I probably don’t need to introduce her.
Adriana Marie Rizzolo
I am tempted to write a whole dedication to her (this is her birthday), but let me stay focused on her work. She has created a whole body of work called Body Temple. It’s a creative, feminine-forward, somatically aware, anti-oppressionist, sex-positive, radically inclusive, embodied approach to transformative spirituality.
She’s been trained in therapeutic yoga, meditation, kirtan, reiki, bodywork, sacred dance, adult sex education, and has been working in the field of human transformation for decades.
During her own healing journey, she started a practice where she put on a song and let her body move however it needed to: in grief, in joy, in erotic passion, in stuckness, in rage, in devotion…. she called it Daily Dance.
Over the years working with people as a transformational coach, she found that moving, dancing, expressing through the body was one of the most important things people needed to do to promote their transformation. She developed a method known as Body Temple Dance. It’s not just “ecstatic dance”. It’s a not a “dance” thing really at all.
Body Temple Dance
Body Temple Dance (BTD) is method that includes three phases: spiral, shake, and surrender. You start moving slowly, unwinding whatever needs to be unwound, and end up (usually) on the floor in a deep lying down meditation. In between you “go there” wherever you need to to move whatever needs to be moved. It’s tremendous. Sometimes it’s wild dancing, sometimes it’s vocalizing, or punching a bolster or primal screaming, sometimes its humping the floor in abandon. It’s all about what’s inside. The teacher doesn’t tell you what to do or how to move - they choose the playlist and hold the space and guide you through the phases. Your body finds what it needs, not to look pretty, but to get free. Adriana leads BTD all over the world in Yoga Studios, Writer’s Retreats, Music Festivals…. and her BTD Teachers lead classes in for their diverse communities according to their needs.
And now she needs more teachers.
UNLEASHED Body Temple Dance Facilitator Training
We believe that this kind of work is essential in our contemporary spiritual landscape. People don’t just need to go within and meditate - they need to move. They need to unleash their power for the sake of the collective. They need to heal the bindings that hold them back from living and loving in the way they deeply deserve. And that’s what Body Temple is all about. Body Temple Dance is the front line. We want to see Body Temple Sessions happening all over the world.
Her training starts May 11th and goes for the rest of 2024. This year is set to be INSANE and I can’t think of a better container for us all. It’s going to give personal support and a great source of hope during perilous times. Hope because it gives us something to do - something to offer - a way to help heal this broken, fucked up, fear-ridden world.
I will be guest teaching for parts of the training, and I will also be one of your fellow participants. I’ve been practicing BTD and leading it to a limited extent, but I am committed to fully UNLEASHING my ability to serve more in this way.
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If you have any questions about Body Temple don’t hesitate to reach out and ask. I’ve seen it grow from it’s very earliest days. I’m not just into it because it was created by my Love, I’m into it because I think it’s very deep, very important, very powerful work.