Dance. Sing. Write. Play. Love. Heal.
Join jedi dance fam for this first land-based intensive retreat and training for Resonant Witness, a decentralized crowd-sourced shamanic dance and theater company rippling a new paradigm of immersive, interactive, transformational art around the world.
Resonant Witness is calling together soul family to co-create a new myth for ourselves, one another, and the planet.
About the Practice
Resonant Witness is an invitation to embrace all aspects of our sacred humanness. A practice for deep personal and collective healing. It is 10% performance, and 90% transformational energy work using breath, movement, sound, connection etc.
It integrates practices from the conscious dance movement like ECSTATIC DANCE, DANCING FREEDOM, AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT, CONTACT IMPROV with practices from the conscious relating movement like AUTHENTIC RELATING, ZEGG FORUM, DYADS, MIRRORING, TANTRA in a COCREATIVE EXPRESSIVE ART FORM that is transformational for the performers and all who witness.
The initial vision for Resonant Witness was channeled by Lotus Sattva during an ecstatic dance at Kalani in 2017. She saw the vision in its entirety as a life’s work with people practicing it around the world as a vehicle for demonstrating the inherent interconnectedness of humanity. Since then Lotus has facilitated Resonant Witness in Colorado, Kauai, Maui, and Big Island partnering with local DJs, drummers, videographers, and co-facilitators.
The practice is in its early evolution, but has already demonstrated profound impacts. People laugh, cry, access deep wisdom, express untapped creative potential, and feel deeply bonded with other resonant mirrors.
For example, when Lotus brought the same playlist focused on “Sacred Purpose” to Kauai and Maui in 2019, the dancers channeled the same exact archetypes in both places, what we refer to as “archetypes of a modern myth”. In March 2021, two dozen dancers performed solo expressions reflecting a range of experiences resulting from the COVID19 Pandemic supporting both performers and witnesses to experience deep empathy and connection.
About the Retreat
Cocreating archetypal healing embodying a daily dance and practices for each of the 7 chakras on the edge of the new earth.
This first Resonant Witness retreat will be hosted at multiple locations on the East Side of Big Island.
Room upgrades will be offered at Kalanimua - check out room options at https://www.kalani.com/lodging.
This retreat is for people interested in personal transformation and/or learning a new modality to offer as a transformational leader.
This first retreat will be focused on the chakras. Peaking on Summer Solstice Weekend with a cocreated public event and ceremony, we will have spent each of the 7 full days prior embodying archetypes of a modern myth reflected through our chakra system connecting with power spots on the east side of Big Island.
EACH DAY WILL INCLUDE: DANCE, MEDITATION, YOGA, ALTAR BUILDING, NATURE OUTINGS, WRITING, SINGING, DEEP CONNECTION
The Daily Flow will vary based on outings/weather etc.
Most days will have 2 modules/day
Sample Daily Rhythm:
Morning Meditation
Breakfast
Morning Module
Lunch/Break
Afternoon Module
Dinner
Evening Module
Sample Schedule
Friday June 11: Retreat arrival (Bee Dance at Hawaiian Sanctuary)
Saturday June 12: Root Chakra - New Earth Activation on the lava fields
Sunday June 13: Sacral Chakra - Sacred Waters Activation at the ocean
Monday June 14: Solar Plexus Chakra - Empowered Will Activation in the gardens
Tuesday June 15: Heart Chakra - Quantum Love Activation in the forest
Wednesday June 16: Throat Chakra - Sacred Song Activation in the pools
Thursday June 17: Third Eye Chakra - Clear Vision Activation on the mountain
Friday June 18: Crown Chakra - Receptive Channel Activation at the waterfalls
Saturday June 19: Solstice Activation Portal Ceremony and Community Event
Sunday June 20: Retreat Close and Departure
The structure of the days will be spacious so there is integration time, and we will be within a 10-30 minute drive of gorgeous beaches, hot springs, lava fields, jungle trails and more for you to explore if you’d like to rent a car.
Pricing
The Retreat Includes
>> 3 simple vegan meals/day starting with dinner on Friday June 11 through brunch on June 20
>> 10 days of transformational practices and adventures to power spots in nature
>> 9 nights of camping at our new location
Regular Registration
$1,300
Double Registration
$2,400
Work Trade
Up to 50% off
Work traders will contribute time before, during and/or after the retreat in exchange for up to 50% of the retreat.
Register for both Resonant Witness and Ecstatic Life and save $50 on each
Retreat Upgrades
Personalized Photo Shoot
We will be doing group photo/video shoots during the training, and can offer a personalized photo shoot if you are interested in getting your own photos for professional use or just for fun to capture the expansion you will embody by the culmination of this experience.
Personalized Healing Session
We have numerous coaches, massage therapists, reiki masters etc. on our event staff and in the community. If you are interested in scheduling a personalized healing session before, during or after the retreat contact us and we will help you coordinate it.
Plant-Medicine Ceremony
There will be an optional plant-medicine ceremony THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE RETREAT for an additional cost. We experience that the Resonant Witness practice itself is like a medicine journey, so the majority of the retreat will be substance free. Contact us for more details about participating in ceremony.
Lodging upgrades
Upgrades at Kalani are an additional $224/night and can accommodate up to 2 guests. Learn more at https://www.kalani.com/lodging/. (You are also welcome to get your own lodging at a hostel or Airbnb of your choosing, but please do aim to be close to the Red Road in Pahoa so that it will be easy for you to join us).
Lodging Options
>> Commute from a nearby location or camp onsite FREE
>> Glamping tent with a mattress and pillow for you $200 (bring your own twin sheets)
>> Private room (can be single or double occupancy) $2,100+
Retreat Facilitators and Production Team
More to be announced…
Lotus Sattva
Lotus (she/her) is the founder of Resonant Witness. She is a social innovator with over 30 years of experience as a dancer, facilitator, and transformational guide. She has trained with world renowned facilitators including becoming one of the first Dancing Freedom facilitators with Samantha Sweetwater in 2008. Lotus has innovated cocreative events with diverse audiences across the US, and sees this work as a key to healing humanity and actualizing a new culture rooted in wholeness. Lotus was named an Ambassador for Change by Bioneers and Lucidity festival in 2015. She is currently the Director of Community and Programs at Sundari Gardens.
Gabriel Francisco
As an International presenter, Gabriel Francisco (he/him) has spent the last 16 years connecting, sharing and inspiring on the highest, most professional level of dance education. From studios and workshops in Japan and Brazil to teaching choreography in Europe, Russia, Australia, and New Zealand, Gabriel has given his entire adult life over to unlocking the movement potential in other beings.Gabriel will be offering teachings based on a modality he calls “Dance is Life”. This class is a movement life exploration. It is dynamic zen, body/mind connection, human awareness, and FREEstyle (to be free of style.) It is primal, inclusive, basic and advanced. Movers will discover more about themselves and therefore the world around them. We will unlock the keys to life, living and loving, connecting the 'dancer' and the 'yogi', yourself and the Universe! We will work both solo, duo and in groups. This lecture & dance workshop fusion is a movement catalyst, a life changer and a whole lot of fun! Learn more about Gabriel at www.gabrielfrancisco.com.
Atreyu (Billy McCafferty)
Atreyu (he/him) is a seeker of the present moment through music. As a dj, Atreyu shapes ecstatic journey sets, guiding dancers through rapturous build-up to orgasmic release...weaving cross-cultural influences into a resonance of sonic progression. As a meditative guide, Atreyu cultivates awareness of the divine within, helping those who sit with him to recognize one's true nature. Atreyu brings with him the experiences of building temporary conscious communities, combining breathwork, Kirtan, ecstatic dance, and intention setting to empower ourselves to be vulnerable for both growth and connection with one another.
Tanya Morgan
Tanya (she/her) is an Acro-Yogini and brilliant dancer with Modern and Ballet training at UW-Madison, as well as mentorship with Ken Swift in the art of Breaking: Breakdance/B-Girling. She is also a certified professional coach, reiki master, massage therapist, intuitive healer, and vegan/nutritional cleanse enthusiast. Tanya focuses on awareness of the mind and body relationship, and is spiritually dedicated to compassion centered love and intimacy. Tanya is also a dedicated meditation practitioner and a trained Teacher of the Wisdom sutras, Mahayana and Bodhisattva path. She is currently teaching at Hawaiian Sanctuary and Kalanimua and on Zoom. Learn more about her background and offerings at wisdomwarriorrising.com.
Natalie Silva
Natalie (she/her) is a fire and aerial dancer who has been moving her body, playing and dancing since she was a kid. After discovering yoga at age 14, she spent years practicing various forms of yoga leading her to discover breathwork, meditation, and eventually a 200 hour yoga teaching training. In 2016, Natalie discovered ecstatic dance and contact improvisation. She was in love at first dance. Natalie channels the profound impacts of yoga, authentic expression, body strengthening and conscious connection through her purpose to share this medicine with the world. If Natalie is not teaching you will find her traveling, harvesting from the land, creating, cooking delicious meals, making art with her body, hanging upside down, dancing or playing with friends.
Lillian Love
Lillian Love (she/her) is a Feminine Empowerment Coach, Writer, Speaker and Leader. She is the creator of Cosmic Touch, a docu-therapy film transmission exploring the transformational healing power of self-pleasure. Lillian stands for all women to reclaim their Sovereignty in all capacities - sexually, emotionally, financially, creatively, and relationally. Her gift for Somatic cellular healing guides people--on an individual and collective level--to get out of their heads, and into their bodies, where their peace, pleasure, power, purpose and prosperity lives. She teaches shakti yoga and archetypal healing for men and women at Sundari Gardens which she will be offering as part of this retreat.
Kaï Sunrise
Kaï Sunrise (she/her & they/them) is a queer, multi-disciplinary artist who creates through the mediums of facilitation, dance, voice, visual art, and performance. She was born in Montreal, Quebec and grew up mostly on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. At a young age, Kaï performed all over New England in a Hip Hop Crew called ‘ Kelly Peters Dance’. Later on, she studied Contemporary Dance Choreography at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, and spent a semester at the Norwegian Theatre Academy in Norway. They have been featured in Artist Residencies and Festivals such as: The School of Making Thinking in New York, Nuit Blanche in Montreal, Touch & Play at Earthdance in Massachusetts, and Heart Honey on Big Island. Their vocal channelling practice has roots in an Improv group from Montreal and has grown exponentially from listening to the spirit of the ocean and the land on Kauai and Big Island. They love to swim with Dolphins, sing to the flowers, do witchy magic, cuddle and eat delicious and nourishing food.
Kay Chi
Kay Chi (he/him) is a musician, dancer, Ecstatic DJ, raw nourishment enthusiast and systems creator who perceives his soul (sole) purpose as the creation of heaven Earth, a world free from suffering. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Kay attended Michigan State University for 3.5 years. After rising out and moving to Hawaii in 2017, Kay has initiated a number of endeavors here in the islands, including a passion-project consulting firm, raw nutrition courses and fruitarian meal preparation. Beginning his journey as an Ecstatic DJ in 2018, Kay views ecstatic dance as a practical means of self-actualization and embodiment of our highest selves, striving to evoke ever-increasing levels of bliss and ecstasy with every set he creates.