Surrenduring to Grace in Middle Life June 26th to 30th Aspen-Snowmass, CO. During this 5-day residential retreat we will slow down and co-create sacred space for seeing, releasing, receiving and connecting to our essential nature. Through embodied meditation, somatic movement, nature play, individual and group deep dives, we will open to an emergent “Turning [...]
“ Life is like riding a bicycle.To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein Here’s a question to start your New Year off right – Are you feeling well-balanced as 2024 extends ahead of us? And what does balance mean to you? We are all tiptoeing across the individual tightropes of our [...]
Dancing the Erotic Sutras of Ecstatic Love, Life, Sex, Death, and Rebirth April 25th to May 2nd. BlissDance is a Totality Tantra Movement Practice of Awakening. Awakening to more of everything in life: more love, more pleasure, more you! BlissDance asks, what do you really, really want out of this beautiful, blessed life? How [...]
“ Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~ Clare Boothe Luce Do you ever get mired down in complexity? Does life sometimes seem complicated? Have you ever found an easy answer in the midst of chaos? Our world is a unique place. We exist upon a continuum between an infinite number of unexplainable complexities, [...]
A 4-Week Journey into Flamenco Fusion with Banafsheh Sayyad in Topanga, CA, January 7th to 28th We invite you on a 4-week dance journey into the heart of The Wild Rose that transcends the ordinary, navigating the realms of sensual expression, soft yet courageous power, mysticism, and powerful feminine archetypes. This workshop is a [...]
“ There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” ~ Jane Austen How do you say warm, cozy, or comfortable? Does the English language have just the right word to express that sort of indoor wintertime comfort? Perhaps we should look to another language for just the right term? Describing feelings [...]
A Live Wire Experiment Unearthed in Amsterdam January 12th to 14th Let’s gather to whisper and circle from the ground our rites of restoration. Let’s stand and shout to rally the forces that revitalise our spirited dreams into creative realities. Let’s surrender our bones to the beat that can hold it all and regenerate [...]
“ Life is a transition from illusion to consciousness ” ~ Vikram Verma What do you call your watershed moments? Some folks call them life transitions. Rudolph Steiner referred to them as ages and stages. One might even just say it’s all part of growing up. As we go through life, we find [...]
West African, Indonesian, & Global Rhythm Dance & Song at Mimpi Menjangan in Bali, March 15th to 23rd. Ellen writes, “Fusion is ‘my middle name’. At this time in our evolutionary development, we are combining ancient wisdom with modern science in treating body, mind, spirit, heart, soul & psyche. The Vibrance Expressive Arts practice [...]
“ If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Do you ever feel like you’re trying to carry 6 pounds of oranges in a 5 [...]
