Do you have the discipline to be a free spirit?
“Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that —energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance.” G. Roth
In 5Rhythms movement is the medicine, the meditation and the metaphor. Together we peel back layers, lay our masks down, and dance till we disappear.
MAPS TO ECSTASY
Holy Shit & Daily Magic
Heilung ist eine Reise. In Bewegung gesetzt, heilt sich die Psyche von allein. Dazu gehört, dass wir aus dem Gewohnten und Üblichen aussteigen und uns einen Tanzweg improvisieren. Dieser Weg führt von der Trägheit des Schlafwandelns zur Ekstase eines Lebens im Geiste des Augenblicks. Der Schlüssel ist eine radikal
stillness within every movement
silence behind every sound
spaciousness through every body
can you feel it, hear it, touch it?
Can we engage the power of our will, even as we surrender to life’s call?
If you’ve been involved in a movement practice for a while, then this may be for you: a format designed to radically open up your ability to work creatively and effectively with your specific personal material.
“DANCE SEASON”
Oct. 12 – Nov. 30
Sacred Dance For The Devotional Woman
Move…Awaken…Ignite…
Polynesian basics, embodied prayer, story-tell through hips, hands, and heart.
NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED – INTRO LEVEL
More info & Registration:
Www.sacreddancepath.org/global-aloha-hula
“The Path Is Sacred…And So Are You”
This week’s Dance First Members’ Spotlight shines on our entire revered family of Dance First members! It’s our honor and privilege to serve such a dynamic and high-vibration community of leaders around the world!
Starting out with long-time the pioneering Tamalpa Institute . From the Life/Art Process to the Tamalpa ArtCorps, they’re cultivating Anna and Daria Halprin’s family movement wisdom far and wide… Oakland-based Breema Center is creating connection around the globe with the Nine Principles of Harmony… The 5Rhythms of Gabrielle Roth are in good hands as her son Jonathan Horan carries the torch to the farthest edges of the map… Azul’s Amara Pagano & her partner Pier Paolo de Angelis are rocking the world with the One Dance Tribe gatherings and the online Conscious Dance Conference…
Do you ever find yourself immersed in a project? What is it about making and creating things that’s so compelling? Why are some of us humans so geared towards building stuff?
It all starts with an idea. You, or someone else, has a thought that gets put into words. The idea starts to gel. A list is made, a doodle appears, there may be a napkin sketch involved.
6 Fridays, Oct. 15, 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12 & 19, 10-11:30am Pacific Time, $90
Register here: https://www.tamalpa.org/calendar/online-series-dancing-breath-with-natan-daskal
“Dance is the breath made visible.” — Anna Halprin.
Breath is foundational to all of our movement; to life itself. This series centers the breath as a way to find more ease, depth, connection and presence in our dances and in our lives.
Sunday, October 31, 2021, 9AM-12PM, Pacific Time $60
Register here: https://www.tamalpa.org/calendar/special-online-workshop-with-daria-halprin-self-portrait-as-personal-myth-metaphor-muse
In this workshop, Daria will present a series of Life/Art questions for you to explore through embodied movement and art making. You will be led through the creation of self-portrait drawings that will serve as visual maps on your journey of self embodiment. Daria will guide you as you inhabit your drawings and reflect on their meaning and message using movement explorations and poetic narratives. Performative acts of healing will be invoked to inspire the recreation of new images and myths to live by. Strategic steps to bring your learnings forward into your daily life will be shared
4 Mondays, November 1 – 22, 10am-11:30am Pacific Time $60
Register here: https://www.tamalpa.org/calendar/online-series-movement-ritual-dance-explorations-igniting-aliveness-with-joy-cosculluela
In this workshop, we tune in to our kinesthetic sense and explore how we stand and move through space. We pay attention to our bodies’ internal sensations and external expressions and play with movement dynamics such as tempo, force, and spatial relationships. As we invite more movement possibilities in our dances, we also open to more aliveness in our daily lives.
7 Thursdays, November 4, 11, 18 (break for Thanksgiving on Nov 25) December 2, 9 from 9-11AM Pacific Time; December 16 & 23 9AM-12PM Pacific Time (last 2 meetings are 3 hours each) – $200
Register here: https://www.tamalpa.org/calendar/online-series-connect-reflect-enact-performance-research-project-with-dohee-lee
This special 7-week workshop series will be facilitated by performance artist Dohee Lee. Dohee’s work, based on East Asian philosophy and traditional Korean arts combined with new art forms and rituals, is deeply influenced by her Korean cultural heritage.
Sunday, November 14, 9AM-12PM Pacific Time – $40
Register here: https://www.tamalpa.org/calendar/online-workshop-be-moved-with-rosario-sammartino-and-joshua-mcclain-3
A
collaboration between somatic expressive arts therapist Rosario
Sammartino and cellist Joshua McClain, the Tamalpa Be Moved workshop
invites you to journey into your body’s own dynamic melodies, dive into
feeling and imagination, and move to the rhythm of discovery. Let the
powerful vibrations of the cello, combined with the evocative teachings
of the Tamalpa Life/Art Process open you up to the stories your body has
to tell.
No previous experience in dance/art needed.
4 Mondays, November 29 – December 20, 10am-11:30am Pacific Time – $60
Register here: https://www.tamalpa.org/calendar/online-series-movement-ritual-dance-explorations-winter-solstice-series-with-joy-cosculluela
The winter solstice marks a transition between seasons, inviting us to turn inward and make space for renewal. In this end-of-the-year movement workshop, we respond somatically, shift with the changing rhythms of our bodies, and slow down. Movement Ritual and Dance Explorations weave in sensations, feelings, and images, as we find inspiration from darkness and light.
3 Tuesdays, Dec. 7, 14 & 21. 10am-12pm Pacific Time, $60
Who have I been, who am I now, how will I re-vision myself?
The closing of the calendar year provides an opportunity to mark the cycle of time, to take stock of where and who we’ve been, and to envision our future. As 2021 comes to a close and 2022 awaits us, we use the Tamalpa Life/Art Process to reflect on who we’ve been this last year, who we are today, and who we want to become. Using the power of drawing, dance, creative writing and community, we explore ourselves through a self-portrait process that can help us mark the passage of time and tend to our growth.
Dance Styles: Whirling, Veil Dance & Spirals
8-Session Live Online Course with Banafsheh
October 5 – 29
Tuesdays & Fridays @10-11am PT | 5-6pm UTC | Unlimited Access to Recordings
In this 8-Session Module, activate your Crown Chakra through whirling, spiral movement, and dancing with silks. We will explore the Tree of Life, the Shekinah, and the sacred union of the divine feminine and masculine.
7 Wednesdays, October 6 – November 17, 10 – 11:30 AM Pacific time, $105/series
Register here: https://www.tamalpa.org/calendar/online-series-equilibrium-fall-equinox-explorations-with-elisabeth-osgood-campbell-2
Traditionally, in the northern hemisphere, autumn is the season for harvesting the fruits of our labor. For centuries, people picked and prepared food grown during the warmer months to sustain them through the winter. In this class series, we will ask, “What is feeding your Life/Art now?” and use the scoring process (or the RSVP cycle) to set intentions, collect resources, and design activities that yield nutrients for the months
This week’s Dance First Member Insight is from 5Rhythms dance, dharma, and meditation leader Lucia Horan!
Pillars of Self Care
Let the love you give yourself,
become the fuel for the love you give others.
There has never been a more important time than the era of COVID for us
to reflect on our self-care practices. Most people I know are
experiencing some kind of fatigue or burnout. Most of us are also living
in a world where caregiving is a part of our daily lives: for our
children; our parents; our professional fields. This caregiving is
essential and can be exhausting.
So, you have a weekly newsletter and you’re at a loss for words.
Some 437 weeks of coming up with new and engaging topics, and you start to think, “Is the well running dry?”
It’s a creative pursuit, and you’ve managed to turn it into a predictable routine.
You’re in the habit of latching on to some little insight, epiphany, or folksy anecdote during the preceding week and running with it.
But sometimes you’re like “Ummmmm? Hmmmm… Let’s see, can’t rant about politics, need to be inspiring, what’s a cool motivational angle I haven’t covered before?”
Read More Here
https://consciousdancer.com/monday-love-to-your-magic-momentum/
An online experience into the essence of Soul Motion®
This course is a deeper dive for seasoned movers and an essential step into the foundational elements and architecture that support the practice of Soul Motion. We explore the key elements that make this powerful practice unique, including the relational landscapes and activity platforms of pause presence, orbit orientation and echo inspiration.
This week’s Dance First Member Spotlight is on Fred Sugerman and Medicine Dance!
Faith Feeling
After playing The Wheel by Snowpoet and Keep Breathing by Ingrid Michaelson (hot tips, here, Relatives, if you do not know these tunes) at the beginning of a session with a client this morning, we paused. I asked, as I do, “Is there anything you are noticing or that occurred for you while you were moving?” Two words emerged: “content” and “faith.”
Read More Here
https://consciousdancer.com/dance-first-member-spotlight-on-fred-sugerman-and-medicine-dance/
(Today’s note is an excerpt from My Life in the Beats of Wax, an analog memoir…)
Grand Junction had one primary record store, an establishment called Mazucca’s on Main Street that had one foot planted squarely in the Summer of Love. The atmosphere inside a 70’s record store was an intoxicating combination of music that you could actually purchase, and relics and artifacts that hinted at the glories of the hippy world beyond. You walked in to the cloud of ever-burning incense smoke, and immediately looked at the album cover on display by the cash register to see what was playing on the turntable. The walls and ceilings above the rows of records on display are completely covered with posters of musical gods and goddesses, old and new.
Sunday, October 31, 2021
Location: Online Zoom Class
6:00-7:15pm ET (5:00-6:15pm CT, 4:00-5:15pm MT, 3:00-4:15 PT)
Save this date for a Let Your Yoga Dance Halloween Party on Zoom, hosted by Megha and fellow teachers. Dance with folks around the world on Halloween. Bring your friends and family!
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Location: Online Zoom Class
Karen Drucker by Tree
6:00-7:30pm ET (5:00-6:30pm CT, 4:00-5:30pm MT, 3:00-4:30 PT)
Join us for Salon #4 for a real treat with fabulous singer-songwriter Karen Drucker—and her partner in crime, Megha, who will weave some dances into the mix. Karen has a song for every occasion, guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, pound your fist in power solidarity, and open your heart as wide as the sky! We are so lucky to have her! Invite all your friends to the zoom party!
We’ll join together in Gentle Yoga and QiGong. Bring your friends along – the more the merrier! The purpose of these classes is to bring some needed joy, health, and solace during this very difficult pandemic. I have the capacity for many people to join our zoom event, so please share the link with your friends so we can have a big celebration around the world!
We’ll join together in Gentle Yoga and QiGong. Bring your friends along – the more the merrier! The purpose of these classes is to bring some needed joy, health, and solace during this very difficult pandemic. I have the capacity for many people to join our zoom event, so please share the link with your friends so we can have a big celebration around the world!
Let Your Yoga Dance Gentle Style, in and around chairs, for anyone needing a gentle class brings this delightful practice to elders, people with PD, MS, Arthritis, and any injury. We offer a mix of movement, song, creativity, and easy yoga that has brought increased strength, flexibility, balance and JOY to hundreds of students since 2007. This is a safe, joyful practice that literally anyone can do — in and around chairs — because it is offered in a fun-filled compassionate environment. It is accessible to everyone, both students and caregivers.
Friday, January 21, 2022 to Sunday, January 23, 2022
Friday, January 28, 2022 to Sunday, January 30, 2022
Location: Online Zoom Program
PRE-Requisite: Let Your Yoga Dance Teacher Training*
* – For Certified Let Your Yoga Dance Teachers Only.
Two Weekends: (Friday Evening to Sunday at 4:15pm)
Friday, October 1, 2021 to Sunday, October 3, 2021
Friday, October 8, 2021 to Sunday, October 10, 2021
Friday, November 19, 2021 to Sunday, November 21, 2021
Location: Online Zoom Program
Three Weekends: (Friday Evening to Sunday at 4:15pm)
Join me, Megha, for three powerful, delightful weekends of Let Your Yoga Dance® Teacher Training—on Zoom!
This week’s Dance First Member Spotlight is on Phoenix OneSong and Dancing Freedom!
My
name is Phoenix, and I’m the director and lead teacher trainer for
Dancing Freedom. Dancing Freedom is a movement ‘practice’ that supports
people to come home to their body, their heart and their soul by
connecting with the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Air
and Ether.
I
have been the loving steward of this dance-ship since 2016 when its
founder, Samantha Sweetwater, passed the torch onto me. When I first met
this practice on the Burning Man dance floor in 2010, it felt like I
had found everything that mattered to
shamanism).
Well, what do you know, it’s Labor Day once again here in the good old US of A, so let’s talk about work! Whatever you want to call it, be it labor, work, toil, a J.O.B., or that ideal scenario, a creative pursuit, the fact of the matter is that just about every one of us spends a great many of our waking hours doing something that brings home the potatoes.
This free event is an invitation for anyone who would like to get a sense of what it is like to dance with grief in this unique way.
Join Critical Dance Mass Company & Women Of Color Sister Collective for our Fall Equinox: Honoring the Cycle of Transitions and Change. As the day and night have equal time we enter a time of transition giving us the opportunity to reflect and embody the balance of dualities and contradictions in our lives – moving into acceptance and resilience.
In this episode, Erica shares with us her spiral journey of healing chronic pain. A journey, which lead her to write, She Reflects: A Spiral Journey for the Feminine Soul. We will talk about how we invite more curiosity, compassion, courage, and creativity into our lives through the turns of the spiral.
Read More Here
