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Wed, 3 Jun 2026, 18:50 – 19:00
Round Chapel
SHAKING MEDICINE® @ the Round Chapel, HackneyJoin us for these monthly Stress Release & Active Meditation sessions for Self-Development and Personal Growth. Powerful exercises for releasing stress, and returning the body to its natural, relaxed state. Shaking Medicine® workshop 5:50pm-7pm and option to stay on for Ecstatic Dance & Cacao Ceremony 7:15pm-10pm. Bring balance into our bodies & life, release deep-seated muscular tension and stress. A unique dance-movement-meditation experience here in London in a stunning Grade II listed venue! An awesome dance space with sound system & headphones! UPCOMING DATES 2026:WED 3 JUNE More dates to be announced! SCHEDULE:◈ 5:50pm doors open for Shaking Medicine session (Please arrive between 5:50pm-6pm sessions starts promptly at 6pm and late comes will not be admitted, sorry) Due to the nature of Shaking Medicine being a process that needs to be followed from the beginning, late arrivals of more than 10 minutes, unfortunately, can not be admitted. ◈6pm-7pm Shaking Medicine / Active Meditation session (Bring a yoga mat, blindfolds provided, we will also have some spare yoga mats if you can't bring one) ◈ 7:15pm Doors open for Ecstatic Dance/ Arrival Check in (Optional - please see ticket type for the dance) ◈ 7:15pm - 9:45pm Ecstatic Dance/Movement Meditation with Cacao Positive Intention Circle(No entry after 7:45pm at the latest, sorry, this is so we can all journey together). Our sessions are with sound system and optional Silent Disco Headphones to fully immerse into the music! We will provide complimentary Raw Vegan Cacao with natural sweetener - super yummy, the best in London for sure! ◈ 9:45pm Session ends ◈ 9:45pm-10:00pm Optional Chai Social (chai is brewed from fresh spices, caffeine & sugar free, made with gluten free oat milk) 📌Ecstatic Dance guidelines: No booze, No Shoes, No phones, No Chit Chat, Move However You Wish, Respect yourself and others. 📌Zero-tolerance drug and alcohol space! This is one of the very few spaces where Londoners can go out dancing in London in a safe and clean sober space. Please respect this, and please don't come drunk or high as you will be refused entry or asked to leave. No refunds!*** 📌This event will be FILMED/ PHOTOGRAPHED. We live in the age of social media, and in order to remember and promote the magic of alcohol-free/ sober dancing, we will be capturing it on the night. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. 📌Dancers enter at their own risk. Ecstatic Dance London accepts no responsibility for spontaneous joy, open-heartedness or sore cheeks from too much smiling (we also accept no liability or responsibility for any injury, loss or damage). WHAT IS SHAKING MEDICINE®?Shaking Medicine® is seen as one of the "rituals of resilience". It is a way to develop resilience and release and let go of built-up stress, tension, and trauma. Shaking Medicine® is a body-based (somatic) approach to stress, tension, and trauma release. BENEFITS OF REGULAR PRACTICE:Practicing Shaking Medicine® not only helps to bring balance into our bodies (and life!) but releases deep-seated muscular tension, stress, and mild trauma. These monthly classes will enable you to understand your nervous system, and you will have a chance to learn and practice the Shaking Medicine® method. Come, shake it off and shake your way to good health! Shaking Medicine® is sometimes referred to as Bioenergetics or Trauma Release. It is one of the world's oldest self-help medicines. Shaking, rocking, vibration and oscillation are natural human reactions to: Stress, Trauma & Ecstatic states. Shaking Medicine® is, in short, the healing power of ecstatic movement. Inspired by and brought to us by nature. The practice of Shaking is known by many: Quakers, Gnostics, Taoists, Yoginis, First Nations peoples, Sufis, Druids, Zen Buddhists and more. We are inspired by teachers such as Peter Levine, Bradford Keeney, Osho, Wilhelm Reich, Alexander Lowen, John Peirakkos, David Bercelli. “Trauma recovery work has got to develop a new paradigm, because the paradigm that we have now is based on post-traumatic stress disorder and you go to a one to one therapist. You cannot do that with large groups of people. So there has got to be a new paradigm shift in the realization of “how do we do recovery from PTSD on a large scale population?” How do we get whole groups of people, like villages for example, or an entire school system healed? So that’s the first paradigm shift, we have to change our concept of PTSD recovery so that we can work on a large scale.”– Dr. David BercelliBelow is our video: