Welcome to the October newsletter from the School of Movement Medicine, where we share news, inspiration, and opportunities to dance with life in all its beauty and challenges. This month, as the nights are drawing in, we invite you to step into the season of change with curiosity and presence.
In Movement Medicine, we do not presume to tell people how to live or who to be. We offer tools and practices to help you discover, deepen, and follow your soul's natural emergence. This unfolds within community, within the context of interconnection, where everyone has their role to play.
We wish you the power of peace and connection wherever you are and that you find the courage to be yourself, and live and act according to your values.
October at SoMM HQ is alive with preparations for Initiation our week-long rite of passage with Movement Medicine founders Ya'Acov and Susannah (Fri 24 - Thur 30 Oct). Initiation is not simply a workshop, but a profound journey into the heart of who you are and who you are becoming. Through finely honed dance and ceremony, the old stories that weigh us down are honoured and released, opening space for truth and renewal to take root. A strong circle is already gathering, and with only a few places left, now is the time to step in if you feel the call.
We also have two spaces left on our practical team.
A glimpse into the Summer Long Dance — a moving celebration of life, spirit, and community. Together we danced, prayed, and raised nearly £50,000 for projects supporting our Earth and its people.
Curious to join the journey? 2026's Summer Long Dance is already calling...
We commend you to the Movement Medicine pathway if you want to find out more about Training, Apprenticeships and Intensives such as Initiation.
"Each Life Sacred runs from the 1st of October to the 1st of November, a month-long gathering of music, art, and solidarity in aid of the charity War Child. It was born from anguish for the children of Gaza. We offer this prayer together in the hope of supporting children affected by war everywhere. It is so easy to feel helpless in the face of atrocities, but I carry a burning desire to support in whatever way I can. We are all related, we are all family. For me, this project is both a prayer and a call to action, a way of honouring the sanctity of every life and of carrying light forward for generations to come. Both Ya'Acov & Susannah and Reuben Darling Khan have contributed a piece of music to be included in the album. Please click the link below to access the fundraiser".
Anouska Beckwith
"Our work is rooted in the dream of peace and justice for all and so we have offered this Hebrew prayer for the dead, a prayer Ya'Acov has been singing - for all those killed in war every day since October 7 - as an offering to this project and for children everywhere who are suffering war."
Ya'Acov and Susannah Darling Khan
QUICK LINKS TO UPCOMING
SCHOOL EVENTS
- The Study Hub: This month's theme in the Movement Medicine Study Hub is "In the Temple of Yin” with Susannah.
- Phoenix Rising Hiroshima: An 'in room' workshop with Ya'Acov [Thu 9 Oct - Mon 13 Oct] Hiroshima, Japan
- Soul Whispering: An 'in room' workshop with Susannah [Fri 10 Oct - Sun 12 Oct] Bristol, UK
- Initiation 2025: An 'in room' intensive with Susannah and Ya'Acov [Fri 24 Oct - Thu 30 Oct] Devon, UK
- Between the Worlds: Samhain Tribal Heart Ceremony : An online ceremony with Ya'Acov and Susannah [Fri 31 Oct] Online
- Phoenix Rising : An online intensive with Ya'Acov [Tue 11 Nov - Tue 9 Dec] Online
- Wild Honey: An 'in room' workshop with Susannah [Fri 14 Nov- Sun 16 Nov] Antwerp, Belguim
- Mind, Body and Spirit Festival: An in room event with Ya'Acov [Sat 15 Nov- Sun 16 Nov] Birmingham, UK
- Wild Honey: An 'in room' workshop with Susannah [Fri 28 Nov- Sun 30 Nov] Ljubljana, Slovenia
- The Shaman's Body: An 'in room' workshop with Ya'Acov [Sat 29 Nov- Sun 30 Nov] Paris, France
- Returning Home: An 'in room' workshop with Susannah, Ya'Acov, Reuben and Hae In Cho [Tue 16 Dec- Sun 21 Dec] Kiental, Switzerland
- Winter Solstice Tribal Heart Ceremony: An online ceremony with Ya'Acov and Susannah [17 Dec] Online
Discover Movement Medicine teachers:
Each month our newsletters share upcoming events and blogs with Movement Medicine founders Susannah and Ya'Acov, news of Apprenticeships and Trainings, special offers and early birds, plus inspiring personal stories and teacher's spotlights.
The founder's Blog
SUSANNAH'S blog
In "Life, Death & the Dance of Being," Susannah shares her own experience of how grief and celebration intertwine, inviting us to honour both the mystery of death and the beauty of living fully.
We honour Joseph Rose and reflect on his life: his passion, his service, and the call his memory offers.
october's story
"Then one morning last week, I woke up at 3am. Wide awake. Fresh. Ready for the day. Out of nowhere came this crystal-clear knowing: It's time... "
For more, read on....
october's spotlights
In October's fascinating Spotlight we highlight Kristin Glenewinkel:
"It seemed like some ancient intelligence of moving together had entered our space ... still feeling the sweetness of this nourishment in my soul.... "
For more, read on...
UPCOMING EVENTS WITH FOUNDERS
october's Study Hub Lesson
in the temple of yin
with susannah
This month in the global village of embodied learning that is the Movement Medicine Study Hub, we explore the receptive, creative aspect of our life energy - the regenerative capacity to soften, to receive, to breath in. As we attune with our capacity to rest and simply be with ourselves and others - we nourish all aspects of our health, and give space for vision and inspiration.
This autumn in the Study Hub we share a special journey: a trilogy on the themes of Yin, Yang and Yun with Susannah, Ya'Acov and the two of them together. Come and join us and explore this rich vein of discovery and embodied learning - together.
phoenix rising
with ya'acov
Thu 9 Oct - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Hiroshima, Japan
The Phoenix Process is an alchemical, trauma aware soul-retrieval process designed to liberate and embody the unique qualities of who you are. It will help you to shift the balance of power inside you from being fully identified with the self-protective and self-fulfilling prophecies of the ego to recognising the unbroken resilience and poetry of the soul.
with guest artists Hiroki Okano & Junko
soul whispering
with susannah
Fri 10 oct- Sun 12 oct 2025
bristol, uk
You are invited to Soul Whispering – Susannah's fierce and tender Movement Medicine journey, calling you to welcome your wild soul home and awaken the parts of yourself still waiting in the shadows. Soul Whispering begins with the raw truth of inhabiting your living, breathing body. From there, it rises into the liberation of your freedom, the claiming of your power as you attune to the compass of your soul within. This is a dance of soul, sensitivity, and unapologetic strength.
initiation
with susannah and ya'acov
Fri 24 Oct - Thu 30 Oct 2025
Devon , United Kingdom
INITIATION is an adventurous and imaginative 7-day dance intensive with fine companions, deeply experienced skilled guidance and far-reaching results. The focus of our work is to bring awareness, responsibility, fluidity, and ultimately gratitude to life's journey. To help you to learn all you can from your personal history and free you from any belief that your past has to create your future.
ONLY 4 TICKETS LEFT!
Between the Worlds
SAMHAIN TRIBAL HEART
with susannah and Ya'acov
Fri 31 Oct 2025 · 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm (uk)
In this special Tribal Heart Ceremony, we gather in the dance to honour the ones who came before us and the ones yet to come. With body, heart and mind as our compass, we open to the currents of life that flow through the generations. We dance to remember that we are not alone: we are held, guided, and connected across the arc of time. We invite you to join us and be part of this interconnected dance across the world.
Movement Medicine Study Hub members receive all Tribal Heart ceremonies as part of their membership.
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 via the Contact page.
Thanking you
for being part of this worldwide community and for your attention!
We wish you all the very best for the rest of October.
Whatever you do, keep dancing!
with warmth, respect and gratitude,
Susannah, Ya’Acov and the School of Movement Medicine Team.
We hope you enjoy these newsletters and that they offer something of value for you. Please feel free to share any feedback you have via the Contact page.
