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monthly classes in Glasgow and online, workshops, and retreats at Dhanakosa

Dance together in Glasgow: monthly Saturday evenings

I hold a monthly Open Floor session in Glasgow on a Saturday early evening - the 4th Saturday of each month. It’s a warm and friendly group of folk with mixed experience of movement and conscious dance practice. There are chairs to sit and move on during the session, so please feel welcome whatever your energy levels or mobility.

Dates 2024: 26 Oct, 23 Nov, 28 Dec.

Dates 2025: 25 Jan, 22 Feb, 22 Mar, 26 Apr, 24 May, 28 Jun.

Time: 6.00pm-7.30pm

Venue: Top floor studio, 72 Berkeley Street, G3 7DS (press buzzer marked STMTS). The front access has steps, there is ramp access to the rear of building and a lift, let me know in advance if you’d prefer the ramp access so I can make sure the rear door is open.

Cost: Sliding scale - £8/£10/£12 - please choose what is right for your financial situation. Payment is by BACS, details in booking confirmation email.

Booking: To book your place click here - (online bookings open one month before class date)

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Meditation Circle: online monthly Sunday mornings

Join me online for a simple and spacious session of dance and meditation to start your Sunday. We’ll begin with moving, then meditate, move again and close with meditation. No previous experience of meditation is necessary, only a willingness and curiosity to explore your experience in movement and stillness.

Dates 2024: 27 Oct, 24 Nov, 22 Dec.

Dates 2025: 26 Jan, 23 Feb, 23 Mar, 27 Apr, 25 May, 29 Jun.

Time: 9.00-10.00am UK GMT / 10.00-11.00am CET

Music will be on from 10 minutes before the hour and there’s optional time to stay on and talk at the end.

Cost: Sliding scale - £5/£8/£10 - please choose what is right for your financial situation. Payment is by BACS, details in reminder email.

No need to book, register here to receive a reminder email and the Zoom link a few days before each session.  

Dancing further afield...

Dumfries and Galloway - 2nd Nov

D&G Dance Collective offer a monthly conscious dance space in Galloway, with visiting teachers from different modalities. I'm delighted to be offering the November session - Saturday 2nd November, 1.30-4.30pm at Bowlers Hall, Castle Douglas. Book tickets here.

London - 17th Nov

I'll be in supporting Open Floor teachers Jane Belshaw and Killian Strong for a day-long workshop on Sunday 17th November - A Beautiful Disruption.

What if disruption surprised us into new ways of moving? Witnessing ourselves & others in movement, we'll explore playful disruptions in our dance, supported by soulful music with plenty of time to move freely. Poplar Union, E14 6TL. More info and book here.

Retreats at Dhanakosa

Dances of the Heart, 13-20 June 2025

This retreat takes an embodied approach to the traditional Buddhist practice of the Brahma Viharas – the cultivation of loving kindness, compassion, joyful resonance and equanimity. The invitation is to step into this mandala of the heart - to meet and know these qualities in our bodies and in our dance. We’ll be learning how we can deeply resource ourselves through meditation and movement to embody and cultivate these qualities in our lives. A Going Deeper retreat, suitable for people who have been on retreat before and have a regular meditation practice. Book here.

Wild swimming, embodied movement and meditation, 11-18 July 2025  

This retreat will take a playful approach to reconnecting with the body through the elemental experience of water and weaving the resources of the Open Floor curriculum through meditation and movement. An introductory retreat, open to everyone. Book here.

Autumn rain on still waters: contemplating the five skandhas, 3-10 October 2025  

The five skandhas are a description of human experience often evoked in both early and later Buddhism to point to the nature of reality through reflection. This retreat takes an integrated and holistic approach to this traditional model, through meditation, nature awareness practice and movement, exploring the nature of our bodies, minds and hearts. This is a Triratna regulars retreat, for people currently practicing within the Triratna Buddhist Community. Book here.

For more Dhanakosa retreats see the full calendar here.

On request

Interested in requesting or organising a workshop or retreat in your local area? Get in touch to find out more.

Available themes include:

Surrender - Workshop inviting release into movement and stillness, yielding and surrendering through dance and deep rest.

Alchemical Body - Workshop exploring the alchemy of movement - possibilities, change, transmutation - your unfolding dance.

Courage - Workshop to express and embody the shapes of courage for you.

Elemental Body - Retreat offering movement, meditation and Buddhist teaching around the elements of earth, fire, air, water and space.

Dances of the Heart - Retreat exploring the Buddhist heart qualities of love, compassion, joy and equanimity through movement and meditation.

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