Sanctuary dance Events
a numinous path
Seeing with the eye of the heart
Sanctuary Dance is an invitation to come home to yourself.
Through movement, we remember what the mind so easily forgets: that we are both fully human and fully divine.
We move from the inside out, guided by the eye of the heart, where love is not just a feeling but a practice.
Our body becomes a living, breathing mantra.
We gather through book clubs and sacred embodiment events, through classes honoring the divine feminine, and coming in the spring of 2027 through monthly supper clubs where community is built not just on the dance floor, but around the shared table of food, conversation and connection.
Because belonging is part of the medicine too.
Come as you are. Move as you must. Be held.
Birthing in October 2026
Fully Human, Fully Divine: The Numinous Path of the Heart and the Body
Dear friends,
I’m delighted to invite you into a 7-week embodied book club/dance sanctuary that weaves together sacred text, community conversation, and expressive movement to explore what it means to be fully human and fully divine through a divine feminine lens.
✨ This is a unique Book Club/Movement Sanctuary extravaganza
7 Weeks · 7 Sacred Powers · Seeing with the Eye of the Heart
This first journey we will take together is inspired by Meggan Watterson’s The Mary Magdalene Oracle and her book The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, rooted in one of the earliest mystical streams of the Christ movement. Have you read it? It's fabulous!
Discovered in Egypt, the 2nd century Gospel of Mary Magdalene reveals teachings from Jesus that were later excluded from the biblical canon created in the 4th century during the political codification of the Christ's teachings by the Roman Empire. Mary's recovered ancient teachings center on inner knowing, sacred embodiment, unity, and love, rather than fear, hierarchy, or separation.
I am excited to share this divine feminine energy with you!
🌿 This course is open to all genders and welcomes anyone drawn to embodied spirituality, contemplative movement, and sacred inquiry.
🌙 What we will explore in our time together
Over seven weeks, we will journey through the seven powers of the ego, as revealed in Mary’s Gospel.
Each week thetwo hour session will include:
- Teaching and guided conversations using the text and oracle deck which you will purchase and read if you don't already have them
- Community sharing and reflection in safe and sacred space open to all
- A short meditation at the end of each session
- A 45 minute gentle, thematic sacred embodiment session to move the teachings out of the intellect and into the body. This will be easy access into your own movement guided by the facilitator. No dance experience required and no steps to remember.
Together, we shift from ideas of separation into an experience of sovereignty with ourselves and unity with each other and the universe.
🔥 The Seven Powers of the Ego that we will explore based off the book and oracle cards :
- Week 1
The First Power: Darkness
“Darkness makes vision possible.”
- Week 2
The Second Power: Clinging
“I trust what my soul desires.”
- Week 3
The Third Power: Ignorance
“Humility is my greatest strength.”
- Week 4
The Fourth Power: Excess
“I am Beloved.”
- Week 5
The Fifth Power: Forgetting
“I am a body and a soul.”
- Week 6
The Sixth Power: The Sacred Body
“The body never lies.”
- Week 7
The Seventh Power: Holy Rage
“Anger is information.”
Through gentle and creative sacred embodiment, deep reflection, and shared presence, these powers become
felt experiences, not just abstract ideas. Dancing, which we do barefoot, can be done standing or seated if necessary. Chairs will be available if needed.
💗 Why This Journey Matters
This is an invitation to:
- Discover Mary Magdalene, the watch tower/guardian as an ascended master, "Apostle to the apostles" and mystic
- Reclaim early (1st/2nd century) Christ teachings deeply rooted in love, affectivity and embodied wisdom
- Awaken the sacred numinous path of awareness in body, mind, and spirit through movement
- Deepen your authentic presence within yourself, with others, and with the world
- Explore how we might live together with more compassion, truth, integrity, discernment and aliveness
This path is not about christianity, but of liberation through knowledge and divinity.
It is not about perfection or performance and there will be no dance moves to remember.
Each of the 7 sessions will be about a divine remembering ...remembering who we are…fully human & fully divine in the eyes of the Good.
I would love to walk—and dance—this numinous path with you.
With warmth and peace,
Michelle Dubreuil
Sanctuary Dance-a heartfelt movement ministry
Instagram: sanctuary_dance
INFORMATION:
Dates: Oct 6, 13, 20, 27 and Nov 33, 10, 17th = 7 weeks
Day: Tuesday evenings
Venue: Blueberry Gardens, 108 Rt 108, Ashton, MD
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Cost for the Book Club/Dance Series: there is NO drop-in possibility; Early bird sign up for the series is before Sept 1st: $270 the series; $320 after Sept 1st; use Zelle email: biodanzaeastcoast@gmail.com / In message write: MM Book Club
Dancing the Divine Feminine
Dear Friends,
Join us for 7 weeks to dance the theme THE DIVINE FEMININE.
Every week is a new goddess.
Every week is a new doorway into yourself.
Each two-hour session begins with a seated circle, where you'll receive a teaching on one goddess : her story, her qualities, her medicine. From there, we move together in sacred embodiment, letting her energy flow through gesture, breath, and motion. No dance background required, no experience necessary. Just you, the music, and a room full of women ready to remember who they are.
CYCLE 1: FALL/WINTER 2026
The Divine Feminine to be danced:
Mother Mary-The Mother of God-Dec 1st 2026
Mary Magdalene-The Apostle to the Apostle-Dec 8th 2026
Perpetua- The Saint of Authenticity- Dec 15th 2026
Thecla-The Prophetess of True Power- Jan 12 2027
Anandamaya Ma- the joy permeated mother- Jan 19 2027
Khadijah-The Mother of Believers-Jan 26th 2027
Joan of Arc-The Warrior of Light- Feb 2 2028
INFORMATION FOR THE GODDESS DANCINGS SESSIONS:
Dates: Winter/Spring 2027
Venue: Blueberry Gardens, rt 108 Ashton MD,
Day: Tuesday evening 7-9pm
Cost: Drop-ins are possible =$35 drop-in; or $210 the 7 class series; includes teaching/movement facilitation/tea after class/rental.
Drop-ins MUST Zelle two days previous to class in order to have proper preparation. Thank you!
Please use Zelle email: biodanzaeastcoast@gmail.com / In message write: Divine Series or the Goddess to be danced
CYCLE 2 : SPRING 2027- TBA
dancing into 2027
Seeing with the eye of the heart
Monthly Supper Clubs
Good food.
Sacred conversation.
Real community.
Any one can attend. Any time! Even if you haven't been to a Sanctuary Dance event.
Once a month, Sanctuary Dance hosts a supper club: a relaxed, joy-filled gathering where the table is long, the music is lovely, and the conversation goes as deep as you want it to. Bring a potluck dish to share, bring a friend, bring whatever's on your heart.
We'll talk about all things divine and sacred or we'll just laugh and eat together. Either way, you'll leave feeling fed in more ways than one.
No agenda. No performance. Just people growing something beautiful together.
Spring 2027 dates and venue will appear on the website calendar.
Winter/Spring 2027
BOOK/DANCE CLUB:
Book Club/SanCtuary Dance
7 weeks/7 dances
We will be studying "The Acts of Paul & Thecla" by Meggan Watterson
A Book Club and Movement sessions based on dancing the 7 stages of spiritual transformation made by Thecla as seen in the textbook.
Coming in Winter/Spring 2027 on Tuesday evenings at Blueberry Gardens
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Michelle Dubreuil-your teacher and facilitator
Some callings arrive quietly. Others arrive as a consecration.
It is the deepest honor of my life to serve as an ordained Priestess in the Order of Melchizedek, Sanctuary of the Beloved which is a lineage of sacred service that transcends denomination, doctrine, and division. Each Priest ordained within this order carries legal ordination under The Sanctuary of the Beloved, an incorporated, non-denominational church recognized in New York State and across the United States. What that means in practice is simple: I am here, fully and legally, to hold the sacred moments of your life.
Birth. Marriage. Passing. The thresholds that crack us open and ask us to remember what is holy.
My spiritual path has led me deep into feminine theology and the early Gnostic church, those luminous, often suppressed traditions that honored the sacred feminine, the wisdom of direct experience, and the divine light living inside every human being. That path is not merely academic for me. It lives in my body, in my practice, in every gathering I create.
From that devotion, Sanctuary Dance was born. This is a community of embodied spiritual practice where movement becomes prayer, where the goddess is not a distant myth but a living presence we can feel in our bones. I invite you to come, to move, to remember.
You are welcome at every threshold. You are welcome here.
Sactuary Dance FAQs
Do I need dance experience to participate?
Not at all! No prior dance experience is needed. Movement is accessible to all body types and movement abilities. You’ll be guided in a safe, welcoming space to move in a way that feels natural and enjoyable for you.
What should I wear or bring to class?
Wear comfortable clothes you can move in and bring water. We dance barefoot or in soft-soled shoes. No special gear is required—just bring yourself.
How long is each session?
A sessions typically run about two hours, including a welcome, the teaching and the movement portion of the class. Barefoot or socks necessary. Bring a bottle of water, your text if you are in the book club and an open h heart.
Can I attend just one class to try it out?
Some sessions are book clubs, so a series that needs to be signed up for. However, the Goddess dance classes can be signed up for a series for less money or can be a drop-in if you cannot committ to the series.
What should I bring to a supper club?
Something healthy to share with others. Supper club will be held outside at Schooley Mill Park in Highland MD and will begin in the spring of 2027. Dates to be announced.
Is Sanctuary Dance church?
No, but during the book clubs and divine feminine dance sessions we will be discussing early christianity and the women who shaped it.
How do I sign up and pay?
Preferred payment is Zelle (safest bank to bank transfer): Michelle Dubreuil Macek using the email: biodanzaeastcoast@gmail.com
Supper club will not have a fee. :)
What's your cancelation policy?
Payments are non refundable unless due to force majeure or sudden cancelation by organizer. Refunds may be applicable to another class if possible. All participants must fill in waiver prior and/at first class and will remain applicable for the duration of all future sessions. Pricing is a published above.
Do I need to know how to dance?
Absolutely not. No steps to remember. No choreography. Gentle and guided movement will be facilitated for you.
What is your social media?
Sanctuary_dance on INSTAGRAM
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