I little girl dances the Mexican girls stolen by the Spanish to heal her mother’s family story of generations in my class at SFSU

When you move in a dance, in a sacred way for healing, deep energies move that are far beyond words. When you move in a dance as an animal, and carry the spirit energy of the sacred animal spirit, you move energy far beyond words and the animals energy to heal is what does the healing. This healing energy of spirit animals goes beyond forms. For many years, I have danced with people whose bodies have illnesses, dancing with people with cancer, chronic pain, spiritual concerns, trauma, mental issues etc. When people dance, their illnesses leave and are replaced by beauty, new neural circuits are formed that create deep healing. I have danced for more than twenty five years in many ways, in many traditions: I have danced for healing in huge hospitals with women with breast cancer, I have danced in my university classes and workshops with students with all kinds of life stories, I have danced with Native Americans in traditional ceremonies, and I dance still with people I work with. Each dance is different, each has it’s own power and deep healing effects, each moves energy and releases illness in it’s own way. I want to thank and honor the people I have danced with, patients, Native Americans, students, the people I work with, dance healers, and my teachers for many years of dancing to heal. I want to thank Ancestors, spirit guides, spirit animals, teachers, revered sacred figures, lovers, Great Spirit and Mother Earth, grandmothers and grandfathers of the 4 directions for the gift of dancing to heal self, others, community and the earth. I pray for the healing dances to continue in all their forms, to grow, and expand and change, I pray for this medicine to help our families and people in a good way.