“Feelings are neither positive or negative; they simply are elemental forces in your life energy with their own vibrations and functions. They are essential to our health and well-being.
Essentially, fear protects, anger defends, sadness releases, joy uplifts, compassion unites.
Each is a level and a vibration of energy that needs to flow freely for us to really be engaged in the present.”
Gabrielle Roth

Heartbeat work is a gateway to our emotional world which we dive into with the instincts of a dancer, the mindfulness of a meditator, the courage of a warrior, and the compassion of a best friend. 

In this work we don’t solve our feelings as if they were problems, rather we explore our emotions as energy, as power, as part of being human. Through physical movement and awareness, old feelings that have been locked in our limbs or caged in our chest begin to shake loose; we give ourselves space and time to consciously embody them and allow them to move as waves of energy through our body . As we get comfortable with our vulnerability and feelings, neither hanging onto them nor pushing them away, we discover a treasure (in the) chest, which, once unlocked, offers a world rich with opportunities: a real connection with ourselves and others, a freshness of response, a spontaneity seasoned with wisdom and experience, and above all, a freedom to fully become a loving force of life itself.

We will immerse more deeply into the medicine of the Flowing Rhythm; and all its Rhythms, that supports us in giving ourselves the permission of being and how to follow it fully. We will find our roots deeper in the Courage that can ground any fear we have, especially the fear to feel our hearts.


Prerequisites: 15 hours of Waves classes or 1 Waves weekend workshop
This workshop counts as 3 days of Heartbeat towards the Teacher Training. 

When: March 21-23, 2025
Friday, 15:30-21:30
Saturday, 11:00-18:00 
Sunday, 10:30-17:00
 
Costs:
Ant price – working team:  € 130 (contact Dorine directly before registering)
Butterfly price – I need support: € 215
Snake price – I am doing fine: € 245
Eagle price – I am doing more than fine: € 270
5Rhythms teachers and spaceholders: € 195 Euro
Non-refundable deposit of € 100 for all above

Registration: go to this online form Registration
Information: Dorine Hoog  M: (+31) (0) 6 44 154 372, E: dorine@dorinehoog.nl

Payment details: NL94 TRIO 0338 4634 53 (D.E.M. Hoog)
BIC code Triodos Bank is TRIONL2U (The " I " in both TRIO is a capital " i ")
Please mention "workshop Silvija Tomčik" and your Name.

Cancellation:
Whenever you need to cancel before the workshop starts, we refund you your contribution minus 100 Euro non refundable deposit till March 15, 2025. Cancelling after March 15, 2025, no refund will be possible.
In case you find a substitute participant to take your spot in the workshop (who hasn't applied already), we refund you your contribution minus 30 Euro admin costs. When we have somebody on the waiting list that can take your place we will refund you your contribution minus 50 Euro admin costs.


Venue:
Pagodedreef 4, 3564 XS Utrecht (maps)
bus: travelplanner ns.nl

What to bring?
- water bottle & your own cup for tea. We will provide herbal tea & hot water for vegan bouillon
- your own lunch
- several layers of clothing to put on and off during dances, breaks and sharings. Plaid if needed
- towel; showers are available in the changing rooms

Lunch:
There's a panini cafe at 9 minutes walking distance: https://paninofresco.nl

Supermarket: 
Dirk van de Broek (13 minutes walking distance), some biological foods
Biological stores in Utrecht Center:
Ekoplaza: Troosterhof 6-7 or Amsterdamsestraatweg 15
Odin: Adelaarstraat 48 or Biltstraat 62-64

Dancers for Dancers, Carpool & Place to sleep offer
When you have a car and are willing to pick up dancers from the railway station, or when you have a place to sleep, Please go to this page

Silvija Tomčik, Zagreb
Silvija Tomčik, was introduced 22 years ago to Gabrielle Roth’s teachings through her book Maps to Ecstasy. It was a powerful encounter, which motivated Silvija to begin searching for teachers of the 5Rhythms to begin her dancing path. Since then she has been organizing 5Rhythms workshops in Croatia bringing it for the first time to this part of the world. At the time she was working in the Center for Peace Studies and leading workshops on gender issues. She has finished the Waves Teacher Training with Gabrielle in 2001, and the Heartbeat Teacher Training in 2010. Silvija has been a part of the Teacher Training Staff with Jonathan Horan 2013-2020. She teaches weekend and residential workshops around the world; using her imagination, great variety of music, her grounded way of dancing and her love for the freedom of being in the body to prompt people to discover their personal dance and healing movement. Silvija is a clear, soft, grounded, passionate, experienced and committed teacher.

“Your dedication is inspiring. Your passion is infectious. Your aliveness awakens. Your spirit calls us into the deeper mystery.” Karoliina Valointaval, 5Rhythms Teacher

“Silvija embodies 5Rhythms in the most natural, humbling and human way. Her life is her inspiration for the dance floor and in that way her teaching goes straight to the heart. Recommended!”  Pauline Van Hezik, 5Rhythms teacher
“I have worked with Silvija for years. She is an excellent teacher, co-facilitator, friend, mother and human being. She embodies the five rhythms in a deep and profound way. She will take you all the way.” Jonathan Horan, Executive Director of 5Rhythms Global