Manchester Buddhist Centre

Sat­urday 13th March and Sunday 14th March

10.00–5.00pm

£80/£60/£40 (Waged/Low-waged/Concessions)

Dham­ma­gita

UNFORTUNATELY THIS WEEKEND HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LOW BOOKINGS. APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED

A vibrant explor­a­tion and appre­ci­ation of the human body in move­ment and stillness

On this week­end Dham­ma­gita will help us to enhance the well­being of our whole body-mind. With the ele­ments as a frame­work, she will help us to

• ground ourselves and release to the sup­port of the earth
• move body and mind with the fluid­ity of water
• feel the fire of energy
• enjoy the unob­struc­ted free­dom of air in our breath and being

Dham­ma­gita uses a power­ful syn­thesis of somatic prac­tices, energy work and breath­ing tech­niques drawn from her explor­a­tion of vari­ous body­work and spir­itual tra­di­tions. The res­ult is richly fla­voured with her love of music, poetry, art, fun and interest in everything

The week­end is suit­able for every­body and any body, how­ever in or out of touch you are with your body. You don’t have to be fit, ener­getic or any­thing but human to enjoy and bene­fit from the week­end. It is par­tic­u­larly use­ful for any­one who exper­i­ences stiff­ness or dis­com­fort; lack of energy; stress, anxi­ety or lack of joy

About Dham­ma­gita

Dham­ma­gita has a par­tic­u­lar interest in the devel­op­ment of aware­ness through the body. In 2007 she com­pleted a five month Med­it­at­ing with the Body train­ing with Regin­ald Ray and con­tin­ues in advanced train­ing with him

Her ini­tial train­ing was as an actor and teacher. She later did a degree in art and design and — after a few years as a fash­ion styl­ist and cocaine addict — ended up train­ing in Shiatsu.

She has since gained exper­i­ence in many forms of body and energy work. She has been teach­ing med­it­a­tion and lead­ing retreats and work­shops for many years — mostly with an arts and/or body bias.

Her very var­ied back­ground res­ults in a rich and eclectic way of reveal­ing aware­ness and exper­i­en­cing our human­ity to the full. She firmly believes that fun and spir­itu­al­ity not only can but must co-exist

What par­ti­cipants have said -

• “You gave us essen­tial keys to unlock our bod­ies and hear them”
• “It has been won­der­ful to recon­nect with my body again”
• “Thanks for your pas­sion and encour­age­ment to notice, appre­ci­ate and let speak this vehicle I incarn­ate in this lifetime”
• “I felt exhausted on the first day but wanted to come back – so glad I did!”
• “fun, edu­ca­tional, enjoy­able, liberating”
• “joy, tears, laughter, move­ment, still­ness. I felt I had met and embraced my whole being”
• “A deeply mov­ing (lit­er­ally and emo­tion­ally) week“

What to wear and bring -

• Loose, stretchy cloth­ing (such as you might wear for yoga) for comfort
• Lay­ers that you can put on and off eas­ily as your tem­per­at­ure changes (mov­ing between activ­ity and still­ness means your body tem­per­at­ure can vary a lot)
• A bottle of water

Every­one — no exper­i­ence necessary

Book­ing required

20

First floor, Lotus Hall

Tak­ing it fur­ther, Sangha, Buddhism, Med­it­a­tion, Week­end Workshop