People Dancing

After a year of teaching, holding space and giving to others, it's essential to take time to replenish before the summer break. Join Dr. Eline Kieft for a mini retreat that blends movement, nature awareness and creative reflection to explore the art of giving and receiving.

We will explore self-care and resilience through four focused activities:

• Replenish Energy with Qi Gong: Start the day by reconnecting with your breath, body, and vitality, bringing all of yourself back into alignment
• Boundaries and Energy Management: An indoor session where we explore the dynamics of personal and group boundaries through movement and small group reflection
• Nature as a Teacher: A weather-permitting outdoor experience inspired by medicine walk and vision quest practices, offering time alone to reconnect with nature’s wisdom for replenishment
• Story-Dance and Resilience: A brief adventure of Dr. Kieft’s unique approach to story-dancing, exploring an Irish tale that invites us to the Well of Wisdom, a threshold between the worlds from which we can receive deep, embodied insights about personal renewal and balance.  

This embodied retreat is a powerful opportunity to realign body, heart, and mind. Through a combination of personal practice, reflection and simple movements, we will weave awareness of self, other, and the world into a nourishing tapestry, leaving you recharged and reconnected. Weather permitting, some of the day may be spent outside. 

By attending this workshop, you will learn:

• Reconnect with your body and vitality through Qi Gong practices
• Understand the dynamics of personal and group boundaries and learn practical tools for energy management in your daily life
• Develop a deeper connection with nature by engaging in a medicine walk and vision quest-inspired activity to receive wisdom and support from the natural world
• Cultivate overall resilience through embodied practices and reflection, gaining tools to restore balance and enhance your well-being in both personal and professional contexts.

This one-day retreat is for is ideal for givers and teachers at any career state with any level of mobility. You don’t need any specific experience to participate.

About Dr Eline Kieft PhD

Eline has danced since she was seven years old. She trained to become a professional dancer, but realised she wanted to dance with people instead of performing on stage. She studied extensively with the School of Movement Medicine, and qualified as a Lee Holden Qi Gong instructor. Movement is her primary alchemy and healing tool.

With a background in dance, anthropology and shamanic practice and qi gong, Eline explores the transformative power of movement and nature-based spirituality from many angles.

Eline studied cultural and medical anthropology and got her PhD in Dance from the University of Roehampton in 2013, researching the effects of improvised dance on empowerment and personal growth. She became a Research Fellow at the Centre for Dance Research in Coventry, where she led an international project to develop a Somatics Toolkit for social science researchers.

Her book Dancing in the Muddy Temple outlines a unique curriculum of embodied empowerment and soulful change.

Eline creates contemporary spaces to reconnect with the natural and archetypal worlds, and is widely recognised as a heart-led facilitator. She offers live and online events, mentoring programmes and group courses, as well as her online Qi Studio Membership.

To learn more about Eline, visit: www.elinekieft.com

Image credit: Eline Kieft, current social media image (selfie).