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Music · Movement · Medicine
Essentia - A Ceremonial Dance Gathering
Essentia is a private evening of music and movement – an intentional opening into the heart.We gather in a small, carefully held circle to open, to expand, and to attune to love, to presence, and to the steady intelligence that is alive in all things.Through sound, dance, and the subtle guidance of sacred allies, we open pathways and merge with broader consciousness, allowing the rhythm of life itself to guide us beyond perception.Each gathering is a journey and an invitation – to dance the essence of who we are, and to move with the mystery and magic of life. In this field, moments of true transformation can arise, with the potential to create lasting shifts.Held by the current of ecstasy, Essentia is an invitation to rediscover the joy that lives inside us and to gently explore what may have been standing in its way. It’s a chance to meet our open heart again – to notice what dims our light and to remember what helps it shine.
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A Deeper Invitation
Essentia is a curated evening of authentic expression, where ceremony meets dance party, playful socializing meets spiritual evolution, and open hearts meet open hearts.Maybe you thrive in social settings – maybe social settings cause anxiety.
Maybe you love to dance and feel curious about deeper meaning – maybe you long to move freely but feel shy or unsure.
If the combination of ceremony and celebration calls to you, but the how feels out of reach, Essentia offers a unique ceremonial playground – a safe, expansive way to meet what lives beneath the surface. With a psychedelic facilitator and an intimacy coach by your side, you will be deeply supported.Essentia is an invitation to open pathways into higher frequencies and to reconnect with our innate joy and inner wisdom – a remembering of the unwavering pulse alive in every moment and in all things.It also celebrates and encourages self-expression, sensuality, and connection through words and consensual touch. However, this is not a sex party. We like to refer to Essentia as the space between. In our culture, many of us never learned how to cultivate safe, consensual, playful, platonic, intimate connection, and this evening supports more ease in playing and connecting in this realm.Many of us move through life with a protective layer around the heart – something that once formed to keep pain out, but over time can also keep love and joy at a distance. Essentia offers a tender, guided journey of conscious celebration, inviting us to show up exactly as we are, with authenticity, courage, and trust.This is a unique, potentially transformative experience designed to leave a lasting imprint. Alongside the evening itself, you’ll receive connection and support before and after the gathering, including integration opportunities to help anchor what arises. What awakens in sacred space needs integration and care in everyday life, and we offer tools, presence, and guidance to help you carry the experience forward.
The Venue
The setting for this experience is a luxury home nestled on the mountainside – tucked away, private, and surrounded by nature. A peaceful sanctuary designed to support comfort, ease, and expansion.The space offers beautiful vistas, a saltwater hot tub, and a sauna – gently and safely holding the container for everything that may arise. A place where warmth, spaciousness, and care support the natural unfolding of the journey, allowing whatever needs to move, surface, or settle to do so in its own time.Indoors, there is ample room to move, to dance, to come apart, and to come together again – all held in comfort and care.This is a nourishing environment – spacious, quiet, and thoughtfully tended with love. A place to arrive, to land, and to be supported by beauty and simplicity, allowing the experience to be exactly what it is.
Why We Gather This Way
🔹Across times and cultures, dance and music have been used as ceremony – a way to connect with ourselves, with each other, and with something greater – to receive, to release, and to expand our awareness.
🔹Ceremony and collective movement open pathways in unparalleled ways.
🔹When we gather within a safe, intentional container held with care, something brave and tender happens. Feeling held allows us to lean in further, to surrender more deeply, to let go, to unfurl. In that trust, we dare to explore uncharted layers of existence.
🔹Music itself shapes a field where we can meet the infinite.
🔹Shared rhythm amplifies presence – we remember together.
🔹With proper set and setting, the presence of sacred allies can open the door to lasting transformation – not just a beautiful experience, but an opening that continues to unfold long after the night ends.
Facilitators
Essentia is curated and held by experienced space-holders who move fluidly across worlds – music and movement, the sacred and the unseen. Our background spans music-led practice, entheogenic ceremony facilitation, and years of experience holding truth-centered groups, working skillfully within liminal and expanded states. With reverence for lineage, contemporary harm-reduction, and the living intelligence that moves through these spaces, we hold the room with prayer, consent, and care – so you can unfurl safely and be met exactly where you are.
Tove Redeby
Tove Redeby is a psychedelic integration coach and holder of sacred space – an intuitive, a dancer, a DJ, a lover of music and life, and a brave explorer of the multitude realms of existence. A steady and grounded presence, she creates spaces where others can open into their innate wisdom and realign with their True Self. Passionate about truth, boundaries, and the medicine path, Tove is in service authentically and rooted in the heart.
Jennifer Eve
Jennifer Eve is an intimacy guide, sacred space holder, poet, author, ecstatic dance facilitator, DJ, and deep soul diver. Her vision and mission are to share her soul with the world in the most authentic ways. She loves supporting others to find their vulnerability as a superpower. She walks in the shadows with courage and brings it all into the light.
Evening Map & Flow
🔹Arrival– warm welcome, settling, set and setting🔹Nourishing soup, time for connecting and meeting one another🔹Ceremony opening circle – connection, intention, sharing, gentle guidance🔹Music – carefully curated for each moment and stage of the journey, serving as guide and ally, stirring the body, heart, and soul to move to the rhythm of our own inner drum🔹Free dance – unstructured and intuitive; tune in to your body’s YES🔹Landing & integration – nourishment, rest, optional sharing. Staying until morning is required to honor the integrity of the field and support everyone’s safety.🔹Morning closing circle – sealing the container, grounding the experience – allowing for ongoing awareness and integration.
Practical
🔹Doors open at 2:00 pm. Please arrive between 2:00 and 4:00 at the latest🔹Length – all evening into the night; space held until noon the next day to support rest and integration🔹We provide – nourishing food and drinks, music and guidance, comfort and care🔹Bring – open heart and curiosity; comfy movement clothes; optional change of outfits
Contribution
🔹$333 - Includes Dance Journey, snacks, light meals🔹$444 - Private Room (first come first serve)
Sleeping Arrangements
Essentia trusts in the magical flow of the evening, and that you will receive everything that you need. There are 4 bedrooms, 4 couches, foamies, and camping mats. This means that everyone will have a comfortable place to sleep…
But where exactly? This is the mystery!
If booking a room would make you feel more comfortable, you can reserve a room for an extra fee. Please indicate this in the intake form.
Container & Conduct
🔹Invitation-only.
Private and personal - max 20 participants
🔹Confidentiality, consent, and boundaries are at the core of this event.
🔹This is a prayer-held space, cultivated with intention, reverence, and experience.
🔹No phones or cameras; personal sharing is optional.
🔹Zero tolerance for harassment – facilitators protect the space and the group.
Safety & privacy (public, high-level)
🔹Public copy avoids naming specific practices; confirmed guests receive private preparation and safety guidance.
🔹You will be asked to share brief information (e.g., prescription meds, relevant mental-health history) before confirmation.
🔹Confirmed guests receive private preparatory materials including medical and safety guidance. Please note that local laws and personal medical suitability are each person’s responsibility.
How To Request An Invitation
If you feel called, please submit the intake form below.You’re also welcome to reach out through the contact form below with a few lines about what draws you to this movement – your interest, your intention, your yes.Places are limited and filled with care.
Upcoming Dates
🔹April 11 - 12, 2026 (Vancouver Island)
Contact
If you feel curious, called, or simply want to learn more, we’d love to hear from you.You’re welcome to reach out with questions about Essentia, the application or intake process, or anything else that feels alive for you.If you’d like to stay in the loop, please let us know if you’d like to be added to the Essentia newsletter – with updates on upcoming gatherings, events, and offerings. This list is for Essentia only. Shared intentionally and sparingly – no clutter, no noise.
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Testimonials
I almost didn’t come.
I showed up to Essentia wanting to self-sabotage at least 20 times — not knowing the people, the location, or what I was really stepping into. So much unknown. And yet, I chose to stay… and I am so grateful I did.
What unfolded was a truly beautiful experience.
The facilitators, Tova and Jennifer, were exceptional. They created a deeply safe, attuned, and supportive container for everyone. They checked in consistently, held such strong awareness of where each person was at, and guided the journey with care, presence, and integrity. I felt seen, supported, and held the entire time.
The hosts were equally incredible — warm, down-to-earth, and easy to connect with. The space itself was stunning: a beautiful home with breathtaking views, sauna, hot tub, spacious rooms, and thoughtful amenities that made it feel nourishing and grounded from the moment you arrived.
The food was absolutely amazing — thank you so much, Scott, for nourishing us so well. Every meal felt intentional and supportive of the journey.
Most of all, the people came together in such a natural, aligned way. It truly felt like the perfect mix of everything — connection, safety, depth, joy, rest, and medicine. A powerful and gentle journey all at once.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Essentia to people I care about, and I deeply hope to be part of this experience again in the future.
Thank you for creating something so special.
— Vero
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Tove held a safe and brave space for my journey, providing grounding for my mind, body and spirit in ways that allowed me to venture in a deep yet playful manner, and uncover aspects of my core being that I needed to examine closely.
The grace and elegance with which she accompanied me on this journey, provided the trust and guidance I needed to explore my inquiry and inner discomfort without fear.
I would highly recommend Tove’s caring services for anyone looking for guidance in deep self-examination and energetic alignment of principles, purpose and praxis.”
~ Ananda Lee Tan, Vancouver, Canada
Rhythm · Ritual · Realign
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