Awaken Your Joy, Connect to Your Power Through Healing & Sacred Dance

In a world that often feels fractured by division and isolation, where the constant noise of news and social media can leave us feeling disconnected, Modern Temple Sanctuary offers a place to heal and reconnect. Born from a 25-year vision and inspired by the multi-faceted roles of ancient temples as well as Kalidasi’s own personal experience studying at the Old Rang Nath Temple in Pushkar, India. Our center’s mission is to bridge the human experience in order to remind you of your inherent divinity, the sacredness of your body, and the power you have to heal competely. Modern Temple Sanctuary is a physical gathering place, a safe harbor, center for education, and a vibrant community where you can bring your whole self. We are the house of lineages that have held the important role of aiding humanity to know their inherent Power and Joy. Lineages that have stood the test of time. Our purpose isn’t to change who you are, but to help you uncover the Power you were born with before life’s distortions. Through the practice of sacred dance coupled with energy healing for the mind and Spirit, our mission is to offer you the tools to live a life of clarity, joy, and peace.

Modern Temple Dance

Our bodies are extraordinary.  With practice and attention, they have the ability to channel and direct Light to positively alter the external world and heal patterns of unbalance within us. Created by Kalidasi, MTD is both a dance philosophy and movement practice that holds the dancer to the capacity of Priest/Priestess or Mage. At its physical foundation, it harnesses the movements of bellydance and the devotional and philosophical values and aesthetic of Classical Indian Temple Dance. Both of these movement styles are interwoven as they contain codes to anchor energy to the Earth while transcending the practitioner into a bliss-permeated state.  Modern Temple Dance trains the dancer to become a living, breathing vessel for personal and collective healing. If you have ever felt called to learn sacred dance, this modality has been created for you.

Unique style that fuses Egyptian Raqs Sharqi (often referred to as Bellydance), a folk dance style that emphasizes the use of torso, arms, and hips in intricate movements and Classical Indian Dance.  It is known for its sensual and playful nature celebrating the feminine form. Indian Fusion Bellydance has its foundational roots in Raqs Sharqi  while seamlessly incorporating the bhav (mood) and gestures of Indian classical dance. What arises is a new synergistic dance form that is all its own and yet maintains the beautiful expression of each. In all of our class series, we learn how to maintain this balance of upholding the integrity of classical art and the roots of each cultural dance, all while exploring innovation

    Beginner’s Belly Dance Series

 Join Kalidasi for our first in-person class series at the new studio in Middleton! Beginners Belly Dance is an empowering (and fun!) 6-week series that focuses on teaching foundational movements and posture, building a strong base for more complex technique. Classes will introduce and refine basic isolations like shoulder rolls, chest isolations, hip movements (slides, twists, drops, lifts, figure 8s, and shimmies), and traveling moves. Emphasis is placed on proper posture, musicality, and common belly dance drum rhythms. Choreography is introduced gradually, combining these basic movements.

Students will complete this 6 week series with a foundational understanding of core belly dance movements and a small choreography that weaves it all together! Perfect for the total beginner or more seasoned dancers looking to brush up on their foundational technique. 

Yogic Dance (Opening Night!)

A dance flow class rooted in yogic and vedic wisdom. For over a thousand years in India — and many places around the world — Sacred, devotional dance was seen as one of the highest offerings one could give to the Divine. It embodied the entire wisdom of the Vedas as expressed through human movement. With this practice, the dancer experiences the energy flow from the Divine Realms through the body, as well as touching upon the innate personal power that is our birthright. Through sacred dance, the practitioner can experience greater connection, balance, and peace within the self and the external world.

Everytime you bring a new guest- you get a $5 dollar credit!

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