Dance

Regular Outdoor community silent disco style dances in Hastings 

Next Dates: 

Friday 3 July 8:30-9:30 am

East side of Harbour Arm, Behind the lifeboat station / Stade

more dates will be here soon...

These are weather dependent; please check for regular updates

Anyone can join at any time. You do not need to book or let me know in advance, just turn up to the specified time/location and move as you feel to. 

These are not facilitated.

If you want music, bring your own device and headphones. 

You can also simply move with the elements and energy in the environment, and see what happens! 

 My intention is to enjoy embodied movement in community and in reciprocal relationship with Earth. She loves when we play and dance in and with her elements. For me it is a devotional practice but it might be different for you and all is welcome.

My freestyle dance meditation workshops are evolving... more info soon

I relish opportunities for dancing the way that I most enjoy it: in community with others and also free to be myself, to go within, to be Present in my body with rhythm, to enjoy being in physical form, to be free from social conventions and/or being told to interact in prescribed ways when I feel like JUST dancing. I also want to inspire others to enjoy and feel at ease in their bodies through movement and music.

In 2008 I began offering Ecstatic Trance Dance in Hastings (which was initially formulated by Amoda Maa but has since been developed into Ecstatic awakening dance with the same essential structure by a fellow trainee Rebecca Hanscombe) My own offering evolved into Moving into BEing classes which ran until 2015. These movement practices are a form of active  meditation. By 'meditation', all I mean is bringing one's attention to the present, ie the opposite of being lost in thoughts, worries, plans etc. Many folks find it difficult to sit in stillness including me when i first became interested in the benefits of meditation in my late twenties. Regular movement practices bring greater ease and comfort within one's own body; they can be cathartic and help to process somatisized trauma; they can cultivate joyful presence and a feeling of freedom and even ecstacy.

If you resonate with, and feel passionate about what I have said here and you have experience of running similar classes and would be interested in collaborating, please get in touch to discuss possibilities!

Thank you for reading :)

Enjoy being YOU, Experiment, Play, BE! All in an uplifting atmosphere, FREE of judgement and expectation.

Please email if you are interested:   consciousarts@protonmail.com

For information on the Ecstatic Trance Dance structure and history please visit: http://www.schoolofecstaticmovement.com