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| Ecstatic Dance and Contact Improvisation at Ubud Aura with Alena and John Addis |
To dance ecstatically is to consciously move to activate or charge your life force.
The blissful feeling you often experience after making love is due to the body’s production of endorphins: this is the same experience that happens when you dance ecstatically.
When you activate endorphins you are believed to produce four key effects on the body/mind: enhance the immune system, relieve pain, reduce stress and postpone the aging process. Scientists have found that beta-endorphins can activate human NK (Natural Killer) cells and boost the immune system against disease and kill cancer cells.
Longer dance experiences create a natural high. When you dance ecstatically you are giving yourself permission to express yourself and expand your opportunities for pleasure and creative living.
What is Contact Improvisation? by Ernie Adams
Contact Improvisation is a moving massage. It is a dance that fine tunes your senses and wakes up your ability to listen and respond to what is happening in the moment. If you could do Aikido, surf, wrestle and dance at the same time, you would have an idea of what Contact Improvisation feels like. What makes Contact different from other dance is that partners are often moving in and out of physical contact while rolling, spiraling, springing and falling. They find ways to "enjoy the ride" and improvise while mutually supporting and following each others movements. The dancing is unpredictable and inspired by the physical and energetic contact the partners share. |
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| Who is Alena - Organic Dance - Ecstatic Dance/Meditation |
Passionate about dance, transformation and growth, Alena brings a wealth of experience to her facilitation teaching both in Australia and overseas. She is renowned for creating containers where people feel safe to explore their psyche the body in order to affect powerful change.
Alena has been traveling extensively (including the US, Europe and India) to experience processes and teachings of dance and movement for transformation and healing over the past 12 years in order to share this work with others.
Alena’s vision is to draw people together to use dance and movement as an intentional ritual for exploring consciousness. Alena’s teachers include Gabrielle Roth (5 Rhythms) and faculty teachers, Osho Active Meditations of Pune, India and the work of Shamanic Teacher, Frank Natale who first introduced Trance Dance.
Alena travels regularly all over the world to participate in Fire Dances as a continual learning process and weaves Tantra and Mantra as other ecstatic practices to weave into guided dance journeys and rites of passage. |
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| Who is John Addis - Contact Improvisation |
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John is a passionate dancer and performing artist who has a background in martial arts, meditation and theatre improvisation. He teaches regular dance classes that work on building community through emotional liberation. He is the founder and director of Danceplay Inc, a non-profit organization, which offers self esteem building and movement to children and is a founding member of Strings Attached physical theatre company. John practices an internal moving meditation form ‘PANCHA’ (spiritual development through expression) which comes from a Balinese lineage. |
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PACKAGE OPTIONS INCLUDE:
INHALE EXHALE Retreat Package, with Exhale Pass
March 8 – 16th - Package US $ 1,600.00 *Based on dbl occupancy
Single Occupancy Supplement + US $280.00
Includes:
- Airport transfers to/from Ubud
*please remember that you must submit flight arrival info 2 weeks prior to festival in order for us to pre-arrange your pick up
- 8 nights/9 days standard room accommodation, based on double occupancy
- Welcome dinner on March 8th
- Private yoga retreat guided by Alena & John during Inhale
- 4-day Exhale Festival-passes of workshops, classes and nightly music
- Daily breakfast
- Cultural fieldtrip to Holy Temple, Springs or Monkey Forest
- Final cleansing ceremony at Monkey Forest Sanctuary
- And don't forget the rice-field views!
INHALE ONLY Retreat Package, not-including Exhale Pass
March 8-12th - Package
US $1,450.00 * Based on dbl occupancy
+ US $150,
private Room Supplement
Pre-festival Nyepi Supplement SILENCE
March 5 – 7th: Join us for Nyepi
+ US $150, dbl occupancy
Nyepi Supplement Includes:
- 3 nights accommodation based on single occupancy
- Daily breakfast
- Does not include airport pick up, you will take a taxi from the airport
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Your Hotel / Retreat Center: Biyukukung Suites, Ubud - Bali
 Biyukukung Suites is located on 10 minutes walk to the centre of Ubud town in the fertile rice field side in the eastside of the town. Take a seat in the verandah after your exploration onto our island, set back and enjoy the green view of paddy field or take a photo when the farmers are on work. There would be un-forgettable experience on your staying with Biyukukung. Or just pampers you self in the swimming pool while enjoying the cocktail from or take a Balinese spa treatment and other spa facilities in our resort.
Rooms at Biyukukung Suite are specially designed for a full rice field view. While enjoying the comfortable room facilities, you still have a chance to picture the farmers on works, green rice paddy or tropical birds on the rice fields.
- Air Conditioned room
- Hot and cold running water, bath tub and Jacuzzi
- Satellite TV channels
- In room mini bar
- In room safe deposit box
Other facilities for guest comfortable are also available :
- Modern looks swimming pool with gazebo
- Restaurant
- Drug store
- Spa Facilities
- Money changer
- Car rental and Sightseeing counter are available nearby.
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