Ecstatic Dance Online - Ecstatic Jam

We are so excited to invite you to one of our favorite Ecstatic Dance sessions, our Ecstatic Jam with DJ Vladi (Canada). DJ Vladi will create a very especial Ecstatic Dance set for us, so we will not only dance but also play along with our musical instruments and sing along! Do you still have that instrument at home that you used to play? Or maybe you always wanted to play it, but never had the opportunity to learn? Now is your chance, take it out and let's dance and play together!🎤👩‍🎤💃 Rest assured that you do not need to be a musician, you do not even need to know how to play that instrument, what matters is to have fun and to awake that creativity inside of you. The community will be there dancing and jamming together. And if you have no instruments at home no worries! Your body, your voice or any random household object will do the trick. Ecstatic Dance is a free form of dance in which the dancers are encouraged to move, play and express as they please. Ecstatic Dance belongs to a conscious dance family and like other conscious dances (5 rhythms, Biodanza, Open Floor, Trance Dance and others) promotes integration of a person's emotional, mental, physical and spiritual well-being through therapeutic use of movement and dance. WHY WE DANCE ONLINE - Dancing from home saves time, money and energy and makes regular dancing so much easier! - We can dance on our own terms. Turn your camera on or off! - We can wear our craziest outfits and dance with a variety of props - We can bring Ecstatic Dance to our loved ones (pets, kids, family, friends, roomies, plants, etc.) and share the dancing space with them. - We can connect and dance with people and to DJs from other countries/places OUR PRINCIPLES 💚 We believe that healing happens by feeling, so acknowledgement and expression of emotions is fundamental for our dance sessions. 💚 We want you to connect with your authentic self, so we provide a non-judgmental and non-directive space for you to move freely. 💚 We use mediations, visualizations, breathing and movement exercises, so we can transmute emotions and changing our emotional states. 💚 We invite different international DJs who create musical journeys for us to support our intentions. EVENT SCHEDULE (UK time) * Please adapt to your local time 18.00 – Meet and greet 18.05 – Opening circle + embodied practices 18.20 – Ecstatic Dance 19:40 – Sharing + Feedback + Closing circle OUR FOUNDER Alena is a certified Dance Movement Therapist, Ecstatic Dance event organizer, facilitator, and a passionate dancer herself. She has been holding healing spaces and delivering ceremonies for more than 5 years and has a lot of hands on experience in organising workshops and events both on her own and as a part of a team in different places, countries, and settings. This work helps Alena to stay aligned with her purpose in life: to create accessible tools and spaces, so more people can experience and enjoy embodied movement, no matter where they are or any other social, geographical or health limitations. As a practitioner informed in several different disciplines Alena creates deeply healing workshops and movement sessions that are inclusive and appealing to adults with different backgrounds. Alena is also a trauma informed space holder, so the safety of her offerings is her number one priority. Currently Alena co-creates a successful in person dance in Cornwall, UK and her own Ecstatic Dance Online project traveling occasionally to co-create events, retreats and festivals and to hold spaces for conscious dancers of the world. OUR DJ DJ Vladi is originally from Romania, having lived in numerous countries all over Europe, allowing him to be fluent in 6 languages! Vladi is multi faceted, having an ability to play just about any instrument he picks up. His biggest passion is to nurture the innate aspect of the child through music and holistically spiritual modalities such as toning and sound healing. HOW TO PREPARE 💃You can totally come as you are. Previous experience is not required! 💃Bring a bottle of water (or an alternative of your preference) to keep yourself hydrated. 💃 You can bring some dancing props, to make dance more fun and to connect to others. Anything goes: hats, glasses, gloves, wigs, hula hoops, led lights, everyday objects, brooms, candles, plants, etc. Optional! But rest assured that it is a safe space for you to experiment with outfits, make up and different looks, if you want. 💃Blanket/sweater to keep you warm after the dance ends