Dance--The Sacred Art - (Art of Spiritual Living) by Cynthia Winton-Henry (Paperback)

About the Book

Discover in dance a place of solace, restoration and energizing spiritual force, tapping into the spirit of dancing throughout history and the world. With detailed exercises to help trust your body and interpret its physical and spiritual intentions.

Book Synopsis

Discover in dance a place of solace, restoration and energizing spiritual force, tapping into the spirit of dancing throughout history and the world. With detailed exercises to help trust your body and interpret its physical and spiritual intentions.

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Do you sometimes feel as if you are experiencing information overload? Then pick up this book and learn the technique of "exformation" through dance. That is only one of the many ideas Winton-Henry shares in this creative contribution to spiritual practice.

The author presents the Divine as asking each person "May I have this dance?" Yet so many religious traditions downplay or deny the value of the body in spite of numerous traditions of God's movement toward creatures and the lively response of followers. This repression was not always so nor need it be so in the future, according to the author. In fact, words such as "carol" and "chorus" mean to dance and to dance together.

Winton-Henry develops ways in which to approach the Holy through unlocking the dance of joy, approaching wholeness through movement and dancing for healing. Interestingly, she also promotes dancing as a part of spiritual direction, as action of the beloved community and as a form of peacemaking.

Included in the book are a variety of movement practices for each theme, additional reading suggestions and resources for particular forms of dancing. No matter what age, what physical ability or limitation or what spiritual tradition you are, there is much in this volume to invite you to the sacred dance.

About the Author

Cynthia Winton-Henry, cofounder of InterPlay (an international not-for-profit organization with locations in over fifty cities on five continents), teaches people to unlock the wisdom of the body through movement and creativity. She has served as an adjunct faculty member at Pacific School of Religion and the Sophia Center at Holy Names University, and is author of Chasing the Dance of Life: A Faith Journey; What the Body Wants and Dance-The Sacred Art: The Joy of Movement as a Spiritual Practice (SkyLight Paths).