SPECIAL End of Year Celebration OUTDOORS Cacao Rose Ceremony & Dancing Freedom under the Full Moon

SPECIAL END OF THE YEAR CELEBRATION! CACAO/ROSE CEREMONY with DANCING FREEDOM under the Full Moon with Sara-Jane Cleland (Dancing Freedom Facilitator), Diana Belot (Dancing Freedom, Nia & Biodanza Facilitator) and Libby Lee (Plant Medicine Ceremony Woman). To celebrate the end of the Southern Highlands Conscious Dancing year we are putting on a special event on a beautiful property in Berrima. Libby Lee will be offering Cacao/Rose Ceremony, Diana Belot will offer a 45-50min Dancing Freedom wave and Sara-Jane Cleland will offer a 2nd 45-50min Dancing Freedom wave. After the ceremony we will be sharing a community dinner and have time to chat by a sunken fire pit. There is optional Glamping in Bell Tents & Camping on site, optional sauna & hot tub, optional remedial massage and a cold clear water dam for swimming. Saturday 16th November 5.30pm to 8.30pm (Arrival time from 3.30pm if booking the Sauna & Hot Tub 4-5pm, Remedial Massage OR Camping) Outdoors around the fire on private property near Berrima Wet weather venue in Mittagong Event Ticket Price $50 plus Booking Fee (PLEASE Choose a Cacao OR a Rose Tea Ticket) https://events.humanitix.com/end-of-year-special-event-cacao-rose-ceremony-and-dancing-freedom-under-the-full-moon/tickets Humanitix online tickets ONLY ONLINE BOOKINGS CLOSE AT 9PM the day before the Event to allow time to prepare Cacao and Rose Tea! No Refunds for online event tickets but name transfer is possible. WET WEATHER refund for Camping, Sauna & Hot Tub Tickets but sorry NO refunds of the Humanitix booking Fees. *Every Body Welcome - Men & Women* *No dance experience necessary* *There is no wrong way to move your body - allow your body to move as it wants to be moved* *This is strictly an alcohol and drug free ceremony* (You are welcome to bring alcohol or other drinks for the community dinner, herbal teas will be provided) Please bring a cushion, bolster, folding chair or meditation stool for sitting on the grass for the cacao/rose ceremony, a torch, water to drink, warm or cool clothes (layers) that you can move in and a blanket/yoga mat for the floor/ground. Please bring a plate of food to share and any drinks if staying for the community dinner. ANY QUESTIONS call Sara-Jane 0434 962 462 *****About Cacao/Rose Ceremony ***** Ceremonial Cacao is a heart opening medicine. When prepared and consumed in specific quantities, with intention and setting, can assist in opening the heart chakra, deepening one's meditation experience, inner work practices, and connection toward others. The plant medicine of Rose is also heart opening yet softer in its actions. *****Contra-indications for Cacao***** Cacao in ceremonial doses is not recommended if you have a pace maker, have high blood pressure, or other heart conditions, as the cacao will increase your heart rate. It can be dangerous to your health if you are taking heart medication or high doses of antidepressant medication. People with bi-polar disorder are advised of the risk of over stimulation and manic symptoms. If this applies to you, please know you are still most welcome to join us for the experience with a very light/homeopathic dose or none at all. You will still receive many benefits from participating in the ceremony and basking in the collective energy that we will generate. We strongly advise you to refrain from eating any big meal in the 2-3 hours preceding the ceremony to increase the efficacy of the cacao and to enhance your experience. This will also reduce the potential for any negative interactions with anything in your stomach. If you must eat, please eat lightly and simply (no greasy or dense foods.) *****What is Dancing Freedom?***** Dancing freedom is a free form dance practice, a moving meditation with the intention of aligning life with love and awareness. A dance practice that blends the medicine of dance with the medicine of ceremony and co-creation. Dancing freedom takes you on a guided dance journey through an elemental wave of Earth, Water, Fire, Air & Ether - deepening your connection to the elements, life and living. In the dance you are invited to explore an authentic way of moving - a creative expression of your unique being. There is only one rule in Dancing Freedom - you can't do it wrong! In the process of dance we can become a free flow of energy, moving into oneness, beyond the mind, personality and ego. Dancing Freedom provides an opportunity to release physical tension and pain, to unwind energy which may be held in the body, to express emotions and sounds, to play like a child, to connect with yourself and others in the dance, to have FUN and to remember that you LOVE to dance! 💃 . “In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: "When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop being comforted by the sweet territory of silence?” Gabrielle Roth - Founder of 5 Rhythms Dance *****About Sara-Jane***** Sara-Jane Cleland is a Dancing Freedom Facilitator, Naturopath, Herbalist, Nutritionist & Massage Therapist specializing in Cranio-sacral/Somatic Healing work who has made her home on Gundungurra land in the Southern Highlands, NSW since 2008. Her journey as a holistic practitioner began over 25 years ago as a Yoga teacher and organically evolved into Bodywork, Naturopathy and Conscious Dance. In 2016, she discovered 5 rhythms dance on retreat with Gina Chick and became a passionate advocate for conscious dance, bringing teachers to the highlands throughout 2018. At the end of 2018 she journeyed to the Byron Bay hinterland for intensive training in Dancing Freedom. Since 2019, she has offered monthly Dancing Freedom full moon events and in 2020 created a 5 week course for women - Women's Embodied Dance Journey which she runs each school term. Sara-Jane regularly supports many well-known Sydney conscious dance teachers on dance retreats, space-holding, offering yoga and creating sacred altars. She is often a guest teacher at conscious dance classes in Sydney and collaborates with Libby Lee, Rebecca Riddington and Diana Belot to offer regular Heart Medicine events - Cacao ceremony, Dancing Freedom and Somatic Breathwork in Manly, Sydney. The passion that inspires her work is connection. Connection to the healing power of nature through food as medicine and herbal medicine. Connection to the innate healing power of the body through Bodywork and Conscious Dance. Connection to community coming together for dance retreats, full moon events and women's work. And most importantly, providing an opportunity for connection to oneself, your loving whole being, so so worthy of self-love and creative expression. *****About Diana***** Diana Belot is an Embodied Dance Facilitator & Intuitive Massage Therapist. She was introduced to 5 rhythms, Butoh and Voice Expression in 1998. This began her passion for healing through movement and dance. She trained in Nia 2009, teaching regular classes for 12 years, currently having a break. In 2014 Diana studied a 3 year teacher training course in Biodanza, an amazing movement therapy integrating biocentric living and connection. In 2022 she completed the Dancing Freedom Facilitator Training. Diana has developed her own Embodied movement practice Dance Alchemy, combining different conscious dance and healing techniques from her many trainings of the years. Dance Alchemy is a fusion of free dance and embodied practices allowing you to dive deeper, releasing what no longer serves, finding new and positive ways to move through life. Diana is passionate about healing through movement, embodiment, play, acknowledgment, release and deep connection to self and others. She offers Monthly Dancing Freedom events in the Northern Beaches of Sydney and regularly dances with 5 Rhythms and Dancing Freedom. Diana supports many 5 Rhythms teachers from Sydney and overseas crewing and creating installations. Diana has also facilitated conscious dance at the Outback Spiritual festival and Bulga Beats. *****About Libby***** Libby is a heart centered ceremony woman offering meaningful and transformative healing experiences in Sacred Cacao medicine ceremonies and Sound Journeys, based in the Southern Highlands. She was first introduced to Cacao as a sacred plant medicine during a Mayan fire ceremony whilst in Mexico. This profound and deeply moving experience led Libby to bring this spirit medicine into her own personal practice when she returned home, and from there she felt called to share this sacred gift with her community. Also having a deep belief in the healing powers of music, sound and frequency, Libby holds a certification in Sound Healing. She has a great passion for this work, holding Sound Journeys in and outside the Southern Highlands area. Her vision is to bring community together, within a safe and sacred space for people to connect, heal and grow. 'As above, so below', Libby believes that through this process of inner healing, we can help heal the world. 💗