Welcome to the December 2025 TranscenDance™ Tribune
This month, we celebrate the spirit of Joyful Celebration—a reminder that your life is filled with quiet miracles, sacred moments, and simple joys that deserve to be honored.
In this issue of the TranscenDance™ Tribune, we shine a light on the inspiring journey of Facilitator Lori Carbonneau, whose path beautifully reflects what happens when joy meets movement. Her story reminds us that sometimes the most meaningful celebrations come from the small nudges. Through TranscenDance™, Lori has rediscovered joy in her own life and now joyfully shares that freedom with others.
You’ll be invited to explore ways to embody joyful celebration in your everyday life. From simple practices that ground you in the moment to rituals that honor your becoming, this piece gently invites you to live with more joy, more connection, and more radiant presence.
You’ll also discover ways to connect with the TranscenDance™ community through our TranscenDance™ Live Virtual Classes, which will be on
Saturday, December 6th @ 10 am Pacific and Saturday, December 20th @ 10 am Pacific.
The TranscenDance™ Tribune is dedicated to nurturing our conscious dance community and celebrating the healing power of the mind-body-spirit connection with a new issue every month. Previous issues are also available online at https://bti.com/tribune.
Where Joy Meets Movement
Spotlighting Facilitator Lori Carbonneau
For Lori Carbonneau, discovering TranscenDance™ began with a single email that arrived at exactly the right moment. After nearly 20 years in real estate, she felt burned out and ready for something new. She closed her office, moved her work home, and found herself wondering, What’s next? She tried several different paths, Avon marketing, pet therapy with her dog, even writing a children’s book, but nothing truly sparked joy. She knew she wasn’t meant to return to real estate. She just didn’t know what she was meant to do.
Then an unexpected email from the Brave Thinking Institute landed in her inbox. Inside was a questionnaire titled, “Does this sound like you?” As Lori read each statement, she answered yes over and over again. The message was about becoming a life coach, speaker, and trainer, roles that matched her natural love for teaching and public speaking. She reached out, spoke with the team, and soon enrolled in the DreamBuilder® Coaching Certification. That step opened the door to Life Mastery Consulting and, eventually, to a new sense of purpose.
As Lori continued attending trainings and events, she began exploring what kind of coach she wanted to be. Having lived with Type 1 diabetes for more than 50 years, and having lost her mother to Type 2 diabetes, she felt guided toward wellness. She knew she wanted to include movement in her coaching work—something physical, but also something fun. While reflecting on that, she thought of Jennifer Joy Jiménez, whose energy and presence she had experienced during Brave Thinking Institute trainings. She remembered that Jennifer taught TranscenDance™ and thought, maybe this could be the joyful movement she was looking for.
The very next day, Lori received another perfectly timed email, this time from Jennifer herself: Would you like to become a TranscenDance™ Facilitator? Lori laughed in disbelief. It felt like the universe was nudging her forward yet again. She said yes and stepped into facilitator training with the intention of weaving TranscenDance™ into her coaching and wellness programs.
From the beginning, Lori felt drawn to Jennifer’s teaching style. “She just makes everything so fun,” Lori says. “She’s a spirited person, and you can feel her energy. That energy rubs off on you.” She loved how Jennifer created a space filled with grace, encouragement and freedom, never judgment. Being in that kind of space helped Lori grow with confidence and joy.
As TranscenDance™ became part of her life, Lori noticed it showing up in simple, joyful ways. When she cleaned the house, she would put on music and find herself dancing through her tasks. On daily walks with her dog, she listened to music and let her body move to the beat. Even on days when she felt heavy or low, TranscenDance™ helped her release stuck energy and feel better. “Sometimes you’re doing it subconsciously,” she says. “You don’t even know you’re doing it.”
Teaching TranscenDance™ a couple of times a month has become a meaningful part of Lori’s work. What she loves most is how people feel after class. Participants often tell her, “That was so much fun,” or “I really shook out some energy.” Each time she hears those words, she feels grateful to have made a positive difference. “It makes me feel good that I’m helping people make a shift,” she says.
Lori also appreciates how TranscenDance™ gives people permission to feel whatever is inside them: joy, release, tears, celebration. “That’s what’s so magnificent about TranscenDance™,” she says. “We let our emotions move through us. What’s not serving us, we let it go.”
Lori also began seeing photos of Jennifer’s retreats in places like Tulum and Costa Rica, beautiful images of women moving, dancing, and enjoying the experience together. Even though Lori traveled often, she had never been on a retreat before. But the energy in those images was so uplifting that she felt called to join. She said yes to Tulum, and later to Costa Rica for her level 2 facilitator training, where she had a clear personal goal: learning Aqua TranscenDance™. She describes it simply and honestly: “I really wanted to learn Aqua TranscenDance™.” And she did. She loved the experience and even brought it home, hosting Aqua TranscenDance™ sessions in her own backyard pool. She loves teaching Aqua TranscenDance™, especially in the summer, it’s the perfect next-level offering for her students and clients.
Looking at her journey, Lori sees how her time with TranscenDance™ has helped her become more confident and resilient. She no longer holds herself to the same level of self-pressure or perfection. If something doesn’t work out, she simply asks, “What’s next?” and keeps going. It’s a softer, kinder way of living and TranscenDance™ has helped her get there.
When people ask whether they should try TranscenDance™, Lori invites them to explore rather than seek certainty. “Just try it,” she says. “Come to a couple of classes, experiment with it. Notice what it awakens in you.” And if it feels good, even in a small way? “That’s your sign,” she says. “Say yes.”
In this season of Joyful Celebration, Lori’s journey reminds us that joy doesn’t always arrive in big events. Sometimes it comes through small, meaningful nudges, an email that arrives at the perfect moment, a song that lifts your spirit, a simple movement that helps you feel free again. Through TranscenDance™, Lori has rediscovered her own joy, and she now shares that joy with others, one dance, one breath, one celebration at a time.
If you’d like to explore attending the Transformational Retreat in Costa Rica with Jennifer, visit www.BTI.com/CostaRica
Come move with us!
This month, you’ll have two opportunities to join us for our TranscenDance™ for New Beginnings Live Virtual Classes:
- Saturday, December 6th @ 10am Pacific
Saturday, December 20th @ 10am Pacific
If you’re brand new, TranscenDance™ is an innovative mind-body-spirit modality that infuses the mindfulness of yoga into a free-form, joyful, conscious dance.
And great news – there are no steps or “moves” to learn. You simply let your higher self move your body in a dance that’s as unique to you as your fingerprint (or your “soul print”). All ages and mobility levels are welcome.
And if you’d like to take a deep dive into the 10 stages of TranscenDance™, our TranscenDance™ Facilitator Training Virtual includes multi-day Intensive training, as well as a full year of Live Virtual Classes. You will feel more confident in your body while bringing joyful movement and conscious dance even more into your life and the lives of others.
Embodied Joyful Celebration For Inner Radiance
What if celebration wasn’t something you waited for but something you lived?
Not the kind of celebration that depends on perfect circumstances, the right timing, or the approval of the world around you.
But a deeper, more soulful celebration, the kind that rises from within, softly, and naturally, like your breath.
Because joyful celebration is not an event.
It’s a state of being.
A frequency you choose.
A doorway back to your true essence.
So many of us move through life celebrating only the “big things”— the milestone, the achievement, the moment that feels worthy on paper. But your soul is whispering for a new way. A way of celebrating that honors every step of your becoming, that recognizes the miracles hiding inside the ordinary. A way of living where joy isn’t a reward, but a rhythm.
Celebration isn’t just something we do. It’s something we feel; something we become.
It’s woven into the fabric of everyday life, into the tiny victories, the tender choices, the quiet courage it takes to keep going when it would be easier not to.
And when celebration becomes embodied, it becomes a softness, a strength, a reclamation of your aliveness.
But how do we celebrate from the inside out, especially when life feels heavy, busy, or overwhelming? Here are five embodied invitations, simple, soulful practices to awaken the joy that already lives within you.
1. Pause to Honor the Beauty of This Moment
Everything begins with presence. When you pause, even for a breath, you come home to yourself and from that homecoming, celebration becomes possible. Not the celebration of what might happen someday. But the celebration of what is happening right now— this breath, this heartbeat, this moment of aliveness.
Practice: Close your eyes, feel your feet on the earth, place a hand on your heart, and whisper gently, “This moment matters. I matter,” letting that truth soften you.
2. Let Your Body Become the Celebration
Your body is a sacred instrument, a wise, intuitive guide that knows how to express, release, and reveal the truth of your heart. Celebration doesn’t just happen in the mind; It happens in motion.
Practice: Play a song that lights you up, close your eyes, breathe, and let your body move freely. Notice as your joy awakens your soul and opens the channels for clarity, courage, and inspiration.
3. Celebrate the Small Wins That Show Your Strength
Transformation is rarely one big moment. It’s a collection of tiny choices— a whisper of courage here, a boundary honored there, a truth spoken, a promise kept to yourself. These moments deserve to be acknowledged. They deserve to be honored.
Practice: place one hand on your belly and one on your heart, ask yourself, “What part of me deserves to be celebrated today?” and let the appreciation land gently, knowing each acknowledgment nourishes the seeds of your becoming.
4. Create Joyful Rituals That Anchor Your Radiance
Rituals create rhythm and rhythm creates transformation. When you create small moments of celebration throughout your day, you build a deep, loving relationship with yourself, one that is steady, resilient, and joy-filled.
Ritual Ideas:
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- Light a candle in the morning and name one thing you’re celebrating about your life.
- Keep a “Joy Journal” where you write down the magic moments you might otherwise forget.
- Pause once a day to breathe deeply, stretch your body, and reconnect with your inner spark.
- Light a candle in the morning and name one thing you’re celebrating about your life.
These micro-rituals become invitations; they call you back to your power, your beauty, your truth.
5. Celebrate the Becoming
True transformation is not about perfection. It’s about presence. It’s about choosing to show up, again and again, with love, courage, and compassion.
You are evolving in ways you may not even see yet. You are growing in strength, wisdom, and grace. Celebrate that.
Celebrate the version of you who keeps saying yes to your growth, your joy, and your dreams. Celebrate the version of you who is learning to trust your body, your intuition, your inner knowing. Celebrate the becoming.
The journey itself is worthy of celebration. You are worthy of celebration. As you move into this next season, allow joyful celebration to become part of your daily rhythm. Let it be a practice of remembering how powerful you are. Let it be the way you return home to your breath, your body, your brilliance. You deserve a life filled with moments of joy, meaning, and embodied radiance. And the more you celebrate yourself, the more life rises up to meet you with even greater gifts.
So light your inner spark.
Dance your joy.
Honor the miracle of being alive in this body, in this moment, on this path.
The celebration has already begun.
All that’s left… is for you to join it.
10 “I Am” Affirmations for Joyful Celebration
As you begin to weave joyful celebration into your daily life, through presence, movement, and honoring your small, powerful steps. It can be helpful to anchor these new rhythms with words that speak directly to your soul. Affirmations act like gentle reminders, guiding your mind and body back to the frequency of joy, gratitude, and self-honoring. They help you embody celebration not just as a practice, but as a way of being. With that intention in your heart, here are ten “I am” affirmations to support your continued expansion and becoming.
- I am a radiant expression of joy, allowing celebration to flow through me with ease and grace.
- I am honoring my journey with tenderness, grateful for every step of my becoming.
- I am open to the quiet miracles that unfold in my life each day.
- I am choosing to celebrate who I am, exactly as I am, in this sacred moment.
- I am deeply connected to the joy that lives in my body and guides me home to myself.
- I am allowing my inner light to shine brightly, knowing it is safe to be seen and celebrated.
- I am embracing the rhythm of joy as a natural part of my daily life.
- I am grateful for the strength, courage, and wisdom that carry me forward.
- I am celebrating the woman I am and the powerful, luminous woman I am becoming.
- I am aligned with the energy of abundance, joy, and divine possibility flowing all around me.
TranscenDance™ Facilitator Training
If you’d like an invitation to educate others, you’d love to explore sharing TranscenDance™ .
2026 Dates:
- May 29 – 31, 2026 (Friday – Sunday)
- September 11-13, 2026 (Friday – Sunday)
You can choose one of two paths:
- Option 1: Personal Training (for those wanting a personal development path)
- Option 2: Facilitator Training (for those wanting personal development, professional empowerment, & the ability to teach and facilitate others as a TranscenDance™ Facilitator)
To learn more about the TranscenDance™ Facilitator Training, visit www.bti.com/explore
Join us for a full year of TranscenDance™ Live Virtual Classes!
Embrace the empowering essence of conscious dance and step into a brighter tomorrow. Seize the opportunity to immerse yourself in the transformative power of movement by gifting yourself or a friend with our Annual Class Pass, available at https://bti.com/dance.
Simply select the next scheduled class and, upon checkout, click the inviting purple button labeled “Want to get your class for just $12.40 to unlock access to the Annual Class Pass. Here’s to being one dance step closer to nursing yourself to your ultimate and best self-care routines.
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This season invites us to open our hearts to the joy that already lives within us. May we celebrate who we are and who we’re becoming, awakening the inner light that naturally creates space for even more joy to flow.
Dancing with you through life,
The TranscenDance™ Tribune Team
Jennifer Joy Jiménez and Paula Lopez
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