Sacred Sunday – Sacred Somatic Dance with Maria Sangiorgi (virtual)

The Sacred Dance Guild continues to offer Sacred Sunday experiences monthly – generally on the 2nd Sunday of the month and generally at 7:30 pm Eastern time! A program that began during the pandemic and now continues because we CAN, not because we MUST! These sessions are intimate, interactive and informative offerings that are free to the participants, gifted to the Sacred Dance Guild “village” by the presenter and coordinated by the SDG as a way to CONNECT us one to another around the globe! NOTE: Time showing is Eastern – DO check time in your local time zone!!

To register send email to pres@sacreddanceguild.org with “Sacred Sunday – Maria Sangiorgi ” in the subject line. The Zoom link will be sent to you the day before the session.

Sacred Somatic Dance is informed by Egyptian Dance and has its ancient roots in the primordial movement of all of life, the Universe and beyond. These movements are based on circles, spirals, waves and vibrations all coming from and moving through a centre point and a central axis and a natural shift of weight. Like animals that do not have conscious conditioning, these elements aid in freedom of movement that sways like a tree or tall grass blow by the wind or seaweed moved by the currents of the water. Sacred Somatic Dance was born out of my Embodied Bellydance practice developed over many years of immersion into Egyptian dance and many somatic embodying movement practices – my souls calling.

Over time, my classed evolved away from the Egyptian dance technique style and choreography to a freer interpretation and improvisation. Those who come are free to find their own dance, moving to various styles of music. In saying that I still teach Embodied Bellydance which helps bellydancers comprehend their movements in an embodied authentic way.

Maria will take you on a journey through your body and the elements of Sacred Somatic Dance moving you towards your dance ending in a sharing circle. 

Maria Sangiorgi, one of the Sacred Dance Guild’s accredited facilitators, is a Healer Woman whose skills as a multidimensional artist, Dance Movement Therapist and a Functional Analysis Psychosomatic Psychotherapist inform her unique approaches to healing. Since the mid 90s Maria has brought somatic movement, Alexander Technique, Body Mind Centering, Ideokinesis, Feldenkrais, Yoga, Authentic Movement and Continuum, into her life, practice and work. Maria came to Dance Movement Therapy training from her background in Egyptian dance. Maria’s work evolved beyond bellydancer into what she calls Dancing Isis, Dance Journeys for the Awakening Heart, Sacred Somatic Dance and Embodied Bellydance®. As a dancer, Maria performed extensively around the folk festival circuit of Australia with the middle eastern music and dance group Yalla. As well as teaching bellydance for many years, she also facilitated a number of community group dances, bringing a wide range of people together to express a theme both in public spaces and in theatres. Maria has a private practice seeing individuals, groups, couples including those with Special needs.  She has worked for many years with populations with physical and intellectual disabilities. elderly with de mentia and Alzheimer’s and marginalised folk. With Ermanno Bergami Maria is running the first Functional Analysis Psychosomatic Psychotherapy training in Australia. She trained in this modality in Italy and is a graduate of the International Dance Therapy Institute of Australia. Her dance journeys are rituals and retreats for the awakening heart.

We are blessed to have Maria dancing in from Australia gifting us her presence with a generosity of spirit that flows through the Sacred Dance Guild village!