Benjamin Blackett: Connecting the Mind, Body and Spirit Through Healing Movement
Jun 30, 2023 09:31AM ● By Wendy Nadherny Fachon
As a
transformative moving meditation practice, TranscenDance takes yoga up off the
floor and puts it into free-flowing movement, connecting body, mind and spirit
in ways that can help heal unconscious pain and disconnection. When Benjamin
Blackett sought to integrate energizers into his Life Mastery workshops, he was
drawn to this Conscious Dance modality and studied under Jennifer Joy Jiménez,
the creator of this movement system which cultivates inner peace, joyful
expression and purposeful living. Blackett became the first male to be
certified as a facilitator and now offers TranscenDance sessions in-person and online for both women
and men.
“We need to move our bodies to move
spirit,” explains Blackett, “and this 10-stage dance process takes people into
their body as if coming into it for the very first time. The process helps to
shift energy, and what I witness in an hour of TranscenDance always amazes
me.”
The most notable benefits of the practice
include moving from physical tension to physical freedom, from self-doubt to
self-confidence and from depression to happiness.
The guided dance meditation begins in
stillness, with the sourcing stage, calling on source and setting a personal
intention which can be anything from releasing stress or healing to improving
energy or uplifting mood. As the music picks up, Blackett guides participants
to engage the spirit by moving into the body and breath. The music intensifies
to stimulate the movement and the process, transporting one into the experience
of “my body is dancing me.”
The spirit dance moves the body and
carries it to the next stage, stretch, to feel the parts of the body and fully
explore the space. TranscenDance proceeds through the remaining stages—self,
shift, surrender, synergy, serve, sooth and, finally, back into stillness.
Synergy is a mirror dance in which participants witness one another and combine
their spiritual energies. Serve brings love in and sends it out. Sooth washes
the body, mind and spirit, and bestows healing energy. Participants end the
class feeling relaxed, more connected with themselves and happier with who they
are.
“Our issues live in our tissues,” says
Blackett, “and TranscenDance allows us to look at our discontent and our longing, release the former
and shift our energy to the latter. Getting rid of inhibitions and negativity
and feeling better about ourselves.”
Blackett is a certified Life Mastery Consultant and
founder of A Creative Healing Place. He guides people in recognizing, relying
on and believing in their unlimited potential and power. He helps them stir up
the innate knowing and self-trust already instilled deep inside their soul. He
offers a variety of in-person seminars, workshops and one-on-one coaching
programs, and is particularly passionate about the transformative power of
TranscenDance.
For
more information about Blackett or to register for a Zoom class at 8 p.m. on
July 5 and 19 or 10 a.m. on July 22 (2023) or for in-person Beach TranscenDance, visit https://acreativeHealingPlace.com/.
Wendy Nadherny Fachon hosts the Story Walking Radio Hour, and is a frequent contributor to Natural Awakenings. Learn more at Storywalking.com or contact [email protected].
