Dance Forward Retreat

We must move forward! I am choosing to dance forward. Will you join me? We are beyond ECSTATIC to announce that Dance the Medicine is presenting our first in person offering since May 2019. Over the course of 4 days and 3 nights we will journey together using a process designed to shed layers, to go Inward and discover what has been left unsaid, to then come Outward and celebrate who we are, and move Onward with purpose. Join us as we harness the power of Dance, Writing, Art, Visualisation, Ritual and Nature to uncover the things which have been left unsaid, the unconscious barriers which are slowing our forward progress. We do this with the goal of leaving the retreat changed, ready to take action and with purposeful direction to move forward in our lives. Retreat to the forest of Foster, Quebec in Canada, with 20 others. Bask in glorious nature, swim in the river, dance under the stars (and inside too), eat delicious & healthy locally prepared foods, all while being with other dancers! WHEN? 1-4 August (Monday 3PM to Thursday 3PM) WHERE? Brome, Eastern Townships, Québec HOW MUCH? $699-899 depending on your accommodation choice* **No previous experience needed** All prices include the workshops, meals, snacks and accommodation. *Your choice of accommodation ranges from a private room of your own, a shared room, dorm, or tenting/caravan. All accommodation is basic but charming, with shared toilets and showers. Bedding and towels are provided. If you choose the camping & van option, you need to bring your own tent/van and camping gear *All meals are included. Fresh and unprocessed food is lovingly prepared locally and brought to us. Our food providers use locally-sourced ingredients whenever possible. Meals will be vegetarian. YOUR TEACHER ✤ BERNICE RAABIS (Nelson, BC - Founder of Dance the Medicine) While now an experienced international teacher of Conscious Dance Leaders, Bernice began humbly in a small dance studio nestled in the Kootenay Mountains of Western Canada. Here she ran bi-weekly events for over 9 years; Dance Church, a multi-generational Sunday morning dance event, and Dance The Medicine, a weekly conscious dance class based on the principles of Soul Motion, Movement-based Expressive Arts and Somatic Therapy. By 2016 Bernice was working beyond her local community, she co-founded Ecstatic Dance International, began hosting successful trainings and events in Amsterdam, Guatemala and Portugal and eventually founded Dance the Medicine Team with the mission of infecting the world with dance in hopes that everyone, everywhere, would one day have a place to dance in community. While Bernice loves to DJ and plan transformative events, facilitating profound processes is the true work of her heart; using dance, art and ritual to connect and liberate dancers is most definitely her happy place! YOUR HOST ✤ CRISTINA CIOBANU (Magog, Canada - Host and organiser at Dance the Medicine Artist, healing therapist - Mending Hands) Romanian by birth, world-traveller by choice and French-Canadian by adoption, Cristina is a passion-led event organiser and dancer by default. She’s been an art and circus teacher, a fire dance performer, a restaurant-bar and hostels manager and a very dedicated Earth and Human activist. In 2016, after encountering the spiritual community on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, she decided to serve the world as an event producer assistant and on-site manager in retreat centres that focus on well-being and movement therapies. This is how she got to meet Bernice from Dance the Medicine, and immediately after, she knew that her mission was to contribute to DTM’s vision. Cristina continues her training in conscious movement practices through alternative healing therapies such as Thai-yoga massage, complementary medicine and self-sustainable gardening. << Check the whole description here: https://www.wetravel.com/trips/dance-forward-retreat-2022-in-person-dance-the-medicine-foster-25474948 << Payments also possible vis INTERAC See you on the dance floor!