Harvest Moon Ecstatic Dance Retreat - Oct. 23rd

Here is some information about an amazing retreat that I will be co-facilitating:

Harvest Moon Ecstatic Dance Retreat 

The last Ecstatic Dance Journey of the year, this 23rd of October we will hold space to release, retreat, recover and recreate. Dance has always been used as a spiritual practice in cultures found around the world. Dance in the past was reserved as a way to move into altered states of consciousness, a way to experience divinity. As dance has become purely recreational, we forget its power and potential to move us into the sacred and into our bodies. It truly has the power to heal and reconnect the disenchanted parts of ourselves with our Soul.

This Harvest Moon will hold Journey dances through the day, ending in a Crystal Bowl and Gong concert led by Jeremy Sills and Johannes Welsh. We will ebb and flow into small circles in between in order to foster a space of safety and community within the group. 

This journey will take place at the Dunrobin Sonic Gym on Saturday October 23, from 11am-6pm. Refreshments and light snacks provided, as well as paints and art supplies for people to express themselves through color and texture, a path for walks out in the woods and the garden orchard.

Facilitators - Dodie Sobretodo, Naomi Athena, Barclay McMillan,
Music - Jeremy Sills, Johannes Welsch, Devin Johnstone

$60.00 in advance ($70.00 at the door )
Tickets can be bought at Serendipity Books or Singing Pebble or email naomiguzmanpoole@gmail.com

Rides and carpooling available to the sonic gym, contact for details: (613) 627-5475

A portion of funds will be donated to "Freeing the Human Spirit" an amazing organization that works to bring Dance and Meditation to Prisoners. 

With Gratitude for Attending Roots & Wings August 22nd 2010

Thanks to everyone who came out to Rama Lotus on Sunday for the class titled "Roots & Wings." A warm welcome to the many dancers who joined us for the first time. As I see it, we are all teachers and all have so much to learn from one another, so I thank you all for the imprint you've left on me. A special thanks to my yin yoga teacher Nathalie who in part inspired me in the theme for this class. Showing me that in letting go, we can open up new opportunities for greater growth.

Roots & Wings - August 22nd

This Sunday's class, I'm titling "Roots & Wings." A babies first explorations of movement are rooted along the earth. With this foundation, they are able to find the strength and courage to reach out into the open air. In this class we'll be exploring different ways of rooting as a foundation for letting go and finding our wings. Not unlike the breathe there are always parts of us that are reaching and always parts of us that look inwards. So I invite you to join us as we sink into the embrace of the foundations that hold us dear and then find our wings and climb to new heights within ourselves. As always I welcome you to forward this message on to anyone you think may be interested.