Raquel Santiago is an international dancer, dance activist and dance teacher originally from Barcelona, Spain, now she lives in Nevada City, California.

She's trained in a wide variety of dance styles such as Contemporary,  Middle Eastern, African, Butoh, Body Weather, Creative Dance, Danza Duende, Noguchi Taiso, Gaga and Persian Dance.

She studied integral yoga and taught for many years in Barcelona. She also studied Psychological Astrology. She practices Shambhala Buddhism. 

Her creative process relies on a deep listening to the body in a state of complete presence in the here and now, which allows for the emergence of an expanded consciousness, and for the channeling of creativity and healing.

Her explorations in this space have allowed her to develop Alchemy Spinning™, an accessible, pleasurable, and powerful guided practice, inspired on Sufi Dervishes, that takes your body, your mind, and your spirit through a journey of self discovery, expanded consciousness, and higher potential.

Over three years she worked as a yoga and dance therapist with eating disorder patients at Sant Pau Hospital in Barcelona, Spain, one the most recognized psychiatric wards in Europe.

Dubbed by the press as “the New Isadora Duncan of the Environment”, because her projects often have a message of consciousness and transformation. She has worked with UNESCO and other nonprofit organizations, and performed at environmental conferences and transformational gatherings, such as San Francisco Green Festival and the Boom Festival in Portugal, forMidway Film, at TEDxCibeles Events, among others events.

She also love teaching classes and workshops, and thrive at creating a space where all kinds of students can connect with their bodies and their own unique ways to express their joy, passion and consciousness through movement.

She's a Founding Innovator at Kumu, a California-based Innovation Lab for activism, where she can expand and share her fascination with the power of body wisdom to bring about a thriving world where human societies live healthy and happy lives by the values of sustainability and social justice.