Dance
“Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.”
― Rumi
All Dance is Ritual.
We must allow ourselves to heal through any means necessary. To dance is our connection to that which is healing. Movement is an aesthetic way in which the body pulsates and finds connection to its higher spiritual guidance.
In general, we all seek healing and acceptance, and its through dancing which allows us to explore that dynamic contrast we have between having a human experience in a physical body in relationship to our higher spiritual body.
Each time we get on a dance floor and initiate an expression of movement, a passage way 
from the physical to the spiritual opens. This right of passage is a Ritual. When we dance from this true innate place, cellular memories open and are activated. Once opened, intuition floods through pulsating the life force that reveals to us the magnificence of life, it shows us how we are all connected to this great mystery and to each other. We are tapped into the memory of our soul through dance, everything we need to understand about our-selves can be revealed; voices of our Ancestors come through and we remember our lineage, most important our connection to Spirit. When we dance in a way that is Ecstatic or Ritualized our brain waves change to a Alpha/Beta state, and in this altered state we have the opportunity to re-program old patterns embedded in our DNA. We can truly heal ourselves through dancing and exploring our relationship to movement.
Most importantly, Embodying self-love through dance is an opportunity to open to a force beyond any limited concepts of the “Self”.
Dance Workshop Themes
Dance of the Hathors
Who are the Hathors? How can they help us?
Communication with the Hathors through dream time, toning, dance, and sacred geometry.
Using Ritual Dance to invoke the healing energies of the Hathors.
The Art of Ceremonial Dance
Personal Mythology- we all have a story that makes up our life, our existence, our joy and pain. We begin to dance for the clear vision of peace asking for the vision to guide and heal us.
- preparing the body and mind to become a vessel for holding and channeling presence in ceremonial spaces.
- understanding the elements of Ritual though 4 part format: Invocation, Offering, Trance, Grounding.
- embodying the presence of you prayer as well as intention in performance art.
- Working with archetypes, directions, elementals, earth and spiritual guides
-properly clearing space, opening and closing circles.
This workshop will give you foundation to create a score or choreography that embodies the depth of your prayer. In this workshop you will define what is ceremonial art pertaining to dance and how can we authentically incorporate it as a foundation to creating sacred dances. We create the space to allow the discovery our deepest heartfelt prayers. Whether one intends to use this workshop for performance art or personal ritual amazing breakthroughs are possible! Learn how to prepare sacred spaces based on ancient tools that have been commonly utilized by native peoples.
Temple Tribal Fusion Belly Dance
-Belly Dance As a HEALING ART
- Rootz; history and foundation of where Oriental dance originated
- basic warm ups, drills, technique with combined choreography
- “the art of belly dance” creating personal and collective ritual
-use of props, rhythm, costumes
Devotional Dance
Undulate!
All nature pulsates Rhythmically in reoccurring patterns. We observe the most basic fundamental structures of geometry to find that all energy undulates, moving in wave form patterns, it spirals the same way that our DNA is structured. When we observe this wave we can choose to flow with it or against. We can discover an unlimited expression of Grace to play with. Influenced by the work of Axis Syllabus and understanding the bio-mechanics of movement in relation to Fibonacci Spiral.
-we will learn how to catch and ride the currents and waves the pulsate through our bodies and we move through space.
-the secret in belly dance: isolating stomach muscles to manipulate the rise and fall of energy.
-understanding the spinal column.
-observation through walking.
-restorative partner exercises.
