Women's Dance Temple

Women are circling together in dance ritual. With the light of our spirits and the warmth in our hearts, we celebrate! Please join us for the Women’s Dance Temple, the third Saturday evening of every month. We are dancing in the sacred Temple of the Awakening Heart, built in honor of the Divine Mother. On the lands of Compassionate Expressions Mountain Inn & Healing Sanctuary. Our Lineup for the next 3 months before the winter pause: September 19th - DJ shUShu | Facilitator Rachel Kelley | Medicine Woman Brooke River October 17th - DJ GÖLDNWAV | Facilitator Rachel Kelley | Medicine Woman Alessandra Mary November 21st - DJ Clay Papa & LIVE Vocals | Facilitator Rachel Kelley | Medicine Woman Kerry MacDonald *Friendsgiving Potluck before *Dream Weaving Journey & sleepover in the temple after!* Saturday, October 17th DJ GÖLDNWAV Ashrara Kukuk | Facilitator Rachel Kelley | Medicine Woman Alessandra Mary 5:45-6:30pm | Warmup 6:30-9pm | Ceremony (Opening · Guided Somatic Movement · Dance Journey · Sound Healing · Reflection & Offering Circle) Intention TBA In the Temple Chocolate, tea and well water are provided. There are cushions and blankets to soften into. An interactive alter to place your intentions. Adornments of the rose, to bless yourself and bring home. Receive a personal plant energy clearing at the temple doors and a sound healing attunement at the end of the dance. There will be crafted gifts for sale in the foyer. Registration Limited to 30 women. Reserve your seat for $45 by midnight of the Saturday prior. Week of or day of event $55-65. Please pay via Venmo https://venmo.com/u/shemovesme (#3605) Write your full name in the notes and you will receive confirmation there and be added to the list. Cash or Venmo is welcome at the door. *If anyone has a financial need, please do not be shy and reach out to Organizer Rachel Kelley to discuss other forms of reciprocity. Thank you! Volunteers We have space for 2 volunteers at the event. Enjoy the ceremony and support with set-up and clear-out, check in. Arrival 3pm. Please message Organizer Rachel Kelley ahead of time, to register. If you are interested in holding a workshop the weekend of the dance or supporting The Temple of the Awakening Heart, please DM Rachel and/or Reva at [email protected]. Intentions The Women's Dance Temple is a ceremony intentionally created for the cyclical nature of woman. It is an intimate space for healing release, deeply embodied connection, remembrance, prayer, beauty and up-liftment in sisterhood. The movement supports the empowerment and liberation of one’s truest expression in the world. Attendance This ceremony is an invitation for mothers and women to have a sacred space for themselves — without the outside tending of children or responsibilities— to return deeply home within the goodness of their bodies, fill up, and pour again. Drive Time & Directions The drive is 45 minutes from Asheville to the Temple. Give yourself 1 HOUR and set your time to arrive before 6:15pm, allowing space to enjoy the MAGNIFICENT beauty of the mountains, to park with ease, and have ample time to sign-in and receive. Set your gps with the directions before you drive through Leicester, as service can be spotty. Directions will be posted in the group discussion of the event. ABOUT THE TEAM Facilitator Rachel Kelley Rachel is the Founder of the Women's Dance Temple, through the movement 'She Moves Me'. Devotionally serving the wider community as a Visionary, Womb Healer, Women’s Embodiment Guide, Sound Healer, and crafter of Sacred Woven. From the Broadway stage to the sacred grounds of Mother Earth, Rachel weaves her passion for creative expression with a holistic background in: Women's Temple Arts, Mayan Abdominal Massage & Herbalism, Women’s Rites of Passage, Shamanism & Ritual, Voice and Drumming, Sound Healing, Somatic Dance and Trauma Informed Yoga. Rachel leads women’s transformational retreats, events and private sessions. You can connect with Rachel directly through: Instagram: @shemovesme1 Facebook: @Rachel Kelley or @She Moves Me “When women come together in honor of all that is sacred, we remember the potential of who we truly are. May we dance as love, to inspire beauty in our lives, each others', and the world at large”. DJ GÖLDNWAV As a DJ, Dance as Medicine facilitator, and Somatic Experiencing™ practitioner, Ashtara aka DJ GÖLDNWAV combines deep study of ancient and indigenous movement practices with a Western somatic lens. She has studied with teachers all over the world and has cultivated hundreds of dance floors and transformational experiences, guiding participants into embodiment, emotional release, and creative flow. By weaving music, movement, and somatic guidance, Ashtara helps people unlock presence, liberation, and collective energy; remembering the ancient roots of the dancer within us all. Listen to her music at https://on.soundcloud.com/KOs4KCqwaSyrGFUNPq Medicine Woman Alessandra Mary Alessandra Mary is a ceremonialist, Akashic priestess, and spiritual advisor devoted to restoring our sacred relationship with the living intelligence of Life. Through ceremony, spiritual practice, archetypal wisdom, and Akashic communion, she creates pathways for deeper connection with self, soul, Spirit, and the unseen—guiding others to cultivate the inner coherence, intuitive knowing, and authentic authority that emerge when we remember how to be in relationship with the sacred. Her work is an invitation to become sourced from within: to live in communion with the mystery, recognize the synchronicities woven through everyday life, and bring the wisdom of the unseen into embodied relationship with the life you are here to create. You can connect with Alessandra through: Instagram: @covxndivine Website: covendivine.com Testimonials for WDT "This is a medicine. This is so powerful. To be surrounded by beautiful embodied women, who are truly embodying their true forms and enjoying themselves. Reverberating all of the emotions, the full spectrum. I could feel it all, everybody. It’s so incredibly powerful. This is the most healing space I have ever entered." - Heidi L. "The Women's Temple Dance is an incredible offering within our community. My experience was absolutely profound, on so many levels. The container that Rachel creates is deeply sacred and upheld in the utmost safety. I was able to call threads of myself back into my body after the recent impact of a car accident. I am grateful for the upliftment within sisterhood that Rachel so authentically and genuinely offers. Her love and devotion are palpable! A true blessing." - Ganaia K. "I enjoyed the dance so much. I felt the physical benefits specifically in my abdominal area and hips, which were loosened up for days after the event- I feel there are many benefits which continue to last. It was very therapeutic with the guided movement, which helped me get into my body. I felt like I was in a state of magic, in all the right ways. Thank you again for putting together such an amazing event in a gorgeous space. I am really looking forward to attending the next dance!" - Abby S. "I feel it is essential for women to have a space where they do not feel the need to control themselves. The WDT created so much space for me to be able to let my body express how it wanted, without being afraid of judgment- which I have not felt in a really long time. Many spaces are said to create safety, with the saftey directly related to being regulated or keeping it "in the middle". Rachel has created a space where you are allowed and encouraged to get wild, big and expressive! I did not feel this as a threat to the safety of myself or others in the space, which is important! I learned how to untemper myself, allowing time to fully release, not limiting my body at all, by being with the sensations as they truly were.