Move with spirit. Find peace.
DeVante Love is an Afro-Indigenous monk, dance scholar-artist, and social justice educator creating healing work through movement, ritual, and story, including The Inner Peace Dojo.
Sifu DeVante Love (they/them)
A scholar-artist
at the edge of spirit.
DeVante Love is a spiritually gifted Afro-Indigenous monk, dance scholar-artist, and social justice educator whose work explores emotion, ancestry, and healing through veneration of nature.
As a scholar, DeVante has earned a master’s in Clinical Psychology and will soon earn a PhD in Performance Studies, researching at the intersection of dance, healing, popular culture, and spiritual activism.
As an artist, they create healing performances that feature martial arts, queer dance, poetry, ritual, and depth psychology, colored by their West African and Native American ancestry and their spiritual lineages in Buddhism, Daoism, and Shamanism.
This evidence-based spiritual embodied practice lives in their spiritual dance company, The Inner Peace Dojo, and their forthcoming book, Netflix and Heal: A Monk’s Guide to Inner Peace through Movies. They have taught and performed in the US, East Asia, and Egypt, and on Amazon Prime, TEDx, and Out Magazine.
Healing through emotion, ancestry, and the veneration of nature, so every body can feel spirit and peace.
Talks that move
the heart and mind.
DeVante brings keynotes on emotional intelligence, spirituality, and popular culture to conferences, universities, and organizations, blending research with live embodied practice.
Audiences leave with language for their emotions, tools for inner peace, and a fresh lens on the movies, music, and media that shape how we heal.
Speaker reel and speaker sheet available on request.
- Emotional intelligence
- Dance, ritual & embodiment
- Spirituality & spiritual activism
- Ancestry & veneration of nature
- Popular culture & healing
- Social justice education
The Inner
Peace Dojo
Upcoming sessions online and in person, plus spiritual mentorship for those ready to reconnect with themselves. Session details are shared as dates are announced.
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Online sessions
Live virtual gatherings blending movement, breath, and ritual so you can practice inner peace from wherever you are.
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In person sessions
Embodied healing workshops that weave martial arts, dance, poetry, and meditation into shared, grounded practice.
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Spiritual mentorship
An individualized coaching program helping folks of the global majority reconnect with themselves and reach their spiritual potential.
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Group & community offerings
Custom sessions for schools, organizations, and communities seeking evidence-based spiritual embodied practice.
art with spirit
Journey into my portfolio of creative work
Key Themes:
- Emotions as sacred
- Nature as choreographer
- Dance as medicine
- Popular Culture as guide
- Ritual as vehicle for personal and collective healing
Recent Publications
Media x Healing
Netflix and Heal: A Monks Guide to Inner Peace Through Movies
Dance x LIberation
The Art of Genderbending: Fighting Hegemonic Ideology Through Chinese Martial Arts
Performance X Social Justice
Decolonize Drag: A Book Review
How is Spirit Moving you?