Ecstatic Dance Autumn Retreat
Dance – Transform – Connect
Wednesday October 22nd till Sunday October 26th 2026
Find your path. Unlock your potential. Learn. Explore. Create.
Our Invitation to You
This autumn, step into a journey of dance, connection, and transformation.
Join us for our annual Ecstatic Dance Autumn Retreat, a heart-opening gathering devoted to Ecstatic Dance, embodiment practices, and down-to-earth spirituality.
Our retreats are about awakening the dancer within, reconnecting body, mind, and spirit through conscious dance and embodiment.
Learn powerful exercises for grounding, releasing fear/stress/ tension/ trauma from the body and developing deeper presence and body awareness.
The Autumn retreat will be more of a personal growth retreat than a festival.
It is simply an invitation into bringing more fun, joy, depth, and expansion into our lives through a variety of transformational workshops.
Whether you’re seeking:
🌿 A break from city life and reconnection with nature
💃 A joyful, heart-expanding dance community
🌀 Tools for releasing stress, tension & old patterns
🔥 A space to rest, recharge & rediscover your inner freedom
…this retreat is a powerful playground for transformation. It’s Ecstatic Dance plus much, much more!
✨ Step away from routine.
✨Come home to your ecstatic self.
✨ Dance your way into autumn renewal.
Make the most of the beautiful Autumn time of year and enjoy all that comes with it -the fresh, crispy Autumn air, colourful leaves, lovely atmosphere and a lot more that we’ve included in this transformational Autumn retreat!
We invite you to explore the tools & practices during this deep dive of 4 days and discover the positive benefits for yourself. Using music, movement, ritual, and connection to achieve a unified field of being. Attune to Nature and the living environment, release stress and come home to your Ecstatic-Self! Your body, mind and soul with thank you!
♥ VIDEOS OF THE SOME OF THE WORK WE WILL BE EXPLORING:
Why Join Us & Retreat Highlights
🍂 Celebrate the beauty of autumn — crisp air, golden leaves & cozy evenings by the fire.
💃 Immerse yourself in a variety of transformational workshops with our main facilitators Seth Newman & Diana Upite (Active Meditations, Breathwork, Bioenergetics, Conscious Touch, Hugging, Singing, Cacao Ceremonies, Sound Journeys, Yoga Nidra, Authentic Movement, Ecstatic Dance and much more!) + Additional workshops with guest facilitators, musicians and DJ’s.
🍂 2x Beautiful indoor dance & workshops spaces: Zorba & Shankara (weather permitting, we will also run workshops outdoors, surrounded by nature & ancient oak trees)
🔥 Sweat it out in saunas, plunge into cold water, gather around campfires sipping chai.
🌱 Experience a balance of movement, stillness, creativity, and connection.
🥗 Be nourished by 3 delicious vegetarian meals daily plus a retreat café for treats.
🤝 Connect deeply with a vibrant community in a safe, alcohol- and drug-free space.
Example Daily* Schedule
7:30AM – 8:30 AM Good Morning Active Meditation/ Yoga
8:30 AM –9:30 AM Yummy Breakfast
9:30 AM – 1:00 PM Morning Gathering, Ecstatic Dance & Sharings, Workshop
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Magnificent Lunch
1:30PM – 2:30PM Dishes Help (help only 1x during the retreat after lunch or after dinner)
2:30 PM – 6:00 PM Sauna/ Cold Plunges/ Nature Walk / Massages/ Workshops
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Delicious Dinner/ Dishes Help
6:45 PM – 7:45PM Dishes Help (help only 1x during the retreat after lunch or after dinner)
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Evening Ecstatic Dance/ Workshop
10:00 PM – 00:00 PM Campfire/ Sauna/Cold Plunges/ Dance Parties/
*PLEASE NOTE: Schedule may vary — we keep a little magic and flow in the program!
TEAM OF FACILITATORS/ DJ’S/ MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Seth – Retreat Host, Facilitator & Workshop Leader, DJ, Musician
Diana – Retreat Host, Organizer, Musician, Singer, Sauna Rituals, Cacao, Chai
TBC- Yoga
TBC – DJ
Bridget – Deep Tissue, Lomi Lomi Massage
Darpan – Gong Bath (from The Leela Centre Community)
Ramana – Active Meditations (from The Leela Centre Community)
Prabuddho – Active Meditations (from The Leela Centre Community)
(Bodywork session sign ups: at the retreat’s notice board, pay cash/card in advance directly to therapists. Please note – most sessions will be in a shared indoor spaces divided by currtains and there will also be one or two private bodywork rooms.
♥ MORE VIDEOS TO GIVE YOU A FEEL OF SOME OF THE WORK:
Details
TICKETS FOR EVENT, AND TICKETS FOR EXTRA ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS AVAILABLE VIA BUTTONS BELOW.
Start: Wednesday 22 October @ 4:00 pm
End: Sunday 26 October @ 4:00 pm
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