Embodied Dating Club | Antwerp

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ABOUT THIS EVENT
Embodied Dating Club is for singles who have done the inner work, love themselves, and are wondering:

Where are all the good ones?

For the ones who are done with dating apps, over the dead-end chats, and craving real chemistry, real connection, and a spark they can actually feel in their body.

Because let’s be honest: meeting through a screen has started to feel a little lifeless.

You can’t swipe your way into chemistry.
You can’t text your way into connection.
And no profile will ever tell you what your body feels in five seconds.

That’s why we created Embodied Dating Club.

A club for singles only that creates spaces for singles to meet in real life.
Not through endless small talk.
Not through dating app performance.
But through presence, play, flirtation, and real connection.

And honestly... what a relief to walk into a room where everyone is single.

No guessing. No weird limbo.
Just real people, real presence, and actual possibility.

This evening is designed to make dating feel fun and light again.
To bring flirting back into real life.
To meet with our bodies, not just our bios.


🫀 What do we mean by embodied? 🫀

Embodiment simply means noticing what is happening in your body while you connect.

Your breath. Your curiosity. Your attraction. Your tension. Your ease. Your boundaries. Your yes, no and maybe.

Instead of only analyzing from the mind, you learn to notice the information your body is already giving you.

Being in your body brings you into the present moment. It helps you loosen the grip of the controlling mind, let go of judgments and expectations, and arrive more fully with what is actually here.

In this experience, you may also meet parts of yourself that usually stay hidden in dating: fears, protective patterns or expectations that can get in the way of receiving love and fully meeting life.

Not to fix them, but to notice them, feel them, and create a little more space around them.

From there, you become more available to what wants to unfold naturally.

Less forcing. Less performing. More flow.

That is often where real connection becomes possible, and where the experience can feel surprisingly nourishing in the moment and for the rest of your life in relating and expressing yourself.

We use breath, movement, sound, eye contact, sensory awareness and playful relational exercises to help you slow down, become more present and stay connected to yourself while meeting someone else.

*(It is not a tantra workshop, and there is no expectation of intimacy or touch. Everything is optional. Clothes stay on. You are always invited to listen to your own body and choose what feels right for you.)*


💃🏻 What to expect 💃🏻

Through playful, body-based exercises, you’ll be invited to:

♥ Meet through the senses, presence and body awareness
♥ Connect beyond superficial conversation and experience real-life chemistry
♥ Practice flirting, approaching and expressing interest in a way that feels alive, grounded and natural
♥ Let yourself be seen more honestly and experience how vulnerability can create deeper connection
♥ Connect with others without losing yourself, staying aware of your boundaries, needs and signals
♥ Practice receiving, speaking your truth and following what feels alive in the moment
♥ Experience a room full of like hearted singles with more pulse, more aliveness and a lot less overthinking

No speed dating interrogation vibe.
No pressure to impress.
No need to know exactly what is going to happen.

Just a well-held playground where meeting becomes lighter, more real, and a lot more fun.

Most people arrive a nervous. Sometimes very nervous. 😏

- That is welcome too. -

You don’t need to be confident, outgoing or “good at dating.”
You don’t need to perform.
You don’t need to arrive as the best version of yourself.

You just show up as you are.

What we see again and again is people leaving softer, more open, more connected and more alive.

💬 “At some point I was just here. All the overthinking, all the voices, all the possibilities just went silent and quiet. So I could be in my body.”
— EDC participant

💬 “It’s not often that I can soften up as much as I did tonight.”
— EDC participant

⏱️ Time schedule
19:00 - 22:00 (walk in 15 min before)
(Free Parking available)

👣 A little practical note: We take our shoes off for the workshop and spend quite a bit of time moving, standing and sitting on the floor.


🕺 Who this is for 🕺

This is for you if:
♥ You’re single
♥ You’ve done inner work and have a healthy relationship with yourself
♥ You’re done with dating apps, or at least deeply unimpressed by them
♥ You miss flirting in real life
♥ You want to meet people with depth, presence and actual availability
♥ You’re open to connection, play and letting your body be part of the conversation
♥ You’re willing to step a little outside your comfort zone and stay curious

All forms of relating are welcome: monogamous, poly, open, ENM, or still figuring it out, as long as you are single.

Maybe you’ll meet someone interesting.
Maybe you’ll have a ridiculously fun night.
Maybe you’ll remember that dating can actually feel exciting again.
Maybe you’ll finally meet new parts in yourself and feel more confident flirting in real life
Maybe you’ll meet your next great love.
Maybe you’ll meet the one.

You never know.

But one thing is certain:

it will be better than another dry “hey, how was your week?” in your inbox.

Meet with the body, not the bio.
Fuck dating apps. We want magic. 💘

👯‍♀️ Your facilitators

💜 Denise Kooij
With over 5 years of experience in somatic intimacy, embodiment and relational work, Denise guides men, singles and mixed groups into deeper connection with themselves and others.

Her spaces blend depth and play, where truth is welcome, emotions are allowed, and the body becomes an important guide. She helps people move out of overthinking and into the felt experience of life and love, where intimacy can become more natural, presence more grounded, and connection something to be felt rather than performed.

Her work weaves together embodiment, nervous system awareness, intimacy coaching and relational practices, always with space for honesty, laughter, sensation and the full human experience.
Expect a permission slip to be fully human, deeply connected and truly alive.

Explore more → https://linktr.ee/denisekooij

🧡 Michelle Ariël Kessels
With over 20 years of experience, Ariël is a trauma-informed coach known for spaces that hold authentic presence, playfulness, and depth.
As a women's mentor and guide , she holds intimate containers where the remembrance of the true feminine essence is celebrated. A space to reconnect with soft, authentic power, fully alive and rooted in the body.

As a mixed group facilitator, Ariël brings depth into spaces where men and women meet. Through conscious relating and intimacy circles, collective themes are met with loving presence building bridges across difference, fostering genuine connection, and making room for the full spectrum of human experience.
"Where shame can soften, fear can dissolve, and freedom can unfold."
In all her work, embodied leadership, body-based nervous system work, intimacy circles, tantra and shadow work take center stage. Spaces where both light and joy, and the taboo and the shadow, are equally welcome.

Explore more → michelle-ariel.com

Together they create a space that is deeply safe, playfully alive, and full of possibility.


🤝 Contact 🤝

Embodieddating@gmail.com
Follow us at instagram @embodied_dating_club
We will not answer on email questions about gender balance, group dividing. Trust the process. ❤️

💌 Please note: in the 24 hours leading up to the event, our team is fully focused on preparing and hosting the evening, so we may not be available to respond to emails or messages.
If you can no longer make it, we do really appreciate a quick message to let us know.

💸 Refund Policy 💸

Cancel up to 2 weeks before the event: 50% refund.
Cancel within 2 weeks of the event: no refund.

We're not able to review individual circumstances or reasons for cancelling. If you can no longer attend, you're welcome to transfer your ticket to another single and let us know by email who's taking your place.


And that’s all the practical stuff. 💘

Come as you are. Bring your nerves, your curiosity, your awkwardness, your playfulness, your hope, your skepticism, your whole beautifully human self.

You don’t need to know what will happen.
You don’t need to impress anyone.
You just need to show up.

Maybe you’ll meet someone.
Maybe you’ll meet a new part of yourself.
Maybe you’ll simply leave feeling more open, more alive, and a little more available for love.

See you in the playground.

With love,
Denise & Ariël