Rooted Movement
Movement and Music in Nature in Tipperary for Health and Well-Being
This is a new project to connect people to nature, movement and music in the natural setting of Knockanacree Woodlands in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary.
In 2026 a Tipperary Creative Ireland Project Award has been awarded to test and pilot this programme in the area. It will run over a series of six Friday mornings between May and June 2026. It is open to all, and free to participate.
Fridays, 10am to 11.30am - 1st, 8th, 15th, 29th May, 5th, 12th June
A person can attend one session, or all six sessions, but each session must be booked online to ensure there is a silent disco headset available for you on each date.
The benefits of Dance and Movement are widely known and accepted, as are the benefits of Music and being outdoors immersed in Nature.
Therefore combining these three elements together into a creative community offering has the potential to increase participants social cohesion and sense of belonging, to improve their health and wellbeing and to combat feelings and experiences of social exclusion, whilst enhancing their connection with their creative, moving, dancing bodies in nature.
It is an invitation to adults to join the movement project in Cloughjordan to explore their relationship with movement, dance, nature, music and their expression of their creative selves.
What People Are Saying
“Jenny has a real gift for creating a warm and inclusive virtual space for dance. This is no small feat for such an embodied practice! Her enthusiasm is infectious. Her music is inspired. Her wise and gentle invitations to connect with body, soul and music have deepened my understanding and experience of 5 Rhythms.”
— Fern Lickfield, Vermont, USA“I thoroughly enjoy Jenny’s 5Rhythms dancing sessions in Limerick Dance Studio. Each time is a unique experience of flow, of expression, of facilitation by Jenny and a rejuvenated feeling afterwards. Jenny’s decades of experience and expertise in the practice shine through, but most of all, her enthusiasm!”
— Wayne Dignam, Limerick, Ireland“I feel grounded and joyful after each session, regardless of how I woke up feeling. Moving in rhythm to her playlist and her gentle cues to freely express what moves through our bodies is such medicine. I am grateful for discovering Jenny's classes!"
— Chelsie Papiez, Washington, USA