Zoukenergy Retreat 8-Day "Abondance" - Summer Edition 2024 (France)

Join this incredible 8-day Zouk experience to move, shake and flow with music, people and nature.

What to expect:

1. Zoukenergy retreats are a place to discover more about yourself through the workshops, connections and parties that are designed to expand your perceptions and body awareness. Imagine a wildly fun dance adventure for your body, sprinkled with personal growth.

2. You can expect to learn Zouk technique and concepts, explore embodiment dynamics, and feel connection and safety in an open hearted community of dance and movement lovers. 

3. Zoukenergy retreats are all about hollistic health, well-being, adventure and celebration of life.

Everyday there will be a selection of activities available:

- Brazilian Zouk (two levels of Zouk classes - if you're a beginner or a pro there is something for you)

- Embodied Dance (solo, partner and group movement practices to unlock and unblock potential in your mind and body)

- Zouk Parties (social dance in the beautiful 170sm seminar room with live DJ's, live bands and epic atmosphere's)

- Ecstatic Dance (freestyle to the live music of Umanaya and other DJ sets)

- Meditation (different forms of meditation, using the mind, body and breath)

- Group Acitivities: Rituals and Games (fun, connection and sacred experiences that unite our material and spiritual worlds)

- Celebration (we will explore and celebrate the natural elements, earth, air, fire, water and ether)

Food

- You are in for a treat, our most loved cook across all of our retreats is back, Christina Klassen, sharing her passion and talent for natural beautiful food that takes you into a world of its own (vegan/vegetarian cooking with dairy free and gluten free options for every meal). She really is the best of the best!

Special Guests

- DJ Kron (Czech Republic)

- DJ Aziz (France)

- Damir (Tantra Meditations - Switzerland)

- Ellen (Acro Workshops - Belgium)

- Marlen & David (Zouk Workshops - Germany/Switzerland)

- Jonny Driscoll (Retreat Lead - Switzerland)

Jonny has led and facilitated over 25 retreats in the last 5 years and is naturally gifted at creating safe group spaces that inspire playfulness, growth and connection through various forms of movement and mindfulness.

Special Experiences

Each evening there will be a group ceremony to welcome an element of nature. We will use music, props and activities to create a magical environment that helps you connect to the natural energies of nature. Think fire, water, earth and wind...

Community Guidelines:

This is an 8-day movement and body retreat that will nourish your body, expand your mind, and balance your energy. There are many ways to experience inner/outer body growth. In this retreat we will focus on conscious movement, authentic connections and having fun. This retreat is an alcohol, caffeine and drug free retreat/detox.

Pricing

To make this event sustainable to host and affordable for everyone to attend there are different pricing options based on the room type. All price options include the full schedule of activities and all-inclusive food and drinks.

About the Venue

The venue Le Moulin d'Abondance is a community of creative and caring humans who wish to provide an event space for conscious retreats, art, crafts and harmonious living with nature. The team specialises in music, bodywork, nature and hospitality. They are here to make sure we have an amazing time!

About Zoukies

Zoukies is a dance school for Brazilian Zouk and Embodied Dance with the focus on freeing ones mind, body and soul into the full expression of "being alive". We learn a combination of technique, connection and open-hearted authentic relating so as to bring love, trust and growth into one big and beautiful bubble of dance, movement and connection.

With love

Jonny & the Zoukies Team 💞