Winter Solstice Dream Dance & Cacao Ceremony with Bonnie McAteer

FRIDAY 20th December - 6.30pm-10pm

We gather together at this potent time of the year in the candlelit darkness to DREAM.
To DANCE the timeline between the PAST cycle and the PRESENT
and FUTURE DREAM.

To OPEN our hearts with the supportive medicine of CACAO and listen and pause , turning to the GREAT MYSTERY of the darkness as welcome and
CELEBRATE The RETURN OF THE SUN.

*We will creative Dream-Vision board ( please bring any images you are drawn to )
*Drum Journey
*Guided -Movement Medicine- Harnessing the transformational power of the dance we journey into the inner landscape of our bodies , tuning into the cycle passed, letting go and calling in the new dream.

We gather together as tribe within community to support one another......ALL are so Welcome.

Winter Solstice is one the most powerful points of the year as the axis of the Earth pauses, shifts and moves in the opposite direction.
The sun standing still is a powerful metaphor for the energy available to us at the Winter Solstice to change the direction of our lives with intention and build on this energy as we enter into the new year.

Spaces get booked up fast so please book early to ensure your place! your place will be reserved once you have payed in full.

INVESTMENT-COST £30

MOVEMENT MEDICINE is Shamanic medicine for our times. It gives us direct embodied experience of the dance of life that is going on inside us and all around us.

MOVEMENT MEDICINE-Is a body based Movement Meditation Practice. That will reconnect you to the wisdom of living from the heart.
It will deepen your connection to yourself, your creativity and the integrity and guidance of your own soul.

To find out more about Bonnie and her work go to
https://www.bonniemcateer.com/

More info about Movement Medicine as a body of work go to
https://www.schoolofmovementmedicine.com/

CACAO:
Cacao is 'The Food for the Shift'. An Indigenous myth tells us whenever the balance between humans and nature becomes threatened, cacao comes from the rainforest to open people's hearts and return us all to harmony.
Ceremonial grade cacao is a sacred medicine also known as the “blood of the heart” is an important, powerful, and previously overlooked teacher, facilitator, and medicine-plant. Ceremonial Cacao partners with you on your journey... experience chocolate as the magical partner it is!

The Cacao Spirit ‘returns’ – from a long history with Indigenous peoples.

WHAT IS CACAO?
Literally translated as ‘Food of the Gods’,
Since the ancient Civilisations of the Mayans and Aztecs, Cacao has been used in rituals and ceremonies as a tool for journeying deep inside of the self, allowing spirit to move through and guide us.

Cacao is one of the most nutritionally dense superfoods and provides many medicinal benefits.
It contains more antioxidants than any other food on the planet.
It stimulates the production of the neurotransmitters dopamine, serotonin and anandamide (also known as the BLISS chemical) leading to feelings of euphoria.
It relaxes the muscles and balances the nervous system whilst focusing the mind and activating the heart.

The cacao we will use is of the highest quality grown & harvested in Peru specifically for ceremonial use by Ashaninka families. Directly sourced from ancient Cacao gardens in the Rio Ene region.

Please note: Many antidepressants do NOT mix with the tryptophan and MAO (Monoamine Oxidase) Inhibitors in this cacao… ��Google your medication!

ABOUT BONNIE

Bonnie is a fully qualified Movement Medicine Teacher and has been working with this body of work since 2009.
After graduating from The School of Movement Medicine she also completed a Continuous Professional Development Level 1 Advanced Training in working with the Heart and the SEER Process (systemic essential energy retrieval) Level 2 Advanced Training in working with Movement Medicine Ritual and Ceremony, and Level 3 Advanced Training in working with the Phoenix Process.

Bonnie draws on over 15 years experience of using movement work to support and transform her own journey through life.
First through Shamanic trance dance ritual and embodied sacred dance in the natural world, later Five Rhythms, The work that reconnects , and completed Pacha Mamma Alliance facilitator training.
She is also a dance performer and has been in dance performances in Goa India, Hungary, Portugal , Wembley Stadium London.

Her passion is to share the depth of the medicine that the dance offers both locally and internationally. She has taught Movement Medicine in Thailand at The Sanctuary and Orion Healing Centres and has recently held a Ceremonial dance workshop at Boom festival in Portugal.

For more info go to https://www.bonniemcateer.com/

Or to look at here details within the professional body of this work go to
http://www.movementmedicineassociation.org/

"Huge gratitude for the dance medicine space you hold with such tender mastery, your voice poetry, your presence a gift "
Daisy Kaye teacher at the Sanctuary Thailand

PRACTICALS
Investment for this Evening £30

WHAT TO BRING
* We dance bare foot (unless you wish to wear dance shoes)
* Journal and pen
*Art -images you are drawn to from any magazines ect
*Blanket
*Cushion -sheepskin (optional for your comfort)
*Water bottle

All welcome, whether you have been dancing this path for years or if this is new territory for you.

I look forward to journeying with you all
Much love Bonnie..x