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Become a channel of Awakening Love. Enter the Apprenticeship and begin your journey with Azul Teacher Training program.
It is a powerful container that, not only takes you through a deep
personal transformation and teaches you how to create movement
experiences, it also aligns you with your highest purpose and service!
Awaken to the truth of who you really are!
Azul is a movement based spiritual practice that supports embodied awakening. Join this retreat and become part of the movement of embodied awakening! Serve your own well being and contribute to the evolutionary leap.
Align with your highest potential.
Embark on the journey of personal healing and transformation. The
Trilogy is called by participants the express train for awakening love!
Awaken to the truth of who you really are!
Azul is a movement based spiritual practice that supports embodied awakening. Join this workshop and become part of the movement of embodied awakening! Serve your own well being and contribute to the evolutionary leap.
In-Person Saturday Classes in Portland, Oregon
Unique Opportunity to Study with Vincent Martínez-Grieco IN-PERSON
Soul Motion® Next Steps Movement Inquiries
A note from Vincent:
“These classes will offer a new view of dancing. I have taken a refreshing look again at the dance from my early training in modern dance and yoga.
Next Steps Workshop: Hosted by Martin Steixner, SoulRhythms in Vienna
Join Vincent as he teaches this Origins Seminar towards a mindfulness, somatic, dancing practice
Here is what we will do:
We will cultivate mindfulness practices that use breath, imagination,
concentration, and a relaxed ground to gain access to a moving intrinsic
intelligence.
We will dance in ways that honor both the inside volume of a body and
the outside dynamics of a room, including its sounds, spaces, forms, and
elements.
Next Steps Urban Retreat: Led by Vincent Martínez-Grieco in Portland, Oregon
Join Vincent for this extended dancing experience in his jewel of a city!
The Dance Floor: This dancing practice is an iterative experience that concentrates on the freedom and variety inevitable in repetition. Not only does the body physically dance, but you will become attuned to the dances of the heart, of intuition, of service, of friendliness to self and others, and to freedom and fulfillment.
What do you know, just like that, it’s the last Monday Love newsletter of the year! (special holiday edition, a day late just like the post office or the garbage truck.)
I’m sure you are being inundated with year-end reviews and recaps right about now, so I will spare you another one of those.
A residential retreat in the Negev/Naqab desert, led by Adam Barley and Naomi Katz
When things are too much, we are designed to escape. In modern life, that tends to be distractions and thinking, numbing out with stimulants or depressants such as drugs, overwork, constant activity or consumption.
The time is Now: we’re in breakdown and breakthrough
Could we surrender to the reality that the world is far bigger than us?
That life is far stronger than us?
That we’re all in this together?
That in our desperate scramble for solutions and yet more control,
the truth is we don’t know how to get through this?
Relating to others — whether friends, lovers, enemies or colleagues — we get to find out how far we’ve come. It’s all very well to be enlightened sitting alone on a mountain top meditating, but . . .
When we are facing unknown futures on every level, when we’re scared, angry or hurting — that’s when we need steady ground within us.
That’s when we need an instinct for the truth, to find our way in the dark.
That’s when we need each other, to celebrate and count our blessings.
That’s when we need a strong practice, to turn obstacles into opportunities.
Loving is fierce! At least sometimes. To truly love, we have to be up for being passionate, disturbing the peace and giving our wild-hearted nature some breathing space.
We need harmonious connection with others, but we also have the need for authenticity, and because we are all different, we have to deal with conflict.
A year-long apprenticeship with Adam, as an in-depth exploration of the question “Who am I, deep down? What do I need? What can I give to the world?”
Using the full spectrum of the ZeroOne practice, you will get to clarify, deepen and strengthen your sense of purpose for your way in the world.
For more information please click here.
Combining movement work, family constellations with horses, and Compassionate Inquiry together with medicinal plant ceremonies.
2 Weeks with Jonathan Horan
Participate in 1 or both workshops in Vejle Denmark 2023
July 12. – 16. 2023
Cycles Exploration of the Rhythms of Life
The 5Rhythms offer us both a map to understanding and a way to deeply
embody the patterns, waves, and vibrations that organically move us from
birth to death.
You don’t need to know this story in order to dive in and use ZeroOne as a practice, and you certainly don’t need to understand the exquisite mathematical pattern that is its ‘operating system’, but in case you’re curious, here’s what I struggled with, and what came through despite my limitations.
My first step into movement as a practice was Osho’s ‘Dynamic Meditation’, but it was Gabrielle Roth’s work, the 5Rhythms, that grabbed me by both feet a few years later. Gabrielle was a major life-teacher for me. I was profoundly in love, and in awe, and utterly committed to her work. I never thought I’d leave.
Monday Love to your Solstice Serenity
“ This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath.”
~ Margaret Atwood
Read More Here
#Monday #Serenity #solstice #breath
Join
Wren LaFeet, the dancer who brought Fusion to Port Townsend, for a day
of Fusion classes designed to inspire and uplevel dancers.
Wren is excited to be returning to his roots in Lindy Hop for
inspiration in these classes. Since 2012 he has been gathering many
different ideas into his brand of Fusion, called Cocréa. This day brings
together mindfulness, consent, energetic attunement and all the things
you likely love about Fusion dance already, including the juicy bass,
bumping music.
This week’s Dance First Insight is from Brietta Leader & WildCore!
My story highlights the memories, travels, communities and studies that led me to my path as a healing artist and conscious dance pioneer.
Some of my earliest memories were choreographing dances and bossing all my little cousins around to perform a Thanksgiving show for our family. Followed by being on High School Drill Team, Jazz Dancers L.T.D. in Spokane, WA and an Emphasis in Dance at The University of Idaho. Dance has been that consistent place to funnel emotions, unwanted thoughts and tons of creative energy. As a young girl I sensed the sisterhood, the discovery of my body, the art and intuition that naturally occurs when one dances.
How do you find the perfect gift? What’s the secret to truly delivering a knockout present? Why are some people more difficult to give to than others?
Well, this is the time of the year when we tend to think about such things, so it’s worth putting a little attention on the topic. As you well know, a well-timed and thoughtful gift far surpasses a big pile of useless junk or an impersonal gift card any day.
Start the New Year by dancing for 30 consecutive days to manifest the
new YOU! Ground yourself in PEACE and become PASSIONATELY ALIVE and
LOVING. Surrender to the unknown and dance to liberate your body and the
fiery passion in your heart.
In this course, we dance to integrate the 4 elements of earth, water,
air and fire, and drink from the wellspring of inspiring mystical
poetry.
Dates ~ February 7th – 27th, 2023
Wednesday, December 21 @10am-12pm PT | 6-8pm UTC
Dance with us on the Winter Solstice to uplift yourself and raise
your frequency. Our aim is to create inner and outer harmony: in
ourselves, in our relationship with the Earth, with Spirit and with one
another through guided and free-style dance, conscious movement, and
meditation.
We will focus on the element of earth with sensual yet rigorous dance,
and explore a poem by Rumi that speaks powerfully to our times.
This week’s Dance First Insight is from Lorca Simons & Live Wire!
SOUL REVIVAL: A Live Wire Experiment Unearthed
Let’s gather to whisper and circle from the ground our rites of restoration. Let’s stand and shout to rally the forces that revitalize our spirited dreams into creative realities.Let’s surrender our bones to the beat that can hold it all and regenerate our faith in the mystery.Let’s deliver our stories from the heart of the feet to resurrect the light and shadows that seep, shine and soar through us.Let’s invite spirit to be our barometer and witness in this exploration and celebration of what it means to be soulfully revived.
Rooted in the Waves Map with live, interactive and in the moment explorations in a grounded container, and concentrated in 5Rhythms Ritual Theater perspectives Lorca and Peter, in renaissance, will invoke this dynamic practice’s principal: If you put the psyche in motion it will heal itself. Movement is both the medicine and the metaphor. Setting your compass for the unpredictable come and be prepared for individual and collective fascination, radical unity and edgy grace.All are welcome to join. No prior dance or 5Rhythms experience is necessary. This workshop will count towards as one weekend (3 days) of Electives towards the 5Rhythms teacher training path.
JOIN US HERE: https://www.eventbrite.
“5Rhythms Live Wire is the essence of the creative process, an
invitation into the magical realm of possibility. Embodied movement is
transformational…it becomes a playful opportunity to step into another
way of being. When we unlock the stories hidden within us, we become the
thread that connects all of us.” -Peter Fodera
“Live Wire is the place to set your compass for the unpredictable…a 5
Rhythms Ritual Theater experience of individual and collective
fascination, radical unity and edgy grace.”-Martha Peabody
Today I want you to help me answer a question. I’m trying to figure out what other artifacts common to us in the modern world bring on as strong of feelings of connection as books or records.
The word “love” is used here both for the kind of passionate feelings you may have for another person, a pet, or even a place and the kind of “love” you can have for some object or a collection in your life that brings you continual enrichment and joy.
What does it mean to love someone else or a critter or even a small corner of the earth? You pay attention to their needs and desires, you provide a safe haven for them, you plant a garden.
“Stuff”, however assumes a different role in our life. Whatever the tool, toy, or totem may be, without our personal attention to it it just becomes someone else’s dusty junk.
I’m posing this question today in part due to my own myopia about the matter. I am beyond partial to my vinyl collection. I’m the same way to a lesser degree about books. And over the past few years, my darling partner Isabelle has introduced me to the world of jigsaw puzzle fanatics.
This is an IN PERSON workshop.
The body is a living narrative, an interconnected web of our physical, emotional, and intellectual experiences. Every organ, bone, body part, and movement holds an energy, a feeling, a memory that calls our attention and seeks expression. With curiosity and care to the stories our bodies hold, we become embodied artists, choreographers of our life experience.
4 Fridays: March 17, 24, 31, April 7 | 10-11:30AM PT | $70/series
Each part of our bodies is unique: each has developed specific functions, moves in particular ways, and has its own stories to tell and dances to dance. In this series, we focus on a new area of the body each week. For each body part, we study anatomy and body mechanics, we explore its movement somatically, and we allow its wisdom to express through drawing, creative writing, and dance. By exploring our anatomy experientially and artistically, we connect more deeply with our bodies, creativity, and lived experience.
4 Fridays: February 17, 24, March 3, 10 | 10-11:30AM PT | $70/series
Each part of our bodies is unique: each has developed specific functions, moves in particular ways, and has its own stories to tell and dances to dance. In this series, we focus on a new area of the body each week. For each body part, we study anatomy and body mechanics, we explore its movement somatically, and we allow its wisdom to express through drawing, creative writing, and dance. By exploring our anatomy experientially and artistically, we connect more deeply with our bodies, creativity, and lived experience.
Join Tamalpa Core Faculty member Rosario Sammartino as she speaks and responds to your questions about the structure and content of our Level 1 Weekday Online Training Program in 2023. Tamalpa’s Program Coordinator, Amy McGrath, will also be present to answer any administrative questions you might have. Join Rosario and Amy to get answers to your questions about the Tamalpa Life/Art process, all three levels of our professional training program, Tamalpa Practitioner Certification, professional registration with ISMETA, degree pathways, the ArtCorps scholarship program, and anything else you might want to know about our trainings.
4 Wednesdays, January 4, 11, 18 & 25 | 9am-10:45am PT | $80 for the series
Begin the new year diving into the wisdom of your heart. From a physiological perspective the human heart is an organ central to the circulatory system. From an archetypal perspective the human heart is an organ central to our imagination, intellect, and aesthetic sensitivity.
“When enough people move together in a common pulse with a common purpose, an amazing force takes over-a power that can renew, inspire, teach, and heal” ~ Anna Halprin
Join us on December 17, 2022 from 9AM-11AM PT for this community ritual, led by Dohee Lee, as we offer prayers for healing and reconciliation in our families and communities.
You can prepare for the Planetary Dance by creating a drawing or writing a poem as a prayer to “bring” to this event.
SOUL REVIVAL: A Live Wire Experiment Unearthed
Let’s gather to whisper and circle from the ground our rites of restoration.
Let’s stand and shout to rally the forces that revitalize our spirited dreams into creative realities.
Let’s surrender our bones to the beat that can hold it all and regenerate our faith in the mystery.
Let’s deliver our stories from the heart of the feet to resurrect the light and shadows that seep, shine and soar through us.
Let’s invite spirit to be our barometer and witness in this exploration
and celebration of what it means to be soulfully revived.
As the year comes to an end, it’s the perfect time to look back and appreciate how far we’ve come, and all the experiences, people and places that have filled our hearts with joy.
That’s why I’m claiming November as the month of gratitude!
So I invite you to tune into appreciation, wonder and joy at what your body, mind and soul do for you…
From your legs that take you where you want to go, to your intuition that always points the true way forward.
This week’s Dance First Insight is from Banafsheh & Dance of Oneness!
“If you ponder deeply, you will see that only dance allows us to
truly experience the interconnectedness of the universe in our flesh and
bones, and no other practice can be as powerful a conduit for accessing
and experiencing the sacred directly.”
– Banafsheh
Dance of Oneness® is a path to radiant embodiment through sacred dance
and conscious movement. It provides a blueprint to becoming a channel
for light and love in the world.
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This week’s Dance First Insight is from The Great Dickens Fair!
THE COW PALACE ROLLS OUT THE RED AND GREEN CARPET FOR AN EXPANDED GREAT DICKENS CHRISTMAS FAIR FEATURING
A NEW INDOOR SKATING RINK AND CHRISTMAS TREE SALES!
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – (October 26, 2022) After a two-year hiatus, The Great Dickens Christmas Fair & Victorian Holiday Party returns to the historic Cow Palace (2600 Geneva Ave.) on Saturdays and Sundays (as well as the Friday after Thanksgiving) from November 19 through December 18, 2022. The 38th edition of this one-of-a-kind event has expanded to include a whole new 50,000-square-foot exhibit hall adjacent to the Cow Palace main arena.
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Anyone else feeling relieved? Like there was a big storm on the horizon but then it fizzled out?
I’m guessing you know what it’s like to have a vague sense of dread. It’s no fun to live under constant predictions of impending doom.
It’s no secret that the entire world was paying attention to our election. It was supposed to be a rout, the Dems were done for, a Red Wave would wash away all of these “radical socialist ideas.“
Our hearts are coming from a very distant past. Very different cultures, races and traditions. We are the creation of many creations before us. And, as they did, we all experience emotions and we respond to them in many different ways, depending on our own personalities, and in fact from where we learned to deal with them and how to eventually approach, judge and even control them.
To live fully today we must become attuned to ourselves — our physical, emotional, and spiritual condition — so that we may ride the eddies in our times gracefully. This is the year we must step forward and own both our weaknesses and our strengths. This is the year that we must acknowledge our past so we can live fully in the present. The world is calling more loudly than ever for a new humanity
Join a global community of dancers in a guided movement experience with Amara on Saturday September 5 (September 6 for Australia).
In this 1.5h Live online class we will focus on various aspects of the Azul spiral and explore them in the dance.
Everyone is welcome, everyone is needed!
This week’s Dance First Insight is from Dr. Birgitte Tan!
Many people ask “What makes you go from being a veterinarian oncologist to become a certified grief specialist and life success coach? And why do you create Dance Away Sadness: Move Beyond Your Grief™?”
The answer is because I feel people deserve to learn the skill and tools for transforming traumas and failures into victories and thriving joyful living, and do that effortlessly, quickly, and with fun.
When did you get started on the Internet? Are you what they call an early adopter, or were you late to the party? Well, if you weren’t born yesterday you’ve seen a lot of change, both online and in our world in general.
Remember Friendster? How about AOL or Yahoo chat rooms? I’ll bet you even had a MySpace profile at one point or another.
The 5Rhyhtms Heartbeat map is all about you and me. It’s about expression, reaching out, connection and the power of loving.
Generally we all have learned to suppress emotions and feelings and with that our breath.
