Yoga & Ecstatic Dance Drumming event

🌿 YOGA DANCE BY THE TREE A Mini Retreat to Open Your Heart to Summer “Shake off the winter… and awaken your body for the light of summer.” 📅 April 19, 2026 ⏰ 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM 📍 1312 Avenue T, Ottawa — By the Tree 🎟 Tickets: https://square.link/u/qohPoEkq Early Bird: $20 (until April 12) Regular: $25 ✨ Spaces are limited 🎁 Bonus: The first 10 participants receive a meditation stone 🌸 A Ritual of Transition This is more than an event. It’s a ritual of transition into summer. After months of inward energy, stillness, and emotional hibernation… your body is ready to open again. To move. To feel. To connect. Yoga Dance by the Tree is a 4-hour immersive experience designed to help you: ✨ release the heaviness of winter ✨ awaken your energy and creativity ✨ open your heart to joy, connection, and expansion Through movement, sound, stillness, and rhythm, you will reconnect to your body—not through effort, but through presence. 🌿 What Makes This Experience Unique There is no performance here. No pressure. No expectations. • There is no choreography • No talking on the dance floor • No substances to create confidence Just you… your body… the music… and the freedom to feel. 🌿 THE PROGRAM 4:00 PM — Arrival & Grounding Arrive, settle into the space, and gently transition out of your day. Set your intention for this seasonal shift. 4:15 PM — Opening Circle & Oracle Guidance We begin together in a sacred circle. Through intuitive oracle card guidance, you will receive a message aligned with your personal journey—helping you open your heart to the months ahead. 4:45 PM — Deep Relaxation Sound Healing & Meditation Drop into stillness. Guided meditation and sound healing will help regulate your nervous system, release emotional residue, and create inner space for renewal. This is where the body softens… and the heart begins to open. 5:45 PM — Yoga Dance Journey (with Jocy Medina) A guided, intuitive movement experience that blends yoga, dance, and emotional release. You will be invited to: • awaken your body • move energy through your chakras • reconnect with sensuality, joy, and expression No choreography—only guided flow and freedom. 6:45 PM — Healing House Ecstatic Dance with DJ Ani & live drumming by Chadi Now we rise. A powerful, rhythmic ecstatic dance journey where movement becomes meditation. With tribal beats and live Egyptian drumming, you’ll be guided into a state of: • release • connection • pure embodied freedom This is where transformation becomes celebration. 7:45 PM — Closing Integration We gently come back together to ground, integrate, and seal the experience. You’ll leave feeling lighter, clearer, and more open to what’s ahead. 🌿 Meet Your Facilitators Jocy Medina Yoga Dance and Meditation Teacher, known for creating deeply transformative spaces that blend movement, emotional release, and spiritual connection. DJ Ani Founder of Healing House, curating powerful tribal and ecstatic dance journeys that guide participants into embodiment and freedom through rhythm. Chadi Egyptian drummer bringing live, ancestral beats that awaken the body and elevate the entire experience into something truly unforgettable. 🌸 This Is For You If… • You feel ready to shake off the heaviness of winter • You want to reconnect with your body in a safe, expressive way • You’re craving movement, music, and meaningful connection • You’re ready to open your heart to summer canceling April 19 (as it is raining and this event is outside) Come as you are. Move as you feel. Leave renewed. ✨