Monday Love to your Embodied Learning

 

“ Learning never exhausts the mind.”

 ~ Leonardo da Vinci

How do you learn things nowadays? What kind of learner are you? Do you find that learning new skills, talents, or techniques keeps you help your mind body and soul more limber?

Everyone has a preferred way of garnering knowledge. But knowledge isn’t the only kind of thing there is to learn. Learning a new skill can require you to improve your manual dexterity, for instance.

Learning to dance introduces your body to a world of new moves. Anything athletic is an entire symphony of motion.

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Dance First Member Spotlight on Ya’Acov Darling Khan and Phoenix Rising!

 

This week’s Dance First Member Insight is from Ya’Acov Darling Khan and Phoenix Rising!

Is There Really Someone to Blame?

Movement Medicine Co-Founder and Contemporary Shaman Ya’Acov Darling Khan talks about the human addiction to blame and the choice to stand up, grow up and play our role in the dance of life……….

It’s a good thing that we’re evolving in our understanding of the effects of trauma. It’s clear that when we’ve been hurt, we humans are magnificently creative in the ways we adapt to manage that hurt. And just like when we physically hurt ourselves, the body responds to protect that hurt; the same is true in the psyche. Muscles go into spasms, and so do we...

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Monday Love to your Happy Habits

 

“ A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.”

 ~ Mark Twain

Are you a creature of habit? How much of your life is routine? How often is it spontaneous?

One way to look at life is through the lens of interconnecting cycles. There are a lot of things you do every day in the same way, and then there are cycles that recur on a monthly or annual or even longer interval.

Often times you may not even realize that something is a habit or a routine until there is some sort of an interrupt. But what are routines good for anyway?

Well, first of all they save you from decision fatigue. Too many choices can be overwhelming, have you ever shopped for a balsamic vinegar at a well-stocked market?

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Mirrors

 

Mirrors

July 13 - July 17

See more about Workshop, travel & accomodation…
http://www.5rytmer.dk

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Online Series: Restorative Dances ~ with Joy Cosculluela

 

February 7 @ 10:00 am - February 28 @ 11:30 am PST

| $65

4 Mondays, February 7 -28 | 10am-11:30am Pacific Time | $65

We begin by giving ourselves restorative touch to relax, to release excess tension, and to allow ourselves to become more receptive to bodily sensations. We find support through our bones and breath, activate expression through our heart and muscles, and heighten sensitivity through our skin. Weaving sensations and imagery, we invite flow and pleasure to come forward in our dancing. Drawing and writing reveal insights about who we are in our path to restoration.

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Online Series: Body Mapping ~ with Natan Daskal

 

5 Tuesdays:  Jan 25, Feb 1, Feb 8, Feb 15, Feb 22 | 10-11:30am PST | $80/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.

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Your Wild Beauty~ A Dance, Yoga and Ritual Retreat for Women

 

March 7 @ 6:00 pm - March 13 @ 9:00 am CST

| Free

In these pandemic times with waves of uncertainty and circumstances to navigate, it is so critical to take time to retreat.

Retreats generate the power for something positive or transformational to emerge. As we say ‘yes’ to unplugging from our daily responsibilities, technology, and work, we have the opportunity to begin a new cycle that regenerates health and radiance at the cellular level.

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Dance First Member Spotlight on Amara Pagano & Pier Paolo DeAngelis and the Embodied Movement Conference!

 

This week’s Dance First Member Insight is from Amara Pagano & Pier Paolo DeAngelis of the Azul Conscious Movement!

It is a pivotal time on our planet, and a great awakening is happening, unveiling a new way of living together that is sustainable and humane.

To support this unprecedented transition into the new and include the intelligence of the body in the conversation, our team is preparing The Embodied Movement Conference. The conference is a LIVE and FREE online event on Feb 4-9, 2022.

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Monday Love to your Nurturing Nature

 

“ Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.”

 ~  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Who are your “inter-dimensional allies”? Do you connect to nature? Or does the natural world connect with you?

Even folks who live in the most sterile of high-rises have some tenuous connection to nature. Just as some Walden-esque back-to-the-landers can’t avoid seeing the occasional airplane or electric line.

Every cell of what we are, and every bit and byte of the technological world we’ve built around us all springs from nature in one way or another.

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Mind-Body Renewal – January Dance from the Heart Workshop

 

Mind-Body Renewal – January Dance from the Heart Workshop

Mind-Body Renewal – January Dance from the Heart Workshop
January 15 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm PST
|
$30 – $50
Start 2022 fresh by renewing and restoring your mind, body and spirit after the holidays with Dance from the Heart!

Dance from the Heart is an embodiment practice that helps you to reconnect with your body and gently rejuvenate your spirit.

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Dance First Member Insight from Sofiah Thom and the Danyasa Yoga Retreat and Eco-Lodge!

 

This week’s Dance First Member Insight is from Sofiah Thom and the Danyasa Yoga Retreat and Eco-Lodge!

Creative Director and Co-founder of Danyasa Eco-Retreat | Creator of Temple Body Arts School of Sacred Sensuality and Dance.

Sofiah is a creative muse and mentor, Sacred Movement Artist, Teacher and embodiment coach, committed to guiding women to connect with their brilliance.
Sofiah believes that every person possesses an inner artist — a unique, individual creative spark that just needs to be allowed or inspired to show itself. Sofiah’s mission lies in nurturing this creative spark in others with the aim to inspire them to live to their fullest creative potential, sharing her wisdom through retreats, yoga teacher trainings, private sessions and public classes. In Sofiah’s presence one feels her grace, strength and sensuality as she invites you to get out of your head and into your body.

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Monday Love to your Social Surroundings

 

“ The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.”

 ~ Alfred Adler

What are you next to in life? Beyond the people who live next-door, who are your neighbors ideologically, culturally, or socially? Have you ever considered that to which you are adjacent?

They say if you want to know who a person is, take a look at the five or six people they spend the most time with and you’ll find an average.

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Online Series: Movement Ritual & Dance Explorations: Finding Support and Connection ~ with Joy Cosculluela

 

January 10 @ 10:00 am - January 31 @ 11:30 am PST

| $65

4 Mondays, January 10-31, 10am-11:30am Pacific Time | $65

“Imagine how alive you would be if your kinesthetic sense were to be heightened and cultivated beyond its present consciousness.”  –Anna Halprin

In this workshop, participants will explore structured somatic movements devised by Anna Halprin that help relax the mind, expand range of movement, and spark creative expression. We’ll explore movements that cultivate a sense of support, explore moving through the spine and feel how these branch out to other parts of the body.

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Online Series: Body Mapping ~ with Natan Daskal

 

January 25 @ 10:00 am - February 22 @ 11:30 am PST

| $80

5 Tuesdays:  Jan 25, Feb 1, Feb 8, Feb 15, Feb 22 | 10-11:30am PST | $80/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.

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Online workshop: Time to Dream: A New Year’s Visioning Workshop with Adriana Marchione

 

January 28 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PST

| $40

Friday, January 28th | 10AM – 1PM PST | $40

As we emerge from a time of uncertainty, isolation and disorientation, let’s begin the New Year by opening a space for creative dialog with your deeper dreams and visions. In this workshop, you will use the Tamalpa Life/Art practices of movement, drawing and writing as you step out of your daily routine to create possibilities for growth and expansion. With the support of the group container, 

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Dance of Oneness®: Living in Harmony

 

Dance of Oneness®: Living in Harmony

January 30 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

| $30

Monthly Live Online Workshop
January 30, Sunday, @10am-12pm PT | 6-8pm UTC

Dance to feel the joy of being ALIVE, 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.

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Dance First Member Insight from Brooke Johnston & Conscious Dancer!

 

This week’s Dance First Member Insight is from Brooke Johnston & Conscious Dance!

Hey everyone!

My name is Brooke, and I’m Mark’s writer/editor! I help out behind the scenes with some of the Monday Love particulars, including this section right here. If you’ve been reading Monday Love for a minute, you might have noticed that we highlight a new member every week. I wanted to take this opportunity to give you guys a bit of an insight into what it is we do and break down the process!

Essentially, I work with the members of the Conscious Dancer community to showcase their ideas, talents, and moments of inspiration. Our spotlights tend to focus on an idea or theme – moving through change, finding inspiration in dark places, and hope for the future have been some of our more recent ones. Spotlight writers are also encouraged to come up with their own themes, too, so that everyone is writing about something that resonates with them.

(Interested in booking a spotlight? Send me an email – brooke@vandykediting.com!)

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Monday Love to your Year Ahead

 

“ Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”

 ~  Søren Kierkegaard

Out with the old, in with the new, amirite?

A lot of folks might be looking back on ’21 like it wasn’t the greatest year or something, but really, if you consider the ‘might haves’, we actually did pretty darned good, considering the hand we were dealt.

Just under a year ago to the day we almost lost our democracy, but for the valiant efforts of some brave and vastly-outnumbered police. A couple weeks later we celebrated the seating of a true statesman and the first female vice-president who is a person-of-color to boot.

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Online Series: Restorative Dances ~ with Joy Cosculluela

 

February 7 @ 10:00 am - February 28 @ 11:30 am PST

| $65

4 Mondays, February 7 -28 | 10am-11:30am Pacific Time | $65

We begin by giving ourselves restorative touch to relax, to release excess tension, and to allow ourselves to become more receptive to bodily sensations. We find support through our bones and breath, activate expression through our heart and muscles, and heighten sensitivity through our skin. Weaving sensations and imagery, we invite flow and pleasure to come forward in our dancing. Drawing and writing reveal insights about who we are in our path to restoration.

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Online Workshop: Singing Body ~ with Dohee Lee

 

February 19 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PST

Saturday, February 19, 10:00AM-1:00PM PST | $45

This workshop pulls from Dohee Lee’s training and practice in Korean Shamanism and performative ritual by utilizing techniques that connect to voice, body, heartbeat and spirit. How we tune our bodies through sound, movement and rhythm, guides us to navigate and delve deeper into our individual and collective roots, cultural heritages, natural environments and social consciousness.

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