Workshop Format

Zodiac Dance workshops begin with ritual elements such as meditation, chanting of sacred mantras. This is followed by a brief discussion and exploration of the current archetypal themes as reflected in the planetary cycles and their relationship to specific emotional issues. By acknowledging significant outer events in the world and their astrological correlates, we link outer and inner reality. Archetypes of the zodiac that comprise each workshop’s central theme are invoked through imagery work. Relaxation, breath work, and yoga postures are incorporated into the physical warm-up portion of the workshop to open up energy pathways—getting out of the head and into the gut, and ultimately to the truth in our bones.

The power of the witness/container of the circle:
“The perceiver and perceived are one.”
“Each instant of movement is the instant of creation.”
—Marion Woodman.

The sacred circle of the Zodiac Dance workshops acts as a powerful crucible whereby the mover and the witnesses in the circle are mutually transformed. Jung considered the circle as a symbol of the Self, a sacred mandala and thus it is an intuitive form that many rituals have taken place over the centuries. The circle holds the energy and creates a sacred space with the center acting as the fire of transformation where anything can happen. Each person gives themselves up to the power of that moment of entering the center of the center of the space. There is absolutely no judgment, and self-consciousness is not an issue because we are all holding and being held by the same transformational crucible. We are all in it together (the perceiver and the perceived are one), and each circle is unique, working it’s magic on every individual creating it, depending on the specific archetypes invoked during each particular workshop.