Insight Herbalism with Dance and Movement
Saturday, April 13th, 11am-6pm
With Insight Herbalist Emily Taylor and 5Rhythms teacher Jessica Howie
I have been studying with the School of Insight Herbalism for the last couple of years. Last December I offered my first workshop with Insight Herbalist Emily Taylor and I'm happy to announce another date we have planned in Oxford for this Spring where we will again be combining dancing and spending time with the plants.
We practice meeting the plants in an intuitive way, allowing ourselves to meet them, without forcing our preconceived ideas about what a plant or herb is good for and what we already know about it. We'll spend time together with an open curiosity about what the plants may reveal to us and delve into a deeper connection and great potential for healing.
We'll explore a more relational way of being with the plants, including moving and dancing with them. Using our feeling senses to learn and grow directly from our embodied experience of being with them. The plants often remind me of my true nature, reflecting the many spectrums of the human experience. Plants have been our allies since the beginning and now more than ever we need to remember how to live harmoniously with them and re-learn their unique medicines, which isn't necessarily about just treating physical symptoms. I believe this way of being with the plants supports the potential for profound healing for ourselves and the planet as a whole.
We will also spend some of our time together in the beautiful woodlands of Wytham that are walking distance from the venue.
April 13th 11am-6pm
A full day with the herbs and dance, working with the energy of Spring and Rebirth. £90
This time we won't reveal to you what plants we are working with so you can meet the plants in different ways on the day. We will hopefully work with 3 different plants.
Please email me to book your space or for more info
[email protected]
Emily Taylor website
https://www.earthstar-birthing.co.uk/
More about the training I'm doing with..
https://www.schoolofintuitiveherbalism.weedsintheheart.org.uk/
We practice meeting the plants in an intuitive way, allowing ourselves to meet them, without forcing our preconceived ideas about what a plant or herb is good for and what we already know about it. We'll spend time together with an open curiosity about what the plants may reveal to us and delve into a deeper connection and great potential for healing.
We'll explore a more relational way of being with the plants, including moving and dancing with them. Using our feeling senses to learn and grow directly from our embodied experience of being with them. The plants often remind me of my true nature, reflecting the many spectrums of the human experience. Plants have been our allies since the beginning and now more than ever we need to remember how to live harmoniously with them and re-learn their unique medicines, which isn't necessarily about just treating physical symptoms. I believe this way of being with the plants supports the potential for profound healing for ourselves and the planet as a whole.
We will also spend some of our time together in the beautiful woodlands of Wytham that are walking distance from the venue.
April 13th 11am-6pm
A full day with the herbs and dance, working with the energy of Spring and Rebirth. £90
This time we won't reveal to you what plants we are working with so you can meet the plants in different ways on the day. We will hopefully work with 3 different plants.
Please email me to book your space or for more info
[email protected]
Emily Taylor website
https://www.earthstar-birthing.co.uk/
More about the training I'm doing with..
https://www.schoolofintuitiveherbalism.weedsintheheart.org.uk/
I am teaching a workshop at The Sanctuary in Koh Phangan Thailand January 15th-16th.
See workshop info below and to book click on link to The Sanctuary website.
www.thesanctuarythailand.com/retreat/2-day-5rhythms-workshop-with-jessica-howie
Deep Dive
Meeting ourselves through the dance
No experience is needed
£150 early bird price signed up by January 5th
The 5Rhythms are simple, defined and spacious Maps for personal exploration. Diving into the Maps give us the time and space to luxuriate in the teachings, to focus on a facet, to break through resistance and dance on through to the other side. To move mindfully, unpredictably, and creatively with like-minded souls.
Through dancing the 5Rhythms, I invite you to intimately meet yourself where you are at now, specifically in relation to what each of the Rhythms has to offer you. As well as my gentle guidance you will be guided by your own dance, learning to listen to the intelligence of your body. 5Rhythms is a movement meditation that leads us into a deeper knowing of what wants attention for healing. When we dance we drop out of our heads and create space for what really wants to be known and then expressed and finally given space to be created into something completely new.
We dance through the Rhythms, creating a WAVE.
FLOW is the Rhythm of our body, our inherent life force.
We give space to acknowledge the parts of ourselves that feel stuck and resistant.
We dance our fluid selves, learning to receive our in breath and inhabit our bodies, where we get to grow our capacity for feelings, aliveness and sensation.
STACCATO is the Rhythm of the heart.
In our Staccato dance we explore how to get clear with our sense of self. We learn about our relationship with boundaries, claiming our YES’S and NO’S. Enquiring through our dance how to express our hearts in the world and with each other in a way that feels safe and authentic.
CHAOS reminds us how to surrender and let go.
We are invited again and again to dissolve and join the oneness of existence. Remembering where we came from and to where we will return, breaking free from self-loathing and expanding our capacity for accepting our wounds and raw humanness. What is our relationship with control and how does it feel to let go?
LYRICAL connects us to our joy - inviting us to extend our fingertips to the unknown edges of life and remembering our inner child that knows how to play. We feel into what is happening here on earth right now and bring our unique gifts and creativity to be in service to the collective experience.
STILLNESS ends our Wave, bringing us home. We sit in the embodied place of presence and breath. Showing up to this moment over and over again, even when all we want to do is numb out and disconnect. We accept ourselves fully and with compassion, knowing that we are whole, exactly as we are.
This workshop is for anybody who wants to dance, drop into the body and explore different aspects of yourself, through the 5Rhythms. We dance without any steps, nothing to get right or wrong. You can dance as big as small as fast as slowly as you like. Only one person can dance your dance and that’s you. Your dance connects you to your essence and creative expression. I believe it is a sacred act to claim your dance (and it can also be really fun and full of pleasure.)
Please bring water, a small towel and a pen and paper.
Workshop Price - £180 (£150 early bird price signed up by January 5th)Sign up early to reserve your spot. Space is Limited.
See workshop info below and to book click on link to The Sanctuary website.
www.thesanctuarythailand.com/retreat/2-day-5rhythms-workshop-with-jessica-howie
Deep Dive
Meeting ourselves through the dance
No experience is needed
£150 early bird price signed up by January 5th
The 5Rhythms are simple, defined and spacious Maps for personal exploration. Diving into the Maps give us the time and space to luxuriate in the teachings, to focus on a facet, to break through resistance and dance on through to the other side. To move mindfully, unpredictably, and creatively with like-minded souls.
Through dancing the 5Rhythms, I invite you to intimately meet yourself where you are at now, specifically in relation to what each of the Rhythms has to offer you. As well as my gentle guidance you will be guided by your own dance, learning to listen to the intelligence of your body. 5Rhythms is a movement meditation that leads us into a deeper knowing of what wants attention for healing. When we dance we drop out of our heads and create space for what really wants to be known and then expressed and finally given space to be created into something completely new.
We dance through the Rhythms, creating a WAVE.
FLOW is the Rhythm of our body, our inherent life force.
We give space to acknowledge the parts of ourselves that feel stuck and resistant.
We dance our fluid selves, learning to receive our in breath and inhabit our bodies, where we get to grow our capacity for feelings, aliveness and sensation.
STACCATO is the Rhythm of the heart.
In our Staccato dance we explore how to get clear with our sense of self. We learn about our relationship with boundaries, claiming our YES’S and NO’S. Enquiring through our dance how to express our hearts in the world and with each other in a way that feels safe and authentic.
CHAOS reminds us how to surrender and let go.
We are invited again and again to dissolve and join the oneness of existence. Remembering where we came from and to where we will return, breaking free from self-loathing and expanding our capacity for accepting our wounds and raw humanness. What is our relationship with control and how does it feel to let go?
LYRICAL connects us to our joy - inviting us to extend our fingertips to the unknown edges of life and remembering our inner child that knows how to play. We feel into what is happening here on earth right now and bring our unique gifts and creativity to be in service to the collective experience.
STILLNESS ends our Wave, bringing us home. We sit in the embodied place of presence and breath. Showing up to this moment over and over again, even when all we want to do is numb out and disconnect. We accept ourselves fully and with compassion, knowing that we are whole, exactly as we are.
This workshop is for anybody who wants to dance, drop into the body and explore different aspects of yourself, through the 5Rhythms. We dance without any steps, nothing to get right or wrong. You can dance as big as small as fast as slowly as you like. Only one person can dance your dance and that’s you. Your dance connects you to your essence and creative expression. I believe it is a sacred act to claim your dance (and it can also be really fun and full of pleasure.)
Please bring water, a small towel and a pen and paper.
Workshop Price - £180 (£150 early bird price signed up by January 5th)Sign up early to reserve your spot. Space is Limited.
November 25th – Lorca Simons and Jessica Howie
SEXUALITY
A RITUAL THEATRE INVESTIGATION
What is hidden by light
Silhouette reveals
Caressing the darkness
Decorating dreams as real
Slipping behind the screen
Seduced by shadow
We enter the unpredictable landscape of SILHOUETTE
Exploring the electric shape shifting world of ritual theatre
About Live Wire:
Live Wire is a 'plug in' to creative action, an opportunity to reawakening and sharpen those places in ourselves that need realigning or perhaps rewiring back to what’s most original and true. In the laboratory we illuminate language, uncover gesture and free the mind through our theatrical investigation. We unlock the stories our bodies are longing to tell. We turn “suffering into art, our art into awareness.and our awareness into action.
Lorca Simons is dedicated to the creation of physical theatre that is both interactive and transformative.
She followed her instincts to the unique directing vibration known as Gabrielle Roth and a 19 year creative collaboration bloomed. Lorca studied and trained with Gabrielle from the mid-90’s and became co-founder and co-director of 5RT, the experimental theatre wing of the 5Rhythms world.
She is a certified 5Rhythms facilitator dedicated to exploring both the performing and visual arts awakening each individual’s unique creative potential through the vast landscape of the heart. She actively creates theatre internationally through a series of LIVE WIRE Ritual Theatre Labs.
“I believe in the healing power of theatre. I believe in a theatre of heart, one that feeds and fuels the soul. A theatre that brings change, mirroring landscapes lost or left behind, one that exposes life from the depths of its core. One that expands imagination through curiosity, breath, physical gesture and space. From this place of truth, ritual springs into authentic action and anything is possible.” -Lorca
www.lorcasimons.com
5Rhythms Dance and Herbs with
Insight Herbalist Emily Taylor
Honouring the Solstice
December 16th at Wytham
The last couple of years I have been delving into the world of herbs and plants with Nathanial Hughes https://www.schoolofintuitiveherbalism.weedsintheheart.org.uk/ and Anne Mcintyre https://annemcintyre.com/
Emily is one of the first people to graduate from Insight Herbalism and I'm super excited to come together and combine the dance and the meeting of herbs. This will be an introduction to being with the plants and herbs in a very unique and special way that supports deep healing on all levels. We will very much be honouring the time of year and working with the Winter Solstice energy. The three being we will be working with are Rose, Frankincense and Mugwort Root, lucky us!!! This workshop is for women and men.
Please let me know if you'd like me to hold you a space for any or all of these offerings by emailing me [email protected]
Emilys website https://www.earthstar-birthing.co.uk/herbalism
Insight Herbalist Emily Taylor
Honouring the Solstice
December 16th at Wytham
The last couple of years I have been delving into the world of herbs and plants with Nathanial Hughes https://www.schoolofintuitiveherbalism.weedsintheheart.org.uk/ and Anne Mcintyre https://annemcintyre.com/
Emily is one of the first people to graduate from Insight Herbalism and I'm super excited to come together and combine the dance and the meeting of herbs. This will be an introduction to being with the plants and herbs in a very unique and special way that supports deep healing on all levels. We will very much be honouring the time of year and working with the Winter Solstice energy. The three being we will be working with are Rose, Frankincense and Mugwort Root, lucky us!!! This workshop is for women and men.
Please let me know if you'd like me to hold you a space for any or all of these offerings by emailing me [email protected]
Emilys website https://www.earthstar-birthing.co.uk/herbalism
Three One-day Workshops For Women
Exploring the Theme of Sexuality
with 5Rhythms Dance
September 30th, October 29th, November 25th 2023
11am-6pm
Price: £120 each or £300 for 3
Wytham Village Hall, Oxford
Limited to 20 spaces
September 30th – Sonia Sung and Jessica Howie
After Sonia had to cancel teaching with me last month, I’m super delighted that we will have an opportunity to work together and offer a one-day workshop of Tantra and dance. Sonia will offer simple yet potent tantric exercises inviting us to connect to our innate sexual essence and help us to expand our capacity for feeling and sensation. She will guide us towards a deeper knowing of what we actually need or want in the present moment and how we can stay true when expressing ourselves.
Sonia is a Tantra teacher who does not think of herself as a traditional teacher because they are so often put on pedestals—not seen as equal to their students & continuing to learn, grow and make mistakes themselves. Instead, her deepest desire is to offer you a safe container for you to find your own truth, wisdom and power, just as she has done through her commitment to make change on her own unexpected journey with Tantra.
October 29th – Kalindi Jordan and Jessica Howie
Take time to explore and deepen your sensual and sexual nature. Our sexual essence is energetic and magnetic it makes one feel attractive, healthy, radiant, sensual, and grounded. We are in a time where there is an abundance of embodied wisdom especially around sexual vitality. In this day exploration we are going to explore body focused ways to delve deep into being able to stay connected to your sexual fire, stay present with touch and to learn to receive.
When we learn to stay present and connected to our sexual energy and consciously embody it, then the world can become full of wonder, sensuality and sacredness. Effortlessly experiencing presence, connection and a quiet inner confidence.
There is no nudity in this workshop. This is a safe, relaxed space, where your real life questions about sexuality and intimacy are welcomed.
Kalindi Jordan is a sex and intimacy vitality coach working predominantly with women and couples. She has spent 27 years exploring her own and other people’s energy. Her profound understanding of the human energy system, psychology and sexual nature comes from her study and practice in Taoism, Tantra, Vedic mysticism, varieties of bodywork, yoni healing, breath work and being present with life as it unfolds. Kalindi is passionate about creating a sustainable and everyday accessible sexual experience that naturally leads us by the hand into wild ecstatic expression while making love!
Kalindi works with sexual healing and sexual expansion through 1-2-1 sessions, workshops, trainings and retreats. www.kalindijordan.com
Exploring the Theme of Sexuality
with 5Rhythms Dance
September 30th, October 29th, November 25th 2023
11am-6pm
Price: £120 each or £300 for 3
Wytham Village Hall, Oxford
Limited to 20 spaces
September 30th – Sonia Sung and Jessica Howie
After Sonia had to cancel teaching with me last month, I’m super delighted that we will have an opportunity to work together and offer a one-day workshop of Tantra and dance. Sonia will offer simple yet potent tantric exercises inviting us to connect to our innate sexual essence and help us to expand our capacity for feeling and sensation. She will guide us towards a deeper knowing of what we actually need or want in the present moment and how we can stay true when expressing ourselves.
Sonia is a Tantra teacher who does not think of herself as a traditional teacher because they are so often put on pedestals—not seen as equal to their students & continuing to learn, grow and make mistakes themselves. Instead, her deepest desire is to offer you a safe container for you to find your own truth, wisdom and power, just as she has done through her commitment to make change on her own unexpected journey with Tantra.
October 29th – Kalindi Jordan and Jessica Howie
Take time to explore and deepen your sensual and sexual nature. Our sexual essence is energetic and magnetic it makes one feel attractive, healthy, radiant, sensual, and grounded. We are in a time where there is an abundance of embodied wisdom especially around sexual vitality. In this day exploration we are going to explore body focused ways to delve deep into being able to stay connected to your sexual fire, stay present with touch and to learn to receive.
When we learn to stay present and connected to our sexual energy and consciously embody it, then the world can become full of wonder, sensuality and sacredness. Effortlessly experiencing presence, connection and a quiet inner confidence.
There is no nudity in this workshop. This is a safe, relaxed space, where your real life questions about sexuality and intimacy are welcomed.
Kalindi Jordan is a sex and intimacy vitality coach working predominantly with women and couples. She has spent 27 years exploring her own and other people’s energy. Her profound understanding of the human energy system, psychology and sexual nature comes from her study and practice in Taoism, Tantra, Vedic mysticism, varieties of bodywork, yoni healing, breath work and being present with life as it unfolds. Kalindi is passionate about creating a sustainable and everyday accessible sexual experience that naturally leads us by the hand into wild ecstatic expression while making love!
Kalindi works with sexual healing and sexual expansion through 1-2-1 sessions, workshops, trainings and retreats. www.kalindijordan.com
