Body Awareness & Physical-Emotional Balance (Online) Dr. Ayşe Dayı May 9, 16,23  & June 6 (4 Weeks) Saturday Mornings CET time: 10:00-11:30 Workshop Languages: Turkish & English Within the OrcaDreams Preparation for Summer Series, we prepared a wonderful workshop on awakening and balancing the body. In these 4 weeks we will do body scan, 6 Healing Sounds Qiqong and do yoga & qiqong that focuses on awakening & strength…

Bu yıl Bahar Ekinoksu 20 Mart’ta yaşanacak. Ekinoks dengedir: gece ile gündüz, ışıkla karanlık o gün için dengededir. Kadim kültürlerde KUTlanan Ekinoks aynı zamanda önemli bir eşiktir: önce eşitlenen gece-gündüz / karanlık-ışık sonra dönüşmeye başlar. Bahar ekinoksu ile doğa uyanmaya başlar ve artık karanlıktan ışığa geçiş ve ışığın artışı başlar. Dolayısıyla bu kadim zaman dilimi bizlere artık kışın içe dönük yavaş ritminden çıkarak baharın …

For centuries, women’s bodies have literally been made into battlegrounds. With the change to patriarchal systems in world history, the reverance to the female has been replaced with oppression, sexualization and degradation of the female body and the female wisdom. We women carry the collective history of these wounds as well as the cultural pressures on body image, shame, guilt. As a result, many girls and women today, have become disconnect…

The Sacred Feminine has been depicted throughout the ages in the form of Goddesses, Priestesses, Women Saints, Wise Women and Healers. It is the ultimate form of feminine energy and power with all the feminne characteristics in ideal form, frequency and harmony. The Sacred Feminine represents the pure (unconditional) love, compassion, intuition, creation / creativity and deep transformative powers of the feminine energy. While the females in …

These are two compact summer courses offered in August 2023 at ISI e.V. in Berlin. First one takes place August 7-11, 2023, the second following one takes place in August 21-25, 2023. The courses are FREE OF CHARGE to migrant women living in Berlin. In these courses we will learn in a joyful, interactive way, supported by a group: How do I perceive myself and situations at work and personal life? How can I learn to broaden perspective a…

SATURDAY, MAY 27 2023, 11:00-13:00 KRUMME LANKE, BERLIN   We got together as two mindfulness trainers, Lisa Vaughan (Early Years Pedagogue & Kid Yoga Teacher) & Ayşe Dayı (Psychologist, Reiki Teacher & Mindfulness Trainer) And planned this workshop for families with children (ages 4-7). In this workshop, we will guide parents and children in joyful meditative practices, movement and sharing with an aim to: to connect…

Globally and individually we are in a period of great transformation, which might cause stress, anxiety, exhaustion, burnout, physical ailments and depression. Offered by Dr. Ayşe Dayı as a psychologist, certified MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program) Teacher, Reiki practitioner (RMT), and mindfulness trainer, this one-day retreat is an introduction to mindfulness practices and an invitation to relax and rejuvenate together. A mem…

Workshop Description: As women and as migrant women entrepreneurs we rush through the day and may not be allowing ourselves to take time to relax deeply and rejuvenate. To celebrate the International Women’s Workers Day we offer a 2 hours workshop where we will learn some basic warm up and qigong movements, followed by deep relaxation and brief sharing. Let us honor our sacred femininity, our valuable work and feminine power together, in…

Each year is a new beginning. Every day is a new beginning. Every moment is a new beginning. With the energy of the new year, we invite you to a short joyful workshop on beginning anew with our bodies. Most of us have a warring relationship with our bodies or live in our minds, disconnected from the body. When the body displays aches and pains or does not match our standards of beauty or perfection, we get angry at it. How would it be to b…

We want our children to feel safe, happy and free in a world that can feel noisy and too fast. How can we help our children to be liberated from their habits of anger, anxiety or perfectionism? This workshop is a kind space to learn practical ways to nourish mindfulness, happiness and care for ourselves and each other. Children don’t do what we say; they do what we do – by learning together as a family, you help them to create sustainable habi…

The quality of our teaching depends on the quality of our presence. With the many demands of teaching, we can feel like we’re constantly running and reacting. Mindfulness practice gives us space to breathe through our day, to learn ways to establish your teaching presence with openness and kindness, to care for yourself and to help your classroom to be a more loving, joyful and peaceful place. In this practical workshop we will explore: …

TAKE A BREATH, TAKE A BREAK AND REFRESH: MBSR-Based One-day Silent Summer Retreat (Online Retreat co-organized by Orca Dreams, Medius, & Mindmoments) We are in the summer break but you can’t relax yet? Or maybe you are relaxed and enjoying summertime and want to reconnect to or deepen your practice? In either case, if you feel the call to disconnect for a day from daily routines, social media and the internet and connect to yourself, …

These are mindfulness workshops offered to groups and institutions, appropriate for children, youth and adults. Programs have been and can be made together with the group or the organization, to best suit their needs. Themes are stress reduction, body and mind awareness, holistic health, physical and psychological balance and more. Workshops include presentations of information, small and large group activities, sharing of experience, medit…

This women’s healing circle is offered as a “course” at  VHS:Volkshochschule-Mitte in Berlin. The circle is open to all who self-identify as woman. Sept 22-Dec 1, 2025 Mondays 16:30-19:30 VHS-Mitte, Turmstrasse 75, 10551 Berlin RE-MEMBERING AND HONORING MY SACRED FEMININE: A WOMEN’S CIRCLE ON GENDER, BODY, & SEXUALITY WHAT WILL HAPPEN?: It will be a collective exploration of our femininity to: liberate our minds and bodies of …

This is a 9-month program of Orca Dreams, supported in part by the Henrich Böll Stiftung Friends and Supporters Fund. The program started in January 2021 and will end in October 2021 with the registered group of participants. We meet once a month online for a full day. Each gathering includes some movement, meditation, a workshop conducted by an international expert and circle sharing. Through the workshops and our circle sharing, we share …