SOLSTICE DANCES 2016 WITH JOHN KELLY

DREAM DANCE

The Earth is turning
In Magical Movement
Dreaming with time
In Mysterious Ways

We are not separate
We are her children
Remember your self
And dance in her waves

Come together
At one with your nature
Dance the Rhythms
The gifts of your birth

Wave of the Solstice
Taking you deeper
Into the changes
Of Grandmother Earth
Jk...............................

    

MEDICINE DANCE

Come celebrate Midsummer
Dance your Path clean
Quest for clear Vision
Awaken your Dream

Create Sacred Spaces
Sing Dance and Drum
Sit by the Fire
Share stories have Fun

Make beauty make silence
Make laughter or cry
Camp in the woods
Where Faeries can fly
Jk..............................

 

THE ARTICULATION OF PRESENCE WITH LEON LUCEV

The workshop ARTICULATION OF PRESENCE, guided by croatian actor Leon Lučev and organized by Gaia collective, will be held on 13, 14 and 15 of May, in Pula.
 
The three days workshop will start in the on Friday, 05.13. at 7pm, with the public presentation. It will continue in the Gaia Association, 3rd floor right, on Saturday and Sunday 14 and 15 of May since 10am to 6pm.

Detailed information and registration are available on:helenagaia.blogspot.com, gaiaistra@gmail.com, 00385 (0)95 890 1371 

The following is the Leon's brief description of the workshop: 
"What is happening is part of a group of people who gather and allow that to happen. Each group is different, I change, so that any explanation of the work was the memory of an experience that has passed. 

Here in Pula will be a new, authentic and unique, as well as all the experiences so far.An individual with himself, exposed in front of the group that accompanies it, or does not follow, support, refuses, likes and dislikes.What wakes while we're alone? What rises from the depths? How does it feel? Do we know that nominate?What if we accept it? As if to embrace? What if it occurs-disappearing?What if we are already perfect?These are the questions, experiences that we have encountered in the previous workshops. 

Operation is simple, basic. Individual himself in front of the group divides its current state, emotions, thoughts - nonverbal.Sometimes the work goes to dance, play, emotions.Sometimes I play a scene, sometimes we bring more participants.Stripped - behind all forms of thinking, emotion, identity stands out as an authentic, quiet, always there, while we wander in a sea of ​​imagination, fantasies, ... .. it's always there. That's us. "

 Description ba Nastja Kulović, the participants of the workshop: 

"Workshop THE ARTICULATION OF PRESENCE 

Workshop articulation of presence led by Leon Lučev is actually how Leon says, simple acting exercise that consists in the fact that an individual is exposed to the assembled group of people with whom nonverbal share their feelings and thoughts. 

Group to an individual, along with Leon, helps integrate what during its exposure to the surface, things with which otherwise we hardly face. Sometimes the work of an individual brings in the dance, play, or swirl of emotions, sometimes play a scene, sometimes Leon introduce more participants, but almost always at the end of the exercise the individual stands in front of a group without fear, shame, without embarrassment, in peace with everything he feels and thinks . 

The biggest boon of this workshop is the understanding that everything that is raised from the bottom is not characterized as good or bad, and the willingness of all to accept and embrace their nakedness. 

Each workshop is different as far as the different groups gather, because each workshop provides a new experience, takes us on a unique journey of dealing with our perfection that is, in fact, always there within us."

FAMILY TREE HEALING THROUGH ANCESTORS DANCE

FAMILY TREE HEALING THROUGH ANCESTORS DANCE  is a process that facilitates energy recovery of genetic connections; awareness and integration of shady, rejected, repressed parts and balances the family tree. Surrendering to the universal movement of the Spirit, we allow the deep answers to the important questions of life, to emerge on the surface. 

The Workshop program:

1. Ancestors Trance Dance Ritual                                                                                                   
2.The family tree balancing                                                                                                  

3.Gong healing bath as an integration



The workshop is the second in a cycle of Indo-European / Old Slavic dances of 7 workshops on Saturdays and this one happends as a preparation for spring equinox celebration. Energy will be healing and powerful, you only have to step into this unknown, but always familiar experience: 

 -23.1.2016
-19.3.2016
-30.4.2016
-25.6.2016
-30.7.2016
-11.9.2016

Helena Gaia Petrović:

helenagaia.blogspot.com; gaiatrancedance.blogspot.com, 095 890 1371; gaiaistra@gmail.com
http://www.trancedance.com/croatia.do?&contentItemId=615

Place: Gaia Holistic Center , Pula, Istria, Croatia
https://www.facebook.com/GAIA-Holistic-Center-283504012964/

 A few words of Wilbert Alix, the director of Trance Dance International about the shamanic spirituality (http://www.trancedance.com/):

"Perhaps the 'self' we seek is not one self but rather a deeper, collective 'evolutionary self'... an organic wisdom which appears when we atone and thereby embody the spiritual lives of our ancestors.

Shamanic spirituality is rooted in the belief that the soul is eternal and never dies. Therefore, ancestors are the historical manifestations of our eternally evolving soul. Ancestors make up the very fiber that constitutes what we call wisdom.    

Shamanism's view is that spirit and ancestors are synonymous... one and the same, our organic connection bound together by a timeless line of reincarnations that govern all aspects of nature. Somewhere within the evolution of western culture we lost appreciation for the importance of these genetic, organic connections. We walked away from our relationship to ancestral wisdom.
 
Instead, humanity began to embrace various forms of religion simply because what religion promises is life beyond death. Meanwhile, in this lifetime we frequently feel spiritually fragmented and incomplete. Believing in a future concept of spirit has slowly eroded our capacity to detect wisdom... and re-establishing our capacity to cultivate deep wisdom seems to be directly linked to personally re-experiencing our ancestral evolution.

DNA research continues to validate these physical connections we have to each other. It suggests a relatedness between all human beings, a common genetic code within everyone. 

We forgive people in death in ways we could not in life. The wisdom we receive from our ancestors is the wisdom of forgiveness. This message is to forgive others in these ways while we are living.
The result is an enhanced capacity to channel ancestral wisdom into everyday life."

 

                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

SPRING DANCE WITH JOHN KELLY

Now Quick Awake
The Dance is New
Horny Moves with Tender

Jump the Fire
Roll the Stone
Spring Rises in her Splendour

One Life Love Nature
One Being Moving Free

One Breath Heart Knowing
Come Spring Rise Up in me

Jk.

About John: 

John Kelly is a long-time teacher of the 5 Rhythms Dance. By the time he moved to Rome, John was the Soul of  5 Rhythms movement in Croatia and mentor of the first and second generation of teachers in the Balkans and beyond, setting a high pedagogic and ethical standards to all those who teach this method and not just it. As a psychologist with years of experience, a great teacher of yoga and initiated shaman in one of the North American traditions, he is a mentor / supervisor of teachers who practice other methods of self-development. His workshops are a combination of dancing, singing, psychodrama, ritual theater, art, deep shamanic experiences, wanderful magic touch and a lot of fun. John is unique. His simplicity, humility, humor, creativity, authenticity and goodness are precious and rare. Responsible freedom which he lives, makes it easier for others to live it, too..... I could talk for days about everything that I learned from John, and I will continue to transmit untill the end of my life ... so far, it's better to finish now and let those who want to experience John's work. All his workshops are transformative and unique, deeply penetrating beyond the illusory appearance and social conditioning, even the joyful spring celebration. 

Helena Gaia :)

https://jk5rhythms.wordpress.com/

SMALL RIDING SCHOOL

Enlightened Equitation small riding school for children

by Vanja Ivanović

Every Saturday at 12:00 pm, starting from February 27.2016. 

Today, when in the world we have a growing problem of lack of empathy, and when the progress of civilization has led to a great majority of the time trapped behind the screen and in different virtual worlds, it is important to show the children that there are other values ​​and healthier quality of life.

  

Riding school for children conceived as a small school in nature with the help of horses encourages children to activity, creativity and the development of positive qualities of mind and character.Children with basics of balance on the horse in walk and trot, also acquire the knowledge and skills abot the horses in which include: eating habits of horses, the social life of a horse in a herd, the basic needs of the horse, learn about the horses and learn to behave properly around the horses. They learn how to approach a horse, take a horse, groom, clean hooves and properly saddle and also adjust equipment to the horse and to themself.They have a chance to see the horses in their natural environment and under the supervision and proper guidance they can socialize with them.Staying in a healthy environment with horses with proper operation and guidance, helps to focus the children who have more difficulties to concentrate and easy to lose focus. Children and children with low self-esteem helped to become more open and more confident.Riding stimulates and strengthens muscles and helps proper growth and development of the child.

In a small riding school emphasis is on respect and the development of empathy for all living beings and respect for the horse as an animal which also has a personality and feelings.Classes are designed to work with a group of children, except for the parts of the riding or keeping horses where the child learns individually with a coach or companion.Regardless of earlier knowledge group moves from the basics and over time teacher adapts content to the knowledge, skills and abilities of the group, also in the riding and working with horses to every child individually. 

In order to develop relationships and trust between horse and child, the basic movements with the horse first overcome from the floor, and then in horseriding. Riding class consists of balance exercises on the horse and developing a sense of movement of horses and synchronization with horse movement.Children learn how to run a horse in gait and later in the trot and how to slow down or stop. Master the movements of the horse turn.The emphasis is on the use of the seat, balance and body position so that the rider is in the beginning dosn't use the reins.Horseback riding is done in a controlled environment with a trainer at lonza and, if necessary, with additional horse guide with. 

To participate is necessary to be previously announced, and for more information and an agreement freely contact:

 eetvanja@gmail.com or liska.riding@gmail.com

or the numbers:00385 (0)092 188 8549, 00385 (0)092 126 7286

AUTUMN DANCE WITH JOHN KELLY

Summer Dances into Autumn
18/19/20/21/22 September

Summer Dances
into
Autumn

Releases
into
Being free

Letting go
of
Letting go

Surrendering
to
Letting be
Jk.

Dear People, 

Agency GAIA TRAVEL Pula ended its journey in its old form, but we move on in the new ways. Gaia Travel blog is a platform for information about interesting events and destinations in our organization and in the organization of those whose work we value and support. In this case it is autumn dance in Bale, led by John Kelly and has been held for 10 years already. John is a graduate psychologist and Yoga teacher. In 1994, he completed his training for teacher of 5 Rhythms Dance and also is  initiated shaman in one of the North American traditions. His workshops are a multitude of creative methods, among others: healing dance, ritual theater, deep work on oneself and truly connection with nature. I dance with him since 2001 and enormously appreciate it, but one of the many reasons is that John really changes things, not allowing our justifications and self-deception to get in the way of transformation. This requires extensive knowledge and experience of one who leads, but also the courage of both sides. Therefore, I strongly recommend Autumn dance, maybe now is the time for you to harvest the rewards. The prize could be a deeply transformative experience that integrates all previous ones, giving them meaning and perspective :) 

Helena Gaia

 https://jk5rhythms.wordpress.com/