Songs of the Earth

The Storytelling Body – A Ritual of Water & Movement

🜂 23 March – 4 April 2026 • Ubud, Bali

A ten-day immersive retreat weaving Balinese water wisdom with contemporary somatic and artistic practices — a living bridge between tradition and creation. Rooted in Agama Tirta (sacred water belief) and Tri Hita Karana (harmony between humans, nature, and the divine), the retreat invites participants to move, breathe, and listen — to themselves, to others, and to the living Earth.

Essence

All life vibrates — every rock, tree, river, and heartbeat part of the Earth’s song. Through movement, breath, and ritual, participants reconnect with this universal rhythm, discovering the body as a vessel of memory and expression.
Water, the Earth’s bloodstream, becomes teacher and mirror — a pathway to presence, flow, and healing.

Structure of the Journey

Fluentbody • 23–25 March
Facilitated by Florencia Lamarca
Contemporary dance, emotion, and intuitive flow meet the sacred geometry of Balinese Temple Dance. Movement becomes language, sensation becomes intelligence.

Waterness Journey™ • 28–31 March
Facilitated by Sophie Costes & Amenti MoveMeant Medicine, with Kadek Dewi Aryani (KDA)
A somatic and experiential method of aquatic bodywork where movement, breath, and touch meet the intelligence of water and the continuum of life it carries.
Ritual gestures and sacred chants from Balinese cosmology transform this experience into a ceremony of purification and reconnection with living water.

Breath & Ceremony • 2–4 April
Facilitated by Kaylani, with KDA Temple Dance
A closing ritual uniting breathwork, ecstatic embodiment, and Balinese temple performance — a prayer of gratitude, purification, and belonging to the Earth.

Invitation

Songs of the Earth is a living ceremony — a space to remember that our bodies are part of the world’s rhythm, not separate from it.
When we move, the Earth moves through us.
When we sing, the Earth remembers herself.