Ecstatic Dance Cardiff | Autumn Gathering w/ Tim Barnes & Sea Gypsee

WELCOME TO ECSTATIC DANCE CARDIFF. WE ARE SO DELIGHTED TO DANCE, EXPRESS FREELY, CONNECT, EXPAND TOGETHER AT THE BEAUTIFUL COED HILLS RURAL ARTS SPACE, COWBRIDGE

Are you ready to go a little deeper?

Autumn is here and scorpio season is around the corner, inviting us to feel its magical currents and harness our own creative power. Join special guest DJ & 5Rhythms teacher Tim Barnes as he guides a juicy descent into the depths of our embodiment. Together with Ecstatic Dance Cardiff founder Sea Gypsee, holding a soulful cacao activation with live music, we’ll connect with our deep embodied magic!

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🌀 Let your imagination run wild, dissolve into the music, embrace the depth & fluidity of the moment: we'll hold that delicious space for you to explore as you feel into your flow 🧜‍♀️

This is the essence of what we want to create. More than just a party, (which of course it is too!) it is also a gathering that build meaningful relationships and connectivity, authentic purpose and loving kindness. We are community that learn how to tap into the natural ways to celebrate life and grow together.

On this night, we will enjoy nature, meditate, set intention, dance freely, connect, lift up our energies to the highest states. A time to infuse our intentions as the sublime cacao, music and sounds circulate through our bodies. A time to fill our cups majestically, enliven our spirits in true community and remind ourselves how amazing we are! ✨🌈 💖

➤ EVENT SCHEDULE

≫ 6PM | Doors open, sauna, forest walk & food

≫ 7PM | Opening Circle and cacao activation with live music

≫ 7.15PM | Warm up + Ecstatic Dance in the beautiful barn with fire place

≫ 9.15PM | Closing Circle

≫ 9.30PM | Social & food

10pm | Doors closed

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TICKETS

CONCESSION: £18

SUPER EARLY BIRD : £22 (until Sun 28th Sept)

EARLY BIRD: £25 (Sun 5th Oct)
GENERAL: £28
SUPPORTER DONATION: £30

No one is turned away due to lack of funds. Please reach out to us if you can't afford a ticket and want to join so we can sort something out.

* Ticket cancellation :

We do not offer ticket refunds, but if you are unable to attend and you let us know 48h prior to the event, we can give you a credit note for the value of your ticket to use for one of our future event.

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Arrival
6pm - 7pm

Delight in the beautiful surroundings of coed hills rural art space. You can enjoy a wonder in the forest garden, the stone circle, the woods, have a pick at the eco sustainable constructions or have a sauna.

Cacao Activation & intention Setting w/ Seagypsee
7pm - 7.15pm

At the beginning of this session, we will introduce ceremonial cacao. As well as being incredibly delicious, ceremonial cacao helps us to ground, enhance our dance experience and open our hearts. It can also gently guide us to connect with hidden dimensions of ourselves. At Mystic Cocoon we prepare cacao with great respect for the indigenous wisdom keepers of this master plant medicine, infusing it with prayers, songs and love during the whole preparation process ✨

As we sip Ceremonial Cacao with intention and through a guided meditation to open our hearts, we will call in an intention for this year. The effects of cacao can vary from one person to another, but you can expect an improvement of mood and pleasure, stimulation of mental alertness and heart expansion.

As well as being one of the most potent superfood on the planet, this ceremonial grade cacao will help you to reach a state of mild euphoria, without altering your consciousness. It's a beautiful heart-opener and with intention, it can help you enhance your wellbeing to the next level. It truly is the new way to dance without alcohol and we absolutely love it!

What is in this cacao drink? ceremonial grade cacao, organic agave, vegan organic milk

Ecstatic Dance w/ Tim Barnes
7:15pm - 9.15pm

You are invited to this safe, playful space, where the whole of you is welcomed. In this session, you will gently be guided to breathe, let go of stress, recharge and move as you feel. Dancing and cultivating authentic movement from the inside is deeply nurturing and healing. Be prepared to deeply connect with the elements, move, sweat, experience and enjoy!

🌊 Unlike clubbing, ecstatic dance sets are built like "waves" moving from slow and mellow, to very dynamic and everything else in between; gently guiding you to stretch your body and mind in many directions, to experience the vast spectrum of your emotions with mindfulness and wild abandon. Most of the time when people dance it is to look good to others, but here, we dance to connect with our authentic natural selves.

Closing Circle w/ Seagypsee
9.15-9.30pm

We gather in circle to close the evening. This is a chance to feel connected in peace as a tribe. We tune into what is present within us, share and receive others experience in authenticity and non judgment. There will also be a chance to talk more by the fire after the dance.

Social Time
9.30-10pm

After the dance, for those who wish to stay, there will be locally sourced curries made by Sunshine Kitchen World and a time for us to just be together.

Sunshine Kitchen World

Excited to welcome again Setondje - a South Wales based chef born in Benin who brings great energy to our dance commmunity. You might have met him on the dance floor or when he offered his foraging & food workshop at Coed Ffest last year!

Get ready for plant based, locally sourced, world cuisine fusion creations that are just super healthy and delicious!

Booking in advance recommanded here

£ 11 to pay on site. Cash or card

WHAT TO EXPECT

❃ LIVE DJS | FREE-FORM MOVEMENT | CACAO | FOOD | COMMUNITY ❃

WELCOME TO A SAFE, INSPIRING & INCLUSIVE EVENT, A CREATIVE SPACE TO UPLIFT YOUR MIND AND CONNECT WITH YOUR BODY. JOIN OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY AS WE GATHER EACH MONTH WITHOUT ALCOHOL, SHOES OR TALKING ON THE DANCE FLOOR.

THE MUSIC

ENJOY DIFFERENT TEMPOS & MUSICAL GENRES TO ACTIVATE YOUR BODY AND GO ON A JOURNEY WITH GLOBAL BEATS & RHYTHMS, WORLD MUSIC, EDM, TRIBAL HOUSE, TECHNO, AFRO BEAT, CUMBIA, REGGAETON, FOLKTRONIKA, SOUND HEALING, AND LOTS MORE.

DO YOUR OWN THING

ECSTATIC DANCE IS A SPACE FOR US TO LET GO OF STRESS, RECHARGE, EXPLORE MOVEMENT AND RELEASE. AS WE LISTEN DEEPER TO YOUR BODIES, THE DANCEFLOOR OPENS THE DOOR TO FLOWING WITH OUR EMOTIONS, CONNECT WITH OTHERS AND EXPERIENCE EUPHORIC RELEASE. NO EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED AND THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG WAY TO MOVE. THE FACILITATOR GIVES OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY BUT WE ARE TOTALLY FREE TO ENGAGE OR DO OUR OWN THING WITH THE DANCE.

➤ TIM BARNES

Excited to welcome back talented 5RHYTHMS teacher and DJ Tim Barnes to lead the dance for our Autumn Gathering... In his own words: " I came to the practice in 2012, and after years of travelling, years of uprooting, years of trying to find myself, the rhythms are what really offer me a place of stability and excitement in equal measure. A structure to be unstructured. I believe our bodies are bodies of wisdom, and when we use them as such we can transform and transcend."

Tim Barnes sees dance as a practice, embodiment as its vocabulary. As a certified 5Rhythms teacher, he teaches classes and workshops regularly in the UK as well as internationally. By holding space lightly, he hands the reins of the dance over to you, guiding you through waves of music that approach the body as a body of wisdom. Come let it in, let it out and let it go.

His enjoys playing everything from deep juicy afrobeat to high flying orchestral remix’s. 5R facilitators aren’t always DJs but Tim is! So expect another smoothly crafted soundscape to drop in to.

The 5Rhythms practice kicked off what has come to be known as the conscious dance scene. One woman, dancing around a fire under an open starlit sky and beginning to notice the rhythms of life. She was Gabrielle Roth and it developed into a practice that now has roots across the world.

It uses dance and movement as it’s medium to explore the cycles of the human experience. A dance beyond a dance. In class we dance a ‘wave’ of music that explores these rhythms of flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness.

So come let your body take you on a journey!

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➤ SEAGYPSEE

Sea Gypsee is a facilitator on a mission to inspire people to boldly engage in their life with heart and soul. She curates safe potent & inclusive containers to truly rejuvenate from the inside out. Through space holding, breathing techniques, meditation and intention, Seagypsee guides us to simply come back to ourselves, explore the depth of our presences and invite ecstasy in the simplest way possible.
Seagypsee is the creatrix of Ecstatic Dance Cardiff. She offers her unique energy in the conscious scene for places such as Ecstatic Dance UK, Ecstatic Dance Brighton, Ecstatic Dance Bristol, Cosmic Dance in Frome, Baumka Conscious Clubbing in Manchester and also creates offerings at conscious festivals such as All About Love, Medicine Festival, Boomtown, Anthropos among others, as well as holding embodiment retreats in France.

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LOCATION

COED HILLS RURAL ARTS SPACE, COWBRIDGE

WHAT TO BRING

- an open, receptive mind

- comfortable clothing

- a water bottle to stay hydrated

COME JOIN US AND LET’S DANCE!

To join the community:

https://www.facebook.com/mysticcocoon

https://www.instagram.com/seagypsee/

Photography:

We have our own photographer at the event who is part of the dance group and will be covering the event. The photos will be used only for showcasing and promoting our events. Our photographer is very discrete and unobtrusive, however, if you would prefer not to be photographed, please let us know when you arrive.