The Importance of Building Community (& My Deva Dance Temple)

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Studies have shown that when both the right hemisphere and the left hemisphere of one's brain are working in tandem, that collaborative effort can produce astounding results.  The same is true within a community.  When the leadership within the healing arts community and those in the business and administrative world's join together in partnerships intended for community building, the entire community reaps the benefits of that effort.

The arts are not only educationally beneficial to people, they also have an abundant healing quality. Business and community leaders who are able to recognize this quality and work with the art organizations within their community are also able to develop, implement and support programming that uniquely inspires and lifts those living in that community.

A neighborhood center that offers healing and educational centered arts programs, such as drama or music therapy, better serves the people in its area than the one that does not.  A business or organization that is looking to inspire and motivate its employees or constituents will see exponentially better results if healing arts such as meditation or yoga techniques are incorporated in the programs and daily structure afforded those people.

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When one's body, mind and soul are well aligned and attuned to the same vibrations and goals, the overall quality of that person's productivity and resulting body of work will show it.  An entire community that is equally aligned will experience this same result on an even grander scale.

What is the Deva Dance Temple?
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According to Sanskrit tradition and lore, a Deva is a being of brilliant light that oversees different aspects of creation.  They are believed to have an instinctive understanding of relationships, energies, elements and harmonies.  The word Deva may also be seen as a seed term for that which is "divine".

The Deva Dance Temple is an umbrella term for these classes and workshops which serve to put us in touch with and deepen our connection to the Elements, Cycles, and Rhythms which are the framework and makeup of which we and the world are composed.

These workshops serve the purposes of re-igniting our passion and appreciation for the deep mysteries and magic that surround us and whisper joyous messages to us daily. 

Deva Dance Temples are held when the call for them is there.  This can be in the form of combining movement medicine with Women's Gatherings, Deep Soul Journeys, Community Healing work, Dream Work, Journalling, and many other forms of Art and Healing.  Dance and Movement Medicine are here to assist us in this divine method of clearing through the bramble weeds and tangle brush in order to see what has been hidden from view.  We can then make new decisions and choices, and put this transformation into divine action, remembering who we are and the pure potential for new world creation that resides within us all.

Another concept of the Deva Dance Temple is to invite collaboration between women in order to work together towards offering their unique gifts and talents together in a workshop setting.  Ecstatic Dance and Movement Medicine are strong tools for connecting our minds, bodies and spirits on both an individual and collective component.  In this way, Dance can be a wonderful addition to all other artistic and healing mediums.  Some examples of collaborative mediums that I have worked on with other organizations and practitioners are:


Yoga & Pilates
Life Coaching & Self Empowerment
Drumming & Chanting
Choreography
Tai Chi/Qi Gong
Shamanic Healing
Reiki Healing
Journal Creation
Thai Massage & Yoga Therapy

If it speaks to you to collaborate on a workshop by adding dance therapy, sound therapy and/or body work to your existing practice and offerings, please feel free to contact me.  In the spirit of community, awakening and transformation, let's work together!

“Your soul knows the geography of your destiny.  Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore you can trust this indirect, oblique side of yourself.  If you do, it will take you where you need to go, but more important it will teach you a kindness of rhythm in your journey.”
― John O'Donohue

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