The team at the School of Movement Medicine is joyfully immersed in planning the Summer Long Dance 2025, weaving together ceremony, logistics, and community spirit.
Our excitement grows as each element takes shape from the sacred structure of the dance to the welcoming atmosphere at Hillyfield. Guided by purpose and collaboration, the planning process reflects the heart of Movement Medicine, knowing this gathering will offer deep transformation while supporting vital ecological and indigenous causes.
We are happy and honoured that Belén Páez—renowned Ecuadorian ecologist and passionate advocate for Indigenous rights and Amazon conservation—will be joining us once again at the Summer Long Dance.
Belén brings a wealth of wisdom and visionary leadership. We are profoundly grateful for her presence and look forward to the inspiration, insight and song she will share with us.
Ways you can be part of the Summer Long Dance (SLD)
1. Come and join this group of incredible dancing people who have decided to make this strong, big commitment and dance for peace, for love and for their own lives.
2. Whether or not you are coming in person, you can tell other people about this extraordinary ceremony. Join us in sharing the ripple of awareness of the SLD and what it stands for by liking and sharing posts celebrating the Long Dance and its community
(search #celebrationcascade)
across Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Follow the cascade here:
Instagram: @susannahdarlingkhan & @yaacovdarlingkhan
Facebook: Ya’Acov & Susannah Darling Khan
LinkedIn: Susannah Darling Khan
3. Support a dancer who is coming to the Long Dance to raise money for the charity they are supporting as part of their commitment.
4. Make a donation directly to the central Long Dance fundraiser - supporting the indigenous people of the Amazon to protect the forest for the sake of the whole biosphere.
Use this link to do so in the name of the Long Dance.
CORE Curriculum
We want to share a new useful feature of the website: Core Curriculum - in it you can find all the core workshops of Movement Medicine and the path towards Apprenticeship, Professional Training and onwards.
For example the upcoming Phoenix Retreat with Anne-Ena and Nicolas is there.
Have a play!
initiation early bird
Just a quick reminder! The early bird discount for Initiation ends in just 48 hours.
If you’ve been thinking about joining, now’s the perfect time to secure your spot and save. Join us!
Apprenticeship Program
nOV 2025- warsaw poland
We’re excited to shine a light on the upcoming Apprenticeship in Poland with Anna Sierpowska, accompanied by Kaya Sertic, starting this autumn.
"Movement Medicine Apprenticeship is a call to deepen your presence in yourself and this world - to become more fully who you already are.
It’s a place to turn toward the vibrant textures of your own being — your gifts, your shadows, your longings, and the unique medicine you carry. A place to bow to the journey of your life and mystery within you — and to mark them, gently, on the map of your beautifully imperfet psyche.
The Apprenticeship is an invitation to inhabit that space of becoming -
to step into the alchemical vessel of community, movement, and honest self-reflection."
Anna Sierpowska and Kaya T. Sertic.
QUICK LINKS TO UPCOMING
SCHOOL EVENTS
- The Study Hub: This month's theme in the Movement Medicine Study Hub is "Source- The Mystery & You” with Ya'Acov.
- Divining Purpose: An 'in room' workshop with Ya'Acov [Fri 6 Jun - Sun 8 Jun] Lucerne, Switzerland
- What is Phoenix Medicine: Facebook fireside with Ya'Acov [Tue 10 Jun] Online
- Summer Solstice Tribal Heart 2025: An online ceremony with Susannah and Ya'Acov [Fri 20 Jun] Online
- Dancing with the Heart of the World Q&A: An online Q & A with Ya'Acov and Susannah [Tue 24 Jun]
- Summer Long Dance: An 'in room' ceremony with Susannah and Ya'Acov [Sat 19 Jul- Fri 25 Jul] Hillyfield, Dartmoor, Devon, UK
- The Shaman's Body: An 'in room' workshop with Ya'Acov [Fri 12 Sep- Sun 14 Sep] Zurich, Switzerland
Each month, our newsletters share upcoming offerings from Susannah and Ya’Acov, along with personal stories from dancers and teachers about how Movement Medicine impacts their daily lives. See below for more.
The founder's Blog
susannah's latest post is now available
In this month’s blog, Susannah and Ya’Acov talk about why dance and particularly the Movement Medicine Summer Long Dance is such an empowering response to our personal and global challenges.
June's story
June's story is from Lisanna Otto.
Lisanne shares how Movement Medicine helped her reconnect with herself, navigate life’s challenges, and find renewed purpose through the healing power of dance.
june'S spotlight
This month we get to know Kaya, a dancer, psychotherapist and Movement Medicine teacher from Croatia. She reflects on the transformative power of movement and her passion for helping others reconnect with themselves through movement.
We love hearing about how life on the Movement Medicine dance floor effects the dance of your life. If you have a story to share, please get in touch.
UPCOMING EVENTS WITH FOUNDERS
june's Study Hub Lesson
source
the mystery & you
with ya'acov
This month, we will focus in on what is perhaps the most intimate of all relationships. You will not be asked to believe in anything. There will be no dogma, but simply the time and space to ask yourself again:
‘What is my relationship to this Great Mystery?"
Divining Purpose
with YA'ACOV
Fri 6 jun- Sun 8 JUN 2025
Lucerne, Switzerland
Would you like to refine and evolve the sense of the purpose that guides your life? Do you long to connect more regularly with something greater than yourself, and to tap into the mystery at the heart of life? Divining Purpose is a new workshop created by Ya’Acov to guide you on a transformative journey of self-discovery and connection at this potent time close to the Solstice.
WHat is phoenix medicine?
with YA'ACOV
tue 10 june 2025- online
In this Facebook Live, Ya’Acov introduces his annual online course, Phoenix Rising—a powerful tool developed over decades.
He’ll explore how we can address the root causes of life’s challenges and how Phoenix Medicine can support everyday transformation.
summer solstice tribal heart
with YA'ACOV and Susannah
Fri 20 june 2025- online
As the summer solstice approaches, it is a time to allow ourselves to expand our capacity to shine and extend our gratitude towards life. At the same time, there is, as the great man said: ‘so much trouble in the world.’
Our intention is to find refuge in the felt presence of the Great Spirit through the body and heart. This is not only deeply nourishing, but it strengthens our capacity to be of service in the world. Come and join us from your own home, let go and nourish your spirit with the power of intentional dance.
DANCING WITH THE HEART OF THE WORLD
with YA'ACOV and Susannah
tue 24 june 2025- online
Join us on the evening of Tuesday, 24 June 2025, for a free online event where we'll share insights into the journey, introduce you to the spirit of the forest, and leave space for your questions.
This evening gathering is an invitation to learn more about Dancing With the Heart of the World, one of the most powerful offerings from Ya’Acov and Susannah Darling Khan.
Rooted in decades of partnership with the Pachamama Alliance and in deep relationship with our founding Achuar and Sápara partners, this journey is a profound call to those ready to walk with purpose and humility in these pivotal times.
Thanking you
for being part of this worldwide community and for your attention!
We wish you all the very best for the rest of June,
Whatever you do, keep dancing!
with warmth, respect and gratitude,
Susannah, Ya’Acov and the School of Movement Medicine Team.
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