5Rhythms Workshop

The River 4/4

Waves

Led by: Mark Austin

11 Jan 2026

Location: The River Room, Halton Mill

Lancaster, United Kingdom Show map

Organizer: Mark Austin

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Step into The River, a yearlong journey grounded in the transformative practice of 5Rhythms®, with complementary elements of Somatic Movement and Body-Mind Centering® to deepen your exploration of creativity and embodiment.
Led by Mark Austin, an accredited 5Rhythms teacher, supported by Stéphanie Bairet, a certified Body-Mind Centering educator and yoga teacher, this workshop series offers four immersive sessions over 12 months. Each session reflects a season, inviting us to return to the body to explore the creative rhythms of life in alignment with nature’s rhythms.
This is a closed, ongoing group, creating a safe and supportive environment to build trust, go deeper, and nurture lasting transformation across the year.
What to Expect:
- 5Rhythms dance as the core practice, guiding you through the rhythms of Flow, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness.
- Complementary somatic movement principles (Body-Mind Centering and Skinner Releasing Technique™)to support embodied awareness and creativity.
- A committed group space for cultivating connection, self enquiry and shared growth.
- Seasonal themes that mirror the cycles of life and creativity, providing inspiration for personal and collective exploration.
- Time for reflection, creative integration, and application to your daily life.
Event Details:
11:30am until 6pm on the following Sundays
Dates:
16th March 2025 "Spring"
22nd June 2025 "Summer"
5th October 2025 "Autumn"
11 January 2026 "Winter"
Location:
The River Room, Halton Mill, Mill Lane, LA2 4ND
(Close to M6 motorway, Junction 34, Lancaster)
What to Bring:
Comfortable clothing to move in, water, and a journal or notebook for reflections.
Cost/investment options:
- Closed group, 4 Sundays earlybird price (Earlybird, payment received by 16th February): £180
- Closed group, 4 sundays full price (payment after 16th February) £195
- 5Rhythms teacher or spaceholder (please contact Mark markaustin5rhythms@gmail.com)
- Working team (please contact Mark markaustin5rhythms@gmail.com)
- Payment in instalments (£90 non-refundable deposit by 1 March, second payment £110 by 1st June)
About the Workshop:
At its heart, The River is a journey through the dynamic and transformative energy of 5Rhythms, a movement meditation practice that helps us connect with our bodies and make space for us to connect with our creativity. Complementary somatic exercises offer additional depth, grounding, and embodiment insights.
The workshop also takes inspiration from Jamie Catto. "The huge, sexy river of creativity and wisdom is available to everyone in every moment - even this one right now - but it’s through melting and opening not ‘generating’ and ‘do-ing’."
Through this closed group, we’ll move together across the seasons as the River Lune flows by the dance space, creating a foundation of trust and community that allows us to go deeper into the creative and embodied process.
About Us:
Mark Austin is an accredited 5Rhythms teacher offering regular classes in Manchester and LIverpool.
Stephanie Bairet is a certified Body-Mind Centering practitioner, facilitating embodiment principles.
Together, we aim to provide a supportive and inspiring space for movement, creativity, self- awareness.
Spaces will be limited in this closed group. Reserve your spot today to join The River and let your creativity flow!
Booking form:
https://forms.gle/3xEwEGAWoJC9FgxZ8
As Mark is an accredited teacher and 5RTA member, hours accumulated during this series can be included in 5Rhythms Teacher Training Prerequisites.
Travel to the venue:
Approximate travel times to the River Room (car sharing will be coordinated and encouraged where possible)
By car:
Lancaster 12 minutes from Lancaster station
Manchester 1 hour
Liverpool 1 hour 20 minutes
Hebden Bridge 1 hour 25 minutes
Chester 1 hour 30 minutes
Dumfries 1 hour 50 minutes
Public Transport
To Lancaster Station, then 12 minutes by Uber, 1 hour 15 walk on a paved river path or 86 bus which will get you there a couple of minutes after 11:30 according to the current timetable

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A Gabrielle Roth 5Rhythms Waves workshop is the foundation of the entire body of 5Rhythms work in which we expand our class work with a deepened physical expression and knowledge of the essential 5Rhythms and their polarities.
PREREQUISITES: No prerequisites required.