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Of Escondido (San Diego) California, USA |
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For More Information, or to register for an event or dance class, or to be added to our monthly enewsletter “Goddess Studio Updates” please contact: AmalyaGoddess@aol.com
NOTE: For privacy reasons the Goddess Studio location and phone number are not posted anywhere on this website. Please email Amalya for address, directions & gate code |
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Amalya (Amy Peck) brings to the world of women’s spirituality many talents and experiences. As a visual artist, photographer, writer, poet and dancer as well as an explorer of the world’s religions and mythologies, she has investigated a wide range of avenues for artistic and spiritual expression. |
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In 1996 she completed a masters degree in Arts and Consciousness from John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, California. The studies, projects and thesis production she completed for this degree enabled Amalya to assimilate and present many unique ideas weaving artistic creativity into a spiritual and sacred feminine context.
Since completing her MA, Amalya has progressed into sharing her talents through dance instruction and by producing women’s ritual events, ceremonies and workshops. In Northern California Amalya was a co-facilitator of Rosa Mandala—a coed group which gathered eight times a year to honor the Earth’s sacred days. After settling in San Diego in 1998, Amalya helped co-create Goddess Temple Events which offered elaborate quarterly celebrations of the solstices and equinoxes attracting a large community of women.
Furthermore, for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 & 2007, Amalya has been a presenter and workshop instructor at Jane Richmond’s annual Women’s Retreat in San Diego leading ceremonies and dance programs. Additionally, Amalya has participated in many women’s moon circles as well as larger events with themes of the Goddess, ritual, and other spiritual self-enrichment content.
Now Amalya is co-facilitating “Awakening your Inner Goddess” retreats with Dr. Linda Savage, Sparkle and Fox, and devotes her full time to designing activities and ceremonies for the Goddess Studio and to creating her Glorious Goddess Portrait photo-digital art.
Amalya has also been belly dancing and sharing her unique style of devotional dance for over thirteen years and she has been teaching classes and workshops in the San Diego area since 1999. Of particular note, she has performed and taught dance at Rancho la Puerta Spa in Tecate, Mexico, the Golden Door in Escondido, Cal-a-Vie Spa and La Costa Spa; and at the CAHPERD 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Annual South-west Dance, Movement & Acro-Sports Workshop in Palm Springs.
(For further info on Amalya’s dance career, visit the Belly Dance page.)
A priestess to be sure, Amalya brings great passion and compassion into her events to create a sacred space for all women to feel seen, heard, inspired and empowered.
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Top and bottom photos taken by Sparkle & makeup by Kate Callagy with Mary Kay! |
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Amalya (aka Amy Peck M.A.) is the founder/creatrix of the Goddess Studio in Escondido—"--a beautiful 680 sq.ft., private, dance & "temple" space in Escondido, California. At the studio, she presents and hosts a variety of events including women's retreats, ceremonies and workshops, monthly women’s moon circles, drum circles, concerts, guest speakers as well as instructs belly dance classes.
She has been presenting Middle Eastern inspired “belly dance” for over ten years, and loves to share dance as a path for personal empowerment and spiritual devotion honoring the Sacred Feminine.
Amalya is also an accomplished artist and photographer and produces original photo-digital Goddess art and commissioned Glorious Goddess Portraits of women.
For more info on Amalya and The Goddess Studio, visit: www.Goddess-Studio.com. Or email: AmalyaGoddess@aol.com |
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Amalya appeared on a T.V. Interview on Fox 6 “San Diego Living” on 6-24-08! In this 5 minute LIVE interview Amalya spoke about “Awakening Your Inner Goddess”. The video is no longer posted on the Fox 6 website, but we hope to have it copied and posted here on this website before too long. So check back again. In the meantime, an outline of the topics Amalya presented is available on the “Writings-Essays-Poems” page of this website, at the bottom of the page. |
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To view Amalya speaking about Sacred Dance, visit: “In the Den with Dr. Jenn” and look for session #92 http://www.drjennsden.com/ (On-line Podcast 30 minute interview 3/22/08) |