The Silence of Winter ~ A New Year Movement Retreat w/ Blanche & Francis

Name: The Silence of Winter ~ A New Year Movement Retreat w/ Blanche & Francis
Start: 2025-12-29T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-02T14:00:00+00:00
Location: Sambogaya

Schedule

Mon, 29 Dec, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Fri, 02 Jan, 2026 at 02:00 pm

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Location

Sambogaya | Glastonbury, EN

OUR SEVENTH SILENCE OF WINTER RETREAT, THIS TIME IN GLASTONBURY!
As we journey towards the turning of the year, we’ll take this time to let our hearts & bodies move with the challenges, opportunities & gifts that 2025 has presented us ~ & we’ll call upon our courage & creativity to give form, movement & breath to our individual & collective vision for 2026.
5 Rhythms dance, Somatic Experiencing in Movement & Stillness Meditation will be our practices & our moving bodies will guide our way home as we dance, vision, commune & rest in the spirit of friendship & nourishment. Following a delicious banquet, we’ll cross the threshold into 2026 with a powerful fire ceremony combining silence with celebration.
Held in the sweet grasp of the ancient Avalon energy at our magical sanctuary Sambogaya, we will embrace the spirit of peace that Winter offers us, while reawakening our bodies to the creative art of resourceful movement.
Fed by spring water & housing a sauna, ice bath, outdoor temple and underfloor heated dance studio, Sambogaya sits at the foot of Chalice Hill, a short walk from the Chalice Well, the White Spring & the vibrant town centre. Rising above, just a few minutes behind us is the wondrous Tor.
• 5Rhythms dance, Somatic Experiencing in movement, Meditation, sauna, ritual spring water bathing, fire ritual, nature walks, visioning & more.
• Dec 29th 5pm - Jan 2nd 2pm
• Cost: £545 (residential)
• Breakfast and supper included. Lunch will be self catered (shops & cafes nearby, & cooking facilities available)
• 5 mins walk from Glastonbury town centre. Parking available at the venue.
• Booking: b[email protected]
BLANCHE: I love sharing my passion for embodied movement and nature-based meditation. I’m a Somatic Movement facilitator, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (body-based trauma therapist) and bodyworker with my private practice Somatic Alchemy. I am an experienced facilitator, guiding individuals and groups to explore creative organic movement for healing and connection.
www.somatic-alchemy.co.uk
FRANCIS: Dancing to wonderful music in a beautiful & safe environment taps me into the freedom that I am. I've spent the last 20 years developing the skill of guiding people into an experiential understanding of this freedom as our birthright. I developed Sambogaya as a vehicle for our collective work to evolve & its beauty is palpable. I trained with Gabrielle Roth back in 2004 & she still has my back every time I teach. www.awakenedpresence.org