Chakradance
A door that opens into an enchanted world, a dream, the dream of your soul. Chakradance is an intuitive dance of liberation and expansion, a deeply healing practice for well-being based on the Archetypes of the psychology of C.G. Jung. It uses dynamic moving meditations; during the session, Lluvia, the facilitator, serenades and tells stories while a variety of music with very different rhythms and frequencies is specially created to resonate vibrationally with each of the 7 main chakras (the energy centers that regulate your whole mind-body-spirit energy system), which are related to our patterns, emotions, organs, and glands.
Eyes closed, the journey into your inner self begins. You will enter a space and time. In a circle, you will start with a sound meditation. You will dance and move with free and spontaneous movements. As you move your chakras, you'll open your body to release the stuck energy that is no longer serving you.
Balancing the chakras leads you to many benefits, including better relationships, improved confidence and self-esteem, emotional and physical health, enhanced creativity, and heightened inspiration and clarity. Chakradance is about making a connection with our inner world—the world of your imagination, feelings, intuition, and senses.
Come and explore, have fun, find meaning, and let go. Come and look deeper into each chakra, each part of you, and experience more within the dance that is uniquely yours. Be prepared for some energetic shifts, deep insights, and some moments of pure freedom! Entering into a dream, the dream of our Soul. A door opens to an enchanted world. As the old energy is discharged, your body will feel fluid, and you'll feel more alive than ever before! Accept who you truly are—and accept others for their true selves too.
Earth – Muladhara Chakra – Roots
Muladhara (first chakra), to anchor, connect to your roots and ancestors, reconnect to your primitive self and your deep inner instincts, take care of yourself, and be more present. Wake up your vital energy; it will improve the health of your legs, feet, bones, teeth, large intestine, and adrenal glands. You will develop a deep trust in your place in the world and a strong sense of personal safety and security underlies every step taken in life. You will plant a new seed.
Water – Svadhistana Chakra - Sweetness
Svadhistana, the Sacral chakra (second chakra), going with your natural flow. The energy of this chakra connects you with your emotions, your pleasure, your sensuality, and your creativity from sexual energy. The essence of the sacral chakra is revealed in the sweet exchange of intimacy and connectedness. Physiologically, the sacral chakra governs our sexual development and maturity and the health of the reproductive and urinary systems. This dance will help you to get in touch with your feminine qualities, strengthen your ability to nurture yourself and others, and have nourishing intimate relationships.
Fire - Manipura Chakra – Will Power
Manipura (third chakra), connection to the solar plexus, digestive system, your inner sun. Come to dance your story, and your power and connect with your inner fire—that purifying, transmuting fire. To have self-confidence, to affirm yourself and follow your path, to have willing power. When Manipura is activated, your whole system becomes fully energized. Burn all the old that you don’t need anymore!
Air – Anahata Chakra - Unconditional Love
Anahata, the Heart Chakra (fourth chakra). To accept yourself as you are, to help you experience the joy of loving and receiving love, unlock the door to unconditional love. To live in Gratitude. Physiologically, it is linked with the health of your physical heart, your respiratory system, and the thymus gland, which is connected to your immune system. Through the heart, you can consciously explore the alchemical marriage of the masculine and feminine.
Ether – Vishuda Chakra- the Dance of Expression
Vishuda, the throat chakra (fifth chakra). In this chakra, you will feel a shift of energy; you are moving out of the physical plane. As you open and heal the throat chakra, you actively begin to speak in a way that creates a more harmonious life. You will open up to authentic self-expression, and you will become more attentive to your own truths as well as the truths of others.
This chakra has an important role in the act of listening, listening to the outer world as well as listening to your internal world. It is the home of communication and the gateway for your creative expression. Creativity. The throat chakra, more than any other, governs your relationship with vibrations and resonance. You can resonate with the vibrations of music, people, ideas, environments, or even the universe.
When you find this resonance, a sense of harmony and rhythm is experienced. When not in resonance, one has a feeling of discord. You may feel that you do not fit in or belong. Physiologically this chakra governs the health of the throat, nose, ears, mouth, neck, and vocal cords, as well as the thyroid and parathyroid glands which are responsible for your metabolism.
Ether - Ajna Chakra- the Dance of Intuition
Ajna, the Third Eye Chakra (sixth chakra). When this chakra is clear and balanced, you will have a healthy intellect; you can call it wisdom. Awakening the third eye chakra opens you up to higher levels of perception through your intuition and allows you to gain a greater command of life through the use of your imagination. You are able to visualize, receive dream images, recall memories, and tap into archetypal energies.
When the third eye chakra is balanced, you are able to clearly see what you want out of life as your inner vision is well-developed. You value the importance of your imagination and have a good memory that allows you to easily remember details when you need them. You have a deep trust in your intuition and recognize the importance of your dreams. Not only you are able to remember them, you also value their messages.
Ajna is the home of your sixth sense. Physiologically is related to our physical eyes as well as the pineal gland, Which regulates our internal body clock through the production of melatonin.
Ether – Sahasrara – the Dance of the Soul
Sahasrara, the Crown Chakra (seventh Chakra). The crown chakra cannot be explained, only experienced. Sahasrara is located at the top of the head. The center of your spirituality, this chakra acts as the gateway to higher realms of consciousness. Sahasrara translates as ‘thousandfold’. This refers to the thousand-petalled lotus, which according to ancient Indian tradition, sits at the crown of the head and represents enlightenment, wholeness, and infinity. To feel that you are connected with others and the universe, you celebrate the miracle of life.
When your crown chakra is truly awakened, life becomes more joyful. As you move more fully into the present through mindfulness, the binds of the past and the worries of the future lessen their hold. Every moment is soulfully lived; life becomes simpler and yet more meaningful. The brain and central nervous system, as well as the pituitary gland, which is responsible for promoting the growth of the physical body, are nourished by the crown chakra. The life force that permeates all the chakras, and body, mind, and spirit enters you through Sahasrara.
Tantra
Tantra is an ancient Hindu practice that has been in existence for over 5,000 years and means ‘the weaving and expansion of energy’. It is a spiritual path that embraces everything in your life, including your sexuality. You can access it not just on the physical level but also on the purely spiritual level via a whole range of means, for instance, contemplation or meditation. Yet, it contains elements that are universal too.
Every spiritual path—and the same is true for the Tantric path—supports you in keeping your focus on that which is greater than and beyond merely your physical self or your earthly life. It is an overcoming of the feeling of separateness and a shift towards unity with one’s counterpart.
Shiva and Shakti are gods in the Hindu and Buddhist tantric traditions. They represent the male and female energy. In many images and sculptures, you see them engaged in deep union. They symbolize the unity of mankind, nature, and the universe.
The way of Tantra (Nirvan)
The themes of love, partnership, and sexuality address all aspects of life because love is awareness of life. When you limit your vital energy to the challenges of life, you reduce your ability to love. Only in the state of love do you resonate with the essence of life.
In order to experience the essence of life, you must do something that has been forgotten in your goal-oriented culture but which should be the most normal thing in the world: how to touch and stay touchable. In your workshops, many different ways of addressing this condition will be provided.
There will generally be a lecture and demonstration component offered by the teachers, often followed by exercises for you to practice by yourself or with your partner. Sometimes you will be invited to join in small group exercises that usually involve 3-5 people and sometimes there will also be exercises where the whole group works together.
Here are some of the main elements of the tantric work:
- Tantric exercises are basic rituals, in couples or small groups. They give you the space to meet the other person on a “heart-to-heart” level, so that you open yourself to your partner, allowing yourself to experience and then let go of whatever comes up for you. You don’t need to smile or put on a ‘nice’ face; it is about being true. Looking into each other’s eyes, touching, holding in special positions, feeling your inner energy, and how it flows with your partner are a few of these small exercises. Even partner yoga or bioenergetic partner sessions will help you to get in contact and to encounter the truth. The other is your mirror.
- Tantric massage is the only form of whole-body massage that gives space and allows all emotions to come up. By touching your partner in a mindful, sensual, and giving way, you create the opportunity to receive a deep heart-to-heart connection. Tantra massage is a ritual in which both partners can encounter each other’s uniqueness. In your workshops, you will use this technique in several forms and settings.
- Tantra rituals are conscious group settings with a clearly defined procedure. These settings will help you to feel and understand wisdom differently. A ritual allows entry into another time, another dimension, another experiential space.
- Meditation will help you to be in the here and now, to let go of the past and the future. Several kinds of meditations will be used: some are silent sitting meditations; some are active meditations like dynamic meditation. Also, you will use meditations from Kundalini yoga and the white tantra.
- Breathwork is a healing technique to get in contact with your deep emotions and your inner flow of energy. During these sessions, your energy level rises. You may become aware of blockages and old memories can resurface.
Single and couples
Single and couples are equally welcome! Making new friends, breaking out of the isolation of separateness, and gathering new stimuli for oneself and/or a partner relationship is fulfilling for all. Of course, all exercises can always take place in the familiar couple dynamic on request. Previous experience is not required.
Workshop language
The main language throughout the retreat is English. In some cases, individual exercises can be translated into German and French for more detailed explanation.
Schedule
Before breakfast, you are invited to an active morning session (sometimes on the beach). The period after breakfast through to lunchtime is set aside for seminars. During the day, there is always time to swim, sunbathe, read, or just enjoy the moment. In the evening, you will gather together for dinner and, afterward, to take part in the final seminar for the day. Saturdays are kept free for arrival and departure. From Sunday to Friday, you will have scheduled approximately 6-7 hours of seminar time per day.
Daily structure
Arrival day (Saturday)
Individual pick-up at the airport and check-in at the seminar center (Ouranos Club) afterward.
Sunday to Friday
- 07:30 - 08:30 Optional morning session
- 08:30 - 10:00 Lovely breakfast
- 10:00 - 13:00 Session time
- 13:00 - 19:00 Freetime
- 19:30 - 21:00 Friendly dinner
- 21:00 - 23:00 Evening session
Last day (Saturday)
Individual bus transportation to the airport by the seminar center (Ouranous Club)
