Chakra Dancing with Ruth McEwen

Ruth leads us on a Chakra Dancing experience of 7 major chakras. Chakra Dancing & Mindful Meditation What is Chakra Dancing? If you have wondered what Chakra Dancing is all about, and been interested in trying it out, now’s your chance, as Ruth McEwen, a fully qualified Chakra Dancing and Mindful Meditation Therapist, Reiki Master and Sound Healer, is delighted to be facilitating our ecstatic Chakra Dancing and Guided Meditation experience. Chakra Dancing is a free-form somatic movement and dance therapy that encourages the dancer to move mindfully to beautiful music, specially selected to resonate with the vibrations of each of the body’s 7 major chakras, or energy centres. Ruth takes you on a journey to open and rebalance your chakras from your root chakra to the crown, focusing on the heart Chakra. In this safely held space, Ruth will invite you to let go of the day to day internal chatter, to release any stress, tension and judgement, to simply to dance and move expressively in your own unique way. The experience is revitalising, rebalancing and relaxing. After the 1 hour dance, Ruth offers a deeply relaxing guided meditation. Regular somatic movement, dance and meditation is proven to lower the stress hormones that increase harmful cortisol levels leading to inflammation, reduced ability to fight off infections, and physical and mental health issues if elevated for long periods of time. Come join us for this Freeform dance and somatic movement experience to music specially created and selected to open and resonate with the vibrations of the body’s 7 major chakra energy centres. Come and express yourself through movement and dance, in your own unique way, celebrating life, releasing tension held in the body , letting go of what no longer serves you …… dancing with grattitude and joy. This week whilst we dance to open all of our chakras. We focus on Vishuddha, our throat chakra. Vishuddha is the energy centre for communication, creativity and self expression. No experience necessary, wear layers of stretchy clothes you can move freely in. Bring water, a yoga mat, blanket and cushion ( I have some spares). After 1 hour of dancing, I guide you through a deeply relaxing meditation. “Chakra dancing healing the body and mind through movement and dance” For more info on where to find a Chakra Dancing and Creative Mindful Meditation Therapist and class near you, go to: www.chakradancing.co.uk Welcome to SunFire's Ecstatic Dance Fridays! ther at St James Church Community Hall in Pokesdown, Bournemouth. This is a conscious dance practice of movement and free flowing dance that integrates emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing. We embark on a movement journey allowing moments of gentle flow, natural rhythm, release, elation, stillness and reflection. When we move, we can quiet the mind and innately embody the rhythm of the music, freeing our selves and opening us to new perspectives. There are no steps to follow, just your own feet and your own heartbeat. There will be moments of guided meditation and others where you can deep dive into the music. We invite Conscious Dance facilitators to lead us through a movement and sound journey. Tonight Ruth McEwen, Chakra Dancing and Mindful Meditation Wellbeing Therapist, will lead us on a Sacral Chakra movement journey. Apt as we are in the Autumnal season where root veggies are in abundance and a few days from Halloween celebrations. ☀️ We dance from 19:00-21:30 at St James's Church Pokesdown Hill Christchurch Road Pokesdown Bournemouth BH7 6DW. 🧡 Chakra Dance with Ruth McEwen 🎵 Let the ecclectic mix of music guide you as you express yourself through dance and let go of any inhibitions. 🎨 Creative Expression 🎶 Sound Journey This is a sober event. • Arrive sober and remain so throughout the event. • We dance barefoot. • We refrain from conversations on the dance floor. • Be respectful of yourself and others. • Move spontaneously to a ecclectic mix of music. What to bring: - Water bottle. - Comfortable clothes that you can move in - some like floaty garments, other's like wearing yoga style clothing. - Yoga Mat or towel. - Shawl or small blanket. Schedule 18:45 Arrive, settle and free-flow warm-up 19:00 Opening circle 19:15 Chakra Dancing & Sound journey 21:10 Meditation & Closing circle 21:30 Event ends Event details: 📆 1900-21:30;18 September 2026 St James Community Hall, Pokesdown Hill, Christchurch Rd, Boscombe, Bournemouth BH7 6DW 🎟Tickets: £15 Standard £20 Abundant Supporter £10 Concessions Children are free to attend Teenagers by donation Cash accepted at the door. Your ticket purchase contributes to the hire of the venue, insurance, equipment and running costs; DJs, facilitators and is very much appreciated so that we can continue to grow our dance community here in Dorset and offer our events in so many beautiful locations in Dorset. ​​Join our Sunshine Crew: If you would like join our SunShine Crew assisting setting up and clearing afterwards, in exchange for a ticket, please contact Judez at [email protected]. You assistance would be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to seeing you on the dance floor. Dance the change you choose to be - within yourself, your commmunity and our world! www.sunfiredance.com 🚗PARKING: If you are driving to the venue, St James' have confirmed that you can drive in at the main entrance on Christchurch Road and park on the school playground, demarkated by the circled arrow in the image below. Please turn in at the driveway to the Church, shown with the ARROW marked in the picture below, as the Satnav will take you to King's Park Drive. St James' is a short walk from Pokesdown Train Station and on the main bus route between Bournemouth and Christchurch. We dance in the Community Hall behind the main church building. ABOUT JUDEZ SUNFIRE Judez has a background in drama, dance, voice, and breathwork modalities. Conscious dance has been an inspirational part of her life. Her vision is to create safe spaces of free expression, conscious movement to release, receive, embrace and heal, as well as revel in the joy of the dance. She is a conscious and ecstatic dance facilitator and DJ. SUNFIRE DANCE SunFire Dance offer Ecstatic and Conscious Dance events in Dorset. Judez was inspired to start her Movement Meditations, Beach, Forest and Celtic Calendar Conscious Dances, and this has grown to include Ecstatic Dance in Wimborne at Gaunts House and The Neptune Harvester. There is something magical about coming together in community, whether it be dancing on the beach under the luminous full moon or in the crisp morning air watching the sunrise, gathering around a fire in community and sharing a conscious dance. It is always a special event. Sun - born in the place of the Sun. Invite a ray of sunshine and light into your life. No matter how dark, cold, frozen or bleak life may seem. Move and ignite your passions. Fire - it only takes a spark to get the creative fire burning. Fire can also burn away the old, that which no longer serves us. Out of the embers, new shoots and regrowth can form to transmute it into new life, new hope, a new dawn for you. Fire for warmth, for life, for nourishment Dance - dance to move energy, dance to energise, dance when filled with sorrow, dance when filled with joy, dance to connect with others, dance to connect with self, dance your journey, dance of life. Please see our website for more details: www.sunfiredance.com.