Waning Moon Dance and Candle Making Workshop

“Make, Create, Illuminate”

February 07, 1- 4 pm, 2026, Barwon Downs Hall

Workshop Description

Waning Moon Dance & Candle Making is a transformative, creative dance workshop designed for women, weaving together movement, ritual, and handcrafted candle-making. Guided by the energy of the waning moon, participants are invited into a gentle process of release, reflection, and integration through creative dance and tactile creation.

This workshop sits within Luminous Offerings, a project series designed to nourish and activate women’s creativity led by Eloise Wood (WildHoney) in collaboration with AmandaMagan (Otway Forrest Yoga), blending decades of experience in performance art, dance, somatic practice, ceremony, and community-based ritual.

This session explores the Waning Moon phase. We honour the ancient art of candle-making and observe the Celtic cross-quarter festival of Lammas, the harvest, and the waning light. Make a candle to take home, let it guide your movement and creative practice. Open to women aged 16+ and those identifying. No dance experience necessary, just a willingness to connect and explore in a safe space. This is the final workshop in this series.

What awaits you…

 

Candle Making– a hands-on, transformative, ancient meditative process. Also FUN! As we create our candles, we’ll weave our wishes and intentions into creation – a collective offering to the world.

Creative Dance – no steps or dance experience necessary. Creative Dance aims to lead each dancer into the rich and varied artistic, emotional, physical and spiritual levels of human experience – music from all ages and cultures is used. Explore self-expression, movement with props, group, partner and solo dances. Experience ceremony and outdoor dances. Awaken creative energy with earth-based practices.

AfterMoon Tea – following the session, join us for nourishing snacks and drinks. Bring a plate to share or something nice to drink.

What you Recieve

Gentle guidance and tuition from experienced performance artists and facilitators. A safe space to explore your creativity.

What to Bring

Water bottle. Artsmock, or long-sleeved shirt, and closed footwear for candle making. Something to share or drink for AfterMoon Tea.

What to Wear – RED!

Whatever you are comfortable and can move freely in,  layers are good. We have been exploring a colour for each phase – wear RED garments if you have them! The workshop takes place inside and outside a hall with heating and cooling systems but be prepared for all seasons.

TICKETS

Investment Sliding Scale and Registration

Choose what best suits your financials…
  • General Admission  + bf : $120
  • Concession + bf: $105
  • Subscribers + bf : $85
  • 2-for-1 General Admission Offer (Bring a Friend) + bf- 1 spot available.
  • Donation Ticket: Pay As You Feel –  1 spot available. 

Tickets Open: 04 Dec – 06 February

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“A beautiful women’s circle and creative dance practice, carefully held with attention to detail. Safe, supportive, and deeply nourishing. The experience allowed me to connect with myself and others in a meaningful way, and I felt both free and grounded throughout. It was a gift to be part of such a well-facilitated space where each moment was crafted with care.”

Lyndel

…. It was such a sacred feminine exploration, I felt very held by the other women… we held each other and were given permission to be free… it was very freeing… yet safe. Afterwards I felt that I had reconnected with my heart, my creativity and the joy of child-me.

 

Tiffany

“My lunar connection has already deepened and I had a felt-sense experience of how the feminine aspect of me is connected to this heavenly body during the workshop. Hard to put into words….and more than just the cyclical nature of the Feminine….I’m feeling so  grateful to Elle and the Women.”

Amanda

“I recently participated in WildHoney’s New Moon Dance Workshop: Creative Exploration for Women, and it was a wonderful experience. The flowing movement, space for focusing on intentions, planting, softness, and dance connected us deeply to the earth, moon, and variations of feminine energy. I found it playful, surprising, and filled with joy. The workshop space was beautifully curated, creating an inviting and sacred atmosphere. Elle and Amanda held the space with such grace, making everyone feel welcome and connected. I left feeling rejuvenated, quietly proud of the surprising part of me I hadn’t expressed in a long time, and peaceful. I can truly recommend this workshop to anyone seeking a space to explore movement, connection, and the beauty of feminine energy”.

 

Belth

I loved the workshop, I loved that there was the invitation to participate and the way that you invited everyone meant everyone was ready to drop in as well as the opening and the participation. I really appreciated being able to share in a smaller circle and get into the dance, I really loved that.When we created the dances, that really filled my cup and made me excited and brought a sense of relief too, that we CAN do these things, watching the other women dance was so moving and emotional and beautiful, and then knowing we created a dance after that other people also watched that was really one of the highlights and I really loved those led hooded gowns and the play, the play is just so comforting to play and be present.

Danni