5 Rhythms Dance Spain - Retreat Information The sacred intent for all exploration, and activity here, whether dancing, swimming, resting, meditating, sharing, laughing, feasting, is to bring courage, hope, support, strength, and joy on the eternal quest with- in for liberation, freedom, wisdom, understanding, and love.

Red Earth Sanctuary , Andaulcia

Our postal address is- Michael Moore
Spanbox B84, CC La Troucher, Coin
Malaga, Andalucia 29100
Spain

Retreat Information

The sacred intent for all exploration, and activity here, whether dancing, swimming, resting, meditating, sharing, laughing, feasting, is to bring courage, hope, support, strength, and joy on the eternal quest with- in for liberation, freedom, wisdom, understanding, and love.

What is a Retreat:

Importance of Structure;

Important Attendance Requirment

Attend to Business:

What to Bring;

What to Leave at Home

Diet and Allergies
Accommodation

Daily Ritual

Daily Schdule

Health Issues
Deposit, Balance and Cancellation Policy:

A retreat is a much-needed break from daily responsibility and routine, a time to turn inward, reflect and become conscious of what is truly important to you . Our co-created vision for Red Earth has created a safe, supportive environment a sacred cocoon in which practitioners of 5 Rhythms Dance, Spiritual Inquiry and other ecstatic dance and meditation practices and those who have never danced or meditated before can meet and merge to explore the rich bounty of their most fundamental and sacred self through dance, and self-inquiry. The Sanctuary with its tranquil setting provides a nourishing environment for a deeper, undisturbed and undistracted human core experience, and recognition of the true self. Dear Ones, please understand, dance, meditation, spiritually inquiry, ritual theater although therapeutic and deeply healing are not therapy and should not be used in place of professional medical and psychological treatment; and if you are on medication of any kind or prone to panic attacks please inform me befote you book, thank you

What Is a Retreat

Dear ones, I welcome you wholeheartedly to Red Earth and encourage you to attend with as much of an  opened mind and an open heart (without trying) as you can: whether this be your first (welcome) or your lastest among many: invite your beginner's mind to show up free of agenda, expectation, or pre-conceived ideas of what this retreat is going to give you or has in store for you:

A retreat is an opportunity to focus all our attention in a sustained and devoted way toward discovering and responding with the full measure of our hearts and minds to the vast spiritual and human impulse flowing with=in us all; this shared commitment
makes a retreat a powerful transformative expression and direct experience of the sacred cycles  of growing up, cleaning up showing-up and waking up: The Spiritual Instinct and Human expression is experienced uniquely within each of us: The instinct to awaken, and recognise our true nature is as much part of us as breathing, and our inevitable desire often bought about through desperation
to clean up, grow up and show up, evolve into an informed, embodied balanced experience, encompassing the paradoxical qualities of embodiment and transcendence;
Each and every retreat is unique, alive, fresh, and has a mysterious life of its own
so let's come together willing to live on this edge of discovery;
Importance of Structure;

Without structure, there can be no freedom,
Are you disciplined enough to be a free spirit?

A retreat is also a commitment to the structure and container of retreat as well as guide-lines that help us to silently support one another and maintain the integrity of the retreat environment; This shared respect and dignity for one another and the fluid-structure is vital because we all here o respond to our individual calling, as well as silently support one another with great clarity, courtesy and kindness: We ask all retreatants to take responsibility for these guidelines, if you are not in alignment with the guideline we will invite you to align, if you are unable to do so, regrettable we may need to ask you to leave, naturally, we prefer not to to do so:
Attend To Business:
Your chosen retreat is your time in the timeless, make every moment count:
A retreat is your time to retreat from the endless forms of everyday distraction:
As amazing as social media is, as extraordinary as our technological devices are
at helping us to navigate the practicalities of daily living they can also be used as implements of distraction and addiction: So please enter your time at Red Earth fully prepared and committed to being here with all loose ends tied up at work, and at home, completing all business, and making arrangements with your nearest and dearest by giving them this email address spain5rhythms@hotmail.com before you leave, then in the unlikely event of an emergency you can be contacted day or night through us: Throughout our time together this means no cell phone or computer use: Then you can give full measure to why you are truly here, what is your deepest purpose:
What to Bring ;
Towel
Reusable Water Bottle
Tea bags, your favourite brew:
Chocolate to share:
10 T-lights to illumine your journey:
Torch:
(Depending on the time of year)
cosy light wrap for meditation, insect repellant
swim things, sun lotion, hat:

What to Leave at Home:
laptops, headsets, books, art materials, journals, all electronic equipment:
Camera, Red Earth is a selfie free zone:
fake tan lotion and heavy oils, (play havoc on white bed lining) Thank you:
Important Attendance Requirments
If you cannot arrive on time and plan to stay through to the end Oya suggest you wait for a retreat that is possible for you to arrive on time and stay till the end: There is no exception to this: This shared commitment supports the integrity of the group and the totality of the whole: Collection time from the Village of Guaro is between 16.00 and 18.00: If you stand outside this framework you may need to stay overnight in Marbella: we end the retreat at 14.00 on the last day: please organise your departure flight after 17.00: Thank you: It is not acceptable to leave before the closing ceremony:
Health Issues, Food and Cat Allergies:
If you have a medical or psychological pre-existing condition, you may wish to consult with your doctor or mental health professional before coming, to ensure the intensity and length of this retreat is appropriate for you: If you have allergic reaction to certain foods please note we are unable to support your diet to the standered we would like: so please be honest with yourself and us and dont attend:
Dietary Requirements:
We cater for Vegan and Vegitarian diets, and are mainly gluten free and dairy free, yet are unable to provide for thoes with allergies or thoes on exclusion diets and unable to offer alternative meals; If in any doubt please speak to us before you book:
Michael and I are committed to non-GMO whole foods and serve a delicious, healthy Mediterranean cuisine; We support and source from local Fincas who are dedicated to growing organic produce and care about the quality and sustainability of their land.
Our cuisine follows the seasons, fruit and vegetables are of the highest quality and Michael shops and prepares wheat, mainly gluten and always dairy-free meals daily from the finest ingredients in ways that are nutritionally balanced, beneficial to your health, tantalize your taste buds, and awaken your senses.
We sprout the seeds, pre-soak grains and beans to enhance the nourishment and cook legumes with Komba to aid digestion and enhance nutrition.

Allergies and food intolerances.
If you have a specific Allergy please know we are unavble to cater for you, or prepare individual meals and sincerly appologies ( There is only one Michael)
So before you book please check with us , thank you
Daily Ritual

Sitting in the magic of silence

Part of our daily ritual will be spent in the alchemy of silence:
Silence nourishes and is a profound teacher that invites you to move into your inner core and discover its inherent natural peace, tranquility, wisdom, clarity and joy that rises from its depth: Once the intelligence of this inner stillness is recognised we understand all that is real and true arises from this deep vast ocean of spaciousness: In the silence we discover a deep connectedness to life to one another, and realize we are not as separate as we thought. The peaceful warmth of silence supports our recognition of true stillness and authentic movement.

Daily Schedule:
Session time is divided between
Dance, Spiritual Inquiry, Meditation, Ritual Theater and One on One time ;
With great senitivity we follow the seamless flow, putting down "Old Father Time" attuning and stepping into the timless adventure:

Breakfast of sumptuous organic seasonal fruits, muesli, yogurt, homemade bread, eggs, jams, marmalade, honey, all organic: This is followed by a period of silence, with time to swim, rest in the sun, walk, and simply just "be". Time seamlessly flowing into our morning session held in the beautiful studio, and lasts till it ends;
Lunch is served alfresco under the silent gaze of the mountains:
The afternoon is siesta time, giving you the space to rest and integrate before the start of our evening session at Sunset. The ending of which guides us towards a glass of wine and a delicious freshly prepared feast sourced from the finest seasonal produce organically grown and lovingly served.

The "context of schdule" may sound relaxed and it is yet please understand the content of all Red Earth retreats is very intensive and requires your complete focus and dedication:
  Deposit, Payment of Balance, and Cancellation Policy

On booking your place we ask for a deposit of £100 which is Non-refunable and Non-transferable: We cannot hold a place for more than 2 weeks with out a deposit, no mater how long you have been attending Red Earth

We request the balance be paid I month before your retreat date:
Places at Red Earth are so precious that we dont look favorble on late cancellation, especially when it simply springs from a change of mind: so please understand if you cancel with in one month we will look to you for half payment which is £200, and if we are unable to fill your place we may look to you for full payment:
Accommodation
Please pack light, a suitcase that goes under the bed is perfect    (cabin size or case that opens out flat)
There are no single rooms available,
all accomdation is shared and each beautiful space unique
- Upstairs room opens out onto large sun terrace with fab views
- Spacious handcrafted Mongolian Yurt with views to the mountain
- All our beds are comfy divan mattress, our linen lovenly prepared, our duvets cozy duck down or hypogenic quilts
Below are your most asked questions: Fingers crossed, answered
- On the start date of your retreat, please be in Guaro village ready for Michael to collect at 16.00: He is unable to collect after 18.00 so if your flight stands outside this time frame we suggest you stay in Marbella your first night and come up on the morning bus to Guaro where Micheal will meet you:
- Please ensure you eat first, as our first meal is served after the evening meditation.
- Our first evening session starts around 19.00.
- All retreats finish, at 14.00 on the date given, Please stay till the end anf book your flight accordinly
- Michael returns you to the bus stop or you can book a taxi when you're here to take you straight back to the Airport takes 45 mins and costs 40 euros, (Cheaper when shared)
- Red Earth is mobile free, selfie free zone so please give our email address to your nearest and dearest so in the unlikly event of an emergency they can connract you through us:
- no smoking in the sanctary or in the garden:
- nearer the date of your retreat we will forward details with a contact number,
- After the retreat, he will return you to the bus stop. (No charge)
- Nearest Airport Malaga.
- Our local taxi (Dave) can collect you from and to the airport.
- For information on budget flight's, bus timetable, the journey to and from Red Earth, please check out Michael's Travel info
May we be blessed on our path, deep devotion and great love, Grandmother Oya

5 Rhythms Dance ;Dance to forget who you belive your self to be, dance till you become the dance

Voice Dialogue : Discovering, embodying and integrating dual and nondual aspects of self leading to a liberated and fully functioning human being

Spiritual Inquiry Unlocks your deepest potencial and simply reminds you of who you are not

True Meditaion :Lays the ground for awakening

Ritual Theater Reveals you are a unique expression through which life consciously reveals itself again and again in every moment

Website created by Grandmother Oya

Our postal address is- Michael Moore
Spanbox B84, CC La Troucher, Coin
Malaga, Andalucia 29100
Spain