Luminish | Waha Festival

Luminish

This space is based on top of the location, in the tall cool forest, for a high energy experience of body and soul. Self-development practices combined with Yoga, breathing exercises, sound baths and Ecstatic Dance are the core elements that will make you aware of your powers and the complexity of your true potential.

15 - 20 August 2024

WAHA 10^th Edition Luminish

Workshops

Morning Yoga

with Ela Andreea

Friday09:00

Duration1 hour

Join Ela Andreea for a revitalizing session of Morning Yoga, where you will experience a blend of mindful movement, deep breathing, and gentle stretches designed to awaken your body and mind. This workshop offers a serene start to your day, promoting relaxation, flexibility, and overall well-being.

Embodiment (You are Nature)

with Malina Lilay Meraki

Friday10:30

Duration2 hours

We are here on this earth to really celebrate it all - the endings, the beginnings, the in between!

We are honored to offer a space where you can witness and participate in the blossoming of your most radiant self through dance, song, and connection. We are grateful to welcome Malina, a facilitator who brings two powerful and transformative workshops to our festival.

You will have the opportunity to reconnect with your soul language, your organic spiraling wavy nature, and embody the power and potential of the creative feminine energy that each one of us has inside.

Mindfulness in your plate - Mindful Eating workshop

with Evelin Papp

Friday12:45

Duration1.5 hours

Conscious eating can have benefits on digestion, nutrient absorption, the relationship we have with ourselves, but also on the food choices we make daily. By building a flexible relationship with food, the act of eating will become enjoyable and carefree.

Evelin Papp is a registered dietitian who guides people to make balanced food choices. Her mission is to empower individuals to better understand the crucial role of nutrition in their lives and cultivate a mindful approach to their well-being. She has training in the area of eating disorders, the Low FODMAP diet and gastroenterological diseases.

Didgeridoo Group experience - Rise your vibe & Human Spiral

with Brian Petterman

Friday14:30

Sunday15:15

Duration2 hours

This approach is known as “sound healing” and it is believed that the vibrations from the didgeridoo can help to balance and harmonize the body’s energy centers. This has been reported to be beneficial for physical issues such as reducing pain, improving circulation and immune function, and promoting healing and relaxation.

Similarly, the sound of the didgeridoo has also been reported to have a positive effect on plants and animals. People have reported improvements in the growth and health of plants, as well as calming and soothing effects on animals, including pets and livestock.

Digeridoo is a fascinating instrument with a rich history and cultural significance. Whether it’s used for musical or therapeutic purposes, the didgeridoo continues to captivate audiences with its unique and powerful sound.

Healing session through plants and Pneuma Breathwork

with Andreea Tararache

Friday16:45

Duration2 hours

Pneuma Breathwork is a valuable and revolutionary tool with which we can reach sublime states of consciousness, a deep relationship with the body, mind and emotions, starting from the exploration of the subconscious.

During Pneuma Breathwork, we inhale and exhale light, the superior quality of oxygen, which when it penetrates through our nadis (energy centers), unblocks them, and energy flows freely through our being. Stagnant energies dissolve into light, we feel more harmonious, lighter, have more clarity, we walk with more ease and beauty through life.

Practicing Pneuma Breathwork keeps our body and mind in optimal working conditions, without getting sick, releases energy potential, improves sleep quality, activates and rebalances all aspects of our lives. This breathing method invites us to awaken our consciousness, creating a bridge between the subconscious and conscious, between mind, body and spirit. Through this transpersonal method, the life situations that a person faces are approached from a spiritual perspective, and this perspective also includes the psychological part, being an approach from a higher level.

In Pneuma Breathwork we enter a process of deep inner transformation. We become inhabitants of a sacred space, from where we can have a Panoramic, objective view, revelatory states, liberations, healings. This space allows you to be closer to the real "YOU", get to know yourself better and discover your true authenticity. Also, following the Pneuma experience there is the possibility of positive changes and their integration in personal, family and social life. This tool is meant to awaken your inner healer and help you find your own freedom. Each Pneuma session plants seeds of consciousness in our hearts.

How the Pneuma Breathwork session takes place:

The breathing session will last for two hours.

You will lie on the mats and breathe in a dynamic way, gradually increasing the intensity of the breathing to amplify your consciousness and induce a stage of deep introspection.

Breathwork is done to evocative music, specially designed for this type of experience, having a catalytic role towards extended stages of consciousness.

The Pneuma Breathwork Workshop will be hosted by Andreea Sorina Tararache. She is a psychotherapist, an internationally accredited facilitator in the Pneuma System, an accredited therapist in working with Past Lives, a facilitator in the Tantric Way, a practitioner of Inca energy medicine and a supporter of attuning the processes of life and death to the rhythms of nature.

Voice and DNA activation crystal sound bath

with Claudia Bacuta

Friday19:00

Duration2 hours

We will embark on a journey of voice activation assisted by crystal bowls, drums and gongs opening a field of ease, grace and infinite possibilities. The intention is to embody our latent potential and let our personal genius shine forth. Come as you are and let us witness God at play.

Kirtan - Yoga of Sound

with Dana Nedelcu, Cristian Drimba & guests

Friday20:45

Duration2.5 hours

Kirtan is a practice of Bhakti and Nada Yoga that facilitates the integration of all aspects of ourselves into the harmony of the soul. This happens through singing together as a community and vibrating the high frequencies of mantras and healing songs and through rhythm and live music (harmonium, percussion, guitar). Through kirtan we create a safe space of presence, exploration, integration and alchemy through sound, our voices and through conscious breathing.

Couple Yoga

with Yogana

Saturday09:00

Duration1.5 hours

Experienced and passionate Yoga Instructor, Anamaria graduated in 2019, 200-Hours TTC in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Mysore, India. As a yoga instructor, Anamaria strives to help beginner yogis feel comfortable in their practice, learn essential postures, and ensure a safe practice for everyone.

The physical connection between two souls by holding hands is a powerful and immediate stress reliever, so by doing yoga as a couple, you ensure that both partners improve their emotional and mental health. This benefit is amplified when you move from simple hand holding to a continuous and synergistic body movement through various easy yoga positions and conscious breathing exercises.

Masculine Revival (Waha Men Circle)

with Sergiu Oloeriu

Saturday10:30

Duration3 hours

The workshop will be hosted by Sergiu Oloeriu, founder and creator of experiences at Men's Dynasty. He presents himself as being in love with the journey called life, constantly looking for new challenges, where he can test and overcome both mental and physical limits.

By pushing those limits beyond your comfort zone, mental barriers and emotional blockages, and overcoming fear you understand what it means to live to your true potential. He is a bit of an adrenaline seeker and loves running for long distances through wild forests and mountains.

He believes nature and all that it has to offer is our best mentor and for a healthy lifestyle it is essential to be connected to Mother Nature.

The hard moments in life are the best lessons from which we can learn, and nowadays we can become the best version of ourselves. He accepts himself as he is, with imperfections, without any surface mask, and whatever happens, he won’t judge or blame anyone. Instead, he seeks to offer the best version both to himself and to the people he meets in everyday life.

Nowadays men are moving away from their masculine nature, they are lured by comfort, by worthless material things, they no longer pay attention to their bodies and emotions, and fear takes control over them.

His goal is to free you from the dominance of thoughts, to keep you anchored as much as possible in the present, leaving aside the scenarios of the past and future. Then you will be able to realize that life offers the opportunity to gain wisdom, courage and authenticity.

Men's Dynasty is an experience that takes place in the heart of nature, dedicated to men who want to learn or deepen how to overcome their mental and physical limits, face their fears and emotions, so they can reconnect with themselves. It takes courage to take the first step and the only impossible journey is the one we never start.

Deep Listening Experience: A Music & Sound Journey

with AAA – ACCESS ALL AREAS – Jorjito, Nigâr, Vera

Saturday13:45

Duration2 hours

The workshop will start with a short introduction about the facilitators and their project, followed by a few awareness exercises to connect as a group and to enhance the sensory perception.

The workshop will continue with some grounding exercises with shaking.

Then the sound journey starts - so people will lay down for 1 h and listen to the music + AAA’s live sounds. After the sound journey participants will do a sharing and short integration of the experience.

Rebirthing Breathwork

with Alina Cosette Grecu & Sonia Vasilescu

Saturday16:15

Duration2.5 hours

Intense Taste of Rebirthing through Rebirthing Breathwork is a transformative practice that offers a glimpse into the profound personal growth and healing possible through the broader Rebirthing journey. Originated by Leonard Orr's work in the 1970s, this method utilizes conscious, connected breathing to help individuals access and release emotional blockages, traumas, rigidity, and much more.

The uninterrupted flow of energy, or prana, brought during the session by the dynamic connected breath, can lead to various releases, such as crying or laughter, pain or muscular spasms, as the body processes and lets go of stagnant, frozen traumas. The benefits can be physical, enhancing lung capacity and improving oxygenation. Mentally and emotionally, it helps alleviate stress, anxiety, and depression, often leaving individuals feeling lighter and more energized.

Additionally, this practice can lead to spiritual insights, moments of clarity, and a sense of oneness with the universe. While a single breathwork session offers a powerful experience, it is just a taste of what the entire Rebirthing journey can bring.

This journey encompasses a deeper, ongoing process of self-discovery, healing, and spiritual awakening. Cosette Alina, Sonia, and the angels team will play a crucial role, providing a safe and supportive environment for exploring these inner landscapes. Through the simple yet profound act of conscious breathing, people can begin to tap into their full potential for transformation and growth.

Journey into sound and Silence (old Himalayan singing bowls and gong)

with Bogdan Bufnea

Saturday19:00

Duration1.5 hours

Step into the world of sound and silence with ceremonial instruments that will escort you to the Tibetan plateau. Gongs, a harmonious chord of antique singing bowls, Tibetan trumpet and bells, tingshas and conch shells will give you an experience that can change your perception about sound and vibration. More than just an audition, a mysterious sound ceremony.

Ecstatic Dance

with Ecstatic Dance Bucharest Crew & DJ Mystic Monkey

Saturday20:45

Duration3 hours

Dance Journeys: DJ Mystic Monkey & DJ Inni
Warm-up: Cynthia Canela
Space holding: Ecstatic Dance Bucharest crew

Come as you are, move as you wish. Bring your most significant intention, co-create a sacred space, immerse yourself into music and release your wildest dance, in celebration of the mystery of life. For all dance junkies out there, fairies and goddesses, for solo inner travelers and friends who equal fun to dance, for everyone who seeks connection in a judgment free & woo woo free environment and is up for a good sweat.

Ecstatic Dance is a journey of embodiment that calls for inner exploration through movement, authentic self-expression and deep connection with yourself, with others and the Universe. It is also a playground / laboratory for all those who have the intuition that bliss is to be found inside and only real shared, as well as a temple where we worship through dance.

Get ready for a two-hour music journey, designed to move the layers of your physical, mental and emotional bodies and inspire you to fully embody whatever is alive in you at the moment. You can expect a wide spectrum of flavors, genres and tempos, that mirror the natural rhythms of nature and psyche, all the way from stillness to ecstasy and back. Each song brings new possibilities of movement, stimulating both inward dives and outward fusions.

You are welcome to join the warm-up, a time to land into your own body, get used to the space and greet others on the dancefloor. The facilitators will be preparing a set of exercises meant to help you transition from the bustling festival vibes into the nonverbal space, where you can hear your subtle inner murmur. Coming without using intoxicants is an opportunity to experience natural euphoria, insights and heart connections and receive the most benefits of your conscious dance practice.

Hatha Yoga

with Ritu Rai

Sunday09:00

Duration1 hour

Experience the balance of body and mind with Hatha Yoga led by Ritu Rai. This practice focuses on foundational postures, controlled breathing, and mindfulness. Join to enhance your strength, flexibility, and inner peace in a supportive and calming environment.

Women Circle

with Malina, Andreea & Laura

Sunday10:30

Duration3 hours

We are here on this earth to really celebrate it all - the endings, the beginnings, the in between!

We are honored to offer a space where you can witness and participate in the blossoming of your most radiant self through dance, song, and connection.

We are grateful to welcome Malina, a facilitator who brings two powerful and transformative workshops to our festival:

On Sunday morning Malina, alongside other two incredible facilitators, will host the “Whisper of the Womb” women's circle. This sacred space is dedicated to women who are ready to deepen, expand, awaken, elevate, ground and open their heart womb connection.

Breathwork energetic workshop

with OmniRoman

Sunday13:45

Monday18:00

Duration1.5 hours

OmniRoman is a professional athlete who has organized multiple health and wellness events in the Rep of Moldova and in Los Angeles California where he lived for 5 years.

He has been to Waha many times and played music at the festival before. His main motivation is that he feels himself One with the idea and the values of the festival, so he decided he would like to share his experience with everyone who is searching for it. During the workshop, it will all be about the energy and the flame.

Reconnective Kids

Reconnective Healing workshop for kids between ages of 8-14

Sunday17:30

Duration1.5 hours

Reconnective Healing is a way of experiencing true oneness by being present and aware. It’s an alternative healing method which restores balance, harmony and wholeness in our life as it works holistically to connect us with our higher self. During this workshop, children (together with their parents), will learn to work effectively, by means of reconnective frequencies, directly from Andra Ivanov - International Instructor of the Reconnective Academy International. By the end of the workshop, the children will learn to do reconnective healing directly for another person, distant healing sessions & self-healing.

Eurythmy Workshop

with Ramona Popa

Sunday19:30

Monday16:30

Duration1.5 hours

Ramona Popa proposes a eurythmy circle where participants will exercise both the capacity for internalization and externalization/expression, and by working in a group, in a circle, the spirit of working together with others; by finding the common rhythm, the group's breathing coincides with the individuals. You will have the opportunity to practice a different kind of walking compared to the usual, street one, a different kind of relationship with movement-feeling-thinking than normally an individual relates to his own body. You can also practice coordinating (*cut) both with ourselves and with the other people around us, tactile "receiving and giving", with rhythm variations.

The workshop will facilitate the development of soul capacities by introducing the vowels in eurythmy and knowing the evolution of man, from birth to death, through the prism of the vowels from A to U and the different soul aspects in connection with them.

Ramona promises to help you build an even greater awareness of one's own relationship with one's own feelings and one's role in the group to achieve the common goal, but also the development of the ability to concentrate attention, the development of the capacity for self-control and will and collaboration. During the workshop you will be experiencing courage, distributive attention, overcoming one's own limits and social harmony

Sound and Vibrational Healing

with Lacramioara Timofciuc

Sunday21:00

Duration2 hours

Join Lacramioara for an enchanting Full Moon Sound & Vibrational Healing session featuring the harmonious sounds of Tibetan singing bowls, ting sha, rain stick, shamanic drum, and gongs. Immerse yourself in this unique auditory experience, while harnessing the energy of the full moon to rejuvenate your mind, body, and spirit. This transformative journey promotes deep relaxation, stress relief, and inner peace, making it a perfect opportunity to reset and recharge. All are welcome; no prior experience is necessary. Bring a mat, blanket, pillow, and an open heart.

Introduction in Ashtanga

with Yogana

Monday09:30

Duration1.5 hours

Experienced and passionate Yoga Instructor, Anamaria graduated in 2019, 200-Hours TTC in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Mysore, India. As a yoga instructor, Anamaria strives to help beginner yogis feel comfortable in their practice, learn essential postures, and ensure a safe practice for everyone.

Part of the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga program will include breathing techniques, body alignment and the Sun Salutation. Flowing with breath and building slowly up to standing postures, learn to flow through Surya Namaskar A and B with a counted steady rhythm.

Roots for a deeper connection

with Ema Alexandrescu

Monday11:30

Duration2 hours

Between "me" and "you" is a space and time woven of words, actions, thoughts, sharing, experiences in relation to what becomes "us". But many times, this "we" is built in our subconscious without realizing it. In the deep layers of our being, we contain many secrets and needs unknown to ourselves and others. These dimensions can be understood and overcome through communication and mutual understanding.

Intimacy transcends mere physicality; it blossoms as a sanctuary of trust and camaraderie, where authenticity blooms without the shadows of doubt or separation. In relationships (friendship, romantic, family), connecting in a conscious and authentic way becomes the fertile soil that nurtures its growth.

Moreover, a relationship cannot survive on its own. Like a plant, it needs care and nourishment, involvement and attention from both, to bear the desired fruit.

But how do we get there? How do we nurture intimacy in a relationship? How do we support a connection based on trust, depth, authenticity, closeness?

During a 2-hour experiential journey, through compassionate exploration, therapeutic and creative practices, in pairs and in group exercises, you awaken the natural ability to sustain meaningful connections.

Roots for Intimacy workshop is the space where:

○ you plant the seeds needed to grow authentic and deep relationships in your life
○ you connect deeply with the key elements that contribute to a thriving relationship
○ you gain practical skills that can be applied immediately to improve your connection,
○ you explore the power of vulnerability
○ you learn to express your needs and desires authentically.

Together we weave practices that connect you with your body (conscious movement), with your subconscious (photography) and soul (deep listening, mirroring, soul-poetry)

[This workshop is for women, men, friends, couples, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, anyone who wants to nurture harmonious relationships]

Sound waves guided meditation

with Bogdan Bufnea

Monday14:00

Duration2 hours

Learn the ways of deep listening and how to interact with the unique and mysterious sounds of the antique singing bowls. The guided meditation will lead you to more profound spaces inside and the sound will be your inner guide in understanding that the silence is also a sound.