Sun Moon Dance

July 2026 - Dates to Be Announced
The ceremony of the SunMoon Dance has been  given to the people in the form we dance at the Center for Peace by  Beautiful Painted Arrow, Joseph Rael.

Though  it may be said it has its roots in Native American teachings, which is  true, since Joseph is a Native American of the Ute and Tiwa people, the  roots of the Dance also stretch back to ceremonies in Crete and Mycenia.  It is in fact a fairly common ceremony for the People to gather about a  single tree and dance. Although Joseph is Native American, the form of  the Dance that he has given to us is not one from traditional native  ways, but is rather a form given to him in vision. The SunMoon Dance is a  part of the vision to bring peace to Mother Earth and to facilitate Her  healing.

The People chanting,  dancing and praying become the hollow reed through which vibration is  called into this plane as sound and movement. In this way we connect the  up above and the down below. 

The  SunMoon Dance is fasting, prayer and movement. We dance for inspiration,  clarity and to break forms. Fasting allows us to become aware of the  light that is moving through us by speeding up the brain’s energy to  become more perceptive, more aware of the rapidly moving light energy.  This leads to heightened psychic awareness. 

The  Dance helps us to break the crystallization of forms that hold us in  the places we are stuck. By dancing and fasting for the time of the  Dance, we heighten our awareness and allow ourselves to remake our  personal world as we call the vibration of peace to the land we dance  upon. 

When we dance we are the  truth of breath, matter and movement. By dancing on land that has been  used for Dance before, we are placing ourselves in a vortex of Spirit  energy. This vortex calls us higher up in vibration as we follow the  steps of those that have danced on this land before our time. The land  calls us. 

The SunMoon Dance needs  no explanation to those who have danced, and no explanation is possible  for those who have not danced. You know if you are to dance. 

Join  us as we dance Love and Beauty into being on the land. If you think the  Dance is not for you then please send prayers of support to those who  will dance. Over the years I have come to fully understand that the most  important things we can do are to show up and pay attention.

“In July 1999, this Journey of Service began as I attended the Sun/Moon

Dance at the Center For Peace in Seymour, Tennessee. That first role was that of a Dancer’s Support Person. Little did I initially understand about what I had witnessed during those four days. It touched and opened my Heart. Complete strangers welcomed and embraced me. It was such a profound and heart-opening experience that I felt an immediate Call at a deep level. A Call to Dance… and, two weeks later I was dancing my first Sun Moon Dance in West Virginia.” “Since attending that first Sun Moon Dance as a support person, I have served many dances, in these last 26 years. That includes all of Grandfather Joseph

Rael’s Dances as well as the Women’s Web Dance, For The One Dance, Fire Dance, and the Dragon Dance. Many Dances and many forms of Service through them. I have served Dances in Germany, Norway, South Africa and in various locations in the United States. When I think about it, I recognize that it has been a continual Call that has given me the opportunity to heal, to learn, to grow, and to expand as a Human Being. It

is now and always has been about personal healing and growth, as well as Service for the Greater Good.”
“It is because of these experiences and the Healing that I have received, 

that I am able to step into that place in the east gate to serve the Tennessee Sun Moon Dance, as Chief. It is with deep Gratitude for Chief Steve Citty and his trust in my ability that I’ve accepted this role. It is because of him as well as every other person I have ever served with and learned from since 1999, that I am able to do this. Yes, I am able to do this…      ‘With help’, as Chief Steve would say!”.

The requested Dancer Donation and dates for 2026 Sun Moon Dance are to be determined. Please check back often for registration information. It you are interested in preregistering click here.