The Dance of the Universal Soul
There is an ever-shifting dynamic of universal energies as they dance their evolutionary dance through all Creation, impacting the Earth and our personal and collective consciousness. A shift and expansion in consciousness is required to attune to these subtle heart-centred energies now infusing the planet. Every one of us, in some way now, is being challenged to upgrade our soul’s energy to resonate with the rapidly increasing universal energies of awakened Gaia consciousness. We vibrate with our Mother or Earth Gaia when our hearts are open. As we come into alignment, we come fully into our power as an authentic universal soul having a human-in-body experience on Earth.
Shakti Dance is a powerful yet easy and fun technique for awakening more subtle body awareness and universal soul consciousness. Shakti is the energy of soul consciousness, Yoga is the vehicle to carry this energy in the body, and Dance is the ultimate expression of this universal soul energy. Based on kundalini yoga, Shakti Dance is the yoga of dance, combining sacred sounds with a flowing combination of asana (stretching), pranayama (breathing), mudra (hand movements) and mantra to create an intuitive and sacred dance.
Haripal Kaur is currently the only qualified Shakti dance teacher in Africa. She is devoted to the path of yoga,also qualified to teach kundalini yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan and she enjoys many other styles of hath-based yoga as well. As a seeker of truths, she enjoys merging with all the aspects of yogic union, these days, especially with Shakti Dance!
Haripal discovered Shakti Dance a few years ago through her Kundalini Yoga practice, firstly learning from Avtar Kaur (Karen O’Brien) for two years in the UK; and then in 2008 she did the international teacher trainer course in Italy with the founding creator of Shakti dance, Sara Avtar Kaur.
Shakti dance is a conscious, flowing movement form that has flowered and evolved out of the deep rooted wisdom of kundalini yoga; also known as the yoga of awareness. This form of yoga for raising kundalini awareness is translated effortlessly into a yogic dance of awareness, which incorporates mantra, mudra, pranayam(breath) and asanas in an exquisitely beautiful dance/movement practice.
Shakti Dance heightens emotional, mental and physical intuition and develops soul awareness. It also embodies feminine energy in yoga. Women and men are encouraged to connect more deeply with their feminine ‘Shakti’ aspect in a session. All are welcome to join this dance. To feel the flow, Be the Flow, and just Be…in every moment.
