As someone who’s been into interpretive dancing since I was a kid, I couldn’t stop myself from trying ecstatic dance — a fun, cathartic movement trend I spotted on TikTok, where it has over 20 million ...

What is ecstatic dance? Why is it perfect — and even necessary — when breaking free from rigid movement? Right now, we are sadly living in a time where most of us live an extremely immobile lifestyle.

Growing up as a dancer, Jenna Stewart recalls that dance wasn’t “something I did, it was how I processed the world.” But somewhere along the way into adulthood, “without realizing it, I slowly lost my ...