MEET SAGE

Renaissance Woman

I grew up around horses, chickens, cats, dogs, rabbits, cows, and plenty of people. I played in cornfields and rode our Old English Sheepdog, Josh, through the house like a pony. I rode my mini bike straight into the swingset, pretended I was a synchronized swimmer, collected money for the Jerry Lewis Telethon (I thought we were related), sold enough greeting cards at age 5 to buy an electric race car set, and individuated as a toddler. And, I have always loved looking up toward the stars.

My past has molded me into who I am today. I went to college at UW-Madison on a tuba scholarship and played trombone in High School and College marching band for 6 years. For fun, I made candles and jewelry, played music, cooked and baked, danced, and played outside. I still do most of that, and I also work with animals and people, write books, have recorded a shamanic drum journey album, and sell our own brand of ceremonial cacao and stone ground dark chocolate.

After nine years of owning a graphic design studio, I became certified to teach K-12 art, which I loved immensely for over a decade. For over 10 years I also played triple cello steel pans in a really great steel drum band, OD TAPO IMI. We traveled and toured worldwide, and played extensively on radio, television, and in our hearts. I’ve lived, loved, and lost, and I’m not afraid of living or dying.

From Cheesehead to the Grand Canyon

I’m a Madison, Wisconsin native who got tired of shoveling snow. I left the Midwest because snow is colder and heavier than sand. In 2007 I met a man who would become my second husband, and in 2014, he and I followed a dream to live by the ocean and the whales in Northern California. In 2015 we added a lovely dog, Reggae, to our family. In 2017, my mom’s death and the California fires moved our family to a lovely home in the Prescott National Forest in Prescott, AZ. In Fall of 2024, it was time to move home to the Midwest. Our family is elated to be back in the Madison area!!

The Birth of Dancing Porcupine

Java showed up in my life in 2001 as a frightened puppy. She needed more support than I knew how to give. Dancing Porcupine began in 2002 because I wanted a gentler training method for her. What started as a quiet little idea has become a much broader business. Dancing Porcupine includes a variety of soulful solutions for people and animals. Java is the reason Dancing Porcupine exists. Our dog, Reggae, is the reason I continue.

Dancing Porcupine offers animal (and human) behavior training, life coaching, and telepathic services for living and deceased people and animals. We also offer animal hospice consulting, celebration facilitation for weddings and funerals, and a variety of healing options. As if that’s not enough, jump into one of our spiritual adventure trips to touch your soul even more deeply!

Why I do it…

I do this because I care. My values are Connection, Freedom, Nature, Love, Integrity. I care deeply about people, animals, and the planet, and I’m an honest person who leads with integrity. Please give me a call today to create an easier life for both you and your animals.

The first 10 minutes are always free for all new non-emergency phone/Zoom clients worldwide. And as always, I also offer a FREE 1/2 hour Life Coaching Discovery Session via phone/Zoom for anyone ready to consider an even greater life!

I double dog dare you!”

Sage Lewis, The Creature Teacher™
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Sage Lewis is the Creature Teacher with Dancing Porcupine and Tie Dye Dragonfly Cacao. For over 25 years, Sage has worked worldwide as a Certified Life Coach (CPCC), Animal Communicator & Intuitive, Animal Hospice Consultant, INELDA Trained (Death Doula training), Certified Tellington TTouch® Advanced Practitioner for People and Animals, Shamanic Practitioner and Teacher, Wedding/Funeral Officiant, Author, Musician and a Fun Person. She is a dynamic clinician and public speaker and her work has been published in a variety of publications.

Sage hosted the radio show, The Pet Playground and is one of the featured authors in Dogs and the Women Who Love Them. Sage is the author of JAVA: The True Story of a Shelter Dog Who Rescued a Woman, Where Angels Play: Life, Death and The Magic Beyond, and Breathing Rainbows: Lessons on Living and Dying. Her newest book is Spirit Canoe: A Journey and she is working on a kid’s book, Reggae: The Best Dog Ever. 

She formed, performed and toured throughout the US and Europe with the OD TAPO IMI Steel Drum Band, and in 2019 she created and produced her first shamanic drum journey album, Jungle Jaguar: Drum Journey Experience. For added fun, Sage has a two-minute podcast, Play With Sage, and a hilarious postmenopausal YouTube Channel with a childhood friend, Two Women On A Couch.

Sage’s passion is guiding and supporting the excellence in all creatures. A Madison native, Sage spent years exploring home in Minnesota, Northern California, Northern Arizona, and is happy to return home to the Midwest after 22 years away. Sage makes her home in the Madison area of Middleton, WI with her husband, James and their dog, Reggae.