# Event Details - **Event Name**: DESERT GROOVES: Ecstatic Dance & Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance London - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 09:45 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for a unique Ecstatic Dance & Cacao Ceremony in London! An infusion of Mystical | Uplifting | Indian | Middle Eastern Dance MusicAbout this EventECSTATIC DANCE LONDON presents: DESERT GROOVES: Desert Bass with Soul - an evening of Mystical & Uplifting Dance MusicMUSICAL VIBES: Middle Eastern / Indian / Mystical Dance Music7:00PM–9:45PM Ecstatic Dance & Cacao | 9:45PM–10:15PM Fruit Social5:50PM-7:00PM Shaking Medicine® Workshop (Optional, see info & tickets)Awaken your body, release deep-seated tension, and restore balance through the art of shaking. A beautiful way to ground yourself before the dance. More info further below.?️ WHEN: Sat, June 27| 7–10pm? WHERE: Tufnell ParkYou are warmly invited to join us for our freestyle, expressive dance & moving meditation sessions. This is a unique sober Saturday night dance in London!DESERT GROOVES: Desert Bass with SoulWeaving Indian + Middle Eastern textures into an electronic arc featuring hypnotic percussion, devotional melodies, desert bass, and deep release.Desert Grooves is one of our unique event offerings in London, designed to take you deeper into the realms of movement as meditation. It's a night of embodied liberation, expression and conscious connection.We'll be synthesising immersive Middle Eastern dance music & soundscapes, including a beautiful cacao ceremony and exploring expanded states of consciousness, sensual aliveness... and the electric edge between freedom and meditation.Welcome to ✨ DESERT GROOVES - A sober dance temple night, where Indian & Middle Eastern-inspired sound meets the freedom of ecstatic dance.Pulsing electronic grooves infused with sitar/tabla textures, Sufi-inspired spirals, desert rhythms, and cinematic spice - held in a warm container that invites you out of the mind and into the body.This offering is rooted in the same intentionality and community care as our other Ecstatic Dance London events... but with a deeper intention, a mystical vibe and heart-opening transformative music.No prior experience of ecstatic dance is necessary. All are welcome.? ALL UPCOMING WELLBEING EVENTS, RETREATS, FESTIVALS +CREWING:Website: ecstaticdancelondon.com/eventsLinktree: linktr.ee/ecstaticdancelondonInstagram: Mailing list: https://ecstaticdancelondon.myflodesk.com/we-are-london?FREE CREW SPACES: We'd be very happy to hear from you if you'd like to help us in exchange for a free ticket! Requirement - you need to have attended at least two indoor events before you can join the crew. Please complete the sign up form and we'll be in touch.?ECSTATIC DANCE GUIDELINESNo booze, No Shoes, No phones, No Chit Chat, Move However You Wish, Respect yourself and others.Zero-tolerance drug and alcohol space! This is one of the very few spaces where Londoners can go out dancing in London in a safe and clean sober space. Please respect this, and please don't come drunk or high as you will be refused entry or asked to leave. No refunds.Dancers enter at their own risk. Event organizers accept no responsibility for spontaneous joy, open-heartedness or sore cheeks from too much smiling (we also accept no liability or responsibility for any injury, loss or damage).Few photos/videos may be taken during the event by the event organizer for promo/marketing purposes.SCHEDULE:◈ 7pm-7:30pm Doors Open/ Check in / Dance Warm up (No entry after 7:30pm sorry, this is so we can all journey together)◈ 7:30pm-9:45pm Cacao Ceremony, Positive Intention Setting/ Ecstatic Dance SoundWave◈ 9:45pm-10:15pm Optional fruit social to nourish you after the danceWHAT YOU WILL NEED:1. Please come already dressed in comfortable clothing suitable for movement/fitness and dress in layers. Bring a set of dry clothes/small towel as you will probably get sweaty during the session. Toilets are available at the venue but there are no separate changing rooms.2. We dance barefoot, in soft indoor shoes or grip socks.3. a Reusable water bottle. Tap water refill available at the venue.4. A healthy snack to have after the dance.VENUE:2 minutes walk from Tufnell Park station (Exact venue details will be in your order confirmation email! Please scroll down in the email to see all details!)-Nearest station is Tufnell Park. 2 min walk from the station. Please check tfl.gov for latest travel updates.-If you are driving, please be aware that the venue is in an Ultra Low Emission Zone and you may be liable to pay the daily fee.-Find parking on parkopedia and use venues postcode. There is no parking at the venue.-There are bicycle racks at the venue to lock your bike if you are cycling.-Venue is accessible to wheelchair users.-Toilets are available at the venue.PRICES:+Eventbrite fee. Book online or pay cash/ card on the door.Low waged/concession £15 (limited availability)Regular waged £20Abundance £25CHILDREN: unfortunately these sessions are not suitable for children. 18+ only.EVENTBRITE ORDER CONFIRMATION: Email might be in the spam folder. Please check the email you used to purchase the ticket, might not be your primary email account. Do not print any paper tickets, we will check you in by your name.CANCELLATION POLICY:We do not offer refunds/ticket swaps for another event if you cannot attend. You are welcome to pass on your ticket to a friend, colleague or family member. If we need to cancel the class due to unforeseen circumstances, we will issue a full refund.If you have any questions, please send us an email to: info@ecstaticdancelondon.comWHAT IS ECSTATIC DANCE?MUSIC - MOVEMENT - COMMUNITY!Brought to you by: - We love to dance. We love music. We love to inspire, to connect, to heal and transform!Ecstatic Dance is a dance/movement practice to explore the exhilarating feeling of moving your body freely. You are invited to move, play, connect, sweat, stretch, sound, unwind, renew, release, improvise, transform. Be true to yourself, while respecting your body, in this space that we co-create together. Move your body, unleash the wild dancing self without caring what people think, claim your freedom, open your heart & touch the infinite!Our Ecstatic Dance sessions create a safe and respectful environment that embraces 'all ways'. We offer a movement practice that supports your free expression of emotions and inner space through movement and music. Our intention for these Ecstatic Dance classes is self-exploration, connection, fun, healing, expanding human potential and community building through freestyle ecstatic dance.Enter an open space...and with your bare feet explore the exhilarating feeling of moving your body freely. You are invited to move, play, connect, sweat, stretch, sound, unwind, renew, release, improvise, transform. Be true to yourself, while respecting your body, in this space that we co-create together.PRACTICE SPECIFICS: Warm-up: stretch, move/dance and reflect on the intention for the dance. The Practice: freestyle dancing to a large sound wave featuring Live DJ set. Some guidance & facilitation will be provided. And then we will let the music, the community and our own inner space direct our steps, our movements, our expression, our journey. Relaxation: Ecstatic Dance usually ends with a deep relaxation.ECSTATIC DANCE GUIDELINES:No late comers please. This is a shared journey from the beginning to the end and we aim to create a safe container for all dancers.1. No talking during the dance (if you wish to talk, you are welcome to chat before/after dance outside the main dance space). When we dance without the chitchat, something alchemical can happen on the dancefloor. A unified field of Being emerges and we feel both wild and free, contained within ourselves And connected to something much, much greater than our individual selves.2. Drug-Free, Smoke-Free, Alcohol-Free environment3. No photos or videos, Mobile phones muted and out of sight4. Care/Awareness for the co-created space and each other5. Move your body however you wish6. No spectating. Stay connected to your own body, sensations, emotions, and feelings. Ecstatic Dance is about you and your relationship to the Dance. Dancers feel uncomfortable when being spectated at. Come prepared to Dance yourself free from inhibitions!7. You can dance alone, or with as many partners as (you) like to join. (If you’d rather not dance with someone, thank them for the offer by placing your hands in prayer position at your heart – Namaste. Thank you, no thank you.)8. This is not a pick up place. Please respect all dancers (especially women) and do not ask for anyone's contact details. If you wish to stay in touch with someone, give them your email instead of asking for their contact details. No means no."Our bodies instinctively know what feels good or bad, right or wrong. However, often our heads get in the way. Ecstatic Dance is about finding our way through to what feels good. How can we use dance to consciously transform towards finding joy, without denying our anger or sadness? Ask yourself: what’s my body feeling in this moment? Does it feel good moving this way, or that? Does it feel nourishing to dance with another, or dance solo? Where do I most feel connected with Self? Let your body lead the way." ~ Abigail Harris https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/76039e70-6e25-11f1-8677-29652fb2f218-rimg-w1200-h600-dc2c1f2e-gmir.jpg 5:50pm-7pm SHAKING MEDICINE® (optional workshop, see ticket types)Shaking Medicine® Stress Release System for Self-Development and Personal GrowthJoin us before the dance, 5:50pm-7pm for Shaking Medicine® sessionWHAT IS SHAKING MEDICINE®?Shaking Medicine® is seen as one of the "rituals of resilience". It is way to develop resilience and release and let go of built-up stress, tension and trauma. It is is a body based (somatic) approach to stress, tension and trauma release. It helps us to activate shaking, which despite common misconceptions is a very good thing. Tremoring is our body’s natural stress recovery response.Practicing Shaking Medicine® not only helps to bring balance into our bodies (and life!) but releases deep-seated muscular tension, stress, and mild trauma. These monthly classes will enable you to understand your nervous system, and you will have a chance to learn and practice Shaking Medicine® method.Come, shake it off and shake your way to good health!Shaking Medicine® is sometimes referred to as Bioenergetics or Trauma Release. It is one of the world's oldest self-help medicines.Shaking, rocking, vibration and oscillation are natural human reactions to: Stress, Trauma & Ecstatic states. Shaking Medicine® is, in short, the healing power of ecstatic movement. Inspired by and brought to us by nature. The practice of Shaking is known by many: Quakers, Gnostics, Taoists, Yoginis, First Nations peoples, Sufis, Druids, Zen Buddhists and more.We are inspired by teachers such as Peter Levine, Bradford Keeney, Osho, Wilhelm Reich, Alexander Lowen, John Peirakkos, David Bercelli.“Trauma recovery work has got to develop a new paradigm, because the paradigm that we have now is based on post-traumatic stress disorder and you go to a one to one therapist. You cannot do that with large groups of people. So there has got to be a new paradigm shift in the realization of “how do we do recovery from PTSD on a large scale population?” How do we get whole groups of people, like villages for example, or an entire school system healed? So that’s the first paradigm shift, we have to change our concept of PTSD recovery so that we can work on a large scale.”– Dr. David BercelliDJ & FACILITATOR:◈ Sessions are facilitated and DJed by Seth Newman - the pioneer of Ecstatic Dance in the UK since 2009!Seth Newman - : As the founder of the Ecstatic Dance London, he integrates the roots of Humanistic therapies, Bioenergetics & Body Psychotherapy, Transpersonal Psychology and Tantra in creative and life-transforming workshops, retreats and trainings. As a coach, Seth is dedicated to helping people calm, empower and rejuvenate their busy minds and bodies to achieve the best versions of themselves. Seth brings a wealth of experience holding heart-centered spaces.? ALL UPCOMING WELLBEING EVENTS, RETREATS, FESTIVALS +CREWING:Website: ecstaticdancelondon.com/eventsLinktree: linktr.ee/ecstaticdancelondonInstagram: Mailing list: https://ecstaticdancelondon.myflodesk.com/we-are-london?FREE CREW SPACES: We'd be very happy to hear from you if you'd like to help us in exchange for a free ticket! Requirement - you need to have attended at least two indoor events before joining the crew. Please complete the sign up form and we'll be in touch.～ RETREATS & FESTIVALS 2026 ～? JULY 22-28, 2026 ECSTATIC DANCE FESTIVAL® (Gillingham, Dorset, UK) Only 2h direct train from London. Join for 5 days or the weekend only.Conscious Dance, Music and Healthy Living Gathering with 130-170 people in a beautiful Dorset Countryside. Super Earlybird £360. Tickets include all festival workshops, saunas, 12 vegetarian meals & camping. Dorms and private room upgrades available from £20 per night. APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR DJ'S/ FACILIATORS/ CREW/ BODYWORKERS. MORE DETAILS & TICKETS ON FESTIVAL WEBSITE: If you have any questions, please send us an email to: We look forward to welcoming you!Agenda?: 05:50 PM - 07:00 PMOptional workshop - Shaking Medicine before Ecstatic Dance (on some Saturdays)Info: Optional workshop - Shaking Medicine before Ecstatic Dance (only on13 June, 27 June, 18 July) see ticket options or pay £5 cash/ card on the door if you've already booked ticket for Ecstatic Dance. *PLEASE bring a yoga mat & blanket, blindfolds provided (we also have some spare mats & blankets at the venue).?: 07:00 PM - 07:30 PMDoors Open/ Check-in For Ecstatic Dance/ Warm upInfo: No entry after 7:30pm sorry, this is so we can all journey together?: 07:30 PM - 09:45 PMCacao Ceremony, Positive Intention Setting/ Ecstatic Dance SoundWave?: 09:45 PM - 10:15 PMOptional fruit social to nourish you after the dance - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/desert-grooves-ecstatic-dance-and-cacao-ceremony-with-ecstatic-dance-london/100001990339657494 - **Event Categories**: workshops, festivals, health-wellness, meditation, trips-adventures, sports, art, cycling, camping, live-music, yoga - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours 45 minutes - Location: 2 minutes from Tufnell Park Station (full address in order confirmation email, scroll down in the email please) - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 16.96, max: 33.22, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: 2 minutes from Tufnell Park Station (full address in order confirmation email, scroll down in the email please) - **lat**: 51.5550361 - **long**: -0.1418448 - **full address**: 2 minutes from Tufnell Park Station (full address in order confirmation email, scroll down in the email please), Burghley Road, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: DESERT GROOVES: Ecstatic Dance & Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance London - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/f4277c181996ee60ba6d3e62ed46c9767b1fe446e219e792894134836719d757-rimg-w1200-h600-dc050503-gmir.jpg?v=1779873513 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is DESERT GROOVES: Ecstatic Dance & Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance London being held? - **A:** DESERT GROOVES: Ecstatic Dance & Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance London takes place on Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 09:45 pm at 2 minutes from Tufnell Park Station (full address in order confirmation email, scroll down in the email please), Burghley Road, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing DESERT GROOVES: Ecstatic Dance & Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance London? - **A:** DESERT GROOVES: Ecstatic Dance & Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance London is organized by URUBU - Ecstatic Dance, Wellbeing & Embodiment. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** DESERT GROOVES: Ecstatic Dance & Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance London is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in London, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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Home to Ecstatic Dance London and much more!Our intention is to offer a variety of transformational experiences designed for supporting you in your personal life journey, enhancing community wellness and togetherness. We bring a wealth of experience, knowledge, heart centred and humanistic approach into all our work. We create and facilitate all our workshops and continue to develop new practices which we are very excited to share!URUBU was first formed in 2009 as a Live Music Ecstatic Dance Collective ‘Urubu’ by founder Seth Newman, has since developed into a holistic wellness event organiser based in London facilitating Workshops, Classes, Retreats, Campouts & Trainings for living a Healthy and Embodied Life!URUBU is a School of Transformational Arts!Ecstatic Dance London (DJ, Live Music, Indoors, Outdoors with Headphones)Body-mind Integration and Embodiment Practices (Bioenergetics, Shaking, Dance of Awareness)Active Guided Meditations & Trance DancesCreativity Coaching & Closed GroupsCacao Ceremonies & RitualsGong Baths & Live Music Sound JourneysDrumming & SingingAerial Relaxation Pods - Sound Joureys in HammocksConscious Connections & EcoTantraRetreats, Campouts, Festivals and much much more!Come on a journey with us!URUBU - You are you, be you!Instagram:@urubu_school_of_transformationInstagram:@ecstaticdance_londonFacebook:www.facebook.com/EcstaticDanceLondonFacebook:www.facebook.com/urubucollectiveWebsite:www.ecstaticdancelondon.com© 2009 URUBU & ECSTATIC DANCE LONDON All rights reserved." } ] } ] ```