Before we walk, talk, or drew our first breath - we were in motion. Movement—like music—is a universal language that spans cultures and time. If you are alive - you are moving.
What is Conscious Dance?
Conscious Dance is an intentional movement practice that brings awareness into the body in real time. It invites us to move—not to perform, impress or perfect—but to feel, to listen, to express, to reconnect.There are no steps to follow.
The dance becomes the teacher.
Your body becomes the guide.
As we move with breath, rhythm, curiosity and presence, we access layers of ourselves that the thinking mind can’t reach. Patterns loosen. Emotions shift. Insight surfaces. We return to a more authentic, grounded state of being. Many people experience Conscious Dance as a healing, transformative, even spiritual practice—one that strengthens emotional intelligence, resilience and connection to self and community.
We accept ourselves as relational beings (to all and everything around us.. seen and unseen), and get curious about how to dance this delicate dance of life-in-a-body in these times.
What is Open Floor Movement Practice?
Open Floor is a resource-based movement practice grounded in somatic, mindful and relational intelligence. It supports us to move with whatever life brings—whether that’s joy, fear, grief, vitality, exhaustion or expansion.
On the Open Floor we explore four core domains of our humanity:
Physical. Emotional. Mental. Spiritual.
Through movement, we learn how these aspects of ourselves interact, influence and support one another.
We cultivate embodied resources—ways of moving and relating that help us stay present, centred and connected both on and off the dance floor. We explore how to follow impulse, set boundaries, open to connection, rest, revive, and respond rather than react.
At its heart, Open Floor is relational. We dance not only with our inner world, but with each other, the space, the music, the collective field, and all that is unseen. It’s an invitation to be fully human —to explore, heal, play, dismantle old stories, and discover new pathways.
We explore the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of who we are - through the moving body.
Why These Practices Matter
In a world that often pulls us away from ourselves, Conscious Dance, Heart Dance and Open Floor bring us back—to our breath, our bones, our truth, our capacity to feel, our tenderness, our courage. Movement becomes medicine.
Presence becomes possibility. Conscious Dance is our medicine, mantra, & movement practice -THIS is where we meet the moment through music, movement, breath, bone, & presence.
A practice that supports people who are committed to using embodied movement and dance to foster more authentic, emotionally intelligent, and resilient individuals and communities. Open Floor is a resource based movement practice. We explore new ways of moving and responding to what is happening with intention and purpose. We learn to understand our habits and patterns for deeper insight and self awareness. The more we embody different responses in our movements, the more resources we can call on to move through life with flexibility, resilience and ease.
Awareness & Presence through Authentic Movement & Ecstatic Dance
Presence. Awareness. Authenticity.
These are innate universal states of being. At times we are able to embody these qualities with effortless ease & grace.. Other times they seem to be overshadowed or inaccessible, buried by stories, grief, patterns of behaviour and life's general "noise".
This 'being-human", is a journey of uncovering, discovery & recovery. There are many paths & tools offered along the way that can enable us to rest a little, reflect a little and if the space is safe enough, unpack a little of the emotional stuff which might have taken a lifetime to accumulate & settle on our shoulders, get stuck in our necks, stagnate in our organs or take up residence in our souls.
For me, the most direct & effective form of revealing, recognising & releasing held patters or stories lodged in my body is to MOVE. Like the tightly wound garden hose, I shake out, dance out all the knots & kinks allowing fresh vital energy to flow through me once again.The practice of embodied movement; moving freely with awareness whilst grounded in present moment, can be an extremely powerful & liberating process. This is: Conscious Dance.
The Wisdom of the Moving Body
As a dancer, therapist, actor, mother, writer and teacher - I have come to trust my body’s wisdom implicitly. it knows things my busy mind could never grasp. I have learned that even the slightest nuance; however small, silly or sublime - if truly met with no judgement or expectation- can be a portal into the most exquisite & personal inner landscape.
An encounter with this inner terrain is a deeply personal experience, both precious & unique... & at times, can also feel utterly terrifying. To dance on that cree, to move with intention yet no expectation requires equal measures of courage & surrender.
Our bodies are extremely wise, they possess a keen knowing & when given the chance - are ready to unravel & reveal..
Whatever your soul-expression on the dance floor. I invite you to wholeheartedly embrace it. No matter what the ride looks like, no matter how surprised, scared, overwhelmed, blissed-out, maddened or excited it renders you- it is welcome here.
Ecstatic Dance is a practice of healing & transformation. You may feel softened, opened liberated or re-connected - such is the mystery & grace that reveals itself in moments of Authentic Presence.
Why We Dance
We have always danced.
Every culture on earth has its roots in dance. We dance in celebration, ceremony and communion.
We dance for joy and have danced in times of personal and collective grief. We have danced before battles, danced in prayer, danced to vanquish enemies and to summon the gods. Being human means we are engaged in the dance of life. There have always been sacred Women's dances, Men’s dances, children’s dances and dances of initiation. We danced before a hunt and in hope of rain. We danced for peace and for a good harvest. We have danced in celebration of the seasons, births, deaths and marriages. We dance to connect. To ourselves, to each other, to our community and sometimes, we dance to connect to something larger - the ‘god’ of your choosing.
Dance helps us feel like we BELONG.Dance is one of the most direct and liberating ways to recognise and release the stories, patterns and emotions that settle in our bodies over a lifetime. Even the smallest gesture can become a doorway into your inner landscape. Courage meets surrender. Mystery meets my story. Whatever emerges - joy, grief, wildness, stillness, confusion or bliss- is welcome.
© Heartdance | Liat Lev
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