Spirited Living on the 3rd Tuesday of the Month at 5pm PST starting Oct. 21/25
Dani Van de Velde helps others understand and master the art of meditation, transformative inner practice and healing through private coaching, energy sessions, courses and tailored programs for individuals, schools and organisations. She is a popular speaker at networking forums and workshops, a published writer, podcaster, and music producer and holds
regular retreats in Asia and Australia.
Dani is a Reiki Master in the Usui Reiki tradition and qualified meditation teacher, through the Awareness Institute, Australia. She is a member of the Meditation Association of Australia and the International Meditation Teachers’ Association, recognizing the standard of her teaching and program development. She is the founder of several online spiritual communities. Dani’s teaching is experiential. She draws from techniques and wisdom of numerous world traditions, current research and her own experience.
Her focus is on enabling others to understand and work with the design and function of their mind/body/energy system, to engage in transformative inner practice for maximum performance, self-healing and intuitive living.
I am a Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher, a sought-after speaker at global networking forums, and a seasoned Usui Reiki Master Teacher. My voice resonates through my published writings, podcasts, and the tranquil spaces of retreats I host in Asia and Australia.
As the founder of Spirited Living and Spirited Business, I nurture thriving, spirit-led communities, offering rich content, transformative coaching, and heartfelt connection. My guided meditation tracks, music releases, and empowering courses attract a global audience that continues to grow vibrantly.
Professionally, I collaborate with top-tier brands, forward-thinking corporations, and influential organisations, delivering keynote talks, transformative workshops, and innovative courses that inspire change.
I hold several degrees and enjoyed a fabulous corporate career in my 20’s and 30’s that ranged between Australia, Europe, and the US in the financial services and property sectors. This experience has given me deep insight into the corporate world, team and leadership dynamics, creativity and problem solving and the issues that arise from stress and burnout.
I have always been compelled to teach and work with human behaviour. My corporate career involved roles in cultural change, communications, capital raising, learning and development and HR. In my private life, I always maintained a deep exploration of esoteric practices, spiritual frameworks and meditation techniques. It was a natural progression to share my learnings and healing processes and support others in their spiritual journeys.
I grew up in a spiritual home and with a hunger for understanding life and self which has led to a lifelong journey of personal development and exploration.
Yogic Tradition, Neuroscience, Shamanic practices, Jungian psychology and an insatiable appetite for spiritual texts, esoteric teachings, are what opened me to the dazzling nature of the mind/body/energy connection.
These are the methods I teach, because I know them and over years of teaching and guiding clients, I observe that they are effective frameworks for personal and collective transformation. I believe this is one of the most fabulous aspects of our modern time; we can access many alternative perspectives and frameworks for personal transformation.
As I explore and learn more, I bring new ‘technologies’ into my teaching and offerings. There is always more to learn, understand and teach.
It is my passion to help others understand and master the art of meditation, transformative inner practice, healing and intuitive living .
To live a Spirited Life is to embark on a transformative journey from REACTing to your life, to CREATing a life of vitality, abundance, love and fulfillment.
When we explore and cultivate our spiritual nature, wonderful changes take place in our bodies, minds, hearts and energy systems.
Join me, Danielle Van de Velde, as I guide and support you on your transformative journey into Spirited Living.
What was your first moment of ‘beyond 3d normal awakening’?
I don’t recall a specific moment in my life when I felt the Divine in all. I was and am very connected with nature and this is where I feel presence and presences most readily. I spent long days in my childhood in Australia outside, feeling all encompassing love and an inner knowing of a subtle communication at play. It was in my adult years that I learnt to perceive this guidance as direct dialogue
2. Who is your favourite teacher, book and movie?
Fave teacher – my beautiful (late) teacher Louise Gilmore. She taught me the true art of meditation, how to work with the resonance field of my heart, shamanic journey, the power of ritual and astral travel.
Fave book – so hard to choose – The eye of the I and Power vs Force were instrumental in my expansion, Conversations with God, A Course in Miracles, Autobiography of a Yogi, The Celestine Prophecy, Dying to be me
Fave Movie – sooo hard to choose…I do remember having a massive response to What the Bleep Do We Know years ago
3. What’s the strangest experience you’ve ever had?
During an exploration of my relationship with time, all the clocks in my London home suddenly stopped at 12.00pm midnight – some battery powered, others, powered in the socket – but all suspended at once.
When practicing my first mirror spell – the living room wall mirror that I was using inexplicably came loose from it’ holdings and smashed into pieces, that stacked themselves in a neat pile whilst I slept – the spell was effective!
I also had an encounter with a playful slave child spirit in New Orleans during a work trip
When invoking Hecate on a beach here in Singapore, to understand her epithet of ‘Mother of the Dead’ – a dead body washed up on the beach in front of me
Today – as a professional psychic medium…’weird’ has become totally normal
4. What’s one interesting thing we do not know about you yet?
I write spiritual poetry
5. What do you feel your true life purpose to be?
I feel that I am living my purpose today – healing, teaching, coaching, inspiring others to live a spirited life
6. What’s your favourite animal?
Cats. Definitely cats
7. What’s your favourite consciousness or energy ‘exercise’ that helps you stay connected, grounded and ‘tuned in’ in a good way?
Sitting in the Power – a practice we use in western mediumship to expand the aura and connect consciously and clearly with the spirit realm
8. What’s your favourite music / song / musical artist?
Sooooo hard to choose….
Stairway to Heaven – Led Zepplin
Hayling – FC Kahuna
Still with Me – Chicane
Chase the Sun – Planet Funk
Wild Inner Place – ME!
9. What’s your favourite food?
Fresh Italian Pasta
10. What excites your creative juices?
Travel, Ritual, Dreams
11. What’s the one thing you’d like to “shamelessly self promote” here today?
I would love to promote my Spirited Living Community – a beautiful global group of spirit-seekers: live group coaching, psychic development, master classes with elders and experts, courses and competitions – suited to everyone on any stage of their spiritual journey. www.spiritedlivingwithdani.com
