Egyptian Dance for Spirit Connection

Join us for an in-person workshop with Anji Main, exploring Raqs Sharqi – the Dance of the East – as a pathway to healing and spirit connection.

Raqs Sharqi is an Egyptian dance form with roots tracing back to the sacred temple dance of Ancient Egypt. Far more than performance art, its traditional movements can be a tool for healing and for connecting with Spirit. It's this ancient lineage – dance as devotion – that gives Raqs Sharqi its enduring draw for those seeking a more embodied route into spiritual practice. No prior dance experience required.

In this workshop, Anji Main draws on more than 30 years of teaching Raqs Sharqi to explore the tradition as a tool for healing and for spiritual connection, guided throughout by live percussion.

What to expect

The workshop will explore the five Hermetic elements of air, fire, water, earth and ether, and how each of these can affect and move us through the body. Between one movement and the next, we'll discover the spaces in which Spirit can visit us, guiding us toward the truest expression of ourselves. We will also work with walking meditation, where awareness of each step brings us fully into the present moment. Throughout, live percussion rhythms will help you enter a light trance state, opening a channel to connect with spirit communicators and guides and receive their messages of support and healing. Expect a format that is embodied, experiential and guided throughout.

This in-person workshop includes:

• An introduction to traditional Raqs Sharqi movement
• Exploration of the five Hermetic elements – air, fire, water, earth and ether
• Walking meditation for present-moment awareness
• Live drumming to support a light trance state
• Connection with spirit communicators and guides

Who is this workshop for?

• This workshop is for anyone drawn to healing through movement - whether you have dance experience or none at all.
• It's especially suited to those already working in mediumship, energy work, or other embodied practices who are looking for a rhythm-led way to deepen that work, as well as complete newcomers wanting an experiential first step into spiritual practice through the body.

Book now to discover how movement, rhythm and ancient tradition can open a doorway to healing and to Spirit.

Meet your tutor, Anji Main

Anji Main is a contemporary artist, dancer and choreographer, and a consultant at The College of Psychic Studies. She trained extensively in traditional Egyptian dance, specialising in the Ghawazee tradition, and travelled to Karnak in southern Egypt to study with Les Musiciens du Nil, whose musical lineage stretches back to ancient Egypt. She taught Raqs Sharqi for 30 years and ran a dance company with her husband, Peter, with a particular focus on the healing potential of dance and music.

Anji is also trained in mediumship with Gerrie March and in spirit art with June-Elleni Laine, bringing decades of embodied wisdom , as both dancer and psychic practitioner, to this exploration of movement as spiritual practice.

Previous participants say:

"Anji Main was amazing, I felt completely at ease."

"The session with Anji Main was lovely. I liked her style and felt very comfortable with her."

"Anji Main is a brilliant medium and a warm compassionate sparkling being."

"Anji was warm, welcoming and friendly. I did not have any specific questions going in but I am happy with the way the session went and the results."