Professional Dancer and Performance Artist: Aradia has over 25 years of experience in the movement arts and professional performance in theater, on film, and on stage. Aradia’s art is rooted in yoga, dance therapy modalities, ritual performance & theatrical improvisation. Her unique style incorporates the holistic & healing aspect of dance as meditation. She has years of training in Classical Ballet, Tribal/Temple fusion belly dance, Nepalese, Oddissi, modern dance, fire dance, and Butoh. Expressing the anatomy of the soul through ritual dance and original handmade costumes, her visual and energetic presence embodies the artistic, timeless exploration of sacred dance as devotion.
Aradia has performed worldwide as a soloist and has shared the stage with artists and renowned musicians including Cirque Du Soleil, Lucent Dossier, Chebb i Sabbah, Zen Arts, Faith & the Muse (as Serpentine), David Starfire, Andrew Jones, Shpongle, Random Rab and many more. Aradia has also performed in multiple music videos that have appeared on MTV and in independent films. She has been invited for repeat performances at music, art, and yoga festivals in the U.S. and internationally, including Coachella, Burning Man, Lightning in a Bottle, Wanderlust, Source, Harmony, Symbiosis, and Electric Picnic, Medicine Festival and more.
✧ My Lineage & Training ✧
I am deeply rooted in the wisdom of my ancestral lines, carrying the blood of Celtic and Scandinavian traditions. From these ancient currents flows a connection to the land, the seasons, and the elemental forces that shape life.
The Celtic roots of my lineage honor the sacred cycles of the Earth, the moon, and the stars, weaving reverence for nature, ancestral spirits, and the magic of the unseen into daily life. Through this lineage, I inherit the teachings of the druids, the song of the forests, and the devotion to the natural world as a sacred temple.
From my Scandinavian ancestors comes the fierce spirit of the north, a connection to fire, ice, and the primal rhythms of life. This lineage carries a deep respect for the strength and wisdom of women, the power of ritual, and the mysteries of the cosmos mirrored in our earthly journey.
Together, these ancestral streams guide my work as a priestess, teacher, and temple dancer. They remind me that the body is a sacred vessel, that movement is prayer, and that every ritual, dance, and breath is a way to honor the lineage that flows through us.
Sacred Dance & Embodiment
With over 25 years devoted to sacred dance lineages, my journey has unfolded as a professional belly dancer, performance artist, teacher, and ritual facilitator. Dance has always been my meditation, a sacred practice honoring the cycles, rhythms, and mysteries of life.
For more than two decades, I have walked the path of embodied movement, training in lineages that hold the body as temple and dance as devotion. My work has taken me across the U.S. and Europe, sharing stages with visionary artists and pioneers of the Tribal Fusion movement.
I am deeply grateful to all my teachers, whose wisdom, light, and guidance continue to illuminate this path. Every step, gesture, and breath in movement is an offering, a way to deepen my connection to the sacred. I remain a lifelong student, continually exploring Sacred Dance, Ayurveda, Shamanic Healing, Somatic Healing, and Body Energy Medicine, weaving these practices into the living art of embodiment and devotion.
I have had the honor of studying with luminous teachers, including:
Jane Archer ( Neo Tribal Fusion )
Jill Parker (Tribal Fusion)
Suhaila Salimpour (Tribal/Cabaret)
Carolena Nericcio (A.T.S.)
Rachel Brice (Tribal Fusion)
Colleena Shakti (Odissi)
Prajwal Vajracharya (Charya Nritya)
Mizu Desierto ( Butoh ) Lineage Teachers Koichi Tamano, Diego Piñon, and Natsu Nakajima,
…and many others whose wisdom continues to guide me.
Yoga & Sacred Movement
With 18 years of dedicated practice and four certifications in traditional Hatha, Vinyasa, Tantra, and Yoga Nidra.
I carry the lineages of Krishnamacharya, Sivananda, and Charya Nritya. My beloved teachers, Swami Sitaramananda, Shiva Rea, and Vidya Shakti, have shaped my understanding of yoga as a devotional and embodied practice.
Transformational Retreats
For over a decade, I have created and held sacred containers for women’s retreats in the USA, Bali, and Europe, guiding soulful journeys of self-discovery, embodiment, and awakening.
Ayurveda & Healing Arts
I am a certified Ayurveda Health Counselor (A.H.C.), trained in Panchakarma, detox, and women’s health programs. Through this lineage, I honor the body as a sacred vessel and a temple for healing.
Esoteric Studies & Priestess Initiations
My spiritual path has been shaped by luminaries such as Dion Fortune, Barbara Brennan, B.O.T.A., Tom Kenyon, Jonathan Rigby, Hermetica Logos, Angelles Arren, Martin Prechtel, and the Temple Sisterhood of Sekhmet. I am a 5th-generation herbalist and an ordained priestess, carrying forward a lineage of devotion, wisdom, and embodied feminine power as a devotee of the goddess.
My Origin Story
From a very young age, I was magnetized by the Great Mystery woven through both the earthly and celestial realms. As a child, I could see energy, commune with nature spirits, and sense the subtle language of the unseen. I was blessed to be raised within a nurturing spiritual lineage, immersed in Buddhist and Hindu philosophies with roots in earth‑based pagan practices. My earliest memories were shaped by Sufi whirling potlucks, ballet classes, and meditation gatherings held by my mother’s guru. Satsang, mantra, and prayer circles were how we socialized, traveling often to gather in community. These teachings of peace, Sat‑Chit‑Ananda, and inner‑outer harmony formed the foundation of my spiritual compass.
I carry the path of the Buddhist witch and the roots of a fifth‑generation herbalist. My artistry emerged as soon as my feet touched the ground; movement became my first language. Altars lived in every corner of my childhood, and speaking to spirits felt as natural as breathing. I still remember the first time my grandmother visited me long after her passing, her presence was a balm, a confirmation of the worlds layered within this one. Since childhood, I’ve been able to see spirits and feel the energetic imprint of places. Yoga became a formative practice, and at twelve years old, I experienced my first Kundalini awakening.
This gift, however, carried its shadows. As a highly sensitive and psychically attuned child, I quickly learned that sharing what I saw would be misunderstood. Much of mainstream culture held no mirror for the mystical, and I often felt like I had been born into the wrong era, longing for temples of old worlds. The visions, the dreams, the creative fire inside me demanded expression, but I did not yet know how to channel it. My clairvoyance bloomed early, but without guidance, it was overwhelming, leaving me feeling ungrounded, unheld, and at times disconnected from my body and the earth.
At sixteen, I discovered my initiated into my first coven and began walking the Wiccan path, working in sacred communion with plants, animals, and the rhythms of the natural world. This initiation awakened my studies in Jungian psychology, shamanism, and the power of myth, the stories and symbols that carry the soul’s wisdom.
Drawn ever deeper into the currents of mysticism, I explored Ogham, runes, and Tarot, ancestral tools that tethered me to the magic of my Celtic and Scandinavian bloodlines. Through these teachings, I learned to read the language of the land, the whispers of ancestors, and the hidden threads that connect all life.
At the same time, I immersed myself in the body through yoga, earning certifications and initiations in the lineages of Krishnamacharya, Sivananda, and Tantra. This sacred alchemy of Eastern practice and Western esoteric arts became the core of my daily ritual, a living path where body, mind, and spirit come together, a temple of devotion, embodiment, and remembrance.
At twenty-four, I discovered Tribal Fusion Belly Dance, and my soul recognized home. I was captivated by the music, the costume, the sisterhood, and the freedom this dance offered. Unlike anything I had known, it was not about competition; it was a celebration of women in all shapes, ages, and backgrounds, rooted in the earth and attuned to creativity, fertility, and magic.
For the first time, I had permission to move freely: to undulate, ground my feet, and let my body speak the sacred language of sensuality and devotion. Through circles, spirals, and figure-eights, Tribal Fusion revealed the blueprint of sacred movement, a vessel for releasing stored energy, clearing trauma, and reclaiming the body as temple. Surrounded by a kinship of soul women, I began sharing my gifts and discovering the transformative power of collective feminine expression. Within a year, I was teaching at my local studio; within two, I was touring internationally.
For over a decade, I lived fully in the world of professional belly dance, performing as a soloist and with my own companies, collaborating with live musicians, circus artists, and visionary creatives. Together, we pioneered the West Coast Tribal Fusion and alternative belly dance movement, blending tradition, innovation, and a soulful, gothic aesthetic to bring sacred expression to new audiences.
Each day was a rhythm of rehearsals, costume-making, music improvisation, and backstage sisterhood. Green room laughter, quiet moments before stepping on stage, and private gigs in breathtaking locations were as sacred as the performances themselves. Every festival, every stage, every collaboration carried devotion, play, and creative alchemy.
Through this life, I discovered the profound medicine of dance: the body as temple, movement as prayer, and expression as a conduit for connection to spirit, music, and one another. Touring, teaching, and performing taught me discipline, joy, and the power of shared creative energy, shaping the foundation of all I now bring to Ritual Movement Arts™, where dance becomes a path of embodiment, healing, and priestess wisdom.
I sought teachers who treated dance as devotion. I studied Odissi, Natyashastra, and Vajrayana temple dance, witnessing how movement could be a spiritual offering, a prayer in motion. Over the next decade, my study and practice expanded, weaving together the temple dancer and the wild woman, the mystical and the embodied. A vision from the Goddess called me to step fully into facilitation and teaching, to awaken the temple dancer within, to guide women into leadership, healing, and sacred stewardship of our bodies, each other, and the Earth.
At 40, I returned to college to dive deeply into the sister sciences of Yoga, Ayurveda. Drawn by a longing to understand the body as a sacred vessel and a living temple. For me, vitality practices are not just techniques. They are the rhythm of life itself. Yoga awakens the body and breath, Ayurveda honors its intelligence and balance, and sacred dance allows the soul to move, flow, and remember its connection to the divine. Together, these practices are the heart of how I care for myself and guide others.
I am a certified Ayurveda Health Counselor (A.H.C.), trained in Panchakarma, detoxification, and women’s health programs. In my ongoing private practice, I work with individuals to restore energy, align with natural rhythms, and awaken the wisdom their bodies already hold. Each consultation, session, or ritual is a journey back to the body, a reconnection to the sacred intelligence that lives in every cell.
Vitality, to me, is more than wellness; it is devotion. It is honoring the cycles of the body and the seasons of the soul, moving with intention, and holding space for our own healing and growth. Through Yoga, Ayurveda, and sacred dance, I have found a way to live fully in my body, awaken my energy, and step into the fullness of my power, and it is this path I love to share with others.
Today, I guide women to embody their divinity, reclaim their bodies, and awaken the priestess within. Through dance, ritual, and embodiment practices, we remember that every movement, breath, and gesture is a conduit for inspiration, healing, and connection to the sacred. My life’s work fuses yoga, dance, and ritual, three ancient pathways that, together, form the heart of all I offer.
