The ecological disaster currently being faced was preventable. Rolando Toro Araneda, the founder of Biodanza was campaigning half a century ago: ‘If you are acting from the Biocentric Principle, read more
Welling Up – Sacred Story from a Storyteller
Noel Watkins, a storyteller and Biodanza facilitator who teaches across the northern counties was one of those who ignited the initiative to celebrate Rolando Toro Araneda's birthday in a special way read more
Shaken and Stirred by Rumi and Rolando
Sue James, one of the London teachers creating a special Vivencia in honour of Rolando's 95th birthday, contributed the post below, inspired by Rumi and Rolando's deep connection with the sacred in read more
Where can you dance ‘all life is sacred’?
Our theme for celebrating what would have been Rolando Toro Araneda's 95th birthday on the 19th April is The Biocentric Principle ('all life is sacred'). In fact, it underpins and flows through the read more
Poetic Presents for a Poet with a Principle
Sometimes Biodanza is described as the 'poetry of life'. Indeed, Rolando Toro Araneda was also a poet. We've received three poetic contributions as part of our initiative to honour Rolando's read more
Three Wonderful Worlds say Happy Birthday Rolando
Olga Bastable is celebrating Rolando Toro Araneda’s birthday on the continent of Europe but it didn’t stop her contributing to our UK initiative, with the theme of the Biocentric Principle (all life read more
Why ‘All life is sacred’ is our gift to Rolando Toro
Rolando Toro would have been ninety-five on April 19th. Underpinning the Biodanza system he created is The Biocentric Principle – ‘All life is sacred.’ We’re taking a week either side of his read more
Dancing with Life in Greece with Tracy Seed
For the past 8 years, I've been leading the Dancing with Life retreat at the Kalikalos Holistic Education Centre - Alexandros Campus Mt Pelion. Leading this event has been an incredible joy and read more
Biodanza and Health Humanities
What is Biodanza? Biodanza, also known as Biocentric Dance, started in Chile in the 1960s. Its roots go back to a psychiatric hospital in Santiago, where a psychologist named R. Toro first read more
Looking back at 2017
Another year has flown by! It´s time to take a look back at all the things we have done to help Biodanza grow in the UK and be inspired again. January A slow start... February The London School read more
