Sacred Rebels

08/11/2022

Sacred Rebels Woman's Circle 18th November 2022

Join our next circle to dance with the transformational power of Kali the Hindu goddess of time, destruction & change. Kali helps to clear our path by illuminating and destroying all that stands in the way of stepping into the best of ourselves.

This month's guest speaker Danica Apolline will be delighting us with her exquisite essences to enliven your spirit and awaken your soul. www.blueprintessesnces.com

Sammie Venn Joa Saunders

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11/08/2022

We invite you to come and celebrate your abundant femininty with a group of likeminded women from 7pm - 9.30pm at the beautiful barn in St Peter's Church, Offham.FREE parking too on Thursday 25 August 2022

We will celebrate our sacred land with a Despatcho ceremony, dance and share within our circle. Refreshments and a welcome gift provided. We cannot wait to share the evening with you.

If you would like to bring anything for the altar then please do.

Booking available via our website www.sacredrebels.earth

With Love xx

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Our dance, yoga and embodied movement classes are designed to suit all ages and abilities. We dance for fitness, connection, relaxation and to help release anxiety, depression, trauma and regain connection to ourselves.

23/07/2022

I was lucky enough to hear this beautiful phrase/sentence by a woman that came to give a session as part of our women’s circle on Thursday. Zandra Rosa gave us a talk, drumming session and journey back into our sacred womb space. It was so powerful and beautiful. This quote is to honour her for her true wisdom at the age of 74 and the energy practice that she offers all women. As she so rightly says, she is in her majesty (not her chrone) LOVE her and womb blood feline wiseness…
With love Sammie ###

13/07/2022

We would love to invite you to our Sacred Rebels Summer Circle:Exploring Venus and our connection to "What is Love" More details and booking information on the website. Our events include free refreshments a small gift and so much more. Location : Offham Hall, St Peter's Church, Offham, Lewes. 7pm arrival - 10pm. FREE parking. £22
If you would like any further information on this or any other classes and events, then please message or email.
Love Sammie x
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21 July 2022

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13/07/2022

We would love to invite you to our Sacred Rebels Summer Circle:Exploring Venus and our connection to "What is Love" More details and booking information on the website. Our events include free refreshments a small gift and so much more. Location : Offham Hall, St Peter's Church, Offham, Lewes. 7pm arrival - 10pm. FREE parking. £22
If you would like any further information on this or any other classes and events, then please message or email.
Love Sammie x
[email protected]

21 July 2022

We would love to invite you to our Summer Sacred Rebels Circle where the theme of our evening celebration will be the Goddess Venus. Our evening will involve dance, meditation, a Goddess ritual, community share in a safe and secure environment, refreshments and more. As the weeks unfold we will shar...

07/07/2022

Last night we danced, we moved our bodies , gave the shapes we created meaning, and released any tension by shaking. We shook out anything that we no longer desired in our bodies and gave it back to the earth, with gratitude for the lessons it may have taught us.

We had fun! We played and we laughed. We shook to James Brown “Get up offa that thing”. Everyone was smiling and in that moment I felt so insanely grateful for the practice of .love and how it has transformed my life . I couldn’t stop smiling, I couldn’t help but smile. My lockdown silver lining 🤍

If you could take the feeling of gratitude as your dance partner, what song would you choose?

With love Sammie 🤍🎶

06/07/2022

Tonight we shall be coming together to dance what it feels like in our bodies when we are in balance. This evenings Qoya class is about harmony, moving to beautiful music with flow, ease, curiosity and gratitude. Movement can be medicine for our souls, there is no level or ability in Qoya it’s about releasing your wise, wild and free self through movement that feels good for you.

This is the beautiful Sycamore studio at The Unity Centre, 35 Friars Walk, Lewes, East Sussex where I take a class on a Wednesday evening from 7:30pm-9pm to book on and find out more just call reception or follow the link in the bio… I look forward to dancing with you in this sacred space.

With Love Sammie 💃🥰

05/07/2022

It’s not always easy feeding ourselves with all that soul food that we know we need and ultimately crave. Sometimes we have a bad day and just get in the way of ourselves, it can get messy, we trip up our plans with negative thoughts and self doubt.

Whenever I feel like this I come back to gratitude, because however tough life can feel at times, I can always find the space in my head and heart for being grateful for what I have.

Here are just a few things that can help you come back to your heart and ultimately your wise, wild and free self.

🙏🏻 mindfully prepare, pour and sip a cup of herbal tea. Hawthorn tea is a tincture that will open your heart. Breathe in it’s scent, close your eyes for a few moments. Come back to your breath.

🙏🏻 then simply write, let the gratitude flow onto the page, let the ink stain the page with anything and everything that makes you feel grateful for the life you live. It can be anything from a comfy bed, friends, family, an old postcard that reminds you of a happy moment in time, music, a particular song (play it loud), dance, nature, birdsong, the sun kissing your skin, your job…

It doesn’t matter what you are grateful for, whether your list is plentiful or if it is just one thing . Positivity in any form feels good in our bodies, it gives us hope and confidence to move forward.

“Today I am grateful for”……
(For me it’s music, to have a cry to and then a dance too)

What are you grateful for today?

With Love Sammie 💕🎶💕

02/07/2022

One of the most beautiful and powerful elements of Qoya is the pillar of circling. We circle our bodies to water the seed of our intention for our dance practice. We do this by offering our heart the space and time to orbit its intention, as if it were tracing the outer perimeters of the earth.

The brain and heart are composed of 73% water. I have found that when I acknowledge my human form and love it for all that is is, the impact of moving it gently to music opens it to even more healing.

🌊 My invitation to you is to choose a song that is soft, melodic and gentle, one you can move to with ease. I love her songs “The Course” or “Waves” are both beautiful to circle with.

🌊Then find a space that you feel comfortable in and connect with your watery body and it’s watery energy. Allow the melody to take you on a journey through your body by dropping your left ear to left shoulder, moving your chin to chest then right ear to right shoulder, gently taking your head from one side of your body to the other as if you are tracing the arch of a rainbow. Try this on both sides.

🌊Then begin to circle your shoulders, up back and around, bringing in your elbows, taking up space with your arms , circling your hands and wrists.

🌊 moving the circle into your heart, allowing her to lead you. Imagine that you are tracing your heart and intention for your dance around the earth, try this several times and then change directions.

🌊 Take the circle down into hips, taking the watery journey from one side of your body to the other.

🌊Then circle your body in any way that feels good. Remembering there is no way of doing it wrong , the way you know you are doing it right is when it feels good for you.

🌊spend some time with your water element by taking a shower, soaking in a bath, mindfully drink a glass of cold water and close your eyes while you feel it wash through your body. If you are near a river or the sea, spend some time observing the magnificence of nature.

🌊spend some time connecting with your body and listen to her waterfall of wisdom.

With Love Sammie 🌊🍃🌊

01/07/2022

We really are made of gold and star dust.

We are precious on so many levels, we are made of trillions of cells, minerals, have waterways of blood, water, held in a structure of bone, encased in skin. We are made of stardust, rock, remnants of nature, wildlife, dust and and earth: we are human .

I’ve always been fascinated by the human body and how it functions, I studied Radiography for a while at University and I would pour over images of X-rays and MMR imaging for hours, curious as to the magnificence and power and fragility and mechanics of the human body. Studying for my CBT has just sparked this all over again.

I read this morning that we have elements of gold in our bodies. Inside every neurone of the brain there is a trace element of gold that helps to keep us thinking and moving. According to a piece I read in “BigThink”

NASA’s assistant director of science communication Michelle Thaller studies binary stars and their life cycle aswell as astrology , she suggests that when we gaze far into outer space, we can see that all the gold in the known universe was created and released through cosmically violent neutron star collisions—that includes the atoms of gold that are now inside your brain.

Today I am celebrating my unique human body…

How are you going to celebrate yours?

With love and curiosity Sammie 🌿🙏🏻🌍🌟

30/06/2022

When women join together to celebrate each other and help each other rise up our hearts collectively thaw. We feel warmth and appreciation. It not only calms our nervous system but it keeps us present and anchored into a state of love. It somehow just brings joy.

Dance, movement and music can help reduce anxiety, stress, depression as well as improve our self esteem.

In Qoya we say there is no way of doing it wrong, the way you know you are doing it right is when it feels good in your body. There are no levels in our dance practice, it’s about moving with curiosity and listening to the needs and desires of our body.

I have had the privilege to dance and hold space for some extraordinary women this week, women aged from 20-80 have danced to the theme of “Embodied Choice”, we have collectively moved in solidarity for FREEDOM to choose what we want for our bodies.

From my heart to yours thank you.

Next week our theme shifts to “Harmony” - How does it feel in your body when you are in harmony with yourself and others?

I will be there to hold space and dance with you on Wednesday evening 7:30pm-9pm and at Offham Hall, St Peter’s Church on Tuesday morning 9:00am-10:30am . For more info please do visit our website or just message/call me (link in bio)

There is a song by Ma Muse called “Soul Sister” I invite you to listen and connect with all your soul sisters round the world and feel into freedom.

Big love Sammie 🙏🏻💃🌍

29/06/2022

One of the best things we can do for ourselves is to spend some time with who we are, the person we are in this given moment.

Explore her/him tenderly, enter the inner world of your heart with courage and grace.

Maybe journal, if you love to write, use the feelings and emotions that arise to tell her-story. If you prefer to paint, draw or sketch maybe use the tools of your creativity to excavate further into your-soul self. When we find creative ways of exploring who we are in the past or any given moment it can help us to understand the minutiae detail of who we are - that infinite, beautiful jigsaw of love and remembrance . Then dance with those feelings, explore how they feel in your body with movement.

If you would like more information on the workshops coming up later in the autumn then please do let me know or register online via our website for more information.

I can’t wait to share the experience of dancing your wise, wild and free with sacred creativity. Let’s unlock our creative warrior spirit together. In person and online workshops available.

Love Sammie 🖊 🎨 📖 🌹💃