Embodied Yoga & Sacred dance
with Julie Martin
14-18 August 2024
Bringing you deeply into the practices of YOGA, MOVEMENT AND SACRED DANCE - a journey through the body and mind.
Julie has been known internationally for over 2 decades as an innovator in the yoga world, challenging the norms and embracing embodied practices for their connection and healing abilities. Presenting the movement work from a place of curiosity, asking questions instead of ‘telling’, Julie guides students to explore the spaces within and around the body, creating a dynamic that is simultaneously safe and expansive.
During these 5 days at YogaShakti, there are 5 Asana/movement Masterclasses and 2 Sacred Dance sessions to choose from. Each focuses on a different theme so that the explorations become a journey that brings you closer to your authentic self.
Asana/Movement Masterclasses
Journey into a practice that embraces your individuality and curiosity. An EMBODIED yoga based on a sensory experience, free from outdated dogma and limited linear structures. Julie works with layering movement and guiding exploration. We let go of outcomes and find space to experience the present moment in the body. Working with a theme allows this guidance to be focused but not restrictive. There will be a different theme for each class during this weekend.
Sacred Dance
What if you could release the stories that bind you.. even the ones that words cannot express?
Sacred Dance is about taking embodied movement one step further into the stories our bodies hold, often trapped in the silence our words cannot express. It is based on non-verbal communication, dance and movement therapy, and movement meditation and has a deeply healing effect on almost all practitioners who experience it.
After many years of practising different approaches to conscious dance and movement, it was a natural process to begin incorporating my interpretation of these forms, Sacred Dance, into yoga teacher training, workshops and retreats. For me, this work in the yoga community has an expressive and empowering outlet, more than traditional practices.
No experience is necessary. Bring a journal and a pen.
Asana Masterclass: 450 SEK / Class
Sacred Dance workshop: 650 SEK / class
Wednesday 14 August
09.00 - 11.00 Asana/movement masterclass - Theme: Support through the back of the body.
Thursday 15 August
09.00 - 11.00 Asana/movement masterclass - Theme: Spirals in action
Friday 16 August
09.00 - 11.00 Asana/movement masterclass - Theme: Elastic Strength
Saturday 17 August
09.00 - 11.00 Asana/movement masterclass - Theme: Using gravity and momentum
13.00 - 16.00 Sacred Dance - Theme: Finding grounding and trust
Sunday 18 August
09.00 - 11.00 Asana/movement masterclass - Theme: Play and creativity in the body and mind
13.00 - 16.00 Sacred Dance - Theme: Opening the heart to possibilities