Dance Your Medicine
Welcome
I look forward to dancing with you!
Meet Jude
I remember my first dance classes as a small child at “Miss Katherine’s” dance school in New York. And then there was the 70s and the 80s and into the 90s, and we danced…
It was close to three decades ago when I stumbled across conscious dance. I have danced with many amazing teachers and communities of dancers over the years and conscious dance continues to be a supportive and ongoing healing practice ~ nourishing my body and feeding my heart and spirit.
Dance is a cross-cultural experience, and people have gathered all over the world to dance since the beginning of time. There is a common ground that we share as dancers on the dance floor, and anything is possible when we utilize the intelligence of the body.
I have been a healer for 4 decades. I had the privilege to assist women for close to 10 years as a Nurse, as their advocate while supporting a sense of normalcy as they brought their babies into the world. And as a Nurse Practitioner for over 30 years, I have practiced Integrative Medicine incorporating “somatic movement practices and dance as medicine” along with “food as medicine” in my medical practice. The profound healing and transformation that these practices have had on the lives of so many people, is truly a gift. I have the opportunity to offer conscious dance and embodied movement practices as a healing modality, “a prescription” to the people that I work with. Over the years, I have seen movement and somatic consciousness serve deeply all healing processes.
We are living in challenging times, and it is my intention to continue to be a change-maker and a catalyst in breaking down barriers and being an ally within the communities that I serve. I am a passionate love warrior and peace preacher, and I strive to create and hold spaces that are brave and safe, spaces of inclusivity on the dance floor, a space and place where you are welcome. I offer you guidance to find a way to move with your body, and to simply “come as you are.”
I invite you into the dance…
“I believe in the power of motion, the wisdom of gravity, the emptiness of true love, the fact that there is no way out but through the body, no way up unless we all go together, no way down unless we follow the beat, no way in unless we embrace the dark.”
— Gabrielle Roth
Accessibility Statement
I welcome multiplicity and invite you to come as you are.
I strive to create brave and safe spaces for all expressions of cultural and gender identity.
I embody the wonder and awe of dancing in community.
I am devoted to heart-centered values rooted in sacred connection to the Earth.
I am passionate about embodied, creative, whole-systems well-being for all life.
I offer tiered tuition at dance events and retreats so that those with more can share, and those who need some support can receive it. If you register at the “Supporter” rate, a portion of your tuition will go to support the DYM scholarship fund.
Tuition:
- Supporter (contributes to the scholarship fund)
- Regular (the actual cost of the event or retreat)
- Supported (for those who need extra assistance)
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“You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.”
— Isadora Duncan