The Universal Dancer Podcast

In this episode, Ya'Acov shared his journey to becoming a "dancer." We talked about the power of dance, the wisdom of the body, and the importance of daily spiritual practices in our evolution towards greater consciousness. Find Ya'Acov Online: Websites: 21gratitudes.com , schoolofmovementmedicine.com , darlingkhan.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yaacovandsusannahdk Instagram: @shamanyaacov...

What is embodied awakening? How can we use dance to attune to the body and come back into balance with ourselves and the world around us? Join Leslie and Amara for a deep dive into how conscious dance can be a path of awakening. And how this awakening is exactly what is needed in this critical turning point in time. Find Amara Online: Website: https://pathofazul.com/ , Facebook: https://www.facebo...

Join a dynamic and diverse panel from different backgrounds for a roundtable discussion on what it means to heal trauma through dance. Dance is a powerful medium for healing trauma. Regardless of ethnicity, race, gender, or age, people can find community and strength through dance. They discuss the power of dance in healing from traumatic experiences and how to bring about more peace and resilienc...

Mary Abrams holds an MA degree in Consciousness Studies, focusing on embodied movement, the biology of emotion, and Epistemics. She owns and directs Moving Body Resources, a space in New York City for teachers and practitioners supporting body awareness, wellness, and authenticity in life. Mary has over 25 years of exploring and teaching somatic movement practice inspired by dance, creativity, and...

The Universal Dancer Podcast celebrates its first year of podcasting with a special event. Joining host and author Leslie Zehr was the first guest from last year, Dunya McPherson, Founder of Dancemeditation™, and Phoebe Neville, a dancer and Buddhist practitioner with a background in BodyMind Centering. Leslie and her guests take a deep dive into the importance of dance and embodiment in a spiritu...

Brietta Leader has been on a lifelong exploration of movement. In this podcast, she shares how she became a dancer, discovered conscious dance, and how life-altering dance can be. Brietta explains how she came to create WildCore™, a natural evolution of the dance modalities that she learned infused with her own experiences and values.  Leslie and Brietta discuss the benefits of combining chor...

In Episode 12, Leslie speaks with Jennifer Jiménez, Founder of the Health & Well-Being Division at Brave Thinking Institute and Creator of Transcendance™. Jennifer is a highly sought-after speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach who has been featured in major media outlets, including Self Magazine, NBC News, Oxygen and Woman’s World, and more.  Jennifer talks about how she first began dan...

Alana Shaw is one of the USA's leading experts in embodiment and art-based social change work. In this episode, Alana and Leslie discuss how dance can create an opening to embodiment and how important that is in the healing of trauma. Alana talks about the organization she founded, Turning the Wheel, and the numerous outreach projects they do in communities with children and educating teachers to...

In Episode 10, Erica Ross, co-founder of The Move and Dance Our Way Home , talks about how dance began for her, coming from a long lineage of dancers, a passion passed down from her grandmother to her mother and then herself. She speaks intimately about her spiral journey out of and back into dance. The journey began with chronic pain and forced her to let go of her dance practice, Dance Our Way H...

In Episode 9, Leslie Zehr speaks with Toni Bergins, MEd, an artistic alchemist, passionate catalyst, and the creator of JourneyDance™ and the Embodied Transformations Method coaching program. Toni explains what JourneyDance™ is and how students benefit from the process.  Leslie and Toni explore creativity, how it heals, and how this process has is programmed out of us from a young age. They d...

In Episode 8 my guest is Melissa Michaels Ed. D. Melissa is the Founder and Director of SomaSource Educational Programs, Golden Girls Global, and Golden Bridge, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving and empowering people's lives through body-centered initiatory processes, mentoring, and community action. Melissa is an amazing woman on a fantastic journey! During the show, we discuss...

What a fantastic interview. I could have gone on for hours! Jacqui is a  wealth of wisdom and experience.  In the show, we discuss Transformation: Moving through the Sacred Dance of Grief to love and connection. We explore many of Jacqui's choreographies and how she draws inspiration from nature and the environment, exploring the ecology of place and embodied experience.  Jacqui has...

My guest for Episode 6 of The Universal Dancer Podcast is Mariane Karou, Creator of Dance Alive®— "Dynamic Life Movement." A pioneer in the field of movement, Marianne has been teaching full-time for 50 years. Mariane shows us what it is like to walk the talk. She tells us the incredible story of how she first got involved with dance and how that evolved into her creating the Dance Alive® System....

In this episode, we had a lot to discuss! I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with Deb and sharing ideas. We talked about the importance of using dance to move blocked energy and emotions. We explored using dance and ritual for self-care, the importance of awareness in the healing process, music, nature, women's circles, and so much more! Find Deb at: www. DrDebKern.com https://www.facebook.com/DrDebKer...

My guest for the 4th Episode of The Universal Dancer Podcast was Stefan Freedman. Stefan is a Sacred Circle Dance teacher in the Findhorn tradition and author of "Dance Wise". In our conversation, we spoke about many things! Stefan has a wealth of information and experience. His undeniable passion for dance, choreography, and music truly comes across when he speaks. He explained how he first got i...

My guests for this episode are Laura Lee & Paul Robear, the Cuyamungue Institute's Directors. The Cuyamungue Institute (CI) was founded in 1978 by Dr. Felicitas Goodman to carry out her anthropological research on Ecstatic Trance Postures. In this episode, we explored Ecstatic Trance Postures, what they are and why they are important to us today. Laura and Paul talked about the Institute and w...

Join us for a soulful conversation with my guest Dunya McPherson! In the Podcast, we spoke about Dunya's journey with dance from a young age, to attending Julliard, to finding Middle Eastern dance and the Sufi path. She gave an excellent history of modern dance evolution in the USA and the politics involved in the dance world. Dunya's explained how she created Dancemeditation™ and gave us a detail...

The launch streamed live on Sunday, January 31st, 2021. In this launch episode, Leslie Zehr, our host and author of "The Alchemy of Dance" and "The Al-chemia Remedies," introduces us to the Universal Dancer concept. What is the Universal Dancer? What is its relation to the tarot and alchemy? How can we use this archetype on our spiritual path? How is it related to ancient wisdom and practices such...