Fire In the Heart~ A Movement Medicine & Cacao Ceremony ( Guernsey UK ) With Bonnie McAteer
This workshop is an Invitation into the Transformative Power of Dance & Movement Medicine Ritual.
At this time of Imbolc we come together to tend to the Fire in our hearts as the light returns. We come to Dance in the Potent Medicine of this work. Within Ceremonial space we are consciously inviting and giving space to our dreaming as we begin bridging our inner and outer worlds.
The darkness is making way for the light, a good time to slow down and turn inwards. Taking time to come home to ourselves and plant intentions and seeds that will germinate durning the coming months.
An Invitation through Dance, Cacao, Voice and Sound, Gong Bath to Connect deeply within and open up to the wider web of life that we are connected and to the great Mystery at the Centre of it all.
TOGETHER WE WILL * Journey through the Dance of the Elements * Deepen our intuitive listening and dreaming -Shamanic Drumming *Drink the beautiful delicious and sacred plant Cacao ( please read all info and details bellow) * Dance~ Journey through the 5 dimensions *Voice and Sound *Journal and reflect *Gong Bath ( with Sabine Lovelight)
We are blessed to end the Ceremony with a GONG BATH Journey with the Beautiful Sabine Lovelight.
*Delicious light fruit , snacks and tea that we will all bring to share as we come to the end of the day..x
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.
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, Level 3 Advanced Training in working with the Phoenix Process and Advanced level 4 Training within the realms of Initiation.
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 held Ceremonial dance workshop at Boom festival in Portugal also performing with Liquid bloom and Caminanda from the US and worked alongside musicians such as Peia while facilitating Movement Medicine Ceremony in the Uk.
"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 day is £85
Spaces get booked up fast so please book early to ensure your place! your place will be reserved once you have payed in full.
WHAT TO BRING * We dance bare foot (unless you wish to wear dance shoes) * Journal and pen *Blanket *Cushion -sheepskin (optional for your comfort) *Water bottle *A light vegetarian snack-offering to share at the end of the day
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
