Sat 19 Jul - Fri 25 Jul 2025
Hillyfield Woodland Farm, Devon, United Kingdom
English

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Summer Long Dance will take place Sat 19 July - Fri 25 July 2025.

The Summer Long Dance is our flagship event. It is the beating heart of the Movement Medicine community in which we dance our gratitude and prayers for Life. The Long Dance is a 72-hour ceremony. Before the ceremony, we have time to prepare and afterwards, time to integrate. The Summer Long Dance ceremony is a way to join in deep community to dance, sing, heal and pray together for all our relations. It is also a fundraiser for the Fundacion Pachamama (Sacred Headwaters Project) supporting them in their work for the game changing work to protect the forest and headwaters of the Amazon river, working with and being led by the vision of the indigenous peoples themselves.


want to know more ABOUT THE FUND RAISING ASPECT?

Here's Ya'Acov & Susannah speaking about why this is an integral aspect of the ceremony.

Also, you can watch this recording of previous free fireside chat, mini-practice and Q & A we did on Feb 20 in which Ya'Acov and Susannah shared what the Summer Long Dance is all about, where it comes from and why it is their not-for-profit flagship event.

more about the long dance

This ceremony is strongly and clearly held by Ya’Acov and Susannah Darling Khan, who bring their long experience to this role. Their guidance provides a profoundly healing, catalytic and magical space where each individual is encouraged to find their own unique way of expressing their dreams and love for life through the dance. The ceremony is grounded in Movement Medicine and the teachings represented in the Movement Medicine mandala.

It’s an opportunity to actively remember that our own personal wellbeing is connected to the wellbeing of the biosphere and all of life, and to dedicate our dance to all our relations, past, present and future. The deeper we dance, the more we directly experience the reality of the interconnected nature of all life. This recognition is not just a blissful experience, it’s a remembering of our responsibility to honour and protect the sanctity of life, each in our own way. During the ceremony, participants fast with simple fasting food in small amounts. This will be made available twice a day for those who need something to keep them going.

This is a give-away ceremony and therefore, participants are required to raise a minimum of £400 for any charity project or projects they wish to dance for. There is no tuition fee and any monies left over at the end of the event will go entirely towards supporting charitable projects.

The Summer Long Dance has so far raised more than £900,000 for a whole host of magnificent projects. Our central project is to support Fundacion Pachamama, the Ecuadorian wing of the Pachamama Alliance, which is a prime supporter of the Sacred Headwaters Alliance.

The Pachamama Alliance was called into being by the indigenous people of the Ecuadorian Amazon to protect the forest and to change the ‘dream of the North.’ You can discover more about Belen, director of the Fundacion Pachamama, who will once again be dancing with us.

Belén Páez & the Long dance

Susannah Darling Khan
We are super proud to have Belén Páez with us once again this year for the 2025 Summer Long Dance. Belén is an extraordinary champion of indigenous rights, the rights of nature, sustainability, biodiversity and...
23 May 2025
4 min read

PLEASE APPLY HERE: once your application is completed to go ahead and book your place, no need to wait to hear from us! In the unlikely event that your application is not accepted, we will refund you in full and explain why.


Testimonials

“The harvest from the Summer Long Dance is deep and wide. A supporting energy has come into my life - I feel strength, confidence and love. Thank you!"

L Girard, 2024

"To me the Summer Long Dance was a great event - exciting, uplifting,  transforming and renewing...I particularly enjoyed the kindness of everyone.  Not knowing anyone and being one of the elder participants, I felt a little foreign in the beginning,  so it was lovely to meet so many friendly people. "

H Ekke, 2024


MOVEMENT MEDICINE SPONSORSHIP FUND

Pay It Forward: If you are able, please consider donating to the Sponsorship Fund in order to support those who are marginalised or disadvantaged on their transformative journeys. You will find this payment option when purchasing your ticket.

Financial Help: If you wish to apply for funding from the Movement Medicine Sponsorship Fund please click here to find out more information.

There are four dates per year (1st January, 1st April, 1st July and 1st October) when applications are assessed. In order to have time for this process you need to have your application in by 1st April. 


Information

TRAVELLING TO HILLYFIELD WOODLAND FARM

3.00 - 6.00pm    Arrive and pitch your tent, hang out with friends and                                  make yourself at home.

You will be unable to get onto the campsite before 3.00pm. Please wait in the top carpark until registration opens at 3.00pm.

Book your spot

Summer Long Dance 2025

An Adult Ticket includes in the price camping on site in your own tent, meals (expect during the 72 hours of the ceremony) and hot drinks.

Summer Long Dance 2025 - Plan

The Summer Long Dance plan enables you to spread the payments monthly between now and the 30 June 2025. Included in your Summer Long Dance ticket is camping on site in your own tent, meals (expect during the 72 hours of the ceremony) and hot drinks.

SLD 2025 AP or PT Ticket

Please only purchase this ticket if you are a Movement Medicine Apprentice or Professional. Included in this ticket is camping on site in your own tent, all your meals during your stay except during the 72 hours of the ceremony and hot drinks.  

SLD 2025 AP or PT Ticket - Plan

Please only purchase this ticket if you are a Movement Medicine Apprentice or Professional. This ticket enables you to spread the payments monthly between now and the 30 June 2025. Included in your SLD 2025 AP or PT ticket is camping on site in your own tent, meals (expect during the 72 hours of the ceremony) and hot drinks.

SLD25 Bell Tent Share

We are offering 5m luxury bell tents for you to share with 3 other people. The tents will be same sex unless you would like to book for a group of friends. There are 4 people per tent sharing. If you would like to have your own tent please buy the Bell Tent option.   All the bell tents include:
  • Wooden framed beds & mattresses 

  • Mattress protector, bedding & bed linen all ready made-up

  • Fleece blanket & cushion per bed

  • Floor rugs

  • Low-level table or wicker butlers tray

  • 2 battery operated hurricane lanterns

  • Cream tea-light lantern

  • Bedside wine crate tables
  • Table top vanity mirror

  • Woven doormat

SLD25 Bell Tent

If you are travelling from afar and unable to bring your own tent we are offering 5m luxury bell tents for you to stay in. All the bell tents include:
  • Wooden framed bed & mattress

  • Mattress protector, bedding & bed linen all ready made-up

  • Fleece blanket & cushion per bed

  • Floor rugs

  • Low-level table or wicker butlers tray

  • 2 battery operated hurricane lanterns

  • Cream tea-light lantern

  • Bedside wine crate tables
  • Table top vanity mirror

  • Woven doormat

SLD25 Bell Tent Share with 1 other person

We are offering 5m luxury bell tents for you to share with 1 other people. The tents will be same sex unless you are sharing with a partner - please let us know the name of the other person you wish to share with. If you would like to have your own tent please buy the Bell Tent option. All the bell tents include:
  • Wooden framed beds & mattresses 

  • Mattress protector, bedding & bed linen all ready made-up

  • Fleece blanket & cushion per bed

  • Floor rugs

  • Low-level table or wicker butlers tray

  • 2 battery operated hurricane lanterns

  • Cream tea-light lantern

  • Bedside wine crate tables
  • Table top vanity mirror

  • Woven doormat

SLD25 Camping Only

This ticket entitles you to camp at Hillyfields with your own tent and includes meals (except during the 72 hours of ceremony) and hot drinks.

Tepee

A fantastic opportunity to hire a tepee for the duration of the Summer Long Dance. The space is large enough for 3 to sleep comfortably and 4 at a push! The tepee will be erected and ready for use but it is not furnished in any way so you will need to supply your own sleeping equipment.

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