A 16-day self-guided retreat to reconnect with your body, awaken creative expression, and discover natural movement and sound as forms of meditation.
Learn to listen to your body and see what wants to emerge.
A RETREAT INTO YOURSELF
The Natural Movement Retreat is a guided journey into your own natural life flow, expressed through inspired movement and sound.
Through a series of guided visualization-style meditation journeys, movement explorations, sound practices, and journaling, you'll be invited to slow down, listen inward, and allow movement to emerge from your own experience.
There is no choreography to memorize.
There is no right or wrong way to move.
There is nothing you have to "perform."
The practice is learning to listen.
And then allowing your body to respond.
Movement can communicate things that words cannot.
A movement that feels playful, expansive, grounded, powerful, soft, strange, or completely unexpected.
When you stop trying to make movement look a certain way, you may begin to experience movement as another form of listening.
This retreat gives you structured opportunities to explore that relationship.
Movement becomes meditation.
Sound becomes expression.
Your body becomes a source of information.
THE RETREAT EXPERIENCE
The retreat unfolds in three stages: Beginning, Middle, and End.
Each stage takes you progressively deeper into the experience.
BEGINNING — LISTEN
Begin by slowing down and becoming more aware of your body.
Through guided journeys and simple movement explorations, you'll begin noticing sensations, impulses, rhythms, sounds, and movements that arise naturally.
The emphasis is on awareness rather than performance.
MIDDLE — EXPLORE
Once you've established a deeper connection with your body, you'll be invited to explore.
Movement becomes more playful, creative, expressive, and intuitive.
You'll experiment with different qualities of movement and sound while discovering what feels authentic to you.
There is no predetermined outcome.
You are discovering your own movement vocabulary.
END — EXPRESS
The final stage brings the experience together.
Rather than simply moving for the sake of movement, you'll have the opportunity to experience your natural movement as creative expression.
You begin to recognize the unique way your body communicates, creates, and responds.
The movement becomes your own.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Your retreat includes:
- Guided sound meditations
- Guided visualization-style meditation journeys
- Natural movement explorations
- Creative movement practices
- Sound and vocal exploration
- Journaling prompts
- A structured beginning, middle, and end
- Guidance for integrating the experience into your everyday life
Everything is online so you can participate from wherever you are.
Course Curriculum
16 DAYS — WITH ROOM TO BREATHE
The retreat itself is a 16-day journey.
You don't have to rush through it.
You have up to 6 months to complete the retreat.
That means you can work with the material around your actual life rather than trying to rearrange your life around the retreat.
You can participate around:
Work.
Family.
Travel.
Responsibilities.
Rest.
Your own natural rhythm.
This is a retreat you can take at home, on your own schedule, from wherever you are.
THIS IS FOR YOU IF...
You may be drawn to Natural Movement Retreat if:
- You want to reconnect with your body
- You feel disconnected from your creativity
- You are curious about movement but don't consider yourself a dancer
- You want a different way to meditate
- You enjoy guided visualization and inner exploration
- You want to become more comfortable expressing yourself
- You tend to live primarily in your head and want to reconnect with your body
- You want to explore movement without choreography or performance
- You are looking for a creative practice that doesn't require special equipment or a studio
- You want to create intentional space for yourself within everyday life
The purpose is to discover what happens when you give your body permission to move without needing to meet someone else's expectations.
Your movement may be subtle.
It may be expressive.
It may be stillness.
It may be sound.
It may be something you have never tried before.
There is no prescribed way for your body to express itself.
YOUR RETREAT. YOUR BODY. YOUR EXPERIENCE.
There is no instructor watching.
Let go of the expectation that your experience should look like anyone else's.
You are given the structure, guidance, and space.
What emerges is yours to discover.
This is an invitation to step out of the familiar ways you have been taught to move through the world and become curious about the movement that comes from within.
BEGIN YOUR NATURAL MOVEMENT RETREAT
16 days of guided exploration
Up to 6 months to complete
Self-guided and available anywhere
No dance experience required
Come as you are.
Listen.
Move.
Explore.
Discover what your body already knows.
Hi, I’m Sequoia!
Certified Life Coach, Yoga (RYT), fire priestess at Sacred Fire Dance, creative visionary artist with special emphasis on health and wellness, meditation, sound healing, nature, movement, art, and adventure.