PROGRAMME
- 16:00 Opening circle
- 16:30 Shashay Yoga
- 18:00 Contact Beyond Contact
- 19:15 Break
- 19:30 Cacao Healing Ceremony and Ecstatic Dance Journey
- 22:00 Closing circle
- REVMA, Servion 8, Athens
- December 22, 2024
- 16.00 - 22.00 μ.μ.
- 40 €
- 30 € unemployed, students, financial difficulties
- comfortable clothes
- light belly
Past Events
3/02/2024
Mια όμορφη γιορτή της Ζωής, ανοίγοντας την καρδιά που βλασταίνει χαρά. Βιώνουμε τη θεραπευτική ενέργεια του κακάο, το οποίο έχει τον τρόπο να μας καθοδηγεί στο ταξίδι της ψυχής μας, βρίσκοντας την ευδαιμονία στην καρδιά μας.
23/04/2024
Μια μέρα κατά την περίοδο της Εαρινής Ισημερίας,
καθώς η Μητέρα Φύση μας καλεί να βρούμε την ισορροπία μεταξύ νύχτας και
ημέρας, θηλυκού και αρσενικού, φωτός και σκοταδιού, εσωτερικού και
εξωτερικού εαυτού.
Cacao Healing Ceremony with Shashay Yoga and Ecstatic Contact Dance
The Winter Solstice is a great celebration all over the world. In the frozen night the light of the soul emerges again! Together we will celebrate the birth of light in an atmosphere that is both cozy and uplifting. We will warm our hearts with the Spirit of Cocoa, and our souls and bodies with Shashay Yoga led by Niovi Vlasopoulou and Contact Beyond Contact with Felix Metzger. The Cacao Ceremony will be facilitated by Valeria Koudoumogiannaki and will help us feel the Spirit of Cacao within. All the above will eventually lead step by step to open up to a holistic deep experience of ecstasy completing our experience with the ecstatic contact dance and the excellent music of DJ Junior X!
With pleasure we’ll experience this together!!
About the Cacao
The cacao we will have at the ceremony is from Peru and is specially grown for ritual use. Valeria Koudoumogiannaki who is guiding the ceremony, for 35 days she has been meditating, praying and working with its energy to bring out its best qualities, calling upon the primordial Spirit of Cacao. The archetypal energies will assist in this beautiful work of opening the heart with care, physical ecstasy, community and feeling our love for the cycles of Mother Earth and her fruits that lie dormant in Winter until they begin to sprout. We will have an experience of deep connection with ourselves and the others, feeling more at ease in the darkness, together, finding the light.
As nature and the planet have anger and pain much due to human activity, the spirit of Cacao decided to come from the depths of the forest to warm our hearts and connect us to the Earth again as Sacred! So that we remember that the We, the Community and the Siblinghood of us humans are part of Nature and together we can live in Harmony and Peace in a Culture of Care.
Shashay Yoga dance
is a fusion of yoga, dance and somatic movements created by Neovi Vlassopoulou. Beginning with conscious breathing, guided meditation and yoga, we build our foundations rooted in our masculine side then flow into our feminine energies through dance, vocal activations and full bodied expression, with a focus on Empowering the Sacral Chakra to heal and fuel us! Creating harmony and balance in our masculine and feminine polarities along to uplifting shamanic and divine music.
No experience in yoga or dance required. Expect to feel liberated in your body as well as having loads of fun!
No experience in yoga or dance required. Expect to feel liberated in your body as well as having loads of fun!
About Contact Beyond Contact
Contact Beyond Contact is a dance and healing practice that integrates Authentic Movement, Contact Improvisation, and Passing Through with practices of qigong, yoga, healing modalities, energy work, mindfulness and leadership skills, proprioceptive and exteroceptive senses, somatics and principles of behaviorism, as well as the philosophies of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism. These practices are well-woven together to create a holistic integration of the Body, Mind, Heart, and Spirit.
During the Contact Beyond Contact session, we will explore: How much can I open up to the invitations of others to dance with me? How can I be aligned with myself and at the same time in deep contact with the other? We will get to know different ways of relating to each other, of how to invite and be invited, to lead and be led, to hold and be held. DJ Junior X will then bring this into a warm and soothing acoustic atmosphere for the Ecstatic Dance, helping us to express our soft and wild parts with secrecy and joy. The feeling of ecstasy will be a result of all the preparation, of the ceremony, the contact beyond contact lesson, and of course the beautiful music of our DJ.
So we will be very happy to have you on this healing and ecstatic journey to experience community and unity!
Please bring comfortable clothes and a cup for the cacao. Make sure not to come with a full belly and not to eat meat the same day.
What is Ecstatic Dance?
Ecstatic Dance is a free movement where you dance in whatever way feels best to you.
In this dance, there is no structure or steps to follow or dance in any particular way.
It is a safe space with a free atmosphere, a container of acceptance and courage that empowers people of all ages and professions to express themselves freely through dance.
We believe that through dance everyone can discover, explore, release, and empower their individual potential and inner self. Let’s create wonderful and powerful energy and celebrate LIFE to the fullest!
Framework for Participation in Ecstatic Dance
– We dance and move freely with awareness, care, and respect for others
– We dance barefoot or with socks (shoes are acceptable for medical reasons)
– No alcohol, smoking, or illegal drugs
– No food or drinks
– We dance in silence
– No photos or videos, mobiles on silent
In this dance, there is no structure or steps to follow or dance in any particular way.
It is a safe space with a free atmosphere, a container of acceptance and courage that empowers people of all ages and professions to express themselves freely through dance.
We believe that through dance everyone can discover, explore, release, and empower their individual potential and inner self. Let’s create wonderful and powerful energy and celebrate LIFE to the fullest!
Framework for Participation in Ecstatic Dance
– We dance and move freely with awareness, care, and respect for others
– We dance barefoot or with socks (shoes are acceptable for medical reasons)
– No alcohol, smoking, or illegal drugs
– No food or drinks
– We dance in silence
– No photos or videos, mobiles on silent