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SUMMARY:Breathe A Festival of Life
DESCRIPTION:Breathe: A Festival of Life\n \n~ A Celebration of Breathwork in the UK ~  \nIn collaboration with The Breathe Team\n \nWednesday August 6 – Sunday August 10 \n\nWeekend and Day Tickets Available Now  \n\n\n\nThis summer\, hosted here at Leela we’re gathering for something special —\nan evolution.\n  \nWelcome to a five-day breathwork festival dedicated to exploration\, connection\, and growth. \nThis isn’t a retreat; it’s a call to those who feel the pull to deepen their relationship with themselves and others through the powerful practice of breathwork. \nWelcoming many different types of breathwork. \nImagine days filled with experiences that nurture both the playful and the profound\, allowing you to step into who you are becoming with clarity and strength.  \nFrom 1-to-1 sessions to collaborative workshops\, you’ll find a space where each breath supports a movement — within and beyond yourself.  \nGrounded in a commitment to the UK’s professional breathwork community\, we’ll delve into topics that matter deeply to us: safety\, building healthy networks\, exploring new challenges\, and cultivating a collective approach to responsibility.\n\n\n\nExplore the Breathe website here\n\n\nGuided by professional facilitators\, we’ll build a container together where insights are encouraged and intimacy is welcomed. \nWhether you’re here to attend to a personal journey or to refine your professional path\, there’s room for everyone.  \nTogether\, we’ll co-create an open atmosphere where vulnerability meets empowerment\, and where transformation happens not only through the breath but also through a shared presence. \nSo\, come as you are\, ready to feel\, ready to be a part of a community committed to building connection and authenticity. \n This festival is about sharing the joy\, the power and the simplicity of the breath.\n \n  \nJoin us as we breathe together and create a festival of life.\n\n\n\nDuring this festival we will: \nUnlock the magic of breathwork and discover its incredible healing power. \nJoin a vibrant breathwork community and make joyful\, like-minded friendships. \nExplore a world of breathwork styles and dive into ancient and modern breath lineages. \nMeet the experts! Connect with leading voices in breathwork and top UK training providers. \nWork your breath magic with opportunities for group journeys and 1-to-1 sessions with sought-after breathwork therapists. \nDive deep within to release old patterns\, explore your inner world\, and heal past traumas. \nBuild your daily flow with tips and practices to make breathwork a part of your everyday life. \nBring it all together and integrate your breathwork breakthroughs for lasting impact. \nPlay\, laugh\, and explore as you discover just how much fun the breath can be! \nWho is this for? \nThose new to breathwork and wanting to learn more \nExperienced breathworker and professionals \nThose who are looking for alternative ways of healing \nThose who want to try something new! \nBREATHE\, CONNECT\, EVOLVE \nWhat are the benefits if you spent 4 days together in this intimate festival? \nHealing and Personal Growth\nDiscover the transformative power of breathwork to release trauma\, uncover inner wisdom\, and create lasting change in your life. \nConnection and Community\nBecome part of a supportive breathwork community\, building joyful friendships and meaningful connections with like-minded individuals.\n \nExpert Guidance and Skills\nGain insights from top breathwork experts\, experience diverse modalities\, and develop tools to create a sustainable daily practice. \n  \nThe Vision \n\nOur vision is to create a Breathwork Festival that brings people together to explore and experience the power of the breath. \nBreathe: A Festival of Life aims to welcome practitioners of all breathwork styles\, to share their wisdom with fellow breathers\, who may or may not have previous experience of breathwork. \nWe envision that this wonderful community will continue to grow and expand\, and for breathwork to be more widely recognised and used as a powerful modality that is available to each and every one of us\, to assist us in our healing journeys; the individual\, collective and planetary. \n\nCLICK HERE FOR BOOKING AND PAYMENTMeet the team\n\nThe Breathe Team are all volunteers passionate about Breathwork. After a successful launch of the festival in 2018\, the team have been busy making their dreams become a reality. \nBelow is an image of 4 out 5 team members: Kerry\, Mark\, Karolina and Hannah. (Cate is our camera-shy but deeply present fifth member). \n\n\nKerry and Karolina\, having had similar visions for an annual Breathwork event in the UK\, were connected together by a mutual friend. Soon after joined by James and Kath\, “Breathe A Festival of life” has been taking shape ever since\, having a life force of its own. The Breathe team feel honoured to birth this exciting project\, and it has been a joy to collaborate and connect with others along the way. The team was proud to welcome Mark on board during 2019\, Cate in 2021\, and now HUGE welcome to Hannah in 2022\, to support the expansion and growth of the festival.\n\n\n\nWhilst the intention initially was for a smaller gathering\, the collective and longer term vision for Breathe is to host a Breathwork festival\, open and accessible to larger numbers\, from all walks of life. \nWe are really looking forward to welcoming you to this year’s event! \n\n\n\nKerry VeitchKerry has been connected with rebirthing breathwork since 1993 and is a certified practitioner with two different schools. She focuses on embodiment practices such as Internal Family Systems and Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing\, using a trauma informed approach. Kerry is a trainer with AIR School of Breathwork guiding & supporting students through deep personal processes to achieve a qualification in breathwork facilitation. She loves sharing the healing power of the breath with others\, by holding retreats\, weekly online group sessions\, 1:1 sessions\, and her deepest love\, warm water rebirthing.Karolina MikuliczKarolina’s search for a better\, more present life\, lead her to a Loving Relationship Training with the Mother of Rebirthing – Sondra Ray in 2012. That moment changed her\, as for the first time she recognized and experienced the power of the breath. She began extended training\, wishing to share this beautiful gift with others. \nCurrently living in Bournemouth\, born in Poland\, Karolina is a Rebirthing Breathwork and Liberation Breathing Practitioner\, Breath Coach in training\, Meditation Guide\, an event organizer and a co-founder of Breathe A Festival of Life.Mark ConradMark joined the team in 2019. Mark discovered Breathwork in 2006 by experimenting after reading Stan Grof’s books. That begun a wonderful journey with Rebirthing Breathwork that led him to take a long-term voluntary role in the International Breathwork Foundation until 2017. Breathwork communities have been for Mark\, perhaps without exception\, the most truthful\, open and alive that I have been lucky enough to come across.Cate DunneCate is an accredited counsellor/psychotherapist with the BACP\, equine facilitated psychotherapist and a clinical supervisor. One of Cate’s interests in rebirthing breathwork is how it relates to body/muscle trauma memory and the role of the breath in safely facilitating release.Hannah KendaruHannah joined the Breathe team after having a vision for connecting with the UK community of Breathwork Facilitators. She is an Indonesian-British Breathwork therapist and trauma specialist. She is passionate about reclaiming the breath as a radical rebellion against all the ways we have been taught to play it small. She is founder of Inspire Breathwork and The Forest Garden\, an initiative that combines the work of embodied social justice\, decolonial healing and breathwork. Breathwork and embodiment brings us back into the deep remembrance of what freedom really means\, remembering our souls and spirit through resilience and imagination\, to remember our wisdoms for deep collective liberation.It’s not only an event\, it’s an experience\n \nCLICK HERE FOR BOOKING AND PAYMENTPowered by Workshop Angel \nAll volunteer slots are currently filled\nDetails: \nArrival: Wednesday August 6th 2025 @ 2:00 pm \nEnd:  Sunday August 10th 2025 @ 2:00 pm \n\n\nTicket price includes festival\, food & camping with your own tent gear: \nFull Festival Price: £430\nNon-residential ticket: £360\nWeekend Price: £240 \n\nDay Ticket Thursday: £95\nDay Ticket Friday: £95\nDay Ticket Saturday: £95 \n\nExtra Accommodation options (4 nights):\nCamping: £0\nOwn campervan: £0 (plus £20 hook up if needed)
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SUMMARY:Leela LIVE! Festival
DESCRIPTION:Leela Live! \nA Celebration of Life\, Music\, Community & Connection\n\nDAY TICKETS AVAILABLE!  \nSaturday 23rd August & Sunday 24th August \nScroll down to book! \n  \nGet ready for celebration\, deep connection\, and pure fun! \n Leela Live is not just a festival – it’s a journey into life\, music\, and the one heart we are when together in community. During our time together we invite you to awaken your senses\, expand your consciousness\, and celebrate life in its fullest expression. \nThis is a celebration of life.. of being together.. in community.  \nTogether we will come into a greater state of aliveness.. of yes to life! \nYes to the richness of life.. dancing to live music\, watching live shows\, chilling to medicine music & being together in community. \nYes to nourishing the body with live\, organic food. \nYes to deepening community bonds through shared experiences\, laughter\, and connection. \nYes to being inspired by wisdom that awakens the soul and sparks new ways of living on this earth with respect and reverence for the land. \nYes to reigniting our passion to live our best life\, purposefully and awake. \n\nFestival Highlights: \nLive Music\n Vibrant\, soul-stirring live performances that will keep you dancing and inspired all night reignite your wild side and have you sing your heart out. \nWorkshops & Embodiment Sessions\n Sessions designed to get you moving\, feeling\, and reconnecting with your body and energy. \nWisdom Talks & Channelling\n Inspiring talks from wisdom keepers on conscious living\, aliveness and sustainability aiming to inspire\, educate\, and spark meaningful conversations. \nLive Food & Healthy Living\nDiscover the power of organic\, live & nutritious food with our team of passionate foodies! \nGet ready to learn how to make healthy live food. It’s a culinary adventure that’s as exciting as it is nourishing. \nDancing & DJ Sets\n Celebrate and come together on the dance floor until late into the night \nTime for Restoration and Relaxation\nEnjoy time to unwind in our sauna\, take a quiet walk through nature\, or simply relax and recharge in our peaceful surroundings.” \nLeela Live promises an intimate and engaging experience. So\, come join us this August Bank Holiday and be a part of the Leela Live community. Let’s celebrate life together! \n\n\n\n\nCheck full program here! Check out our LIVE musicians:\n\nWhat to expect at Leela LIVE \n\n\nAn Immersive Experience: Leela Live is more than just workshops\, talks\, and performances. It’s an invitation to fully immerse yourself in a space where every moment encourages connection – with the land\, with the community\, and with your own inner wisdom. \n\nFamily-Friendly Vibe: Everyone is welcome! Our kids and teens program includes our usual creativity\, music\, and outdoor activities. \nCamping & Glamping options: Immerse yourself in nature with our camping or glamping options\, (Or book soon for indoor accommodation!) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Leela Live is a space where we come together to deepen our connection with ourselves\, the land\, and to each other.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Kids & Teens activities: \nThe kids team are creating a beautiful kids & teens program including creative sessions\, music composition\, creativity and performance skills.\nAnd of course plenty of outdoor activities and games. \nFun\, Fun\, Fun! \nCheck out the Facilitators!\nRita Hraiz\, Shamanic Teacher of Ageless Wisdom \nRita Hraiz\, is a grandmother from Glastonbury UK\, as well as a visionary artist\, clothes designer for Mudra and has been a respected student of Ageless Wisdom\, Solar Philosophy\, Shamanism and Esoteric Psychology for the last 30 years. \nRead more...\nShe has internationally held Dharmakaya Retreats for the last 17 years carrying these ancient teachings to sacred lands. Her circles provide a clear sanctuary space\, giving many an opportunity to really anchor into their own divinity. \nShe has internationally held Dharmakaya Retreats for the last 17 years carrying these ancient teachings to sacred lands. Her circles provide a clear sanctuary space\, giving many an opportunity to really anchor into their own divinity. \nThrough her innate understanding of White Tantra and the Science of Kundalini\, Mahamudra and The Dharmakaya she inspires individuals to access their own intuitive body wisdom. Rita’s art is an expression of her kundalini awakening\, meditations and inner vision connection to the plant teachers. \nRita Hraiz’s ultimate core passion is to uplift and to serve humanity by holding a strong\, clear sacred space to support a conscious shamanic journey home into the HEART to be softened by the immensity of our Great Mother’s Mystery. \nMa Deva Padma\, The Sacred She Tarot \nMa Deva Padma first travelled to India and became a disciple of Osho (then Rajneesh) in 1975. Since that time she has devoted her life to producing inspiring works that encourage spiritual growth. \nThe Sacred She Tarot was born. \nRead more...\nThe timing is right for The Sacred She Tarot to offer soulful nourishment and clarity as we transition out of an exhausted old-world order burdened under the weight of aggressive yang\, male dominance. The Sacred She aims to help right that imbalance by illuminating a path toward the divine feminine principles of respect\, nurture\, and inner peace\, regardless of gender. \nMa Deva Padma will join us via a LIVE broadcast on zoom from her home in Australia. \nSanjula\, Channelling Pan \n \nSanjula is a spiritual healer who has traveled to the depths of her being and discovered her own unique gifts and talents\, one of which is listening to her inner voice.\nShe has a close and personal relationship with her many spiritual guides and mentors which include Pan. \nShivani\, Cacao Ceremony and Shamanic Journey\n \nShivani is a holistic therapist and Kambo practitioner based in Sherborne\, Dorset. She offers sound and energy healing as well as shamanic style cacao ceremonies. She’s also a trained Osho meditation facilitator and auricular acupuncturist. \nBayari\, Realising your Divinity & Angel Bath\n \nBayari is a sensual alchemist who transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. \nShe loves to hold space for creativity\, healing and connecting the sacred and the mystical. One of her alchemical gifts is offering a gateway to sacred oils and layers of vibration. She brings a warm\, fun-loving approach to all that she does. \nElise & Charlie Premanjali\, Shiva Shakti workshop \nStep into a sacred space of devotion\, inner balance\, and collective prayer with Elise & Charlie Premanjali. In this soul-nourishing kirtan workshop we gather to awaken and celebrate the divine union of masculine and feminine energies—Shiva and Shakti—within us and all around us. \nRead more...We begin with a heart-opening guided meditation to attune to the essence of Shiva (consciousness\, stillness) and Shakti (energy\, movement)\, setting a clear and loving intention for inner harmony and healing. From this grounded space\, we journey through devotional mantras and sacred songs\, each one carefully chosen to invoke and honour this sacred polarity and invite it into presence. \nInterwoven with moments of contemplative silence\, this experience becomes not only a personal practice but a collective prayer for balance and harmony in the world. \nAs voices unite and hearts open\, we remember the power of sound\, stillness\, and shared devotion.Sumitra\, Human Design: Owning Your Own Magnificence \nHuman Design is a gateway to self knowledge at an incredibly deep level. It is an inner guidance system. Being able to see yourself in your own uniqueness\, letting go of judgements\, opens up a feeling of trust in what you are here to live out\, leading to peace\, satisfaction\, success and even surprise at what life brings you through your alignment. \nRead more...\nHaving been immersed in Human Design for 20 years\, Sumitra will be guiding you in how to make healthy decisions and navigate according to your blueprint. All this is here to deepen and accelerate you into the magnificent being that you are. \nSumitra is also offering chart readings throughout the festival. \nLeela Bunce\, Kith & Kin Show \nLeela is an actor\, clown and theatre-maker who has toured a multitude of shows around the UK and Europe! Her own shows are always full of heart\, humour and hope and she loves telling quirky\, untold stories; especially those of remarkable\, little-known women throughout history. \n \nRead more...\nAlongside her own creations\, Leela also collaborates with other theatre companies – most recently performing in Romeo and Juliet and Pride and Prejudice in beautiful Bath. Leela is really looking forward to bringing her self-penned solo show Kith and Kin to Leela Live! this summer – a show that has been a true labour of love to create\, and Osho Leela being somewhere she has always loved coming to and performing over the last two decades! \nGayatri\, DJ \nGayatri works and dwells in the intersection between sacred sexuality\, spiritual devotion\, and awakening consciousness. Since 2012 she has guided hundreds of people to awaken to the aliveness of their being through Tantric practice and conscious touch. Central to her work is cultivating subtlety and embodying the sacred. \nAs a DJ\, Gayatri will be offering a delicious cornucopia of foot-stomping tribal beats\, \nRead more...\npelvis-wiggling funky grooves and heart-expanding uplifting vocals. With some deep and dirty twists and turns thrown in too. \nGayatri lives in Bristol with her divine dog Puma. She’s happiest in nature\, sitting by a fire\, and singing under the stars. \nJohn Cremer\, Improv Comedy \nJohn has been improvising for 30 years and teaching here at Leela for over 20 years.\nHe is the founder of the Maydays improv troupe – voted best in Europe in 2019 and is also an award winning professional speaker.\nExpect laughs and surprises galore with some intriguing personal insights thrown into the mix! \nDonnachadh McCarthy\, Talk: A Two Legged Path for Gaia \nEarth-warrior Donnachadh shares his spiritual and practical two-legged path acting to protect and restore our precious natural world and climate. \nDonnachadh has been an environmental protector for over 30 years. This path has included being arrested 9 times for peaceful direct action\,…. \nRead more....\nwriting 3 books (Saving the Planet Without Costing The Earth\, Easy Eco-auditing and The Prostitute State)\, serving as Deputy Chair of the Liberal Democrats\, being a local councillor in Peckham\, running an eco-audit project for the Corporation of London and appearing regularly on national TV\, including BBC Breakfast\, Sky News & Good Morning Britain. His home in Peckham was London’s first to be carbon negative and has solar electric\, solar hot-water\, composting loo\, rain-harvester\, triple glazing & solar wall insulation. His activism has been underpinned by a parallel commitment to personal spiritual healing and empowerment. Blessed Be. \nRamana\, Trance Dance  \nRamana is passionate about creating supportive environments for all living beings. With a background in psychology\, bodywork\, and Humaniversity social meditations\, she will offer a Trance Dance in nature with headphones.\n \n\nYour LIVE Musicians… \nKANGAROO MOON features Mark Robsom (Vocals\, Keyboards\, Didges\, Whistles)\, David Williams (Vocals\, Mandolin\, Bouzouki\, Guitar)\, Elliet Mackrell (Violin\, Didge\, Whistle\, Trumpet\, Vocals)\, Edwin Brooks (Drums)\, Nick Marshall (guitar) \nRead more...\nThe Band have recorded many albums since their roots in 1988 and weave many strands from world\, rock\, folk and dance\, with acoustic and electronic influences into a funky\, psychedelic\, heart-lifting wall of sound. Trancy\, richly melodic and dancey\, listeners experience a sound which unites the body and soul in deep\, joyful psychedelia and elemental dance. \nMore about Kangaroo Moon\, click image above. \nExperience the divine sounds of PREMANJALI\, a husband-and-wife duo\, composed of Elise and Charlie\, who are dedicated to creating and sharing sacred music that resonates with the soul.  \nRead more...\nTheir name translates to “An Offering of Divine Love\,”perfectly encapsulating their heartfelt musical intention. Prepare to be moved by their unique blend of music that combines Elise’s angelic vocals\, guitar and harmonium with Charlie’s intricate melodies on the hang drum and uplifting percussion. Each song is a heartfelt prayer\, merging ancient mantras with original English lyrics\, offering you a contemporary kirtan concert experience like no other. \nMore about Premanjali\, click image above. \nTARISHA’S music and healing work is inspired by the earth\, nature\, love and meditation. \nShe recorded 4 CD’s\, all packed with original songs and chants :‘All Your Faces’\, ‘Carry Me Home’\, ‘Deep into the Earth’ and most recently ‘Gratitude’.  \nRead more...\nThe latest three were produced by Manu Gibbs\, my husband\, who produced CD’s for Neneh Cherry and Des’ree in his time. He brings richness\, warmth and a great groove to the simplicity of my compositions. \nAt the Leela LIVE! Festival she will offer a multi media concert called ‘The Song in Yew’. \nMore about Tarisha\, click image above. \n\n\nActive Meditations \nThe Osho Retreats Team will guide you through a selection of Osho’s Active Meditations\, designed to help express and release repressed emotions while bringing the body into harmony. These techniques\, developed over years of experimentation\, support a playful\, celebratory journey inward. The program includes a daily Osho discourse. The team is excited to share these powerful meditations\, offering both newcomers and experienced practitioners a joyful and transformative experience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nReady to celebrate life with us?\nJoin us this August for five days of music\, fun\, and togetherness. Reconnect with your rhythm\, your purpose\, and your aliveness. Whether you’re dancing to live music\, attending a wisdom talk\, or learning about sustainable living\, Leela Live is the place to experience the richness of life in a community that celebrates connection\, creativity\, and consciousness. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDetails \nStart: Thursday August 21st @ 3:00 pm \nEnd: Monday August 25th @ 2:00 pm \nTicket price includes full festival\, food & camping with your own tent gear:\nFirst Release: £300\nSecond Release: £320\nThird Release: £340 \nPayment Plans are available for all tickets to spread out the cost with no additional charge. \nWeekend tickets are available for £260: Arrival Friday 4pm. Departure Monday 2pm. \nDay Tickets: £77 per day (Availble Saturday & Sunday) \n  \nAccommodation:
\nDorm £80\nOwn Campervan £0 (plus £5 p/d for hook up if needed)\nDorm Bunk Deluxe £120\nRegular Private Room £200
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\nPremium Private Room £260\nPremium Ensuite Private Room £280\nMobile Back Room £200\nMobile Front Room £240
\nDouble Pod £220\nShepherd’s Hut £220\nPine Cabin Regular Room £220\nStandard Bell Tent £140\nDeluxe Bell Tent £160 \nSharing another participants accommodation £0 \nFor more info about accommodation and facilities click here. \nBOOK YOUR TICKET HERE!APPLY HERE TO BE A VOLUNTEER
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SUMMARY:Invocation Festival
DESCRIPTION:Invocation\nFestival of Movement\, Sound & Song\n~ May we sing and dance our dreams into being ~ \nThursday August 28th – Sunday 31st August 2025\n \n\n\n\nInvocation is a festival to nourish you through exploration of movement\, dance\, sound\, voice\, and embodiment. \nOur unique voice and dance is a gift to be explored and shared\, when we come together to dance and sing\, community arises. \nPick and choose from the beautiful offerings from our experienced facilitators to explore your uniqueness. Lose yourself in music\, movement\, sound and sensation. Find yourself in the groundedness of your feet. \nIn this age of technology\, digital stimulation\, fast pace information and disconnection with nature\, our nature – let’s come together and be present to the gift of these moments of creation\, sharing all it is to be human through these rich modes of exploration. \nThis is an alcohol and drug free festival. We can get high on being alive right now\, honouring all our emotions\, similarities and differences through movement\, sound and song. \n\n\n\n\nCheck out our program \nClick here to view the PDFDuring this festival we will experience: \nCollaborative Vocal Improvisation\n involves spontaneously co-creating vocal music with others\, in the moment. Sing your heart out\, listen for the song of now. Presencing\, connecting\, sensitising\, thrilling\, scary\, this art form has changed many peoples lives – including mine. \nVoice Authentic \nVoice Authentic is an invitation to liberate and empower the individual to express the full range and resonance of the voice\, cultivating inner peace and self-connection through a dynamic blend of ancient and modern practices. \nDance Connection \nA restorative movement practice for connection\, expression and balance. Each dance pathway is carefully crafted to guide you through a myriad of movement explorations\, progressively paced to eclectic music. \nIndian Ragas \nIncorporating this ancient practice helps reveal the voice as a powerful instrument allowing for the expression of deep emotions\, creativity\, and spiritual resonance. \nResonance Body\nGo into your body and get your voice out of it. A 60 min practice lying on the floor\, exploring the somatics of your unique voice\, one body area at a time. It can be deeply relaxing\, support trauma healing\, and help you get to your full voice and experience sounds you never heard yourself make before! \nSound Baths\nRelax and receive a shower of percussive sound. Sound vibration penetrates the body. Bring your mat\, blanket and cushion to be comfortable. \nMovement Medicine\nMovement Medicine is a practice of self-awareness based on free dance\, blending ancient traditions with modern science. It invites you to be present in the here and now\, re-discover who you are and manifest yourself in the world. \nWho is this for? \nThis festival welcomes everyone\, regardless of dance or singing ability. \nIt is equally suited for experienced dancers and singers seeking connection\, expression\, and nourishment of body\, mind\, and soul. \nWe are the ones we have been waiting for. \nOur Unique Voice And Dance Is A Gift To Be Explored\n  \nWhat are the benefits of spending 4 days together in this intimate festival? \nSinging and dancing are beneficial for body\, mind and soul. \nThe many benefits of Singing include:  \nRelieving stress and tension; boosting confidence; improving breathing; participating in a mindful activity; and so much more.  \nDancing has some crossover benefits\, it also:  \nImproves balance and coordination; enhances social connections; increase levels of the feel-good hormone serotonin; builds stronger bones and muscles\, and so much more….look it up and you’ll see lots of supportive research. What often isn’t mentioned though\, is how deeply both dancing and singing connect you to your essence self\, and open gateways to soul expression and connection. \nSince time immemorial people have dance and sung\, as Beethoven knew “Music has the power to revolutionise our world”. \nAs we journey together through movement and voice – the naturalness of expression\, uniqueness of each other\, and sense of community\, are gifts bestowed on us all – deepening day by day – as Aristotle said “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts”. \nMeet your Facilitators \nJulia Hope Brightwell (aka Jewell)Julia\, Creative Director and Teacher of Dance Connection. I’v always loved to dance 5 Rhythms\, Ceroc\, Movement Medicine\, and Biodanza. \nIn April 2020\, during lockdown\, divine inspiration flooded through me\, even giving me the name Dance Connection…. and the rest has been a labour of love bringing this restorative practice into the world\, training others to do the same\, and continuing to expand the music\, dances and inspirations that come continuously. It feels very alive. The Dance Connection Community in Dorset is strong\, and my vision is to have more teachers to spread it further through the UK. Before this I was a Colourist\, Montessori Directress and I have a Psychology Degree.Workshop: Relational Dance - Interconnected\nBy exploring this rich theme dancers can explore their own individual expression and at other times the sense of merging with the collective. Humans are inherently social\, and the workshop gives many opportunities to explore this in the dance – through space\, distance\, connection\, relational dance explorations – copying\, unison\, etc. and group dances that offer a container. \nParticipants will explore relational movement\, spatial awareness\, physical distance\, guided through a rich pathway of exploration. \nRelational Dance gives us a strong sense of both our individuality and how that is within the dance (alone and with others)\, and also a sense of unity that can arise in group dances with common themes that interconnect us – where our sense of individuality dissolves. \n‘Separation’ and ‘Unified’ are two polarities that we explore. We are in relationship with all of existence – there is so much richness to explore. \nOur dancing body can bring awareness through body messaging that can bring insight into the unconscious and subconscious parts of ourselves. \nThrough dance we can express\, and move things through and out. \nWorkshop: The Creative Spirit - Dance Connection\nNearly everyone is born or has been born with an innate sense of creativity. Creativity isn’t being able to draw or paint – those are some artistic ways of expressing creativity. The use of imagination or original ideas to create something is a simple way of defining creativity. As we are all unique in our individual blueprint\, we by the matter of living and expressing ourselves can express our creative spirit.  \nMovement and Dance is a perfect vehicle for expressing the creative spirit – without words we can be freer to explore and express away from ideas of right and wrong doing. We are blessed by a plethora of musicians\, singers and composers that create a diverse and wide range of sound and music to support our exploration. \nIn this workshop we will explore sometimes by ourselves\, sometimes together\, creative ways of moving\, expressing\, connecting. Like a garden full of delicious fruits and beautiful flowers\, there is so much to explore. \nYou can expect to be invited to explore movement. Encouraged to leave judgement at the door\, in a natural (only to your way) delight and be curious as to what expression you explore. \nThis pathway will be balanced between active and slower sections\, and designed to help you explore your innate creativity and express your soul and spirit. \nWorkshop: Relax & Slow Down - Dance Connection\nSlowing down and relaxing can allow your body to speak more clearly to your mind – in essence there is no separation – the bodymind is a reflection of the interconnection we all have – and yet sometimes we can feel divided\, separated\, parts of us dominate\, other parts are pushed away. \nThe simplicity of taking your time to arrive to your body in movement\, allowing things to unfold and naturally express\, relaxing into all of it with acceptance and welcome can be an amazing gift. You might be surprised by the profundity of such a simple approach. \nYou can expect at the least to feel more embodied and relaxed\, however in my experience there is so much more gold in slowing down than perhaps we all realize. \nWhen we slow down together\, we witness more about each other\, we can behold each other almost as sculptures\, beautiful human creations – individual expressions of the divine. \nGavin FrankGavin is a singer\, voice facilitator\, Kirtan leader and musician. He has more than 25 years experience of empowering people to find their voice. \nGavin runs chanting groups\, voice workshops\, retreats and one to one sessions in the UK and Europe. Gavin records and performs in the duo Madrum and they have created 3 albums. He is currently working on some new material including some mantras and original songs. \nGavin is passionate about nature\, travel\, good food\, yoga\,the gym\, 5 rhythms and of course music. \nSing for Your Life is not just a vocal workshop—it’s an invitation to return to the ground of your being. Through breath\, body\, sound\, and presence\, this experience is about uncovering your true\, authentic voice—not just the one that sings\, but the one that speaks from the depths of who you are. Drawing on practices such as grounding\, elements of the Indian scale\, body work\, movement\, free voice\, and vocal improvisation\, we’ll explore how the voice lives in the body and how it connects us to our life force. \nWorkshop: Sing For Your Life\nPrefer to watch the video? click here \nSing for Your Life is not just a vocal workshop\, it’s an invitation to return to the ground of your being. Through breath\, body\, sound\, and presence\, this experience is about uncovering your true\, authentic voice\, not just the one that sings\, but the one that speaks from the depths of who you are. Drawing on practices such as grounding\, elements of the Indian scale\, body work\, movement\, free voice\, and vocal improvisation\, we’ll explore how the voice lives in the body and how it connects us to our life force. \nParticipants will walk away with three core outcomes: \n• A deeper sense of self\, getting to know who you are beneath the surface through your own sound. \n• A stronger connection to your authentic voice\, not just musically\, but as an expression of your truth in the world. \n• Tangible\, embodied tools\, practices that can resource you in everyday life\, helping you feel more grounded\, joyful\, and alive\, no matter what you’re facing. \nIn times of uncertainty and disconnection\, Sing for Your Life is a call back to aliveness\, presence\, and joy—starting from the ground up. \nWorkshop: The Sacred Octave\nThe Sacred Octave is a transformative vocal journey through the Indian scale and a specific raga that holds the balance of light and dark. \nRooted in the ancient power of swaars—the essential sounds—this workshop invites participants to experience their voice as a singing body. These tones are more than musical notes; they are energetic\, spiritual\, and vibrational pathways that open the body from within. \nThrough simple\, accessible practices\, we will explore how sound moves through us and how it can unlock deeper layers of presence\, energy\, and personal expression. \nParticipants will leave with a renewed relationship to their voice and a set of tools to continue developing their vocal and energetic practice. You’ll discover new ways to listen to yourself\, to feel sound in the body\, and to express your own melodies and songs from a place of inner resonance. \nWhether you’re new to voice work or an experienced singer\, this is an invitation to explore sound in a different way\, one that builds a strong\, grounded\, and open voice from the inside out. \nNo vocal experience is required\, just a willingness to listen\, feel\, and explore. \nWorkshop: Heart Song\nPrefer to watch the video? click here \nHeart Song is a voice workshop and a gentle journey into the deep intelligence of the heart.  \nThrough sound\, movement\, and mindful vocal exploration\, this space invites you to reconnect with your true voice\, your heart song. \nThis is not about performance or technique\, but about cultivating presence\, self-love\, and the courage to meet yourself exactly as you are. \nThrough the power of sound\, particularly using the nourishing tones of the Indian scale (with an emphasis on ma)\, heart-opening chants and mantras\, and intuitive vocal improvisation\, we open pathways to healing\, strength\, and self-worth. \nWhether you’ve never sung before or have years of experience\, this workshop is open to all. Together\, we explore how to use the voice as a tool for deep connection\, to access inner wisdom\, and to receive ourselves more fully. \nThe experience is designed to support three key outcomes: discovering and connecting with your unique heart song\, nurturing your inner value and strength\, and learning to listen to and receive the truth of your own being. Come as you are\, your voice is welcome\, your heart is ready. \nIlaria FranchiIlaria is a Movement Medicine Teacher and a Focusing Practitioner\, living in northern Italy.\nBased on her personal family story of loss and disconnection from the body\, her main focus is on strengthening the connection with the life force that is inherent in every human being.\nShe discovered the transformative power of free dance 18 years ago and that led to a lifelong journey of self-discovery and growth. \nShe leads group workshops and individual sessions online and in person\, as well as outdoor projects. She has offered seminars to students at the University of Verona\, Department of Educational Science\, and in other social contexts. \nShe is also trained in offering Movement Medicine to people who have experienced grief and loss.Workhop: Inhabiting Your Dancing Body\nThis Movement Medicine session invites you to land fully in yourself—body\, breath\, rhythm and presence. \nIt’s a gentle\, welcoming introduction to the dance floor\, designed to help you inhabit your body with curiosity and care. Through guided free movement\, we open the space to unwind from the day and travelling\, awaken your inner vitality\, and reconnect with the living intelligence of your body. \nWhy does this matter? \nWhen we arrive in a new environment\, our bodies often lag behind—tight\, scattered\, or on alert. This workshop offers a soft and powerful transition. It supports you in releasing travel tension\, settling your nervous system\, and meeting yourself and others in a more relaxed\, embodied way. Movement becomes the bridge\, from mind to body\, from isolation to connection\, from holding back to gently opening up. \nWhat will you experience: \nEmbodied Presence – A deeper sense of being in your body\, awake to sensation\, breath\, and movement. \nRenewed Energy & Fluidity – Release of stagnant tension\, with more ease and aliveness flowing through muscles\, joints\, and awareness. \nRelational Grounding – A felt connection with others that goes beyond words\, building the roots for trust and shared experience. \nWhether this is your first Movement Medicine session or part of a longer journey\, Inhabiting Your Dancing Body offers a grounded and enlivening start. \nWorkshop: Elemental Forces\nThis Movement Medicine session is an invitation to dance with the universal energies that move through all life: Earth\, Fire\, Water\, and Air. \nThrough embodiment and free movement\, we connect with these elemental forces not just as symbols\, but as living presences within and around us. \nWe explore how they shape our expression\, nourish our resources\, and deepen our capacity to relate to self\, others\, and the unseen realms. \nIn a time when disconnection is the norm\, reconnecting with the elements offers us a way home\, into the body\, into nature\, and into meaningful relationship. These energies live in our breath\, our emotions\, our bones and gestures. Dancing them allows us to feel more resourced\, more aligned with life\, and more attuned to the bigger field of which we’re a part. \nWhat will you experience… \nEnergetic Resourcefulness – Recoon the grounding of Earth\, the passion of Fire\, the flow of Water\, and the clarity of Air in everyday life and challenging moments. \nExpanded Movement Vocabulary – New textures\, qualities\, and expressions in your dance that reflect the richness of these elemental energies. \nDeepened Connection – A felt sense of being in relationship with the wider web of life: with others\, with community\, and with the invisible world that supports and holds us. \nElemental Forces is a moving prayer\, a ritual in motion\, and an invitation to dance not just as yourself\, but with something much larger. Through the dance\, we remember that we are not separate\, we are Earth dancing\, Fire dreaming\, Water feeling\, and Air breathing. \nWorkshop: Dancing Our Invocation\nDancing Our Invocation is a Movement Medicine journey into the power of intention\, presence\, and embodied prayer. \nThrough conscious dance\, breath\, rhythm\, and awareness\, we give form to what deeply matters\, inviting the body to speak\, the heart to guide\, and the soul to call in what it longs for. \nThis is a space to move with what is sacred to you\, and to offer your dance as a living invocation: personal\, collective\, and beyond words. \nIn our busy\, fragmented world\, we often forget that the body can be a temple\, and movement a form of prayer. This session reconnects us to that truth. When we dance our invocation\, we align with the deeper currents of life\, awaken our creative power\, and become channels for what wants to be born through us. \nThis practice invites clarity\, coherence\, and connection—within ourselves and with the wider field of life. \nWhat you will experience… \nClarity of Intention – A grounded\, felt connection to what you are calling in or offering up—be it for yourself\, your community\, or the world. \nEmbodied Expression – The freedom and courage to let your movement become a vessel for what words cannot say. \nA Sense of Belonging – Dancing as part of a web of others who are also listening\, remembering\, and offering themselves in service to something greater. \nIn this session\, the dance becomes a bridge—between the visible and the invisible\, the personal and the transpersonal. We don’t just move for something. We move with it\, as it\, through it. Each gesture becomes a seed of intention\, each breath a thread in the tapestry of collective transformation. \nMichelle CrozierOriginally from an opera and musical theatre background\, Michelle embarked on an amazing journey of self-discovery through bhakti yoga and sound healing. She fell in love with the practices many years ago and hasn’t looked back since. Michelle is a multi-instrumentalist and a versatile singer who originally began as a kirtan drummer and backing vocalist. She then achieved her dream of composing and recording an album of mantras\, titled Journey of the Heart.\nMichelle loves to lead kirtans\, hold sound healing and ecstatic drum dance events\, and has never been more fulfilled. She created Self Care Sunday wellbeing events to combine all of these musical passions.\nShe loves to take people on a magical\, healing journey through using her voice and intuitive music\, and is grateful she has found her soul purpose.Briony GreenhillBriony is a folk/soul improvisational artist and a renowned teacher of Collaborative Vocal Improvisation. She lives in Devon with her family\, loves dancing\, nature and pleasure\, and wants to help usher in a Thriving Life Paradigm.BartBart is passionate about creating positive change\, shamanic healing\, music\, and community.\nBart has a big and generous heart and loves to support people in finding their way back to their hearts and inspire them to live a meaningful and nourishing life. Bart will be offering a sacred sound journey at the Invocation Festival. He is a director here at Leela & was the founder of the Brightsky community.DarpanIntroducing Darpan who will be sharing with you the profound effects of a Gong Bath. This powerful session envelops you in deep sound waves\, bathing every cell of your body\, promoting healing on all levels. Attendees often leave feeling deeply rejuvenated\, refreshed\, and restored\, making it essential for those seeking rest\, reconnection to self\, and inner peace. Join Darpan and let the magic of sound healing transform your festival experience. Darpan has over 25 years of experience in sound healing and is a certified member of the College of Sound Healing.\nBriony Greenhill is “one of the world’s leading proponents of collaborative vocal improvisation (CVI)”  The Guardian \n\n“Gavin brings a fresh talent and an inspiring presence to the world of voice and sound. The key to his genius is a simplicity of being that is too often missing in the everyday arts marketplace”. \nChloe Goodchild-Pioneer of The Naked Voice\n“I have been participating in Dance Connection workshops for 3 years. The Dance Connection pathways have been portals into a deep sense of aliveness\, joy\, harmony and community. I feel a sense of wholeness that I rarely feel in everyday life. I work as a GP and I find that the dances facilitated by Jewell are the perfect antidote to my often overly stimulated\, information processing mind. I can immediately drop attention into my body and feel in tune with its needs\, inclinations and living wisdom. The harmony that occurs during some of the group dances is awe inspiring and very moving. If you want to discover a new outlet that will promote health and happiness more than you can ever imagine\, I would thoroughly recommend trying Dance Connection.”   \nBryan\, Doctor\, IrelandMay We Sing And Dance Our Dreams Into Being\n\nCLICK HERE FOR BOOKING AND PAYMENTPowered by Workshop Angel \nAll volunteer spots are currently filled \nDetails: \nArrival: Thursday August 28th 2024 @ 4:00pm\nEnd:  Sunday August 31st 2024 @ 4:00 pm \n\n\nTicket price includes festival\, food & camping with your own tent gear:\nFull Price: £320\nJoint booking: £580 (2 places saving £60) \n\nPayment Plans are available for all tickets to spread out the cost with no additional charge.\n \nAccommodation options:\nCamping £0\nOwn campervan £0 (plus £20 hook up if needed)
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