Update on Harvest Moon Dance Retreat

This is a message from Naomi Poole, organizer of Harvest Moon Retreat. For more information on this event please go to: http://journeydanceottawa.blogspot.com/2010/09/harvest-moon-ecstatic-dance-retreat-oct.html


Dearest Dancers of the Stars,

This month marks the time of the Harvest, In the modern day society we live in it is very easy become very disconnected and disenchanted from the natural rhythm and cycles of the earth.  Societies around the world have always taken time to honor the seasons change. This was often a celebration,a feasting, a ceremony, a sacred dance.... and dance we shall. 

Dance has always been used throughout human history as a powerful medium for transformation. As we allow the mind to quiet and the body begin to really breath.... we begin to tap into our life energy, where the mundane becomes sacred and we begin to attune to our true nature. 

So this weekend Oct 23,  I invite you to prioritize some time to dance into yourself. To discover what happens when you let go even a little deeper. What happens when you sit in circles and allow intimacy to be fostered, what happens when you let your inhibitions go, watch what happens to yourself when you just dance! 

Details
WHAT TO BRING 
A Journal 
Extra Clothes, Warm clothes for a walk in the orchard
A Lunch 
An artifact close to your heart.
(We will have an alter we will be building together. A picture of a loved one, a precious stone, a poem, a feather, a prayer). 
Your own art supplies if art is a medium of yours. (though art supplies will be provided)
An Open Mind and Heart

If you are willing and able to carpool it will support your fellow dancers and is also much more environmentally friendly. Please reply if you need a ride or have space in your vehicle. 

Harvest Moon Ecstatic Dance

Doors Open @ 10:30
Self love, self care. Nametags, seasonal group formations

Greeting and Introduction
Creative Group building Exercise.

1st Dance Journey 
Facilitator Barclay Mcmillan
counsel circle
Lunch
2nd Dance Journey
Facilitator Naomi Athena 
counsel circle
3rd Dance Journey
Facilitator Dodie Sobretodo 
counsel circle
Savasna
Crystal Bowl and Gong Concert
Johanes Welch and Jeremy Sills
Closing Ceremony 

Harvest Moon Ecstatic Dance Retreat 

This Harvest Moon will hold a day retreat with 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. Tarot Reader with 20 years of training will be offering readings in the lobby, Refreshments and light snacks provided. Art supplies supplied to express through color and texture. A beautiful space in the country, a path for gentle walks and breaths of fresh air. 

This journey will take place at the Dunrobin Sonic Gym on Saturday October 23, from 11am-6pm.
Facilitators - Dodie Sobreto, 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 Pebbles 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 yoga and Meditation to Prisoners.

A Transformative Experience Guaranteed!!

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.