DANCE OF THE CHAKRAS METHOD™
Reconnect with your body and transform emotional patterns through ancestral movement & the wisdom of the chakras.
Where Dance Becomes a Current of Prayer.
The DOTC method weaves together
ancestral movement, somatic practices and embodied philosophy inspired by Yoga, Martial Arts and African dance traditions. Each practice is designed to guide you out of the mind and back into the intelligence of the body — where transformation becomes possible
You will learn how to:
✓ Release accumulated stress and tension
✓ Increase body awareness and emotional resilience
✓ Develop a deeper connection to yourself and your intuition
✓ Cultivate greater confidence, vitality, and authentic expression
✓ Experience movement as a pathway to healing, transformation, and personal growth
Neuroscience shows that our experiences, emotions, and stress responses are not only stored in the mind—they are also expressed through the body and nervous system.
When we're caught in chronic stress, the nervous system shifts into survival mode, making it difficult to feel connected, creative, joyful, or fully alive.
Through somatic movement, breathwork, and an embodied exploration of the ancient Yogic 8 Limb Path. The Dance of the Chakras Method™ helps you regulate your nervous system, reconnect with your body, and cultivate the presence, vitality, and inner freedom that allow joy to naturally emerge.
This is more than a dance practice. It is a journey back to yourself.
Created for all bodies, genders and levels, the Dance of the Chakras Method™ offers a compassionate and accessible path toward greater well-being, embodiment, and self-discovery. A space where movement becomes medicine, awareness becomes transformation, and your body becomes a gateway to deeper healing.
HOW THE METHOD WORKS
The Dance of the Chakras Method™ is a seven-stage somatic journey inspired by the ancient chakra system and the 8 Limbs of Yoga.
Rather than approaching transformation through the mind alone, this method stimulates emotional processing and healing through the body.
Research in neuroscience and somatic psychology suggests that many emotional experiences are not only remembered cognitively, but are also reflected in patterns of posture, breathing, movement and nervous system responses. Through intentional movement, breath awareness and focused attention, the body can become a tool for nervous system regulation, emotional integration and authentic joy.
THIS METHOD IS FOR YOU IF...
✓ You feel disconnected from your body
✓ You struggle with fear, shame or self-doubt
✓ You long for greater freedom of expression
✓ You want a movement practice with depth and meaning
✓ You are seeking emotional healing through embodiment
✓ You crave a deeper connection to yourself
Students Often Report
• Feeling more grounded and confident
• Greater emotional resilience
• Increased creativity and self-expression
• Reduced anxiety and stress
• A stronger connection to their body
• More joy in movement and daily life
Why Dance of the Chakras Is Different
Unlike a traditional dance class, this method is a complete path for transformation through the body combining:
• A somatic approach to ancestral dances and martial arts
• How to practically utilize the Chakra System & 8 Limbs of Yoga for healing Self- Liberation and Creative Expression.
• Movement Play, and Guided Dance Meditations
• Embodied Emotional Integration
• Practical Breathwork, Mudras and Mantras for everyday life and grounding.
Choose Your Journey
Dance of the Chakras Foundations Your first step into somatic movement, chakra wisdom, and embodied healing. Perfect for beginners.
The Complete 7-Chakra Embodiment Journey. Experience the full DOTC curriculum and transform your relationship with your body, emotions, and energy.
THE JOURNEY
Each stage builds upon the previous one, creating a comprehensive process that supports emotional integration, nervous system resilience and embodied transformation. This is not simply a dance practice.
It is a systematic approach to reconnecting with the intelligence of the body through movement, presence and awareness.
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Learn ancestral movement practices designed to strengthen your connection to the body and earths energetic field.
As you deepen your connection to the physical body, you begin to identify and release patterns associated with fear, anxiety, chronic tension, insecurity and feelings of isolation.
Inspired by the Root Chakra and informed by principles of Yogic nervous system regulation, this practice was created to help restore a sense of stability, belonging and trust in yourself, your body and in life.
Key themes:
• Safety and nervous system regulation
• Grounding and embodiment
• Releasing fear and insecurity
• Building trust and inner stability
• Reconnecting with the body and the Earth -
Inspired by the Sacral Chakra and the wisdom of the water element, this stage invites you to reconnect with your sensual nature, emotional freedom and creative expression.
Through fluid movements, hip-centered practices and embodied movement exploration, you will begin to release shame, emotional repression and patterns that restrict your ability to feel fully alive. As the body softens and opens, pleasure becomes a pathway to presence, creativity and authentic self-expression.
Key themes:
• Sensuality and embodiment
• Pleasure without shame
• Emotional release and expression
• Creativity and feminine flow
• Freedom, joy and self-acceptance -
Inspired by the Solar Plexus Chakra and the transformative power of fire, this stage invites you to awaken your inner strength, confidence and sense of purpose.
Through dynamic movement practices, you will begin to release patterns of self-doubt, insecurity and low self-worth while cultivating greater clarity, motivation and trust in yourself.
As you reconnect with your personal power, you learn to establish healthy boundaries, make aligned choices and embody your authentic presence with confidence.
This stage is an invitation to step beyond limitation, embrace your unique gifts and shine more fully in the world.
Key themes:
• Confidence and self-worth
• Personal power and motivation
• Healthy boundaries
• Releasing self-doubt and insecurity
• Clarity, purpose and direction
• Embodied leadership and self-trust -
Inspired by the Heart Chakra and the expansive quality of air, this stage invites you to forgive, open and reconnect with the wisdom of the heart.
Through chest-opening, shoulder release and heart activating movements, you will cultivate greater compassion, gratitude and emotional resilience while releasing tension held in the shoulders, upper back and chest.
Many of us carry the emotional weight of others, storing years of responsibility, grief, disappointment and unprocessed feelings within the body. This stage creates a safe space to gently move through experiences of heartbreak, abandonment, loss and emotional protection patterns that may limit our capacity to give and receive love.
As the heart begins to open, you reconnect with a deeper sense of trust, connection and belonging — allowing compassion for yourself and others to flow more freely.
Key themes:
• Compassion and self-love
• Grief, loss and emotional healing
• Releasing emotional burdens
• Heart-centered connection
• Gratitude and forgiveness
• Trust, openness and belonging -
Inspired by the Throat Chakra and the element of sound, this stage invites you to reconnect with your authentic voice and express yourself with greater clarity, confidence and presence.
Through movement, vocal activation, sound healing practices and embodied communication with the music, you will explore the connection between inner experience, rhythm and outward expression.
Many of us learn to suppress our truth, hesitate before speaking or silence parts of ourselves in order to be accepted. This stage supports the release of these patterns, helping you move beyond self-censorship and reconnect with your natural ability to communicate authentically.
As you learn to slow down, listen deeply and trust the wisdom of your body, expression becomes less about performance and more about alignment with your true self.
Key themes:
• Authentic expression
• Voice and communication
• Releasing self-censorship
• Listening to the body
• Confidence and clarity
• Speaking and moving from truth -
Inspired by the Third Eye Chakra, this stage invites you to expand your perception, deepen your intuitive awareness and strengthen your connection to your energetic field.
Through movement mantras, guided meditations and embodied mental awareness techniques, you will learn to quiet distractions, feel deeply and cultivate a firm relationship with your intuition, imagination and inner knowing.
As awareness expands, many participants experience greater clarity, enhanced creativity and a stronger connection to the wisdom carried within their personal and ancestral lineage.
This stage supports the development of insight, presence and trust in your own inner guidance, allowing you to move through life with greater clarity, ease and purpose.
Key themes:
• Intuition and inner guidance
• Expanded awareness
• Clarity and insight
• Movement meditation
• Ancestral wisdom and connection
• Trusting your inner knowing -
Inspired by the Crown Chakra, this final stage invites you to integrate the wisdom of the entire journey and experience a deeper sense of connection, peace and wholeness.
Through spinning meditations, circular movement practices and embodied presence, you will explore movement as a pathway to expansion, allowing the boundaries of the individual self to soften into a greater experience of unity and belonging.
As body, mind and spirit come into harmony, many participants experience a profound sense of inner peace, heightened awareness and connection to something greater than themselves.
This stage is an invitation to remember your essential nature — not through striving, but through presence. To embody the light, wisdom and creative potential that have always existed within you.
Key themes:
• Integration and wholeness
• Expanded consciousness
• Peace and presence
• Unity and connection
• Spinning meditation and transcendence
• Embodying your highest potential
Try It Risk Free
If the method is not aligned with you, contact us within 7 days for a full refund.
MEET YOUR GUIDE
Amy Secada’s work bridges ancestral movement and emotional release through the body. With over 30 years of experience, she has guided people across more than 20 countries in transforming deeply held emotional patterns through movement. A daughter of the Monacan Indian Nation, Amy brings a deep connection to ancestral wisdom, translating dance into a portal for transformation and reconnection with the body and our mother earth.
She is the creator of the Dance of the Chakras Method™, a 7-stage somatic journey rooted in the understanding that the body holds what the mind cannot process.
Amy has performed and collaborated with internationally renowned artists including Madonna, Wyclef Jean and Fergie, and has choreographed for America’s Best Dance Crew and has been featured as the face of NIKE Women. She currently lives in Brazil with her daughter Ixã, continuing to dedicate her life to honoring dance as a living, sacred and transformative practice.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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Gain a deep understanding of the 8 Limbs of Yoga and discover how this ancient framework can transform the way you move, create and experience dance.
More than a philosophical system, the 8 Limbs offer a practical pathway toward greater self-awareness, presence, discipline, freedom and connection. Throughout the course, you will explore each limb in depth, uncovering how these timeless teachings can support both your personal growth and your movement practice.
You will learn how ethical living, self-inquiry, breath awareness, concentration, meditation and embodied presence can become powerful tools for unlocking authentic expression and removing the mental, emotional and energetic barriers that limit your movement.
As you integrate these teachings into your dance practice, movement begins to shift from performance to presence, from self-consciousness to self-expression, and from technique alone to embodied wisdom.
By applying the sacred principles of the 8 Limbs, you will cultivate a deeper relationship with your body, strengthen your connection to your inner guidance and discover how dance can become a living practice of awareness, transformation and liberation.
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Discover essential breathwork techniques and sacred mantras designed to support each stage of the chakra journey, helping you cultivate greater awareness, presence and energetic balance.
Breath is one of the most powerful bridges between the body, mind and nervous system. Throughout the course, you will learn how specific breathing practices can help regulate your energy, calm mental distractions, increase vitality and prepare the body for deeper movement exploration.
Each chakra is paired with intentional breathwork and mantra practices that support the unique qualities of that stage. Through these techniques, you will learn how to awaken energy, deepen concentration and create a stronger connection between movement, breath and intention.
You will explore how conscious breathing can help release tension, improve emotional regulation, increase body awareness and create a greater sense of inner stability and flow. Combined with mantra, these practices become powerful tools for focusing the mind, elevating your vibration and cultivating a deeper state of presence.
Whether you are moving, meditating or navigating daily life, these techniques provide practical tools you can return to again and again to restore balance, clarity and connection.
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Experience seven guided Chakra Dance Meditations designed to help you embody the teachings of each stage of the Dance of the Chakras Method™ through movement, breath, music and mindful awareness.
Each meditation is carefully crafted to activate the unique qualities of a specific chakra, creating a transformative journey through the body that supports emotional integration, energetic balance and deeper self-connection.
Rather than simply learning about the chakras intellectually, these guided experiences allow you to feel and explore them directly through movement. As you dance, breathe and bring awareness to different areas of the body, you begin to uncover patterns, emotions and insights that may otherwise remain hidden beneath the surface.
Each meditation serves as a powerful tool for releasing tension, restoring flow and strengthening the connection between body, mind and spirit. Through repeated practice, participants often experience greater emotional resilience, increased body awareness, enhanced creativity and a deeper sense of presence in everyday life.
These guided journeys can be revisited whenever you need grounding, emotional support, inspiration, clarity or reconnection, making them valuable practices long after completing the course.
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Explore ancient Indigenous and African Diasporic movements, honoring the wisdom, rhythm and healing practices that have been passed down through generations. Experience movement as a bridge between past and present, individual and community, body and spirit — awakening the ancestral intelligence that lives within us all. Through guided dances, rhythmic embodiment practices and ancestral movement explorations, you will reconnect with a deeper sense of belonging, vitality and connection to your roots.
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Discover the fluid foundations of Capoeira through graceful transitions, circular movement patterns and rhythmic flow. Rooted in Afro-Brazilian tradition, these practices develop strength, mobility, coordination and presence while expanding your movement vocabulary and unlocking a greater sense of confidence, playfulness and embodied freedom.
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Awaken your intuitive movement flow as you release shyness, self-doubt and fear. Learn to trust your body's wisdom, express yourself without hesitation and move through life with greater confidence, freedom and authenticity.
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Explore insightful lectures, guided reflections and practical teachings on Yogic philosophy, culture and mythology, uncovering the timeless wisdom that continues to inspire personal transformation across generations.
Throughout the course, you will deepen your understanding of foundational Yogic principles, including the 8 Limbs of Yoga, while exploring the symbolic teachings, archetypes and stories that have shaped this ancient tradition.
Rather than approaching Yoga as a purely physical practice, you will discover how these teachings can serve as practical tools for navigating modern life with greater awareness, integrity and purpose.
Through reflection exercises and embodied practices, you will learn how to respectfully and authentically apply these sacred principles to your daily relationships, personal growth, emotional wellbeing and spiritual development, transforming ancient wisdom into lived experience.
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Guided journaling exercises designed to deepen self-awareness, support emotional integration and bring greater balance to each stage of the chakra journey. Through carefully crafted reflection prompts, you will uncover limiting patterns, gain valuable insights and create space for meaningful personal transformation.
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Somatic movement is the practice of moving from within. Rather than focusing on how movement looks, somatic practices invite you to pay attention to how movement feels. By developing a deeper awareness of sensation, breath, emotion and presence, you begin to access the body's innate capacity for healing, regulation and transformation.
Within the Dance of the Chakras Method™, somatic movement becomes a living current of prayer — a pathway to reconnect with yourself through conscious movement, breath and intention.
Throughout the journey, you will explore guided movement practices designed to help release emotional tension, increase body awareness and restore a deeper connection between body, mind and spirit. As you move, you will learn to listen to the subtle language of the body, transforming movement into a powerful tool for self-discovery and personal growth.
This is not about performing choreography or dancing perfectly.
It is about awakening your authentic movement, trusting your body's wisdom and discovering the freedom that emerges when movement becomes a practice of presence, healing and connection.
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22+ Hours of Guided Transformation
✓ Complete 7 Chakra Journey
✓ Somatic Movement Practices
✓ Breathwork & Mantras
✓ Guided Dance Meditations
✓ Journaling & Integration
✓ Lifetime Access
✓ Future Updates Included
The Complete 7-Chakra Embodiment Journey. Experience the full DOTC curriculum and transform your relationship with your body, emotions, and energy.
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