‘I would like to thank you for the Biodanza Tribal Gathering in Winterswijk this year. I am very grateful for this experience and for people I have met. It was magical. I could see how with every day I was very gently evolving, opening up to new unexpected feelings and experiences. I could feel very subtle changes happening in my body. I went from being reserved and distant to relaxed and fully present, the way I have never felt before. The pure joy of life – that is how I like to call it. 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. I like to compare our way of being during this Tribal Gathering to the dance of fluidity – being close and present, but respectful and aware of others’ own space.’