THREADS of our ANCESTORS | A Movement Medicine Weekend Workshop with Jo Hardy

Name: THREADS of our ANCESTORS | A Movement Medicine Weekend Workshop with Jo Hardy
Start: 2025-11-21T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-23T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 237 Sackville Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario

Schedule

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Sun, 23 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

237 Sackville Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario | Toronto, ON

“We are all links in a great chain of being —
stretching back into the mists of time and forward
into the unknown future. To forget our ancestors
is to sever a vital connection, leaving us adrift,
without the nourishment of true roots.”
— Indigenous wisdom
November 21–23, 2025 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
📍 Venue: St. Cyril Church, 237 Sackville Street, Toronto, ON
Eventbrite Link:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1578385356089?aff=oddtdtcreator
Threads of our Ancestors is an immersive Movement Medicine journey into awakening the threads of connection with our ancestors — embracing their gifts and resilience, while giving space and care to healing their suffering.
On the dance floor, we fall into wild, spontaneous dances together and experience the profound interconnectedness of life. This resource both grounds us deeply in the body and enlivens our awake-ness.
From this space, we will dive into reclaiming the threads of our ancestral lineages — the good, the troubled, and the disowned.
During this workshop, we will:
* Resource deeply in the dance — grounding in the body and opening to awake-ness
* Support and inspire each other
* Get curious about the wounds and suffering of our ancestors that live on in our own embodiment
* Awaken and embrace places of shame, numbness, and the transgressions of our ancestors
* Dance the undigested, dance for reclamation, and dance for forgiveness
* Learn to stand more fully in our lineage with honesty and open relation to things as they are
The more fully we stand in our lineage with love, honesty, and forgiveness, the more we open beyond our edges of numbness and undigested emotion.
Deepening together, the We-Space becomes a richer and more present field of love — compassionate, joyful, vibrant, and intimate beyond separation.
NEW | Capacity-Based Tuition
Like a forest, our community flourishes when each part plays its role.
TUITION + HST (13%)
🌱 Roots – $285 + $37.05 HST = $322.05
🌿 Branches – $325 + $42.25 HST = $367.25
☀️ Sunlight – $365 + $47.45 HST = $412.45
🌰 Seeds – $215 + $27.95 HST = $242.95
✨ How to Register & Pay by E-transfer
We’re so glad you’re joining us! Here’s how to reserve your spot:
Go to Eventbrite for link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1578385356089?aff=oddtdtcreator
Select the Email Transfer Registration - Pay Separately ticket and complete your free checkout here on Eventbrite.
Within 24 hours, send your tuition + 13% HST by e-transfer to [email protected].
Once we receive your e-transfer, your place in the workshop is confirmed.
If payment isn’t received within 24 hours, your ticket will be released so someone else can join.
We can’t wait to dance with you! 🌿
💬 Testimonials
“We have known Jo for many years and recognise in her a truly beautiful blend born of her many years of dedicated practice and enquiry. She is wise, funny, and a truly unique dancer with a heart of gold and an uncompromising intelligence. Jo’s wisdom and depth links the personal, archetypal, and collective. She’s a force of nature who will stay with you wherever your journey leads.”
— Ya’Acov & Susannah Darling Khan, The School of Movement Medicine
I so appreciate the deep listening and presence you brought — the way you are amongst us, the people, and not outside, above, below, or elsewhere, but simply on the ground with the rest of us. This ensures everyone feels welcome and included, and gives permission and space for all parts to be seen, held, and moved. Love the way you work. You have distilled it down to a fine art, and I will not stop asking you to share this distillation with others. I am in the long line-up of people who would love to learn from you… waiting.”
— Julia Ray, Ecstatic Dance Toronto
I am at a loss for words to really describe how beautiful and potent the weekend was. It was simply a gift that is shining brightly in me today so powerfully — and I have a feeling it will continue shining for a good long while yet. Yes, to this potent medicine you bring, Jo, this sweet combination. Yes and wow, what a beautiful offering in this world.”
— Sharon, Soul Motion Teacher
Meet Jo Hardy
Jo Hardy is a conscious dance and group facilitator, somatic psychotherapist, transformational coach, supervisor, and trainer. She is an accredited teacher of 5Rhythms (Waves & Heartbeat), Open Floor, and Movement Medicine.
Her work blends:
Conscious dance
Dynamic heart inquiry
Embodied awakening
Somatic psychotherapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Process work
Authentic relating
Trauma-informed approaches
Jo Hardy's Story
"Exploring what facilitates lasting transformation is my passion."
For over 40 years, Jo has studied diverse perspectives, philosophies, and transformational modalities. Her offerings are rooted in her integration of:
Conscious dance
Somatic psychotherapy
Mindfulness & presence
Dynamic heart inquiry
Awakening teachings
Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects
Thomas Hübl’s collective trauma teachings
Amerta Movement with Suprapto Suryodarmo
Jo has taught workshops in the UK, USA, Canada, Greece, Portugal, Thailand, China, Russia, and Taiwan. Highlights include:
12 years as a professional mentor & faculty member at the School of Movement Medicine
20 years in private psychotherapy practice
12 years as senior trainer on the MA in Contemplative Psychotherapy at The Karuna Institute (UK)
Leading Personal Resilience training, Conflict Fundamentals, and large-scale facilitation for the International Transition Network
What Matters Most
“As I gather years on Planet Earth, what matters
to me most is the joy and profound healing of
movement and dance, and its potential to enhance
presence, embodiment, and relatedness.”