Mesa is a wellness space guided by participatory principles, where all genders, views, backgrounds and beliefs are actively welcomed. Acknowledging the beauty and sacred nature of the native Rhodope mountains, we aim to create a platform celebrating the richness of Bulgarian - and wider global - cultural practice. We focus on exploring the potential of a consciously lived life and the eternal question of 'how might we be of better service?'
Thursday - Sunday we offer a daytime schedule of ticketed classes, ceremonies, workshops and talks, which unfurl into an evening programme of ambient music sets.
Within the programme we offer a number of free sessions, to support those needing open access to wellness.
This offering is a celebration of the bliss and joy that happen when we unite with the medicine of the heart. We will be serving the sacred heart medicine of Cacao from the Mayan lands of Mexico so please bring your MITM cup. Collaborating with the energy of the full moon, we will gather in circle to pray, give thanks, and come into connection with our hearts true manifesting powers. We will continue to uplift and awaken our hearts through medicine music and heart songs and close the portal with a connective group practice that will be a surprise.
Sold outThis will be a ceremony to connect to our ancestors. The moon will guide us to liberate ourselves from any extra baggage. It is also a cosmic portal to manifest your dreams. A beautiful opportunity to make magic together. If the word prayer doesn’t touch you, then understand this as the technology to communicate from your heart to the source of all creation. Using the guidance of my elders, my teachers and my traditions I will guide us into our own intuitive wisdom. We will meditate, sing, dance and recognize the amazing spirit that lives in the mountains of Bulgaria to honor them and celebrate together.
Sold outCollective heart medicine shared in circle by our Mesa cacaoista Prema Daya. Woven with intention from her years living in Brazil and across the globes, this is a ceremonial offering in gratitude to the land and the ancient wisdom of cacao. Prayers, live medicine song. Please bring your MITM festival mug for filling at the ceremony.
Sold outWe will dive deep into the ocean of sound for a journey towards the heart. Combining gongs, singing bowls, breath technique, mantra and various ancient healing instruments; we fully recharge our bodies and harmonize our thoughts and emotions - to enable clearer vision and pure connection with creation itself. And if we have the courage, we can dive even deeper into Consciousness and open our hearts to endless Love, where the real healing happens, where we merge with the vibrations of the universe and the One Love.
Sold outMusic. Movement. Connection. A journey that returns you to your body through breath, dance and playful, real human connection. Dunja gently facilitates the session that combines releaseful dance, across a series of music genres, different rhythms and frequencies. Inviting the crowd to jump back into those childhood days, endless silliness and boundless energy. A creative fun & dynamic movement practice to bring us back to that sense of aliveness in our bodies, immersing us into the community around us and ultimately moving us beyond self-imposed limitations into new depths of connection and awareness. Bring your unique self, find your vibe and your tribe. Get ready to boogy, fly high and land so soft.
Sold outJoin brothers Arturo (Tea Lewis) and Dan (Urmisound) for a deeply nourishing yoga session to refresh into the evening. A hatha flow class accompanied by an enriching DJ set and sound bath to melt into as you begin your mountain journey. Stretch out. Let go. Embrace. Land. All practice levels welcome.
Sold outShakti Gong was birthed to honour that we are all a unique expression of the divine. Our sound journey is intuitively guided to hold space for those experiencing these codes as they tune into the body, and feel into their raw primal power. Our heartfelt intention is to empower others with the courage it takes to show up in our raw authenticity, and express our sensuality from an embodied and love centred place that exists within us all. The unique combination of our voices infused with the Gongs & healing bowls, shift you into an altered state of consciousness, where we can accelerate your healing journey & soul activation.
Sold outGuided by our beloved teacher, mystic, reiki healer and ceremonialist Prema Daya, this is an invitation to dive in the temple of your inner fluids and access all the hidden treasures there. In Yoga and Ayurveda, the water element is connected with our emotions, sexuality and our capacity to adapt easily to life’s flow. In this fluid yoga flow we move with the sacred waters of our bodies. Using special postures, mudras, mantras and visualizations to work with flexibility - on a physical level - and with emotion and sexual energy on a more subtle one. Diving into this ocean of sensations and movement with surrender and conscious awareness, honouring the sacred water inside and all around.
Sold outJiva means Individual soul and mukti liberation. From the Sanskrit Jivanmuktih, which means liberation while living, yoga provides practices for the body and the mind that can liberate the individual soul. A class to meditate, chant and practice asana together as a collective. The sequence will be dynamic and playful one, with some postures to be held, all levels are welcome. Annalisa will guide your practice with verbal cues and physical adjustments.
Sold outThe ‘Seed of Life’ is a sacred geometry pattern and symbol that is considered to be the origin of all other symbols, including being a preceding stage to the platonic solid shapes.. Through the lens of Kabbalah and Mystical Hebrew Letters we will dive into the origins, pattern and symmetry to discover why it is known as ‘The Genesis Pattern’. A beautifully informative class guided by Shira Netanya.
Book NowFelipe invites you to a special time and space where sound will be the medium to reach the entire universe. Felipe will share with you songs of diverse ancestral backgrounds, that hold the key to manifest beauty, peace and harmony. Songs that are secrets to communicate with nature, with father-mother spirit, with the infinite wisdom within and without. “Singing is a powerful practice that my Muisca elders call cantOfrendar (chantPray)”. Bring your drums, rattles, strings, brass, all you want, but make sure you bring your voices ready. And please, if you think you are not a good singer, make sure you come. It will give you a new approach to unleash the power of your truth which is expressed through the voice.
Book NowWe will dive deep into the ocean of sound for a journey towards the heart. Combining gongs, singing bowls, breath technique, mantra and various ancient healing instruments; we fully recharge our bodies and harmonize our thoughts and emotions - to enable clearer vision and pure connection with creation itself. And if we have the courage, we can dive even deeper into Consciousness and open our hearts to endless Love, where the real healing happens, where we merge with the vibrations of the universe and the One Love.
Sold outWelcome to an inner dive into movement, guided by Marie Polo - Dance Therapist, traveller and healer. Through intuitive dance, this therapeutic session becomes a portal to explore oneself, our field of sensation and emotion, individually and collectively. Expect a playful somatic exploration in connection with all the nature around you. To reconnect to the source. Your source. With all it carries.. With a raw & intuitive dance climax for a fully transformative experience!
Sold outJoin this transformational breathwork experience, hosted by Emergent Purpose. You will be held with the unique alchemy of Conscious Connected breathing. Weaving somatics, sound and ceremony you will be taken on a cosmic journey inwards. You will be supported to release anything that no longer serves you, and open to insights, healing and transformation.
Sold outMuch loved at Mesa, Annalisa is a freesoul sunshine, teaching Jivamukti yoga since 2016. Teaching is her passion, she believes we can change everything in life we are not happy with. She will inspire you, giving you tools to embrace any change you want to take in life. The sacred repetition of asana, the breath counts, the power of seating in front of our sacred mountain and contemplate. Last but not least she will make you sweat! Annalisa always believes it is a beautiful and complete practice to offer at festivals where we are all coming together with openness to explore, inspire and have fun. Physically it is a strong dynamic practice and well rounded class including a chant with a small dharma talk, pranayama and surya, standings, inversions, forward bends, twisting and backbends, shavasana…
Sold outThe Bulgarian folklore is a mirror of generations of native life close to Mother Earth. There are six different ethnological regions which has their own specific significant variety of dance, songs and habitat, and for the tenth year anniversary of MITM we have Bulgarian Folkore Dance with Olga Docheva guiding us through them. Explore a few horos and some accompanying regional traditional songs to honour the cultural history of the Rhodope mountains.
Sold outPranayama, the art of breath control, is one of the eight limbs of Ashtanga Yoga, an ancient system of yoga that aims to achieve a deeper level of self-awareness and spiritual growth. Scientific studies have shown that pranayama techniques can have numerous benefits, including reducing stress, improving lung function, and boosting overall health and well-being. In this class, we will explore various pranayama techniques and how they can be integrated with meditation to promote a profound sense of inner peace and connection with the universe. Open to all.
Sold outJourneying is a meditation practice which relies on the imagination. It really is that symbolic journey of going through the dark woods like the protagonists of the old tales. Through Journeying, we walk with our guides and receive information that we wouldn't otherwise by only tuning into the material world (whether you consider these insights come from your subconscious mind or some mystical, immaterial realms is up to the participant). Wild Journeying integrates animals and trees, Tarot cards and sacred archetypes, gentle souls to help us along and fierce, unforgiving challengers who push us to be more than what we thought possible. Everyone can engage with it - from people who've never meditated and don't think it's for them to people who've meditated for years (but not necessarily in a way that prompts them to walk in the realm of their imagination).
Book NowGuided by our beloved teacher, mystic, reiki healer and ceremonialist Prema Daya, this is an invitation to dive in the temple of your heart and access all the hidden treasures there. A moving invitation through fluid yoga sequence, mudra and visualisation. The sequence includes postures and gentle guidance through the heart chakra to help us open more and to live in the flow of love. A class to help you experience deep connection with your body, soul and heart in a soft and loving way.
Sold outSonido Sur means South Sound. An uplifting live concert woven between stories of native indigenous wisdom. A sonic transfer and reminder of what is known as the law of origin: that is, that our identity comes from nature. Imagine a music trip into another level of consciousness. A trippy folk rock meditational dance ceremony. Find ATA - Sonido Sur album on all music platforms and watch some special videos of his music and his origins on youtube. Instagram @sonido_sur_
Book NowTravel. Melt. Rest. Dan and Arturo are brothers who share their passions for sound and yoga. Last year, they collaborated for the first time with two sold-out electro-acoustic sound journeys at Lost Village festival and are continuing developing their sibling synergies. Join them on an electro-acoustic journey of deep sound using a blend of ancient healing instruments, synths and original samples.
Sold outWitch and healer Desiree Diaz guides a deeply powerful ceremonial journey with Sekhem Energy - a nurturingly held dive into this ancient Egyptian healing modality. An opportunity to connect through guided meditation and the collective unity of a group sun blessing. All welcome.
Book NowJoin us on a journey from head to heart led by Emergent Men and The Unmasked Man. An opportunity to discover healthy masculinity, using relational practices, physical embodiment and brotherhood connection to explore the masculine archetypes, stepping into your vulnerability and how to find your purpose. Take the steps on this journey with these leading organisations as they support you to explore what it is to truly be a man.
Sold outStories are the most powerful tool - since the time we have gathered around fires to this day, stories tell us where we belong, who to trust, what identities are worthy of being represented and, perhaps most importantly, tell who the villains are, and who deserves to triumph over adversity. “THOU SHALT NOT' IS SOON FORGOTTEN, BUT 'ONCE UPON A TIME' LASTS FOREVER. “ ―PHILIP PULLMAN A workshop to inspire exploration of the power of stories, representation and equitable storytelling, transmit knowledge through myths, cross cultural and familiar stories. An invitation to reflect upon toxic/empowering narratives in the current zeitgeist, in our own communities and their somatic impact. Inspired and shared through the lens of Soizic’s Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, as a multi-disciplinary, queer storyteller and meditation guide.
Book NowJoin foragers Aleksandrina and Adele on a foraging walk around the festival grounds and make friends with local plants. Forage for edible herbs and flowers, learn about their traditional uses, and enrich your connection with the land. Following the walk we will return to Zemya and be guided in a plant spirit meditation where you will have the opportunity to create an intimate relationship with the plants and come to a deeper understanding of what they mean to you.
Sold outThe majority of climate, environmental and activist rhetoric is focused on dismantling systems, organisations and individuals in order to prevent continued destruction and achieve justice. This is essential work. But, it's only one aspect of transforming cultures. And, arguably, the least inspiring, galvanising or sustaining. What if rather than being fixated on the problem, we united people around the solutions by igniting the collective imagination of what is possible and providing people with access to the wisdom, skills, networks, stories and resources they need to facilitate systemic shifts, ecological healing and cultural transformation that makes the old and destructive systems obsolete? This panel will bring together a variety of expert voices and experiences to explore this question and more. We will probe into the relationship between resistance, restoration and regeneration to better understand the complexity, joy and healing potential of activism.
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