"The incredible difference Banafsheh is making in my life is uncontainable. I feel like I have a beloved friend and angel visit each morning to share wisdom, dance and upliftment." ~ Ivy Joeva Raise your vibration to love and build your capacity to be strong, resilient, flexible, compassionate as well as energized, fit and [...]
“ Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” ~ E.L. Doctorow Well well… it’s Monday again and the blank page beckons. What does one do when there’s no topic at hand? Well, the [...]
“I love the sacred invitation to move freely with a group of soulful humans - in silence and sound, solo and together, small and big ways and waves. Again and again, I am brought to my edges with safety, compassion and joy." -- Juliana Balistrieri Join us in this exploration of embodied awareness. Discover [...]
“ Life is like riding a bicycle.To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein How wide is your tight rope? How long is your balance beam? Are you able to keep moving forward with the winds of change on either side? Balance is on the brain today. How our lives [...]
Join Moti Zemelman and a global tribe of somatic adventurers for the 11th Annual Contact Improve retreat the Goddess Garden in Cahuita, Costa Rica - February 22 to March 1st!! “The combination of a paradise jungle/ocean location and Moti’s loving, experienced teaching made this a contact improv dancer’s dream. - Bobby Dolan, (MA, USA) [...]
“ We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. It’s Sunday afternoon and I’m writing about ‘cohorts’ — an odd word that happens to be top-of-mind today. Definition’s range from “a group of people who share a characteristic” to simply “a [...]
Dance this summer to the Grateful Dead legacy at iconic outdoor Northern California venues in Monte Rio, Marin County, and Tahoe/Truckee! “This series is a beautiful way to honor the incredible community that grew around the music of the Grateful Dead,” ~ Grahame Lesh, (event co-producer and son of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh) [...]
“ And so castles made of sand slip into the sea, eventually.” ~ Jimi Hendrix Let’s see, where shall we begin? Mourning? Loss? Non-attachment? Let's go with the inter-connected nature of humanity and the universe. There’s a common tendency during major disastrous events to sort of shrug and tune out and be glad that [...]
Join Toni Bergins, creator of JourneyDance®, and Kripalu faculty Antoinette Simms, Lena Warchol, and Steven Hosking for MOVE TO FEEL at Kripalu, June 6 - 8, 2025. ACTIVATE YOUR CREATIVITY ENHANCE YOUR LIFE Are you eager to discover the wisdom your body wants to share with you? Are you ready to release stuck emotion, [...]
“ Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” ~ Seneca Time for a fresh start, right? Here’s to new beginnings, turning the page, and facing the world with fresh eyes. The usual New Year's business. It’s the season for such sentiments. It’s part and parcel for this time of the year [...]
