The 5 Rhythms are a transformative way of reconnecting all the parts of us that become fragmented; healing and guiding us towards wholeness. It’s an improvised dance practise with limitless possibilities. It helps us to release stories and energies which block our natural energy. In the dance we move our struggles and challenges as well as our joy and pleasure. The dance floor is a safe place to experiment with the different shapes of our energy; wild, tender, passionate, vulnerable, playful, innocent, sensual, creative… By bringing awareness, movement and an open heart into forgotten places we become our own healers.

The power of a women’s circle is to embrace and celebrate each other as women, so we can step forward into the mystery that we are and enter our own Secret Garden. Every woman who loves to dance and is willing to explore is welcome, no matter what age or level of experience.

Julie has been running workshops, moving and dancing as a spiritual practise since 1990. She is a 5Rhythms® teacher, director of Soulwave, a mother, a wife, a grandmother, a passionate human being striving to wake up and help others to do so in these times of great change. Her work is a tapestry, woven with the different approaches, teachings and experiences that have inspired her own healing journey.

Deborah has been teaching the 5Rhythms since 1994, specifically offering groups for women since this time. She lives and works in the Findhorn Community in Scotland. Here she combines her depth of knowledge about the 5Rhythms® and creativity with her interest in sustainable living. She teaches regularly in Scotland, Europe and South-East Asia. Her workshops are known for being full of vitality, open heartedness and the power to transform. Deborah is engaged in ongoing study with Gabrielle Roth and is a certified Waves and Heartbeat® teacher.
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Full price £150, NFA £120, Cons £100
Fri 5th March 7.30pm-10pm, Sat 6th 11am -11pm & Sun 7th 11am – 5pm Previous participation in at least one 5Rhythms class with an accredited teacher is a pre-requisite.
Friday night is ‘Delicious’ – a dance party to celebrate International Women’s day, open to all women and men in frocks. Cost: £15/8 to non- participants.

This is a 5Rhythms® workshop for both advanced and beginning students. The 5Rhythms are a contemporary medicine wheel and Medicine Dance is a journey through the primary maps of the wheel — Waves, Heartbeat and Cycles — nourishing the warrior-healer that is alive in each of us. Dancing for oneself, for each other, for our families, and for our communities is powerful medicine, a way to create a loving ripple effect in this world.

We each possess a fierce wisdom that only comes from within. To practice getting out of its way, getting into our groove and stripping away the things that are blocking its blossoming is our medicine. Taking refuge from the world of doing to truly connect with our deepest self, to hook up to the divine force that moves all things and become deeply rooted in the mysterious workings of our inner worlds, is holy work that feeds the soul.

In the training process, this workshop will count as two days of Waves, one day of Heartbeat, and one day of Cycles.

“Jonathan grew up in the womb of this work, inhaled its essence and now exhales it effortlessly in his life, his work, his dance.

Thus, he infuses the work with a depth that often takes my breath away. His teaching is an amazing mix of honesty, humor, humility, vulnerability and fearlessness. A gentle warrior and, truly, a wounded healer, he has one of the biggest hearts I’ve ever met. He is both my most devoted apprentice and my most profound teacher.”  - Gabrielle Roth

There are no pre-requisites for attending this workshop, but participants must have experience in 5Rhythms classes.

Cost: £360 including one vegetarian meal per day. 10% early booking discount if booked by 11th January 2010
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“Diane Long and Sophy Hoare both worked closely with Vanda Scaravelli. Diane was her pupil for 23 years, and Sophy studied with Vanda regularly for 8 years. Sophy and Diane met through Vanda and continue to work and teach together to deepen their practice.
Since Vanda’s death in 1999 her legacy has continued through Diane and Sophy. What she gave carries on developing because it was not a set of instructions, but a feeling of curiosity for what the practice can show us.” Ed Fellows

About this approach to yoga:
The emphasis is not on achieving postures but using them to undo tension and find integration. The practice is an ongoing exploration of the relationship between the parts of the body and between our movements and the breath, the ground and the space around us. Gradually a new network of muscles is brought into use. Then our movements come from the spine and bring us back to the spine and the whole body pulls together. We train our attention so that we can feel more, impose less, and allow the intelligence of the body to reveal itself.

The workshop will run between 9am and approximately 1pm each day with a couple of optional afternoon discussions. Each morning participants will attend two, 1.5 hour classes – one taught by Diane and one taught by Sophy. The group will be divided into two halves to allow greater contact time with the teachers.

Cost: £200 for the four days.

Concessionary rates are not available for this workshop

Priority will be given to those booking for all four days, but some daily places may be available at £60 per day.
To book send a 25% deposit

See Medicine Dance for more details.

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A workshop both for those new to contact and for more experienced dancers who want to deepen their study of the principles that underlie a contact dance.

“Karl and Robert work brilliantly together, I enjoyed their teaching especially as a Contact Improvisation newbie …” New Year Event 08/09 participant

Contact improvisation is a dance based on the physics of touch, balance, weight, momentum, flow and resistance. It has been variously described as “an art sport”, “a game with two winners” and “a physical conversation”. Contact dances can range from the quietly meditative to the exuberantly acrobatic, from using little or light touch to sending weight through a partner’s body to fly.

The weekend will begin with visiting some of the fundamentals of the form such as physical listening, organisation of the body, and weight exchange. Then we’ll look at ways to open and expand our dancing, to develop confidence and trust as we take the dance further off balance and higher through the air.
Sunday’s session will be devoted to Skills for Jamming and getting the dances we want. How do we prepare our senses to navigate space through and around other bodies? How do we maintain our sense of self within a myriad of choices?
Working with these skills we’ll develop our ability to be seen, to respond and initiate action – composing in the moment – by letting go of the barriers to our natural, playful, expressive selves.

Cost: w/e workshop £100, limited concessions available at £80, group booking discount on full price available to non-Findhorn residents.
To book send a 25% deposit

Welcome to Bodysurf Scotland’s 8th New Year’s Dance Event.
A fantastic opportunity to dance 5Rhythms and Contact Improvisation in the beautiful enriching environment of the Findhorn Foundation community.

“Wild geese, wild dancing and wonderful people balanced with stillness and relaxation. This has to be one of the best ways to spend Hogmanay in Scotland.” – Brian McMullen

Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms are an accessible and encompassing movement practice. Like the cycle of the seasons, the Rhythms reflect the physical and energetic patterns we find within and all around us. As creatures of habit we often limit our full range of expression, settling into conditioned ways we feel comfortable with. Dancing The Wave®, through Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness, liberates our full potential and nourishes our physical, emotional and mental well-being.

Contact Improvisation is a dance of improvising and partnering based on the physics of touch, balance, weight, momentum, flow and resistance. It tunes our senses to be ready to respond in an ever-shifting dialogue of movement. Sometimes quiet and meditative, sometimes wild and athletic, it is a form open to all bodies and enquiring minds.
“Each dance is a series of on-the-spot decisions. And they are on the spot. The soft skin is alert to the points of contact, signals telling the dancers where they are, orienting them to their partner and the floor… an important aspect of Contact Improvisation is the pleasure of moving, and the pleasure of dancing with somebody in a very spontaneous way.” – Steve Paxton

Cost: £300  10% discount if booked before 15th November

Includes the full week programme , one vegetarian meal per day, Hogmanay Party and use of the Hot Tub.

B&B accommodation will be available in cedarwood bungalows, with 4–5 people sharing in twin rooms for £105 per person for 5 nights.