Welcome to The Dancing Word!
Do you have a sense that body and spirit are connected? Would you like to explore and celebrate this connection? Welcome to The Dancing Word, the website of Betsey Beckman. Here, I offer resources, images, classes, performances and publications to foster connections between body and spirit, tradition and creativity, scripture, dance and life.
As you navigate this website, click on About to learn more about my background in the fields of dance, liturgy, InterPlay, therapy and spiritual direction. Click on Blog to read some of my latest reflections on a dancing life.
Click on Calendar to view upcoming performances, classes and workshop opportunities, including Awakening the Creative Spirit: Experiential Education for Spiritual Directors in the Expressive Arts, a retreat program I co-teach with Christine Valters Paintner which will be offered again May 23-28, 2010 in the Hood Canal area near Seattle, WA.
Click on Spiritual Direction to learn more about Dancing Spiritual Direction, a practice in which I meet with individuals, engaging the art of dance as a tool for self-discovery and prayer. Click on Portfolio to view video clips of performances, as well as a description of my full repertory of StoryDances, available for your own gathering. Click on Store for a range of publications on spirituality and embodiment, including DVD’s, books and articles for purchase or perusal.
Look for my newest publications to be released early in 2010!
Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Arts to Spiritual Direction co-authored with Christine Valters Paintner, PhD.
“Beautifully and evocatively explores the relationship between spiritual direction and the arts.” – Mary Rose Bumpus, School of Theology and Ministry (Morehouse Publishing)
The Dancing Word: Mary Magdalene (DVD with Introduction, StoryDance and Two Guided Meditations)
“A fabulous resource for prayer, inspiration and participation!” – Linda Haydock, SNJM, Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center (Published by Vision Video) Now available!
