We are really looking forward to welcoming you to this beautiful piece of land at Rock Farm, Slane t dance, breathe and drink cacao. Just under an hour’s drive from the centre of Dublin, follow the area code and we will guide you in. There are options for Lift-sharing please see below in FAQs. You have the option to come for just the evening or stay the night at the glamp-site - please see details below.
FAQ’s will hopefully cover some questions you have arising, if they aren’t, please get in touch with our point of contact, Barry on +353 89 427 8832
Open your imaginations to this…
You arrive at a beautiful spot in nature to a warm and welcoming group of people. You take a moment to breathe and land, reflecting inwardly, letting yourself arrive in the circle. All of you are welcome here.
Via a wireless headset, a live DJ’d set and vocal facilitation will guide you on a journey into your body, here amongst the elements.
After we have landed and opened the circle, Barry will guide us into an embodiment practice, lead into conscious connected breathwork session that will lead us into the dance.
Schedule (subject to change)
• 6.30 pm - Time to settle in and find your bearings
• 6.45pm - Hellos and landing
• 7-7.30 - Opening circle, Cacao sipping, intention setting
• 7.30 - 9.30 - Breathwork and ecstatic dance
• 9.30 - 9.45 - Closing circle and goodbyes
Sophie Bio
Sophie is the founder of We Are the Cosmic Dance with a decade of experience as a full time Ecstatic Dance DJ and Facilitator based in the UK. A resident of Ecstatic Dance London, Bristol and Bath and guest DJ to the Portuguese and French ED dance community, Sophie offers her local community in Somerset regular dance sessions both indoors and outdoors.
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Barry Bio
Barry is best known for sharing his passion to help client’s ignite the power of breath so they can arrive fully back into themselves. He is Somatic based Breathwork Guide creating space for his client’s to reconnect with their body and intuition. He sensitively guides his clients to move through their blocks to find their own back into themselves. He has a deep desire for co-creating a world in which people can find the true essence of their existence.
ROCK FARM
Rock Farm Slane is a glamping, ecotourism, activity centre and organic farm on the Slane Castle estate stretching for 1.5km along the banks of the River Boyne. The long track to the farm takes in the views of Slane Village and the Hill of Slane beyond as you wind through fields of barley, agroforestry, cows, chickens and horses to the Limehouse Ecolodge beyond which has been built out of straw from the barley around us.
Accommodation: -
You are welcome to book into the Rock Farm glam-site: -
https://rockfarmslane.ie/glamping-and-holiday-homes/
https://www.instagram.com/rockfarmslane/
FAQ:
What if I don’t own a car?
We encourage lift sharing to create community and aid the planet, so please get in touch with Barry on +353 89 427 8832 and he will add you to the Lift-share Whattsapp group.
What if it’s raining?
If it’s torrential rain we have a plan b) to dance in lovely barn very close by
If it’s light rain we shall dance – bring waterproofs – dancing in light rain is a beautiful experience!
Cancelling: If I realise I can’t make it?
You can cancel your booking up to 48 hours before the event starts. After this time we have a no cancellation polity.
Are children allowed?
We welcome 16+ members of your family. For this event we are encouraging you to relax into yourself fully therefore organising some form of baby sitting
What are silent disco headsets?
The sound is broadcasted through radio waves from the transmitter to the headsets. You’ll be invited to turn on one channel and tune in. Please look after the headsets - they cost around £40 each to replace if damaged! Do not place them on the ground.
About Elemental Ecstatic Dance
You can choose to dance alone or with others, it’s completely up to you, but either way you are guided to let go into your body allowing it to move through shapes, gestures, movements and rhythms that DO NOT have to be perfect. There is no right or wrong way to do this. You might find ecstacy within, you might find physical or emotional contractions to be released, you might experience a sense of union with the earth beneath your feet and the wild beings dancing in their own way around you…This is a liminal space, outside the structures of normal, in which magic and transformation can happen. After journeying through this elemental space, you are guided to the ground and gather back in circle with perhaps a quieter meditative mind. Here there is time to acknowledge how you’re feeling and share something of your experience with the group, completing together before heading home.
About Conscious connected Breathwork
People around the world, seeing the power of it, have used breath as a healing tool since ancient times. Even Latin words for breath and spirit are the same. A Conscious connected Breathwork session begins with you finding a place we call resource (safety, love or comfort) internally (the body) or externally (someone or thing outside us) in which we connect to, that we pendulate back to throughout the session as we begin to charge up our body and cells with breath. Allowing for any feelings of expression to happen, through sound/voice, movement and emotional expression.
What to Bring/Wear
Bring some water/tea/snacks
Wear comfy clothes you can move and dance in as well waterproofs (just in case). If that happens to be pink sparkly hot pants go for it, but pyjamas are also welcome! Wear layers and bring a warm jumper or coat to put on after. I recommend dancing barefoot on the earth to release, heal & ground your energetics.
Bring a blanket or warm layers to keep warm as the sun sets and a mat if you want something to lie on outside.
Mug for Cacao
This is a 'silent disco' style set up! Please look after the headsets - they cost around £40 each to replace if damaged! Do not place them on the ground .
Swimmers for the natural swimming pool or river
A camping or yoga matt to lie on (or just the earth might be enough!)