Hi I’m Laura Cherry. 

I’m a dancer, facilitator, teacher & creator of Rising Soul Dance.

Bringing people together to dance, create, heal and release through music is my ultimate passion in life. After my own healing transformation through movement, I want to guide others to connect with their joy, and realise their infinite potential. Rising Soul Dance is a guided dance meditation practice I created in 2019 which helps you experience inner freedom. I believe everyone has an inner dancer, and we all move in a unique way. When we realise our uniqueness, we can begin to feel free.

Music and movement have been my form of expression from the beginning..

After growing up in a household of music lovers, I became deeply connected to a wide selection of genres. Live music has a massive place in my heart and I’ve always found a release moving my body. This naturally led me to go on to study dance and move to London where I have been teaching and performing dance for over 10 years. I also co-founded a specialist 1960s GoGo and 1970s Dance company, which coincides with my love for retro eras. In 2014, the fast paced creative London life got to me and it wasn't until I encountered a serious health challenge that I needed to stop and focus on healing.

I didn’t realise it, But dance became my Therapy

After my own health challenges, I realised that movement and the connection to the body was my greatest healer

After dancing for years I directed my focus on healing after years of being on the pill and various other illnesses mainstream doctors couldn't diagnose. 

When I connected back to the joy of movement, this was one of the first times I felt like I was dancing in my body after feeling disconnected. It felt like pure connection, presence and a spiritual experience. I started to turn towards holistic movement practices and fell in love with Qigong. Learning Qigong has informed the way I move and relate to others.

WELCOME TO RISING SOUL DANCE //

WELCOME TO RISING SOUL DANCE //

 I KNEW THAT MY OWN HEALING COULD HELP OTHERS

And from here Rising Soul Dance was created..

I knew my passion was to uplift and inspire others through dance, and I wanted to create a space where we could rise together. After seeing a 1920s Erte artwork of a dancer unravelling out of ropes towards the stars, that was the visual inspiration for Rising Soul Dance. To set ourselves free, to uplift and realise our potential. For the past 8 years I have been studying various ancient healing modalities that I incorporate into the Rising Soul Dance journey.

RISING SOUL DANCE - TOGETHER WE MOVE WITH OUR SOUL EXPRESSION AND PAINT OUR WORLD WITH DANCE

01 / MUSIC & SOUND

The Rising Soul Dance soundtracks are curated to take you on a journey of self discovery. The sounds enable you to express certain emotions and allow rhythms to run through your body. Through soul lifting beats ranging from celestial sounds to heavy rock and roll riffs, ecstatic drumming, funky beats, soulful and rare grooves and blissful healing frequencies - the music is such an integral part of the practice and helps you to embody different energies.

02 / Dance & Movement

You will be guided on a journey of breathwork, freeform dance, qigong and therapeutic shaking, creative visualization, self inquiry and also a period of stillness to integrate. The variety of movement patterns and practices allows us to strengthen the mind and body connection.

03 / Creative Expression

The practice incorporates creative exploration through partner and group work, voice activation, personal style and plus writing and drawing in my longer workshops.

  • "I am not exaggerating when I say I am forever changed and grateful after going on a 1:1 dance healing journey with Laura. "

    “Others have noticed the change in me including increased confidence and the way I carry myself. I see the six weeks as being just the start of a lifelong practice”

    LYNSEY

  • “Rising Soul Dance has shown me that dance and movement are the next steps to fullness and wholeness within."

    “We have to move the energetic magnificence of who we are into being and form to feel fully alive, the classes have helped me to do that!”

    HOLLY

Dance with me at up and coming events