DEAR TRIBE MEMBER
I am so excited to be able to announce our first Biodanza Tribal Gathering in UK!! Many people ask please can we have tribe in UK as we have in Netherlands for the past 16 years – so here it is…We have finally found a place in nature that will be perfect for us to come together. As in Netherlands we will grow our UK tribe organically. Together we will create a beautiful harmonious environment filled with love and enveloped by nature. What happens is truly a miracle, everything and everyone is there for this magical transformation to take place and the effects are long lasting! Come and join us! Warmest love Antoinette Lorraine
Antoinette Lorraine
INFORMATION
DEAR TRIBE MEMBER
We are looking forward to meet you at this special event: We expect that everyone will take part in the Biodanza workshops which is the foundation for this special event.
PLACE: Monkton Wylde Court, Elsdon’s Ln, Bridport DT6 6DQ
ARRIVAL: You can arrive from 10am Saturday 4 May. Lunch will be provided at 1pm.
CAR PARKING: There is a specific area for car parking – not on the campsite but very nearby.
LUNCH: Lunch is served at 1pm Saturday 4 May.
REGISTRATION: Everyone must come at 12 noon for registration.
COSTS:
Adults Camping: £225
Adults camping with children: £195 p.p
Children Camping til 16yrs: £55 | fully inclusive & childminding
Teenagers Camping after 16 yrs : £75
Indoor Limited Shared Accomodation: £265
Cost is fully inclusive accommodation, food, workshops & events
Payment to: A L Williams Sort Code: 52 10 40 Account: 22202447 ‘ UK Tribe’
Please let me know when you have made your payment
Please note children are childminded during the Adult Biodanza vivencia
Children have their own Biodanza vivencias
Teenagers have their own Biodanza ‘Life’ vivencias‘
BIODANZA OPENING WORKSHOP FOR EVERYBODY WILL BE AT 2pm IN THE PINE ROOM
MORE INFORMATION
We offer a range of activities and entertainment at Tribal Gathering, click on a heading to find out more .
We will organize Pow Wows (camp meetings) where the whole camp will meet to tell the days events on Sunday and Monday.
Please bring your drum with you if you have one. You are also welcome to bring other percussion instruments and drums for around the campfire.
Other events will be on offer: It is possible for you to offer something informally for the free pamper time – you can announce it at the Pow Wow – please check with me.
There will be a market place Bazaar Sunday afternoon for you to sell any creative art/craft or so on (like handmade jewellery, paintings and anything creative).
During the free times you can offer on an informal basis any type of healing, massage, singing, yoga and so on for your pleasure either by swapping. We will provide a board for you to advertise what you offer and you can announce it at Pow Wow (no talk therapies please) as it is definitely ‘pampering’
Parents are responsible for their children. During the Biodanza Adult workshops the child minders will take care of the children. There will be Biodanza workshops for children and also creative workshops for children.
There will be Biodanza ‘Life’ workshops for the Teenagers
Please bring anything for your comfort and to help to make this a special and pleasurable event for everyone.
And don’t forget to bring: a torch (light), rain boots, rain clothes as well as sun clothes, hammocks and so on.
Please also bring any games for the children AND for the children’s area (NO ELECTRONIC GAMES).
Alcohol free event.
We are not allowed to have dogs on the site.
TOGETHER, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS A GREAT CELEBRATION!
See you soon
Warmest love
Antoinette Lorraine
‘I like to think we have created the right environment for personal growth and development, full of love and care. We were like a true tribe - children, teenagers, younger and older adults, parents, couples, singles, everyone equally important. On one hand, we were one group, spending time together, working, playing, just being. But in the same time, in this unity and in relation to each other, we remained as individuals. There was full acceptance of each other, just the way we are
Kasia
'Words will never be able to capture the depth, richness and magic of the experience of Biodanza. The same is true for the Netherlands gathering. By the time I left, I was in love with everyone. I arrived unsure, in a new country, with 130 or so Dutch people, including children and teenagers many of whom knew each other, a new language, a new setting. But Biodanza, expertly held by Antoinette and other teachers, puts you through the wash, it tugs at your heart strings, it holds you, caressing you gently, saying 'its safe to open to this experience and to these people'. And when you do, your reward is to have an answer for the questions, why are we here? What is the point? Is love and community really possible? The answer to the latter is a resounding YES! And even if only a temporary community, it gives great hope for the future. It is a testament to Antoinette that all these years after she left the Netherlands, her old students still miss her, as they expressed to me, and flock to see her and be held by her facilitation, whenever they get the chance. The teenagers and young people who have been attending since childhood are amazing and true embodiments of the healing power of Biodanza and its transformative potential for children;a beacon of hope for future generation.
Jay
(after his first visit to the Tribal Gathering in Netherlands)