Dance has been a form of healing among humanity for thousands of years. In the ancient and widespread practice of shamanism, ecstatic dance and rhythmic drumming are used to alter consciousness in spiritual practices. There are many different cultures & traditions around the world who practice conscious dance as a way to feel & process emotions, release tension, elevate their mood, and deeply connect to the unity of creation.

Conscious Dance is an expression of who we are, a remembering of our own innate wisdom and a celebration of life itself!

There are many forms of Conscious Dance, the most popular known as Ecstatic Dance. The experience can be described as a free flow style of dance in which participants are encouraged to abandon themselves to the rhythm and move freely as the music takes them.

This allows the dancers to deeply connect to their own body’s wisdom - creating synergy within body, mind & soul. This process can elicit deep healing and transformation, often leaving participants feeling more embodied and connected to themselves, each other, and their environment.

The Conscious Dance experience can be combined with “Unity Links” for deeper spiritual connection (see the 'unity links' section below for more information).

Conscious Dance is a deeply enriching practice that can benefit our emotional, spiritual, mental and physical health. Some of the many benefits include:

✦ Deeper connection with your emotions

✦ Healing for body, mind + soul

✦ Emotional release

✦ Connection to universal life force energy

✦ Feelings of ecstasy

✦ Form of meditation

✦ Chakra clearing & activation

✦ Empowerment

✦ Increased physical confidence

✦ Increased condition of heart and lungs

✦ Increased aerobic fitness

✦ Improved mental functioning

✦ Improved general and psychological well-being

✦ Greater self-confidence and self-esteem

The amazing thing about Conscious Dance is that anyone can do it! There is no right or wrong way to move. You are simply allowing your body to move how it wants to move to the music.

I will be guiding you through this experience and offering prompts, but much of what I am guiding is purely to help you connect & drop into your body. There will be plenty of time for freestyle dancing, and the guidance is merely suggestions that you can take or leave. Really this is about creating a safe container for you to connect with yourself, the music & your body’s own inherent wisdom. You can literally move however you want to. You can jump up & down, shake, twist, crawl on the floor, make sounds, stomp, anything you're feeling called to do – as long as it is safe to do so. Literally dance like no one is watching!

As an added dimension to all my services, we can incorporate "Unity Links".

To put it simply, Unity Links are consciousness tools that provide us with direct connections to the Source. Their purpose is to assist us in cultivating inner quality states of Love, Unity, and alignment.

With our free will intent, these links “plug us in” to positive consciousness, and benefit our spiritual growth. Essentially, in these connections we allow Source to help us, unconditionally, with no rituals or quantitative means necessary.

As a practitioner, I offer this as an optional, additional element to those who want to receive the benefits. Dance alone is enough to connect us to higher states of consciousness and deep inner wisdom. This can range from subtle feelings, to shamanic trance states. The links are simply a gentle, qualitative addition that can help deepen our experiences, and orient us towards positive consciousness.

Many people are familiar with Reiki as an energy healing practice, and linking functions similarly. However, the links work with Consciousness (not Energy), and require no direction from us, beyond our intention to connect. As they operate by means of higher intelligence, we are not required to “do” anything – only surrender and be open to receive. Due to this, linking can be very effectively combined with Conscious Dance (which already brings us into deeply surrendered states), allowing for greater healing to occur, and enhanced experiences of spiritual connection.

While many individuals report experiences or sensations while linking, they also operate on sub-perceptual layers of existence, so an outstanding experience is not required for us to receive the benefits.

Generally, the links I intend in Conscious Dance ceremonies are for healing, cleansing, revelations, and Oneness. Once the links are open, we remain in connection throughout our ceremony, without the need to focus on them.

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The following section is just for those who are curious for more context:

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If you are familiar with the concept of everything in the material universe existing as vibrations at different frequencies, and how harmonious vibrations can have healing benefits (ex. sound healing)… when learning about Unity Links, it is helpful to draw the distinction between quantity and quality.

Speaking in terms of vibration is a very deep take on quantity-based awareness – it’s close to our limits of tangible, measurable, logic-based perception. Quality awareness could be simplified as love-based perception – we all experience it, but it’s indescribable by words, and immeasurable by quantitative means. Both quantity and quality aspects are essential to our universe and this human experience.

Without going too far into all this – qualitative “emission” could be likened to the quality of consciousness that precedes vibration. Just as vibration underlies our “physical” world, non-physical consciousness (or intelligence) underlies vibration. Emission is the simplest way to refer to this phenomenon… similar in radiance to if you threw a stone into a still lake, but on a non-physical, consciousness-based level.

This is a rather deep topic, and it has many practical implications to our life experiences (regarding thoughts, emotions, spaces, media, etc.), but the simple take away is this: the links function through emission, and provide us with benefits on very deep levels. They are able to interact with layers of consciousness that we aren’t even aware of, and harmonize our being in ways that are beyond our own capacity (for example, reprogramming our cells to remember their highest functions and return to harmony within our bodies, if they were out of alignment for whatever reason).

This is just a tangible example, but there is a broad range of potential, and the higher intelligence knows what to provide.

To offer a visual: linking is like bathing in the emission of the Source. It’s like inviting Love & Unity Consciousness into your being, and receiving the blessings of higher intelligence through the connection. So while Conscious Dance is already magical on its own, dancing while linking can be a very beautiful and beneficial experience.

Our Conscious Dance ceremony will commence with an opening meditation & intention setting. If you would like some links opened for you, I will open them during the meditation. We will then transition into the sacred dance journey where you will be lovingly guided and supported through an exploration of movement medicine & connection. The ceremony will conclude with reflection and integration. You will have an opportunity to express what arose for you, and some time for journaling. We will close with some relaxing breathing.

The session will be approximately 90 minutes and will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link once your appointment has been booked.

I also offer in-person sessions. If this is of interest to you and you live on Salt Spring Island, please enquire about this via email before booking your session.

If you have a specific intention or something you are moving through, you are welcome to share it on the registration form and I will take this into consideration as I curate the music and prepare for our journey together.

I look forward to dancing with you!

Scheduling:

Once you click on the "Book Now" button below, you will be directed to PayPal, where you can purchase your session. You will then be directed to a Registration Page. After submitting this form you will be contacted within 3 business days via email to schedule your session. You will be emailed a confirmation of your registration and payment.

Cancelation Policy:

If you have to cancel a scheduled session, communication must come in with at least 24 hours notice, or else it will count as a missed session. It is okay to reschedule with appropriate notice - the earlier the better.

Group Ceremonies Note:

I also offer group Conscious Dance ceremonies and experiences. If this is of interest to you, check out the Events tab, and subscribe for updates via the home page!