Samhain Ecstatic Dance

🌸 You are invited to join an evening to honour and celebrate the longest nights and shortest days through ritual, song and dance. Sending blessings to our family and ancestors, we join as a community, create harmony and dance with the light and dark outside and within. Hosted by Anna-Lisa Drew & Brailla May at The Studio in Brighton! 🌸 🌿 Flow 7.15 Gentle Music to Arrive & Land 7.30 Opening Circle, Warm Up & Ancestral Song and Blessing. 8pm Ecstatic Dance 930pm Sound Healing & Closing Circle 10pm Close 🌿 Time Please arrive at 7.15pm for relaxation, we begin at 7.30pm 🌿 Address The Studio 39 Whippingham Road Brighton BN2 3PF This beautiful dance studio has a sprung wooden floor, accessible toilets and changing room. Please do not talk once you enter the dance studio unless prompted. The studio is our sacred dance temple. http://www.thestudiobtn.com/studio-info 🌿 Parking There is free on street parking near to the venue from 7pm 🌿 Refunds/Exchanges Tickets are not refundable unless the organisers cancel the event. You may sell your ticket on / to anyone on the waiting list. 🌿 What to Bring/Wear *THEMED DRESS!* Dress in either black or white! Wear comfy clothes that you can move and dance in. If that happens to be sparkly hot pants go for it, but pyjamas are also welcome! We dance barefoot or in gripped socks. Bring some water or a refreshing drink. If you would like to bring a photo or an object for the altar that represents your family or ancestors you are welcome! 🌿 About Ecstatic Dance Ecstatic Dance is based in the natural understanding that our bodies know how they need and want to move in order to heal, strengthen, release and be nourished. Our ancestors practised rhythmic dancing to drums and chanting for centuries. Ecstatic Dance is based in this ancient practice of tuning in to the free movement desired by your body to shake and awaken your being into higher states of awareness, to release stress and trauma and to reconnect with your inner truth, beauty and enjoyment of life. I give some guidance to start and then you are invited to listen and move with your internal prompting. There will be a mix of slow, fast, playful, touching music and many styles including tribal, world, dance, folk, downtempo and ambient moods. You may have many different feelings, thoughts, experiences come up! Dance with them ALL! If you feel pain, tune in, is this something to gently move with and feel or do you need to change your movement or rest? If you feel tired, is this old, stagnant 'tired' feelings being released that you can keep dancing through, or do you need to slow down? There is no right or wrong way to move! Enjoy connecting with your body and the music and allow your journey to unfold. 🌿 About Brailla Brailla May is a Natural Voice Practitioner & Conscious Event Creatrix, she is passionate about creating events, retreats and festivals that uplift, empower and connect. She comes from an Osho background and training. She leads natural voice choirs and is inspired by using sound, voice & dance as a tool for healing and connection. 🌿 About Anna-Lisa Anna-Lisa is an Ecstatic Dance DJ and Facilitator, she creates layered dance landscapes to explore, reflect and process our inner worlds with a mix of global rhythms, beats and melodies both organic and electronic. Previously she trained and taught in Taoist energy and physical wellness practices, working 1-1 and in groups of up to 80 participants. She pioneered and led workshops for adults, families and children including running in school wellbeing programmes and research. Anna-Lisa has loved dancing and music since childhood and performed in clubs, festivals and carnivals as a dancer. She is also a Mama, Art Therapist and recently co-formed the community and family networking and play space Conscious Fun Club which held a series of very popular events in summer 2020 including sunset Ecstatic Dance events. We look forward to welcoming you! 🌿 Book your tickets here: https://buytickets.at/annalisadrew/595674