The other day, I came across a woman named Emma Marshall on Instagram, who recently has published a thesis about how dance is medicine, also with rave. When I did yoga in the beginning of 2000’s and studied at Malmö University, I wasn’t taking any dance classes, but often was out clubbing, and realized this through my own experience as well, since I rarely even drink and never do drugs, but can get high on the dancing itself. This in turn led me to begin with WestAfrican dance in 2004, whereupon I was introduced to Hawaiian Hula in 2005, and then reconnecting with regular dance classes in Jazz and Modern in 2006 and onward. Here you can take part of Emma’s story on Ted, with which I truly can relate:

And you can find more about Emma on her webpage here.

This revelation about the benefits and similarities to shamanic practices with rave and clubbing, is also the foundation of Ecstatic dancing, and why I think it’s important to also offer at Telluselle Living Center, as an alternative to choreographically led classes.

By moving our bodies, we free our minds and release stress.