Retreats
SUMMER 2026 -
June 26-28- Nava Dance Immersion- Lisbon, Portugal
July 6-11- Sacred Dance of the Heart- Southern Turkey- at Yenice Vadi
July 20-26- ReWilding the Spirit- A Sacred Dance Journey by the Sea - Crete, Greece
July 26-30- ReWilding the Spirit Part 2- The “Off-Grid” Dance Experience- Crete, Greece
August 30- September 4- Sacred Dance & Somatic Healing Retreat for Women- Omega, New York
SUMMER 2026 Overview
June 26-28 -Nava Dance Immersion- Lisbon, Portugal
This weekend offers a deep immersion into the essence of the Nava Dance format while also introducing Nava Movement—a newer offering that weaves somatic wisdom with the core practices of Nava Dance, bringing heightened awareness to breath, sensation, and embodied presence.
We will also explore traditional Central Asian dance roots, with a particular focus on Tajik dance styles that have deeply imprinted on the aesthetic form of Nava Dance.
We will practice the art of sacred circle dance and explore the importance of the circle as a healing ritual embodiment passed down through generations. In the circle, we look into each other's eyes; we become equal and allow ourselves to dissolve into the greater whole, remembering our essential unity. Together we create a living representation of the circle of life—the cycles of time, the sun, the moon, the cosmos, and the movements of nature.
July 6-11- 10th Year Anniversary of Sacred Dance of the Heart- Yenice Vadi, Southern Turkey With Miriam Peretz, Alper Akçay & Many special musical guests
In the Sacred Circle we will join our hearts in dance, song, breath and prayer to receive deep healing for our full being. Journeying through embodied prayers and intentions we will embrace dance as movement medicine for the heart. This will be the ninth year Miriam Peretz & Alper Akçtay come together to offer this transformational journey. Together they will weave their knowledge and practices rooted in sacred dance forms, Sufi ritual and whirling, Alevi Bektashi Semah dances, and traditional Central Asian dances, many rooted in Shamanic wisdom traditions. Several special guest live musicians will accompany the immersion, including percussionist Faysal Maćit who will offer daily frame drum classes. Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Pinar Bayrak will lead daily vocal classes, and Halil Keleś will accompany the Alevi Bektashi Semah dances with song and Bağlama. This year the immersion will be held again in the beautiful Yenice Vadi, surrounded by incredible nature. We will explore movement sessions in nature, bringing the dances back to their roots, as well as take a special day trip to a nearby waterfall & river.
Details & Registration- HERE
July 20- 26 - ReWilding the Spirit- A Sacred Dance Journey by the Sea- Crete, Greece
An immersive dance exploration with the natural world, distilling down to our most raw elements, returning to our sacred flow.
A deep encounter with our most primal bodies connected with the water element. We will become water devotees practicing the art of mermaidism for 6 days as we reside, dwell and dance directly on the seaside. Each day will open with a short morning practice including- water meditations, morning gratitude prayer, dream remembrance and purification breath practices. Then after a light breakfast we will continue into a high energy intensive dance journey in a beautiful sanctuary space. Afternoons will be spacious for relaxing, swimming, connecting with fellow mermaid sisters, and nourishing with an amazing healthy Greek catered lunch. At sunset we will resume the dance connecting with the water and surrounding natural elements. Our sunset dance will explore individual improvisation, site specific score work as well as choreography and group movement formations (known as flocking in the animal kingdom.) Dance practices will be wide in scope including elements from Nava Dance, Integral Dance, as well as Sacred Circle dances, and dances honoring divine mother. We will also incorporate dancing and playing frame drums a practice that connects us with our ancestors and with the circle & cycle of life.
July 26-30- ReWilding the Spirit Part 2- The “Off-Grid” Dance Experience- Crete, Greece
In these days a small group of dancers will caravan from the Heraklion side of Crete to the Chania side to dance “off-grid,” focusing on the interaction of dance and the raw landscape of beaches and mountain terrain. We will create dance installations in collaboration with nature and the elements. (Please note that this offering is not open to all, but involves an application process with spaces very limited.)
Details & Registration- HERE
Questions & Registration- info@miriamdance.com