Conscious Dance Workshops
Dancing Freedom - Conscious Dance
Dancing Freedom is a conscious dance practice, a moving meditation to deepen awareness of oneself, awareness in relationship with others, awareness of the elements, the earth and the cosmos.
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A free-form somatic and ecstatic practice that blends the medicine of dance with the medicine of ceremony. Dancing freedom takes you on a guided dance journey through an elemental wave of Earth, Water, Fire, Air & Ether in the midst of music that inspires movement.
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In the dance, you are invited to explore an authentic way of moving - a creative expression of your being. You are invited to explore how you relate to others in community and you are invited to dive deeply into presence, being with what is HERE in the NOW.
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Dancing Freedom offers YOU an opportunity to release physical tension and pain, to free energy in the body, to express emotions and sounds, to connect with others, to play and to remember that it is INNATE to DANCE!​
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Full Moon Dances 2026
​Saturday 28th February
Saturday 28th March
Saturday 2nd May
Saturday 30th May
Saturday 27th June
Friday 31st July
Friday 28th August
Saturday 26th September
Saturday 24th October
Saturday 21st November
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Outdoor Venue Berrima or Avoca (Summer, Autumn & Spring)
Indoor Venue Mittagong (Winter)
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Embodied Dance Journey
5 Week Women's Workshop
Consecutive Tuesdays
3rd March - 31st March 2026
6.30pm-8.30pm
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The Lodge in Mittagong
Cost: $185 Pre-booking essential
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Sara-Jane Cleland -
Dancing Freedom Facilitator
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In 2016, Sara-Jane discovered 5 rhythms conscious dance on retreat with Gina Chick which inspired a journey to the Byron Bay hinterland for intensive training in Dancing Freedom in 2018. Since 2019, she has offered monthly Dancing Freedom full moon events in the Southern Highlands and in 2020 she created the Women's Embodied Dance Journey which she runs each school term.
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Sara-Jane has been a regular educator at Wise Women's Gathering since the inaugural gathering in 2016. She co-facilitated annual Nurture & Nourish Women's Retreats from 2017 until 2022 and currently co-facilitates Mother & Daughter retreats in Kangaroo Valley.
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Sara-Jane regularly supports Caitlin Wood (Dancing Freedom & Open Floor) and Michelle Mahrer (5 Rhythms) on conscious dance retreats, space-holding, offering yoga and creating sacred altars. She is often a guest teacher for conscious dance classes in Sydney. Sara-Jane collaborates with Libby Lee, Rebecca Riddington and Diana Belot to offer regular Heart Medicine events - Cacao ceremony, Dancing Freedom and Somatic Breathwork in Manly, Sydney.
Sara-Jane loves bringing people together to dance, to remember that dance is INNATE and offer the opportunity to dance in community as humans have done for thousands of years. She is an inspiring facilitator, aiming to co-create an uplifting energy and heart moving experience.
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