Today I throw myself into the experiences that the Sanctuary offers. I start the day at 8am with an hour and a half meditation session focussed on health and wellbeing. This starts with chanting to open our left and right sides of the brain, and then we focus our breathing on each gland in our body. I find it incredibly calming and enjoyable. The meditation is a guided one and as I'm new to this it really helps to have a guide.
After breakfast (of a very filling vegetarian version of my rice soup) I join a Trance and Dance workshop thinking that it will all be dancing. The first half hour is focussed on dancing and we are guided through the 5 Rhythms dance by Gabriella Roth (on tape). This dance is based on the idea of the energy within a wave and leads you through from flowing, to staccato, to chaos (great fun, mad dancing), lyrical and then stillness. We all dance with a blindfold on so we are not influenced by anyone else and also so shy people can dance as madly as they want. The dancing actually leads you into an ecstatic state and at one point I think I am levitating!
I'm sure this dancing can be found in Brighton and I'd definitely do it again. Further details are here if you are interested.
http://www.movingcenterschool.com/about-5rhythms
Then we are invited to go on a Shamanic journey to the underworld. I was not expecting this but I'm intrigued. The mission is to find our 'power animal'. This is harder and not as natural to me as the dancing. I really want to go on a proper journey but find it hard to 'see' where I'm going once I'm in the trance like state which our shamanic leader has put us into with his constant drumming. I do see lots of images of animals though and the one that keeps appearing is an owl.
The owl is magical and all seeing and your animal can often complement your life in areas where you need it. I think he'll be of benefit to me as he's supposed to help you see the truth in people.
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