(Sold out!) Odessa Autumn Festival Veemkade

★Odessa Veemkade Autumn Festival www.odessa.amsterdam 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 ★ Welcome on Board for our Odessa Autumn Festival!★ A cozy weekend on our magical boat ⛵ Expect a range of playful, inspiring & moving workshops. Explore connections with others or relax, unwind and dive deep into the waters of 't IJ. (Brrrrrrrrrr ☃️ ) Come as you are and enjoy as you like. Let's celebrate this beautiful co-creation called life. ☯️ We gather to connect, explore, co-create, play and recharge. Inspire and be inspired. 🌴✨ We welcome everybody from diverse cultural backgrounds, gender identities, size, shape and color. -💜💙💚💛🧡❤️- WHAT TO EXPECT Conscious Movement & Connection - Ayurveda - Bellydance - Chi Gong - Foot Reflex Massage - Authentic Relating - Partnerdance - Tantra - Polarity Play - Singing Songwriting - Music & Sharing - ★The Program SATURDAY / 15th of October 09:30-10:00 | Welcome on board 10:00-11:30 | Movement & Connection workshop 11:30-12:00 | Introduction: Meet each other & facilitators 12:00-13:00 | Potluck Lunch 13:00-14:30 | Workshop Round I 🌞 Taiji by Christoph 🌚 Universal Connection in Partnerdance by Bess Kuil 14:30-15:30 | Break 15:30-17:00 | Workshop round II 🌞Authentic Relating by Ralf Westerhof 🌚 Tribal Bellydance by Izora Irene 17:00-18:00 | Potluck Dinner 18:30-21:00 | Ecstatic Dance SUNDAY / 16th of October 10:30-11:00 | Welcome on board 11:00-13:00 | Ecstatic dance 13:00-14:30 | Potluck Lunch 14:30-16:00 | *Workshop Round III 🌞Ayurveda: Seasonal Transitioning by Baru & Eva 🌚 Polarity Play by Toermalijn Peters 16:00-16:30 | Break 16:30-18:00 | *Workshop Round IV 🌞Singing Songwriting by Lotte Walda 🌚 Foot Reflexology by Mariana Lozano 18:00-19:00 | Potluck Dinner 19:00-20:00 | Live Music & Open Stage *Please be aware! Schedule is subject to change.* ** 🌞Upperdeck 🌚Lowerdeck What to bring: 🧘🏼‍♀️ A yoga mat (in case you'd like to join yoga/massage workshop) 🤸🏼‍♀️ Comfortable clothing to dance/move in 👙 Bathing suit for swimming/canooing 🍝 Food for the potlucks!*(Vegan/vegetarian) 📕 A notebook & blanket 🥤 Your waterbottle 🌴 A towel --> During the entire weekend any participation of the dances/workshop is optional. You are more than free to hang out at the deck, cuddle, read, write a song, go for a swim, or go on adventure with a canoe. -🥭 Lunch & dinner potluck style. 🍓- This means that everyone brings some food to share, so we'll have a huge buffet. 😋 ★Ticketprice Early Bird 85,- Full weekend 95,-. Bring a Bird 170,- There are no separate 1 day tickets available for this event. Read more about the workshops: 🌟 Connective Dance Journey - Jerre 🌟 An expressive dance and movement journey where we first connect with ourselves and the Divine to then connect with the others, becoming one heart-centered family. Through movement, sounds and partner/group exercises we dive into a deep state of consciousness, expressing anything that comes up, and heal the body from within. A beautiful and natural medicine which brings you to a state full of love, joy and contentment. https://www.instagram.com/jerre_yoga_and_movement/ 🌟 Taiji - Christoph Pickl 🌟 Taijiquan (or short “Taiji) is an internal Martial Art (as “Quan” literally translated means fist, thus “boxing”) from China, nowadays mostly used for its health benefits. It dates back about 400 years ago and became publicly accessible only recently. It is based on the principles of Yin and Yang, which are themselves rooted in the philosophy of Daoism (next to Confucianism and Buddhism). Its characteristics are slow and gentle movements, alternated by quick explosive ones, finding balance, grounding and ultimately connection to the Dao, the universe. Christoph offers regular free Taiji classes in Oosterpark. Check out his website <3 https://freetaiji.nl/ 🌟 Universal Connection in Partnerdance - Bess Kuil 🌟 To make connection with another person/ body in dance it's necessary to make a good connection with your own body in the first place. If you know how to relax, control, create chaos, flow and silence in your own body, it's much easier to share this with someone else in a form of following and leading. The workshop will contain different elements of exercises to become aware of your center/ core and about how to use the center/ core of the body. There will also be exercises where we focus on relaxation, stretching and getting more freedom in improvisation and moving in general. And how to combine all those things to make a better connection with a partner. You can apply the physical experience you will get in all kinds of partner dancing. Bess Kuil is a dancer, performer, choreographer and dance teacher based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Specialized in African dance, modern dance, burlesque but also various partner dance styles, including Brazilian Zouk and contact improvisation, shows her versatility as a dancer and dance teacher. https://besskuil.nl/ 🌟 Authentic Relating - Ralf Westerhof 🌟 It's so rare that we find ourselves in a situation where we can openly and honestly show ourselves, unpolished. Where others don't judge us, or get hurt when we share our thoughts and feelings. Where they help with empathic questions to investigate what is actually going on in me. A place where it's not about changing things, but about seeing them and learning from them. A place to grow together as equals, that's what Connective Communication is all about. http://www.connectivecommunication.nl/ 🌟 Tribal Fusion Bellydance - Izora Irene 🌟 In this workshops you will explore the foundations behind Tribal Fusion Bellydance, a modern form of Bellydance in which many elements of other dance styles are incorporated, such as Flamenco, Odissi and Hip Hop. We will cover a variety of fundamental movements such as snaky armpatterns, strong upperbody isolations, basic footpatterns and essential hipwork. We will then string them together in a nice flow. https://www.instagram.com/i_z_o_r_a_/ 🌟 Ayurveda - Baru & Eva 🌟 Ayurveda for the Autumn season - Why routine and warmth matter In this workshop, Eva and Baru - students and practitioners of Ayurveda - will share with you the Ayurvedic view of the transition from Summer to Autumn season. Transitions make us more vulnerable and ask for extra care and support. They will offer practical tips from the scope of nutrition, lifestyle and yoga to support your immunity and keep the inner fire burning 🔥 For this talk, make sure you are warm and comfortable and bring your notebook. Baru: https://www.instagram.com/serving.ayurveda/ Eva: https://instagram.com/evadusch?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 🌟 Polarity Play - Toermalijn 🌟 Are you in your power? Do you dare to surrender completely? Through partner exercises and Yin & Yang play we will playfully explore our feminine & masculine sides in a form of giving and receiving aimed at fulfilling our desires in the moment <3 https://www.instagram.com/toermalijnyogahealth/ 🌟 Voice opening & Songwriting Workshop - Lotte Walda 🌟 Everybody has a voice and experiences emotions. Singing and writing is a very profound way to help us process what we go through and open our hearts again. In this workshop Lotte takes us on a journey by sharing her vision and tools in songwriting. She also will help us open our voices in a safe & playful way. Her goal is to help us remember how natural it is to sing and use our voices and how easy it actually is to create a song! Once you tap in to the flow of creative writing and following your intuition while using your voice, a whole new world opens up for you! The world of sound & sacred song. The Language of Music. https://www.lottewalda.nl/ https://www.instagram.com/lottewalda/ 🌟 Mariana Lozano - Foot Reflexology 🌟 In this workshop we will learn a short reflexology sequence focused on common Autumnal imbalances to treat and prevent ailments. Foot reflexology induces self-regulation processes in the body and it’s also super relaxing! https://www.instagram.com/ta.mi.nu/