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WHAT IS BlissDance?
BlissDance is a profound Tantric Movement Practice of Awakening: awakening in us our universal desire for Truth, Presence, Love, Connection, Beauty, Freedom, and Pleasure!
BlissDance, like Tantra, supports the powerful integration of all seeming polarities such as the sacred, profane and the sexual; the light and the shadow; and the masculine and the feminine.
One of the first principles of BlissDance, as a Tantric movement practice, is Presence – being present in the here and now, in our bodies, in our senses. Another is the connection between our desire, our sexuality and our hearts. As this happens, we get to experience and confront some of the unconscious patterns keeping us from being intimate with life.
In embodied awareness lies liberation...
One of the keys of BlissDance is its invitation to break out of our habits and stuck ways. We enact some of the dramas of everyday life – like having to put down a healthy boundary – but dance this drama in a conscious way, as a celebration of the body, and as an act of liberation.
In experiencing it consciously, something gives way, more space is created, and we celebrate our expansion.
FACILIATATION:
Kali Satyagraha Widd (South Africa) and Rayven Spirit (NZ)
WHAT TO EXPECT:
All it takes is a little willingness and a lot of curiosity. The music, the facilitation and the group carry us along into what we really, really want: a deep heart opening into this present, precious moment.
To live our lives as blissful sovereign beings able to manifest our deepest desires, we must first get out of our busy minds and feel and move everything from the past too painful to process at the time of it happening – and so was put away to feel for later.
Most patriarchal religions shame the body and sexuality. We need to reclaim our beautiful bliss bodies and sacred sexuality.
BlissDance asks, ‘What do we really, really want? What’s preventing us from embodying our desire and following our bliss?’
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
- How to use movement and music transformationally and holistically, for personal and collective healing and growth
- How to progress dancers from the sympathetic into the parasympathetic nervous system – where all rest, relaxation, restoration and healing happens
- How to develop a coherent and congruent dance journey. Every class / workshop / retreat is a unique journey into the interior and exterior landscapes of existence.
- For the journey to be meaningful, it needs a clean and clear intention and vision, set by the facilitator. This intention becomes the themed invitation of the journey
BlissDance is a practice of deep intimacy, connection and awakening – you will learn how to support dancers to de-armour on a physical, emotional and spiritual level by creating immaculate safe, sacred space - How to work with all the layers of the body, from the most physical to the most etheric
- How to take dancers into altered states of consciousness, both transcendent and regressive
- How to bring dancers back out of altered states of consciousness, and ground them in the still, quiet centre of their beings
How to support dancers to develop their capacity for self-awareness and intimate connection with self, others and life
How to balance and integrate the therapies and learnings from the different movement practices and dance journeys into your own life, and the lives of your dancers
The role of music, and how to select the best music for a particular practice and outcome
THE SCHEDULE:
- TRIMESTER 1
- Module 1: May ~ An overview of the conscious dance landscape, and where BlissDance fits in
- Module 2: June ~ A deeper dive into BlissDance, it's unique differentiation, benefits, and purpose
- Module 3: July ~ The 1st Erotic Sutra of Relating & the 1st Erotic Thread of Intimate Presence
> break in August
- TRIMESTER 2
- Module 4: September ~ The 2nd Erotic Sutra of Sexuality & the 2nd Erotic Thread of Polarities & Shadows
- Module 5: October ~ The 3rd Erotic Sutra of Creativity & the 3rd Erotic Thread of Archetypes
- Module 6: November ~ The 4th Erotic Sutra of Shamanism & The 4th Minor Thread of the Breath (BlissBreath)
> break in December
- TRIMESTER 3 (2026)
- Module 7: January ~ The 5th Erotic Sutra of Regressive & Transcendent Trance (BlissTrance) & The 5th Minor Thread of the Light
- Module 8: February ~ The Fundamentals of Facilitation as Embodied Transmission
- Module 9: March ~ Musicology: Music and Movement as Medicine
HOW IS THIS COURSE STRUCTURED:
- 1 Year of lessons in both written and audio formats to suit your learning style
- 2 Live teaching sessions per month (18 total) + group Q & A
- 3 “Study hall”- style sessions for accountability and community
- 3 Masterclasses with skilled experts in the field
- All of our teaching happens within Mighty Networks, a safe, private learning platform; and our live calls will happen on Zoom. In these places we can have lively conversations, learn from each other, and ask questions in total privacy.
- Live Teaching Classes will be on Wednesdays. Study Halls will be Sundays.
- Class times: 7pm SAST – 10am PT – 1pm ET – 6pm UK
How much time should you provision to truly benefit from the training?
Including all live teaching classes, assignments and participation in study support pods, we recommend you devote 16 quality hours per month to BlissDance. This is the equivalent of 2 days per month, spread over 30 – 31 days. It is important you commit to investing in yourself and in your training to optimise your investment and outcomes.
IN-PERSON INTENSIVE RETREAT (OPTIONAL):
- There is one in-person intensive for BlissDance Foundation Training.
- Attendance is optional if you’re taking the course for personal & practitioner mastery only.
- This retreat is a compulsory requirement for students wanting to qualify as a certified BlissDance facilitator.
- Retreat will be in South Africa
- See investment options on our website, more info TBC
READY TO INVEST IN YOURSELF, EMBODY YOUR DESIRE AND FOLLOW YOUR BLISS:
- Complete the Application Form
- Book a Discovery Call (optional) with Rhianne , Kali Satyagraha or Rayven Spirit
- Proceed to Payment to Enrol (see payment options)
QUESTIONS / QUERIES:
- Book a Discovery Call with Rhianne
- Email info@shaktishiva.academy
ALL INFO AVAILABLE HERE:
