6 Days • Ecstatic Dance Retreat • Almería, Spain

Come retreat with us. We call it an “Immersion” because that is exactly what you’ll do: allow the outside world to fall away and become fully immersed in dance, community, and a unique group-field experience facilitated in the way only the DTM Team can.

The idea is simple: a group of people comes together with the intention to dance, focused on a central theme. We each bring our own medicine — our circumstances, desires, struggles, hopes, and curiosity — and dance with it all in relation to that theme. We dive deep into the group field created by a unique constellation of dancing humans and attuned facilitators, trusting the magic that unfolds.

Each Immersion retreat is facilitated by Bernice and other members of the DTM Team. We will dance at least twice each day to impeccably curated music that is DJed live. We will also engage in non-dance practices and processes, each shaped by the specific team, location, and theme. While the Immersion format and method remain consistent, the combination of theme, place, and practices shifts — making this a living practice dancers can return to again and again to reconnect to themselves, their dancing family, and whatever infinite source they credit with their existence.

This is a conscious free-form dance practice (often called Ecstatic Dance). There is no choreography or steps to learn. You do not need to identify as a dancer to join us. Each DTM Immersion follows a similar rhythm and includes a theme that shapes the experience; however, it is the group field — the shared creation of those who show up — that ultimately generates the transformative power of each Immersion. It will not be the same without you.

This retreat will be capped at 40 participants to keep it well-contained and intimate.

IMMERSION THEME: INCEPTION

This immersion is for the way-makers, those who want to be part of a new chapter in the DTM story. This is the first DTM Immersion ever offered. While we have led other retreats, we have never before offered one with this intention, format, or depth.

The spark came when one of our facilitator students declared that all people should have access to the level of alchemy and transformation created during our facilitator programs. We could not agree more. So, for those of you who want the opportunity to be immersed in dance for six days, we invite you to help us create a new way.

Those who show up will become the first lineage holders, the torchbearers of a format we intend to share repeatedly across the world. You will help shape the blueprint. A first time comes only once.

This immersion is open to everyone, including those who may not see themselves as initiators or leaders. Way-makers are not always the bold ones; often they are the steady ones who bring the missing piece that allows a collective vision to land. Join us, and one day look back and say, “I was there at the first one.”

For this retreat, please bring two talismans: one that represents you, and another symbolising what you hope for us to build together. This second talisman will be a giveaway you leave as part of the altar, which we will carry forward to the Lineage Immersion in Portugal in October 2026.