Temenos Dance Collective Podcast

Yvonne Liang is the founder of Holistique UK, a London events community built around sound baths, wellness gatherings and finding your people. Before that, she was a sex party host and lingerie model. She came to this work after acupuncture helped her through food poisoning, a chalazion and alopecia, which led her to train in it herself and leave modelling behind when it stopped feeling meaningful. At her first gong bath she says she saw dinosaurs as if she'd time travelled, and that spark became Holistique: a place where she has found her tribe. To find out more or contact Yvonne hit the links below:  hthttps://www.instagram.com/vonny.holistique/ https://linktr.ee/holistiqueuk

Alex Forster is an audiovisual adventurer and a creative communicator, crafting deep, soulful soundscapes and evocative, heartfelt films. His career began at the legendary Abbey Road studios, and has lead him across the globe to work in European mountains, Indian beaches, African deserts and beyond. He has collaborated with artists from iconic bands such as Radiohead and Faithless, and organisations such as Oxfam, and the Sonar Festival. Alex's unique blend of talents brings a bespoke, immersive experience to every project. His ability to speak several languages and connect with people of diverse backgrounds and cultures has enabled him to contribute to inter-cultural and often socially and environmentally conscious projects around the world. Whether through music or film, Alex's creations serve as a bridge, connecting cultures and ideas in a symphony of sonic and visual harmony. Fluent in both music composition and video production, Alex excels in projects that combine the two, creating a seamless blend of audio and visual storytelling. His expertise in digital audio workstations, coupled with his passion for organic sounds, live looping and improvisation, allows for a uniquely flexible and personal approach to music production. As a filmmaker, Alex's style harnesses the beauty and majesty of nature, crafting moving images that not only capture the eye but also touch the soul. His music creations and live performances range from meditative soundscapes to to uplifting, lyrical rhythms, drawing inspiration from the sights and sounds he has gathered on his global journeys as well as decades exploring movement practices on the dance floor. As a multi-instrumentalist skilled in both improvisation and music technology, Alex is able to craft bespoke soundscapes and immersive sound journeys that deeply resonate with participants at his events, offering a uniquely personal and profoundly memorable experience. https://www.alexforster.net/ https://www.instagram.com/alexforstermusic/ https://alexforster.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/7o7xemaenBnC6yCTBE7s4x                      

Rishi Vlote is a German born musician – playing drums, percussions and a wide range of other 'toys“. He has more than 35 years of experience in music, meditation, trance dance and other transformational work. As a drummer, music producer and event facilitator he offers concerts, events, workshops and retreats as well as individual "one to one“ sessions. He usually collaborates with partners like Dhwani W. Zapp, Shakya M. Grahe, Yvonne Maurer, Harshil Chiostri and many others… he received training with teachers like Arthur Hull, Frank Natale, Serge Kahili King and others and still keeps honing his skills in facilitating personal growth events. He began playing music at the age of 12, worked as a sound engineer as well as a recording and producing artist with various world music projects and artists like Prem Joshua, Hamsafar, Shakya, Meander, Snatam Kaur, Milarepa, Deva Madhuro, Ashik, Subodha and many more.. His own CD productions "Forget Your Limitations“ and "Shamans Return“ with Rishi & Harshil are widely used in workshops, classes and seminars as well as in discotheques and parties. With various band projects "Rishi & Dhwani“, "Rishi & Shakya“, "TouchTheSound“ and "The Call Of The Drums" he tours and plays all over Europe. A very different side of his musical expression is offering Sound Baths, or Sound Healings. Using instruments like Gongs, Tibetan Bells, Monchord, Tampura, etc. he creates soundspaces to relax and heal. To find out more about his work visit:  https://callofdrums.com/ To listen to Rishi's music you can visit the following sites:  Bandcamp Soundcloud Tidal Apple Music or follow Rishi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rishi_vlote/

Lia Sheyen is a movement lover and Certified Conscious Movement teacher, guiding workshops and classes since 2021. With nearly a decade of experience in conscious dance modalities, her exploration of movement was born from a deeply personal need to understand inner restlessness, discomfort, and anxiety, to meet them through the body and find her way back to joy and aliveness. Her work is rooted in her lived experience, where dance, music, art, and meditation become doorways back to authenticity, beyond societal expectations and learned identities. She is a certified Azul Conscious Movement teacher, a promoter of forest bathing practices, and works through a somatic approach informed by IFS (Internal Family Systems) and art therapy practices. Her path is also shaped by a love for travel, adventure, wild nature, and artistic exploration. For the past three years, she has been living in Guatemala, on Lake Atitlán, surrounded by the depth and beauty of the Mayan cultural landscape. Through conscious movement, Lia invites people to reconnect with spontaneity, vitality, and the natural flow of life, exploring the body and allowing movement to unfold without effort. In this space, people can soften the body, feel deeply, express freely, and surrender to the present moment — embracing their beautifully imperfect humanity! To find Lia visit:  https://www.instagram.com/liasheyen/ https://mailchi.mp/3fda1cba36af/spirals-of-freedom-azul-conscious-dance-with-lia-sheyen To learn more about Azul visit:  https://pathofazul.com/ 

Julia is a lover of dance. She began dancing at parties in her teenage years. In the 1980s and 90s, Julia co-ran clubs and raves in London. She developed a workshop exploring the rave experience called Spirit in the House. For the past 3 decades, Julia has practised as a Transpersonal Psychotherapist, with a special interest in the wisdom of the moving body and exploring body symptoms. She is a Certified teacher in Open Floor movement practice and Ecstatic Dance. She a member of the International Conscious Movement Teacher's Association (ICMTA), and runs regular Flomotion and Open Floor dance sessions in London. Julia writes regular blogs on themes connected with dance such as Dance and Defence Against Loneliness, What is Dancing with Awareness in the Body, Community Dance and Dance Movement Psychotherapy. Visit https://www.flomotion.dance/ for more information.  Or follow Julia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flomotion.dance/ 

Kathryn Dickason is a scholar and journalist based in Los Angeles. She specializes in Western medieval Christianity, with particular interests in dance, iconography, gender, French literature, Dante, and medievalism. More recently, she has developed a secondary research area in contemporary ecstatic dance. Dickason holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Stanford University and also served as a residential research fellow at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University. Her first book, Ringleaders of Redemption: How Medieval Dance Became Sacred (Oxford University Press, 2021), explores the sacralization of medieval dance in Western Europe. Currently, she is writing a long-form profile on Max Fathom, the founder of ecstatic dance, as well as her second book, tentatively entitled Wheeling Incarnation: Medieval Dance in the Visual Arts.  Link to Numen article: https://brill.com/view/journals/nu/72/2-3/article-p207_4.xml   Link to magazine article on ecstatic dance that I co-wrote:  https://therevealer.org/the-sacred-steps-of-ecstatic-dance/   My LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-dickason/

Lindsay Jay is the founder of Flow Dance Meditation, a music-guided movement practice rooted in embodiment and nervous system awareness. With a background in large-scale movement and community creation in the UK, and now based in Ibiza, Lindsay’s work bridges conscious dance and mainstream wellness. She is also the founder of YogaFit Retreats, and her work is shared internationally through retreats, facilitator trainings, and online practices. Flow Dance Meditation was created from a personal inquiry into safety, presence, and staying connected to the body, and continues to evolve as a living, embodied practice. Upcoming events:  • Jan 18–23: Sacred Spiral Retreat — Sufi Whirling & Flow Dance Meditation (Morocco)  • Feb 1–5: Flow Dance Meditation Facilitator Training — Bali  • April 15–17: Flow Dance Meditation Facilitator Training — Ibiza  • April 19–26: YogaFit Retreats — Ibiza You can explore guided practices, upcoming events and training information at: 👉 https://flowdancemeditation.com ⸻ 🤍 Stay Connected Follow Lindsay’s journey and reflections on Instagram:  • Personal: @lindsayjay_loves  • Flow Dance Meditation: @flowdancemeditation

Osara is a father, DJ and embodiment facilitator with Welsh, Scottish and Sámi roots. Raised on free parties in Wales, he began DJing as a teen, learning early what community, courage and dance music can do. He uniquely braids ancient and future technologies and sound: drum, shakers and yoik-inspired vocals with organic, underground and electronic dance music. Creating transformational dance journeys that are ever responding to the spirit of time, community and place. His palette spans 140, african rhythms, percussive heavy club music, jungle, techno, world bass, folktronica and all kinds of experimental edges. It is deep, driving and heart-opening, willing to meet shadow as well as celebrate light. He is one of the leading Ecstatic Dance DJs in the UK and the first and longest-serving resident at Ecstatic Dance UK in London. He started Ecstatic Dance Bristol almost seven years ago then founded Ace Collectiv a few years later. Ace Collecitv creates alcohol-free, high-production experiences that move with the seasons and weave dance, music, art,  ritual and community. Club-level sound and lighting design are an important part of the medicine. Osara has produced community events that have seen the first appearances in Bristol of the Huni Kuin and Yawanawá (indigenous people from the Amazon Rainforest), as well as the Umbanda group, Roça de Ogum, from São Paulo, Brazil. Beyond the decks he mentors artists, facilitators and community builders who want to lead with integrity and craft. Influences include nature, animism, mysticism, plant medicine teachings and the global cultures that shape sound system and club music, as well as his own Celtic and Sámi lines. With the intention of creating more spaces for authentic movement, expression, empowerment and connection. Ace Collectiv presents:NYD 2026 - Midwinter FestivalThu 1 Jan 2026 | 11am - 9:30pmThe Mount Without, Bristol🎟 Tickets & Info:https://dandelion.events/e/nyd-festival-2026 Osara instagram.com/osarasound soundcloud.com/osarasound linktr.ee/osarasound Ace Collectiv instagram.com/acecollectiv dandelion.events/o/acecollectiv  

Tim Barnes is a dancer, DJ, DIY motorcycle mechanic and horse back adventurer with more questions than answers. He uses embodiment as the palette of his artistry and is committed to walking his talk. From a nothing to shout about background, the 5Rhythms practice shook his world in 2012 and offered the opportunity to tune into the beat of a deeper mystery. Coming to the practice after years of travelling, years of uprooting, years of trying to find himself, the rhythms offered a place of stability and excitement in equal measure. A structure to be unstructured. He believes our bodies are bodies of wisdom, and when we use them as such we can transform and transcend. To find out more about Tim visit his website or follow him on Instagram

Toby Gillingham is a somatic researcher, facilitator and practitioner. He has studied as many physical art forms as he possibly could: including vinyasa yoga, Capoeira, Brazilian Jiujitsu, physical theatre and improv. He is constantly searching for the deeper truths offered to us by the physical worlds of our bodies. He is the founder of Mana and Wak - a retreat centre in Hertfordshire where he is offering a program of events that push the limits of what people think is possible to discover with their bodies through the power of physicality. To find out more visit:  https://www.manaandwak.com/ or follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mana.and.wak/