Let the Sunshine in – 5-days 5Rhythms Heartbeat workshop in Izola

Name: Let the Sunshine in – 5-days 5Rhythms Heartbeat workshop in Izola
Start: 2025-08-04T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2025-08-10T13:30:00+02:00

August 4 @ 19:30 - August 10 @ 13:30 CEST

Would you like to spend a week with us in coastal town Izola, sLOVEnia?

Are you looking for something more than just summer?

I invite you to gift yourself 7 days. This will not be another workshop on emotions, but a deep, inspiring and transformative space for healing and awareness of the flow of emotions as our allies.

In this workshop you will have the opportunity to:

dance 4 hours a day, 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening, with plenty of time to rest and swim in between

stay in your own tent/car/campervan in a private campsite above Izola, which is reserved only for our group (you can also find private accommodation on your own)

take part in a 3-hour boat trip and party

be led by Martina Motl, who has more than 10 years of experience leading 5Rhythms (body level) and in 2022 she became a certified 5Rhythms teacher of the emotional level (Heartbeat)

be additionally held by two assistants, Liliana De La Vega from Florida and Bertoncelj Anže from Slovenia

be part of an international group of dancers that gathers every year, as the workshop is considered part of the curriculum for the 5-day emotional level, for all who are on the path to become a 5Rhythms teacher

get tools for integrating experiences through art, poetry and play

we are accepting applications via the online application form – https://forms.gle/fH1DXxUxJzN2Esu76 . For any questions before applying, please write to me at anze.bertoncelj@gmail.com or call me on mobile number +386 40 210 440 (also Whatsapp). We invite you to read the invitation to the workshop below.

Movement practice of Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms®
Led by Martina Motl, Certified 5Rhythms® Teacher
with Anže Bertoncelj, Certified 5Rhythms® Teacher
LET THE SUNSHINE IN – 5-DAYS HEARTBEAT WORKSHOP

What does your heart need?
How can you listen to it?
What will bring joy back into your life?

In this 5-day workshop we will follow circular maps of 5Rhythms practice, level of working with emotions: fear (Flowing), anger (Staccato), sadness (Chaos), joy (Lyrical), compassion (Stillness).

Many years of experiences in discovering emotions and their healing and beneficial effects have brought me to the point where I am ready to hold the space and support you on your journey of discovering an emotional map. Only when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable can we call more life into our daily lives. More joy. More creative moments. More ecstasy. One is not without the other. When we allow ourselves to replace fear with courage and embody it, the first step has already been taken. Our inner dancer, waiting for permission to shine in his power and spread the wings of inspiration, is hiding in each of us. Layer after layer, we will uncover emotional veils, raise awareness and give them space and time to express themselves and shine in the divine spark of inspiration that we ourselves are. Welcome.

WORKSHOP PROGRAM
Starts on Monday, 4th of August 2025 at 19.30. Finishes on Sunday, 10th of August 2025 at 13.30. You will receive a detailed schedule upon registration.

Open meeting will take place on Monday, 4th of August 2025 from 19.30 till 21.30, registration will be open from 19.00.

LOCATION: Izola (exact location after registration)
Izola is located 1 hour 10 minutes from Ljubljana, 25 minutes from Trieste, 2 hours from Venice, 2 hours 10 minutes from Klagenfurt, 2 hours 30 minutes from Zagreb, 3 hours from Graz, 4 hours 35 minutes from Vienna, 5 hours from Linz and Munchen, 5 hours 10 minutes from Budapest, 7 hours from Zurich.

REGISTRATION: https://forms.gle/fH1DXxUxJzN2Esu76
INFORMATIONS: anze.bertoncelj@gmail.com, + 386 40 210 440 (also Viber and Whatsapp)

WORKSHOP PRICE: registration after June 20th – 385 €
Registration before June 20th – 355 €
Early birds until May 20th – 325 €
Working team members –210 € (limited numbers, with prior agreement)
For participants of both workshops – Soul Flight and Let the Sunshine in – 250 € per workshop
Only Open Meeting: 25 €*
*for participants of the Workshop, Open Meeting is included into the price

PRICE OF ACCOMMODATION IN CAMP: 20€ per day.

We reserved a beautifull place just for our group. It is located above Izola, just 10 minutes drive from our dancing hall. There is enought place to set your tent in the shadow of trees and to park the cars. On location there is smaller house, few showers and a kitchen. There is place for gathering in the evenings, where we can hang out and enjoy the view on Izola from above. All of you, who will find yourself a private accommodation, are warmly welcome to join us on site in the evening by the fire.

TRAVEL:
look for flights to Trieste, Italy (50 minutes drive to Izola)
look for flights to Ljubljana, Slovenia (1 hour 15 minutes drive to Izola)
look for flights to Venice, Italy (1 hour 50 minutes drive to Izola)

From Ljubljana to Izola by bus
see timetables at Ljubljana bus station – https://www.ap-ljubljana.si/en
direct bus from Vienna to Portorož (then bus to Izola) – https://www.flixbus.com/

From Ljubljana to Koper by train (and then bus to Izola)
see timetables at Slovenian railways – https://potniski.sz.si/, call center for calls from abroad +386 1 29 13 331

If you will wish, we will connect you with local dancers for the shared ride from Ljubljana (and other cities) to Izola. Mark accordingly in electronic application.

Statements of the participants of the previous workshops Let the sunshine in:

»Thank you my dear dance teachers Martina Motl in Anže Bertoncelj for this fantastic experience meeting with my heart. Thank you to let us dance as we are, exploring the deepest lands of ourselves, observing, feeling our bodies, and releasing things that no longer serve us. Thank you to hold the safe space for us every second of the way. Martina, you are an amazing woman, powerful yet gentle – magickal and healing. Anže, thank you for your support to all of us in every moment. You feel like a gentle, safe, warm, and soothing breeze.« Polona

“My dear, great teacher Martina Motl. I came to the workshop scattered in 1000 pieces. I want to be happy so much and I know that happiness is a decision. It is a state that I choose myself. It is purity of thoughts and feelings, there is deep peace and love in me. But you took me and supported me in the experience of the opposite of happiness. I realized deep sadness, unhappiness, unfulfillment, pain, anger, fear… It sounds crazy, but only through all this pain… When I opened my heart to the deepest sadness… Joy and happiness could also enter my heart. You taught me to breathe in sadness and pain, anger and fear. I accepted all this, embodied it and gave it space inside me. With your divine support, I listened to what sadness, anger, fear, despair was saying to me… Through movement I touched every feeling or I bravely stepped into the core of this feeling. I allowed myself to be touched by these feelings. I didn’t think at all, I just felt and danced. My body embraced all of this and suddenly everything was good and right. Therefore, happiness is not a feeling, nor a state. It’s a moment to live fully. It is an energy field in which joy and sadness… clarity and confusion… are priceless parts that embrace, greet and love each other.
Thank you, Martina, for all your knowledge, which you selflessly pass on to us, constantly “tickling” me and supporting me at every moment when I need it. Thank you, Anže, for your gentle holding of space.” Andreja

»I feel so inspired by Martina Motl! The 5-day 5Rhytms Heartbeat workshop “Let the Sunshine in” was an amazing journey! Martina is a powerful and passionate teacher. I experienced her teachings as a very deep healing. The 5Rhytms community of Slovenia is warm and joyful. It felt like faling in love and coming home. And the nature of Slovenia is stunning!« Ina Maria

“Total renovation of soul and body. How to dance out your emotions? 5Rhythms in 5 days through dance. Thank you Martina and Anže for this dancing journey.” Goran

MARTINA MOTL: I have 17 years of experience in teaching art, doing theatre work and practicing intuitive singing. For eleven years I have been leading regular weekly 5Rhythms dance classes, the Waves level. I lead workshops in Slovenia and abroad. I teach with passion and combine knowledge with inspiration. In year 2022 i became certified teacher for the Heartbeat level and I remain a committed student of the 5Rhythms practice. I am an accredited active member of international organisation 5Rhythms Global (www.5rhythms.com).

For those on a path to become a 5Rhythms teacher, this workshop counts 5 days, Heartbeat level.

LANGUAGE: the workshop will be led in English.

Details

Start:: August 4 @ 19:30 CEST
End:: August 10 @ 13:30 CEST

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