Roots & Wings is an exploration of the foundations of the 5Rhythms practice as a Map to Ecstasy.“Where we stopped dancing, singing, being enchanted by stories, or finding comfort in silence is where we have experienced the loss of soul. Dancing, singing, storytelling, and silence are the four universal healing salves. All healing journeys begin and end in the body. joy, stillness for compassion”.- Gabrielle Roth Maps To EcstasyRoots & Wings is an exploration of the foundations of the 5Rhythms practice as a Map to Ecstasy. It is through our deeply embodied practice following our physical expression through different qualities of emotion and experience that we can experience a true freedom from our mind. It is through grounding and following our feet that we can begin to let go…

How do we recognize & move through old ways of relating in order to engage in deep and authentic connections in our lives? The 5Rhythms® ofHow do we recognize & move through old ways of relating in order to engage in deep and authentic connections in our lives?The 5Rhythms® offers an embodied Map to help us to get present to what is real, to move us from confusion into clarity. Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers us tools to compassionately get to know the parts of ourselves who often create barriers to healthy relating. This workshop is a unique combination of these 2 incredible practices. It offers a light-hearted exploration of the parts of us that come into play when we start to relate 1:1 with other humans. The…

Dancing for body, heart, mind and soul. Forest Row, East Sussex

5Rhythms® Residential Retreat “5 RHYTHMS – ELEMENTS – EMOTIONS”  Waves and Heartbeat Level   Led by Silvija Tomčik 11-15.06.2025. Three Treasures Valley, HUNGARY       Rooted in the 5Rhythms’ embodiment practice. Inspired by the elements’ wisdom and poetry. Dancing with the heart’s vocabulary; our instinctive emotions.   On this workshop we will explore how are they all connected with each other: Rhythms, elements and emotions. Learning through experience. Moving through emotional constipation and mental confusion. Breathing through it all.   “The five rhythms are a map to everywhere you want to go, on all planes of consciousness – inner and outer, forward and back, physical, emotional, and intellectual. They are markers on the way back to a real self, a vulnerable, wild, passionate, instinctive self.” Gabrielle Roth   Silvija Tomčik, is an accredited…

A poetic landscape to nourish ourselves and each other, creating an ensemble rooted in aliveness, returning to wonder and possibilities.

A poetic landscape to nourish ourselves and each other, creating an ensemble rooted in aliveness, returning to wonder and possibilities.

Embark on a journey through the 5Rhythms to discover the gateways to pure ecstasy within yourself.WHAT IS THE WORKSHOP ABOUT?In her book, Maps to Ecstasy, Gabrielle Roth describes Ecstasy as “an egoless, timeless state of being. It’s a state of total alignment and unity. Unity of body, heart, mind, soul, and spirit.”Is it really possible to access this state of ecstasy through the 5Rhythms dance?Can we enter a state of ecstasy at any point in the dance or do we need to wait until we get to Lyrical?The word ‘ecstasy’ is often misunderstood as it can have many associations attached to it and in some circles, it is even feared as something dangerous or forbidden and to be avoided.What does ecstasy mean to you and will you give…

A poetic landscape to nourish ourselves and each other, creating an ensemble rooted in aliveness, returning to wonder and possibilities.

“ENOUGH” 5Rhythms® Waves and Heartbeat level 27-29.06.2025.  ZAGREB Led by Meredith Davies and David Juriansz (Australia)   “I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?“ VINCENT VAN GOGH   This workshop explores and challenges the societal forces that manufacture compare-despair & discontent.  It aims to restore our sense of having, doing, giving and simply being enough. We investigate Enough with 2 different perspectives: David using the language of Waves, our physical exploration and Meredith offering Heartbeat, the emotional map of the 5Rhythms. Both investigating our experience of lack, jealousy, overwhelm, distraction and avoidance, all the way through to a sense of enough. Breathing life into places where we get stuck in either not enough, too much and everything in between. Taking inspiration from…

Dancing for body, heart, mind and soul. Forest Row, East Sussex