Dance Workshop Spirit Child

Live, in person, non-residential workshop London. WOMEN ONLY

Healing from Early Pregnancy Loss

17 February (evening), 18-19 February 2023 (all day, including Saturday evening)

Spirit Child Dance Workshop

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Early Bird Discount via this link: €290 if paid in full by 31 December 2022!

Live non-residential workshop in London for women who experienced Early Pregnancy Loss through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or abortion. An opportunity to dance and heal your unique experience through Story-Dancing, Sacred Art & Ceremony, in a community of women who share a similar story. No matter how long ago you experienced this loss, it is never too late to bring healing.

Dates London 2023: 17/2 (evening), 18-19/2 (all day).
Venue: close to Kew Gardens

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Have you experienced Early Pregnancy Loss?

👉🏼 Perhaps you had a miscarriage, an abortion or an ectopic pregnancy, once or even several times

👉🏽 Your pregnancy might have been welcome, unexpected or unwanted

👉🏻 Perhaps it happened recently, or many years ago

👉🏾 You might have other children before, or after, or maybe that never happened...

You are not alone!

Whatever your circumstances, I am so sorry this happened to you. It can be devastating, soul-destroying, making us incredibly insecure, angry, lonely, and misunderstood. Please know that you are not alone.

After my own ectopic pregnancy in 2019 I found that there were very few existing resources that address all the layers of this life-changing experience: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing.

Even though at least 1 in 4 women experience something similar, there is very little recognition on how this affects physical, emotional and mental wellbeing, anxiety and depression, performance at work, or parenting.

Advice like "it's not your fault", "try and get pregnant again soon", "this time everything will be fine," just doesn't cut it, and we're often left with a heap of unresolved emotions.

Integrate Your Experience of Early Pregnancy Loss with

Story-Dancing, Sacred Art & Ceremony

I believe that working with the experience on an archetypal level is key to integrate this experience. By embodying the story in a sacred and ceremonial way, using creative techniques and through the power of being witnessed by others with a shared journey, we can heal from it as best we can. As we harvest the wisdom gifts from this experience, we can continue to say YES to life, be in our power and shine in all the roles we play in our lives.

That's why I created The Spirit Child workshop: a safe space for women who KNOW, like you, what it is to have a little soul spark growing inside you, that for whatever reason could not be born, and who want to do the work to grieve, cry, connect with their essence, and the miracle of life that did visit them, even though it did not come into being.

The Spirit Child Workshop

In a community of women who have experienced something similar to you, you have a chance to work with your Early Pregnancy Loss experience in a holistic, creative and ceremonial way.

Supported by improvised dance movement, the power of stories, sacred art-making and spiritual practice, you will:

map your personal journey
connect to the archetype of the Spirit Child
address physical, emotional, mental, social, relational and spiritual aspects of your experience
meet the Soul Spark that came to you
express any unresolved feelings that you might still carry
perform ceremony to acknowledge and heal your experience
witness other women in their process and be witnessed in yours
harvest your unique insights and wisdom gifts for your onward journey through life

You don't need any prior movement or ceremonial experience to participate There is also no need to ‘believe’ in anything. Simply let yourself be guided by the power of your experience, to reconnect with your instinctual and original nature.

The workshop also includes:

Spirit Child companion book to keep track of the processes we work with, write down your thoughts, draw and doodle, and integrate your insights
an inspirational poster with a collage and poem that I created after my own Ectopic Pregnancy
a Sacred Space sheet to create your own ceremonial spaces in an inspired and creative way, with ritual guidelines for every step
a closed online group to stay in touch with your companions after the workshop, to share your experience and encourage each other on the road of integration
a discounted 1:1 shamanic mentoring session afterwards, should you need some extra support

This workshop is for you if you...

lived through an experience of Early Pregnancy Loss in the first 3 months of your pregnancy, whether by active choice or natural mishap (miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or abortion)
yearn for better understanding, deeper healing and fuller integration of your Early Pregnancy Loss in any way
have unresolved emotions related to the experience, such as grief, rage, shame, guilt, or are otherwise struggling to integrate this in your life
want to work with this experience on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual level
are interested in creative and imaginative techniques for inner work and healing
can commit to all sessions on the weekend. Timings will likely be 7-10pm Friday, 10am-10pm Saturday, 10am-4pm Sunday!

However, it might not be right if...

you still experience severe trauma due to your loss
your pregnancy went beyond the first trimester
you gave birth to a stillborn baby
you lost a live child in early infancy

This doesn’t mean that you aren't welcome or that you've done something wrong, but that I might not be able to give you the support you need in this particular workshop setting, and hold the space for other women at the same time.

If you think this may be the case, please be in touch to discuss, and/or book a series of in-depth 1:1 sessions in which I can give you the attention you deserve.

Client love

I've been facilitating international workshops since 2009. Although this will be the first Spirit Child Workshop, you can read what others say about working with me in other contexts...

Sophie

shamanic workshop and 1:1 healing session

Your kindness, your wisdom and graceful strength will continue to guide me. I have learned so much from you. The road ahead is no longer in total darkness. I walk in the candle-light following the inspiration of Ariane’s thread.

Pru

Navigating your Emotional Landscape workshop

Working with Eline is like “coming back to life”, finding myself, being empowered. I realised I can still break barriers as an older person without fear, without shame, and be full of confidence and believing that I can still be myself.

Marylin

Navigating your Emotional Landscape workshop

I found it really useful to look at the colours of the heart. You can’t be happy all the time. Bringing out the tensions is not burying it. Emotions are not wrong. It’s not wrong to jump for joy, to cry. This has been very helpful and enlightening.

Samar

1:1 Story Dancing Client

Eline - eternally grateful for you empowering me to be in the drivers seat even when I am feeling so vulnerable.

Yna

participated and assisted in multiple workshops

Eline is a fantastically magical facilitator for mindful spiritual and movement practice combining vision with creativity.

Tonja

various workshops

Thank you for all the healing words and dances through my painful moments. You gave me the warmth and security of a strong, caring and loving mother. May the universe bless you richly.

Dr. Saskia von Diest

Sealskin Soulskin

Eline is a highly skilled and very sensitive facilitator. In her workshops, she holds a gentle and powerful space that invites and allows for very deep transformational work. I felt incredibly safe in her wise and capable hands and heart, and experienced a conscious soul retrieval process that I had not expected to go through! I HIGHLY recommend anyone interested to take the plunge and work with her, be it as a workshop participant, client or colleague of the Way of the Wild Soul.

Sarah

Yin, Yang, Yung

I honestly can't emphasise enough how life changing the Yin, Yang, Yung weekend was with you the other year. It probably sounds a little cheesy, but it was life changing.

It fell at just the right time, exactly when I most needed it and when I was most open to being fully in it. Thank you. Your work is important and it really means something.

Núria Maya

Dancing Through The Tarot (11-week course)

It has been a precious space for my expression and movement (interior and exterior). The Tarot cards were very relevant and synchronistic with what I was living. It has been a journey where growth and movement occurred. It was lovely how Eline would let us come up with what was there for us, let the cards speak to us, and also bring in some more information when necessary or requested.

Nicola

Sealskin Soulskin

Thank you so much for such a precious weekend. It was an initiation for me. I am quite blown away by the powerful effect this work has had on me. I am so full of curiosity now and I have returned to my work with a renewed sense of myself and what matters to me.

I felt something reawaken in me that has been needing a little time and attention and it has continued to roll on unfolding from there. So grateful for your wonderful work.

Melanie

Sealskin Soulskin

It has been a real, deep and significant transformation!

Frequently asked questions

(is your question or concern not listed here, please email me)

👉🏿 When is the workshop?

17 February (evening), 18-19 February 2023

The timings are likely

Friday 17/2: 7-10pm
Saturday 18/2: 10am-10pm
Sunday 19/2 10am-4pm

Commitment to ALL sessions is essential

👉🏾 Where is the workshop?

The workshop takes place in London, near Kew Gardens. I will share the address with you when you've registered.

It is non residential, so you will need to arrange your own overnight accommodation.

👉🏽 Why is the payment in euros while the workshop happens in London?

This is awkward, I know! It has to do with my website, which only supports one currency. As most of my work happens on mainland Europe, Euros is the currency that my website accepts.

You should be able pay easily with a credit or debit card, which makes the transfer to euros without problem.

However, if this is an issue for whatever reason, please email me, and I can send you the details of a UK bank account instead.

👉🏼 I've never done this kind of dancing before, is that a problem?

Not at all. I believe there is a dancer in each and everyone of us, and I've guided many people who'd never danced before. Step by step, I will invite you into the movement exploration. Each dance reflects your unique expression and experience so you can never get it wrong!

👉🏻 What if I'm too shy to participate?

I know this work is intensely personal and intimate, but you will be surprised how deep we can go with a circle of committed women. We take it one step at a time, and of course you are in the 'driver's seat' and decide how you show up!

👉🏿 I'm getting on with life, do I really need this?

Of course, you are the only person to decide that. I know you are strong and resilient, and you will get through this.

So why would you dedicate so much time and money to work with your experience?

It is said that on average, untraumatised urban adults have between 3000-4000 unresolved experiences in their life.

Early Pregnancy Loss is one of the hugely impactful events in a woman's life, which might impact your ability to function optimally, to love and hope again, to trust future pregnancies, to hold your other children in the space they deserve...

I believe it’s essential to digest this experience properly so that it doesn’t weigh you down in the future. We will never be the same person afterward, but we can release the emotional content and harvest the insights as best as we can, so that our future choices aren’t impeded or distorted by them.

👉🏾 I'd really like to come, but I can't afford it, can I get a discount?

Yes, I hear you. This is a big commitment. If the early bird discount or paying in instalments still doesn't feel feasible, please be in touch.

I really like my work to be available to those who need it. There are a few bursary places and one free place available in exchange for practical support before and during the workshop.

Please email me if you'd like to discuss this.

Who's your guide?

My name is Eline Kieft, Ph.D

As shamanic mentor and Qi Gong teacher I help people empower themselves through embodied spirituality and a dynamic relationship with nature.

Transform your life, health and relationships with expressive movement, archetypal work, active dreaming, sacred art, ritual theatre, ceremonies, nature-immersion and other shamanic techniques.

Movement | Energy | Archetypes | Nature | Spirituality

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More about my own experience and how I healed it...

Here is some background on my personal story and how I worked through this life-changing experience.

Art Gallery of my Creative Expression

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Standing at the Gates of Death

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Not ready to join the workshop?

I absolutely understand if joining a workshop is not what you're after right now, or the time and place doesn't work next time up.

Here are some other ways you can be in touch!

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Interested in Healing from Early Pregnancy Loss

Sign up for pregnancy loss news and events, for example if you can’t make the coming live workshop but would like to join an event in the future. Over time, I intend to offer The Spirit Child workshop live in various countries and also online in different formats, so this enables you to always hear the news! You will receive a poster with a Collage and Poem about my own Ectopic Pregnancy.

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€170

Spotlight Session

3-day access

One private session is great to focus on a specific theme. For example, if you are about to make a decision and like to explore different options with embodied enquiry, or if you have a specific shamanic technique you'd like to discuss and try out. A session lasts 1 hour and is tailor-made to your unique situation.

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€300

Soul Retrieval

Call back your precious soul piece through this incredible healing process that can increase your energy, make you feel more alive and vibrant, and provide a sense of coming home to yourself. You will feel clearer, stronger in your decision-making and action taking, and more empowered in your life in general. This is a 2-hour online session to retrieve your soul part.

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