TARA’S COMPASSION
Medicine in Motion. A Portal to Sacred Stillness.
1. Origins of a Dance
TARA’S COMPASSION was born in 2012, marking a major transition in my artistic path. Until then, I had been immersed in choreographing for ATS (American Tribal Style) bellydance, drawn to its group improvisation structure, groundedness, and communal energy. But this piece came from a different place—one more inward, personal, and spiritual.
It was the first time I let a dance emerge entirely from my inner world, shaped not by format or tradition, but by necessity. It was born during a moment of psychic terror—when I needed something more than movement. I needed ritual. I needed healing. And I needed to remember that I was safe.
2. Tara, the Goddess
Tara is the Buddhist goddess of compassion, peace, and divine protection. In Tibetan traditions, she appears in many forms—Green Tara, who rescues from fear, and White Tara, who offers serenity and longevity. She is a celestial guide, yet her essence is deeply accessible. You can call her in with your breath, your stillness, your intention.
In moments of deep fear, I crafted a mantra—a four-line incantation that became my spiritual anchor:
I am protected. I am guided. I am adored. I am blessed.
These words carry frequency. In this order, they unlock something inside me, immediately banishing fear and invoking presence. Over time, I realized: this mantra wasn’t just something I spoke—it was something I danced. That’s when TARA’S COMPASSION began to take form.
3. Embodied Mantra
This choreography is an offering. Each movement is intentional, devotional, and slow—as if a statue of Tara were slowly awakening. The dance unfolds in stillness and silence, yet it pulses with power. It is not performance, but invocation. Not technique, but transmission.
This is a dance that does not seek to impress. It seeks to soothe. To bless. To bring you—and those who witness you—back into contact with something vast, ancient, and tender.
When you dance TARA’S COMPASSION, you are not portraying Tara. You are remembering her in your bones. You are allowing her to move through you.
4. Icons and the Longing for Silence
For many years, I felt deeply drawn to monastic life. The call to silence, to spiritual discipline, to retreat from the noise of the world was strong. I didn’t answer that call in the traditional sense. Instead, I found another path: dance as devotion.
My fascination with Icons—beings who hold presence through posture, costume, stillness—found a new voice through this piece. In TARA’S COMPASSION, I found a way to merge the sacred with the sensual, the meditative with the embodied.
5. A Living Blessing
Over the years, this choreography has continued to unfold. It still feels like a prayer each time I dance it. It still brings me back to that simple, potent truth:
All is well.
No matter what.
All is well.
I offer TARA’S COMPASSION as a gift to those seeking peace in movement, who long to remember their divine protection and inner radiance. May it guide you back to your own sacred stillness.
Join the Practice
TARA’S COMPASSION is more than a choreography — it’s a living prayer you can embody.
You are warmly invited to learn and dance this piece with me, either:
– Live, during one of my upcoming Tribal Fusion classes,
or
– Online, with the full pre-recorded tutorial available anytime through the Virtual Tribal Bellydance Sanctuary.
Step into the sacred stillness.
Feel the blessing move through you.
And carry Tara’s compassion into the world, one breath at a time.