Spiritual Dance: Workshop Connects Meditation and Movement

Kathy Cotton's strict Southern Baptist upbringing taught that dancing was sinful. So the "twirly child who wrote spontaneous songs and danced barefoot with great abandon" put on her shoes and learned how to sit still.

It wasn't until years later that Cotton began to question this teaching while watching a religious program on TV. A woman became so overcome that she began spinning across the stage. Something long dormant stirred in Cotton.

She turned to scripture, relishing every passage that mentioned dance, once considered an integral part of the religious ceremonies of ancient Israel. (More)

Source: The Southern Illinoisan