Wild Roots Forest Ecstatic Dance
About this Event
🌳 Wild Roots: Ecstatic Dance 🌿
🎧 Silent Disco Movement in Nature 🌱
📍 Location: Ancient woodland in Cardiff (exact location and parking details shared after booking)
📅 Date: Sat 25th July
⏰ Time: 10am – 12pm
🌿 Join us in a beautiful ancient woodland for a substance-free, conscious somatic movement experience held in nature.
You are invited to move with the land, listening to your body and following its own natural rhythm.
Beneath the canopy of ancient trees, we gather in a sober, welcoming space to dance together, guided by the rhythms of the earth. This is a somatic journey into movement, sensation, and presence, a chance to step out of the thinking mind and into the wisdom of the body.
As summer comes alive in the woodland, morning light filters through the leaves and birdsong fills the air, gently holding us as we reconnect with our own wild nature.
🌿 The Dance Floor
Barefoot on the forest floor, we’re invited back into something instinctive, a deeper remembering in the body.
Beneath the trees and in rhythm with the land, movement becomes ritual. We gather to release what is ready to shift, welcome what is emerging, and soften into change together.
A silent disco journey unfolds through the woodland, each person free to move in their own way. Move in a way that supports what your body needs right now. Let the land, your body, and the morning light guide you.
🌿 What is Ecstatic Dance?
Ecstatic Dance is a free-form, music-led, conscious movement practice woven into the Wild Roots way of meeting the body and the land.
There is no choreography, no pressure, no performance. The body leads, and movement unfolds naturally in relationship with what is present.
A wave of music carries dancers on a somatic movement journey, beginning in grounded stillness. From here, sound builds in energy and momentum, inviting expression, release, connection, and deep embodied listening.
This is a space to move as nature moves, instinctive, responsive, and alive. Everyone is welcome, especially first-timers and curious movers. The invitation is simple: be present with the music, your body, and the living moment.
🌱 Our Dance Guidelines
To keep the space safe, grounded, and nourishing for everyone:
👣 No shoes - we dance barefoot
🤫 No talking on the dance floor
📵 No phones
🚫 No substances - safe sober space
✋ Respect your boundaries and those of others
🎧 Silent disco headphones for an immersive shared experience
🌿 Why on the Land?
Out here, movement is shaped by the living world around us. Earth underfoot, shifting light, wind through the trees, all become part of the dance.
This offers a chance to:
🔹 Reconnect with your body through nature
🔹 Move in rhythm with the land rather than distraction or noise
🔹 Feel grounded, present, and alive
This is dance as connection, embodiment, and return to nature.
🌀 Flow of the Morning
⏰ 10am Arrival
⏰ 10:15am Walk to our secret woodland dance floor
⏰ 10:30am Opening Circle & Ecstatic Dance Journey
⏰ 12pm Closing Circle
🕊 We are in nature so these timings are approximate. Please arrive on time as we walk in together.
🧍 What to Expect (Physical Experience)
• Uneven woodland terrain
• Extended periods of standing, walking, and dancing
• No formal seating provided
• Outdoor natural conditions throughout
• No toilet facilities on site
• Limited phone signal in the woodland
🌿 Meeting Point
Exact location and parking details will be included in your booking confirmation email. A reminder with final directions will be sent 24–48 hours before the event. We will then walk together to the woodland site.
Approx. 20–25 minutes from Cardiff city centre.
✨Connect
Join the the WhatsApp community for lift shares and connect with other dancers here
💫 What to Bring
💧 Plenty of water (no water available on site)
👕 Comfortable clothes to move and sweat in
🧥 Warm layers
🤍 This Dance Is For
🔹 Anyone drawn to move in rhythm in nature and open-air movement
🔹 First timers curious about Ecstatic Dance
🔹 Experienced dancers and regular movers
🔹 Those who don’t usually dance but feel called to try
🔹 Anyone craving release, expression, and connection under the Full Moon
🔹 Those seeking a shared grounding experience in land and community
All bodies and all ways of moving are welcome.
💟 GENERAL SAFETY
Please take care of your own wellbeing during the event. The terrain can be uneven, slippery, or dark in places, and our dance floor is natural woodland.
You attend at your own risk and are responsible for your own wellbeing throughout the event.
💟 WEATHER CONTINGENCY
We welcome all weather as part of the journey and ask you to come prepared for changing conditions.
A decision will be made the afternoon before the event, guided by forecast and site conditions. This is an outdoor event and will go ahead in light rain. Only extreme weather will result in cancellation.
If the event cannot safely go ahead, tickets can be transferred to another event or refunded. All attendees will be kept informed by email with updates.
DJ & FACILITATOR:
🌿 About Adra Morwyn
Adra Morwyn is a Welsh Ecstatic Dance DJ and conscious movement facilitator based in Cardiff. With over 20 years of musical exploration and creative mischief behind him, he creates immersive dance journeys that invite freedom, connection, and authentic expression.
Drawing on a rich and eclectic musical landscape, Adra crafts carefully curated sound journeys that guide dancers from grounding and presence through rhythm, release, celebration, and integration. His sets are responsive and intuitive, meeting the energy of the room while supporting each person’s unique experience.
Trained with Dance The Medicine (DTM), Adra brings a somatic and trauma-aware approach to facilitation, creating spaces that feel welcoming, safe, and alive. His intention is simple: to offer opportunities for people to reconnect with their bodies, the natural world, and the shared experience of moving together.
Through a deep love of music, nature, and community, Adra holds spaces where newcomers and experienced dancers alike can feel free to explore, express, and come home to themselves.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 12.36 to GBP 24.00
