Anatomie of Bliss

5Ritmes, Contact Improvisation, ConTango, Feldenkrais

The Anatomy of Bliss retreat will make you feel alive! Experience total freedom to be yourself. In your body, in movement, fully present in the here and now. Profound interactions, beautiful connections, and valuable experiences.

Bliss is a sensation that arises in the body through breathing, dance, and connection. In this unique course, we explore the anatomy of the body in a playful and liberating way, through movement and the conscious discovery of the physical relationships between body parts. This week is about discovering the joy of movement, opening our bodies to new experiences, and strengthening our creative nature. Under the guidance of Samuel Lettelier, Leilani Weis, and Willemijn de Dreu, we will dive deep into techniques such as Feldenkrais, Contact Improvisation, ConTango, and 5Rhythms, which activate our body intelligence and invite us to fully surrender to the pure joy of dance and connection.

This week will activate new levels of bodily intelligence as you lean into joy and pleasure. We will approach pleasure through all forms of creativity, moving beyond its narrow social interpretation related to sexuality. Pleasure is a force of our creative nature, physically reorganizing us and making us dance.

Program

Day 1: Arrival on Sunday between 16:00 and 18:30, dinner, opening dance
Day 2 to 6:
Morning program: 10:00 – 13:00
Afternoon program: 15:30 – 17:30
Evening program: Varied, full of dance, connection, sauna, fire.

For the whole week: participate as much as you want, take as much time and space as you need.

Day 7: Departure on Saturday after breakfast until 10:00, or stay for another week for a Tantra training.

Teachers

We are a highly experienced team of dance instructors, trauma-informed and somatic therapists. We love dance, life, and each other! With great joy, we are creating, for the fourth time at Sadhaka, a safe, connecting, and deep dance and movement retreat.

Samuel Lettelier will explore intimacy through Feldenkrais by focusing on the details of internal movement.
Leilani Weis will guide physical relationships with dance partners through Contact Improvisation and ConTango.
Willemijn de Dreu offers in-depth 5Rhythms sessions that connect the individual to the whole.

Willemijn de Dreu (Netherlands) – 5Rhythms, OpenFloor, Systemic Ritual
Samuel Lettelier (France) – Contemporary dance, Feldenkrais
Leilani Weis (Chile, Italy) – Contact Improvisation, ConTango

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