COMBINING SOMATIC MOVEMENT, MEDITATION, BREATHWORK, AUTHENTIC CIRCLING
When? Saturday 14th March 2026
Time? 12 – 4pm
Price? £35
Where? Tara Yoga Centre. 25-31 Ironmonger Row.
Somatic free dance work and gentle movements to release trauma and blockages held in the body and mind.
Stretches for release.
Circling and working the mind (1.30 hours minimum) – An authentic circling journey, speaking our truths.
Shadow and Mirror work to delve into the subconscious mind
Breathwork and opening the voice to release blockages and for emotional releases
Relaxation and Meditation to create mindfulness and inner peace
Anita Makwana is a Transformational Life Coach specialising in self-development, health and wellness. Her commitment to transforming the lives of people to reach their best selves and helping them reach their fullest potential has been an area of focus for over a decade. She looks at the system of the body as a whole from a mental, emotional, physical and spiritual perspective and combines these to create healthy solutions.
Preview of our last retreat.
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO?
Physical postures, movement, and breath with spiritual and meditative elements. Breath, posture, ritual, and consciousness practices. Using movement, breath, rhythm, dance, stillness, and meditation.
Key elements:
- Rhythm = nervous system regulation
- Drums = heart + brain entrainment
- Repetition = trance induction
- Movement = spirit channeling
- Grounding = earth connection
Healing through motion
- Ritual
- Spirit
- Breath
- Motion
- Consciousness
- Energy
- Alignment
- Healing
- Transcendence
1. Rhythm entrains the brain
When you hear steady drums or repetitive rhythm:
- Brainwaves synchronize (entrainment)
- Beta (thinking) ↓
- Alpha & Theta ↑ (meditative, trance states)
- The default mode network quiets (less ego chatter)
This is the same neurological state reached in:
- Deep meditation
- Breathwork
- Psychedelic states
- Flow states
2. Repetition rewires the nervous system
Repeated movement + rhythm:
- Lowers cortisol
- Regulates the vagus nerve
- Improves emotional processing
- Creates safety through predictability
This is why:
- Sacred dance heals trauma
- People cry, shake, or release emotion
- The body “remembers” before the mind understands
3. Breath + movement = state change
Coordinated breath and motion:
- Oxygenates the brain
- Shifts blood flow
- Activates parasympathetic response
- Opens access to subconscious material
4. Trance is not dissociation
Important distinction:
- Dissociation = escape
- Trance = deep presence
Trance states are:
- Grounded
- Somatic
- Communal
- Time-limited
- Spiritually contained
The person is more in the body, not less.
5. Community regulates the experience
Unlike solo meditation:
- The group provides nervous system safety
- Rhythm synchronizes multiple bodies
- Collective breath stabilizes trance