10.00h - 10.15h

Opening

10.15h - 11.45h
5Rhythms®
Samar Linn
 
12.15h - 13.45h
Dance Alchemy
Dhyana Vargas
 
15.00h - 15.45h
Tea & Presence

CDF Team
 
16.00h - 17.30h
Conscious Partner Dance: Moving as One, Moving as Many
Jaque & Jan
 
18.00h - 19.45h
Sufi Whirling with Live Music
Dhyana Vargas

Live music by Wassim Mukdad

19.45h - 20.30h

Closing

The Open Floor Movement Practice synthesises universal patterns of movement on and off the dance floor. We aim to stay in movement and observe the arising physical sensations throughout the session. We move & include as much of our bodies & selves as we can. Through a few guided exercises & plenty of free exploration, we will connect to ourselves, the people around us, and the web of life we are all part of.

Bence Gáspár (born in Hungary, lives in Berlin) is an Open Floor movement practitioner and teacher, evolutionary biologist (PhD), and critical thinker.
Through his personal healing journey, he experienced how mindfulness and movement improvisation can lead to an embodiment of greater integrity and orientation across inner networks that encompass our biological, mental, and emotional states, and outer networks of relationships, sociopolitical constructs, and the natural world we are all woven into.
He shares this experience in his classes and workshops in Berlin, internationally and online. He assisted the last Open Floor Teacher Training and serves on Open Floor International’s Board.

Soul Motion is a conscious dance practice at the crossroads between the vertical drop into self and the horizontal extension toward another, to community and spirit. Nurturing the awakening of stillness in every movement moment, we celebrate the miraculous event of this body breathing and moving: now. Soul Motion is improvised movement meditation, in presence and mindfulness, between stillness and ecstasy.

Jens Wazel is an authorized Soul Motion teacher and has been offering classes and workshops for over 20 years in Seattle, San Francisco, Hawaii, and in Berlin. He is the founder of the Bay Area Soul Motion Collective. Jens is also experienced in various other forms of dance, movement theatre and meditation. After 25 years on the American West Coast, Jens now lives in Berlin. He is also a photographer/videographer and has been working on a project to document the history of conscious dance:

https://www.jenswazelphotography.com/Documentary/DanceMovement.

5Rhythms is an exploration of how five essential rhythms move through us. Gabrielle Roth created this beautiful map as she witnessed these energies both on and off the dancefloor. As we become more available to these different rhythms in movement, we become more available when they show up in our lives – or even how to call on specific rhythms when needed. Together, we’ll uncover how these energies move through us. We’ll express, feel and connect with ourselves and others through the 5Rhythms. There is no wrong or right on this x-dance floor. There is simply the infinity of what is.

Samar Linn has a promiscuous love affair with music, is enamored by dance and is a curious investigator of freedom of expression. She is a certified 5Rhythms® teacher, a trained Integrative Counselor and Bodyworker.
Samar runs a range of workshops, private events and weekly classes to bring more curiosity to ourselves, openness to our uniqueness and permission to embrace the magic in daily life. Her raw attitude, vulnerability, and artistic ways to embody aliveness provide an electric, creative and safe environment. Wherever you might meet.


www.samarlinn.com

Whirling is an ancient Sufi technique, where you whirl on the spot with your arms outstretched. Accompanied by musicians playing traditional Sufi music, Dhyana will share a space for you to learn and experience this active meditation that helps the mind to relax, moving you into a soft, and silent space – the very center of your being.

Dance Alchemy is an opportunity to explore life issues and transform the emotions behind it. With movement and presence we allow things that are hidden in the unconscious mind to be revealed, expressed and felt. Allowing ourselves to feel, we become more grounded in our bodies. Our sensitivity, resilience, and capacity to be more present in daily life expands, no matter the situation.


This workshop supports you with a guided exploration of your inner world through dance, presence and acceptance. A way to transform and to free blocked energy into aliveness and celebration.

In a light trance, combining let go with alertness, explore and befriend your bodymind‘s creative and self-healing energies. Sitting or lying down, you will be guided into a space of relaxed awareness using gentle soothing music and spaces of silence.

The session is based on the meditative therapy OSHO Reminding Yourself of the Forgotten Language of Talking to Your BodyMind.

Founder and organizer of the Conscious Dance Festival®, Dhyana (born in Colombia, based in Berlin) is a passionate meditator and dancer with a vast experience in different meditation techniques, therapy and somatic work as well as movement practices. She is a certified practitioner of the body-based therapy Dance Alchemy, trainer and facilitator for OSHO Active Meditations and OSHO Meditative Therapies, and facilitates Whirling workshops, initiating others in this ancient tradition.

Dhyana is as well the creator of Whirling in Berlin, and OSHO Colombia. She travels the world offering spaces and courses for those who wish to have an experience of meditation in movement.

dhyanavargas.com

Biodanza is a life dance process and has been danced worldwide since the early 1970s. Its founder is Rolando Toro, a psychologist and anthropologist  from Chile. 
Biodanza is a way to grow & to transform your inner patterns through music, emotion and dance. In your dances you discover the power of primal gestures of affection, tenderness and healing. It connect you with the spirit of your heart, with joy of deep connection to yourself, to other people and the totality of life. You find harmony and expansion physically, emotional and mental.

Susu Grunenberg works with Biodanza since over 15 Years. She leads weekly Biodanza classes, workshops focused on different topics and extensions like identity, the 4 elements, Nature, among others. 
Susu is also a teacher and trainer at the Biodanza School Berlin Mitte and internationally. As a Somatic Experiencing therapist she offers individual sessions to resolve trauma.

www.biodanzaberlin.com

A guided journey to explore ways of interacting and connecting with dance partners. Through experiential exercises in duos and trios, you’ll discover fluid, gender-neutral connections and create your own shared movement vocabulary. Drawing on traditional partner dance, contemporary dance, bodywork, and the Liberato Method, this workshop offers a safe, playful space for embodied exploration.

Jaque & Jan, born in Brazil and Germany respectedly are Berlin-based movers, teachers, facilitators and space-holders who weave partner and solo dance with bodywork into a practice of presence and connection.

Jan brings over two decades in contemporary dance and Brazilian Zouk, shaping Berlin’s Zouk community and exploring movement as a path to awareness and creativity. Jaque, rooted in Brazilian ballroom, is dedicated to creating inclusive spaces where dance fosters healing, empowerment, and belonging.

Together, they share Conscious Partner Dance —a practice of touch, trust, and dialogue between partners. Grounded in inclusion, mutual respect, and deep listening, UPD embraces gender-neutral roles where leading and following flow freely. Trained in the Liberato Method, Jan & Jaque invite dancers into freedom, creativity, and the joy of co-creation in motion.

www.modernzouk.com

Authentic Movement is a powerful contemplative practice in which a person, with eyes closed, follows inner impulses to move, remain still, and explore space, sounds, images, memories, or sensations—while another person actively and non-judgmentally witnesses the experience.

The witness provides a supportive container, allowing the mover to express what arises in their presence. After the movement, verbal sharing takes place between the two: the mover speaks first about their experience, and—if permission is granted—the witness responds in service of the mover, articulating what they observed and how they were affected by the movement.

Ulrika Sprenger is a teacher of Authentic Movement, a Halprin Practitioner, and a movement-based Expressive Arts Therapist.
Through movement, dance, and creative expression, she explores how the body holds both personal history and the influence of its surroundings.
Her work is a search for truth and authenticity—an invitation to move, listen, and create, and in doing so, to connect with who you are and how your life speaks through your body.
She lives and practices in Berlin.

Wassim Mukdad is a Berlin-based musician and human rights activist with Syrian roots. A master of the Oud — the soulful Arabic fretless lute — he composes, performs, and leads ensembles that bridge cultures through the universal language of music. His work celebrates connection, dialogue, and peace beyond borders.

During the Sufi Whirling Ceremony, Wassim will accompany the dance with his deeply evocative live music, guiding us into devotion, transcendence, and stillness.

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