Teaching

Radiant Hoopdance™

The Language of Movement

In my dance classes I seek to help people act, live, and dance from our greatest authenticity. I certainly hold myself to the same. To move without expectation of outcome, self judgement and inhibition requires seeking out the truth of the moment. Awhile back I read a quote:

"Dance is the language of movement."

If dance is the language of movement and language is the means with which we make our internal experience external, then we ask, "what is authentically arising from the core of my being?" And move to tell our stories from that.

In dance I understand paradox or contrary compliments as two points that define a spectrum of shade and nuance. Two bookends deliniating our range - a metric for greater awareness of our comfort zones, and movement patterns - a container that holds our vocabulary, which allows us to tell our stories with greater skill and more articulate impact. Our embrace of that spectrum is communicated in our fluency or flow of the moment - a release of the thinking, analytical mind to drop into the space of the heart, where spoken word fails in its ability to express the ineffable, where the life-force comes at you in waves - sending you jumping and diving in sometimes playful, sometimes panicked anticipation.

In Anusara Therapeutics training, John Friend taught us that the most simple movement in the body is pulsation. Like the ebb and flow of the tides, the rise and set of the sun and the wax and wane of the moon, our bodies, our cells too, know the dance of polarities. It is only within paradox that we can find balance, that we can find the freedom of movement that breaks us out of our thinking mind and into our fluency.

Examples of Shakti's Offering:

Radiant Hoopdance™ with Shakti Sunfire

All things in existence move and flow in pulsating partnership. The formation of stars, the growth of plants, even the waves of emotion and energy move from deep inner connection to outer expression and back again. Radiant Hoopdance™ is a proprietary hoopdance movement that is spiraling into the hearts and bodies of people all over the world. In this special workshop Shakti will introduce you to the basics of this pulsation in hoopdance that will empower you to laugh and to move with the fullness of being. All levels are welcome! 

Magic in the Mandala™

Dance and art invite us to viscerally tune in to the great flow of life-force energy that moves in a surprisingly organized and intelligent way. In this second part of her hoopdance workshop series, Shakti will introduce more complex linking and transition techniques that stress the importance of sensitivity in expression. We will attune to the subtleties in our breath, our bodies, and our inner landscape to unveil the mandala - the patterns of our unique imprint in playful dance. 

Rashmi™ Yoga Hoop Play
Bhagawan Nityananda said: "The heart is the hub of all sacred places. Go there and roam."
Join Shakti for this fun and energetic dance of yoga asana, breath work, meditation and hoop discovery. We will step into the flow of grace in our bodies and spirits; an inward bow and affirmation of our deepest self, to participate outwardly with more potency, skill and efficacy. Come prepared to move out of the box and into the circle where anything is possible. No experience necessary. Please bring your hoop and a yoga mat.

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If you are interested in hosting Shakti at your event or studio please contact her for more information.

*Black and white photography by the radiantly talented Mario Covic.