Good news! I am delighted to offer God, Sex and the Body in Bristol UK (March 30-April 2 2023)
I have 2 more planned for this year - summer residential in Hungary and autumn in Belgium - details very soon
I have 2 more planned for this year - summer residential in Hungary and autumn in Belgium - details very soon
In the dancing path of the 5Rhythms®, ”God, Sex and the Body” is an initiation into being an embodied soul. It is a deeply personal journey, a celebration like no other, a ritual for the hot and holy you. It’s a call to stretch our imaginations and move through a spectrum of feminine and masculine archetypes, to dress them up, to get inside them and give them expression. This is the Map of the Soul |
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. well in Manchester in the 1990s I was teaching 5Rhythms with my stacks of CDs, reading about goddesses in the bath, sitting in ceremony and dancing at gigs and clubs. On our teacher training, Gabrielle put the trainees into decades for a talking exercise and merged the 30s and 40s together with the responsibilities and ambitions of the centre of life, leaving the 20s and over 50s to make the other group - she said we all had more freedom but in different ways. Now in my 50s, I’m bringing all my past selves with me to the dance floor - the one who travelled to New York to learn from Gabrielle, the one who lived simply in the woods, the mother, the university lecturer, the one lost in a dance under the stars..
Dancing and teaching God, Sex and the Body really feels like exactly what I am here to do - exploring the archetypes within us with curiosity and creativity. During the pandemic, I watched the old Star Wars films with my teenager - and many scenes made me wish for a God, Sex and the Body workshop.. Hans Solo was such a rebel mix of Wild Son and Mistress, Luke Skywalker the Holy Spirit and Wild Son, Princess Leia and Darth Vader both seemed to embody different extremes of the Father archetype! Science Fiction and ancient myths both give us clues about how to expand past the mundane, same old same old patterns, give our overloaded and tired aspects a rest and aspire to new adventures and acceptance. God, Sex & the Body is part of the curriculum that feeds the soul as we also change our relationship with the ego. I am the first teacher after Gabrielle Roth and Jonathan Horan to offer this map. Over 4 days of dancing and an archetypal party, we have the chance to enjoy our hot and holy selves, discover how the artist, lover, seeker, shapeshifter and alchemist are present in our lives, and meet each other in moments of surprising truth. In chaotic times we need inspiration more than ever - this is my first one since the pandemic arrived - maybe you can join us this time or in the future? May the force be with you |
My creative self always led the way, finding relief and freedom when dancing and drawing - and although the body is my medium, using imagination and sculpting the mysterious have always attracted me just as much. I want it all - no divide between spirit and flesh, between the masculine and feminine within.. the lover to have desire and find beauty in many moments, the seeker to naturally connect to inspiration and devotion, the artist to design and take care of a life full of these riches.
I danced God, Sex and the Body with Gabrielle many times and have danced and co-taught with Jonathan in 2017-18, finding new energy, questions and treasure each time. . I’m so delighted and grateful to be teaching it myself, and a workshop with a built in party has to be perfect for me!
For 25 years I've witnessed Alex Mackay as a dedicated embodiment of all the maps of our 5Rhythms mandala. In her committed practice, a willingness to continue moving, exploring and seeing herself through the deep awareness of her own rhythms. In her teaching, a lyrical playfulness delivered with mystery, creativity, and maturity.
The more we co-created along her path studying our God, Sex, & the Body maps, the deeper my respect has grown for Alex's embodied presence of the shapeshifter -- a soul dancing without attachment and with intention to unearth the uniqueness and balance of nurture and action, of fascination and adventure, of intuition and integrity.
Jonathan Horan, 2018
I danced God, Sex and the Body with Gabrielle many times and have danced and co-taught with Jonathan in 2017-18, finding new energy, questions and treasure each time. . I’m so delighted and grateful to be teaching it myself, and a workshop with a built in party has to be perfect for me!
For 25 years I've witnessed Alex Mackay as a dedicated embodiment of all the maps of our 5Rhythms mandala. In her committed practice, a willingness to continue moving, exploring and seeing herself through the deep awareness of her own rhythms. In her teaching, a lyrical playfulness delivered with mystery, creativity, and maturity.
The more we co-created along her path studying our God, Sex, & the Body maps, the deeper my respect has grown for Alex's embodied presence of the shapeshifter -- a soul dancing without attachment and with intention to unearth the uniqueness and balance of nurture and action, of fascination and adventure, of intuition and integrity.
Jonathan Horan, 2018