Spiritual Dance Blog

Psychic development is the practice of cultivating your awareness of unseen energy. We have all experienced this to some degree. Think about the wind - we can’t see wind unless we look for it in the movement of the trees, but it is very real and very powerful. The same can be said of spiritual energies. We simply have to train our senses to become aware of them. Everyone is capable of this, but it also requires a belief in psychic abilities.

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.

In the summer of 2020, when the world was in lockdown, I decided to enroll in the JourneyDance Teacher Training Program. I was drawn to this practice because it felt similar to the healing dance work I had been teaching in my Christian dance and faith communities for years. I knew JourneyDance had a spiritual component, but I loved how it wasn’t confined to one spiritual path - a value that was super important to me.