7Directions®

A Sacred Dance Ceremony

7Directions® combines dance and music to practice following energy. Learn more about this important somatic experience here.

“7Directions helped me find my soul after being in a soulless marriage for 11 yrs. It created a safe and magical space for me to discover myself on the dance floor. Thank you Staci and 7Directions! ”

— Marie, J.

7Directions®

A Sacred Dance Ceremony

7Directions® is a dance ceremony and somatic energy healing practice which combines freestyle dance, Earth-based ceremony, eclectic world/pop/devotional music, subtle energy healing work, and creative art to facilitate release, pleasure and freedom.

One Thursday morning in January of 2002, founder Staci Boden was dancing in the living room when an urge to connect movement with Earth-based spirituality became a seed for exploration.

7 Directions - a sacred dance ceremony - blue circle, red labyrinth and moon phases.

Rooted in a legacy of fierce mama love and inspired by extensive non-ordinary states of consciousness and sacred container training, 7Directions came to life with dance circles forming across the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, over 20 years later, 7Directions has emerged as a dance ceremony and a profound teacher.

When we invoke seven essential places--east, south, west, north, below, above and within--we create a loving yet potent sacred circle for our highest good and deepest healing.

When we voice our intentions aloud, we initiate a conversation with the mystery.

Dancing together in ceremony expands these conversations into daily life.

Dancing together also facilitates community.

Whether it's in a class, evening, workshop, retreat, ongoing women’s group or facilitator training, 7Directions dance ceremony teaches us how to dance with everyday unknowns while loving ourselves, each other and Earth in the process.

“7Directions is an area of my life where I feel safe enough to let go of control and be free.”

— Hillary L.

Seven Directions - a sacred Dance ceremony - altar of flowers, images and statues.

7Directions' opportunities for dance ceremony include:

  • Virtual and in-person public dances and ongoing women’s groups.

  • Dances with focused intentions such as self-love, trust, surrender and healing.

  • Private dances for individuals, couples, groups and organizations.

  • Dance which honor and celebrate transitions like birthdays, new homes, marriage and blessingways.

  • Somatic practice for releasing, connecting and following subtle energy inside your body and daily life.

  • Ceremonial training to embody a co-creative paradigm of leadership and collaboration as a 7Directions Facilitator.

7Directions happens in person and virtually. Like avocado and chocolate, each offers a different kind of delicious experience.

Current 7Directions with Staci include Virtual Women’s 7Directions (see below).

In 2023, Staci has begun holding in-person extended 7Directions evenings and weekend retreats in the Northern California Bay Area. To be informed about these dance ceremonies, contact Staci.

“7Directions carried me with grace through an extremely difficult year. Every time I receive an opportunity to drop in, connect with spirit, move energy and express myself fully. Whatever emotions or situations I am working on in life, I can dance with them in a sacred context, and I find I always return to reverence and joy.”

— Rebecca E.

7 Directions - a sacred Dance ceremony - in action - silhouettes of people dancing during sunset.

“7Directions nourishes and empowers me to open and grow. I treasure the intermingling of dance, sound and expression in a sacred space within such a beautiful, supportive community. Every time, I receive insight, grace, release.”

— Zoe K.

Virtual Women’s 7Directions

Experience an ongoing women’s dance ceremony circle

If you already recognize dance ceremony, music and/or Earth-based ceremony as essential, this somatic energy practice will feel like coming home.

If a busy life means scheduling your self-care, this monthly three hour experience will nourish you in a timely way.

If you’re a cis-woman, trans-femme or non-binary human yearning to find your voice and dance your truth, this confidential women’s centered space will hold you with gentle loving strength.

Join Staci Boden and Jane Sanguinetti for an ongoing women’s circle where the healing potency of free-form dance, eclectic music and creative art meets the nourishing power of a women’s group.

Held within an Earth-based ceremony, 7Directions creates a loving woman-centered space for people to connect and transform their lives.

Cis-women, trans-femme and non-binary people are invited to come share, laugh, dance, listen, grieve, learn, celebrate, make art and co-create community together.

After circling up for personal check-ins, we move into dance ceremony.

Accompanied by a blend of tribal, world, electronic and pop music, each person is free to explore intentions, follow energy, and discover their own sense of rhythm.

We complete with drawing and journaling by candlelight before offering blessings.

Insight into the feeling of Seven directions - a sacred dance ceremony - people's feet surround an altar on the ground.

Through each session, 7Directions becomes a nourishing women-centered gathering, and also a way to learn how to dance through any life circumstance.

Two sessions each year: Sept-January and February-June
Time: Saturday, 5:00-8:00 pm, Pacific Time (8pm optional byo snack)
Location: Zoom
Commitment: one dance per month for five months
Tuition for Spring 2023: $350. Payable by the 2nd meeting unless otherwise arranged. Monthly ($70) payments possible with full tuition due regardless of attendance.
Extras: 10% discount on healing sessions with Staci and/or Jane (not including packages or couple’s sessions)

Fall 2023 Saturdays, Virtual: FULL

Spring 2024 dates:

February 10

March 9

April 20

May 11

June 15

Virtual Women’s 7Directions is open to trans-femme, non-binary and cis-women people excited to reclaim joy, rest, pleasure, freedom and more by centering our individual and collective feminine experience.

“7Directions is a warm and open-minded space to let loose, process through my emotions physically, and miraculously bring my intentions to reality. Dancing with and bearing witness to the stories of the other amazing women each month has become a safe harbor on my journey.”

— Diana D.

7 Directions - a sacred Dance ceremony - altar with various sacred objects and candles.

Morning 7Directions

Release, regenerate and restore with an individual or group sacred dance ceremony. Created and held by Staci Boden since 2002, 7Directions dance ceremony integrates freestyle conscious dance with Earth-based ceremony so that art, music and movement become medicine for navigating life.

After gathering briefly we create sacred space and invoke personal intentions. Next, we embark on a journey of tribal, world, electronic, devotional and pop music to explore energy and cultivate body wisdom.

As we move consciously, stress transforms into healthy and vibrant energy, and we learn what we need to feel more aware, intuitive and empowered. Ending gently with stretching and art, we connect individual healing with global blessings.

Dance ceremony becomes a spiritual connection and healing path that teaches us how to move through life.

No experience necessary, women, men and non-binary people welcome!

  • "Staci Boden has been a steadfast guide for me over the past decade. Her skillful and compassionate insights have influenced my path greatly. She is fierce when it is called for, and a deep listener who nurtures as she teaches. I would not be the woman I am today wthout her support and love."

    Tasha A.

  • "My husband and I found ourselves stuck in some patterns we were having trouble escaping. Working with Staci helped us identify the different ways in which we were effectively communicating and relating, and how we were not. She helped us gain greater understanding of our own energies and how we could create a both-and world."

    Tina S.

  • "Staci's presence in my life has been unyielding and profound. With her support, I have been able to navigate living with depression and anxiety, going through major life/work/relationship transitions, and learning to work with the unknown and the unknowable. Staci never ceases to be a source of nurturance, guidance, and deep, deep care."

    Lisa L.

  • "My beloved and I were fortunate to work with Staci over the course of 2+ years. Her skillful listening and pointed observations helped us to open to changes our relationship needed. The tools and practices along with having a place to talk it out together created a relationship container than holds us today. We would not have made it without her. Thank you, Staci for guiding and loving us."

    Teresa C.

  • "Staci does not lead you into deep places unattended."

    Catherine A.

  • "I started seeing Staci because I felt boxed in and trapped - literally. Staci helped me transform the box and get in touch with aspects of my life that had been long buried. She's provided the space and support to allow those aspects to thrive and flourish, which has helped me grow as a person. I no longer feel trapped and boxed in, my anxiety has diminished, and I've started writing again."

    Carey H.

  • "Staci holds a sacred space better than anyone I have ever experienced."

    Greta V.

  • "With Staci I've begun a journey into my own truth - one I've been afraid to take for this entire lifetime. But it feels as though she holds my hand and grants me space where I can come to trust my own instincts, intuition, and wisdom. When I'm overwhelmed I can rely on the tools I've found instead of various addictions. Sessions with Staci are the most worthwhile work I've ever done."

    Diana C.

  • "Staci Boden is a spiritual midwife, holding you in her arms as you deliver yourself from the pain of the past. I will give you this warning: Do not step into this process with Staci unless you are truly prepared to awaken that which has been sleeping, deep inside of you, for far too long."

    Gwen B.

  • "Staci was a clear, gentle and yet, ever present grounding force that helped me harness my own inner strength to leave an abusive relationship. From there, she's been a touchstone and guide for expanding into my own self-love and self-supportive capacity in its many permutations. I'm so grateful for the depths of Staci's innate wisdom and practical knowledge."

    Jadyn D.

  • "Staci's methods helped me see that healing power is not only real, it is within all of us. Sometimes what it takes is learning a few tools and a lot of support."

    Jay J.

  • "The unique earth-based wise-woman energy healing that Staci offers has allowed me to sit with and move through some of the most difficult transitions in my life with awareness and grace. Her sessions are just the right combination of talk (checking-in), energy work and assessment. I always feel seen, held, and lighter afterwards."

    Hannah E.

  • "Recently I was struck by the (rather frightening) realization that, without Staci, I may have lived the rest of my life having never experienced the profound insight, awareness and healing this deep sacred work offers. Staci is the real deal. Where other practices I've tried have been more saccharine, her teaching is sweet honey, straight from the bee."

    Jenny B.

  • "I trust Staci completely."

    Mel F.

  • "Staci's loving support and wise guidance helped me through a very challenging phase of my life. She not only helped me to make sense of a painful ending with a friend, she also helped me to 'make medicine' out of it. I feel deeply grateful for Staci's integrative approach, wisdom and loving care."

    Lindsay J.

  • "I am forever grateful to Staci and her beautiful book, which came into my life at a time when I was spinning in circles. Nothing compares to the loving container she upholds, the deep energy work and her mama bear presence. Thank you Staci for the ongoing space holding and guidance as I step into my heart work. Much love!"

    Sam L.

  • "I'm in Michigan, so Staci and I work via Skype but she may as well be sitting right next to me. If I'm visualizing sitting by the sea, she will, in that exact moment, mention the sea. If an animal friend or spirit guide shows up for me, Staci knows it immediately. She can detect the precise sensations in my body and intuit how to work that energy. It's uncanny. I may never understand how she does this, but I'm just so grateful for her deep, powerful work."

    Liz J.