The Silence of Winter ~ A New Year Movement Retreat w/ Blanche & Francis

OUR SEVENTH SILENCE OF WINTER RETREAT, THIS TIME IN GLASTONBURY!

As we journey towards the turning of the year, we’ll take this time to let our hearts & bodies ​move with the challenges, opportunities & gifts that 2025 has ​p​resented us ~ & we’ll call upon ​our courage & creativity to give form, movement & breath to our individual & collective vision for 2026.

5 Rhythms dance, Somatic Experiencing in Movement & Stillness Meditation will be our ​practices & our moving bodies will guide our way home as we dance, ​vision, commune & rest in the spirit of friendship & nourishment. Following a delicious banquet, we’ll cross the threshold into 2026 with a powerful fire ​ceremony combining silence​ with celebration.

Held in the sweet grasp of the ancient Avalon energy at our ​magical sanctuary Sambogaya, we will embrace the ​spirit of peace that ​W​inter offers us, while reawakening our bodies to the creative art of resourceful movement.

Fed by spring water & housing a sauna, ice bath, outdoor temple and underfloor heated dance studio, Sambogaya sits at the foot of Chalice Hill, a short walk ​from the Chalice Well, the White Spring & the vibrant town centre. Rising above, just a few minutes behind us is the wondrous Tor.

• 5Rhythms dance, Somatic ​Experiencing in movement, Meditation, sauna, ritual spring water bathing, ​f​ire ritual, nature walks, visioning & more.

• Dec 29th 5pm - Jan 2nd 2pm

• Cost: £545 (residential)

• Breakfast and supper included. Lunch will be self catered (shops & cafes nearby, & cooking facilities available)

• 5 mins walk from Glastonbury town centre. Parking available at the venue.

• Booking: ​b​bGFuY2hlIHwgc29tYXRpYy1hbGNoZW15ICEgY28gISB1aw==

BLANCHE: I love sharing my passion for embodied movement and nature-based meditation. I’m a Somatic Movement facilitator, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (body-based trauma therapist) and bodyworker with my private practice Somatic Alchemy. I am an experienced facilitator, guiding individuals and groups to explore creative organic movement for healing and connection.
www.somatic-alchemy.co.uk

FRANCIS: Dancing to ​w​onderful music in a beautiful & safe environment taps me into the freedom that ​I​ am. I've spent ​t​he last 20 years developing ​t​he skill of guiding people into an experiential understanding ​of this freedom ​as our birthright. I developed ​Sambogaya as a vehicle for our collective work to evolve & its beauty is palpable. I trained with Gabrielle Roth back in 2004 & ​s​he still has my back every time I teach. www.awakenedpresence.org

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