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Why Open Floor Dance?
5 Key reasons it will boost your Self-Expression, Well-being and Joy!
Open Floor movement practice offers a dynamic, creative tool kit of resources to move through life, fully embodied. We use the universal language of dance and mindfulness for self discovery, connection and healing.
What is Open Floor Conscious Dance?
Find Flexibility, Resilience, and Ease
Open Floor is a resource based movement practice. We explore new ways of moving and responding to what is happening with intention and purpose. We learn to understand our habits and patterns for deeper insight and self awareness. The more we embody different responses in our movements, the more resources we can call on to move through life with flexibility, resilience and ease.
Put Mindfulness Into Motion
Move your body. Notice. Stay present. We bring attention to our bodies over and over again, fully experiencing each moment as we move, breathe, and dance, with great music and a teacher to guide us
Benefits For Every Body
Improve physical performance, mental health, and emotional well-being.
Humans have gathered to dance since the beginning of time. Scientific research shows that dance can have a profound impact on our lives.
People who have a regular embodiment practice are more flexible and coordinated, have clearer minds, and a calm presence. When we move with others, we feel more connected to the people and the world around us. Relationships, compassion, and communities grow. In this challenging world, common sense tells us to spend time dancing.
What dancers are saying!
Dance is such an easy way to move.. the music always gets me going .. no matter how tired I may feel , before I know it ,I can find myself flying around the room, shaking, rattling or rolling, or in some deep inward journey of inquiry” how do I pause”, “ what would I like to move towards or away from” or some other invitation to explore.. Open floor is a journey of awakening in simple and subtle ways, ready to meet you where you are ready to be met.. as little or as big as you want to go. It is such a blessing to have our lovely Pippa offering her skills in such a safe space, with gentle guidance, and open heart. How very fortunate we are ..thank you so much Pippa for helping make the world a better place. MD
Pippa’s Pranadance classes are a great way to integrate body, mind and spirit, to grow healthier in all these areas.
I am able to let my body move spontaneously to wonderful music, without self consciousness, in the company of others doing the same.
The benefits? A sense of community, joy, spiritual uplift and my energy is increased. I feel the benefit of being in my body through movement and relaxation.
You are free to participate just as much as you are comfortable with.
Try it!
You will surprise yourself" J.S.
I love Pippa’s Dance classes.
I just turn up as I am and let the wonderful music Pippa offers move me to presence in the moment. So grateful.
Dancing to awesome music and connecting with others is the best form of exercise.
It helps me release stuck energy and emotions. My breath relaxes and deepens naturally.
I feel enlivened, joyful and nourished; body & mind, heart & soul.
If you’re unsure about coming along…Come!
There’s no right or wrong way to dance...no steps to learn or remember.
You can dance as hard out or gently as you feel like.
And…There is no need to feel self-conscious :-)
Just come and enjoy!
It is magic, a tonic!
I love it! You will too! ~ Lalita
Come Dance with us!
Pranadance with Pippa
My Dance Story: From Devotion to Homecoming
I've always loved to dance.
My Mum told me that when I was just two, she’d play classical music and I’d twirl around the living room, intuitively sensing what was coming next. I’d pause... then move, completely in tune with the rhythm.
Cool, ay?
From those early days of tap and ballet to my teenage years as a Rhythmic Gymnast, dance was my world. I even represented New Zealand at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships—but that’s another story!
Then something shifted.
At 18, I became a Hare Krishna. I stepped away from the career path I’d imagined in dance. But I never stopped dancing.
Devotional chanting, singing, and movement became a different kind of dance—one of spirit, surrender, and love. (Yes, that was me dancing down Queen Street in the mid-eighties!)
Years passed. Life filled up.
But somewhere in my early forties, a quiet regret surfaced:
What if I had continued with dance?
Is it too late?
And then… a friend mentioned a conscious dance class at Mana Retreat on the Coromandel Peninsula.
So, one sunny Tuesday morning in the summer of 2008, I walked into Geordie Jahner’s class in the Octagon at Mana Retreat.
I knew instantly:
✨ I had come home.
It wasn’t performance.
It wasn’t choreography.
It was soul.
There were no rules, no judgment—just the joy of being fully in my body.
Of letting spirit move through me.
Of remembering who I am.
That very first class stirred something deeper:
A knowing that this was not only for me, but something I would one day share.
So when the Open Floor teacher training came to New Zealand, I said yes.
Yes to the learning.
Yes to the inner journey.
Yes to sharing the magic and medicine of conscious dance.
Today, I teach Open Floor across the Coromandel Peninsula and at festivals and retreats around Aotearoa. And best of all?
💛 No more regret.
This is what I’m meant to do.
To dance.
To breathe spirit into motion.
To invite others—maybe even you—into the joy, healing, and freedom that lives in movement.
Come dance with me.
With love,
Pippa x
We dance to connect to our own presence. So that we can, in turn, be present for each other.
Pippa ~ Pranadance
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