger & forgiveness in Staccato & with grief & surrender in Chaos. In Lyrical we dance in joy & generosity though to Stillness – compassion & connection.

Movement sessions will be integrated with a seated meditation practice focused on one of the Buddhist Heart Practices (Brahma Vihārā); equanimity, compassion, loving-kindness & joy. The balance of moving & sitting meditation cultivates harmony & wellbeing.

This workshop is designed for everyone, of every age and shape.

We recommend you have attended some 5Rhythms Waves classes prior to attendance. All workshop hours are prerequisites for the 5Rhythms® teacher training.

VENUE, DATE & TIMES

For those who registered previously please note the rescheduled workshop is currently offered at the beautiful St Marys Hall in Castlemaine.  

November 29 from 7:00pm – 10:00pm (arrive by 6.45pm)

November 30 from 11:00am – 6:00pm

December 1 from 12:00pm – 5:00pm

**NB this is a workshop immersion. There will be no open dance on Friday.

Lucia Horan is a leader, wife and mother. She was born and raised in the Esalen community. Teaching since 1998, Lucia received life-long direct training with Gabrielle Roth in the 5Rhythms® method. She is formally empowered to teach Buddhist mindfulness in all capacities. She is a certified Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness teacher. Her unique perspectives on insight have been published in the book ‘Dancing with Dharma: Essays on Movement And Dance in Western Buddhism’. Lucia also teaches Buddhist meditation, emotional intelligence, grief work, and women’s empowerment. She has also worked as a somatic educator for leading corporate organisations and is an ordained minister.

Moving Essence is pleased to produce Lucia Horan in her first visit to Australia teaching in Melbourne the weekend after her Sydney workshop which is produced by our colleague Sue Andersen

PRICING

$350 Tier 1 (limited tickets as many dancers transferred registration from the postponed February event)

$375 Tier 2

$395 Tier 3

$435 Pay-it-forward

This workshop offers an allocation of tickets at different price points i.e. ‘Tiers‘.

We have a broad range of financial capacity in our community. Please reflect on what you are able to pay and choose accordingly, keeping in mind that there are a limited number of tickets at the lowest price.

If you need a reduced price to attend, please purchase Tier 1.

Payment plans can be arranged. If this would support your attendance please write to us at 5Rhythms@movingessence.com.

If you can afford a bit more, please choose from Tier 2 or 3. There will be an allocation of tickets for each tier and the number of tickets remaining will display in the checkout below.

One additional tier ‘pay it forward’ invites members of our dance community to join us in creating subsidised places for those who need it. Please write to us if you need a subsidised place to be able to attend.

Before booking please read the Cancellation & Refund Policy

Double Feature: Dances with Wolves - Waves

Double Feature Summer Workshop  10 days

Dances with Wolves: 5Rhythms Waves 5 days, Jan 18-22nd

Join us for a transformational 10 days, 5 days or at least for the weekends.

Exploring a rhythm a day, through body-mind and heart this workshop, or workshops, will set the ground for the coming year by re-orienting and enabling ourselves to step into life and relationships with renewed vitality, creativity and compassion. When we dance through the 5Rhythms wave we re-awaken what matters.

In this workshop, we'll dive into our own ecosystems. Our mornings begin with somatic explorations to support and guide us as we dance through the rhythms, while the afternoons offer space to deepen, integrate, and develop our experiences. As we journey through the 5Rhythms Waves map, we fully engage with the body, awakening all our inner dancing selves to ground, express, and embody new possibilities. This dance becomes an act of agency, empowering us with fresh insights and potential that can be carried onto the dancefloor of life.

Inspired by themes from the film Dances with Wolves, we’ll explore our inner ecosystems through the somatic map—connecting with the bones, organs, fluids, endocrine system, and nervous system. Through this holistic approach, we discover new layers of movement and embodied awareness.

We dance the rhythms supported by somatic explorations in the morning, and we take the opportunity to develop, deepen and integrate in the afternoons. This is a Summer retreat, so you can work at your own pace. When we dance through the Waves map we engage with the body, calling forth all our dancing parts to ground, enable, express and enact. We discover and affirm new forms of agency, and new empowered possibilities arise. We will be working through an eco-somatic wilderness map I have been developing through the deserts, forests, oceans, and mycelium of our bodies.

This workshop can be counted as one of the pre-requisites for the 5Rhythms teacher training. As a member of the 5RTA, all hours with Natalie can be counted towards the 5Rhythms teacher training. As a DTAA supervisor, all hours can be counted towards Dance-Movement Therapy personal hours/ supervision.

JOIN US FOR 10 DAYS, OR 5, OR LESS. BUT DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS CHANCE TO BE PART OF THIS QUEST.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON ACCOMMODATION, CONTENT, SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS, ON REQUEST!

https://www.trybooking.com/eventlist/twirlingwolf

All hours with Natalie count towards the 5Rhythms teacher training path - and can be counted towards Dance Movement Therapy hours.