5 Element Dance Workshop

5 Element Creative Dance Session

Letting Nature’s forces speak through your body

Using the 5 Elements as a foundation, we will move through the Elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Spirit. We will explore how each of the Elements strives to be expressed through our bodies. Using simple warm-ups and exercises targeting the bodies’ medicinal energy lines - to awaken the energies of the Elements - you will experience the different qualities of Nature's Forces. Together with suggestively elemental musical playlists and creative visualizations inspired by Nature's dynamic interactions, you will be guided into the experience of the subtle qualities which the 5 Elements create within us. 

Listening to Nature's Wisdom allows us to fully express all parts of ourselves, and this session will give you the experience of dancing in an authentic, honest way. Moving from the solid support of the Earth, into the shapeshifting nature of Water, to the explosive, transformative power of Fire, the randomness of Wind into the serene certainty of Spirit, this approach to movement is a light-hearted way to build more energy, become more embodied, to explore new ways of moving, without having to follow and learn a choreography. It is really about letting Nature’s forces speak through your body.

This 5 Element Creative Dance session will give you a taste of dancing with an Eastern, as well as a Shamanic perspective of the Elements. Through the different exercises, you will feel where the energy lines are in the body, to which body parts they are connected, what qualities they carry, and how to creatively use these energies for your own personal expression, as well as connecting with their natural healing properties. 

Whether you are completely new to dance and movement, or are a skilled dancer, this experience will give you new perspectives on movement and show you how to use your direct experience of the Elements in Nature as an inspiration for creative self-expression. 

As this practice aims to make this experience approachable for everyone, no matter how fit you are, you can decide for yourself how physical you want to be, based on what is appropriate for you. The movement part of the sessions will take around 1,5 Hrs, and you can adjust the physicality and intensity of your movement as you go along. 

Everyone is unique and each phase of life requires us to approach creative movement and healing practices differently. With that in mind I offer 5 Element Dance sessions for all different age groups.  

We will start the day taking some time to share ideas about the qualities of each Element and how we can see them expressed in Nature.