Universal Dancer Temple of the Sacred Arts

Dancing Down the Moon is an ancient practice to invoke the moon's energy. Since time immemorial, women have been the keepers of cycles and rhythms. It is intrinsic to us as women—part of our biology. Not only do we see the waxing and waning of the moon, we feel it, we respond to it.

In modern times we have become disconnected from nature and her cycles. We have moved so far from when women would take the time to gather to honor each other, nature, and our cycles.

Leslie has been holding women's circles and counseling women for more than 30 years. Holding space for others is Leslie's gift. She feels the importance and urgency for women to re-connect to the natural cycles and rhythms and to reclaim their position as time/cycle keepers. 

Leslie's intention is to support other women who also feel that calling. She aims to create a sacred space where women can come together, pause, and take a moment to connect. It is a time to re-member the Goddess, the Sacred Feminine, and honor her lunar cycles. It is a moment out of time where women can recharge, be nurtured, and be in-spired in alignment with the moon's cycles.

Technology allows us to connect with other women remotely, in spirit. It enables us to step out of our limited surroundings and interact with others—through space. Women from all over the world come together, meeting in one auspicious moment, out of time, with one focus, one purpose; to realign with nature through the illumination that the moon brings—an "illumination" that is even more potent in its dark phase.

This gathering is an opportunity to plant seeds for the coming month, step out of the mundane time, and enter magical time, sacred time, in a sacred space, just as our great-great-great-grandmothers did eons ago.

In these times of great stress and isolation, it is even more critical to connect to nature, find our natural rhythm and create community, even if virtually. 

Dancing Down the Moon is an online community devoted to keeping the ancient practice of honoring the moon alive. Each month there are two recorded ceremonies, on the dark and full moons, that you will do in the privacy of your own home, your sacred space. In addition, there is one live gathering towards the end of the cycle, after the full moon,  where all the women in the community can come together to discuss and process the month's illumination.

Join Leslie and a circle of women to gather at these auspicious moments to re-member the ancient practices long forgotten. We will use all the tools in our toolbox astrology, archetypes, journaling, guided visualization, and movement for our illumination and honor the moon in all her phases.