HORIZON - a residential workshop in the mountains
Schedule
Thu, 20 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sun, 23 Mar, 2025 at 12:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Mountain Retreat & Learning Center | Highlands, NC
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Dance yourself wide open to the dreams & desires longing to come through.This is our THIRD year of HORIZON and I'm always blown away by the utter magic we create together. You can literally feel it in every cell of your body.
Dancing at the top of a mountain with a 360° view allows us to broaden our lens, to see a little further, to envision what’s out there that’s calling to us. As we step into the dreamtime we will feel into those desires. Through the alchemical power of our dance we will embody & enchant those desires so they become real.
This is the wayfinding map of emergence which is essentially: see, feel, do, become.
In this residential workshop, when we are outside of our daily patterns and in the dreamtime, we can access what our soul path wants us to know by listening to the guidance from our bodies and the nature-based intelligence around us. Together we’ll discover what enchantment looks, feels and moves like as the circle we create together weaves its own kind of magic.
The crucial element of learning this map is the container for seeing & feeling which we often don’t allow ourselves to experience. We may be wary of enchantment or don’t know how to access the magic that happens when we engage our bodies in transformative ways. It may feel scary to feel or even to move because we don’t know what will happen next.
This retreat is for you if:
~~You find yourself too busy with your daily life to tune in to your dreams and desires
~~You’re curious about the “dreamtime” and would like to experience it
~~You’re drawn to dance and movement but sometimes feel inhibited about your expression or ability to move
~~You’ve been dancing for a while and want to tap into that feeling of transcendence that happens periodically on a more consistent basis
~~You haven’t given yourself time or space to explore movement in a way that feels safe, creative and maybe even magic-making
We will be guided by the wisdom of the 5Rhythms map, nature inquiry, visioning, and by Julie Stuart, a 5Rhythms teacher and skilled practitioner of the art of emergence.
We’ll be dancing at the top of a mountain in the southern Appalachians, the world’s oldest mountains, on ancestral Cherokee land and weaving our explorations with the land and the sentient beings who live there.
This workshop is for people who are new to 5Rhythms or who have danced the practice for decades. We welcome people of all cultures, colors, creeds, all genders and sexualities, all sizes, abilities and life stages. You don’t need to feel strong or energetic to join us. You can do this whole practice from a chair or the floor.
If you’re interested in contributing to a scholarship fund so that we can offer this workshop to folks who can’t self-fund, you can send money to Julie which will be passed along directly. Venmo: julie-stuart-12 and paypal: [email protected]
If you need scholarship funds to come please reach out early.
I can’t wait to welcome you there. Please send me any questions or concerns you may have.
with so much love,
Julie
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The 5Rhythms are the foundation of Gabrielle Roth’s body of work, a series of healing maps for BODY HEART MIND SOUL SPIRIT. A map that serves as a dynamic container for you to journey wherever you wish to go but will always lead you home.
This guided dance movement practice powerfully catalyses our body’s wild intelligence in a freely expressed movement meditation through an exploration of our interior landscape so that we can be more alive, authentic & human. A practice where moving is metaphor and movement is medicine.
The 5Rhythms is carried by a worldwide circle of teachers who are somatic DJ’s and embodiment facilitators, who have been rigorously trained. We are steeped in a half century-long lineage. There is literally a wave that rolls across the globe every single day that we’re a part of here.
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About Julie Stuart: Julie has over two decades of experience as a consultant & facilitator of emergence who works with organisations and individuals to navigate complex change, imagine new ways of being and create strategies forward from collective wisdom using deep dialogue, large-scale visual mapping and embodiment practices. She designs and guides transformative workshops which explore the intersection of sensuality, intuition, art and movement. She is a certified teacher of the 5Rhythms.
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PLEASE NOTE: you’ll have TWO separate payments, one to Julie for the workshop and the other to the Mountain for lodging. The early bird pricing applies ONLY to the workshop fee.
Payment to the Mountain is required by March 14, one week before the workshop begins but highly encourage you to pay as soon as you can so that you can secure the accommodations you prefer. There may be another group at the same time which limits the number of single and double rooms. We'll try our best to get you the room you prefer but encourage you to not wait to register.
PROGRAM FEES
Early bird (pay by January 31): $365
Regular: $415
5RTA Members (Approval required): $315
Crew (Approval required): $260
To pay for the workshop:
Zelle (preferred) and Paypal: [email protected]
Venmo: juliestuart-workshops
Cash or check
LODGING AND MEALS (SEPARATE FROM PROGRAM FEES)
4 day/ Adult Double Occupancy: $390 + tax
Adult Single Occupancy (limited availability): $600 + tax
Adult Bunkhouse: $330 + tax
Commuter (full event): $210 + tax
https://www.themountainrlc.org/event/5rhythms-dance-movement-retreat-fall-2024/ (yes this link will get you there until we update it)
On the HOME page the registration portal button is in the upper right.
Check-in begins Thursday at 3:00PM
Dinner is at 6 PM and dance starts at 7:30 pm
Program ends at 11:30 am Sunday with lunch to follow at noon - 1 pm though you don't need to stay for lunch.
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Where is it happening?
The Mountain Retreat & Learning Center, 776 Little Scaly Rd, Highlands, NC 28741, United States,Highlands, North CarolinaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
