"We dance our joy. We find our healing in wordless movement, on the exhale, on the yell that escapes from our throat, in the moments in stillness on the floor, feeling the pound of others’ feet."
This is not choreography — there are no steps to learn, and there is definitely no way to do it wrong. This dance is the free expression of everything swirling within you, and Ecstatic Dance is the dance floor to set it all free.
We dance our joy, our freedom, our longing, our wildness.
We dance our sadness, our frustration, our anger, our pain.
In Ecstatic Dance, community is built. Rituals are discovered. Self-judgements are released. Creativity is birthed. The body moves and breathes and sweats and stomps and twirls and pulses.
And it is all welcome.
Ecstatic Dance
Hiya- I’m Ankati!
I’m an obsessive playlist creator (nearing 500 of ‘em on Spotify), Yoga Teacher, Sound Healer, Ecstatic Dance DJ, Cacao Ceremonialist, Soul Guide for Depth Seekers, dog mama to Lumi, and chronically driven to learn ALL THE THINGS.
Except accounting. Gag. Ugh.
Yoga pulled me in when I was 19- in college, full of anxiety, and struggling with my body image in a pretty big way. I originally started practicing to help my tendinitis-ridden knees, but the mystery of yoga started healing my heart and spirit, too.
It’s been 20 years since that first yoga class, and I’ve devoted the last twelve of them to studying Yoga and healing as deeply as I can. If you want to read the nitty-gritty, scroll down to that next block o’text – it’s all there.
But suffice it to say, I am deeply passionate about sharing these transformational practices and teachings with you! I’m currently pursuing my MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling too- because, well, chronically driven to learn all the things. Ya know.