Workshops and Events
The River Room is a hub for workshops, courses and retreats. check out below to see what’s coming up!
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Sound Immersion with Lucy Kierzek
5th July 18.00-20.00
A sound immersion with Lucy is a gentle descent into stillness - a space where sound becomes sensation and the body softens without effort. Using crystal singing bowls, tonal frequencies, and layered sound, Lucy guides you into a state where your system can finally exhale.
The experience feels like being held inside a cocoon of vibration: warm, spacious, and deeply regulating. The bowls create waves that move through the body, loosening tension, quieting the mind, and opening a sense of inner clarity. Nothing to do. Nothing to get right. Just sound meeting you exactly where you are, and carrying you somewhere softer, deeper, and more true.
Spirit Warrior: Joint Health Seminar 2026 with Raymond Towers (organised by Tony Bennett)
12th July 10.00-16.00
Do you have joint pain?
Learn somatic Traditional Chinese Medicine based strategies to help alleviate joint pain – and much more Raymond Towers is offering three, one-day seminars this year as a follow up to the popular seminar weekend last August at Halton Mill. The feedback from those who attended the seminar last year was extremely positive. Some of you asked for further seminars.
In my personal experience, Raymond’s knowledge and understanding of an alternative way to think about our health, and how to look after ourselves, derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Tai Chi Qigong practices, is very accessible. His presentations and demonstrations are clear and easily followed. He provides excellent supporting information sent out after the seminar.
The seminars will be progressive in their presentation, one building on the other. For detailed information go to https://spiritwarrior.uk/event-joint-health/
Price: £90 per day
Concessions: If earnings below £25K - £75 If earnings below £15K - £54
If you register for two seminars, there will be a 5% reduction and if you register for all three seminars, there will be a 10% reduction.
To book your place, please email me directly at taichiqigongteacher@gmail.com. A non-returnable deposit of £10 is required for each seminar booked.
Brigantis Kirtan Band
24th July 19.00-21.00
Following their sell out last visit to the River Room Brigantis return with a night of Kirtan and live Mantra.
Brigantis have been playing around the UK inviting audiences to sit in peaceful tranquility, be held by ancient mantra or join in and sing the various names for the divine. Whatever that means to you.
Kirtan is a powerful and joyful practice that can be enjoyed without any experience. rachelhannahwalsh@gmail.com
Vanta Breathwork with Lucy and Maz
19th July 18.00-20.00
Vanta Immersive Breathwork is an open, grounded, human‑to‑human journey guided by Mazz and Lucy, weaving conscious connected breathwork with advanced headphone technology, essential oils, reiki and safe, skilled facilitation that invites every body into honest presence and the depth of their own experience.
Monthly Sound Bath with Janet Holt
30th July 19.45-20.45
The last Thursday of every month Janet hosts a soundbath for relaxation. We all need time to ourselves to deeply relax, time away from the chatter of the mind and for healing to begin.
Soundbaths work by entraining the brain, it latches onto the sounds and frequencies so that it slows down.
We go from a busy active brain to calm relaxed brain state. By slowing everything down it helps us to process the day and starts the healing process for our minds and bodies.
Janet plays the Himalayan and crystals singing bowls, gong and ends with therapeutic percussion to welcome you back into the space.
Moving into Awareness with Penny Collinson
25th July 14.30-16.30
Learn what somatic movement practice is, and how to resource yourself through body-focused sensory awareness. Workshops will include some touch (skills will be taught), and reflection through artwork. Suitable for all levels.
Book: hello@pennycollinson.com
Authentic Movement: An introduction to the principles of moving and witnessing with Penny Collinson and Amy Voris
31st July- 2nd August
A Three-Day Intensive with Amy Voris & Penny Collinson
‘With an increasing capacity to concentrate, to listen to inner impulse, the mover learns to recognise the channel within which the creative or authentic energy flows’ — Janet Adler (1987)
This three-day intensive offers an introduction to the foundational principles of the mover-witness framework, often referred to as ‘Authentic Movement’.
Each day begins with guided movement followed by explorations of moving and witnessing in pairs. The work invites attention to lived bodily experience and the emergence of impulse—sometimes sensed as ‘being moved’—in relationship with both inner and outer conditions. Over the weekend, you will be encouraged to notice and remain with unfolding experience in its many forms: sensation, feeling, imagery, and personal association. There will be dedicated time and space to articulate and integrate these experiences through drawing, writing, and shared reflection.
Price: Sliding scale £210 – £260 (Includes facilitation, administration, and refreshments. Excludes travel and accommodation).
Who is it for?
This workshop is for dance and movement practitioners who are new to Authentic Movement, as well as those returning to its basic principles. Prior experience of in-depth somatic movement and/or mind–body practice is required.
How to Book
To request a booking form, please contact Penny at hello@pennycollinson.com.
About the Facilitators
Penny and Amy’s approach is informed by the teachings of Linda Hartley and their training in Integrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy (IBMT).
Amy Voris is a Manchester-based dance-maker, facilitator, and somatic-movement therapist. Her process-oriented, collaborative practice aims to develop enduring relationships with people, places, and movement. She has worked in higher education for over twenty years. Find out more at amyvoris.com.
Penny Collinson is a movement artist and registered Somatic Movement Educator/Therapist. She has trained extensively with Linda Hartley and Miranda Tufnell, and is currently training with IFS (Canada). For 23 years, Penny led the MA Dance & Somatic Wellbeing program at UCLan. Find out more at pennycollinson.com.