Freedom: An Evening to Move, Feel & Reconnect

Thursday 15 October 2026 | Mindful Impact Wellness Hub, Crafers A small, intimate experience for women | Maximum 12 places What if you didn’t have to think your way through everything? Sometimes we know something within us is asking for attention. We might feel restless, disconnected or stuck, or perhaps nothing is particularly “wrong”, but somewhere along the way, between work, relationships, responsibilities and looking after everyone and everything else, we have lost touch with parts of ourselves. We can understand ourselves intellectually, we can talk, journal, analyse and tell ourselves what we should be doing, but sometimes we need to get out of our heads and allow the body to experience something different. Chakradance is an embodied wellbeing practice combining specially created music, free intuitive movement, guided meditation, creative expression and the chakra system. It offers an opportunity to turn your attention inward, become curious about yourself and reconnect with what you notice when you stop trying to work everything out. There are no dance steps to learn, there is no right or wrong way to move and you don’t need to be flexible, spiritual, confident or even someone who considers themselves a dancer. You simply come as you are. A different kind of evening This introductory Freedom Chakradance experience is an opportunity to step away from the demands and noise of everyday life and create some space just for you. Through music, guided meditation and intuitive movement, you will be gently invited to explore your inner experience. You may notice emotions, sensations, images, memories or unexpected insights, you may have an aha moment, or you may simply experience the freedom of moving without needing to perform, achieve or get anything right. There is nothing you are supposed to discover and nowhere you need to get to, just an invitation to become curious about what happens when you give yourself permission to move, feel and listen. Why I was drawn to Chakradance I’m Carol Buchanan, a counsellor, clinical hypnotherapist, former nurse, retreat facilitator and accredited Chakradance facilitator. After many years of working with people through counselling, hypnotherapy, emotional wellbeing and nervous system focused approaches, I found myself increasingly interested in something I see again and again: We can know something intellectually and still feel something very different within us. I was drawn to Chakradance because it offered another way of exploring that relationship, not more analysing and not another thing to achieve, but an opportunity to experience ourselves through the body, movement and our own inner awareness. My own experience of Chakradance has brought some unexpected aha moments. It has helped me recognise old thinking patterns that were quietly keeping me small in certain areas of my life and has deepened my connection with myself, my intuition and my confidence. I believe there is wisdom within us that we cannot always reach through thinking and talking alone, sometimes we need another doorway, for me, Chakradance has become one of those doorways. What happens during Chakradance? We begin by slowing down, arriving in the space and leaving some of the outside world behind. I will guide you through meditation before moving into the Chakradance experience using specially created music and free, intuitive movement. There is no choreography. Your eyes can be softly closed or lowered if that feels comfortable, helping the experience become less about how you look and more about how you feel. You are always in control of your experience and choose how much or how little you move. We then allow time for creative expression, integration and reflection, gently noticing whatever has emerged for you. You can absolutely sit down, slow down or pause whenever you need to, because this is your experience. This can be one evening… or the beginning of a deeper journey Freedom is a complete two-hour Chakradance experience in itself, so you are very welcome to come along, experience it and leave it there, with no expectation that you continue. Freedom is also the first session of the 9-part Freedom Chakradance Journey that I will be facilitating in Crafers in the lead-up to Christmas, and I want you to know that before you come so you have time to consider whether a deeper journey might be something you would like to give yourself. For those who feel drawn to continue, we will form a small, closed group and journey through each of the seven chakras over the following weeks, before finishing with an integration session. Each week invites us to explore a different aspect of ourselves, including safety and belonging, creativity and pleasure, confidence and personal power, love and compassion, authentic expression, intuition, meaning and connection. Chakradance can be a deeply embodied and potentially transformative experience, creating space to explore what we may not always be able to access through thinking and talking alone. There is also something quite special about returning to the same space with the same small group each week. It creates consistency, connection and a dedicated space in the diary that is simply for you. The complete journey 15 October – Freedom introductory experience For women choosing to continue: 29 October – Base Chakra 5 November – Sacral Chakra 12 November – Solar Plexus Chakra 19 November – Heart Chakra 26 November – Throat Chakra 3 December – Third Eye Chakra 10 December – Crown Chakra 17 December – Integration Freedom introductory experience: $44 + booking fee For this first Crafers series, the complete 9-part journey is being offered at a launch price of $444 including GST. Your $44 Freedom experience is already included in that price, so if you choose to continue, the remaining investment is $400 including GST. You don’t need to decide now. Come and experience Freedom first and see what you notice. Perhaps this is for you if… ;✔️You spend a lot of time thinking, analysing or overthinking. ✔️You are often the person holding things together for everyone else. ✔️You are curious about the connection between your mind, body, emotions and energy. ✔️You would like to explore yourself in a way that isn’t purely about talking. ✔️You have been craving some space that is simply yours. ✔️You feel as though there may be parts of yourself you have lost touch with. ✔️You want more freedom to express yourself without worrying about getting it right. Perhaps you can’t quite explain why you are drawn to it, there is simply a little whisper inside saying… I’d like to experience this. An intentionally small group I am deliberately keeping this Crafers experience to a maximum of 12 women, because Chakradance is a personal experience and having physical and emotional space around you matters. A smaller group allows me to create the warm, supportive environment that is central to the way I facilitate, while giving each woman the space to have her own experience. This isn’t about performing in front of other people. Although we share the space together, ultimately the dance is between you, the music and yourself. Come exactly as you are, bring your curiosity and give yourself permission to see what unfolds.