The pull +the path..
Why A “WOMEN’S” Medicine Dance….?
A little about the pull and the path that lead me to hold a “Women’s” Dance…
I was fortunate to be born in and grow up with Women around me - glorious Women; 2 blood sisters and a mother that was one of us..
I know first hand the deep bonds that are possible. Often unbeknown, it’s been by my journeying with groups of Women that I’ve unravelled and found more of myself; from guiding spiritual groups, training in dance schools, working in dance clubs, pregnancy support groups, mum’s n bub’s circles, working in the women’s fashion industry…. to adjusting my dance offerings into holding a Women’s Medicine Dance
2020, we were caught in the craze of pandemic times, I answered the call of Women in my circles and the wider community, who desperately needed a safe place to land, gather, circle, dance, connect, rest, to regularly shed the intense energy of ‘what the fuck is going on in the world’?? Here in these crazy times A Women’s Dance Sanctuary was born and she flourished…. Women came together in what were desperate and uncertain times… to remember ourselves, to be in sacred and wild dance space, to share, support, connect and hold each other through everything. The group journeyed through diverse terrain in that time on the dance floor. And, we all discovered just how much we WOMEN innately need each other! Sacred time for ourselves, sacred time together, became apparent; to empty out, purify, and fill our cup over again, amplified by the frequency of acceptance, compassion, vulnerability, humility, non-judgement, celebration and unconditional love
On to today, I witness in myself and other Women, it's become an essential need, to carve out regular sacred time to be around other Women for many, many reasons or for no reason at all! other than that it just feels damn good and natural. For me, in my own family of mostly male, pulls me to seek the balance of regular, healthy female company, it naturally helps me understand myself, to release, regulate and relax. I need it,
WE WOMEN NEED IT!
Today’s Women hold A LOT, we are multidimensional beings - mothers, partners, raising wildly, active families, we’re in business, we work, tend, fix, serve, cook, clean, build, create, at times we go at it alone, we’re overwhelmed, smothered or we’re lonely, we push too hard, we're tired, empty and we know in our bones, we need and long to arrive in some safe, sacred, space… sometime… to LET IT ALL OUT, so we can inturn, to let it all in…
It’s a known fact that female bonding is good for our health. From a scientific perspective, it increases the feel good chemicals in the brain, acting as a natural anti-depressant. We also know of the abundant goodness of acceptance, support, loving kindness and inspiration that is so available when we come together
I know in the hearts of many woman beats that longing, to sit in circle, to move, dance, breathe, rest, belong, to crack open, connect deeply and share her true feelings, her vulnerability, her joys, tears, fears and her dreams. I’m passionate about cultivating the unfettered magic of the Sacred feminine, to inspire it, to move with it, dance it, express it and allow it to flow freely.
Woman have the innate gift to listen deeply, we don’t only listen with our ears –
We listen with our entire bodies - hearts, womb, our bones, we listen as instruments of intuition.
From here we move freely, we dance with our entire bodies, tenderly, sensually, slowly, wildly, playfully, we invite all parts of ourselves into the dance, our pleasure, our pain, our edges, the mess, the magic, the magnificence, our thoughts, feelings, cycles, the elemental wisdom, it’s ALL welcome, it’s here we discover more of ourselves.
We are attuned to our own sense of inner-knowing.
Our heart is a compass, and we are open to its guiDANCE.
In our dance our dreams aren’t merely visions.
They can be full-bodied remembrance, that freely express themselves in the moving body.
Our sacred time with Women has the potential to not only be deep and powerful, but also soul initiations.
We surrender together, we feel together, and we build a new world together through our collective dance, our personal embodiment and willingness to look within.
Dancing is a taste of the power we hold…
The love that is possible…
The immense magnitude of the journey of the soul, as Woman.
When we combine our fierce hearts with the softness of our intuition,
When we combine our ability to listen with our ability to move our bodies,
When we combine the power of sisterhood with the power of our visions,
It all comes to life - WOMAN! you can feel my passion!
Women’s Medicine Dances are a powerful healing force, it’s a safe space where women awaken, transform, heal, connect.
We are coming together to marinate in the divine; our powerful feminine energy, to collaborate, to support each other, to be in sacred community, to dance, to express, to sing, to breathe, to rest, to share our heart’s voice, to grow and prosper.
This is the new sisterhood rich with feminine energy.
Sisterhood is not an exclusive group, or an anti-men symposium. It is a way of being. It is a celebration of all that is gloriously and potently feminine. It is foremost a choice to be alive and to allow you to be be luscious in your female mystery, and it is a path of the heart.
Woman give yourself permission to rediscover yourself, find your Light and shine it out into the world for ALL. We need each other, to guide each other, to remember, to find our way home.