Trance Dance Experience™

 
... a blackness that cuts you off from the everyday world, forcing you to draw deep into yourself, a blackness that makes you see with your heart instead of your eyes. You can't see, but your eyes seem open. You are isolated, but you know you are united with all living things. And out of this darkness comes the roaring of the drums, the sound of the prayers. And among these sounds your ears catch the voices of the spirits, ghostlike, whispering to you from unseen lips. You feel the wings of birds brushing your face; feel the light touch of a feather on your skin. And always you hear the throbbing drums filling the empty space inside yourself, making you forget things that clutter your mind, making your body sway to their rhythm. "

 

   Spiritual dancing is a cross-cultural phenomenon, a testament to its power and authenticity. Cultures from every continent on this planet simultaneously embraced unique dance forms based on the animals and elements of nature present within their domain. Their purpose in dancing was to enter the consciousness or become the spirit of the sun, moon, and various animal and plant life. Through these dance rituals they believed that the spirits within nature could empower them with abilities such as courage and compassion, as well as reveal insights into the future.

  For thousands of years spiritual dancing remained an integral part of how we maintained and enhanced our relationship to the earth. To `dance like nature' was to vibrate at the same rate as the creator, much the same as any newborn child will mimic its environment out of love and appreciation for its existence. Dance was synonymous with what we would call prayer, a demonstration of reverence, and to dance regularly promoted spiritual and physical health and vitality.

" To The Spirit belongs the Dancer "

   In addition, dance was a doorway to the soul or `spirit within', and to dance oneself into a state of trance was to connect completely to the healing powers of spirit. It is from these `shamanic' perspectives that we approach The Trance Dance Experience.

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There are seven (7) stages in The Trance Dance Experience:

Trance Dance explained

Body movement is, simply, a form of non-verbal language. It is an expression of intelligence absent of words. Intentional body movements (dance) is non-verbal language that expresses a reality we already know. Conversely, intuitive (unintentional) movement is a more compelling dance form driven by unseen forces and is not controlled by our individual, deliberate will. 

' When thought and experience happen simultaneously, consciousness transforms.
Trance Dance is the perfect catalyst.'

   Intuitive dance is expression absent of comprehension. It is a profound act of creation. Intuitive movement is creating new forms of language. However, intuition is not an absolute, it has degrees. Some individuals are more intuitive than others. The question now becomes “how do I cultivate my intuition enough to enter into these spiritual worlds”? The answer is simple…you must be willing to separate yourself from every organic sense you use to relate, from every external memory you possess, from what we call 'reality'. This means letting go of anything you see, hear and feel. Doing this allows you to enter spaces inside of yourself that you know NOTHING about. This is trance.

“Like all vibrant elements of nature human beings grow in the light and TRANSFORM IN THE DARK”.