My Dancing Journey
In 2011, I moved to Hamburg while pregnant, joining my husband there. That December, our first daughter was born. I was new to the city and, although I deeply cherished the time with our daughter, I soon found myself longing for a space just for me.
Fortunately, I have a wonderful, dancing mother, who had already spent a lot of time dancing
5Rhythms with Susannah on Sylt. She had the sense that maybe this kind of movement could be something for me as well.
So I first discovered the 5Rhythms and, through some lovely contacts, was introduced to the wider dance community in Hamburg. At that time, I simply needed a space to be – no matter how tired, exhausted, or whatever emotional state I was in.
By a beautiful stroke of luck, I quickly found my way to Soul Motion with Edgar Spieker. For me, it was a place to come home to myself – a grounded, held, and deeply safe space where I could explore who I was. I danced weekly with him, explored myself, discovered new parts of me, and nourished a passion that was deeply rooted in my heart.
I treasured these spaces even more while dancing with my second daughter in my belly.
Dance became a new form of expression – one that felt incredibly familiar, natural, and connected.
The dance with my body and my hands had already been present during my training as a
physiotherapist and osteopath.
I became a passionate dancer – I danced so much with and on the ground.
Held, grounded, simply being, with everything that showed up.
Thanks to my mother and my husband, I was always able to experience these spaces, even with small children – and they nourished me, again and again, ever deeper.
They opened doors I didn’t even know existed at the time.
Rooting into the earth also opened the space above me – a sense of vastness, discovery, and the realization that there’s so much more.
Since I wasn’t raised within any particular religious tradition, I was free to discover my own path – something I’m very grateful for.
Arriving in myself and the experiences in the dance space became such a valuable resource that I wanted to dive deeper.
Even though we thankfully moved away from Hamburg and back to nature – to the sea – my
passion and dedication remained.
I began attending workshops and eventually encountered Michael Molin-Skelton.
Wow.
What an experience – simply being, dancing from love, diving in and down, feeling this connection that was powerful and moving, full of magical moments.
I decided to take the training – not initially to teach, but as a path toward myself, into my everyday life, my family, and my environment.
So the journey deepened, and it began to spill over from the dance floor into my daily life.
When my children had emotional outbursts, I learned to sit quietly on the floor, lean back, breathe and calm my nervous system – so I could simply be there for them.
Over the years, the once overwhelming, highly sensitive part of me that absorbed everything began to transform. I started to understand and listen to my body – what it needs and when.
And alongside all of this, it became clear: I wanted to offer these spaces to others.
So in 2019, I began doing just that.
I also discovered that there is no better continuing education for my professional work than dance.
As I moved and “cleared out” my own system, I became less triggered by the emotions or energies of my patients.
It was liberating – I could continue training in dance and didn’t have to follow traditional
educational paths.
I completed the Soul Motion teacher training – and just before that, I joined a short online session with Ya’Acov.
As soon as the drums began, I felt deeply touched – like it resonated in my bones. YES.
So I enrolled in several online courses, deeply impressed and moved.
Something was awakened in me – something that had been there all along, but that I hadn’t yet known how to access.
For years, I had explored the gentle, fluid world of Soul Motion – flowing until it all dissolved.
And now, I began to sense a new clarity, a direction.
It felt powerful.
It helped me stand taller inside myself.
I devoured the book, and the work with the elements, with spirit allies – all of it confirmed what I had already danced into being.
The work with the nervous system…
.....and the Polyvagal Theory in my osteopathic work has become a beautiful bridge.
It was clear to me that I also wanted to dance in the physical presence of Susannah and Ya’Acov.
Now, as I sit here and think about it, I often find myself speechless – simply full of gratitude for the path I have taken, am walking, and will continue to walk.
I'm deeply fascinated by how, through daily dancing – no matter the state I’m in – my body has
found such profound trust to navigate life.
Supported by fellow travelers and the ongoing practice of dancing it into my cells – this has become an enchanting path for me.
Yes, and my body holds so much wisdom – and I trust it.
There are ancestral themes, many of them, and I am learning to release them – without falling into drama.
To breathe, to dance, to let go energetically – always in a rhythm and pace that is resourced.
And that’s the next key word:
I am grateful for all the resources I have access to.
Meeting the mystery of life and allowing myself to be with it is becoming easier.
Riding the waves of life – and especially since the Phoenix Retreat this year – something has broken through after many years.
The work into my feminine primal power has now been unleashed – truly unleashed.
To witness how calmly and with a regulated nervous system I can now accompany our two
daughters, aged 11 and 13, into their next life phase – to be with the challenges,
to stay present.
And yes, the dance within my partnership – not always easy, not knowing where it’s going, but I dance it with an open heart and with presence.
Being awake – especially in these recent weeks – the pull is strong, the call is loud: Initiation…
Apprenticeship Programme and more.
To have the tools, to dance the Phoenix, to inquire:
Is it the hungry ghost, longing to be in those spaces where I feel so fully in my power, so deeply in my being, where so much is happening collectively – where love and magic simply are?
To reflect – and to know:
It’s not the hungry ghost.
To trust.
And at the same time to set the intention:
To go,
To listen,
To feel my heartbeat – and still…
With the help of my animal allies, especially the Eagle, who reminds me to keep the wide
perspective – the overview:
What do my daughters need?
And what is being born here?
Thank you to everyone who has walked this path with me so far,
and to all who continue to walk beside me.
Dance has given me a home within myself,
opened my heart,
let walls crumble,
gifted me bathtubs full of tears,
reconnected me with Mother Earth,
opened the sky,
and given my soul a voice.
My nervous system has found deep regulation through connection – through lots of cold water and countless beautiful moments in nature.
The air by the sea continues to fill my lungs.
The campfire – again and again a place of transformation.
These days, I often just sit in the garden, on the earth, and feel this deep connection.
I feel the call – right now – to simply be with it.
To hold.
To support Mother Earth with what she is holding right now.
In love and in joyful anticipation for all that is yet to come –
and most of all, for the moment that is now.
In Love and gratitude Lisanne
Dream: I am walking across a bridge under which a wide, rushing yet still river flows, like in Canada. In the distance, I see my two strong and gentle spirit animals, the brown bears, who have been accompanying me for some time—they are fishing!
I walk across the bridge, where on the other side stands a large manor house. I go inside, and there is an older wise man I can simply lean on, and together we just are, in simple being.
So beautiful! Yes, the journey continues—thank you! Life is dancing through me!
