the Embodiment Dojo - London

A half-day gathering of embodiment & authentic connection in West London. Workshops, ecstatic dance, sound journey & community social space

CONNECTIVAL UK
Connection, Emodiment, Ecstatic Dance & Community in the Heart of London
📍 The Amadeus, Maida Vale, West London
📅 Sunday 15 February
⏰ 3:00–8:00pm
🔞 18+ | Sober Event
Hosted by Ecstatic Dance London

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For booking and more info: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981004496777?aff=oddtdtcreator

Why Connectival? And Why London Needs It
London is one of the most vibrant cities in the world, yet many of us feel disconnected, overstimulated, and yearning for genuine human connection.
Connectival, created and hosted by Ecstatic Dance London in collaboration with guest facilitators, is a response to that need.

This gathering (we plan to run this every month) offers practical tools for connection that you can take into everyday life through movement, presence, and authentic conversation. These practices foster deeper relationships with yourself and with others, particularly in a fast-paced city urban environment like our beloved London.

Held just after Valentine’s Day, Connectival widens the idea of love beyond romance into something more human and sustainable. Friendship - Community - Expression - Presence, and Belonging.

Connectival is rooted in consent, inclusivity, embodied awareness, and respect for boundaries.

This is a space to feel safe, welcome, and human.
In a city that rarely slows down, Connectival is an invitation to pause, move, and reconnect with yourself and with others.

What Is Connectival?
Connectival is a half-day embodied connection gathering bringing together:
• Guided embodiment and connection practices
• Authentic relating and verbal connection tools
• An extended ecstatic dance journey hosted by Ecstatic Dance London
• Sound journey for integration
• Spacious time to connect, rest, or simply be

All held in a warm, consent-led, agreements-based, connection-positive environment.

You are welcome to come alone, with friends, or with a partner.

The Journey & Schedule:
3:00–3:30pm | Arrival and Landing
Doors open, arrival, and settling into the space.
-Upstairs
LAND & GROUND: Non-verbal dance/ movement space - feel free to come stretch, move, sit in meditation, do yoga, or just lay on the ground and let the music wash over you.
-Downstairs
HANG OUT & CHAT: Space to leave bags/ jackets. Hang out, verbal & social space, chai & herbal teas

3:30pm | Doors Close
No entrance after 3:30pm to create a safe space for people at the event

3:30-4:30pm | Connectival OPENING CIRCLE
The container begins. We talk through the agreements, offer a consent-based mini-workshop and answer any questions.
4:40–5:40pm | Parallel Connection Workshops with guest facilitators TBC
Facilitated by experienced guest facilitators, to be announced.
-Upstairs
An embodied connection workshop exploring presence, awareness, and connection through movement. Optional touch may be offered and is always consent-based.
-Downstairs
An authentic relating workshop offering simple and practical communication and listening practices for real world connection.

5:45–7:30pm | ECSTATIC DANCE JOURNEY
A long-form ecstatic dance PLUS Cacao Ceremony held by Ecstatic Dance London.
Move freely, rest when you need, and express yourself in your own way.
Downstairs during the dance
A relaxed hangout space with tea and chai, space to chat or rest, a cuddle corner, and optional bodywork such as massage or reflexology, availability permitting.
7:30–7:45pm | Sound Journey
A grounding sound bath to integrate the dance and settle the nervous system.
7:45–8:00pm | Closing Circle
We come back together to land the experience as a group.
8–8:30pm | Open Connection and Social Time
Healthy snacks, herbal teas, conversation, and a gentle transition back into the evening.

Ticket Options
Choose the experience that fits you best:
• Full experience including workshops and ecstatic dance
• Dance only including ecstatic dance, sound journey, and closing circle
• Concession tickets with limited availability

Please arrive on time for the experience you choose.
We also offer limited crew spaces (requirement: you need to have

What to Expect
• A sober and consent led space
• Clear and experienced facilitation
• Freedom to participate at your own pace
• No pressure to dance, talk, or touch
• A welcoming and inclusive atmosphere
No previous experience with dance or connection practices is needed.

What to Bring
• Comfortable clothes for movement
• Layers for warmth and rest
• A water bottle
• Curiosity and openness
Yoga mats and some cushions/ blankets will be provided.

Venue
The Amadeus
Maida Vale, West London
A beautiful venue with wooden floors, underfloor heating, and intimate side spaces, ideal for movement, rest, and connection.

🌿 The BIG Love Experience: an Urban Day Retreat (Bliss Beyond Fear)
Bioenergetic Alchemy • Breathwork Journey • Ecstatic Dance & Cacao

For booking and more info: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980481460361?aff=oddtdtcreator

London life can make our nervous systems feel stressed/overwhelmed/exhausted etc... This day is a sanctuary from that.
The BIG Love Experience is a warm, grounded, heart-led “mini retreat” in the city: a full day of movement, release, music, connection, with a deep exhale.
Come for the whole journey, or drop into the sessions that call you.

You’ll explore 3 powerful practices (each beautiful on its own, even better together):

• Bioenergetic Alchemy: Embodiment & Stress Release Workshop
  Discover simple yet potent practices to safely release tension, fear, and shock stored in the body, and reconnect with the underlying feeling: aliveness, ease, and love.
• Breath of Love: Bioenergetic Breathwork Journey
  A deeply nourishing, guided breathwork session to reset your system, clear mental fog, soften the armour, and open creative states of consciousness... at your own pace, in your own way.
• DESERT GROOVES: Ecstatic Dance+ Cacao Circle
  Finish the day with a high-vibration, mystical music-led, feet-on-the-floor, heart-in-the-sky dance journey.
  No steps to learn. No performance. Just music, movement, and medicine-grade cacao to bring you home to yourself.
  ✨ What this day is really about
  It’s about coming home to ourselves.
  A space to move, feel, breathe, shake out the week (or the year), and remember what it’s like to be human again, connected, present, and a little more free.
  You’ll be welcomed exactly as you are: tired, tender, curious, grieving, joyful, shy, bold... all of you is welcome here.
• “My classes follow a format of checking in with the body, warm-ups, grounding and building the body’s energy, then discharging the energy through movement and expression. This is followed by relaxation. The immediate result is a felt sense of security, vibrancy and exhilaration.” — Seth Newman
• Some spiritual teachings say we live from two root states: either love or fear.
  This day is a gentle, embodied experiment in what happens when we release what the body has been carrying, and let LOVE be the default setting again.
  The Kalahari Bushmen call this natural state: “The Big Love.”
• 🗓️ Schedule
  ◈ 11:45am – 2:30pm
  The BIG LOVE Experience: Bliss Beyond Fear
  Bioenergetic Alchemy™ exercises & postures (similar to Yoga / Tai Chi), designed to help release tension and restore grounded confidence.
  (Please bring a yoga mat & blanket.)
• ◈ Break — 60 mins
  Tea/coffee available in the hallway.
• ◈ 3:30pm – 5:45pm
  Breath of Love: Bioenergetic Breathwork Journey
  Grounding + tapping + conscious connected diaphragmatic breathing.
  Includes supportive space-holding, affirmations, aromatherapy and Reiki.
• ◈ Break — 1 hr 15 mins
  Tea/coffee available in the hallway.
• ◈ 7:00pm – 9:45pm
  DESERT GROOVES: Ecstatic Dance / Movement Meditation + Cacao Circle
  Complimentary Raw Vegan Cacao provided (truly… so delicious).
  ◈ 9:45pm – 10:00pm
• Optional fruit social to nourish you after the dance.
  ✅ Come for the whole day — or drop in
• You’re welcome to attend:
  All-day (full journey)
  Bioenergetics & Breathwork Workshop only
  Ecstatic Dance only
  No experience necessary. All bodies welcome. All hearts welcome.
• 🌸 What to bring / wear
  Yoga mat + blanket (for the day workshop + breathwork)
  Water bottle
  Comfy clothing you can move + breathe in
  Optional: warm layers for relaxation, journal, eye mask
• 🌿 The vibe
  Trauma-informed, consent-led, and deeply respectful. You are always in choice: you can rest, pause, or modify anything at any time.
• Come for the release and shake it out with us.
  Stay for the Breath and breathe in vitality and prana.
  Stay on for DESERT GROOVES and take all that energy higher!
  Leave with the Best of who you are.