Open up for a vital, empowered approach to love and relationships.
Can unity and polarity coexist? They not only can; they must in a dynamic, love-filled life.
To stay centered in the face of conflict, to relate effectively with all types of people, to master both healthy assertiveness and attuned responsiveness, and to keep passion alive no matter what can be challenging.
In The Dance of Love, Aikido teacher and well-respected spiritual guide Ann O'Brien shares both the bodily felt knowledge she has learned about relational dynamics from her Aikido practice and her unique wisdom gleaned from decades of coaching clients.
A martial art focused on redirecting tension into harmony, Aikido shows us how to handle conflict without fighting, freezing, or fleeing. It shows us how to connect when we want to shut down or separate.
There is a solution to numbness, resignation, and struggle. Grab this book for thought-provoking insights and proven steps to live your dance of love.
The Dance of Love reads easily and is approachable by all those seeking balance, connection and joyfulness in their lives, whether martial artists or not.
-Melissa Pittman Fischer, Godan (5th degree Black Belt), Tenzan Aikido Seattle
The Dance of Love is a soulful relationship playbook you'll return to for years to come.
-Kyle Jason Leitzke, Life Fulfillment Coach, Men's Mentor, Aikido Practitioner, and Founder of The Fulfillment Code(TM) & Sacred Brotherhood
This book is not just a guide-it's a transmission for anyone ready to walk the path of love with intention, presence, and soul.
-Elysia Skye, Intuitive Guide & Creator of The Brilliance Method Podcast & Coaching Program(R)
About the Author :
Ann O'Brien is an Aikido teacher and spiritual guide. She began both her Aikido and intuitive training in the 1990's and went on to study yoga and conscious relationships. Since 2004, she has empowered clients with 1/1 spiritual reading and healing sessions, as well as classes in intuitive development and energy mastery. Learn more at www.AnnOBrienLiving.com. Or find Ann on Instagram and Facebook @annobrienliving.
Review :
The Dance of Love is a soulful relationship playbook you'll return to for years to come. If you crave synergy between the masculine and feminine energies in your relationships-romantic or otherwise-and you're willing to embrace ownership of your role in co-creating love, Ann offers profound perspective shifts, embodied insights, and practical tools to help you become a skilled cultivator of connection, intimacy, and fulfillment. Even if you've never stepped on the Aikido mat, you'll feel its wisdom flow through your relationships.
-Kyle Jason Leitzke, Life Fulfillment Coach, Men's Mentor, Aikido Practitioner, and Founder of The Fulfillment Code(TM) & Sacred Brotherhood
In her latest book, The Dance of Love, Ann O'Brien seamlessly blends her wealth of experience as an Intuitive Healer, Personal Development Coach and Black Belt Sensei. She draws insightful parallels between the physical, on-the-mat practice of Aikido and the internal dynamics of relating to ourselves and others. Opportunities for growth and reflection are offered throughout in the form of practical worksheets that walk us through self-discovery in a step by step fashion. This blending of sensitive inquiry supported by a strong framework of practical guidance is what makes the book uniquely useful. The Dance of Love reads easily and is approachable by all those seeking balance, connection and joyfulness in their lives, whether martial artists or not.
-Melissa Pittman Fischer, Godan (5th degree Black Belt), Tenzan Aikido Seattle
Through the fundamentals of Aikido, personal stories and well positioned analogies of life on and off the mat, Ann beautifully weaves the practice of Aikido into managing the myriads of complexities that make up the reality of our personal relationships. She has succeeded in creating a guidebook for those who are looking to create healthier relationships with both others and the self all while approaching life from a more centered and grounded place. This book truly is intended to guide the reader through the concept of "living life as a martial art."
-Erik "Yoda" DaRosa, founder of U-MOST Retreats and the "From Survivor to Thriver" podcast
The Dance of Love is a beautiful and powerful approach to relationship dynamics. It covers a very complicated subject-learning how to do life in partnership with others while understanding and rediscovering ourselves-in a fun way that's easy to grasp. Can't recommend it enough.
-Cristina Costanzo, Aikido Yondan (4th degree black belt) and Relational Wisdom Coach (AikiSkills and Human-Game)
Ann O'Brien was one of my first teachers in intuitive development, energy healing, and psychic protection beginning in 2012, and her work has continued to ripple through my life ever since. It's been an honor to voice her audiobooks, and The Dance of Love has quickly become one of my favorites. Ann beautifully blends Aikido wisdom with spiritual insight to show how receiving and responding-far from being passive or reactive-are sacred, embodied practices that create real connection. This book offers a powerful reframe of relationship as a dynamic, living art form-one that honors both sensitivity and strength. It's not just a guide-it's a transmission for anyone ready to walk the path of love with intention, presence, and soul.
-Elysia Skye, Intuitive Guide & Creator of The Brilliance Method Podcast & Coaching Program(R)
