Welcome to our June newsletter. We're genuinely glad you're here. Wherever life finds you right now, we hope you're managing to make space for a little peace, connection, and at least one good dance with yourself, another human, or the world around you as you wait for the kettle to boil.
This month, we're focusing on the core alchemical practice in Movement Medicine, Phoenix Medicine. Not the "reinvent yourself in three easy steps" version. Rather, the real empowerment and peace work of meeting the stories, wounds and unconscious survival patterns we carry and discovering how they can become medicine rather than life sentences.
The "Phoenix Process" is a central aspect of deep Movement Medicine practice. It's a profound and often surprising embodied process that helps transform the past into resilience, presence and soul-led living. This process enables you go beyond your "story" and habitual sense of self through the power of movement, embodiment and a crystal clear step by step ceremonial process. Old identities lose their grip, and you can reconnect with the deeper intelligence at the core of who you are.
There are two opportunities incoming to dive in with us: Phoenix Rising Online 2026, a four week immersive online journey with Ya'Acov, and Phoenix Rising Costa Rica 2027, an in-person retreat held in the beauty and power of nature, with Susannah & Ya'Acov.
The Movement Medicine Path
Discover all the Movement Medicine Professionals we’ve trained and explore the Movement Medicine pathway, which tells you everything you need to know if you want to apprentice and prepare for our next Professional Training beginning in March 2027.
See more of our wonderful professionals and their stories on:
Insta: @movement_medicine_official
FB: Movement Medicine Official
"A few months ago, I found myself standing in Hiroshima, beside the Peace Park, carrying the strange and humbling awareness that I was about to guide the Phoenix Process on land marked by one of humanity's deepest wounds."
Read more below...
"My heart was cracking open in the ways I did not understand. My whole being was overwhelmed by joy dancing...."
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Discover more Spotlights and Stories.
June's Events
WITH THE Hub & FOUNDERS
The Elemental Compass
June's Study Hub Lesson
This lesson with Susannah explores the elemental compass and how it can strengthen your place at the centre of your own circle. Through connecting with the four directions and elements, you can deepen your presence, strengthen your energetic integrity, and gain a clearer sense of orientation and "uprightness" in your life.
Hub members have access to weekly Movement Medicine practices, seasonal ceremonies and a growing library of lessons. Start your free 10 day trial today!
wild honey
Sat 13 Jun - Sun 14 Jun 2026
Freiburg , Germany
Susannah is back in Freiburg at last, with her special workshop "Wild Honey". Come and discover more of the wild sweetness of dancing your life in this powerful, playful and subtly held exploration of deep aliveness, through the dancing interplay of yin and yang.
Euphoria Retreat
Fri 19 Jun - Sun 28 Jun 2026
Kalamata, Greece
Susannah and Ya'Acov are very excited to be offering 3 Movement Medicine sessions at the Euphoria Retreat Wellbeing Festival in Greece.
summer SOLSTICE tribal heart
Fri 19 Jun 2026 · 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm (UK Time)
Join Susannah and Ya’Acov for Summer Solstice Tribal Heart 2026, a joyful online gathering of dance, ceremony and connection, celebrating the turning of the seasons and our belonging to the living world.
Upcoming events in July:
- Sanctuary: Women's Ceremonial Retreat: Wed 1 Jul - Sun 5 Jul, Ardennes, Belgium
- Summer Long Dance: Sat 11 Jul - Fri 17 July, UK
- Lammas Tribal Heart: Fri 31 Jul · Online
Intensives in 2027:
- Initiation: Sat 10 Apr - Fri 16 Apr 2027- Germany
- Summer Long Dance: Sat 10 Jul - Fri 16 Jul 2027- UK
As we grow older, we are recognising the obvious but easily disregarded truth, that now is all we ever have, and that being present, and loving those we are connected with in this mysterious ever unfolding and day to day present is the greatest gift we can give or receive. So we hope you found some inspiration here to live into this moment of your own life.
We wish you all blessings,
With warmth, respect and gratitude,
Ya'Acov, Susannah and the School of Movement Medicine
