Embodiment ✦ Ecstatic New Years Festival ✦

Embodiment is a 5 Day Celebration of Rebirth for our Spirit of Connection, Health, and Interdependance. World renowned producers MOSE, SCOTT NICE, CAPTAIN PLANET, and the KIRTANIYAS headline this 5th Edition, along with global touring Musicians & Ecstatic Dance Djs ~ Yemanjo (Bay Area), Swahé (Austin), Yarun Dee (Amsterdam), El Suchi (Guatemala), Kyle Nadi Sanchez (Nevada City), Sheena Medicina (Oregon), Sarasvati Dasi of Jallebi (Berlin), Magisus (Guatemala), Moondrop (Oregon)Tzutu Kan (Guatemala), CodeStar (Colorado), Anna Merel (Netherlands), Matthew Medicine (Washington) and Bloomurian (Colorado). A Full Pass is 1600q at the Door, or Day Passes are available for: -500q for Dec 28, 29, 30 + Jan 1 -600q for Dec 31st 50% of the profits from this Gathering will go to help improve our Mayan neighbors quality of life. Previous Embodiments have supported hundreds of families in Tzununá & San Marcos with food distributions, roof & home renovations, sponsoring local kids to attend trade school, new beds for families that were sleeping on the ground, 3 new homes for elders & single moms in need, family gardens + fruit tree planting in landslide victims rebuilt homes, new water filters, and planting hundreds of fruit trees in our village. Embodiment NYE will continue our work to improve educational opportunities, organic food security, and enjoyment of life for everyone born in Tzununá. Embodiment has received Official Authorization from the Municipality of Tzununá again, and we are fully committed to keeping our relationship wth the Mayan community respectful and in service to our neighbours most in need. Embodiment is an Ecstatically Natural Festival, designed to merge your Body, Mind & Spirit with Gaia, by staying in a grounded rhythm of movement & restoration each day. Intoxicant-free and full of presence, we hold a sacred and safe container for our wildest and purest expressions to emerge. To encourage this, we offer a full daily schedule of two full Ecstatic Dance journeys + one Downtempo hour, Kirtan/ Sound Healing/Live Music every night, Embodied movement + massage offerings, Tea lounge, Cacao Activations, Sweat Lodge by our spring fed riverside pools, and much much more! Morning practices will be followed by Permaculture Action across the river at our own Finca Gaia. GAIA DANCE TEMPLE The largest Ecstatic Dance Temple in the world features a 6000 sq. ft combination of martial-arts mats and floating wood dancefloor space underneath Avocado and Kushin trees, alongside a spring-fed river. Local, organic vegetarian meals + elixirs are available at our Cafe on-site, as well as three other farm-to-table Cafes less than 5 minutes walk from the Gaia. Tea Temple will be open during dances. NO alcohol, drugs, or smoking permitted on-site. NO Dogs allowed either. Onsite Camping = $25 per person for 5 nights. Includes drinking water & showers. Single beds in shared rooms at the Bambu Guest House (a 4 minute walk from Gaia) are $130 for 6 nights from Dec 27-Jan 2nd. Plentiful hostels, hotels, and Airbnbs are in Tzununá and San Marcos to sleep comfortably and cheaply nearby. Search Gaia Dance Temple on Google for our exact location in Tzununá, Solola. FYI - all passengers flying into Guatemala must present evidence of either: a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of arrival; COVID-19 vaccination completed at least two weeks before arrival; or documented recovery from COVID-19 within three months of arrival. (Copied from US Embassy)