Dancing Mindfulness is a somatic experience that integrates free-form movement with guided meditation in a community setting, and it’s open to everyone regardless of previous experience with dance, yoga, meditation, or spiritual practice!
Dancing significantly reduces stress, worry, and trauma-reactive symptoms. Research has shown that conscious dance, or “free moving” dance, has healing benefits for mental health, particularly for those struggling with depression and anxiety. In fact, a UCLA Health study found that 98% of participants reported improved mood after practicing.
Originally developed by Dr. Jamie Marich, a clinical counselor and expert in traumatic stress studies, Dancing Mindfulness is an intuitive channel for noticing the present moment using seven primary elements—breath, sound, body, mind, spirit, story, and fusion.
There’s no need to worry about choreography or performance. This trauma-informed wellness practice is accessible to people of all body types and skill levels. Simply come as you are!
During class, participants will:
Learn to pay attention on purpose in the present moment
Practice the seven attitudes of mindfulness: nonjudgment, patience, beginner’s mind, nonstriving, trust, acceptance, and letting go
Recognize the rhythmic qualities of their breath and heartbeat
Discover healing properties in even the most simple of movements
Move through a guided triphasic musical journey
Express their own personal story through dance
Connect with others and have fun!
Reconnect with the transformative healing power that resides within you!
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About Your Dancing Mindfulness Facilitator
Kristi Ann, MS-CMHC, is an integrative wellness coach, metaphysical teacher, and business mentor passionate about helping womxn reconnect with themselves and their purpose so they can come alive a little more every day. In her holistic practice, Kristi fuses decades of training in mysticism, spiritual philosophies, expressive arts, and energy healing with degrees in clinical mental health counseling and psychology. She added Dancing Mindfulness to her repertoire after completing her facilitator certification with the Mindful Journey Center in April 2026. Now, she guides others in somatically reprocessing stories that keep them small and stuck so they can rewrite more empowering ones and—quite literally—move forward.