Ecstatic dance is a free form of dance, as well as a movement meditation. It invites you to get out of your own way (out of your head) and into your feeling body. Ecstatic dance is all about dancing like nobody's watching, to dance without judgment for both yourself and those around you and the permission to release any limitations you may have on yourself! With the movement, there is no structure, no choreography and there is no set music genre. This dance is a practice of meeting yourself wherever you’re at. We will open the event with a guided cacao ceremony, to help us drop into our bodies and out of our heads. We will then guide you to slowly warm your body up with a few fun exercises that will then lead you into feeling the music and trusting your body. At the end of the dance we will stretch and ground. This is a space full of love, acceptance, and encouragement.
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Meet Abby Reynolds
I was dancing before I could walk! I am passionate about teaching the wonders of having your own dance practice.. I trained at Utassy Ballet School before joining Melbourne’s contemporary dance company Yellowwheel of which I have been a member for 5 years. Contemporary dance has given me the opportunity to perform all over Australia and most pivotally a range of outstanding Melbourne venues and collaborations with professional dance companies like BalletLab, Chunky Move and Lucy Guerin Inc.
Meet Jen Tayler
I’m the creator of Journey With Jen, a holistic wellness hub that works with the mind, body, heart, and spirit through Holistic Counselling, Massage and Energy work. I have a deep passion for holding sacred space for others to both explore and come home to themselves. I have been on my own journey exploring the full spectrum of myself and dance has always enabled me to feel my feelings and express myself authentically, it has been a form of self-expression, of release, of mindfulness and of liberation for me, and I would love to bring this into your life too!