SHAMANIC TRANCE DANCE & CACAO CEREMONY

Schedule

Sat Oct 18 2025 at 11:45 am to 02:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

2 minutes from Tufnell Park Station (full address in order confirmation email, scroll down in the email please) | London, EN

You are warmly invited to join us for this powerful Blindfolded Shamanic Trance Dance & Cacao Ceremony experience.
About this Event

You are warmly invited to join us for this powerful embodiment workshop!

  1. Blindfolded ECSTATIC Trance Dance & Cacao Ceremony

Dance, Move, Connect, Release, Meditate & Celebrate! You're welcome to come for the whole day or drop into individual sessions. All are welcome!

***Part of our all day transformational workshop TRYBE. More details here:



WHAT IS THE DAY ABOUT?

Each of our all-day workshops are like mini-urban retreats, offering Londoners a kind of sanctuary space to come and dance, be themselves, dive deep, have fun, release stress, connect with their body, and stretch themselves beyond their usual way of being. You can attend the whole day or just drop-in for single workshops. No experience necessary.

During the day you will have the chance to dance and dive into a selection of some very beautiful and unique movement & expressive practices.



SCHEDULE:

◈ 11:45am-2:30pm Blindfolded Shamanic Trance Dance with Cacao Intention Setting Ritual: Trance Dance is an invitation to a dance journey into yourself. You go inwards with your eyes closed and with the help of a blindfold, to see with your heart and connect with the wisdom inside you. Please note: Use of a blindfold is essential to get the most out of this practice!(No entry after 12pm sorry, this is so we can all journey together. Please bring a yoga mat & blanket, blindfolds will be provided!)

--> More details about individual workshops, prices, facilitators - please scroll down.



WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

1. Please come already dressed in comfortable clothing suitable for movement/fitness and dress in layers. Bring a set of dry clothes/small towel as you will probably get sweaty during the session. Toilets are available at the venue but there are no separate changing rooms.

2. We dance barefoot, in soft indoor shoes or grip socks.

3. a Reusable water bottle. Tap water & lemon water refill available at the venue.

4. Yoga mat and blanket (essential for Trance Dance & Rage Ritual). Blindfolds will be provided.

5. Packed Food/ Snacks to have during the breaks, complimentary tea/coffee will be available. There are plenty of shops and cafes nearby.



VENUE:

2 minutes walk from Tufnell Park station (Exact venue details will be in your order confirmation email! Please scroll down in the email to see all details!)

-Nearest station is Tufnell Park. 2 min walk from the station. Please check tfl.gov for latest travel updates.

-If you are driving, please be aware that the venue is in an Ultra Low Emission Zone and you may be liable to pay the daily fee.

-Find parking on parkopedia and use venues postcode. There is no parking at the venue.

-There are bicycle racks at the venue to lock your bike if you are cycling.

-Venue is accessible to wheelchair users.

-Toilets are available at the venue.



PRICES:

+Eventbrite fee. Book online or pay cash/ card on the door.

INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS:

  • Trance Dance & Cacao 11:45am-2:30pm £30-£40

CHILDREN: unfortunately these sessions are not suitable for children.

EVENTBRITE ORDER CONFIRMATION: Email might be in the spam folder. Please check the email you used to purchase the ticket, might not be your primary email account. Do not print any paper tickets, we will check you in by your name.



CANCELLATION POLICY:

We do not offer refunds/ticket swaps for another event if you cannot attend if less than 72h notice if provided. You are welcome to pass on your ticket to a friend, colleague or family member however please let us know the date & time of the booked session, name and email address of the person attending in your place. Send us an email with replacement person's details to: [email protected]

If you are showing any , please DO NOT attend the session.

If we need to cancel the class due to unforeseen circumstances, we will issue a full refund. If you have any questions please feel free to send us an email: [email protected]



💜 ALL UPCOMING WELLBEING EVENTS, RETREATS, FESTIVALS +CREWING:

Website: ecstaticdancelondon.com/events
Linktree: linktr.ee/ecstaticdancelondon
Instagram: Mailing list: https://ecstaticdancelondon.myflodesk.com/we-are-london

💛FREE CREW SPACES: We'd be very happy to hear from you if you'd like to help us in exchange for a free ticket! Requirement - you need to have attended at least two indoor events before you can join the crew. Please complete the sign up form and we'll be in touch.

💛 AWAKENING THE BREATH - Sunday Evening (7PM-9PM) Somatic Breathwork Journey - Online: https://ecstaticdancelondon.myflodesk.com/awakening-the-breath-online

💛 FEELING THE CALL TO GO DEEPER? 1-to-1 Transformational Coaching: https://ecstaticdancelondon.myflodesk.com/transformational-coaching



RETREATS & FESTIVALS 2025

💜OCTOBER 22-26 2025 - ECSTATIC DANCE AUTUMN RETREAT

Register your interest for our AUTUMN RETREAT - Conscious Dance, Music and Healthy Living Gathering: https://ecstaticdancelondon.myflodesk.com/autumn-retreat-2025



FACILITATOR

Seth Newman: ''My purpose is to facilitate rituals that empower “the whole human being” through dance and music. Like Bioenergetics and other somatic processes, for me, Trance Dance was another door to inner discovery and transformation. I have always been passionate about contemporary forms of music and dance that reclaim our vital energy and our creative potential. I believe that “letting go into life” is synonymous, with our “surrender to the body”. Letting go to the natural flow that moves through us. Letting go, to let flow! It is through “the flow experience” that we express, feel and find ourselves, without being connected to “flow” nothing creative happens.'' - Seth Newman

As a coach, Seth is dedicated to helping people calm, empower and rejuvenate their busy minds and bodies to achieve the best versions of themselves. Seth brings a wealth of experience holding heart-centered spaces. He integrates the roots of Humanistic therapies, Bioenergetics & Body Psychotherapy, Transpersonal Psychology and Tantra in creative and life-transforming workshops, retreats and trainings.

His in-depth studies, trainings, personal experiences of many therapeutic modalities such as Humanistic & Body Psychotherapy, the Human Potential Movement, 5 Rhythms, Active meditations and the teaching of the Indian Mystic Osho who he grew up with in India in the 1970s, infuse his approach to living a creative, holistic & embodied life and sharing his unique offerings with others. Seth has been facilitating regular workshops for many years.

As a musician, Seth is very passionate about rhythm & drumming, has an MA in Community Music from Goldsmith College, worked as a world music percussion teacher in East London schools for almost 20 years, created URUBU collective back in 2009 as a Live Music Ecstatic Dance experience with Afro-Brazilian drummers & musicians and started his journey as an avid DJ with a love for Afro-Beat, Cuban and Brazilian music and created an Ecstatic Dance scene in London and the UK. Seth has a life-long passion for 5 Rhythms and other movement and Ecstatic Dance practices.

URUBU has since evolved into a School of Transformational Arts - offering a variety of powerful holistic body-mind tools and practices.


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MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS:
⋘ ─ ∗TRANCE DANCE & CACAO CEREMONY∗ ─ ⋙

11:45AM - 2:30PM

A beautiful experience including Cacao Ceremony & Blindfolded Trance Dance Ritual.

Through the use of a blindfold, raw ceremonial cacao, a transforming breathing technique and dynamic rhythms, percussion and ecstatic movements, we enter into the consciousness of our body, to feel, to express, to come home… to be completely Alive!

THE INVITATION

Trance Dance is an invitation into deep liberation, driven by our breath, our intentions, and energy, and moving deeper than our verbal intellect, we let go.

Our consciousness can then flow, liberating itself into the dance… and then the ecstasy happens…

Natural body movements and intuitive expressive dance are simply forms of an ancient pre-verbal language. It is an expression of the intelligence of our creative unconscious. Honouring the evolutionary intelligence encoded in our cells!

We all seek something to complete us and give us a feeling of fullness and meaning in our lives … – The answer is inside us!

CACAO INTENTION SETTING RITUAL

We will set our intentions for Trance Dance with ceremonial grade cacao. Our Raw Vegan Cacao is prepared lovingly by Diana (who makes the best, velvety tasting cacao in town for sure!). She uses ethically sourced, highest quality ingredients from Guatemala, directly from a reliable cacao bean farmer. This rich velvety elixir is a doorway to the heart, celebrated and honoured by the Incas, Aztecs, Mayans and in many ancient traditions. Cacao, chocolate in its purest form, is a heart opening & totally natural NON-psychedelic medicine, containing an abundance of nutritional goodness & natural happy chemicals.

Release what no longer serves you, and invite in what you want more of in your life!

Feedback from previous Trance Dance events:

"An exceptional evening - everything I wanted and more! You know to experience such presence, inner stillness, sacred connection with other people, in such a short time with strangers here in London is rare to find. The body - movement - connection - presence - passion and love. I felt it all... Grateful"

"Fantastic and deeply moving experience. Powerful and blissful dancing expertly guided by Seth. Deeply grateful for the experience!"

"It was a very powerful, letting go, ritual experience. Brilliant!"

"I'm really surprised that I could feel so "high" without having to "intoxicate" myself!!! A great night and no hangover!"

"Wonderful experience. A magical journey into yourself, and an opportunity to just enjoy dance with a lovely group of soul dancers at the same time. Every movement body was a blessing. Thank you to Seth Newman to create this fantastic dance, it has helped me lot after a hard week. May Love connect us all. xxx"

"Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!"

"Such a beautiful evening; powerful experience! Feeling blessed."

"That was, excellent, friendly, well lead very different experience. Thank you"


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Where is it happening?

2 minutes from Tufnell Park Station (full address in order confirmation email, scroll down in the email please), Burghley Road, London, United Kingdom
Tickets

GBP 33.22 to GBP 44.04

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