Conscious Dance Workshops
Dancing Freedom - Conscious Dance
Dancing Freedom is a conscious dance practice—a moving meditation that invites presence, play, and embodied awareness.
This free-form somatic practice takes you on a guided dance journey through an elemental wave of Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether, supported by music that inspires movement and expression.
In the dance, you are invited to move in ways that feel authentic and true to you, listening to your body and responding without performance or expectation. There are no steps to follow—only an exploration through movement.
Dancing Freedom offers a space to release physical tension, soften held patterns, free stagnant energy, express feelings and sounds, connect with others, and play.
A remembering that dance is innate and movement is medicine...
Full Moon Dances 2026
Saturday 28th February
Saturday 28th March
Saturday 2nd May
Saturday 27th June
Friday 28th August
Saturday 26th September
Saturday 21st November
Heart Medicine MANLY 2026
Saturday 23rd May
Saturday 1st August
Saturday 24th Oct
Embodied Dance Journey
5 Week Women's Workshop
Consecutive Tuesdays
18th Aug - 15th Sept 2026
7pm-9pm
The Lodge in Mittagong
Cost: $185 Pre-booking essential
Sara-Jane Cleland -
Dancing Freedom Facilitator
In 2016, Sara-Jane discovered 5Rhythms conscious dance while on retreat with Gina Chick—an experience that awakened a deep passion for Dance. This inspiration led her to the Byron Bay hinterland in 2018 for intensive training in Dancing Freedom.
Since 2019, she has been offering monthly Dancing Freedom Full Moon events in the Southern Highlands. In 2020, she created the Women’s Embodied Dance Journey, a transformative 5 week course she now facilitates each school term.
Sara-Jane has been a dedicated educator at the Wise Women’s Gathering since its inception in 2016, and in 2026, she will once again offer a special Friday night Dancing Freedom event.
Collaborating with Libby Lee, Rebecca Riddington, and Diana Belot, Sara-Jane co-creates Heart Medicine events in Manly, Sydney—blending cacao ceremony, Dancing Freedom, and somatic breathwork into powerful community experiences.
She also supports Caitlin Wood (Dancing Freedom & Open Floor) and Michelle Mahrer (5Rhythms) on conscious dance retreats, offering space-holding, yoga, and nature-based installations. In addition, she is frequently invited to guest teach conscious dance classes in Sydney.
Sara-Jane loves bringing people together through dance, remembering that dance is innate and movement is medicine. She is an inspiring facilitator who co-creates an uplifting energy and heart-moving experience.
