Day Retreats and Events
The next day retreat will be held by Sevanti at Barcombe Village Hall on Saturday 11th January 2025. Please contact Lu via school@being-in-unity.com to register your interest.
New beginnings
All are welcome. Our day will start with flowing, meditative yoga for all ages, abilities, and needs. Supported with care and sensitivity, beginners in any of these sessions are warmly welcome. There is never any pressure, you are welcome to join us as you are, to take rest when needed and join in as you choose.
After a break, where fruit, teas, and nibbles are provided, we shall enjoy a gently led meditative movement/ dance session. We shall enjoy dropping deeper inwards to meditation and awareness, through Open Floor conscious dance. Open Floor offers us a nourishing resource to connect with all dimensions of being (physical, emotional, mind, and soul), and to explore our energy & expression through natural movement. A sacred, healing journey, with no previous experience necessary. We are guided into a place of deep release and quiet stillness within.
After a relaxing lunch (please bring your own), we will enjoy a supported yoga practice, where we can go deeper into our yoga through gentle and effective Unity Partner Yoga practice. This session is accompanied by soothing Acupressure Massage instruction, which will include various techniques for deep relaxation and Reiki energy work for deep healing. We will partner up on the day (or feel free to partner with a friend if you join the workshop together).
We shall be focussing on embracing the energy of the New Year, an opportunity to refresh and rejuvenate ourselves, ready to welcome in all that our heart desires for these coming months.
We shall combine a movement/ dance meditation with the creation of a dream board. This is a quiet, personal and sacred session, where we can focus on our affirmations, wishes and prayers. Through creating a collage of images/ words/ art (in your own way) we may welcome health, happiness, joy and peace, ending in seated meditation and gentle mantra.
The day will end with a deep Yoga Nidra relaxation, accompanied by crystal singing bowls. A closing meditation will ensure that we complete our day feeling grounded and more still and centered.
Register your interest by emailing school@being-in-unity.com
Day and half-day retreats are also held at our beautifully restored Turkish bath house: The Unity Centre, in Lewes, more info to come for future dates.
“Exactly what I needed in my life right now. Some time and space to slow down, relax and look after myself again. “ – David
The day’s schedule
All ages and capabilities are welcome.
Cost
- General entry £75 or book before Christmas for early-bird price £65
For further information and to reserve a place, please email: school@being-in-unity.com
“I am so glad I gave myself the time to do this. I cannot think of a day better spent. I feel alive again.” – Beth
What to expect from the day
The retreat is led, as in previous years, by Sevanti, the founder of Unity. You can read more about Sevanti here.
Unity Yoga is about ‘being with oneself’. It is a deep and meditative flow and inquiry into organic, natural movement.
Through sensitive authenticity, we can explore a diverse spectrum of asanas with various dynamics. Meditation, breathing, letting go, and humility; are the entry points to a long-term nourishing and inspiring practice. The central focus is on the relationship with the breath and the awareness of our fundamental state of being.
The body-mind is respected as a whole system, honouring the felt sense of emotions, thoughts, and beliefs. With courage, surrender, and lightness we tune in to our energetic intelligence; releasing tensions held in the body and mind.
Open Floor Dance
Mindful movement is a deeply restorative, invigorating, and empowering practice. There are no set steps to learn or expectations: the movement journey is inspired by tuning into our inner resources such as grounding, centering, activating and settling, and spacious awareness, to name just a few. Read more about Open Floor conscious dance here.
Unity Partner Yoga™/Supported Yoga
Unity Partner Yoga™ (also known as Supported Yoga) is a deep, restorative, playful, and sacred practice of yoga, and is a fun way of practicing yoga with a friend or partner. It complements our usual self-practice, enhancing and deepening it on a physical and spiritual level. It is also a great way of working with a group of people and feeling the underlying message of yoga – true connection and union. Unity Partner Yoga can awaken an inner oasis of deep peace and meditation, where we relate with another and with ourselves, through truth, trust, and tenderness, and there is also plenty of opportunity to result in entangled giggles too!
Dates in 2024
- 9:15am-5:45pm Saturday 11th January 2025 at Barcombe Village Hall
- 4-8pm Friday 9th May 2025 – Open Floor Conscious Dance workshop at Yellowave Brighton
Whilst all will be provided, please feel free to bring your own mat and any other yoga props you like to use if you prefer.
To register your interest in joining a day retreat, please email school@being-in-unity.com.
“A joyous day of self-healing and nourishment with wonderful people and of course, Sevanti. Thank you so much” – Nellie
About Open Floor
Open Floor conscious dance is a deeply restorative, invigorating and empowering practice. There are no set steps to learn and there is no pressure or expectations: the movement journey is inspired by tuning into our inner resources such as grounding, centring, activating and settling, spacious awareness, contraction and expansion, and release – to name just a few.
We build resilience, get to know ourselves better, increase our physical and mental flexibility, and observe and express our emotional selves. Beautiful musical scores, silence and poetry are woven together to accompany our mindful embodiment via focused physical body ‘anchors’.
Starting with a warm-up and ending with meditation and deep rest, we enjoy a guided yet expansive exploration in a non-judgemental, inclusive environment where we begin to trust the body and the way it wishes to move.
For the next Open Floor class, see the live booking system below.
You can also experience Open Floor at The Unity Centre.
Sevanti writes
“Having trained in ballet since the age of five and in contemporary dance at degree level at The Laban Centre, London, dance has always been my main passion, alongside yoga. I have danced 5 Rhythms, Biodanza and many other modalities, in addition to teaching my own style ‘Meditational Movement’ for many years.
“I am now so grateful to have discovered ‘Open Floor’ in the last few years and to be training in this life-enhancing form of conscious dance. It brings together all my interests and passions in such an accessible and coherent way.
“My intention is to create a supportive, healing environment to let ourselves release pressure and worry, tune into our physical and emotional needs, befriend our mind, connect with our spirit and restore ourselves in a celebration of life through dance.”
Sevanti has recently graduated as a fully accredited Open Floor teacher. Prices remain as affordable as possible.
“Join a global community where all are invited to experience mindful movement, self-discovery and the healing power of dance” – Open Floor International
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About Open Floor
Open Floor conscious dance is a deeply restorative, invigorating and empowering practice. There are no set steps to learn and there is no pressure or expectations: the movement journey is inspired by tuning into our inner resources such as grounding, centring, activating and settling, spacious awareness, contraction and expansion, and release – to name just a few.
We build resilience, get to know ourselves better, increase our physical and mental flexibility, and observe and express our emotional selves. Beautiful musical scores, silence and poetry are woven together to accompany our mindful embodiment via focused physical body ‘anchors’.
Starting with a warm-up and ending with meditation and deep rest, we enjoy a guided yet expansive exploration in a non-judgemental, inclusive environment where we begin to trust the body and the way it wishes to move.
For the next Open Floor class, see the live booking system below.
You can also experience Open Floor at Unity retreats.
Sevanti writes
“Having trained in ballet since the age of five and in contemporary dance at degree level at The Laban Centre, London, dance has always been my main passion, alongside yoga. I have danced 5 Rhythms, Biodanza and many other modalities, in addition to teaching my own style ‘Meditational Movement’ for many years.
“I am now so grateful to have discovered ‘Open Floor’ in the last few years and to be training in this life-enhancing form of conscious dance. It brings together all my interests and passions in such an accessible and coherent way.
“My intention is to create a supportive, healing environment to let ourselves release pressure and worry, tune into our physical and emotional needs, befriend our mind, connect with our spirit and restore ourselves in a celebration of life through dance.”
Sevanti has recently graduated as a fully accredited Open Floor teacher. Prices remain as affordable as possible.
“Join a global community where all are invited to experience mindful movement, self-discovery and the healing power of dance” – Open Floor International
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