Invocation Gathering
Movement – Sound – Voice
18th - 21st March 2027
with Jewell Hope Brightwell, Gavin Frank & friends
A Journey into Embodiment, Expression & Connection
A gathering celebrating the many gifts of exploring movement, sound and song.
Our unique voice and dance is a gift to be explored and shared, when we come together to dance and sing, community arises.
Pick and choose from the beautiful offerings from a wide range of facilitators to explore your dance and voice. Lose yourself in music, movement, sound and sensation.
Find yourself in the groundedness of your feet.
In this age of technology, digital stimulation, fast pace information and disconnection with nature, our nature - let’s come together and be present to the gift of these moments of creation, sharing all it is to be human through these rich modes of exploration.
This is an alcohol and drug free festival. We can get high on being alive right now, honouring all our emotions, similarities and differences through movement, sound and song.
Join us over the Spring Equinox to sing and dance your dreams into being.
Festival Summary
Begins on:
Thursday March 18 at 16:00
Ends on:
Sunday March 21 at 14:00
Duration:
4 days / 3 nights
Hosted by:
Jewell & Gavin
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"Gavin brings a fresh talent and an inspiring presence to the world of voice and sound. The key to his genius is a simplicity of being that is too often missing in the everyday arts marketplace".
Chloe Goodchild-Pioneer of The Naked Voice
Highlights
Invocation Gathering is a nourishing 4-day journey into embodiment, expression and connection through movement, dance, sound, voice and ceremony.
Dance & embodied movement
Explore a rich range of movement practices including 5Rhythms and Dance Connection, and more….. These sessions invite you to listen to the body, soften the mind and reconnect with your natural sense of freedom, creativity and aliveness.
Voice, song & sound
Open your voice and explore sound through voicework, vocal improvisation, sound baths, world songs, and the Sacred Octave – Indian Scale. No singing experience is needed, this is about discovering the unique sound and expression that already lives within you.
Ceremony & sacred connection
The festival includes opening and closing ceremonies: moments of shared presence. Together we create a space to honour the body, the heart, the elements and the deeper wisdom that comes alive when we gather.
Community & celebration
Invocation is an intimate, alcohol and drug free festival where people come together to sing, dance, listen, express and celebrate being alive. Through music, movement and shared experience, community arises naturally.
Rest, nature & integration
Between workshops, there is time to rest, walk in nature, enjoy the sauna, share meals and integrate your experiences in the peaceful surroundings of Leela.
A gathering for everyone
No dance or singing ability is needed. Invocation is for anyone who wants to explore movement, voice, sound and embodied connection in a smaller, welcoming festival setting.
Come sing, dance and dream your way into being.
Evenings Together
Be an audience member or participate in: comedy improvisation, open mic/cabaret, live set with singalong parts, group creation and witness, and dress up disco.
The Sacred Dance for Life by Hafiz
I sometimes forget that I was created for joy My mind is too busy My heart is too heavy Heavy for me to remember that I have been called to dance the sacred dance for life I was created to smile to love to be lifted up and lift others up O sacred one Untangle my feet from all that ensnares Free my soul That we might Dance and that our dancing might be contagious.
Image credit: Mark Pickthall
Who is this for …
No dance or singing ability necessary. This is also suitable also for experienced dancers and singers
For anyone wanting to explore different modalities of movement
For anyone wishing to explore their voice through a rich array of workshops
For anyone preferring a smaller gathering of like-minded people
“The perfect antidote to my overly stimulated, information-processing mind.”
Bryan, Doctor, Ireland
Meet your Hosts
Jewell Hope Brightwell
Co-Leader | Dance Connection
Jewell loves music, movement, sound, and voice which is why she came up with the idea of Invocation in August 2024, she wasn’t aware of any event dedicated to this combination. Creative Director of Dance Connection, Jewell’s mission is to get as many people moving together as possible - she sees that movement when carefully coupled with music gives a broad human experience : “we can let our body dance us, explore unfamiliar movement, be the music, express our emotions, accept and inspire each other with no judgment, and connect without words, beyond personality - it feels almost miraculous at times.”
Gavin Frank
Co-Leader | Indian Ragas, & Voicework
Gavin Frank is a singer, voice facilitator, Kirtan leader and musician. He has more than 26 years’ experience of empowering people to find their voice. He runs chanting groups, voice workshops, retreats and one-to-one sessions in the UK and Europe. Gavin records and performs in the duo Madrum, and they have created 3 albums. He is currently working on some new material including some mantras and original songs. Gavin is passionate about nature, travel, good food, yoga, the gym, 5 rhythms and of course music.
Gavin and Jewell are thrilled that Invocation is moving to the Spring Equinox, a time of balance of night and day, of the seen and unseen. Invocation is about singing and dancing your dreams into being. In Winter we rest and restore, energy builds and pushes up and out in Spring. In this gathering we can begin to see 'what is arising for yourself in this time of mini rebirth’ & 'what do I / we want to start?’. We can bring our voice and dance into support and expression of this time of newness and celebration.
Guest Facilitators
more facilitators to be announced
Jane Silver-Corren
Vocal Improvisation, World Songs, Singing
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Jane has been running singing groups in the South West for 25 years. As a member of the Natural Voice Network, she shares sounds from around the world in harmony. She has a background in Occupational Therapy and Performing Arts and focuses on the physical and mental well being of her participants. She is employed by a number of charities that support individuals facing life challenges. She also has a passion for running vocal improvisation and collaborative song writing groups, with an emphasis on joy and connection. Jane regularly writes and performs her own comic songs.
Lisa Bridge
Rainbow Shaman Expression and Dance
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"I discovered the alternative dance scene following an accident in my 20's and was inspired to study for two years in Dublin with teachers, Lani O'Hanlon and Antoinette Spillane. Their holistic movement, expression and dance training focused on using the chakras as a basis for exploring somatic movement, free-style dance, meditation and creative expression. I qualified as a Dancing The Rainbow Facilitator in 2002 and this framework still informs the ‘bones’ of the movement practice I teach today, alongside experience running a healing practice for many years and my 'shamanic' studies. I also love poetry, writing, painting, sacred land connection and drumming and am the creator of 'The Power Stone Cards'. “
Bob Hillary
Music Healing Journey, Live Set
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Bob is a soulful singer-songwriter who makes music that is earthy, simple and from the HEART.
He weaves light- language & ancestral channelled shamanic sounds into his live sets, and encourages audience participation and group singing during his performances.
He has a particular interest in the coming together of divine masculine & divine feminine in these times... and loves to work with these energies through music .
Bob strives to bring people into the power and peace of their hearts in these strong times we live in. He plays at conscious gatherings & events around the world, and has recorded five albums of his music.
Jean Rankin
5Rhythms
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I started dancing the 5Rhythms in my living room to Gabrielle Roth’s CDs in the late 1990’s . . back when there were very few teachers or classes. This began a long journey of hundreds of hours of dance and study with many teachers that led to my training to teach 5Rhythms with Gabrielle, graduating in 2008. I taught a weekly class in Glastonbury for 16 years. In 2018 I trained again and was certified to teach the 5Rhythms Heartbeat map, which serves the exploration of the emotions through the dance My passion is the immediacy of aliveness, honesty and truth . . . I dance to disappear . . . so that all that is left is energy in motion, dancing itself.
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5Rhythms Workshop — Move Into Connection
5Rhythms is a dynamic movement practice that invites you to move with your breath, listen to your body, and let yourself be danced. Through guided movement, you explore what happens when you soften self-imposed limitations and step out of isolation into embodied presence.
This is not about how you look, but about discovering who is really dancing.
What you’ll gain
Deepened connection: to your body, to others, and to the larger field of movement
A felt sense of freedom and aliveness through embodied expression
Access to creativity that arises when thinking gives way to sensing
What you will experience:
Connection to self — increased body awareness, presence, and trust in your own movement
Connection to others — authentic relating through shared, non-verbal experience
Connection to life energy — renewed creativity, vitality, and a sense of belonging
5Rhythms opens a doorway from separation into connection, connection, connection — where movement becomes a language and community emerges naturally.
May We Sing And Dance Our Dreams Into Being
Practical Information
Arrival and departure times
Arrival Thursday March 18th 2027. Check-in Thursday from 2.30pm - 4.00pm
Start retreat @ 4 pm(If you cannot make it for 4pm, do try to be here for our Opening Ceremony with Jewell and Gavin at 8pm)
Ends Sunday March 21st 2027 @ 2:00 pm (after lunch)
What’s included …
Full access to all workshops, music, and events
4 days / 3 nights
All meals and teas
Sauna access and festival facilities
Retreat & Accommodation Costs
Retreat tickets
First Release till 31st December 2026
£270 + accommodation* (SAVE £60)
Second Release till 28th February 2027
£300 + accommodation*
Third Release bookable till 11th March 2027
£330 + accommodation*
*Accommodation is not included in the price and can be selected separately during checkout via the booking link.
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Payment Plan
We understand that everyone's financial situation is unique, so we've designed our payment plan with flexibility in mind.
Secure your place by spreading the total cost into manageable instalments. We offer the option to pay a deposit and spread the balance over the remaining months before the payment deadline which is a few weeks before the start of the event. There is a £5 charge for using this payment plan option, and payment dates will be clearly outlined when you book.
Cancellation & Refunds
Our Cancellation policy can be found here.
Food at Leela
All food is vegetarian, drawing inspiration from cuisines from around the world. Garden produce is used when available including green salads and culinary herbs.
There is a separate tea making area with a wide range of beverages which include herbal teas, coffee, decaf, green and black teas, hot chocolate, plus cow’s milk and alternative milks.
We cater for the following diets …
Dairy-free / Egg-free
Gluten Free
Sugar conscious
Vegan and vegetarian
Food is prepared in a shared kitchen where allergens are present. See our food information page for details.
