Medicine Dance is an expressive-arts modality closely aligned with improvisational dance. We practice mindfully tracking, verbalizing and exploring the body’s impulses while being deeply witnessed by our selves and other(s), in partnerships and in groups
“ Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.” ~ Paulo Coelho [...]
Meet Ilona Glinarsky! Originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, she is no stranger to music and dance. Growing up in the former Soviet Union she was exposed to dance and music from the age of four. More than a dancer, she's a classically trained pianist with a deep understanding and appreciation for music and rhythm. Prior [...]
“ The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.” ~ L. Frank Baum What part of your life is choreographed? When are you freestyle? Do you like to lie back and go with the flow or are you more of the lean-in-to-it type? Think about the last time you [...]
A JourneyDance Body, Heart & Soul Connection Experience with Toni Bergins and Joy Lynn Okoye August 6-11 Are you ready for the remedy of reconnection? Join The Remedy, a vibrant community of creativity, and the antidote to isolation, stuckness, and disconnection. Our hearts and souls are ready to be uplifted. Our bodies are ready [...]
“ We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.” ~ Japanese Proverb What are the words used to describe the act of comparing one thing to something else? “A metaphor is something, a simile is like something, and an analogy explains how one thing being like the other helps to explain them both.” [...]
At Haramara Retreat, Sayulita Mexico, July 8-14 This 7-day fully-catered residential retreat takes you on an immersive journey into the Embodiment Map of the Dancing Freedom mystery school. This retreat will invite you to come home to your authentic Self. In this retreat you will dance every day, learn new skills for powerful embodied [...]
“ Our greatest human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain.” ~ Tom Robbins What color is consciousness? Does it have a texture? Is it something that you can see, touch, hold, or even describe? When it comes [...]
This rare retreat will focus on cultivating a connection to self as the starting point for connection with others. The embodied teachings of consent, listening, supportively structured movement, authentic expression, yoga asana and breathwork will be bolstered by reverence, devotion and fun as we approach this inner dance space. Each day will be filled [...]
“ Tradition is not the worship of ashes,but the preservation of fire.” ~ Gustav Mahler You've surely heard the expression "That's a lost art", right? With so many new ones popping up all the time, how can we know when one disappears? We live in an ever-changing world, where innovation and invention are [...]
