Long before it became entertainment, performance, technical mastery and fitness modality, dance was a sacred medium of devotion, ritual, ceremony, worship and healing. To “heal” is to operate harmoniously on many dimensions simultaneously, by aiming at attaining a state of energetic, emotional, mental, relational, spiritual and physical health. Dance engages our whole being. It is holistic in its very nature and it demands that we be fully present. Our body is our instrument. It is immediate and accessible, holding our wisdom and truth. There is no need for words, concepts, theories, explanation models; dance is direct access, through embodied experience, to what is within. It is the most direct, effective, powerful and joyous form of getting to know and understand one’s Self from within. It is this experiential process that brings integration and transformation. It enables us to embrace our wholeness. Discovering our wholeness and Oneness and embodying them is the healing gift of these dances. And it is accessible to everyone.

I trained as facilitator / teacher/ guide of multiple Healing Dances, which are outlined below. My “speciality” is creating energetic fields of deep liberation, transformation and healing through dance. I hold space for deeply transformative dance processes, which start with breath, body and movement and expand into emotional, personal and collective subconscious, spiritual and energetic realms in the dance. I lead the dance as a living ceremony, it becomes the weaving
of a dynamic, highly creative energetic matrix, before, in, and after the dance. We explore the physical, sensual, emotive, psychological, creative, relational, collective sub-conscious, energetic and spiritual dimensions of our human experience through various dance modalities. Common elements in all these modalities is that the dance is completely improvised and intuitive. There is no choreography, no steps and it is not how the movement looks that matters but how it feels. The dances are open to anyone at any age and fitness level.  No previous dance experience is required.

QOYA 
Qoya is a movement practice for women developed by Rochelle Schieck. Bringing together elements of intuitive improvised free dance, feminine sensual movement, yoga, dance based processing and insight exercises, Qoya enables women to move freely and connect with their own bodies and with other women, empowering and enlivening them. It is uplifting and fun. I teach standard Qoya classes as well as my own version of Shamanic Qoya classes.

CHAKRADANCE 
Chakradance is a conscious dance modality developed by Nathalie Southgate. Chakradance is based on explorations of one’s own Chakras (our inner energy centers) and what they hold through specific chakra resonant music, improvised free dance with closed eyes, guided visualizations, meditations and mandala art creation. Chakradance is a gentle and very effective way of connecting with our energy body and its spiritual dimensions.

SHAMANIC TRANCE DANCE 
A form of Shamanic Journeying through dance, this ancient modality was practiced by our ancestors to connect with Spirit in order to receive guidance and healing. Zelia Pye created a format for shamanic trance dancing that brings elements of shamanic breathing, blindfolded intuitive free dance, specially prepared music and shamanic sacred space together. This powerful modality is not suitable for individuals with epilepsy of cardio vascular ailments.

DEVI DANCE 
Devi Dance is the dance of exploration, invoking, experience and embodiment of various aspects of the Divine Feminine. I created Devi Dance. Dance is a direct pathway to plugging into energies. In Devi Dance we plug into the infinitely rich realm of the Divine Feminine with her many facets and experience her. The visceral experiencing by passes any mind / theory process and the Divine Feminine concept turns into a sensed, felt, experienced organic reality. These embodied encounters change and heal us as we embrace and integrate the invoked and experienced qualities.

JOURNEY DANCE 
Journey Dance is a transformational dance modality combining freestyle dance with an energetic foundation that takes the dancer through embodiment of various qualities or states. Created by Toni Bergins this dynamic and upbeat modality also offers ritual and community connection elements. It is powerful in taking the dancer out of the captivity of the mind and bringing them into the body, enabling release and self-expression and enhancing grounding and centering.

Currently I am based in Ankara and visit my second home Dubai regularly. I offer the respective Healing Dances in-studio in Ankara and in Dubai as well as online. Contact us via email for information on in-studio and online dances as well as other healing workshops and events.