"Energy moves in Waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that - energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance." Gabrielle Roth

The five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness combine in a harmonic vibrant sequence of the danced Wave. Come and connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers are especially welcome.

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

"Energy moves in Waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that - energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance." Gabrielle Roth

The five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness combine in a harmonic vibrant sequence of the danced Wave. Come and connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers are especially welcome.

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

"Energy moves in Waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that - energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance." Gabrielle Roth

The five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness combine in a harmonic vibrant sequence of the danced Wave. Come and connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers are especially welcome.

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

From a 5Rhythms lens, it seems the whole planet has been dancing a Rhythm of Chaos in recent times. This workshop will provide tools for us to channel the safety of our embodied wisdom, softening our natural longing to control, as we ride the global wave from Chaos towards Lyrical.

Using the 5Rhythms map in support, we'll work with the motions of "letting go", and "letting go of letting go", creating space and becoming curious about whatever remains.

Both the Friday open class and the Saturday workshop are suitable for beginners and experienced 5Rhythms dancers, along with every other possibility in between and all around!

"Ocean of Possibilities" is one of a triptych of workshops that have been offered internationally in four countries. Alongside the other two workshops, “Ground and Sky” and “Still Moving”, the triptych can be completed in any order, with each standing alone as a complete workshop in its own right.

The open wave and workshop hours from the weekend count towards 5Rhythms Teacher Training Waves prerequisites. You are able to stay overning in the hall, or camp in its grounds, for £10/night. Tick this option when you register for the Friday and/or Saturday date.

NB: If the Friday evening is full, please note that we have reserved four spaces for potential Saturday dancers: if you are booking for Saturday and want one of these, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. straight away so we can arrange things.) 

For those who want to remain after the workshop until Sunday, you’re very welcome to join Mark for an easy to moderate hike (about a 4 hour round trip) from the banks of Lake Thirlmere to a neolithic / early Bronze Age stone circle (constructed circa 3200BC.)

Both the hike and the stones will be an opportunity to further integrate the learnings from the workshop. The stones are thought to be amongst the oldest stone circles in Europe and their true purpose remains a mystery. Given their historical significance, surprisingly little is known about them and they have never been scientifically dated.

"Energy moves in Waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that - energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance." Gabrielle Roth

The five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness combine in a harmonic vibrant sequence of the danced Wave. Come and connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers are especially welcome. 

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. We have also reserved four spaces for potential Saturday dancers: if you are booking for Saturday and want one of these, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. straight away so we can arrange things.) 

Beneath the surface, lie the depths, waiting to be explored.
In ourselves, in each other, in life.
Sometimes we hesitate, putting them off.
Sometimes we can’t find our way in, no matter how we try.
Often we’re just too busy, or in too much of a rush..
And we miss them altogether.

This weekend we will take the time and space to drop below the surface, to follow the thread of our dance beneath the ordinary, the familiar, and the everyday, into the heart of the matter. We’ll immerse ourselves in the limitless mystery of all that’s possible; and nourish our whole being, moving with the vast richness of the deep.

"Energy moves in Waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that - energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance." Gabrielle Roth

The five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness combine in a harmonic vibrant sequence of the danced Wave. Come and connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers are especially welcome. 

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

 Are you also registering for Andrew's weekend workshop? Apply coupon code  deep24 to save £5 when you register for this open Friday Wave.

                                 bECOME THE dANCE                                

This weekend we will dance with the energies of nature and live music, at the moment when the sun shines at its zenith, when the creative drive of spring relaxes and we can appreciate simply being.

Being in the body, receiving it delicately, welcoming its change of energy, relaxing in sensitive movement, enjoying the warmth of the sun on the skin.

We will inhabit the space between the lyrical and the quiet, accompanied by moments of live music and fusion with the elements. We will let go of control over our own dance patterns to become the dance itself. We will celebrate the Solstice with a stone circle ritual in an ancient and powerful place.

 Alessia introduces the workshop - video presentation

 Our main dance venue is the hospitable Thirlmere Hall in the dramatic St. John's Valley. On Saturday afternoon we plan to spread our wings and dance in Castlerigg Stone Circle. Probably built around 3000 BC, the beginning of the later Neolithic Period, Castlerigg Stone Circle is one of the earliest stone circles in Britain. It is important in terms of megalithic astronomy and geometry, as the construction contains significant astronomical alignments.  
Although its origins are unknown it is believed that it was used for ceremonial or religious purposes. It is probably the most dramatic of the known Neolithic stone circles in Britain.

 You can stay overnight at the hall, or camp in it's grounds, and there are plenty other possibilities nearby for staying (see suggestions below.) If you want to stay in the hall on Friday night (if you are dancing the Friday Wave and continuing for the weekend) and on Saturday night, tick the options on the registration forms for the Wave and the Workshop.

"Energy moves in Waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that - energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance." Gabrielle Roth

The five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness combine in a harmonic vibrant sequence of the danced Wave. Come and connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers are especially welcome. 

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

Are you continuing for Ambu's weekend workshop? If you wish to stay over in the hall, remember to tick that option when you register.

UPDATE: WE ARE CURRENTLY RESERVING EIGHT REMAINING PLACES FOR THOSE WHO WILL REGISTER FOR THE WEEKEND WORKSHOP..

WHEN YOU REGISTER FOR THE WEEKEND WORKSHOP PLEASE EMAIL This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  TO REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL FRIDAY REGISTRATION.

YOU CAN ALSO GO ON THE WAITING LIST FOR 'FRIDAY ONLY', IN CASE WE OPEN THIS UP NEARER THE TIME.

"Energy moves in Waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that - energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance." Gabrielle Roth

The five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness combine in a harmonic vibrant sequence of the danced Wave. Come and connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers are especially welcome. 

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

THIS REGISTERS YOU FOR ALL FOUR MAY- AUGUST FRIDAY EVENING DANCES, AT DISCOUNT PRICE OF £45

The Space Between….

Maybe you like it best when you can dance alone?
Maybe your best dances come in partnership?
Maybe you love the energy of what Gabrielle called “tribal”?
And then there’s that dance when it feels as though you’re dancing - with? - in? something deeper and wider than any of those.

On April 19th I’ll be inviting you to explore connection in some of its many forms -
connection, and the space between…..

As with all journeys of exploration, we don’t know what we’ll find. That can be scary, or exciting … or, of course, neither … or both …
Perhaps even something altogether different?

Angela

 

The five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness combine in a harmonic vibrant sequence of the danced Wave. Come and connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers are especially welcome. 

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.) 

"Energy moves in Waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that - energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance." Gabrielle Roth

"Energy moves in Waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that - energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance." Gabrielle Roth

The five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness combine in a harmonic vibrant sequence of the danced Wave. Come and connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers are especially welcome. 

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.) 

Come as you are - a 5rhythms moving adventure with Liz Collier.

"Bring your body to the dance floor, find your flow and feel the beat, shake up, shimmy, shed and shapeshift.What a way to end your week.
No previous experience necessary, however you are, there’s a dance for it.
Looking forward to seeing friends old and new."

The five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness combine in a harmonic vibrant sequence of the danced Wave. Come and connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers are especially welcome. 

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.) 

"Energy moves in Waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that - energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance." Gabrielle Roth

The five rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness combine in a harmonic vibrant sequence of the danced Wave. Come and connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers are especially welcome. 

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.) 

THIS REGISTERS YOU FOR ALL FOUR JANUARY- APRIL FRIDAY EVENING DANCES, AT DISCOUNT PRICE OF £45

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome.

Dancing was my drug and eventually it led me to 5 Rhythms. In the comparative safety of this new context, my spirituality exploded. Every time I danced, something deep and profound would happen. Whether or not I could make logical sense of these experiences, there was always something to learn. Suddenly everything seemed possible.

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

The resonance between music and movement. Celebrate the fullness of autumn in the wonderful mid-Lakes, with our live music 5 Rhythms dance day:  a joyous day of abundance and celebrating the pulsing of life.

 

Resonances Band: Keith Mills, Cath Reding, Joss Clapp, Mark Barfoot. All keen 5 Rhythms dancers and renowned multi-instrumentalist recorded/stage musicians.

 This will be a treat for dancers far and wide. There is a bus 555 for dancers coming from Lancashire which stops outside the door; the train journey from London and West Scotland is very reasonable. See Event Details for information on staying locally. For more travel/accommodation tips please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

We highly recommend dancing on Friday evening and Saturday - the experiences will be connected. If you are joining the Saturday workshop and want to join the Friday wave, you MUST also register for it separately HERE.  If you are dancing Friday+Saturday workshop, please use the coupon code  Resonance23  when registering for the Saturday- it will give you a £5 discount.

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome. This will be a special evening featuring the Resonances band, which will also set you up for the following day's dance.

Dancing was my drug and eventually it led me to 5 Rhythms. In the comparative safety of this new context, my spirituality exploded. Every time I danced, something deep and profound would happen. Welcome here to two connected dance sessions with this wonderful band, in our dramatic craggy valley location -  delights not to be missed!  Rachel

Resonances Band: Keith Mills, Cath Reding, Joss Clapp, Mark Barfoot. All keen 5 Rhythms dancers and renowned multi-instrumentalist recorded/stage musicians.

 Staying overnight: Are you also dancing on Saturday? You can stay overnight in the hall, camp in the grounds or in your van for £10. This also gives you access to the kitchen, showers and toilets. Make sure you tick the 'staying overnight' option when you register. 

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome.

Dancing was my drug and eventually it led me to 5 Rhythms. In the comparative safety of this new context, my spirituality exploded. Every time I danced, something deep and profound would happen. Whether or not I could make logical sense of these experiences, there was always something to learn. Suddenly everything seemed possible.

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome.

Dancing was my drug and eventually it led me to 5 Rhythms. In the comparative safety of this new context, my spirituality exploded. Every time I danced, something deep and profound would happen. Whether or not I could make logical sense of these experiences, there was always something to learn. Suddenly everything seemed possible.

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

The Holy Actor
A 5 Rhythms retreat  over five days, in Patterdale

A notice from Andrew Holmes

“I have noticed a remarkable shift in me since the workshop: I am able to love myself, to give my attention unconditionally to others, and to lose myself easily. Such profound transformation”

“Letting the dance, each unfolding moment, all of everything flow through me: I’m so grateful to taste this true experience of being fully alive” 

“Wonderful, healing, joyful and loving!
The Holy Actor is the most extraordinary workshop I’ve ever been to”

"Take some time for yourself: relax, breathe deep, and make space for your soul to soar. 

On this retreat we will create a supportive community for rich, healing work. Together we’ll dance the 5 Rhythms, explore the landscape of our hearts,  and improvise wordless theatre, offering ourselves to the universal stories that are waiting to be told. We'll open to connect more deeply to our creative, heartful self: not so much a solid, definite personality.. more a fluid range of possibility, full of life.

The Holy Actor is a joyful, challenging, and healing journey in search of inspired transformation. It’s a practice in possibility ~ being truly alive in each moment, willing to show up and respond, with courage and with curiosity, without needing to know how it will all turn out, trusting your instinct to take the next step.

It’s a practice in being human ~ in being alive, in meeting deeply. It’s a celebration of creativity, and the willingness to feel, and serve, and connect. It’s a practical course in freedom, and the infinite possibility of your soul. It’s serious fun, and sacred play, and about as good as it gets.

Will you join us?"

Please note registration is not managed by this website - go to the 5RGlobal page with full information. To book or with any questions:  please contact Fred & Julie at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or on 07940 501319 .

“The fastest way to still the mind is to move the body” – Gabrielle Roth

Join us for an opportunity to explore Stillness, the most mysterious of all of the Rhythms. We’ll explore through the Waves map, how all of the other rhythms prepare the ground for moving with Stillness. We’ll also discover 5Rhythms techniques that are designed to bring more embodied presence, unity and gratitude into our lives.

This will be the first ever offering of “Still Moving”, the third of a triptych of workshops that have been offered internationally in four countries. This workshop and the other two, “Ground and Sky” and “Ocean of Possibilities” can be completed in any order, each standing alone as a complete workshop in its own right.

For those who want to remain after the workshop until Sunday, you’re very welcome to join Mark for an easy to moderate hike (about a 4 hour round trip) from the banks of Lake Thirlmere to a neolithic / early Bronze Age stone circle (constructed circa 3200BC.)

Both the hike and the stones will be an opportunity to further integrate the mystery of Stillness. The stones are thought to be amongst the oldest stone circles in Europe and their true purpose remains a mystery. Given their historical significance, surprisingly little is known about them and they have never been scientifically dated.

Class and workshop hours from the weekend count towards 5Rhythms Teacher Training Waves prerequisites.

See below for options for camping and staying locally.

"So much time we spend thinking as adults in the modern world! Let’s get back to the body, feel the music and reconnect with ourselves and each other!" 

A summer evening's dance in the majestic valley of St John's in the Vale, by Thirlmere ...

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

This open wave is for all, whether or not you are joining Mar's Saturday workshop.

If you are joining the Saturday workshop and want to join this Friday wave, you MUST also register for it here.  If you are dancing the Saturday workshop, please use the coupon code  Quiete2023  when registering for the Friday - it will give you a £5 discount.

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

See below for possibilities of staying locally.

 

This body ~ often taken for granted, sometimes ill or in pain, always
ageing..
We feed it, rest it, keep it warm
Wish it other than it is
And then attend to higher things..

But then again.. this body ~ home, a miracle of design
The creative instrument through which our dance takes form
A crucible of life and breath
A begging bowl for Spirit..

 

This is a weekend to more consciously inhabit our physical form
To breathe, and move, and feel
To celebrate the physical, and fill it luxuriantly with ourselves
To find acceptance and then revelation in our flesh and bones
And attend with honour to this body that loves to dance.

 

Andrew has been teaching the 5 Rhythms for  twenty-five years. He studied extensively with Gabrielle Roth, and runs workshops in many countries. He lives in Somerset with his partner Sharon.
“The depth and simplicity of your teaching is stunning”

A glass of water, or the river itself?

If you are also going to dance on the Friday evening, you must ALSO register for this separately - ideally the moment after you finish registering for the weekend. If you are also registering to dance the Friday 16th Wave with Andrew, please use the coupon code dancingbody2023 when you register - it will give you a £5 discount.

Andrew has been teaching the 5 Rhythms for  twenty-five years. He studied extensively with Gabrielle Roth, and runs workshops in many countries. He lives in Somerset with his partner Sharon.
“The depth and simplicity of your teaching is stunning”

This open wave is for all, whether or not you are joining the weekend workshop.

If you are joining the weekend workshop and want to join this Friday wave, you MUST also register for it here - if you are dancing the weekend wave with Andrew, please use the coupon code dancingbody2023  when registering for the Friday - it will give you a £5 discount.

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

What is your reaction to some of the most common questions like:
Are you more of an introvert or extrovert person? Do you feel more feminine or masculine? Do you think you are a deep or superficial person? fun or boring? Are you hard worker or lazy kind of guy?

My inner voice always says: I don’t know, I am all and nothing. Those questions used to make me feel uncomfortable even though most of the time it was just me questioning myself!

But ... courageously exploring these voices and feelings help us to develop, choose and belong - anywhere, anytime.  We are naturally curious, not stuck in tribes. We do belong to “all that is us”, which today may be introvert and tomorrow extrovert; having to choose in order to feel a belonging to a particular tribe is an illusion - the only tribe we’ll always belong to to is the tribe that includes “all of you.”

Imagine that a new Tribe is emerging and that you belong to that one. The Tribe of those who can proudly answer: "I don’t know, I am all of this, all the time."

HERE is an invitation to bring your messy self to the dance floor and celebrate it!

Who am I...today? Today I am a passionate heart, a woman and a seeker. I am fire and water, wind and earth. I am chaos and flowing, I am a lyrical, travelling soul. Forever searching, through the movement of my body, the balance between my strength and my vulnerability. On the dancefloor I seek, explore, express and create my own true version of love, family, relationship, success and any idea has been taught us but doesn't fit us any longer. Dancing is the most fascinating and poetic way to connect to that truth ...

My 'home territory' is Tuscany, italy, where I teach in cities, by the sea, on evenings, workshops and retreats - I am excited to have this new opportunity to dance with you all in the UK.

Click DETAILS to read on, view video etc ...

Who am I...today? Today I am a passionate heart, a woman and a seeker. I am fire and water, wind and earth. I am chaos and flowing, I am a lyrical, travelling soul. Forever searching, through the movement of my body, the balance between my strength and my vulnerability. On the dancefloor I seek, explore, express and create my own true version of love, family, relationship, success and any idea has been taught us but doesn't fit us any longer. Dancing is the most fascinating and poetic way to connect to that truth ...

My 'home territory' is Tuscany, italy, where I teach in cities, by the sea, on evenings, workshops and retreats - I am excited to have this new opportunity to dance with you all in the UK.

This open wave is for all, whether or not you are joining the weekend workshop.

If you are joining the weekend workshop and want to join this Friday wave, you MUST also register for it here - if you are dancing the weekend wave with Ambu, please use the coupon code Ambu2023  when registering for the Friday - it will give you a £5 discount.

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space.)

I'm a certified teacher of 5 Rhythms® - love at first sight! I'd found a doorway into a different world, a space where I was not only allowed but positively encouraged to dance, and a dance form that was not just for the young, the fit, and the slender. It changed my life. The dance is both my passion and my practice. In it, I find my body set free, and my heart, mind and soul opened...to a greater authenticity, a deeper connection, with myself, with others, with Other. 

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

Dancing was my drug and eventually it led me to 5 Rhythms. In the comparative safety of this new context, my spirituality exploded. Every time I danced, something deep and profound would happen. Whether or not I could make logical sense of these experiences, there was always something to learn. Suddenly everything seemed possible.

..Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

Dancing was my drug and eventually it led me to 5 Rhythms. In the comparative safety of this new context, my spirituality exploded. Every time I danced, something deep and profound would happen. Whether or not I could make logical sense of these experiences, there was always something to learn. Suddenly everything seemed possible.

..Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

Dancing was my drug and eventually it led me to 5 Rhythms. In the comparative safety of this new context, my spirituality exploded. Every time I danced, something deep and profound would happen. Whether or not I could make logical sense of these experiences, there was always something to learn. Suddenly everything seemed possible.

..Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

'Winter Always Turns Into Spring' Donna Estabrooks

THIS REGISTERS YOU FOR ALL FOUR JANUARY - APRIL FRIDAY EVENING DANCES, AT DISCOUNT PRICE OF £40

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

 A summer evening's dance nestled under the majestic Blencathra ridge ...Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

THIS REGISTERS YOU FOR ALL FOUR SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER FRIDAY EVENING DANCES, AT DISCOUNT PRICE OF £40

Do you find yourself daydreaming about a brighter future without quite ever getting there?

 On Sunday, the next day, Mark will be exploring up the nearby fells with a free group, walking with the sensibilities of the previous days' dancing. You are free to join in or not: "the walk will be an opportunity to put into practice for the first time some of the embodied learnings from Saturday. We will certainly feel the Cumbrian Ground under our feet, and hopefully vistas of Sky will emerge to frame the mountain if the Lake District gods are generous with us! There will be options for a moderate walk to Scales Tarn, and for those with a head for heights there will be an option to go further and traverse Sharp Edge if weather permits. We’ll be finished by mid-afternoon for those who want to travel on before the end of the weekend."

"So much time we spend thinking as adults in the modern world! Let’s get back to the body, feel the music and reconnect with ourselves and each other!"

 

Mark has been teaching weekly classes in the North West of England since 2017. In addition to being a 5RTA registered Waves level teacher, he is a qualified yoga teacher trained at Shri Kali Ashram in India. Outside of embodied practices, Mark manages a large team of IT consultants and runs trail marathons in his spare time, as well as being Dad in his busy family life. Embodied practices, and particularly 5Rhythms practice have supported Mark in manifesting many of his dreams into reality.

 A summer evening's dance nestled under the majestic Blencathra ridge ...

in Threlkeld Village Hall near Keswick, a new venue to us.

  Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 This Friday Wave with Mark will also be a lead-in for you if you are also dancing on the Saturday Workshop. If you want to stay over in the hall on the Friday night, please tick this option (£10) when you register.

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

  Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

Relationship ~ it connects us, to others and to life.
At an early age we realise that there’s more than just us here.
And then throughout our lives, with family and with friends, with lovers and with colleagues, we meet, relate, and part, again and again.
Sometimes it’s delightful, sometimes it’s difficult.
Sometimes it’s perfunctory, sometimes it’s profound.
Always there’s an opportunity for creativity and for us both to be enriched. If we can find it.

This is a weekend to explore, through the 5 Rhythms, the dances of relationship ~
Our familiar patterns, and other possibilities.
All the different ways of connecting with another
With body and heart
Me and you.

Andrew has been teaching the 5 Rhythms for more than twenty years. He studied extensively with Gabrielle Roth, and runs workshops in many countries. He lives in Stroud with his partner Sharon.
“The depth and simplicity of your teaching is stunning”

There are plenty of accommodation options nearby, including camping, locations for campervans, and B&Bs: here is an information sheet on Ambleside camping & accommodation. You can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with general queries.

If you are also registering to dance the Friday 17th Wave with Andrew, please use the copon code you&me2022 when you register for the Friday - it will give you a £5 discount.

 Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

"How do we live? How do we heal? How do we better serve those around us? How do we love? How do we rest more often in the arms of Spirit?"

Andrew has been teaching the 5 Rhythms for nearly twenty years. He studied extensively with Gabrielle Roth, and runs workshops in many countries.  Andrew teaches with precise subtlety, imperceptibly guiding you deep, without fuss. His gentle compassion creates a safe space in which transformation can happen. He works with a light touch, and an embodied intelligence, bringing great delight to the spiritual practice he loves.

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

NB

1. This is an excellent introduction to Andrew's weekend on the following days. If you are attending the weekend, then register for it first, then for the Friday using the discount code ' you&me2022 .' 
2. Here is an information sheet on Ambleside camping & accommodation. You can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with general queries.

I love this as a metaphor for dancing Chaos - where the earthy, circling dance of Flowing meets the fiery energy of Staccato, often within the “melting pot” of a Chaos Circle….
where things can get shaken out and shaken off, yes, but also softened, mixed, and melted….allowing the possibility - just the possibility - of something new emerging.

I am so looking forward to dancing with you all again!

Love, Angela

I'm a certified teacher of 5 Rhythms®, having completed the training with Gabrielle Roth in 2011, after a lifetime spent mainly teaching in mainstream education, but also with periods of working in social care and creative coaching.

I found the Rhythms in 1999 - love at first sight! I'd found a doorway into a different world, a space where I was not only allowed but positively encouraged to dance, and a dance form that was not just for the young, the fit, and the slender. It changed my life.

My loves are my son and his family, my friends; poetry, ancient places, my birthplace in Central America; the beauty of the natural world, silence, solitude, and the things of the spirit.
But the dance is both my passion and my practice. In it, I find my body set free, and my heart, mind and soul opened...to a greater authenticity, a deeper connection, with myself, with others, with Other. I feel most fully myself, yet expanded beyond myself. When I dance the Rhythms, I begin, once again, to become more of who I am.

 

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

THIS REGISTERS YOU FOR ALL THREE MAY - JULY 2022 FRIDAY EVENING DANCES, AT DISCOUNT PRICE OF £36 

Celebrate Spring in the wonderful mid-Lakes.  A Joyous day of abundance and celebrating the pulsing of life. Here is an information sheet on Ambleside camping & accommodation. 

Our band are the highly experienced  and multi-instrumentalist five rhythms players Catherine Reding, Keith Mills, Ged Camille. What a treat!

Regular dancers who are signed up to the seasons' dances will receive a £10 discount coupon on top of the £5 'earlybird' discount: it is your commitment which is enabling us to put on this day at the price, and properly pay our band.

We are one

A playful exploration of levels of relationship dancing the 5 Rhythms to live music.

How can I meet you without losing myself? How can I let myself shine while allowing space for others? Why do I ache for connection when I am alone and for solitude when in company? What are the gifts and challenges of being in relationship with myself, another and the group?

For an evening and a day we will explore these questions and more as we investigate the ways we connect on a path to rediscovering unity. 

 Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

Our band working with Rachel are the highly experienced  and multi-instrumentalist five rhythms players Catherine Reding, Keith Mills, Ged Camille.  The team of four have lots of experience in playing and dancing togetehr; everyone is a Five Rhythms dancer also.

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

NOTE that this will be in Ambleside. On the following day is our Live Five Rhythms Easter celebration dance day at Ambleside. You can come to either or both: Friday evening will also introduce some themes for the Saturday. We anticipate that many dancers will be staying over in Ambleside for the Saturday - here is an information sheet on Ambleside camping & accommodation.

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

 THIS REGISTERS YOU FOR ALL THREE SPRING 2022 DANCES, AT DISCOUNT PRICE OF £36 

You will also get a discount on the Easter Saturday Celebration day.

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

 (If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

(If the evening has become fully registered, do sign up to the Waiting List. Sometimes a registrant will inform us in advance that they can't attend, and we are able to re-allocate the space. Additionally, if we see there is a strong demand it will guide our future venue considerations.)

 THIS REGISTERS YOU FOR ALL THREE OCT - DEC DANCES, AT DISCOUNT PRICE OF £36 

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

Here is a Free online Zoom session by Rachel. These have become  a normal feature over the past year, and they work surprisingly well.

It is especially for anyone who is new and wants to get the feel of things. Participants who are brand new to 5 Rhythms will also get a voucher reduction to register for their first live Friday evening dance.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at 1pm on Friday 3rd Sept to log on in the evening.

This body ~ often taken for granted, sometimes ill or in pain, always
ageing..
We feed it, rest it, keep it warm
Wish it other than it is
And then attend to higher things..

But then again.. this body ~ home, a miracle of design
The creative instrument through which our dance takes form
A crucible of life and breath
A begging bowl for Spirit..

This is a weekend to more consciously inhabit our physical form
To breathe, and move, and feel
To celebrate the physical, and fill it luxuriantly with ourselves
To find acceptance and then revelation in our flesh and bones
And attend with honour to this body that loves to dance.

Do you want information about nearby camping /  lodgings? It is possible also to sleep in the hall, which has  upstairs rooms, kitchen and showers. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  to book your space.

"How do we live? How do we heal? How do we better serve those around us? How do we love? How do we rest more often in the arms of Spirit?"

Andrew has been teaching the 5 Rhythms for nearly twenty years. He studied extensively with Gabrielle Roth, and runs workshops in many countries. For twenty years he also worked as a theatre director, and his workshop The Holy Actor, which combines the embodied aliveness of the dance with the transforming freedom of improvised theatre, has become one of the classic workshops of the 5 Rhythms programme. He lives in England with his partner Sharon and family. Andrew teaches with precise subtlety, imperceptibly guiding you deep, without fuss. His gentle compassion creates a safe space in which transformation can happen. He works with a light touch, and an embodied intelligence, bringing great delight to the spiritual practice he loves.

We are very pleased to invite Roger Bygott,  a teacher new to our area - his home area is Manchester.

I meditated, sitting on a cushion, for many years, and still do. But it was 5 Rhythms that convinced me that I needed to get into my body for real integration and sustainable transformation to happen. I continue to dance because I continue to discover new levels of understanding and new ways of moving the process of my life. I dance for the sake of endless creativity, play, freedom and connection with others. I trust deeply in the process of dancing the rhythms. I rarely know where that process is taking me, but it's always somewhere interesting!

 

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

... dance to celebrate the start of 2020 - a year of clear seeing.

We have videos of Rachel dancing a wave here, as well as Gabrielle Roth, 5Rythms' creator, in a video introduction.

refreshing like cucumber

Our now traditional gathering in the space between xmas and new year:

time and space for you
dance off the xmas pud
get grounded and centred
connect with others in simple and authentic ways
including the spaces in between
open up to basic goodness and greatness
feel amazing and refreshed!!

"I grew up in the Lake District and have been visiting and sharing 5Rhythms Dance here for many years. I trained with Gabrielle Roth in 2007 and in 2018 qualified to teach 5Rhythms Heartbeat, the dance of the emotions. I hold a strong, clear and loving space in my workshops enabling dancers to access their own capacity for self-healing."

"So much time we spend thinking as adults in the modern world! Let’s get back to the body, feel the music and reconnect with ourselves and eachother!"

A welcoming dance led by Gavin Lee, regular teacher of the Hebden Bridge Group. Fred and Julie are also regulars at this group and throughly recommend his lively energy.

I first danced 5Rhythms at Findhorn, Scotland in 2008, and I've been dancing on at least a weekly basis since 2012.
I participated in the 5 day Cycles in Cologne Germany, November 2015, my first experience of dancing with Jonathan Horan. My 5Rhythms Mentor Teacher is Francis Michael Eliot, and I've been supporting him for many years at the Hebden Bridge 5 Rhythms class."

Rachel with members of the original N.E. LIVE RHYTHMS band! 

 with Catherine Reding, Keith Mills, and ...

With live music the dance grows from the connection between the movers and the musicians weaving between leading and following, listening and guiding to create a unique and magical experience.

Cath and Keith have been musical collaborators for many years, having worked with Rachel on the Earth, Sea, Sky residential in Northumberland. This will be the first time they have played together since 2014.

Connect your head, heart and body, in joyous company. Newcomers especially welcome ...

... dance to celebrate the end of the summer. Pausing to savour the fruits of the season. Storing and savouring what will sustain you into the dark months and releasing what is spent. 

We have videos of Rachel dancing a wave here, as well as Gabrielle Roth, 5Rythms' creator, in a video introduction.

A newly-gathered  armful of summer music by Rachel. ( Who is moving this very evening so is sending us a special Wave.)

Music and  dancing moods and a lovely group with whom to celebrate the summer.

We long to surrender to something ~
something good, something sweet, something sacred.
Perhaps that’s why we love the dance so much: it takes us there.

This is a weekend to let go of doing our dance, and allow something more to move through us ~ the music, the moment, Spirit itself.

When we do that, we are connected, and released, and truly inspired. 
Taken by the dance.

Andrew has been teaching the 5 Rhythms for more than twenty years. He studied extensively with Gabrielle Roth, and runs workshops in many countries. He lives in Stroud with his partner Sharon. [ see Teachers who dance with us.]

Remember - it's still £10 if you have a voucher.

Celebrate summer!

We have videos of Rachel dancing a wave here, as well as Gabrielle Roth, 5Rythms' creator, in a video introduction.

Dance into Easter! 

We will conjure up live music also, with Catherine Reding

Life can get very complicated: difficult, messy, challenging. Sometimes it’s ourselves, sometimes it’s just circumstances, often it’s a real mix of both. But in the Rhythms we have a very simple practice that can hold us and even help us surf the situations we find ourselves in.

As we move into Spring, we’ll take a day to dance the simplicity of the Rhythms, and explore how they may help us find a greater sense of clarity in our lives.

Pre-requisites:
This workshop is open to anyone who has done at least one taught class with any certified or accredited 5 Rhythms® teacher.

Angela Lord is a certified teacher of Gabrielle Roth’s 5 Rhythms® She has been dancing the Rhythms
since 1999 and teaching since 2011:

The dance changed my life. It continues to delight my heart and soul, even as it continues to challenge me to change and grow.

Free to move, free to dance, free to love, free to hate, free to rage, free to laugh, free to touch, free to cry, free to create, free to destroy...

Free to feel unsafe, to feel like a fool, to feel scared, to feel scary... to BE unsafe, a fool, scared, and scary....

Free to feel....
Free to dream...
Free to be - fully - human.

This is the practice I have been called to teach.

allow the dance and the dancer to softly unfold ...

Continuing to dance into the year, with Rachel.

allow the dance and the dancer to softly unfold ...

Continuing to loosen up into the year; This evening we have live music -  the accomplished Cath Reding will be playing - fiddle, drum, accordion ...

allow the dance and the dancer to softly unfold ...

Beginning the new year with Rachel our resident teacher ...
Rachel will re-introduce the core precepts of the Rhythms, as the framing of the evening. Do you have curious / interested friends who’d like to start dancing 5R in the New Year? We will particularly welcome new dancers.
On our '5Rhythms of the Wave' page, we have videos and other information outlining the 5 Rhythms, including from Gabrielle Roth, 5 Rhythms founder, and Rachel.

Our invited teachers bring dedicated encouragement, wisdom, support and energy to the dance and to you - which is exactly the point. A key feature of a 5 Rhythms session is what a teacher brings - their guidance, energy and watchfulness so that all dancers can dive as deeply as they can into the dance and its possibilities. “[5R] teachings are fundamentally rooted in movement: to embody them is to be willing to move and be moved in the moment, in a grace spun by something bigger. A teacher is somebody committed to being real and accountable and to providing the space, permission and guidance for you to do the same.” (5Ryhythms Movement Organisation.) They are guides and facilitators in our shared and individual dancing journeys.

  Rachel 5 Rhythms Dance installation video - Dance City, Newcastle 2012 (videolink)

“When Emptiness is still, that is eternity. When it moves, that is love” Adyashanti

In the midst of the winter festivities, come and take some time just for you, to seek out the clear space.

 

 

The mystics (and the scientists!) tell us that at our core, we are made of space and emptiness.
Let’s shift our focus from the things, events, people, relationships, challenges, ideas, thoughts, feelings in our lives, to the space within and around all of this and enjoy the freedom this offers.
We’ll embrace and accept what is moving within us, and as we let emptiness be our guide, where will that take us?

A high energy, cleansing evening wave followed by a day to listen, express, release and create from the quiet inner space of winter stillness.

Bring your own light lunch.

Gabrielle Roth created the 5Rhythms moving maps to help us all find our full, natural expression, heal our wounds and become engaged, intuitive humans who are part of the solution here on planet earth.
Jean was trained by her in 2007/8 and has been teaching ever since, continuously learning and growing in her understanding of the maps, which she communicates clearly, with warmth and humour.

Two sessions - do come to both - refresh yourself after Christmas ...

If you are attending both sessions you can stay overnight in the hall (£10) - please contact us to arrange.

 ... Here we are, coasting at the bottom of our annual dive into the dark ... made it!

We complete our solar year and start the new one with dance.
"Between 7pm – 9pm there will be our regular 5Rhythms waves class. For those who wish to remain after, from 9.15pm-10:45pm there will be ceremonial move through the Winter Solstice with dance and stillness. The moment of solstice this year will be at 22:23pm, and we have an opportunity to respectfully acknowledge the completion of nature’s cycle and welcome in the first beginnings of her new year with our movement and stillness."
X Mark

In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.
Return to Tipasa (1952) Albert Camus

What are your stories about ‘being strong?’ What does your body say about your own strength? We will inhabit the earth’s domain in which everything is held by the perfect balance between strength and softness.

Our second visit from Italian  Teacher Alessia: our rich and lush experiences from dancing in August promise a joyous and deep time.

allow the dance and the dancer to softly unfold ...

Continuing with Rachel our resident teacher ...

A Samhain theme - a dance of remembrance for our ancestors and loved ones who have died, and a chance to reflect on the abundance of summer and protect the seeds of next year.

The accomplished Cath Reding will be playing - fiddle, drum, accordion ...

 Rachel 5 Rhythms Dance installation video - Dance City, Newcastle 2012

allow the dance and the dancer to softly unfold ...

Continuing with Rachel our resident teacher ...

September, and the rich fruits of autumn. What feels rich and full for you right now? What, in the rush and stress of life, is it possible to be grateful for? The privilege and sheer pleasure of being free to dance is a good place to start! Let’s go deep together - simmering, sweaty, explosive, surrendered, simply still and simply moving - let’s celebrate: ourselves, each other, and the gifts of the season, all in the dance.
With love - Angela

"So much time we spend thinking as adults in the modern world! Let’s get back to the body, feel the music and reconnect with ourselves and eachother!"

"What if you risk a little more? What if you push a little less? what if it's all just about discovering...."

A first visit from Italian  Teacher Alessia, with the possibility for dancers to stay overnight very cheaply in the hall and make a weekend in the Lakes of it!

We hope Alessia will be back, so don't miss out on this one!

"I am a passionate heart, a woman and a seeker. I am fire and water, wind and earth. I am chaos and flowing, I am a lyrical, travelling soul. Forever searching, through the movement of my body, the balance between my strength and my vulnerability. On the dancefloor I seek, explore, express and create my own true version of love, family, relationship, success and any idea has been taught us but doesn't fit us any longer. Dancing is the most fascinating and poetic way to connect to that truth, to wave and struggle for that, to encourage that and celebrate it."

If you'd like to stay overnight in the hall afterwards, do This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as soon as possible.

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A 5 Rhythms workshop focussing on grounding the rhythm of Chaos. (Read more about the patterns and characteristics of the Rhythms here.) At the end of the day there'll be a fire by the lake.

The Friday evening session will prepare us for dancing deeper on the Saturday, you are also welcome to attend just the Friday or just the Saturday. You can sleep in the hall for free on the Friday night. (Kitchen & showers available but you need to bring a sleeping bag and camping mat).
Bring food (to share if you wish) for lunch.

'Grounding Our Glow'. By 'grounding', I am referring to the process of receiving, sensing and embodying our bright shining nature. For many, Summer is a time of high energy. Rather than letting it lead us into overwhelm and subsequent space-out, how do we ground this energy so that it can be enjoyed, lived & shared? We will dance deep, shedding layers and tensions that may be in the way of our receptivity to this divine glow. In the evening, following the workshop, we will gather together by the lake, in the presence of fire & in the spirit of abundance! I hope you can join us for this magical day.
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Francis has been teaching 5Rhythms® classes and workshops for 14 years. He was trained by the late Gabrielle Roth. He teaches as he would like to be taught: with sensitivity, integrity and a deep passion for the transformative power of the practice.

For more info on Francis' work, visit: www.awakenedpresence.org 

"I teach how I would like to be taught: with passion, presence and integrity. Come and join me as I share the deep and infinite teachings of this beloved practice."

 

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~ moving through changes

Nothing stays the same forever
Sooner or later things shift, evolve, or simply come to an end

And so do we

You’d think we’d be better at adapting!
But the truth is we get rather attached to the way things are
And change often seems to come as a surprise

This is a weekend to explore, through the 5 Rhythms, the natural processes of change, and how to be at home as we move with them

We’ll look at the ways each rhythm gives rise to the next
And find in the effortless cycle of their Wave our own way of dancing through life’s transitions.

Andrew has been teaching the 5 Rhythms for nearly twenty years. He studied extensively with Gabrielle Roth, and runs workshops in many countries. For twenty years he also worked as a theatre director, which combines the embodied aliveness of the dance with the transforming freedom of improvised theatre, has become one of the classic workshops of the 5 Rhythms programme. Andrew teaches with precise subtlety, imperceptibly guiding you deep, without fuss. His gentle compassion creates a safe space in which transformation can happen. He works with a light touch, and an embodied intelligence, bringing great delight to the spiritual practice he loves.

allow the dance and the dancer to softly unfold ...

Continuing with Rachel our resident teacher ...

Bring your day, bring your week, bring your life, and just let yourself dance! 

Spring into Summer!

Spring is here and as the light grows stronger the shadows can become more visible. In this workshop we will reveal and explore the shadow of the psyche by articulating it through movement. By embodying this territory we can begin to see where we remain stuck and learn to bring movement and life to stagnant energy. Having familiarised ourselves with the terrain, we will offer up the aspects of the self that no longer serve us, to the fire of purification and set intentions and directions for new growth.

We will dance in the beautiful Bassenthwaite Hall and end with a fire by the lake. It is recommended that this workshop is taken in conjunction with the previous evening's wave: however if this is not possible and you have already delved deeply into 5 Rhythms movement practice, you may be able to join us for the Saturday only. Please discuss this with us in advance.

Bring: food to share; comfortable clothes for dancing; warm, outer wear for the closing ceremony; your whole self; willingness to move and be moved.

If you are travelling from afar to attend both the Friday and Saturday sessions, you can stay in the hall on the Friday night. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for the arrangements.

Continuing with Rachel our resident teacher ...

We will dance a 5 Rhythms wave paying particular attention to our comfort zones and the places we find less easy and familiar. This evening will prepare us for the Saturday workshop on the shadow by heightening awareness of some habitual patterns, but can be a stand-alone class.

We'll have Live Music by Catherine Reding, so don't miss it!

Staying over: if you are coming from afar, you can This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. sleep in the hall.