Dancing Naked: Claiming Your Power as a Conscious Leader

Lori Darley has dedicated her life to embodying the fullest and most authentic expression of the human experience, both through her continuing commitment to the arts and through her current work as a leadership and high performance coach. Today, she shares her wisdom through her coaching practice, where she guides clients through a process called "The Clearing"—a personal development framework that allows participants to open channels for previously undiscovered insight and action. In Dancing Naked, Lori shows how she herself opened such channels despite—and even because of—seemingly insurmountable blocks in her own life and, as a result, arrived at the set of practices she works with today. From staring down the barrel of a rifle at Checkpoint Charlie to co-founding and leading a critically-acclaimed dance company to becoming a coach and leader in the conscious business movement, Lori honed techniques that take her straight to the heart of any opportunity. Building on her experience as an internationally recognized dancer and armed with her characteristic humor and wit, Lori uses Dancing Naked to guide leaders onto the road toward their most brilliant selves.

From the time Lori Darley stepped into a pair of ballet shoes at the age of four, movement became part of her life. More than movement, Lori learned that dancing was about sharing love and creativity with an audience. It was a lesson she would take to heart in graduate school and as one of the founders of a dance company, DURC. Although choreography and teaching dancers made her happy, Lori eventually experienced a soulful shift and entered a new life stage. After training with leaders in her field, Lori expanded into an executive coaching business. Instead of sweating with dancers in a studio, Lori now supported executives in boardrooms and helped organizations as they sought to make authentic shifts. Those looking closely might still see the dancer in Lori, though; through her unique Clearing Process and coaching, she teaches individuals to step into their full physical and personal potential.