Why I Chose InnerDance: A Facilitator's Experience

Please bear in mind that these are my personal opinions. I have never been in contact with Pi Villaraza directly. My InnerDance teacher attended his training a couple of years ago. 

A lot of people have experienced Kundalini Activation Process (KAP) or Life Force Activation (LFA). However, InnerDance is less well-known, at least here in Sweden. I've noticed participants coming to my workshops without realizing that InnerDance offers similar energetic work.

InnerDance has been around since the early 2000s when Pi Villaraza created this modality. It has evolved and rebranded under different names over the years. You can read an interview with Pi on how he discovered InnerDance here.

What drew me to InnerDance is its openness and the belief that this energy belongs to us all. I haven’t experienced any hierarchies or rigid rules. I’m not even part of any InnerDance organization, because that’s how open it is. This energy belongs to everyone.

I actually wanted to apply to be a KAP facilitator 1.5 years ago, but one of the conditions was that the training was intended for people wishing to work exclusively with KAP as a healing modality, without combining it with other energy practices. I felt that I didn’t want to abandon Reiki, and as a curious soul, I wasn't prepared to commit to just one energetic modality to fit into the brand. In hindsight, I’m glad I didn’t go for that training because just as I was embarking on my InnerDance facilitator training, most Swedish facilitators chose to leave the KAP brand and adopt LFA as an umbrella term.

I’ve also been a bit apprehensive about the use of the word “Kundalini.” It makes it seem as if the facilitators are awakening or activating the Kundalini at the base of the spine during a session. I don’t believe this to be the case. InnerDance is the activation of universal life force energy, not Kundalini. Despite being immersed in this energy for hours, I don’t believe I have had a Kundalini awakening.

Of course, a Kundalini awakening can occur. It can happen to anyone, but it’s not what is occurring during an InnerDance workshop. The movements that some participants experience are a form of somatic release. It’s just energy being moved through the body, and when we surrender, our bodies are actually moved by this energy.