DANCE - Powerful Dance Journeys.

DANCE - POWERFUL DANCE JOURNEYS.

Not so much a sober rave as a conscious dance journey. Techno?! Yes! But not only...

A shoes and socks-off opportunity to move as you feel through an intricate and varied soundscape of electronic music.

SOME WORDS FROM NATHAN:

To drop deep into dance is a gift. In this event we have two hours with nothing more to focus on than music, movement- and being present to what arises. Both internally, and in the room. We open up a space for this.

A dedicated focus to electronic music and club-level DJing can be hard to find in conscious dance spaces. Here we find the meeting ground between conscious dance and the more uplifting elements of the club.

We are invited into motion through the carefully-chosen and woven mix- and our own curiosity to sensation, emotion, and conscious awareness. Through the bass, beats, rhythms, tempos and music styles we move with- we Journey.

The transformative power of it comes through being present in stillness and movement. We start and end the Journey together, riding a shared wave of energy. Practising being with our experience, rather than escaping it.

A regular attendee said recently something along the lines of: "it's not always easy or comfortable- it feels a bit like we're mining for diamonds- sifting through the awkwardness, the stuckness. You have to go through the sometimes difficult work to get to the treasure, the jewel, the presence... the innate freedom within!"

We naturally create a sense of shared cohesion, rather than the often chaotic nature of a club. Dancing our dance, riding the wave of up and down together (while practising staying true to ourselves...) we might feel more nourished and complete, uplifted and centred, by the end of it.

DEEPER PHILOSOPHY FOR THOSE WANTING TO READ MORE!...

Direct and alive alchemy through sound in dedicated present moment experience. Shifting and changing through moods, emotions, states, shapes... facilitated by the music, chosen to emphasise deep energetic principles encoded in the rhythm of life- our Life- and visible everywhere, yet often forgotten. This is a chance to remember- to come back home to what's real in you... and practise that... celebrate that... being who you are... in any given moment. Enjoying, uplifting, transcending, growing through stuck patterns to new ones.

The emphasis is on you- to access the dance as deeply and subtly as you want... or let it all be more playful and light. Maybe we weave the two as one- reflecting the Oneness from which all dualities arise, exist in, and again... subside into. There is nothing that needs to happen. Waves go out, waves come in. Nowhere you need to go... just a willingness to participate and engage in what's there for you to move. This is a process of Light in movement; Consciousness... happening.

Is it a hippy free for all?! No! It is not just high and floaty in the sense of bypassing the shadow and the ground. Instead, the music selection encourages a range... inviting us into the experience of the whole spectrum within us. To meet ourselves in all forms. We might not always want to go there- and that is fine, too. You might not 'like' all the music, either. OK! Yes, the event is there for you to enjoy and benefit from... but can you take the dark with the light? Can you stay with it until the sun rises again? The relentless techno will pass! In going through it, the dredging up and chaos of the full-on beats, the intensity eventually subsides, transforms, shifts... and you will be brought to a space of clearing and integration... if you are willing to stay with the process. And there is much Beauty...

Essentially, it is an embodied awareness practice, informed by deep spiritual principles. Just in a mature way, integrated. (Bah! It can be light and easy, too! Words only go so far...) It's just not image-focused, and no longer chasing unicorns. In one sense it is a meditative experience. In another sense, it is just movement. Just a dance. (Ha! like this is 'just life' we are living! Hehe...). Perhaps more than anything, it is what it is on the night- depending on how we are, where we're at, and how we access it.

Even if I give you nothing more than the space to be with yourself- which is quite a lot these days (given the sheer amount of and proclivity towards distraction in our culture...) it can be quite confronting at times... almost too challenging to go into. But you set the rhythm. Can turn the volume of your dance up or down... don't need to conform to what the music's doing (it is there to guide, to inspire... but we need not be determined by it). You move in your own way. You are welcome and encouraged to do that here- to go into your own embodied self-exploration, in the the context of a 2-hour event with start and close.

The music is not just any old playlist thrown together. Attention to detail shifts us through archetypal patterns, developmental stages, cosmic phases. The intention is externally set by the variation of sounds. And internally met and combined with our own. Even if we may ride the same universal rhythms- some energies feel familiar and comfortable, and others don't. It's different for each of us. Maybe there is space to grow here. Perhaps a boundary to set. Or a pathway to open-a new quality to embrace. Some movement patterns we might recognise as part of our familiar habitual repertoire, and others feel less known, tentative, even risky... like growing edges- or fertile ground for expansion. Bring all your confidence and self doubt as well! It's all in the mix! We're human. This is the space... Here is the dance... Welcome!

Well mixed, inspiring and catalysing music-

sensitively chosen for the power of the dance.

Tunes of a kind you may not have heard before-

with all types of electronic dance music possible-

and many genres woven into the live DJ mix.

This night is for all those who love dance music and dancing-

and enjoy the liberation of movement expression and release.

We ride the wave of energy together- with ourselves and each other,

in a concentrated 2-hour dance.

The energy builds up, peaks, and comes back down.

We experience a range of possibility within the movement Journey.

Here, you have the space to be as you are- as you want and need to be.

Or to simply discover that, as you go.

Whatever the music's doing, you go at your own pace.

We're listening to what's present. Coming closer...

Subtle aliveness, without any expectation to push forward-

and/or full-on movement flow, without the need to hold back.

Nowhere to go but Here- and all that possibility!

You can dance actively from start to finish, or simply lay on the floor,

appreciating rich inner states of being as the rhythms ride out!

There's no set prescription of how to be-

just respectful of ourselves and each other in the space.

For many, it's a DEEPER DANCE JOURNEY.

A POWERFUL DANCE JOURNEY.

Stillness... movement... and the moment.

Beats to facilitate your exploration in space.

Be prepared to DANCE!

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