Dance from the inside out – A CHAKRADANCE™ experience.

When was the last time you danced with a relative that had passed over, soared through the sky as a white eagle or imagined you were a serpent moving swiftly across earth? These and many similar experiences are part of what people encounter when they participate in the CHAKRADANCE™ healing dance practice, a spirited and playful dance journey through the chakra system. Using spontaneous movement and specific music that resonates to each of the seven major chakras, CHAKRADANCE™ is a non-verbal, non-rational, creative process that accesses the deepest recesses of your psyche. Through the dance, you give outward expression to figures and landscapes that emerge from your inner world that have the effect of facilitating a profound psychological renewal. It is a magical and transformative experience as the energy of the chakras move through you in your dance and activates the body’s natural healing abilities.

Developed by Natalie Southgate in 1998, CHAKRADANCE™ is a spontaneous form of dance that draws on a fusion of philosophies and musical styles. It aims to balance the chakras – the energy centres that, in Eastern tradition, are the gateways to integrating mind, body and spirit. With a 15 year-long background in dance and extensive qualifications in psychology, CHAKRADANCE™ came to Southgate as a natural way to blend these two areas of her talent and passion: healing and movement.

In CHAKRADANCE™ you enter into a candlelit room that has a womblike feel. Within this safe and protected space an organic unfolding takes place as you are given the opportunity to move freely and create whatever dance you wish. There is no confrontation, intellectualisation or interpretation of your dance. Instead, you are immersed in a deeply personal and introverted journey where there are no rules or ‘right’ way to play. Dancing with your eyes closed, you give physical expression to impulses that emerge deep from within your psyche. In the darkness, people seem to easily lose any inhibitions. Their bodies move freely to the music as they glide around the room as though in their bedroom and no one is watching. Flame lit silhouettes move with the grace of jungle animals while trying to re-connect with their animalistic instincts in the base chakra for example, or in the sacral chakra, people spiral their arms above their head and thrusts their hips like a belly dancer. In another dance someone on all fours crawls around the room like a lizard weaving between fellow dancers, some of which are swaying side to side, others dancing as though in a nightclub. It is a truly liberating experience.

No matter what age, sex or level of fitness you are, if you want to de-stress, explore your energy centres and get fit at the same time, CHAKRADANCE™ is for you. It is not about performance in any way; you do CHAKRADANCE™ for yourself. It offers a space to unwind and get in touch with your rich inner life stimulating your imagination and senses.

For further information on CHAKRADANCE™ workshops please call Douglas Channing on 0425 327 722 or visit www.chakradance.com

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