Sand & Spirit

where movement becomes medicine

No, we're not on drugs.

MOVEMENT IS THE DRUG.

And it is the only thing that has ever truly worked for me.

You Found Us

Maybe you witnessed us on the beach. Maybe someone sent you here.

Maybe your body has been asking for something and you don't have a word for it yet.

You're exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix. Curious about what your body's been trying to tell you. And you don't have to be broken to be here. You just have to be ready to listen.

Footprints in the sand at Anna Maria Beach
What this is

A guided movement gathering on Anna Maria Beach.

You wear a silent disco headset. Music flows through you privately and personally. A guide whispers in your ear to breathe, to soften, to open your heart.

The Gulf holds you. The sunset witnesses you. Your body does the rest.

No experience needed. No dance background. No spiritual fluency required. Just a body willing to feel.
Two people moving freely on Anna Maria Beach at golden hour sunset
Who this is for

Sand & Spirit is for anyone ready to feel something new.

You have been holding it together for a long time. You keep everyone else okay while quietly losing yourself.

Your body has been sending signals you don't know how to read. Doctors say it's normal aging, but deep inside you feel the disconnect and long for more truth.

Or maybe you feel fine and you're just curious. Maybe something about watching people move freely on the beach made something in you crack open just a little.

That crack is the invitation. Everyone is welcome. Everyone belongs.

Tracy David moving on Anna Maria Beach at sunset
Tracy's story

Hi. I'm Tracy.

Five years ago my liver was failing. My digestion had been broken for two decades. I had poured everything I had into building businesses, nonprofits, and trying to make a positive impact on the world and those I love. I had learned to associate my performance and effort with my worth and value. I didn't know any other way to live.

Doctors kept sending me home with a prescription for a new drug that would quiet my symptoms and further disconnect me from my body.

What nobody could see was that my nervous system had never learned how to feel safe. My body had been in survival mode for fifty years and it finally said enough.

I found movement by accident. A woman danced on a Zoom call and I thought — how is she that free? I spent the next several years following that thread all the way to the water's edge.

Today my body is my best friend. I know her. I listen to her. I love her. She brought me here. To this beach. To you.

Sand & Spirit is not a fitness class. It is not a dance lesson. It is not therapy.
It is two hours of your body remembering what it feels like to be alive and free.

Sand & Spirit
Full & New Moon Gatherings · Anna Maria Beach
Thursday, August 27 · Full Moon Release
7:15 PM Arrival · 7:30 PM Begin · 9:00 PM Closing Circle
Claim Your Spot · Aug 27
Thursday, September 10 · New Moon
7:15 PM Arrival · 7:30 PM Begin · 9:00 PM Closing Circle
Claim Your Spot · Sept 10
Saturday, September 26 · Full Harvest Moon
7:15 PM Arrival · 7:30 PM Begin · 9:00 PM Closing Circle
Claim Your Spot · Sept 26
$44 Energetic Exchange
No one is turned away for lack of funds. Reach out if that's you.

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Want to go deeper

Whether you found us on the beach or someone you trust sent you here — welcome.

Sand & Spirit is where many people begin. If what you experience here makes you want to understand your body more deeply, to heal what the doctors couldn't find, to finally feel at home in yourself — The Body Translator is where that journey continues.

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Your body already knows the frequency.
We will see you on the sand.
Move · Release · Receive
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