“Lisha Epperson is all heart and passion. She is full of grace and drenched in wisdom. Working with her — whether on a writing project, as a speaker, or as a performer — is a gift for all who are fortunate enough to have the experience. She is deeply grounded in truth and she pays careful attention to detail while creating an atmosphere of freedom and creativity. I cannot speak highly enough about Lisha, and I recommend her to you without hesitation.” – Deidra Riggs , founder – Jumping Tandem : the retreat
“I’ve never felt comfortable dancing, but I desire to worship God with all of me. In Lisha’s class, I experienced both the security and freedom to do just that. Her beauty and skill combined with her kindness and grace created a safe place and empowered my desire. It was a moving experience … physically and spiritually.”
– Kim Hyland, workshop participant Jumping Tandem : The Retreat
Speaker Bio
Lisha Epperson is a graduate of Union Theological and General Seminaries. A forever ballerina, her credits include work with the Dance Theater of Harlem, Berkshire Ballet, New York Dance Theater and the Capitol Ballet of Washington, D.C. She is most proud of her service as a dance minister, working in New York City with World Changers Church and the Unbroken Chain Church Fellowship. Lisha has cultivated a years long practice of yoga and centering prayer and now integrates the two in the experience of quiet day retreats and movement workshops. She currently serves as deacon at St. Peter’s Chelsea and is the founder of the Creative Arts Project – an arts based program for children aged 6-12. A happy wife and mother of 5, she shares a warrior song about bonus parenting, infertility, the semi-sweet miracle of adoption and the surprise of midlife mothering. Lisha works out a life of faith, with fear and trembling and a fair measure of grace in New York City.
Speaking Topics
- In The Waiting (on infertility and adoption)
Lisha shares the high’s and low’s of a faith journey that brought her a to deeper intimacy with God. Transparently told through a story of infertility and loss, Lisha shares how she moved through a painful waiting season to embrace motherhood as a step, adoptive and biological parent.
Movement Workshop
- Embracing the Healing Rhythms of the Word
Beginning with a basic technical foundation dancers and would be dancers are encouraged to immerse themselves in the creative flow of a God who loves to dance. Acknowledging the healing and redemptive value of every gesture, students learn to offer their bodies in full praise. Connecting the rhythm of the word with music, students learn to move as a form of worship.
1/2 hour ballet/modern/yoga based warm-up with 1/2 hour choreography
- Embodied Meditation Session
Lisha leads a community in 20 to 30 minute scripture, sacred text or otherwise themed sessions to align body, mind and soul. Seated, standing or a combination of both, we engage the body and breath as part of a fully integrated faith-based movement workshop/session. Live music (singing bowls, cello) accompaniment can be arranged and provided.
- Additional Topics
If you’ve read something on the blog that pricks your heart as a possible speaking topic for your event, please contact Lisha using the form below.
Speaking Fee
To be determined on an individual basis.
Availability
Email Lisha directly at lisha.epperson@gmail.com. Use “speaking” in the subject line. Or use the contact form below.
Past Engagements
December 1, 2019
The Book of Job – Trinity Movement Choir, New York, NY
December 6, 2019
The Moving Orchestra: Transcendant Panoramas – St. Peter’s Chelsea, New York, NY
May 23 – 25 2022
Pastors, Priests and Guides: Embodied Meditation – General Theological Seminary, New York, NY
October 3, 2022
Imagine Worship – St. Bart’s NYC
December 3, 2022
God in Me: An Advent Quiet Day Retreat – St. Philips Episcopal Church Harlem
February 20, 2023
Transforming Center: Centering Prayer: In the Body – Mundelein Conference Center, Mundelein, Illinois
May 1-3 2023
Pastors Priests and Guides: Jesus Calms the Storm/Embodied Meditation – General Theological Seminary, New York, NY
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