In America today, we’re more disconnected and disembodied than ever. We spend our days in front of screens, rarely moving, quietly overwhelmed, and holding onto stress and emotion we don’t always realize we’re carrying. So many of us have grown to fear physical connection, a fundamental human need. In the wake of the pandemic and an epidemic of loneliness, we’ve become more sharply aware that we are starved for presence, community, and physical connection.
Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be that way. We can come back to ourselves, to our hearts, to community, and the parts of us that we have been disconnected from through safe, non-sexual touch, movement, somatics, and shared presence.
Join us for an Embodiment & Movement Weekend, in partnership with Collective Effervescence. This will be a weekend-long community event designed to create a connective and safe place to explore, learn, and connect through different embodiment and movement modalities and consent work. There will also be opportunities to receive bodywork and energy work from different practitioners in the community.
This is a space to soften what’s been hardened, to move what’s been stuck, and to remember what it feels like to belong: in your body, and in community.
Cost
- Friday evening: $20–30 sliding scale
- Full weekend pass: $70–$85 sliding scale
- Saturday or Sunday full day: $40–$50 sliding scale
- 1 workshop: $15–$20 sliding scale
- Volunteer minimum 3 hours: Free ticket
No one turned away for lack of funds. If cost is a barrier, please send a note to the collective effervescence team: email us!
Rideshare
Do you need a ride or can give someone a ride from the Boston/Camberville area? Please fill out this form if so!
2026 Weekend Schedule
Friday, October 23 – Sunday, October 25, 2026
Friday
~Opening Party~
7 PM: Reiki Dance & Soundbathwith Daniel Montoya, Emily Sclar, Simon Davis, Alice Belle, and Grace Elin • 2 hours
9 PM: Ecstatic Dancelive DJ set by Smalankas
Saturday
9 AM: Day Opening + Land Acknowledgement: Come Home to Yourself (30 min)with Becca Phillips and Tiffany Hawco
Workshops Block 1 (90 min)
9:45 AM: Kundalini Yoga for Transformation and Joywith Hari Dass • 90 minutes
9:45 AM: Embodied Prayer Workwith Julian Fontaine Fox • 90 minutes
Workshops Block 2 (90 min)
11:30 AM: Thai Partner Massagewith Lee Ann Song • 90 minutes
11:30 AM: Safety & Care Planning: Moving Through Conflict and Harm with Carewith Valerie Werder • 90 minutes
11:45 AM: Bollywood Dance Workoutwith Purnima Thakre • 1 hour
- 1 PM: POTLUCK LUNCH BREAK
2 PM: Warmup: Sonic Shakewith Wren Medina
Workshops Block 3 (90 min)
2:30 PM: Embodied Open Mic for Self-Reclamationwith Dani Bentz and Jocelyn Eve • 90 minutes
2:30 PM: Ninja Yogawith Grant Rivzi • 90 minutes
Workshops Block 4 (90 min)
4:15 PM: Sensual Embodiment Dancewith Jenna Brooks • 90 minutes
4:15 PM: Body Poemwith Gabrielle Fiedor • 90 minutes
- 5:45–7 PM: DINNER BREAK
~Evening Main Event~
7–10 PM: Soul Dancewith Shün • 3 hours
Other Offerings from CSSC Members
7–9 PM: SpiritDrumwith Dave Curry
7–9 PM: Kirtan Chantwith Michael Orlando, Lisa Leake, and Bruno Giles
~ALL DAY~
- Collaborative Art Station with Katrine Burkitt
Sunday
9:00 AM: Day Opening + Land Acknowledgement: Come Home to Yourself (30 min)with Becca Phillips and Tiffany Hawco
Workshops Block 1
9:30 AM (90 min): Deity Yoga with Jenna Brooks
10:30 AM (1 hour): Open Circle (Embodiment Theme)with Ian Mevorach
Workshops Block 2 (90 min)
11:15 AM: Embodied Vocal Expression with Selah Almquist • 90 minutes
11:15 AM: Interoceptive Body Awareness with Rayjuan Pollard • 90 minutes
12:45 PM: POTLUCK LUNCH and Community Consent Conversation with Jackson Van Raan
Workshops Block 3 (90 min)
3:30 PM: Intimacy with Frequency with Cas Kronenberg • 90 minutes
1:45 PM: Holotropic Breathwork with Eliemar Albuquerque • 90 minutes
Workshops Block 4 (75 min)
1:45 PM: Sufi Turning with Karim and Noor Kerima Payton, Suleyman Loras, and Sheena Payton • 75 minutes
3:30 PM: Sensing Tango with Anatoliy Kats • 75 minutes
~Closing~
5 PM: Closing Gong Immersion with Dharam Singh
~ALL DAY~
Collaborative Art Station with Katrine Burkitt
From CSSC community, after weekend ends
- 6:00 PM: Sound Healing with Nissa Diantina
- 6:00 PM: Restorative Yoga with Pauline Chin
Facilitators
Alice Belle is a mental health therapist, Reiki Master Teacher, and mindfulness practitioner whose work bridges psychotherapy, somatic therapies, mindfulness, and energy healing. She brings a compassionate, grounded approach that supports body awareness, emotional presence, and personal choice.
Anatoliy Kats began his tango journey in 2017 and hasn’t stopped since. He studied in Buenos Aires at Studio Dinzel, which pioneered the teaching of tengo as a practice of wellness and self-development more than 20 years ago. He holds a degree in clinical mental health counseling from Lesley University, and his work as a therapist informs how he teaches the dance. He is supervised by Dmitry Antonyuk of St. Petersburg, Russia — a Studio Dinzel alumnus with 14 years of tango teaching experience.
Becca Jemma Phillips (she/her) is a Jewish public health professional, community organizer, grief tender, licensed massage therapist, Reiki practitioner, and movement enthusiast. An activist at heart, she is passionate about organizing collaborative community initiatives centered on mindfulness, dialogue, and the healing and creative arts to address pressing societal issues and create a more just and compassionate planet. Witnessing profound transformations in her clients after receiving the simplest warm touch from her hands before massaging, she was inspired to create environments and communities in the wake of COVID-19 to connect with ourselves and others non-sexually through touch; to reform our relationship of touch from one of fear to one of security, comfort, belonging, and care. She is also the co-founder of Collective Effervescence, a Boston-based community collective offering substance-free, donation-based events for mindful, mind-expanding individuals to reconnect with what it means to be human in an urban society—through shared presence, food, music, play, movement, authentic relating, collaborative art, and compassionate touch. With over half a decade of experience as a massage therapist, she continues to teach, explore, and learn about touch and embodied relating through contact improvisation, yoga, authentic relating, consent education, and somatic grief work. You can read more about her offerings at soltacto.com.
Cas Kronenberg
Dani Bentz is a lover of cats, karaoke and deep chats about the meaning of life. Stories have fascinated her for as long as she can remember – sitting on the edge of her bed as she begged her mom to read one more story before bedtime. Now, she frequents Moth story slams in addition to hosting storytelling events for soul activism. Dani is also super passionate about community building and has lived in various intentional communities and retreat centers across New England.
Daniel Montoya is a Reiki Master Teacher, somatic practitioner, energy worker, and educator with more than a decade of experience in Reiki. His work combines traditional Usui Reiki with meditation, body awareness, and embodied spiritual practice to help people reconnect with themselves and experience greater presence, peace, and inner connection.
Website: www.danielmontoyareiki.com
Dave Curry is the creator of Drums For One & All, the umbrella under which he offers the following drumming-related services: event facilitation, workshop instruction, private lessons, live performances, and drum repairs. Dave has lead the popular monthly FreeDrum event since 2001, as well as the monthly SpiritDrum event since 2006. Dave was the co-creator/organizer for the Eastern Mass Rhythm Festival, which ran for 20 years. For 14 years, Dave taught hand drumming through the Assabet school in Marlborough MA, and he currently teaches through the Groton Hill Music Center in Groton MA. He is the author of two books on hand drumming and percussion. Dave is the creative director of the Drum Nomads performance ensemble. Over the past 26 years, Dave has lead nearly 2000 drumming events at schools, churches, colleges, libraries, retreat centers and other institutions across New England.
Dharam Singh came up freer than many, on Freeman St – a world where there was no escaping rhythm – where the drumming and chants of Africa via Caribbean and Latin immigrants echoed through the urban canyons of the South Bronx – the birthplace of both Hip Hop and Salsa (Caribbean music with a NY attitude). At the age of 20 in Fairbanks, Alaska he first experienced the aligning and healing power of Kundalini Yoga. Later that year he would also meet, study and live with Rolling Thunder (old school Shoshone Shaman) in the Nevada desert, and also have an audience with the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. During that meeting he was given the name Karma Yeshe Chodhar (“scholar of the stars” – Truth, Wisdom Spreading). In these months a curiosity about the possibilities of a ‘spiritual’ life was borne. Through deep practice, Bioenergetic-Gestalt emotional release, and other fantastic mind-washings Dharam would witness extended glimpses of *perfect being* that would inform his life from that point forward. His passion for healing, community and Dharma has found a place in the healing art and sacred science of the Gong as a tool for vibrational transformation. Since the 80’s he has taught the technology of Kundalini and Gong Yoga here in the US and in South America. Now, having walked the path of Sikh Dharma for 40 years he has come to more fully understand that sound and energy is the essence of the order of everything – and that if he can help a person can find peace and wellness, through their simply laying down and relaxing into that essence, then who is he to deny them, what he himself considers a refuge.
Eliemar Albuquerque
Emily Sclar is a violinist, singer-songwriter, and yoga teacher whose work brings together music, mindful movement, and embodied practice. Trained in yoga in Goa, India, she creates spaces that support presence, authentic expression, connection, and compassionate self-inquiry through music, breath, and somatic awareness.
Website: www.emilysclar.com
Gabrielle Fiedor is a teacher and writer. She is a classically trained dancer who fell in love with contact improv for its authenticity and emphasis on embodiment and connection over aesthetics. She brings curiosity, depth, and care to both her teaching and her dancing.
Grace Elin is a Reiki practitioner and intuitive sound healer infusing rhythmic waves of sound and ethereal notes to create an immersive experience that transcends you beyond the outer world and sends you on a journey within. Using crystal singing bowls, Grace builds upon their resonance to bring a luminous energy that encourages rest, release, and clarity to help you calm your mind and find safety in your nervous system with ease.
Instagram: @graceelinftw
Grant Rivzi is a psychotherapist, trauma sensitive yoga teacher, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor with over a decade of experience training in martial arts. As a student of movement, both as a yoga teacher and a martial arts practitioner and instructor, he seeks to help others explore the power of movement, and what it means to both feel safe and empowered in one’s body.
Hari Dass (Biliana Angelova), M.A, M.Ed is a therapist, a third generation yoga practitioner and a beloved teacher in the Boston yoga community. She takes yoga and meditation practice out of their mysterious shroud and grounds them into a stress-relief formula for everyday living. She has contributed to mindfulness research and practice at The Benson-Henry Mind Body Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital, The Center for Anxiety Studies at Boston University, and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She loves to teach her community classes and specialized courses, leads workshops and retreats and works with individual clients. She also skies, swims, doodles, dances and loves to serve the divine in everyone.
Ian Mevorach is the Founder and Director of Common Street Spiritual Center. His work is devoted to building authentic community, awakening human potential, and cultivating a culture of revolutionary love grounded in reverence for life. He is passionate about empowering leaders, transforming consciousness, and helping catalyze the emergence of a more compassionate and just society. Ian holds a BA in Philosophy from Middlebury College and an MDiv and PhD in Theology and Ethics from Boston University School of Theology. A lifelong seeker of truth, his journey has been shaped by the study of philosophy, ethics, mysticism, and the world’s spiritual traditions. He also engages in contemporary practices that support awakening, healing, and transformation. His work bridges contemplation and action. He invites people to live their spirituality through community, creativity, and compassionate service in the world. At Common Street Spiritual Center, Ian walks alongside the community in an evolving journey of spiritual exploration and collective becoming. Together they are experimenting with new forms of conscious community and helping bring forth a more loving, awakened, and life-affirming world.
Jackson Van Raan is a Clinical Social Work student, who has years of experience teaching yoga, meditation, and breathwork, and supporting youth in nature-mentorship programs. Jackson has additional trainings in Somatic Experiecning, trauma-informed coaching, Reiki, and carious therapetuci modalities. Jackson facilitates classes and workshops in Reiki/intro to energy work, Buddhism Psychology, Men’s groups, and Holotropic Breathwork. Jackson is passionate about herbalism, cold plunges, dancing, and deep conversations about spirituality, esoteric traditions, cultures, and aliens.
Katrine Burkitt is a Boston-based painter and multimedia artist whose work explores connection, emotion, and the beauty of the natural world through expressive color and gesture. Originally from Cape Cod, Katrine earned her B.F.A. in Painting with Distinction and Departmental Honors from MassArt and has been painting for more than twenty years. Her practice is rooted in observation, intuition, and the interplay between the inner and outer landscape. She is excited to bring this spirit of exploration and play to the workshop through art-making and collaborative mural creation.
Jenna Brooks is a yogi and dancer passionate about enlivening the divine feminine through embodied practice. She has been a yoga practitioner for over 10 years and has trained in both the Kripalu and Kashmir Shaiva Tantra traditions. She is passionate about honoring the sacred ancient spiritual teachings of the yogic tradition to awaken the shakti– the divine feminine life force energy that exists within us all. As a dancer, her background spans lyrical, Brazilian Zouk, heels, and belly dance, inspiring her ot create more opportunities for people to experience sensulaity through movement. Her Sensual Embodiment workshops invite women and people of all genders to explore and express their sensuality through embodied movement, regardless of their previous dance experience. For Jenna, the blend of these two modalities represents her evolution through embodied spirituality: yoga as a way to safely inhabit the body, and dance as the light that shines through authetnic self-expression.
Jocelyn Eve has been fascinated by memoirs, autobiographies, and the power of storytelling for as long as she can remember. She has lead expressive writing workshops at the Cambridge Women’s Center and regularly leads therapeutic groups for trauma recovery & grief. Outside of facilitation, Jocelyn finds joy in karaoke, being in nature, connecting with new people, and is passionate about holistic approaches to healing. Her writing has been published in Speaking Your Truth: Courageous Stories by Inspiring Women & Social Work and Reproductive Justice: A Necessary Fit.
Julian Fontaine Fox is a queer bi-racial creative and recent foundation grant winner who brings his unique perspective to his work. A passionate poet and longtime advocate for psychedelics, he believes storytelling is at the core of psychedelic medicine. His advocacy journey began at 19 following a life-changing psychedelic experience. While studying film in Santa Fe, he founded a chapter of SSDP and volunteered with Synergetic Press as a consultant and media advisor. Now living in Boston, Julian was inspired by his partner to dive into the local psychedelic community. In the summer of 2023, he co-founded the Entheogen Melanin Collective (EMC), aiming to create a welcoming space for melanated people in a community that often lacks diversity. Through EMC, he focuses on community building and outreach, hosting events in predominantly melanated neighborhoods. These gatherings offer workshops on integration, healing, and education, where everyone can ask questions, share their stories, and find support. Though rooted in psychedelic practices, EMC emphasizes that these substances aren’t a one-size-fits-all solution, providing alternative healing modalities to ensure inclusivity for all.
Lee Ann Song is a 200-hour certified yoga teacher who has been studying Meridian Yoga and Thai Yoga Massage with Daniel Orlansky for the past four years. She is currently a student at The Massage School Boston, working toward becoming a licensed massage therapist. Lee Ann brings a deep belief in the power of healing and compassionate touch to her practice, integrating breath, movement, and mindful connection to support relaxation and renewal.
Purnima Thakre is one of the popular BollyX dance instructors in the Boston area, known for welcoming dancers from age 3 to 99. Born in Mumbai and raised on a mix of classical dance and Bollywood music, she brings that joyful, high-energy spirit to every class. She’s led events with 300+ participants, taught at over 10 public libraries, community and senior centers, and made senators dance at the MA State House. She’s brought Bollywood to iconic venues like Fenway Park and the Hatchshell, and generously kept communities moving with weekly classes and virtual fundraisers during the pandemic, without charging them in hard times. Whether it’s a Holi flashmob, a corporate event, or a family dance class, Purnima’s sessions are packed with rhythm, joy, and connection. Through her dance, she brings a magic that makes an event unforgettable and even transformative.
Rayjuan Pollard
Selah Almquist is a reiki master and has studied indigenous practices of her Sami and Swedish lineage around vocal expression and healing, using her voice as a tool for sound healing in the last year and improvisation for many years. She has a mental health background trained in DBT, mindfulness, and has a deep interest and practice in using somatic movement and expression to heal trauma and soothe triggers. Recently trained in the Irish/Scottish practice of Keening a type of singing to help with grief and is excited to offer this work soon. You can find some of her work at gaiakulning on Instagram and if you are interested in other offerings you can email her at [email protected].
Shün is a yogi deeply devoted to the path of truth and service to others, from the beautiful beaches of San Diego to the exuberance of New York City. He passionately crafts conscious music experiences that are dynamically interwoven with profound Tantric practices and techniques.
Simon Davis is a Boston-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose music explores creativity as a path to connection and higher consciousness. Through soulful lyrics and live performance, he creates music that invites reflection, presence, and a deeper connection to the timeless essence within ourselves and one another.
Website: www.simondavisofficial.com
Tiffany Hawco creates spaces where people can reconnect with themselves, one another, and the world around them. As a somatic breathwork practitioner, facilitator, hula hoop teacher, and environmentalist, she weaves breath, movement, and reflection to cultivate authenticity, connection, and self-discovery. Her approach is grounded in curiosity, compassion, and creating a welcoming space where participants can slow down, listen inward, and honor their own experience.
Valerie Werder has worked as a liberatory educator and facilitator for over a decade. She is currently completing her Ph.D. at Harvard University, where she studies transformative justice and community care movements in the US. She is a mentor with the PEN America Prison and Justice Writing Program, where she works with incarcerated writers on the craft of fiction, and a researcher with The Black Response Cambridge, where she is part of a team researching the landscape of alternative emergency response in the US. Valerie is also a dancer and award-winning novelist who believes in the power of art to affect social change.
Wren Medina has spent the past five years immersed in shadow work, somatic practice, and self-expression coaching. She guides people into deeper embodiment through shaking, breath, and authentic expression—bridging play, release, and presence to help groups dissolve self-judgment and reconnect with the wisdom of the body.