Each day will open with a short morning practice including- water meditations, morning gratitude prayer, dream remembrance and purification breath practices. Then after a light breakfast we will continue into a high energy intensive dance journey in a beautiful sanctuary space. Afternoons will be spacious for relaxing, swimming, connecting with fellow mermaid sisters, and nourishing with an amazing healthy Greek catered lunch. At sunset we will resume the dance connecting with the water and surrounding natural elements. Our sunset dance will explore individual improvisation, site specific score work as well as choreography and group movement formations (known as flocking in the animal kingdom.) Dance practices will be wide in scope including elements from Nava Dance, Integral Dance, as well as Sacred Circle dances, and dances honoring divine mother. We will also incorporate dancing and playing frame drums a practice that connects us with our ancestors and with the circle & cycle of life.

Two of the afternoons will include field trip journeys to other nearby beaches and mountains to inspire another dimension of our movement practice. We will dine in local taverna’s on those nights getting a taste of real Greek culture! Some evenings we will sit around the dinner table and connect more deeply through story- telling, and wisdom sharing and other evenings we will sing, drum and offer healing chants from the Guedra tradition and beyond. On our closing night, July 10th we will have a very special full moon ritual honoring the Buck Moon.

Over the course of the week, we will honor and connect more deeply to the earth and to our own bodies as well as offer space for healing and integration of the various cycles and passages happening in our lives. We will be inspired by the gorgeous surrounding nature and seaside, and connect with the natural rhythm of our movement and breath. Each day will culminate in a site-specific work in nature, co-created with the students and divine inspiration received.  

LEVEL: This workshop is open to dancers from any background and will have a mixed level approach that at times will challenge and push our physical ability, and at other times will feel easy, relaxing, playful, and improvisational! There will be a good balance of structure and creative flow.

LOCATION: Our center is right on the Mediterranean Sea on the South East part of Crete in the village of Ferma, near the city of Ierapetra. The closest airport is Heraklion about 1.5 hours away.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Our center features shared rooms (2 per room), a beautiful dance sanctuary, a private deck leading right into the sea, private access to swimming, a dry sauna, and lovely spaces to recline with friends.

*Please note that accommodation room preferences are given out in order of registration. (photos will be provided)

PRICING:

Registration - $1550.  Total

Deposit- $250 non-refundable deposit to hold place. (balance due by June 1st.)

Balance Payment- Via Wise or Paypal (Miriam will email full instructions)

*Prices include the dance immersion, shared accommodations for six nights, all meals (with the exception of 2 Taverna dinners out)

*Prices do not include transportation. (shared transportation costs will come out to roughly $150.)

*This immersion has very limited spaces to offer dancers an intimate and meaningful learning experience.  

*Feel free to reach out to Miriam with any questions via email- info@miriamdance.com

SCHEDULE- (Subject to change)

July 5th-

*Arrival from 3:00 pm- Settle into rooms, rest

6:00-8:00 pm- Opening circle & dance

8:00 pm- Dinner

July 6th-

8:30-9:00- Morning water meditations/prayer by the water

9:00-10:00- Breakfast

10:30-1:30- Morning Session

1:30-2:30- Lunch

2:30-6:30- Mermaid free time!!

6:30-8:30- Sunset dance in nature

8:30-9:30- Dinner

July 7th-

8:30-9:00- Morning water meditations/prayer by the water

9:00-10:00- Breakfast

10:30-1:30- Morning Session

1:30-2:30- Lunch

3:30-8:30- Nearby excursion and dance installation in nature

8:30- Taverna dinner

July 8th

8:30-9:00- Morning water meditations/prayer by the water

9:00-10:00- Breakfast

10:30-1:30- Morning Session

1:30-2:30- Lunch

2:30-6:30- Mermaid free time!

6:30-8:30- Sunset dance in nature

8:30- Dinner

July 9th

8:30-9:00- Morning water meditations/prayer by the water

9:00-10:00- Breakfast

10:30-1:30- Morning Session

1:30-2:30- Lunch

3:30-8:30- Nearby excursion and dance installation in nature

8:30- Taverna dinner

July 10th

8:30-9:00- Morning water meditations/prayer by the water

9:00-10:00- Breakfast

10:30-1:30- Morning Session

1:30-2:30- Lunch

2:30-7:30- Mermaid free time!

7:30- Dinner

8:30- Full Moon Ceremony/Song & Chant circle by the water

July 11th

8:30-9:30- Breakfast

10:00-12:00- Closing circle rituals

12:00- Goodbye’s & Departures