Carolyn Cooke

My relationship with dance began in my mother’s womb before I took my first breath - movement has always been the thread that pulls me back to my most authentic self and reconnects me with the world around me.

In 2000, I stepped onto a conscious dance floor and felt an immediate sense of home. Not long after, I co-founded and began DJing a weekly conscious dance event in Vermont - a gathering that, remarkably, has been thriving for more than 25 years.

Dance has transformed my life. It’s carried me through pain and celebration, held me steady in difficult moments, and even led me to my husband. In 2024, I decided to focus my “third act” on sharing the profound gifts dance has given me, and the MM professional training provided a clear and potent framework for that.

Earth is my energetic home - grounded, rooted, mysterious, ever-changing, rich with resources, and interconnected with all of life. Fire fuels my creativity and the urgency to express. Water teaches me that we can always “begin again.” Air lifts my joy and opens my heart. As a teacher, I create a space where people feel safe to awaken the dancer within and find their own footing on the dance floor, often sharing that space - and the music - with my husband, Thomas.