Summer Sweat

The HOLY SUMMER SWEAT is a returning 5 day retreat organised by Michaela van der Meer and Rimke Pepers. For the 6th time we will dive deep into the dance meditation practice of the 5Rhythms connected to the 5 elements.

Flowing Earth
Staccato Fire
Chaos Water
Lyrical Air
Stillness Ether

The way we will do this is by interweaving rituals, ceremonies and the dance together into a magical and blissful journey. This has been proven to be a powerful combination; simple, profound and nourishing.

Because summer is a perfect time to relax and retreat we will create time and space to rest, heal and nurture our body, mind and soul. By giving ourselves permission to totally be who we are so our soul shines through and we can tap into our own unique and at the same time universal flow of life.

Sometimes we have to stretch ourselves to break free when we're stuck in old patterns.
We need mirrors to see ourselves in others, we need healing rituals to travel into our unconscious where our inner wisdom lies deep within. We use our bodies language to tap into your souls purpose.

Michaela van der Meer and Rimke Pepers will collaborate to create a safe space and a healing field of possibilities. In this 5 day journey we will explore the 5Rhythms and the 5 elements by grounding ourself in the clay of Groningen, the fire of the sweatlogde, the water of the North Sea, the air that we breath and the Spirit that connects us all.

Our inner journeys are inseparable from the group and tribe experience.

We will be teaching in Dutch and/or English.
Rimke is an accredited 5Rhythms teacher since 2014. Passionate about the dance and loves to share the practice in a grounded and lyrical way. Dance has been around forever; a way to travel up and down. The 5Rhythms Waves will guide and move us during this journey.

Michaela runs sweat lodges, vision quests, rituals and deep body healing workshops and sessions. Nature is her greatest teacher. She lives and manifests her dream in Kura Waka in contact with her passion and all the wisdom she received from various indigenous medicine people and loves to share this wisdom.

You arrive on Wednesday around 12 noon in the beautiful house of healing Kura Waka. In the dance we will arrive in our earthly temple of the body. The journey ends at Sunday at 17 o’clock.

The schedule will unfold in time also depending on the weather and what’s possible. There will be nourishment on all levels like the ancient sweat lodge ceremony in the Chippewa tradition conducted in Michaela’s unique way and for the body there will be blissful organic vegetarian soul food and drinks.

Welcome at the the Holy Summer Sweat 2024!

Dance alone to discover who you are.
Dance together to discover who you are with.
Dance in a group to discover your place.
- Gabrielle Roth