Spiritual Dance Blog

Solar dance practices are outward expressions of kinetic energy that help us ignite our creativity and harness our personal power. They are initiated and executed in the body with conscious intention. In this article, I share my four favorite solar dance practices that help me to embody my fullest expression and have a positive impact on the people, places, or things I would like to share my spiritual energy with. These practices are Conscious Dance, Prayer Dance, Prophetic Dance, and Shamanic Dance.

Religious trauma left its mark on many areas of my life. But it’s only been in the last couple of years that I’ve been able to recognize the impact it had on my dance career and reclaim dance as an art form that could bring me pleasure. As a young adult, my spiritual beliefs led me to invest my skills and artistic endeavors inside of an evangelical bubble. I sought purpose in a carefully guarded community where dance (or any kind of artistic expression) was valued mostly as an act of service. The sole purpose of my dance activities was to inspire people to give their lives to Jesus. This singular focus steered me away from opportunities that could have offered me artistic growth and professional expansion.

Spiritual movement is an embodied practice of becoming aware of the energy that is already flowing both in and around you and then allowing your physical body to move (or be moved) in response. The specific modalities I focus on when teaching spiritual movement are intuitive movement, interpretive movement, psychic movement, and channeled movement. These four practices can help activate our connection to the divine and strengthen our energetic receptivity.

Elemental Dance Magick is the practice of attracting and utilizing elemental power in a kinetic manner in order to bring about a desired change. It is a type of embodied ritual where we can alchemize the energy both in and around us in order to cultivate a relationship with the natural world and align with our highest potential. This is one of my favorite topics to teach on and it is also a key component of my Dance Divination practice.

My favorite role as a dancer is that of choreographer. For as long as I can remember, dance has just flowed out of me. I've always had a knack for improving entire dances on the spot that were of excellent quality.

During my sophomore year of college, I spent two semesters studying dance composition which helped me add structure, transitions, and depth to the pieces I would create. Those classes also opened my eyes to so many more pathways of movement and expression.