An extra special opportunity to consciously connect into the changing seasonal energies, our spinning Earth, and something extra magical….
Winter is not coming… IT IS UPON US.
The Winter Solstice marks the longest, darkest, night of the whole year… A moment to honour the depths of winter and the deepest recesses of your soul.
So we could stay in bed and navel-gaze at our shadows…OR we could use all these dark hours to party in ritual like our ancestors of old!
Chapel Street is cold, forlorn, desolate…though the bars flow with humans, you’re not pulled there… your soul seeks something more, feels the call to gather in a different way. To return to ritual, to human connection at its core, through the heart…
That is where we come in…
So grab your puffer jacket and head to where 50 warmed and hearty humans will be gathering to drink cacao, dance wildly, love deeply, and connect soulfully. It’s going to be an extra special evening you won’t want to miss.
WHAT TO EXPECT…
The evening will flow through connection with self, connection with other and then collective connection as we move together on the dance floor that we have blessed up with our prayers, tears & laughter.
-------CACAO-----
We begin the evening by gathering by candlelight, in ritual, to sip upon the sacred medicine of cacao. Led by Audrey Warren of Love Bean Cacao (and one half of Ecstatic Earth). This cacao is ceremonial-grade, from Ruk’u’x Ulew, a women’s collective in Guatemala. Cacao invites us into ourselves. Into remembering who we are, and the simplicity of the love that we are. Cacao allows us to be with the paradox of life as a human being, walking, loving, feeling and figuring it out. She holds us in compassion and invites us to love even more than we thought was possible. Cracking us open to ourselves and to others. We work with this medicine with gratitude and reverence for all that she offers. As we return to ritual, return to love, guided by her gifts.
----------HUMAN FOREST--------
Ecstatic Earth invites dear soul sister Anatolia of Epoch Grove to weave her magic into our evening with the Human Forest. The Human Forest is a very transformative touch and embodiment ritual. You are in for some magic that cannot accurately be described in words.
Without giving it all away, you will be invited into an experience that involves giving and receiving physical touch infused with heart-felt unconditional love. If touch is something you tend to avoid or are afraid of, or are quite comfortable with but are feeling al little uneasy reading this, then know you will only be participating at the level that you feel comfortable with. Anatolia holds this space with experience, safety, compassionate support, and deep consideration.
What others have said about this experience:
"Can we please do this every day!?"
"I have never felt so supported in my life"
"I just feel like honey melting down a warm stove"
"I can actually feel my body, myself and other people. I feel so connected."
"I can't believe people can share so much intimacy with so much reverence and respect for each other. It's MIND BLOWING!"
--------ECSTATIC DANCE-------
Dance to move, to change, to love this body, to connect with this soul! Dance just the way you want to with hopeless abandon! Give yourself up! Lose yourself in! Carried by the music and the sea of humans vibrating to the orgasmic hum of the universe! No steps, no dance experience needed! Just a willingness to explore this human flesh suit!
DJ Saturn of Authentikora aka Sophia the other half of Ecstatic Earth brings you the gift of her carefully curated tunes. She also weaves Authentic Relating & connection in between the two dances as an opportunity for us to continue opening to the human experience, to be seen, to see, to be felt and to feel.
What kind of music you ask? All types, all genres! From classical to hip hop to disco… to psytrance! It’s a beautiful mish mash and we love it!
----------CLOSING & HERBAL ELIXIR----------
We close together in circle, we reflect and breathe, and before we drift off into the night we gather to share fruit and a herbal elixir served by the beautiful Lily of the Herbs.
The ceremonial space will close at midnight giving us time after to sip and sit, to be and bathe in what we have shared, created etc.
If you’ve been to our monthly dances (Truth, Love & Ecstasy) it’s like that but BIGGER!
Your night includes:
> Your cup of ceremonial cacao
> Cacao ritual & reflection to open the space and a superbly facilitated Human Forest Experience
> Two dances to dive into your body & the collective!, closing circle & herbal tea. Fruit and fun!
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATORS
Sophia Leone // Authentikora (formerly Earth is a She)
Sophia holds spaces for the intricate exploration of wholeness and full authentic expression. Authentic Relating has changed her life in ways unimaginable and has become the core of what she offers to the world, whether that be women’s circles, ecstatic dance, 1:1 sessions, or more directly in trainings. Sophia has a background in classical ballet, which has embedded within her a deep love of movement. Dance for her is an access point to true self and soul.
"Saturn" is Sophia’s DJ name. Saturn is inspired by the freedom, the love, the joy she has experienced on the dusty dance floors of wholesome festivals.
Audrey Warren // Love Bean Cacao
Audrey is deeply connected to the medicine of Cacao, working with this plant since 2014 when she met her teacher Keith Wilson, known affectionately as the Cacao Shaman, in Guatemala. She has been facilitating ceremonies in the USA and Guatemala and Australia. In 2017 Audrey began working with Mayan daykeepers (spiritual guides/elders) and has formed a strong connection to the Mayan wisdom, culture and traditions. She has permission from her Mayan teacher to work with this medicine. She is also a dance-addict. Believing deeply in the medicine of this expression!
Tickets:
There are early bird tickets available. Prices range from $73 to $82. Secure your dance floor spot here.