Journey to the Forest - A Men and Women's Sacred Ritual

In these times of widespread isolation, you are invited to follow the garden path that leads to the healing sanctuary of The Forest. This will be an intimate gathering in three stages:

1 - Men’s and Women’s Circles and Cacao Ceremony

2 - The Forest Ritual

3 - Kundalini Dance Journey

Come join us for a night of connection, sensuality and honoring of ourselves and each other in a safely held container of unconditional love.

SO, WHAT IS THE FOREST?
The Forest is a very special ritual built around touch, supporting your journey into yourself and your own body.To fully prepare and integrate with ourselves, we will begin by gathering in our gender groups, sitting in circle and sharing cacao. We will then explore and set our personal boundaries and do embodiment practices, before we split into two groups where the ritual begins.
Each group will take turns as symbolising trees in the forest, while the opposite group becomes creatures, slowly making their way through the forest, engaging in touch exchanges according to the limits and boundaries of the individual 'trees'.
Participants have often described the experience as unexpectedly moving, sublime, ecstatic, freeing, sometimes challenging, trust-building, and contributing to a journey of sexual self-discovery. The Forest represents a training ground in getting better at setting and naming your boundaries, as well as healing wounds of distrust.
The integration and processing after the forest ritual will be facilitated through a dance journey designed to deepen the connection to our bodies and our intuitive wisdom through primal intuitive movement and essential oil chakra activation.

FACILITATORS

• Philip - The Forest: Philip is a renewable energy (solar) developer, a certified yoga and meditation teacher and has a passion for creating transformative experiences for collective evolution and growth.
• Linn - Women’s Circle: Linn has got her heart in healing, psychology and women’s health. She has during her life experienced the importance of this kind of sharing - and is now passionate to continue this work by bringing women together.
• Bobby - Men's Circle: Bobby has run and been involved in Men's and Mixed Groups and circles in Sydney over the past 12 years. He is a trained Systemic Constellation facilitator, Kahuna bodyworker and energetic healer. He currently runs Conscious dance events and morning "Sunrise Sessions" circles in Sydney.
• Brii - Kundalini Dance: Inspired by the power of community and integral connection she has felt called to hold space for the wider collective to break through barriers and raise the vibration. Brii has cultivated an array of offerings that are woven with ancient healing modalities to invoke the divinity within us all, to encourage all to step into our best version of ourselves

PLEASE BRING: - ESSENTIAL: your own blindfold (can be a scarf or similar) and your own cup for the cacao
- Cushions, blankets or other items to make space cosy
- Sacred item for the altar, something natural like an essential oil, flower, branch or other nature item that would belong in a forest
- Water bottle

DATE: Friday 18 September, 6:45pm - 9:45pm.
Please arrive on time for 7pm sharp start.

LOCATION: BRAND X REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE SPACE Upstairs at EAST SYDNEY

COMMUNITY & ARTS CENTRE (not far from the Leela Centre) 34-40 Burton Street Darlinghust NSW 2010

HOW TO GET THERE: Bus: Oxford st bus stop- 333, 373, 399, 392, 394 and M10 buses (2-min walk) Train: Museum Station (10-min walk) Car: On-street metered parking (I recommend the back of Riley Street, 2P free park)

TICKETS: Limited tickets - only 16 available due to current restrictions

COVID19: This event will comply with the venue’s COVID19 Safety Plan.
- Please stay home if you have any symptoms
- Exercise personal responsibility for social distancing measuresPLEASE BE AWARE OF THE GOVERNMENT PLANS & GUIDELINES: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/what-you-can-and-cant-do-under-rules