NATURE – DANCE – JOURNEY

Experience true freedom, unlock your body’s natural energy, and reconnect with joy in the heart of nature on a transformative 9-day journey!

Embark on a unique retreat in Borneo, where we’ll awaken your inner vitality through dance, creativity, and community. Immerse yourself in the vibrant pulse of nature, surrounded by rich colors, dramatic landscapes, and the primal essence of this incredible land. This isn’t just a retreat—it’s a transformative journey that will light up your spirit in one of the world’s most awe-inspiring settings.

Together, we’ll explore: 

• Ecstatic Dance: Guided dance sessions with DJ Bernice Raabis to reconnect with your body and spirit.

• Nature Immersion: Explore Borneo’s OCEAN, MOUNTAIN, and WILDLIFE landscapes in unforgettable settings.

• Cultural Connection: Engage with local communities and traditions.

• Wildlife Encounters: Discover Borneo’s unique wildlife with professional guides.

Your ecstatic dance sessions will be led by DJ Bernice Raabis, founder of Dance The Medicine, and supported by a professional team of licensed guides. This unique journey across North Borneo consists of three mindfully arranged components: OCEAN – MOUNTAIN – WILDLIFE, blended with culture and environmental consciousness.  We are thrilled to have present its original author and our special guest Jo Swann from HANSAH Life and Downbelow Marine and Wildlife Adventures S/B.

Join us, and let’s create memories, connect deeply, and dance under Borneo’s stunning skies—together!

✤ BERNICE RAABIS - FOUNDER OF DANCE THE MEDICINE

Having begun humbly in the Kootenay Mountains of Western Canada, Bernice is now a respected mentor for Conscious Dance Leaders across the globe. Her journey started with hosting Dance Church for over ten years, where she harnessed her expertise from training in various disciplines, including Soul Motion, Movement Based Expressive Therapy (The Life Art Process), and Relational Somatic Therapy. These were brought together to nurture her local multi-generational dance community, which flourished and surpassed even her most ambitious expectations.

In 2016, she stretched her wings co-founding Ecstatic Dance International, facilitating successful leadership trainings in the US, the Netherlands, Guatemala, and Portugal. Driven to incorporate DJ and dance facilitation skills into available trainings, she used the name of her unique practice, and founded Dance The Medicine, a collective of accomplished conscious dance professionals determined to infect the world with dance. 

While Bernice loves DJing and creating transformative events, her deepest fulfilment comes from facilitating deep somatic processes using a combination of dance, art, and ritual; to help dancers find freedom through connection to self, community, and humanity. 

✤   HANSH

Hansah is a transformational lifestyle organization offering tool kits, workshops, frameworks, private and group therapy that empower people to envision, plan & execute an extraordinary life. A member of the Transformational Travel Council. a group of global experts unlocking the power of travel & self development to positively transform how we live our lives, how we live with others, and how we live on our planet through transformative education, community engagement, experiences, and events.Learn more about Hansah.

Borneo is located just above the equator, its hot with day time temperatures around 28-30 degrees. Night time 26 degrees.

• Lightweight casual evening clothes, t.shirts, loose trousers suitable for the tropics.
• Casual shoes / flip flops for evenings
• Lightweight Raincoat
• Shorts & t.shirts suitable for hiking & sweating leggings for hiking are great.
• Hat, sunglasses, sun screen, insect repellent.
• Light weight towel / day hiking bag / refillable water bottle (there is a ban on single use plastic)