Discover the Power of Whirling-Alchemy Spinning Workshop with Raquel Santiago

Discover the Power of Whirling-Alchemy Spinning Workshop with Raquel Santiago

This workshop is an invitation to explore and deepen our Alchemy Spinning practice –a powerful and yet accessible whirling modality at the intersection of mindfulness and movement, which promotes an intense creative and personal blossoming.

Whirling, rather than being a goal or a destination, becomes a spiral journey towards greater body wisdom, self-expression and self-knowledge.

In our practice we will use different forms of dance, movement, breath work and meditation.

For years Raquel Santiago  has been exploring the whirling dances of the world to understand and distill their benefits, and to connect these with other disciplines and somatic wisdom traditions. The result is a truly unique discipline that bridges the somatic and the transpersonal realms, and that opens up new frontiers of discovery to professional dancers, dance lovers and novices alike.

What you will learn

  • Develop a whirling super mindfulness practice
  • Expand your consciousness, and reach a higher potential.
  • Learn how to root yourself in the Earth
  • Learn how to make energy flow along your spine.
  • Balance your brain hemispheres.
  • Activate your vertical axis –which connects Heaven and Earth along our spine.
  • Activate your horizontal axis –which crosses our heart and projects our being into the world
  • Connect your inner spirals with the larger spiral movements of our planet, our solar system, our galaxy, and beyond.
  • Unleash our own power to heal yourself, your relationships, and the world.

The Alchemy Spinning™ practice is open to people of all ages, levels, and physical conditions.

We typically start off with nurturing, meditative, somatic practices that will prepare our bodies, minds and spirits for whirling. Once we are ready, we will create a safe, open space to share in the transformative experience of whirling. At the end of each session we will open a space for group integration and sharing.

May 21st 2022, 12-3pm

Venue: Renew Yoga  35 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, CA 94952

Cost: $45 / Early Bird $40 until May 15, 2022.

Register here

 

Yoga Nautilus: Mind-Body Journey

Yoga Nautilus: Mind-Body Journey

November 14th 2021 Retreat

9:45 am – 4:00 pm Bolinas, CA

 

Join us in this day-long somatic exploration to reconnect us with ourselves, nature, and our environment. We will Yoga, Spiral and sound bathe on a beautiful bluff-side private property in Bolinas overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The day begins with a morning Hatha yoga class that will energize, open and prepare the body for spinning, followed by an organic vegetarian lunch, yin yoga to release and create space in the body and mind, and then Alchemy Spinning ™, a whirling practice inspired by the Sufi Dervishes that induces expanded consciousness. We will close the day with a crystal bowl healing sound bath to help integrate the unfolding of practices into mind, body, and spirit while creating a sense of calm, strength, and peace.

Teachers:

Hatha Yoga: Carmen Casado

Yin Yoga and Sound bath: Rachel Goudey

Alchemy Spinning ™: Raquel Santiago

*The magnificent property is one hour or so from most Bay Area locations with easy on-site parking.

*There is an ocean-side hot tub and outdoor shower available to retreat participants.

*No yoga or spinning experience necessary.

*Investment: $108 Register here

*With questions contact us

*Note: Due to COVID 19 masks and distancing required for unvaccinated people and everyone will be asked to sign a disclaimer.

Alchemy Spinning Workshop at Grace Cathedral

Alchemy Spinning Workshop at Grace Cathedral

Discover the Power of Whirling Workshop at Spacious Grace Arts Festival

February 22, 2020, 10am-1pm

Would you like to whirl in a big cathedral? Join us for an unforgettable workshop at the Grace Cathedral as part of Spacious Grace, the cathedral’s annual free-form arts festival when we remove the pews and invoke the muse. Now in its sixth year, Spacious Grace runs from February 7 to 22. Grace Cathedral shares San Francisco’s diverse and innovative character and strives to make the city and the world a better place for all. It is a sacred space and a place for community, through spiritual practice, public engagement, social justice and the arts.

This workshop is an invitation to explore and deepen our Alchemy Spinning practice –a powerful and yet accessible whirling modality at the intersection of mindfulness and movement, which promotes an intense creative and personal blossoming.

Whirling, rather than being a goal or a destination, becomes a spiral journey towards greater body wisdom, self-expression and self-knowledge.

In this workshop we will use different forms of dance, movement, breath work, meditation, and whirling dance.

For years Raquel Santiago  has been exploring the whirling dances of the world to understand and distill their benefits, and to connect these with other disciplines and somatic wisdom traditions. The result is a truly unique discipline that bridges the somatic and the transpersonal realms, and that opens up new frontiers of discovery to professional dancers, dance lovers and novices alike.

What you will learn

  • Develop a whirling super mindfulness practice
  • Expand your consciousness, and reach a higher potential.
  • Learn how to root yourself in the Earth
  • Learn how to make energy flow along your spine.
  • Balance your brain hemispheres.
  • Activate your vertical axis –which connects Heaven and Earth along our spine.
  • Activate your horizontal axis –which crosses our heart and projects our being into the world
  • Connect your inner spirals with the larger spiral movements of our planet, our solar system, our galaxy, and beyond.
  • Unleash our own power to heal yourself, your relationships, and the world.

The Alchemy Spinning™ practice is open to people of all ages, levels, and physical conditions.

We typically start off with nurturing, meditative, somatic practices that will prepare our bodies, minds and spirits for whirling. Once we are ready, we will create a safe, open space to share in the transformative experience of whirling.  At the end of each session we will open a space for group integration and sharing.

VenueGrace Cathedral,1100 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108

Cost: $40-50 Sliding scale/ $35 Early Bird until February 15th, 2020.

***Register here

After the workshop there will be a whirling performance by Raquel Santiago, more info and register here

**More info about Spacious Grace Festival here

Memorias Eternas

Memorias Eternas

Memorias Eternas is a dance performance about plastic pollution by Raquel Santiago, presented during the Mahahual Libre de Plástico Festival in Mexico in June 2019. Memorias Eternas refers to all the plastic memories we leave behind. Every piece of single-use plastic we have touched contains all the memories of us playing, eating, drinking, having fun, loving… When we die our body decomposes, but our plasticized memories endure for hundreds of years.

Dancer: Raquel Santiago
Camera: Jan Vozenilek CopperSkyProductions.com

Mahahual Libre de Plástico Festival was organized by Menos Plástico es Fantástico Mahahual and El Plástico Mata

Discover the Power of Whirling-an Intro to Alchemy Spinning Workshop with Raquel Santiago

Discover the Power of Whirling-an Intro to Alchemy Spinning Workshop with Raquel Santiago

 

This workshop is an invitation to explore and deepen our Alchemy Spinning practice –a powerful and yet accessible somatic modality at the intersection of mindfulness and movement, which promotes an intense creative and personal blossoming.

Whirling, rather than being a goal or a destination, becomes a spiral journey towards greater body wisdom, self-expression and self-knowledge.

In our practice we will use different forms of dance, movement, breath work, meditation, and contemplative art making.

For years Raquel Santiago  has been exploring the whirling dances of the world to understand and distill their benefits, and to connect these with other disciplines and somatic wisdom traditions. The result is a truly unique discipline that bridges the somatic and the transpersonal realms, and that opens up new frontiers of discovery to professional dancers, dance lovers and novices alike.

What you will learn

  • Develop a whirling super mindfulness practice
  • Expand your consciousness, and reach a higher potential.
  • Learn how to root yourself in the Earth
  • Learn how to make energy flow along your spine.
  • Balance your brain hemispheres.
  • Activate your vertical axis –which connects Heaven and Earth along our spine.
  • Activate your horizontal axis –which crosses our heart and projects our being into the world
  • Connect your inner spirals with the larger spiral movements of our planet, our solar system, our galaxy, and beyond.
  • Unleash our own power to heal yourself, your relationships, and the world.

The Alchemy Spinning™ practice is open to people of all ages, levels, and physical conditions.

We typically start off with nurturing, meditative, somatic practices that will prepare our bodies, minds and spirits for whirling. Once we are ready, we will create a safe, open space to share in the transformative experience of whirling.  At the end of each session we will open a space for group integration and sharing.

 

 February 22, 2020, 10am-1pm

As part of the Spacious Grace Arts Festival

Venue: Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA

Cost: Sliding scale $40-50/ Early Bird $35-50 until February 15, 2020.

Register here

December 15, 2019, 11am-2:00pm
Venue: Tot Dansa, Passeis de l’Estatut, 8, Santa Maria de Palautordera, Barcelona, Spain.
36€ // 30€ Early Bird until December 8, 2019

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December 14, 2019, 10am-2:00pm.
Venue: Alnöuart, Carrer Berga 36, Barcelona, Spain.
Cost: 55€ // 48€ Early Bird until December  7, 2019

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November 03, 2019, 1:30-4:30 pm 
Venue: Studio Azul, 2525 Eighth St #16, Berkeley, CA
Cost: $45//$40 Early Bird until October 27.

Register here