In April I had the privilege of interviewing five women, Alia Thabit, Carrie Konyha, Katie Holland, Keti Sharif and Maria Sangiorgi, all well known as teachers and performers in the world of bellydance. The interviews were for the 4th Sacred Dance Summit. Each summit has a different focus. In this one I was exploring Bellydance: […]Read Post ›
Introduction At the end of 2019, in December, a friend asked me “what do you think 2020 is all about?” Immediately, and without thinking, I answered, “the serpent goddess, she will be re-joined”. As is often the case when someone asks me a question, I have answers I didn’t even know I had. Back in […]Read Post ›
I’m Leslie Zehr, the author of “The Alchemy of Dance: Sacred Dance as a Path to the Universal Dancer” and creator of “The Sacred Dance Summit“. I’m so happy to announce that I will be the guest on Joana Saahirah next Free Webinar entitled “Dance as a Spiritual Practice”, airing April 6th at 5pm GMT […]Read Post ›
”What am I supposed to do with my life?” is the most asked question I get from students/clients/friends. They tell me “I know my life has purpose but I can’t see what it is!”. My usual answer is “maybe it hasn’t been invented yet, so that is why you cannot name it”. That is a […]Read Post ›
Movement is life. It is when we are in an active phase, moving, creating, that we feel most alive. Movement allows us to experience through our bodies, rather than through our minds. Dance is a form of movement, one that is creative and one that very much affects us not only on the physical and […]Read Post ›
I didn’t choose sacred dance, it chose me—and it has been an amazing journey! I was recently asked by a friend “why is teaching sacred dance so important to you?” I had never really thought about it. The dance seemed to be a natural progression from doing it, to teaching it, to mentoring others to […]Read Post ›
The arts are a shadow health service – here’s why Mike Orlov/Shutterstock.com Paul Crawford, University of Nottingham The UK’s Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has said that doctors should prescribe dance classes and trips to concert halls as well as pills and physio – and set out plans to make this “social prescribing” a reality. He […]Read Post ›
“In dance, the basic elements of humanity combine in a natural way.” Read original article by Hanna Poikonen here: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/health/a-dancers-brain-develops-in-a-unique-way
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Kate Spade. Anthony Bourdain. Two gut-punching suicides that have people asking “Why them? They had it all!” Sure, Bourdain lived a hard life, but Kate Spade, the queen of whimsy? She was wealthy, adored and… Depressed. We need better words. One of the biggest disservices to the field of…
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By Jelelle Awen In this energetic pressure cooker turned UP to its highest ‘LOVE’ setting, your heart bakes on the aches that have been previously suppressed. Simmering now, you are BEcoming what is POSSIBLE when love is the waters you are swimming in. BEing more in the now, with others…
