Temenos Dance Collective Podcast

Julia Franks

Julia is a lover of dance. She began dancing at parties in her teenage years. In the 1980s and 90s, Julia co-ran clubs and raves in London. She developed a workshop exploring the rave experience called Spirit in the House.
For the past 3 decades, Julia has practised as a Transpersonal Psychotherapist, with a special interest in the wisdom of the moving body and exploring body symptoms.
She is a Certified teacher in Open Floor movement practice and Ecstatic Dance. She a member of the International Conscious Movement Teacher's Association (ICMTA), and runs regular Flomotion and Open Floor dance sessions in London.
Julia writes regular blogs on themes connected with dance such as Dance and Defence Against Loneliness, What is Dancing with Awareness in the Body, Community Dance and Dance Movement Psychotherapy.Visit https://www.flomotion.dance/ for more information. Or follow Julia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flomotion.dance/ 

Kathryn Dickason

Kathryn Dickason is a scholar and journalist based in Los Angeles. She specializes in Western medieval Christianity, with particular interests in dance, iconography, gender, French literature, Dante, and medievalism. More recently, she has developed a secondary research area in contemporary ecstatic dance.
Dickason holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Stanford University and also served as a residential research fellow at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University. Her first book, Ringleaders of Redemption: How Medieval Dance Became Sacred (Oxford University Press, 2021), explores the sacralization of medieval dance in Western Europe.
Currently, she is writing a long-form profile on Max Fathom, the founder of ecstatic dance, as well as her second book, tentatively entitled Wheeling Incarnation: Medieval Dance in the Visual Arts. 
Link to Numen article:
https://brill.com/view/journals/nu/72/2-3/article-p207_4.xml
 
Link to magazine article on ecstatic dance that I co-wrote: 
https://therevealer.org/the-sacred-steps-of-ecstatic-dance/
 
My LinkedIn profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-dickason/

Lindsay Jay (Flow Dance)

Lindsay Jay is the founder of Flow Dance Meditation, a music-guided movement practice rooted in embodiment and nervous system awareness.
With a background in large-scale movement and community creation in the UK, and now based in Ibiza, Lindsay’s work bridges conscious dance and mainstream wellness. She is also the founder of YogaFit Retreats, and her work is shared internationally through retreats, facilitator trainings, and online practices.
Flow Dance Meditation was created from a personal inquiry into safety, presence, and staying connected to the body, and continues to evolve as a living, embodied practice.
Upcoming events: • Jan 18–23: Sacred Spiral Retreat — Sufi Whirling & Flow Dance Meditation (Morocco) • Feb 1–5: Flow Dance Meditation Facilitator Training — Bali • April 15–17: Flow Dance Meditation Facilitator Training — Ibiza • April 19–26: YogaFit Retreats — Ibiza
You can explore guided practices, upcoming events and training information at:👉 https://flowdancemeditation.com
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Follow Lindsay’s journey and reflections on Instagram: • Personal: @lindsayjay_loves • Flow Dance Meditation: @flowdancemeditation

Osara (Ace Collectiv)

Osara is a father, DJ and embodiment facilitator with Welsh, Scottish and Sámi roots. Raised on free parties in Wales, he began DJing as a teen, learning early what community, courage and dance music can do. He uniquely braids ancient and future technologies and sound: drum, shakers and yoik-inspired vocals with organic, underground and electronic dance music. Creating transformational dance journeys that are ever responding to the spirit of time, community and place.
His palette spans 140, african rhythms, percussive heavy club music, jungle, techno, world bass, folktronica and all kinds of experimental edges. It is deep, driving and heart-opening, willing to meet shadow as well as celebrate light.
He is one of the leading Ecstatic Dance DJs in the UK and the first and longest-serving resident at Ecstatic Dance UK in London. He started Ecstatic Dance Bristol almost seven years ago then founded Ace Collectiv a few years later. Ace Collecitv creates alcohol-free, high-production experiences that move with the seasons and weave dance, music, art,  ritual and community. Club-level sound and lighting design are an important part of the medicine.
Osara has produced community events that have seen the first appearances in Bristol of the Huni Kuin and Yawanawá (indigenous people from the Amazon Rainforest), as well as the Umbanda group, Roça de Ogum, from São Paulo, Brazil.
Beyond the decks he mentors artists, facilitators and community builders who want to lead with integrity and craft. Influences include nature, animism, mysticism, plant medicine teachings and the global cultures that shape sound system and club music, as well as his own Celtic and Sámi lines. With the intention of creating more spaces for authentic movement, expression, empowerment and connection.Ace Collectiv presents:NYD 2026 - Midwinter FestivalThu 1 Jan 2026 | 11am - 9:30pmThe Mount Without, Bristol🎟 Tickets & Info:https://dandelion.events/e/nyd-festival-2026
Osara
instagram.com/osarasound
soundcloud.com/osarasoundlinktr.ee/osarasound
Ace Collectiv
instagram.com/acecollectivdandelion.events/o/acecollectiv
 

Tim Barnes (5R)

Tim Barnes is a dancer, DJ, DIY motorcycle mechanic and horse back adventurer with more questions than answers. He uses embodiment as the palette of his artistry and is committed to walking his talk. From a nothing to shout about background, the 5Rhythms practice shook his world in 2012 and offered the opportunity to tune into the beat of a deeper mystery.
Coming to the practice after years of travelling, years of uprooting, years of trying to find himself, the rhythms offered a place of stability and excitement in equal measure. A structure to be unstructured. He believes our bodies are bodies of wisdom, and when we use them as such we can transform and transcend.To find out more about Tim visit his websiteor follow him on Instagram

Toby Gillingham (Mana & Wak)

Toby Gillingham is a somatic researcher, facilitator and practitioner. He has studied as many physical art forms as he possibly could: including vinyasa yoga, Capoeira, Brazilian Jiujitsu, physical theatre and improv. He is constantly searching for the deeper truths offered to us by the physical worlds of our bodies. He is the founder of Mana and Wak - a retreat centre in Hertfordshire where he is offering a program of events that push the limits of what people think is possible to discover with their bodies through the power of physicality.To find out more visit: https://www.manaandwak.com/or follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mana.and.wak/ 

Simonetta Alessandri

Simonetta Alessandri is an Italian dance artist and a somatic educator based in London. She applies the Feldenkrais Method to dance and movement training and to performance-making. She teaches Contact Improvisation, Improvisation, Choreography and Contemporary Technique at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, London Contemporary Dance School, at Goldsmiths University and in other Universities in UK. She teaches internationally and has been a guest teacher in Germany, Colombia, UK, Norway, Israel, Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Poland, Portugal, Greece, Taiwan and India.  Her work is informed by more than 30 years of dancing, teaching and choreographing. As a choreographer, she has created pieces for dance companies, students, large scale opera, improvised performance and site-specific works.  She has also done movement direction for theatre. She taught for more than 20 years in Italy and kept Contact Improvisation alive in Roma for 10 years with her classes and jams. She was one of the few dance practitioners in Italy who began working with Contact Improvisation in the 90’s.  She obtained the Post Graduate Diploma at London Contemporary Dance School, she is a qualified teacher of the Feldenkrais Method and she holds the Teacher Certificate of the Royal Academy of Dance. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is one of the founders of CI@Goldsmiths, association of dance artists dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of Contact Improvisation in London and UK.Follow her on Instagram: alessandri_simo_Follow her on Facebook: Simonetta AlessandriCheck out the CI @ Goldsmiths website: https://www.cigoldsmiths.com/Check out the London Contact Festival: https://www.cigoldsmiths.com/londoncontactfestival
 

MITHFOTU with Christian de Sousa and Felix Oram. Part 3: Morning Medicine

Part 3 of a 3 Part Series. Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe with Christian de Sousa & Felix Oram. Part 3: Morning MedicineJoin Christian and Felix as they discuss and share a selection of beautiful and inspirational tracks that have deeply touched their souls.If you enjoyed the podcast and would like to listen to the tracks featured in full please check out the Spotify playlist.This podcast emerged from the creative springs of a project titled Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe, which is happening on Saturday 7th June 2025 at the beautiful Amadeus Centre in west London (Warwick Ave tube). To join Christian and Felix for a very special 5-hour dancing journey into sound where they will be weaving together diverse musical lineages: leaning into conscious dance maps, underground subcultures and the time-honoured human ritual of communing in rhythm, melody and togetherness, please use the link below. All bodies welcome. To book your tickets hit the link below:https://www.temenosdance.com/event-details/music-is-the-healing-force-of-the-universeBio:Christian de Sousa is a DJ, dancer, facilitator and artistHe holds dance spaces in Devon, London, Internationally and Online. He also offers a membership called The Home Dancing Project and broadcasts a monthly deep radio show called Transmission.Find all his work at www.glimpsesoflight.artFollow at: https://www.instagram.com/_glimpses.of.light_/https://www.facebook.com/polartaoist/DJ FX10K (aka Felix Oram) has been DJing since the 1990s in clubs, conscious dances & underground scenes.. He worked in the music industry for many years, running a record label and working in Matthew Bushwhacka’s recording studio. He is the founder of Temenos Dance Collective, an innovative conscious movement project offering safe, wholesome and inspirational movement experiences in London.  To keep up to date follow Temenos on Instagram or join the WhatsApp group.

MITHFOTU with Christian de Sousa and Felix Oram. Part 2: Electronic Dance Revolution

Part 2 of a 3 Part Series. Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe with Christian de Sousa & Felix Oram. Part 2: Electronic Dance Revolution.Join Christian and Felix as they discuss the electronic dance revolution of the early 1990s and share some of the tracks that had the most impact for them at that time. If you enjoyed the podcast and would like to listen to the tracks featured in full please check out the Spotify playlist.This podcast emerged from the creative springs of a project titled Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe, which is happening on Saturday 7th June 2025 at the beautiful Amadeus Centre in west London (Warwick Ave tube). To join Christian and Felix for a very special 5-hour dancing journey into sound where they will be weaving together diverse musical lineages: leaning into conscious dance maps, underground subcultures and the time-honoured human ritual of communing in rhythm, melody and togetherness, please use the link below. All bodies welcome. For additional information on this event and to reserve your place head to the website via this link.Bio:Christian de Sousa is a DJ, dancer, facilitator and artistHe holds dance spaces in Devon, London, Internationally and Online. He also offers a membership called The Home Dancing Project and broadcasts a monthly deep radio show called Transmission.Find all his work at www.glimpsesoflight.artFollow at: https://www.instagram.com/_glimpses.of.light_/https://www.facebook.com/polartaoist/DJ FX10K (aka Felix Oram) has been DJing since the 1990s in clubs, conscious dances & underground scenes.. He worked in the music industry for many years, running a record label and working in Matthew Bushwhacka’s recording studio. He is the founder of Temenos Dance Collective, an innovative conscious movement project offering safe, wholesome and inspirational movement experiences in London.  To keep up to date follow Temenos on Instagram or join the WhatsApp group. If you'd like to purchase the book mentioned in this episode: Techno Rebels by Dan Sicko here is a link.

MITHFOTU with Christian de Sousa and Felix Oram. Part 1: Early Inspirations

Part 1 of a 3 Part Series. Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe with Christian de Sousa & Felix Oram. Part 1: Early Inspirations.Join Christian and Felix as they share some of their early musical inspirations and discuss the influence and impact it had on them. If you enjoyed the podcast and would like to listen to the tracks featured in full please check out the Spotify playlist.This podcast emerged from the creative springs of a project titled Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe, which is happening on Saturday 7th June 2025 at the beautiful Amadeus Centre in west London (Warwick Ave tube). To join Christian and Felix for a very special 5-hour dancing journey into sound where they will be weaving together diverse musical lineages: leaning into conscious dance maps, underground subcultures and the time-honoured human ritual of communing in rhythm, melody and togetherness, please use the link below. All bodies welcome. For additional information on this event and to reserve your place head to the website via this link.Bio:Christian de Sousa is a DJ, dancer, facilitator and artistHe holds dance spaces in Devon, London, Internationally and Online. He also offers a membership called The Home Dancing Project and broadcasts a monthly deep radio show called Transmission.Find all his work at www.glimpsesoflight.artFollow at: https://www.instagram.com/_glimpses.of.light_/https://www.facebook.com/polartaoist/DJ FX10K (aka Felix Oram) has been DJing since the 1990s in clubs, conscious dances & underground scenes.. He worked in the music industry for many years, running a record label and working in Matthew Bushwhacka’s recording studio. He is the founder of Temenos Dance Collective, an innovative conscious movement project offering safe, wholesome and inspirational movement experiences in London.  To keep up to date follow Temenos on Instagram or join the WhatsApp group.