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Sweat Your Prayers, October 26 (drop-in) – and workshop dates

“Sweat Your Prayers®” – this Friday night

October 26, 8pm-10:30pm

Ecstatic dancer

To sweat is to pray, to make an offering of your innermost self.
Sweat is holy water, prayer beads, pearls of liquid that release
your past. The more you dance… the more you sweat, the more you
pray. The more you pray, the closer you are to ecstasy.
— Gabrielle Roth

This Friday is the last of the month – join us to ‘Sweat Your Prayers’
– A guided warm-up then a wave with no words, simply moving through the
5 Rhythms® with music as our guide.
Usual time, usual place, cafe after (details also below).

… and … some exciting new dates for your diary 😀
 

‘Elemental Rhythms’

A Series of Four Residential 5 Rhythms Workshops
– Rhossili, The Gower, Wales, through 2019:

EARTH: April 25th – 28th
FIRE: June 20th – 23rd
WATER: Sept 19th – 22nd
AIR: Nov 14th – 17th

For more see the blog post: What happened at The Deepening? … and what’s next?

EarthFireWaterAir

See you on the dance floors 🙂

 

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What happened at The Deepening?
… and what’s next?

what happened | what’s next?

Some reflections (and dates!) from Jon, three weeks on…

It’s hard to find the words really … except “Wow!” … so here are some from the participants (and team):

The Deepening - Residential Waves Intensive - Wales Sept 2018

From the team…
“Thank You Bernadette! Thank You Everyone! Although we believed we had “the perfect recipe”, the result was even more delicious and nourishing than I’d imagined.”
Jon RallsThe Deepening Organiser (& enthusiastic participant)

“One of the most deeply nourishing and inspirational experiences of my life. An exquisite mixture of deep 5R practice beautifully held by Bernadette, stunning beaches, divine food and a wonderful group of dancers to share the journey.” —A 5R dancer of 25 years

“I got so much more from this workshop than I could have ever expected … meticulously organised and held, I could not find any other word to describe it than ‘perfect’.” —Kelly, Plymouth

“Bernadette’s experience and generosity as a facilitator, her skill and capacity to hold space for a whole group whilst having a particular sensitivity to individuals as they work, is tremendous.” —Mags L, Durham

“I hope you are able to get next year’s dates out soon – selfishly, I want to get them in my calendar before I get booked up…” —Julia, West Sussex

(All the feedback was like that! More will appear on the website soon.)

We were trialling the venue (Rhossili, on the Gower Coast of South Wales), which has proved itself so fabulously that we are going ahead with the four-part programme that Bernadette originally envisioned:

“Elemental Rhythms”

Worms Head, Rhossili (c) Bryn Davies“The first time I walked on the damp sandy beaches, explored the caves sculpted into the cliffs by the ocean, felt the gusting wind on the bluff and watched gulls soaring across one of the most beautiful seascapes I’ve ever encountered, I felt the elements – so powerfully present – calling to me. And I knew that, in this place, I had to let them inspire, guide and empower our work.” –Bernadette

“Elemental Rhythms” is a series of four workshops, each devoted to the teachings one of the elements: Earth, Fire, Water and Air.

Each element is a gateway to a deeper connection with our world, our-selves and our potential. We are formed of the elements and they are expressed through our beings. In their raw presence and power we find perspective and purpose.

Workshop 1- EARTH: Working particularly with flowing, the body, the physical, and the feminine – teaching the power of being. April 25th – 28th
(2019)
Workshop 2 – FIRE: Working with staccato, the landscape of heart, feeling, passion, tenderness, and the masculine – teaching the power of loving. June 20th – 23rd
Workshop 3 – WATER: Working with Chaos, the energy field of the mind, the ego, the trickster, and intuition – teaching the power of knowing. Sept 19th – 22nd
Workshop 4 – AIR: Working with Lyrical, the soul, the imagination – Stepping into a vision quest and the teachings of the power of seeing. Nov 14th – 17th

More details will follow – this is to get the dates in your diary 🙂

To be first to receive full details/updates, click ‘Keep Me Posted’ (here or on that page):


Meantime…
Read about our venue – beautiful, elemental Rhossili (on the web page for The Deepening). Come and chat with us, or anyone who danced The Deepening, after any class … tho we may struggle for words, our faces and body-language will likely speak volumes.

See you on the dance floors (and beaches)
   With Love
      Jon X  (for Bernadette & team)

EarthFireWaterAir

 

IMAGES: ‘Deepening’ tile (top right): see The Deepening web page
Other images on this post: © 2018 Bryn Davis, participant – thanks Bryn!

 

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Equinox Dance, Dawn Morgan in Bristol & Last Call for The Deepening

Autumn Equinox (drop-in)
Sept 21, 8pm-10:30pm

When day equals night, and the nights lengthen the fastest – let’s dance our balancing acts, while riding the changes – summer into autumn, light into dark, outside and inside… and, as a “festival of in-gathering”, our gratitude for all of it.
🔗 Where and When (usual place and time).

Last Call for The Deepening Residential Waves Intensive
Sept 26th – 30th, Rhossili, Gower Coast, South Wales

The Deepening - Residential Waves Intensive - Wales 2018Be impetuous! You know you want to join us 😉 Deep and rich and magical… and that’s just the venue. Speak with us on Friday, or just check it out on the website and grab one of the last couple of places. We’d love you to join us
🔗 The Deepening – Residential Waves Intensive.

Dawn MorganGuest Teacher: Dawn Morgan (drop-in)
Friday, Sept 28, 8pm-10:30pm

We’ve arranged a little treat for those of you who can’t be with us dancing our socks off in Rhossili next week. If you’ve danced with Dawn, she needs no introduction – if you haven’t, come and experience her unique magic and playfulness. Usual time, usual place, different dance 🙂
🔗 More about Dawn.

See you on the dance floors
With love
Jon, for Bernadette & Team xxx
 

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September updates – Fridays, Tuesdays, Deepdays

sun emoticonHope you’ve had a great summer, and the sunny tail of it is wagging for you. As always at this time of year, lots going on as we move into a new ‘term’:

Bernadette RyderFRIDAYS – Bernadette’s Back – this Friday
Sept 7, 8pm-10:30pm

This week, we welcome Bernadette back from her holidays. Big thanks again to our guest teachers in August, and to all who welcomed them with your dances. It’s great to dance with different energies… and with what we know and love <3
> Where and When (usual place and time)

TUESDAYS – Rhythm Circle closed group

In-Rhythm logoOur new ‘term’ starts next week on Sept 11, and we’ve space for a couple more dancers. If you’re loving the magic that can happen in ‘drop-in’ classes, there’s a space where magic happens because we choose it, through deeper individual focus, and active and conscious work with our collective energy. Read more, then do speak with us at the end of a Friday class, or call me:
> What’s so special about Tuesdays?
> Why our closed group? (video & transcript)

WORKSHOP – The Deepening Waves Intensive, Sept 26-30

The Deepening - Residential Waves Intensive - Wales 2018The more workshops I do in other ‘maps’ (levels) of the 5 Rhythms*, the more I also value working deeply in the Waves – I am so excited at the prospect of this journey, with this group, with Bernadette (and residential too, which makes so much difference!) A couple of people have sadly had to drop out – so you can be spontaneous – maybe one of those places is yours? 🙂
Again, do come and chat after class or read more and call me:
> The Deepening – Residential Waves Intensive.

See you on the dance floors
With love
Jon, for Bernadette & Team xxx
 

* For more about the breadth & depth of the 5 Rhythms practice, see The Maps of the 5Rhythms (on 5R global website)

 

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Neil Pinnock completes our Festival of Fridays – Aug 31 (drop-in)

Neil Pinnock teaching in Bristol this Friday
Aug 31, 8pm-10:30pm

Our August ‘festival’ of different 5 Rhythms teachers completes with another visit by Neil Pinnock from Shropshire. His web address is ‘WildHeartDance’, which says a lot about his energy 🙂 Another of our favourite teachers says this about Neil:

“Neil has passion and energy and a sense of humour. He stirs up whirlwinds, and then drops through surprising doors into tenderness and vulnerability.” (Andrew Holmes)

Neil himself says:

“In classes I’m equally happy cooking up big waves, taking the powerful passion of a group through wild chaos into tender lyrical and sweet stillness. You are always welcome on my dancefloor. I hope to meet you in the midst of the wave.”

See you on the dance floor
With love
Jon,
for Bernadette, team, & all our fabulous guests xxx

P.S. A little bird tells me that we have other visitors on Friday who haven’t danced with us for a while, so do stay on for cafe afterwards and carry on catching up with old / making new friends 🙂

Our August 5 Rhythms Festival of Fridays:
This month, we have the privilege of dancing with four different teachers – each with their unique teaching style, they share a gift for making the profound both accessible and (when appropriate) playful. They
are:
– 10 Aug – Alex Mackay
– 17 Aug – Bernadette
– 24 Aug – Jean Rankin
– 31 Aug – Neil Pinnock <<
Bernadette is back on Sept 7th.

 

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Jean Rankin 5 Rhythms

Jean Rankin continues our Festival of Fridays – Aug 24 (drop-in)

Jean Rankin teaching in Bristol this Friday
Aug 24, 8pm-10:30pm

Our August ‘festival’ of different 5 Rhythms teachers continues with another visit by Jean Rankin from Glastonbury. We’ve had great feedback from her last couple of visits, and she’ll certainly give us a chance to prove we don’t need to go to Shambala this weekend to dance our socks off 🙂

Jean’s latest profile on the 5 Rhythms Global website says:

“I love dancing the 5Rhythms because I can get out of my own way and merge with the natural movement of life itself, which brings me so much joy. I can connect with others in a simple, profound and healthy way and feel myself to be a valued part of the greater collective. Getting out of my head and into the beat and the breath is the best medicine!

“I love teaching the 5Rhythms because of how much I learn!”
(https://www.5rhythms.com/teachers/Jean+Rankin)

See you on the dance floor
With love
Bernadette, Jon, team, & all our fabulous guests xxx

P.S. Despite the Festival and holiday season, our lovely team have pulled out all the stops and we will have a cafe this week
– thank you all heart

Our August 5 Rhythms Festival of Fridays:
This month, we have the privilege of dancing with four different teachers – each with their unique teaching style, they share a gift for making the profound both accessible and (when appropriate) playful. They are:
– 10 Aug – Alex Mackay
– 17 Aug – Bernadette
– 24 Aug – Jean Rankin
– 31 Aug – Neil Pinnock
Bernadette is back on Sept 7th.

 

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Alex Mackay opens our Festival of Fridays – Aug 10 (drop-in)

Alex Mackay teaching in Bristol – this Friday night
Aug 10, 8pm-10:30pm

This Friday we are delighted to be blessed with a visit from the extraordinary Alex Mackay as our first guest teacher of August. What can I say?? Alex is a shaman – if you’ve danced with her, I don’t need to say anything, you’ll be there… and if you haven’t yet – DO.
Nice things said about Alex (on her website)
(I seriously considered driving all the way back from Leicestershire for the evening… it’s just a bit too far 🙁 … so have a dance for me too 🙂
Jon x)

And in other news…

Rhythm Circle:

Our Tuesday closed group is nearly full for the term starting September. If you’d been meaning to enquire/join the mailing list, check out ‘What’s so special… and get in touch now

Festival of Fridays – Guest Teachers in August:

Once again this year, we have a ‘mini-fest’ of popular, well-loved teachers – next week, Bernadette’s back, then we have visits from the wonderful Jean Rankin and Neil Pinnock – see Where and When for dates – and more details to follow by email too.

The Deepening:

With a few weeks to go, we now have two spaces – come and dance Deep on the beautiful and powerful shores of the Gower Coast.
See The Deepening – Residential Waves Intensive.

Bernadette and some of the team are away this week dancing, drumming, singing and hanging out with our friends at Tribe of Doris Summer School – have a fantastic night with Alex on Friday, and we’ll see you next week 🙂

See you on the dance floors
With love
Bernadette, Jon, team, & all our fabulous guests xxx

* Friday classes continue right through the summer without a break *
* When Bernadette is away, we have wonderful guest teachers *
* See Where and When for details *

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Ecstatic dancer

Sweat Your Prayers, July 27 (drop-in)

“Sweat Your Prayers®” – this Friday night

July 27, 8pm-10:30pm

Ecstatic dancer

To sweat is to pray, to make an offering of your innermost self. Sweat is holy water, prayer beads, pearls of liquid that release your past. The more you dance… the more you sweat, the more you pray. The more you pray, the closer you are to ecstasy.
— Gabrielle Roth

This Friday is the last of the month, a total lunar eclipse… and ‘Sweat Your Prayers’ – a guided warm-up then a wave with no words, simply moving through the 5 Rhythms with music as our guide.
Usual time, usual place, cafe after (details also below).

See you on the dance floors 🙂

With love

Bernadette, Jon & team xxx

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Ecstatic dancer

Summer Sweat Your Prayers, June 29 (drop-in)

Summer “Sweat Your Prayers®”
– this Big Moon Friday night

June 29, 8pm-10:30pm

Ecstatic dancerTo sweat is to pray, to make an offering of your innermost self. Sweat is holy water, prayer beads, pearls of liquid that release your past. The more you dance… the more you sweat, the more you pray. The more you pray, the closer you are to ecstasy.
— Gabrielle Roth

When it’s hot, there’s nothing quite like a good sweat – and starting with warm muscles and thankful hearts, this glorious weather can lead us into glorious dances 🙂 Once again, this Friday – the last of the month – is ‘Sweat Your Prayers’. A guided warm-up then a wave with no words, simply moving through the 5 Rhythms with music as our guide.
Usual time, usual place, cafe after.

And speaking of glorious dances…

“The Deepening – Residential Waves Intensive“

The Deepening - Residential Waves Intensive - Wales 2018Do come and deepen your dance with us in beautiful Rhossili – the last remaining places on Bernadette’s September workshop are still available at Super Early Bird price until midnight on Saturday:
details (and online booking) for The Deepening here.
 

See you on the dance floors 🙂

With love

Bernadette, Jon & team xxx
 

P.S. Tribe of Doris Summer School 2018:
Please note that, while booking has now closed for the 5 Rhythms Community Tickets, you can still join us for some or all of the summer school at a 5% discount – details here.

 

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Summer Solstice image 2018

Summer Solstice – shorter night, longer dance, June 22 (drop-in)

Summer Solstice image 2018

Solstice Celebration

Short night – longer dance

Friday June 22, 8pm-11pm

To celebrate the Summer Solstice at our Friday night 5 Rhythms Dance session, we’re giving ourselves an extra half hour to be in and move with the high-summer vibe.

Please join us – usual place, usual times 🙂

 

I'm Teaching at Tribe of Doris Summer School 2018

… and speaking of summer …

Tribe of Doris Summer School

5 Rhythms dancers can get 5% off

August 8-12 – discount on full-event

Join us dancing, drumming, camping, cooking together at this wonderful event – details of how to claim your 5% discount here.

See you on the dance floors

With love

Bernadette, Jon & team xxx

 

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