5-Day Ecstatic Dance & Frequency Healing Immersion — Sarasota Retreat

June 10–14, 2026 | 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Sarasota Dance Studio

This is a grounded, community-based immersion designed for people who are not trying to escape their lives—but deepen into them.

In a world that moves fast and keeps us in our heads, this is a return to the body, the breath, and real human connection. For five consecutive days, we gather in Sarasota to move, release, listen, and reconnect through ecstatic dance, yoga, meditation, contact improvisation, gong baths, somatic practice, and frequency-based sound journeys.

This is not a retreat you fly to—it is a field you step into.

A living container where presence becomes the practice, and community becomes the medicine.

Day 1: Safety + landing

Day 2: Emotional release + body intelligence

Day 3: Connection + relational awareness

Day 4: Shadow + full expression

Day 5: Integration + embodiment of new self

Most people are carrying more than they show—stress, emotional buildup, disconnection from the body, and a quiet sense that something deeper is waiting to be felt.

The problem is not that you need to “fix” yourself.

It’s that you need a space where your nervous system can safely unwind, your emotions can move, and your body can finally speak without judgment.

This immersion creates that space.

Not through theory—but through experience.

When you commit to showing up daily in a supported community container:

• Your nervous system begins to regulate and reset
• Emotional layers begin to move and release naturally
• You reconnect to sensation, clarity, and presence
• Movement becomes a language for what words cannot express
• You feel held while still taking full ownership of your experience
• You stop processing life alone

And perhaps most importantly—you realize you are not disconnected… you were just alone in it.

This immersion is guided through embodied facilitation and frequency-based sound journeys designed to support deep internal shifts.

DJ Kat creates intentional ecstatic dance experiences using layered sound design, global rhythms, tribal percussion, ambient textures, and harmonic frequency structures that support nervous system regulation and expanded states of awareness.

These sound journeys are not just music sets—they are energetic arcs that move the body through release, expansion, grounding, and integration.

Each day may include:

• Ecstatic Dance Journeys (free movement + sound medicine)
• Yin Yoga & Somatic Grounding Practices
• Contact Improvisation (trust, play, connection)
• Gong Baths & Sound Healing
• Breathwork & nervous system regulation tools
• Authentic movement & emotional expression practices
• Partner + group exploration exercises
• Integration circles & reflective sharing
• Time for rest, integration, and community connection

• 9:30–10:00 Arrival + Opening Circle
• 10:00–12:00 Movement / Workshop Session
• 12:00–1:00 Lunch Break
• 1:00–3:00 Deep Dive / Partner Practice
• 3:15–4:45 Dance Journey / Integration
• 4:45–5:00 Closing Circle

This is intentionally designed to meet you where you are:

• Full 5-Day Immersion: $500 (early) / $550 (after 5/15)
• Single Day Pass: $135
• Single Session Drop-In: $35
• Ecstatic Dance Add-On: +$20

You do not have to do it all to benefit from it.

Come for a moment, a day, or the full arc.

This immersion is for you if you are:

• Living a conscious or reflective life but craving deeper embodiment
• Feeling mentally full, emotionally stagnant, or physically disconnected
• Seeking real community—not surface connection
• Already on a wellness path but wanting deeper momentum
• Curious about movement, sound, and somatic healing
• Ready to feel more present in your own life

Info: DAY 1 — ARRIVAL + UNWINDING THE BODY (Grounding + Safety + Connection)

Theme: “Landing in the body, landing in the room”

Morning Workshop (9:30–12:30)

Opening Circle + Intentions
Welcome, agreements, container setting
Nervous system safety + group coherence practices
Embodiment Warm-Up
Breathwork to arrive fully in the body
Gentle somatic scanning (where am I holding life?)
Ecstatic Dance Journey (soft landing set)
Slow build music: earth-based, fluid, spacious
Focus: dropping armor, not performing

Afternoon Workshop (2:00–5:00)

Movement Awareness Training
“Moving from sensation instead of choreography”
Partner Grounding Exercises
Eye-gazing, mirroring, nervous system co-regulation
Closing Integration Circle
Sharing: “What did I notice in my body today?”

Info: DAY 2 — BODY INTELLIGENCE + RELEASE

Theme: “Letting the body speak what the mind holds”

Morning Workshop

Somatic Activation Practice
Shake + release (stress discharge methods)
Voice + breath integration (sound as release)
Ecstatic Dance Journey (elemental set: earth/water/fire)
Invites emotional movement + expression
Encouraging full range (not just “happy dance”)

Afternoon Workshop

Emotional Movement Mapping
How emotions show up in hips, chest, jaw, etc.
Solo Expression Practice
“Dance your current emotional state without fixing it”
Group Reflection Circle
Normalizing emotional waves in embodiment

Info: DAY 3 — CONNECTION + CONTACT + RELATIONSHIP WITH SPACE

Theme: “I move with you, not for you”

Morning Workshop

Contact Improv Foundations
Weight sharing, listening through touch
Consent-based movement exploration
Ecstatic Dance Journey (relational energy set)
Music that invites play, curiosity, connection

Afternoon Workshop

Relational Awareness Lab
Boundaries in movement
Leading/following dynamics without control
Partner Integration Work
“Stay with yourself while being with another”
Closing Circle
What did connection teach you about yourself?

Info: DAY 4 — SHADOW + AUTHENTIC EXPRESSION

Theme: “What I hide is also what wants to dance”

Morning Workshop

Shadow Movement Practice
Anger, grief, fear expressed safely through body
Deconditioning “nice dancing”
Ecstatic Dance Journey (wild expression set)
Deep bass, tribal, glitch, raw emotional arc

Afternoon Workshop

Authentic Expression Lab
Sound, gesture, posture, instinct-led movement
Witnessing Practice
Being seen without fixing or interpreting
Integration Circle
“What part of me got to exist today that usually doesn’t?”

Info: DAY 5 — INTEGRATION + BECOMING

Theme: “The dance continues outside the room”

Morning Workshop

Integration Movement Ceremony
Slow, intentional movement practice
Bringing together all elements learned
Ecstatic Dance Journey (ceremonial set)
Expansive, heart-opening, peak + release arc

Afternoon Workshop

Life Integration Mapping
How does this body wisdom apply to daily life?
Relationships, work, creativity, self-care
Closing Ritual Circle
Gratitude, witnessing transformation
Final embodiment practice + release

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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