Expanding from our regular Ecstatic Dance Fridays, Plein Soleil offers a broad range of classes, workshops and events to open up to new modes of movement, deepen understanding, and explore possibilities for self expression.
Next session to be announced ∞ Contact Beyond Contact ∞ Marianne
“Contact Beyond Contact is a dance improvisation practice that focuses on creating an environment and holding space for transformation and healing. It is a practice that integrates profound practices and philosophies such as chi gong, yoga, healing, authentic relating, mindfulness and leadership skills, Buddhist and Taoist philosophies within Contact Improvent for transformation and healing.”
With live music on December 9th with Thomas Carbou
Tuesday Novemeber 18th ∞ Kali Moon ∞ New Moon Sound Ceremony by Rafaelle Mackay
Held monthly, these gatherings invite you to explore your inner garden through breath, voice, movement, journaling, and drawing. Each session aligns with the New Moon, offering space to reflect, release, and set new intentions. On November 18th the new moon will be in Scorpio and invite us too emerge in and with our inner waters. Using the wisdom of water to deeply listen, allow and receive the many messages that are there under the surfaceGuided by Rafaelle Mackay, this sound ceremony blends bioacoustics, vocal loops, meditative soundscapes, and live vocals for an immersive inner journey.
Saturday November 22nd ∞ RE:SPIRE ∞ 1-Day retreat
Plein Soleil is proud to collab with Francis Dostie and host his successful 1-day retreat, Re:Spire — a nurturing space where body, heart, and spirit gently unwind through cacao, conscious touch, breath, movement, and the fluidity of being.
As autumn’s colors fade and winter approaches, the air cools… yet human warmth remains our refuge.
This one-day retreat invites you to slow down like nature itself, to rest softly, release accumulated tension, and reconnect with your inner harmony. A moment to breathe, return to yourself, and leave lighter, grounded, and renewed.
Next session to be announced ∞ Ritual Trance Dance ∞ Marianne
Ritual Trance Dance is a unique blend of body movement, healing sounds, dynamic percussive rhythms, transformational breathing techniques and the innovative use of a blindfold - together stimulating a 'trance' state that promotes spiritual awakenings, mental clarity, physical stamina and emotional well-being. Trance Dance takes participants on an 'inner journey' not limited to our normal perceptions of space/time. Ritual trance journeys have been a vital part of shamanic and eastern dance cultures for thousands of years.
