Conscious Dance

Move Freely and Express Through Your Body

Breathe True

Movement • Healing • Expression

What is Conscious Dance?

Conscious Dance is a dynamic, freestyle movement practice that invites you out of the mind and into the body. Through music, breath, and intuitive movement, you are guided on a journey of release, expression, and transformation—without choreography, judgement, or expectation. There is no right or wrong way to move.

The Experience

Each dance follows a carefully curated musical arc:

grounding and arriving
building energy and expression
releasing and letting go
softening into stillness and integration

This creates space for both physical movement and emotional exploration.

The Invitation

Conscious Dance is:

freeing
playful
expressive
challenging
restorative

It is a space to reconnect with your natural, intuitive movement and explore yourself in new and unexpected ways.

My Background

I have been dancing my entire life, beginning with ballet at age 10 and continuing through university, where I earned a degree in dance. I have performed professionally and taught dance across Ontario, and have been facilitating conscious dance experiences for over 25 years.

"Put your body into motion, and your body will heal itself."~ Gabrielle Roth

My training includes:

5 Rhythms (Zoe Ryan)
Soul Motion (Vin Marti)
JourneyDance (Toni Bergins)

Upcoming Events

Monthly Conscious Dance gatherings in Guelph
📍 42 Quebec Street, 3rd Saturday of the month, excluding July and August.

Next event:
Saturday, May 16th, 2026
7:30 – 9:00 PM

Check out my recent Conscious Dance YouTube video created by Bloom Video and Guelph Dance

The Dance Journey Flow

Each session moves through a series of phases:

You are guided through different energetic landscapes- allowing for a full-bodied experience of movement and awareness.

GROUNDING

We get out of our minds and drop into our heavy bodies. We connect with the floor as we surrender to gravity. We release and sink into the earth, feeling supported as we drop deep, trust, and ground ourselves. The dance is slow and weighted, the breath is full and exhaled, and the music is rich, ancient, and earthy.

AWAKENING

We delve into our watery, sensual bodies, awakening the spine and enlivening the fluid body. We discover internal space and enjoy the pleasure of sensation. The dance is slow, circular, pleasurable, and playful. The music is exotic, instrumental, and mysterious.

IMMERSION

We dance with our bones in a choppy, angular way as we explore the space around us. We carve out floor patterns and explore changes in direction. We move confidently and directly to the steady pulse of the music. Sometimes we might playfully engage with other dancers on the dance floor.

CHAOTIC

We dive into the fire element and access our power through release, purge, and sweat. We clear our minds of negative self-talk and completely surrender to the upheaval of the wild and percussive music. We ultimately let go of everything that doesn't serve us and permit ourselves to fall apart, be unpredictable, scream and shout, and dance with wild abandon.

CELEBRATION

After burning in the fire and doing the hard work, we are lifted into the air element, where we are free to celebrate joyfully. We twirl, skip, sway, and play. We let go & let loose, we allow ourselves to see & be seen! The movement is free and playful, and the music is lyrical, soulful, and poetic.

OPEN HEART

We take time to listen to our heart's mystery and express what is held back. We shift deeper into listening, witnessing the heart's whispers, and telling our stories to the dance floor. Through expressive movement and evocative music, we align with our true essence.

PRAYER

You are the prayer, your body, your movement, your breath. We give our attention to the soul's presence. We become the moving prayer connecting to self, others, and Divine love. We are open to oneness. The music is gentle, slow, and minimal.

BLISS

Now we have finished the journey. This is a time to lie down and rest. Noticing our breath and the weight of our bodies on the floor. Becoming aware of how still and quiet everything is. Let's integrate our experience.

Closing Invitation

Come as you are. Leave more connected, expressed, and alive.

"Nothing is more revealing than movement."

~ Martha Graham

Big Heart Dance Camp image by: Mopo

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." - Friedrich Nietzsche

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