Performative Spirituality Lantern

When Healing Becomes a Performance: The Problem with Performative Spirituality

By @performativespiritualityhouse

I have been part of the Ecstatic Dance UK community for years. I have danced in halls, studios, and outdoor spaces, felt the collective pulse of a room, and witnessed moments of genuine vulnerability. But I have also watched something else creep in, something that looks like spiritual awakening but feels hollow. It is the kind of behaviour that uses the language of healing without doing the work. It is what many of us now call performative spirituality. Performative spiritu