Dancemeditation with Dunya
In-person Upper Cape Cod
"Dancemeditation is like exploring a dark but safe cave where I discover gems of indescribable beauty.” —Chava
Winter Retreat
December 28th – Jan 1st, 10am –4pm
Woods Hole Community Hall
68 Water St, Woods Hole, MA 02543
Five Full Days: $390 through Dec 1st. $450 after
Early Bird Special Five Full Days: $390
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Thursdays Oct 22 – Nov 12
4:30 – 5:30pm at the Woods Hole Firehouse (upstairs)
Water St, Woods Hole, MA 02543
$5 – $50 sliding scale donation, cash at the door
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Saturday, November 21st, 10 – 11:30am
UU Falmouth, 840 Sandwich Rd, East Falmouth, MA 02536
$15 – $25 Sliding Scale Donation Sign Up
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Our body and Being need time to unwind and dream…
Dancemeditation™ regenerates, heals, connects, and transports us to embodied presence again, and again. Dancemeditation™ helps us trust ourselves. We move through the crust of harried surface worries and into our huge spiritual intelligence. Body speaks to us from the flow of our most Original self, freeing us from habitual patterns, and increasing our awareness of embodied present-ness. Without words, with beautiful music, with eyes open or closed, in the continual flow of breath awareness, we weave our inner and outer space and ignite our spiritual heart. Dunya’s powerful teaching guides participants into their depths, their aliveness, their presence.
Using Slow Movement, Breath-based Movement, Intuitive Dance, Whirling, Somatic Exploration, Sufi Chanting and more, we enter our depth through the transformative process of Relaxation, Receptivity, Reciprocity, and Rest
What We Will Do
Dunya will guide us in a period of relaxing, wordless instruction to focus and orient our attention, then suggest a simple, rich moving meditation to sink down a couple of notches inside the self, touching Self. There will be a generous, spacious period of time for participants to do their own exploratory intuitive movement, to digest and integrate meditative efforts.
What to Bring
Wear comfortable clothing to move in and warm layers.
Bring a thick yoga mat or blanket to be comfortable on the floor.
If you have a veil, bring it.
Bring a Friend!
“I am in love with the journey...I’m learning something very deep, something words would never cover…” — K
Pioneer in embodied mysticism and Founder of Dancemeditation™, Dunya McPherson specializes in opening the wonderment of deep, subtle, peaceful self-perception. Juilliard alumna, Sufi Master, NYTimes critically acclaimed choreographer, and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship recipient, Dunya is a practicing artist, academic educator, presenter at healing arts centers worldwide including Kripalu, and author of two beloved books on dance as spiritual path. Full biography
Skin of Glass: Finding Spirit in the Flesh, memoir of Dunya’s journey in dance and mysticism.
Sojourn the Inner Heaven: Movement Meditations for Awakening, guidebook and practice companion.
She is a contributing author to several books on healing and spirituality.
"Kindness to our body is the beginning of kindness to all.” —Dunya McPherson
Thursdays Oct 22 – Nov 12
4:30 – 5:30pm at the Woods Hole Firehouse (upstairs)
Water St, Woods Hole, MA 02543
$5 — $50 sliding scale donation, cash at the door..
Join us for group practice of beautiful Dancemeditation with brief opening guidance from Dunya, giving time to your own body and energy.
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Saturday, November 21st, 10 – 11:30am
UU Falmouth, 840 Sandwich Rd, East Falmouth, MA 02536
$15 – $25 Sliding Scale Donation Sign Up
Breathe, move, and feel the magic within ~
You are warmly invited to join us for a healing, enlivening session of Dancemeditation™ with Founder, Dunya McPherson. Set aside this time for yourself – for your body, your energy, and your renewal.
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December 28th – Jan 1st, 10am –4pm
Woods Hole Community Hall
68 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543
Five Full Days: $390 through Dec 1st. $450 after
Early Bird Special Five Full Days: $390
At the turn of the year, the Dancemeditation Winter Retreat with Dunya shines its warm, bright light into the heart of our every cell. Come experience embodied self-care, healing, and self-connection. Come bask in the beauty of your deepest self and the good company of one another. This event is open to all!
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“During tonight’s session, I noticed how much I lean into your presence and anchor, Dunya, to find the courage to be alone with myself, to venture into my inner world. If it weren’t for your commitment to this work, I would have missed out on knowing the depths of myself and feeling the intimacy of being present. I would have skimmed the surface of so many moments, afraid of the void, the pain, the vastness of everything. I feel I can trust the authenticity of your movements and your expressive soul. Because I know you are there, I dare to be here.” – G. M., psychotherapist
“The work transcends the therapeutic— it’s profoundly finding the self as part of the spiritual path.” – P.
“I was tickled…by ‘it all,’ the infinite in everything…Especially me & my experience.” – J.
“These Dancemeditation sessions have meant so much to me. I am deeply grateful to you for making them possible for us all to be together while going down deep. It is hard to describe what I have been experiencing. The work helps me access my heart body. Nurturing myself, feeling the softness of my animal self.” – S.
“The continuous flow took me deep within. I experienced myself from the inside out. Time stopped. It seemed like we had just begun when you said it was time to ‘rest.’ I actually checked my watch because I couldn’t fathom that so much time had passed.” — K.
