£235 residential / £185 non-residential

Movement with feeling is a way to chart the territory of freedom.  The Golden Compass represents the place of true being.  Through concentration and exploration, this retreat offers a time of discovery. We use chant, dance, writing, meditation, inspiring music and poetry, and other creative and contemplative processes to let go of limitations and fears and to enter the Golden Compass.  If you are a person who wants to move freely, this is an opportunity to dive into the mystery and explore.

International performing artist and teacher, Zuleikha returns to Shambala Retreat Centre to give another inspiring and transformative movement retreat for women. She creates a safe haven for the experience of soulful embodiment and new patterns of wellness. For more information about her please visit Zuleikha's web site.

Wear comfortable clothes, suitable for movement.  No experience necessary.  Everyone is welcome

Zuleikha is an exceptional performer and teacher in the art of movement and rhythmic language. Trained with master teachers in different world lineages, Zuleikha has developed her own movement method based on deep spiritual awareness, inspired by east and west. She travels worldwide performing and teaching, reaching thousands of people through her humanitarian organization, The Storydancer Project. Zuleikha trains and teaches movement as a tool for fostering wellness, resilience, and joy in people who are suffering from the trauma of war, poverty, natural disaster, family loss and disease.  She is the 2005 recipient of the Humanitarian Award from Pediatric Nursing Journal for her global work with women and children. Zuleikha uplifts theater audiences with her very funny, soul-stirring solo performances and collaborates with world musicians and poets, including the late African drum master Baba Olatungi, jazz guitarist Bruce Dunlap, cellist David Darling, vocalist/instrumentalist Jai Uttal, world percussionist Glen Velez, composer/cellist, Eugene Friesen, avant-garde composer/pianist Terry Riley, and Coleman Barks, poet and translator of Rumi.