Sacred Sunday: Claire Elizabeth Barratt

Join us for Sacred Sunday next week with Claire Elizabeth Barratt – “Dancing the Chakras: a series of movement and vocal meditations for each chakra.” Register now via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TXoKmC1hSZy_TF8PNv66kw

From Claire: This year I have been working on a performative meditation project with my performance art/life mentor Linda Mary Montano. For many years her performance work has been deeply rooted in the chakras and together we collaborated on developing a Chakra Dance Meditation this past spring for the Religion & Art conference in London (produced by Goldsmiths University) and performed it again this summer in upstate New York.

Through developing the chakra dances I have discovered a rich source of spiritual creativity that I am excited to share with my fellow Sacred Dance Guild members in the Sacred Sunday session this month.

The Chakras come from an ancient South Asian Indian tradition of energy centers in the body. They have been integrated into Hindu, Buddhist and Yogic practices.
In my explorations into the chakras I discovered ways to personalize these energy centers and what they symbolize so that they feel relevant to me. And it is from this personal aspect that I will approach guiding our Chakra Meditations together.

Participants are welcome to bring scarves of the chakra colors to the workshop:

RED – Root – survival, safety, grounding
ORANGE – Sacral – sensuality, creativity, emotions
YELLOW – Solar Plexus – confidence, strength, assertiveness
GREEN – Heart – love, compassion, forgiveness
BLUE – Throat – communication, expression, articulation
PURPLE – Third Eye – intuition, wisdom, visions
WHITE – Crown – spiritual connection and consciousness